Jimmy Barnes
‘A wonderful woman’: Jimmy Barnes unveils another grown-up child
The rock’n’roll legend has made something of a habit of discovering grown-up children he didn’t know he had.
- Karl Quinn
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Cold Chisel can tell you everything about your parenting skills
Anyone who’s seen Chisel or just listened to the radio since the 1970s will know what I’m on about.
- Kate Halfpenny
Why Elly-May Barnes wants to give musicians the chance her dad Jimmy gave her
The singer is hosting the new series Headliners, which gives artists living with disability the opportunity to play at the Mundi Mundi Bash.
- Bridget McManus
Cold Chisel at 50 show why they’re one of the world’s great rock bands
Jimmy Barnes sang with every atom of his visibly scarred body. Pianist Don Walker, guitarist Ian Moss, bassist Phil Small and drummer Charley Drayton played like their lives were on the line.
- Michael Dwyer
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- Good Weekend
Mahalia Barnes grew up in a rock ‘n’ roll world - but sex still wasn’t spoken about
The singer, 42, started performing as a child in The Tin Lids with her three younger siblings and now plays with her band, The Soul Mates. She portrays Mary Magdelene in the upcoming Jesus Christ Superstar.
- Benjamin Law
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Who needs that sentimental BS? Cold Chisel rock hard at 50
Jimmy Barnes bellowed as often as he sang, but he and his bandmates moved the crowd at the first of two sold-out Sydney shows.
- Michael Bailey
‘I always looked to Dad with stars in my eyes’: Elly-May Barnes on her famous father
The daughter of Jimmy Barnes reflects on the great men she has known, many of them renowned musicians.
- Jane Rocca
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- Five Minutes with Fitz
There ain’t no second prize, but here’s how Barnsey got a second chance
Cold Chisel’s frontman and self-confessed rock’n’roll stormtrooper is rethinking life after a near-death experience. He’s decided to rock on.
- Peter FitzSimons
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- Christmas
All I want for Christmas is no whingeing – let’s be more like Jimmy Barnes
Bummer. There they were, four days before the kids come en masse for Christmas Eve dinner. Two red lines. Very 2021, which is not on-brand. A positive COVID test.
- Kate Halfpenny
Jimmy Barnes recovering from open-heart surgery in intensive care
The Cold Chisel frontman had major surgery on Wednesday to replace a damaged heart valve.
- Helen Pitt and Lachlan Abbott
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