Kylie’s glittering Adelaide spectacle
From Western chic to black leather, country to disco, Kylie Minogue’s Adelaide show last night was a spectacle of colour, costumes and genuine warmth, backed by a smoking band. Here’s our review.
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World at her feet but Adelaide’s still home
Growing up in Adelaide Tkay Maidza never made it to WOMAD – she was more of a Fringe girl. Last night she finally got to see what all the fuss was about, dropping a stunning hip hop set under the trees at Botanic Park.
Vics trying to steal our ‘Mad March’ brand
Have you heard about Mad March … in Melbourne? Not content with pinching the Grand Prix, now those arty types in Paris on the Yarra are trying to claim the Mad March moniker that we’ve used during festival season in Adelaide for years.
Womadelaide Friday night reviews
Adelaide’s world music festival launched with a bang on Friday night, and our reviewers saw nearly all of the shows. Here’s their verdict on the acts you shouldn’t miss for the rest of the festival.
Deaf metal: Rock’n’roll destroying our music icons
It’s a sensation that any South Australian who has been to a rock concert knows — that itchy discomfort in your ears as they strain to take in the cacophony of sounds. But for rockers who have spent their life in music, it’s a much bigger issue.
They Might Be Giants
New York art rockers They Might Be Giants took a packed house on a two-hour journey through their almost 40 year-long career.
Black widow who poisoned her way into SA folklore
It was called Rough On Rats, a 19th century rodent poison that was little more than a box of arsenic coloured with coal — but for SA’s infamous black widow, Martha Needle, it was the tool she used to murder the people she was supposed to love most.
Pussy Riot: Wake up, start your own crusade
Russian activist Masha Alyokhina has been imprisoned in her home country for her political views. Now touring Adelaide as frontwoman of punk collective Pussy Riot, she has an important message for Australia.
WATCH: Live @ The Tiser – Ukulele Death Squad
The 2019 Adelaide Fringe has come to The Advertiser newsroom for our Live @ The Tiser mini-concert series. Today, the world’s most dangerous ukulele show. WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Welcome to Live @ The Tiser, a mini concert series in the newsroom!
The 2019 Adelaide Fringe has come to The Advertiser newsroom for our Live @ The Tiser mini-concert series. Today, singer Jamie Macdowell and beatboxer extraordinaire Tom Thum.
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