Music festivals
Michael J Fox joins Coldplay, and other things you missed from Glastonbury
From Banksy protests to lip-synching accusations, here are some of the buzziest moments from the UK’s biggest music festival.
- by Nell Geraets
Latest
The hidden costs that are killing live music festivals
Pill testing could make attendance at music festivals and events much safer – but it could dramatically increase the financial risk borne by festivals.
- by Karl Quinn
Another music festival cancelled as government looks for expert help
After 17 years, the Caloundra Music Festival has been scrapped due to rising costs. One industry veteran says it’s time to reconsider the role of such events.
- by Tony Moore
Pill-testing plan to stop ‘horror’ of teenagers overdosing: Premier
A proposal for a year-long pill-testing trial in Victoria will be considered by cabinet after Premier Jacinta Allan called overdoses of teens at festivals an “unimaginable” horror.
- by Annika Smethurst and Ashleigh McMillan
Exclusive
Drug reform
Victorian pill testing trial to go to cabinet ‘within weeks’ with premier’s support
The proposed 12-month trial would likely include mobile teams at music festivals, where patrons could have their illicit drugs tested and receive harm reduction advice.
- by Rachael Dexter
‘We’re the ones cleaning up the vomit’: Street festival expansion has locals fuming
Residents and businesses say the Teneriffe Festival is too large and disruptive for the suburb, while the festival says the expansion has been carefully managed.
- by Nick Dent
Exclusive
Live music
Another Sydney music festival calls it quits, blaming 529% increase in costs
Return to Rio, created by husband and wife duo Ricky and Alex Cooper, was born in 2013 but last year confronted $300,000 in extra costs under the state’s controversial “user pays” system.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Billie Eilish
Tech issues and outrageous pricing aren’t the worst things about Coachella
The problem for the festival is that it is synonymous not with iconic music but with A-listers and overpriced beer.
- by Ed Power
Open Season’s 2024 program shows a live music scene still thriving
“We need to encourage people to stay interested in arts and culture, rather than scare them off by saying it’s falling apart.”
- by Courtney Kruk
Everyone feared this festival would implode, but there’s Alice Cooper waving a boa constrictor on stage
Despite the rough lead-up and dropping half of its acts, Pandemonium music festival didn’t live up to its name – and was ultimately a pretty good time.
- by Will Cox
Perspective
Perspective
Fifty years ago, I went to Australia’s Woodstock. On Saturday, I went back
In the 1970s, the Sunbury festival celebrated rock music and youthful indulgence. On the weekend, the crowd returned. This time their clothes stayed on.
- by Tony Wright
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