Pop music
Wake up, Dolly! Country music’s queen joins The Wiggles
Australia’s supergroup for toddlers are releasing their first country music album, Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!
- by Michael Idato
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Anatomy of a scene: Making Better Man’s showstopping Rock DJ sequence
It’s the key scene in Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams biopic, but the man behind it says it very nearly didn’t happen.
- by Karl Quinn
Liam Payne’s manager, hotel staff failed ‘vulnerable’ singer before death, judge says
The pop star’s autopsy showed that at the time of his death he had “large quantities” of cocaine and alcohol in his system.
- by Kylie Madry
How Jimmy Carter became the first rock ’n’ roll president
Jimmy Carter was a music fan way before he considered a career in politics, and it helped him pioneer a road to the White House.
- by Nick Galvin
Affairs, drugs and Elton John: Rufus Wainwright’s turbulent youth
He lost his virginity at 13, then fell into addiction. But the acclaimed musician has made peace with his past – and found love along the way.
- by Michael Lallo
All I want for Christmas is a different song
From Reindeer Rock to Oi to the World, there are plenty of festive tunes beyond Mariah Carey’s hits.
- by Nell Geraets
Unreleased Michael Jackson music found in abandoned storage unit
The late King of Pop recorded 12 tracks while working on his Dangerous album, but the tracks are unlikely to see a wide release.
- by Michael Idato
This is the moment when everything changed for Elton John
In 1976, the English musician was finally ready to talk about his sexuality. The fallout was brutal, but a new documentary charts the healing that followed.
- by Michael Lallo
Why we’ll never see anything like the Eras Tour again
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour wasn’t just the most successful concert tour of all time. It was a “magic moment” that could be impossible to replicate.
- by Meg Watson
Jack White returns to the grimy intimacy of the Melbourne venue where he wrote one of his hits
Jack White, rock and roll royalty, could fill a much bigger venue than the Corner Hotel several times over – but this grimy intimacy is what he prefers.
- by Will Cox, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann and Tony Way
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