Live music
Hey Oasis, this is how you do a proper comeback tour
It’s nine years since Eddy Current Suppression Ring, hailed by many as Australia’s best live band, have played. Now they’re back – but don’t get used to it.
- Karl Quinn
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One of the best live bands in the world is finally back in Melbourne
To attend a concert by The Hives is to be inducted into a sweaty, euphoric cult for just over an hour of frenetic power.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Jessica Nicholas, Tony Way and Cameron Woodhead
This Dolly Parton musical has a wafer-thin plot – but who cares when the music’s this good?
You’ll have a much better time if you go in expecting a tribute concert over a fully integrated musical.
- Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Tony Way
George Orwell intended 1984 to be a satire, but this play shows it’s close to the truth
While the design is impeccable, the slow creeping unease of the text doesn’t translate as easily to stage.
- Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer and Sonia Nair
How ‘Gen Z’s Mozart’ almost dismissed Herbie Hancock’s email as a joke
Jacob Collier was a teenager making songs in his bedroom – until his videos caught the attention of the world’s biggest musicians.
- Michael Lallo
Rock legends AC/DC reveal Australian tour details
The Aussie royalty will paint the town black for the first time in nearly 10 years.
- Nell Geraets
New shows added to TikTok superstar Addison Rae’s Australian tour
The 24-year–old is storming the charts with her critically acclaimed debut album and heading out on a world tour.
- Nell Geraets
This drag punk rock musical is magnetic and not to be missed
A global cult sensation since it was born in the clubs of New York in the late 1990s, Hedwig and the Angry Inch stands the test of time.
- Will Cox and Jessica Nicholas
From concerts to cooking, maestro Martín conducts his life with brio
At the age of nine, a concert changed the trajectory of Jaime Martín’s life. He hasn’t looked back since.
- Elizabeth Flux
How this regional Aussie town secured rock legend Lenny Kravitz
Las Vegas, Atlanta, Sydney, Melbourne and … Mildura? The rock star has included the regional town on his touring schedule, but it’s not as random as you’d think.
- Nell Geraets
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