Madonna lands Down Under
THE Queen of Pop has arrived in Australia for the first time in 23 years. Will Madonna keep her fans waiting for 90 minutes like she did the Kiwis?
Tours
The DJ who’s over late night parties
YOU’RE more likely to find Ferry Corsten in bed after a show than partying. The DJ talks trance and Gouryella on the eve of his Aussie tour.
Madonna’s secret Australian show
QUEEN of pop Madonna will make up for her long absence from Australia with an intimate, secret show for her diehard fans.
Adele: ‘I thought I was going to die’
ADELE performed her first full concert in five years last night — and admitted she was ‘sh**ting herself’.
Prince turns Perth Arena purple
PERTH experienced Prince’s purple reign on Thursday night and we all became monarchists for the night basking in his presence.
McLean postpones Perth show
SINGER Don McLean announced on Friday that his upcoming Australian tour, including his March 30 Perth show, will be postponed until 2017.
Never mind the Beatles, a Sex Pistol is back
HE WAS ejected from the Sex Pistols, purportedly for liking the Beatles. But he’s still a punk rocker at heart, and he’s here to tear up Brisbane.
Elton rips into Janet Jackson
ELTON John is not a fan of Janet Jackson. He tore into the singer in Rolling Stone magazine, attacking her for lip-synching on her world tour.
Hilltop Hoods with strings attached
THEY may be the party starters on the festival stage but pair Hilltop Hoods with an orchestra and you can hear the heartache behind their songs.
Pointer Sister Ruth: my drug hell
SHE topped the charts with I’m So Excited, Jump (For My Love), Slow Hand and Automatic but Ruth Pointer spent much of her fame hooked on cocaine.
Thomas sorry for racist comment
MATCHBOX 20 star Rob Thomas — who is set to play at Clipsal 500 — has apologised for saying “I keep drinking until I think I’m a black Australian” at his Melbourne concert.
The reality of meeting your idols
REBECCA Wallwork was so obsessed with New Kids on the Block she truly thought she’d marry Joe McIntyre. In the end, they changed her life.
Thomas slammed for ‘black Australian’ slur
UPDATE: AUSTRALIAN singer-songwriter Troy Cassar-Daley has led a chorus of anger over the “black Australian” slur by Matchbox 20 star Rob Thomas.
Goulding: ‘I was nervous at the Grammys’
BRITISH singer Ellie Goulding has revealed her Grammys performance nerves and her tricks for preserving her voice as she prepares to tour Australia.
People love Prince’s passport photo
PRINCE has managed to overcome the annoying rules surrounding passport photos to deliver a snap that could be mistaken for a magazine cover.
‘Quit your s–thouse mobile footage’
POWERHOUSE singer Tina Arena kept things ultra real with fans at her pub show, calling them out for not living in the moment and hailing the inner bogan.
Steve Kilbey: the PM, mum and me
THE Church singer Steve Kilbey on playing retro gigs for the money and how our PM stayed at his house in their school days and his mum’s prediction.
Singer Josh Groban’s ’torrid affair’
GOLDEN-voiced, squeezebox-loving Josh Groban is as funny as he is talented as he dips his toes into musical theatre and spills the beans on a Muppet fling.
Daryl’s new mates for Good Times
DARYL Braithwaite is back to deliver hits and memories on the national Good Times tour. He’ll be joined by Kate Ceberano and two tour newbies.
Prince fans: short show is a ‘rip-off’
AUSSIE Prince fans paid up to $1000 to see the pop legend perform — but some were left grumbling last night after the grieving star played just 70 minutes.
Prince’s private purple party
PRINCE got unusually candid paying tribute to ex girlfriend Vanity while playing in Melbourne on the day of her death.
Eagles of Death Metal to finish concert
CALIFORNIAN rock band Eagles of Death Metal will return to Paris to finish the concert that a hail of terrorists’ bullets turned into a bloodbath.
Sleater Kinney back to riot
SHE was one of the pioneers of the feminist punk riot movement in the nineties and now Carrie Brownstein is going back to where it all began with a new Aussie tour.
Tina: ‘At 48 I feel the most free’
THE always-outspoken homegrown Aussie pop star talks about her career highs and lows with news.com.au.
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Karise Eden on her bikini shoot
KARISE Eden, the first winner of The Voice, has downsized to intimate venues. And that’s not the only thing she’s cut down and there’s more to come.
Swift shakes it off in Sydney
TAYLOR Swift had 76,000 besotted fans and their parents at “Hello Sydney” when she opened her 1989 World Tour at ANZ stadium tonight.
Justin Bieber: The Comeback Kid
YET again, the Biebs has apologised. His comeback from being a lost boy has had its rocky moments, but it appears the 21-year-old is finally growing up.
Who will Swift bring on stage in Oz?
THE question on everyone’s lips is who will be in Taylor Swift’s stage squad for her 1989 tour in Australia? So we’ve crunched the dates on her mates.
‘Best heckle I’ve ever received’
HE’S one of the world’s wittiest comedians, but Jimmy Carr was on the receiving end of a “heavyweight” heckle.
Vance’s Taylor-made year of success
BEFORE the song Riptide, Vance Joy was a gardener with $200. Now part of Taylor Swift’s world tour, he tries to explain the unbelievable — his life.
Where are they now: Peter Combe
THE man behind such classics as Newspaper Mama and Toffee Apple has opened up about his adult only shows and what he really thinks of The Wiggles.
‘There were cockroaches everywhere’
AN AUSTRALIAN band who were invited to play a gig and ended up locked in a crowded cell for two days have told of their jail hell.
Lee Lin to Taylor: ‘I’m Australia’s bad b*tch’
AUSTRALIA’S most fashionable news presenter, Lee Lin Chin, wants to be in Taylor Swift’s “bad bitch” stage posse when the pop star performs in Australia.
Miley shocks with sexually explicit costume
MILEY Cyrus once again sent tongues wagging with her latest costume – an S&M bondage top that included fake breasts and a massive prosthetic penis.
Is there a hotter sound than Grimes?
HER edgy sound has captured listeners across the world and Grimes’ fourth album Art Angels has only strengthened the fervour for her talents.
Hits on screen and on the airwaves
AS he smoulders in ABC’s The Beautiful Lie, Marlon Williams’ music fans are raving about the nudity and violence in his video for his new single.
‘It sounds like an iPod dock’
YOUR favourite band and a world famous concert venue with a beautiful backdrop. What could go wrong? One crucial thing.
Aussie band detained in Malaysia
MEMBERS of the Australian metalcore band I Killed The Prom Queen are in a Malaysian immigration lockup after being detained for performing without a permit.
Thomas wants to share his story
IF Rob Thomas ever gets an INXS-style miniseries, the rocker knows who he wants to play him. And he’s shooting for an A-list Aussie.
Madonna breaks down during tribute
MADONNA became emotional on stage as she paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks during her concert in Stockholm on Saturday.
The Cold Chisel you never get to see
AFTER more than 40 years together, there is nothing like the power of legendary rockers Cold Chisel. We joined the band on their One Night Stand tour to get a stunning insight into the band you rarely get to see.
Florence brings her brand of magic
REVIEW: The weather may have been shocking but that didn’t stop Florence and The Machine from bewitching their fans at the Sydney Opera House.
It’s a long way to the top … of the car park
REVIEW: AC/DC’s frontman donned a Lions jersey for Highway to Hell at the band’s Brisbane show. And the trip home was as painful as the club’s season.
‘The music business is on its knees’
BANANARAMA will tour Australia next year for the first time since 1997. But don’t expect them to take the stage in their underwear like modern pop stars.
‘We like to get into people’s faces’
INDIE band Walk the Moon is in hot demand but singer Nicholas Petricca says touring has its drawbacks. ‘I’ve lost just about everything I own…’
Florence takes a big tumble on stage
AUSTRALIANS have fallen hard for Florence and the Machine. Now, she’s returned the favour. The touring songbird had a giant stack in Melbourne last night.
Mac time just got even better
REVIEW: Fans were out in force for Fleetwood Mac’s latest Brisbane concert — and they welcomed back an old favourite.
Neil is no diamond in the rough
WHEN the man who has written songs about love, existential angst and sex broke into song, it became clear there was a lot of love for Neil Diamond.
Ed Sheeran to perform at ARIAs
BRITISH chart-topper Ed Sheeran is that rare artist who actually enjoys an awards show — so he was quick to accept an invitation to perform at Aussie music’s big night.
‘Rock is AC/DC’s fountain of youth’
GENERATIONS of rock believers flocked to worship at the altar of the mighty AC/DC as they opened the Australian leg of their world tour. Kathy McCabe reviews.
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