Live music
History and music collide in a joyful duo of concerts
Much has changed since the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra last visited Melbourne, but their music is just as powerful as ever.
- Tony Way, Cameron Woodhead, Gabriela Sumampow and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
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One deep-fried rave, to go: How Fatboy Slim ended up playing in a chip shop
At 5pm, the news went out. At five past, the footpath was full of people wanting to see one of the world’s most famous DJs in a tiny St Kilda chippery.
- Karl Quinn
Sharp and savage: This iconic story is still shockingly relevant
This restaging of The Removalists by Melbourne Theatre Company shows that the play is just as unsettling and important now as it was in 1971.
- Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way
Going off with the king’s head: Bronze George V turns up at Kneecap gig
The severed head of a King George V statue made a guest appearance at the final Melbourne show of Northern Irish band Kneecap.
- Karl Quinn
Their music conjures private moments – so how did they pull off an arena show?
Cigarettes After Sex defies the stadium setting, delivering the same intensity and intimacy as if they were playing a hazy club in the middle of nowhere.
- Nadia Bailey, Andrew Fuhrmann, Karl Quinn, Jessica Nicholas and Cameron Woodhead
Australian Ballet’s Carmen misses heights of dark passion
A few spine-tingling moments, yes, but this austere contemporary-dance interpretation of a classic story of desire, jealousy and murder was weirdly hollow.
- Andrew Fuhrmann, Will Cox, Michael Dwyer, Karl Quinn, Sonia Nair and Cameron Woodhead
‘Could’ve gone to Europe instead’: Festival-goers’ Esoteric journey ends stranded in chaos
Trent Harris-Maher and his fiance spent about $5000 on a bush doof trip to regional Victoria that ended in shambles. They’re not alone.
- Cassandra Morgan
Kneecap the latest act to play Fed Square, but they won’t be the last
The open-air space has become the city’s most happening venue for live music this summer, but it wasn’t by accident.
- Karl Quinn
‘It’s about time’: Ella Hooper on why female artists need Roar Fest
A revolutionary music festival – with an all-women line-up – is coming to St Kilda this weekend.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Not many people can make an arena go silent. Billie Eilish can
Performing at Rod Laver Arena the musician is genuinely charming, keenly observing her surroundings and finding magic there.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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