Music festivals
How a popular bush doof festival became a gastro nightmare — and now faces the axe
A council in regional Victoria wants to block a psychedelic festival scheduled on Labour Day, citing health and safety concerns after a gastro outbreak last year.
- Hannah Kennelly and Alexander Darling
Latest
‘Crazy not to do it again’: Fraudster returns with Fyre Festival 2
After eight years, a prison sentence and a scathing documentary, Billy McFarland is back with a sequel, with tickets priced up to $1.7 million and no acts yet confirmed.
- Daniel Lo Surdo
- Exclusive
- Pill Testing
First NSW music festival to allow pill testing revealed
The announcement marks a major win for drug reform advocates who have long called for pill testing in the state.
- Michael McGowan
Sex, drugs and underlying health issues: The diabolical cost of insuring old rockers
The huge financial hit from abandoning a show means the stakes for ageing artists couldn’t be higher.
- James Hall
Chinese New Year in Sydney
Celebrations have been held across the city to usher in the start of the year of the snake.
- Opinion
- Australian music
Spotify is silencing Australian music, but it’s not the only culprit
Australian music is dwindling in popularity and policymakers are covering their ears.
- Ben Eltham
‘We weren’t the next big thing’: Irish singer-songwriter’s unusual path to success
Glen Hansard began his career in the music industry as a street busker.
- Bill Wyman
This unique festival has Nutbush, dress-ups and the best of Oz music
Landing solo at this festival hundreds of kilometres from the nearest major city should be intimidating. But there’s too much to like.
- Melissa Mason
Splendour in the Grass cancelled for second year in a row
Last year organisers announced the festival was “taking the year off”, but Splendour will not be back in 2025.
- Nell Geraets
Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury over BBC involvement
The singer said he had been booked to play the festival this summer but objected to the broadcaster’s “corporate control”.
- Anita Singh
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