The Sad Sheep painting that quietly waits to ruin your day
The National Gallery of Victoria harbours a famous artwork that has been transfixing visitors for 140 years.
- by Liam Pieper
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Taylor Swift Eras Tour Melbourne ... As it happened: US pop superstar plays her biggest show ever in front of 96,000 fans at the MCG
It’s being called an Australian love story. Taylor Swift is playing her biggest concert ever in front 96,000 fans in Melbourne. Follow our live coverage.
- by Karl Quinn, Kate Lahey, Kerrie O'Brien, Alex Crowe, Nell Geraets, Liam Pieper, Hannah Kennelly and Aine Ryan
★★★★★
Live Music
Taylor Swift’s extraordinary victory lap filled Melbourne with joy and brought us to tears
Over nearly two decades, Swift has built both an enduring body of work and an unparalleled connection with her fans. All of that was on show on Friday night.
- by Liam Pieper
This musical is set during the Vietnam War – and no, it’s not Miss Saigon
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Dogfight, Phil Wang, The Corrs, a play that gives voice to five women awaiting final judgement in the afterlife, and more.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Tyson Wray, Tony Way, Liam Pieper and Jessica Nicholas
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Melbourne live reviews
Fresh from his Sydney piano prize, 23-year-old Jeonghwan Kim dazzles
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes the award-winning pianist Jeonghwan Kim, the Prince of Reggaeton, J Balvin, a bright new musical by Tom Gleisner, a long-awaited opera, gigs by 070 Shake, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Noah Cyrus and Tove Lo, plus a play about Australia’s first all-woman motor garage.
- by Liam Pieper, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Cameron Woodhead and Will Cox
★★★★★
Arts
Lizzo stuns Melbourne despite technical glitch
One of the world’s greatest performers is back in Melbourne with the wildly wholesome stadium show she should have been doing all along.
- by Liam Pieper
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Arts
Snoop Dogg returns to Melbourne with an entirely on-brand performance
This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Pavement at Tent Pole Festival, Snoop Dogg, Made in China 2.0, the MSO and The Crucible by NT Live.
- by Liam Pieper, Chris Zappone, Tony Way, Cameron Woodhead and Leah Jing McIntosh
★★★★
Arts
Sting came to Melbourne and had everyone dancing (politely) in the aisles
It’s easy to be cynical about Sting – but performing to a crowd who knew every lyric to every one of his hits, he showed last night exactly why he’s so enduring.
- by Liam Pieper
Hungry, horny and depressed: The afterlife has never looked like this before
The wisecracking doesn’t let up in Steve Toltz’s Here Goes Nothing, a shaggy and profoundly rewarding vision of post-death existence.
- by Liam Pieper
Written by a 17-year-old, this much-hyped book fires on all cylinders
Leila Mottley’s Nightcrawling, which has a ripped-from-the-headlines premise about a young sex worker, sparked a fierce bidding war in the US.
- by Liam Pieper
A searing tale of grief and social media addiction for the online generation
This debut introspective novel subverts the trope of healing from trauma in a bucolic location with insights into a world where we are all addicted to our phones.
- by Liam Pieper
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