Inside Kanye’s bizarre church service
Kanye West’s Sunday Service just got even more VVVIP. The controversial rapper is set to hold his worship session in public for the first time.
Music Festivals
The real villains in festival fight
The government has been cast as the bad guys trying to kill live music. But festival-goers only have themselves to blame.
Humiliating ban after one vodka and coke
Lucy Moore had just one vodka and coke before heading to Sydney for a day of dancing and fun, but she ended up being treated like a criminal.
Chili Peppers rip ‘stupid’ Aussie law
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have unleashed a furious tirade during one of their Aussie concerts, slamming our government for its “stupid” new law.
Police in huge operation at NSW festival
Police have targeted a charity music festival in Sydney’s south west, handing out scores of infringement notices.
Uprising over Sydney’s music regulations
Festival organisers, musicians and fans have turned out in droves to protest Sydney’s live music regulations at a rally in Hyde Park.
Hilltop Hoods put cancer kids on stage
After Daniel Smith’s son Liam went into remission for leukaemia, the Hilltop Hoods rapper formed a bold plan to give young cancer sufferers the music experience of a lifetime.
Ozzy cancels Aussie tour
Bad news for Download Festival fans — Ozzy Osbourne’s battle with pneumonia means the rock icon won’t be headed to Australia. And it’s too late for the festival to replace him.
Festival organisers meet for ‘crisis talks’
Representatives from more than 30 festivals are meeting today to discuss NSW’s proposed licensing system after likening it to a “form of punishment”.
‘Infinitely worse’: Festival laws leaked
Music festivals in NSW will be subject to tough, costly new regulations that will reportedly be introduced in less than a month.
‘War on festivals’ claims new victim
Music festival Mountain Sounds has been cancelled just days out from the event, amid claims organisers were “blindsided” by a $200k quote for police.
Event cancelled in ‘war on festivals’
A music festival has decided to cancel its 2019 event, blaming the NSW Government for placing “extreme measures” on organisers over drugs.
Groovin the Moo line-up announced
Hilltops Hoods are among the big names announced for the Groovin the Moo festival this year.
Kanye’s OTT diva demands revealed
The real reason why Kanye West dropped out of headlining Coachella has been revealed — and Yeezy had a LOT of demands.
Coachella 2019 line-up announced
It’s most-hyped music festival in the world, and with the sheer volume of stellar artists, the 2019 line-up was well worth the wait.
155 arrested for drugs at Sydney festival
More than 150 attendees at Sydney’s Field Day festival were caught trying to sneak in illicit drugs despite numerous recent overdose deaths.
G Flip’s frequent flyer frenzy
Melbourne musician G Flip is about to clock up a lot of free flying in 2019 thanks to a sweet scholarship she’s just picked up
Shameful question rapper asked girls
A US rapper has come under fire for the “disgusting” way he treated Australian girls – and the shameful thing he asked them to do.
Grant Denyer’s cringeworthy rap
They were waiting for the likes of Usher to come out, but RnB fans got a hilariously awkward performance by the Gold Logie winner.
Festival lashes cops with cheeky pic
Organisers of a music festival police say poses “extreme” safety risks have hit back, releasing pictures of happy cops at last year’s event.
Download Festival adds 6 new acts
Festival fans are about to be in hard-rock heaven with a handful of stellar artists just added to the Download Festival line-up.
How Nat saved her music
Even Nat Conway knows she’s got something to prove as the up and comer on Saturday’s star-studded Hay Mate drought benefit concert. And she’ll do it with a song that almost didn’t exist
I’m Talking’s surprise return
Even eternal optimist Kate Ceberano never thought her first band I’m Talking would ever reform. Well, look who’s talking, or singing, again.
Youths swap drinks for pills
WITH alcohol prices at global highs in Australia’s major cities, partygoers say party drugs have become an economic no-brainer.
Oz Aqua fan’s full-on tattoo
Aqua are returning to Australia to play the So Pop festival with the likes of Blue, Vengaboys, B*Witched and Lou Bega. And we know one Australian Aqua fan who’ll be there
Deaths spark plan to poach festival
AFTER two people died and 700 people fell ill due to drugs at a controversial hardstyle festival, a push to move it to a surprising state has begun.
Chris calms crowd after security panic
COLDPLAY singer Chris Martin helped control a terrified crowd in New York, after audience members thought they heard gunshots at a music festival in Central Park.
Mass arrests at Sydney music festival
JUST two weeks after the suspected overdoses at Defqon, police were out in force at Sydney’s Listen Out music festival.
Inside Australia’s wildest festival
BEER, burnouts and boobs are some of the attractions that sees a small rural town overrun with 20,000 rowdy revellers each year.
Anger at police’s festival ‘tactics’
FESTIVALGOERS have levelled a serious accusation against police working at Sydney’s Defcon. 1, where two people died.
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