Martin Boulton
Martin Boulton is a music writer and editor at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Meet the crew crazy enough to open a free live music venue in 2024
A shared passion for live music and country pubs has driven the new owners of the Punters Club to relaunch the Brunswick Street venue.
- by Martin Boulton
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‘I might need to go to emergency’: Oasis superfans in race for tour tickets
Oasis fans are making plans to be there when Manchester’s famous Gallagher brothers are reunited on stage.
- by Martin Boulton and Frances Howe
‘The great wait is over’: Gallagher brothers bury the hatchet for Oasis tour
Noel and Liam Gallagher have ended several days of intense speculation, revealing Oasis will return to the stage in 2025.
- by Martin Boulton
Live music is ‘broken’. This band is trying something radical to fix it
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks are staging a gig aimed at sending all profits straight to musicians, but they’ll be doing more than making music.
- by Martin Boulton
Acclaimed festival darlings Khruangbin on how mistakes can be cool
Houston’s groove masters are returning to Australia for three headline shows.
- by Martin Boulton
Meg Washington spills the gravy on screen adaptation of Paul Kelly classic
The singer turned screenwriter says the story of How To Make Gravy had to make sense to both fans of the song and newcomers.
- by Martin Boulton
Where to watch the films and TV shows that won Golden Globes in 2024
From blockbuster films to gripping TV dramas, find out where to watch all the big winners at this year’s Golden Globes.
- by Martin Boulton
What’s happening at your local library? A lot, apparently
You mightn’t have stepped inside one for years, but these days libraries are serving communities in innovative ways beyond books, from filmmaking courses to educational games.
- by Martin Boulton
Anna Schwartz steps down from arts board as Mike Parr controversy continues
“I wasn’t trying to provoke Anna,” said acclaimed performance artist Parr. “What I was trying to do was provoke debate around the whole issue of this crisis.”
- by Martin Boulton and Linda Morris
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Live music
Taylor Swift tickets are back on sale. Here’s what you need to know
There’s still a tiny window of opportunity to get Taylor Swift tickets.
- by Martin Boulton and Nell Geraets
Daniel Johns on his synaesthesia and taming his ‘noisy’ mind
“When I paint, it’s like freedom,” says Daniel Johns in Shine director Scott Hicks’ new film about the borderless language of music.
- by Martin Boulton
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