The Middle East has received national radio airplay on Triple J[REF] and slots on several major Australian festivals such as Splendour in the Grass,[REF] the Big Day Out,[REF] Big Sound,[REF] Homebake, and the Woodford Folk Festival [REF].
Band members announced at Splendour in the Grass festival in August 2011 that their set that night would be their "last show ever".