Ceremony Details
Midnight Oil won "Best Cover Art" for Diesel and Dust and both "Best Single" and "Best Song" for "Beds Are Burning". A fracas developed between manager Gary Morris, accepting awards for Midnight Oil, and former Countdown compere Ian "Molly" Meldrum who was presenting:
I think Molly was a little precious. He was in awe of Bryan, whereas I had an attitude about bringing over offshore artists to present at a local awards I said something like, 'The Poms look at us as being pretty archaic down here, but we've got room service. You could have ordered an iron, mate'. —Gary MorrisMeldrum objected to Morris' political commentary from the podium and making jokes at the expense of Bryan Ferry who was wearing a (deliberately) crumpled suit:
I pointed out that Gary was staying in one of the very expensive hotel rooms, on behalf of Midnight Oil Then I said, 'If we're talking about disrespect, what was he doing up here accepting the awards and not Midnight Oil'. Then it all boiled over. —Ian MeldrumRead more about this topic: ARIA Music Awards Of 1988
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