Authorities say extremists planned to use improvised explosives to attack children, teenagers and LGBTQ+ fans at the free Copacabana Beach show, which drew over two million people.
Ahead of an extensive solo acoustic tour, the award-winning singer-songwriter talks about pacing himself while on the road, admiring Paul McCartney’s longevity, overcoming career roadblocks and learning lessons from the early death of his father.
Ahead of her first Australian tour with the ACO, Carolina Eyck opens up about the realities of performing from such a young age — and why fans can’t get enough of the weird and wonderful world of the theremin.
With its upcoming tour on track to sell 60,000 tickets nationally, WA rock band Spacey Jane has spent the past few years cresting new waves of popularity while powered by evocative songwriting.
It doesn’t scale the same emotive heights as his Dope Lemon debut in 2016, but Angus Stone’s fifth album under the moniker is still an entertaining entry into his singular catalogue.
The best Australian song released last year is a cheerily defiant punk-rock anthem devoted to naysayers of all stripes that was written and performed by one of the most compelling singers working today.
The producer of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, Roy Thomas Baker, was known for his mix of discipline and excess and layered almost 200 tracks to create that record.
The 31-year-old music scion Elliot Grainge has been tasked with shepherding a 77-year-old music label into the modern era.
A year after declaring that 2025 would mark the end of an era, one of the country’s longest-running music festivals has reversed course.
Her Tony Award-winning musical hitdraws on Ancient Greek myths but underneath the surface folk singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell has something important to say.
There’s an avalanche of music biopics coming our way, but summing up an artist’s life in a few hours can be tricky business.
Ballet Preljocaj’s radical new take on the fairytale classic features a wealthy industrialist hoping to drill the lake and a young woman who wants to protect the environment. How will audiences receive it?
If You Wanna Be an Aussie could be described as “woke”, but the opener on How Many Songs is a testament to the bald honesty of the country music great’s songwriting spanning 55 years.
Millions of middle-class parents have admitted defeat over what was once seen as a symbol of social mobility, leading to cuts and job losses in a formerly booming industry
A Sydney man was struck by inspiration: what if the home Wi-Fi network was disabled until his 10-year-old stepson had put in some musical work?
Two months after beginning her world tour here, Melbourne-born pop singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue will soon be honoured with one of the top accolades in Australian music.
Just six months after completing Midnight Oil’s epic farewell tour, drummer Rob Hirst was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He has been fighting it in secret ever since. Until now.
Opera Australia is under the management of an acting CEO as deficits from its operations are mounting and its board and executive are the subject of an external review. As Lyndon Terracini ventures out on his own, he reveals where the company should go next.
It wasn’t until he was seven that the son of the Beatle realised his father was much more than a weekend strummer.
Andy Peebles was a BBC Radio 1 DJ when he conducted one of the last interviews with his hero John Lennon, just before the fatal shooting. It haunted him for the rest of his life.
The Mayhem Ball is coming for Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne this December.
The ARIA-nominated artist, also known as Sophie Payten, speaks of parallel careers in music and medicine and staying fit while touring (and how she does it).
British band the Waterboys has made an album about the odd and unpredictable late actor Dennis Hopper that features Bruce Springsteen.
There are times on the British folk-pop trio’s fifth album where you find yourself wondering whether they’ve simply copy-and-pasted some of the old banjo arpeggios recorded in their heyday.
More than 70 never-before-heard songs are set for release, revealing a hidden chapter in the rock legend’s career.
How the music legend looks – and feels – this good as he tours the globe.
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The Oscar-winning director will bring the Fab Four back to the big screen with The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, an ambitious multi-part biopic touted the first ‘binge-able theatrical experience’.
Ahead of an Australian tour, the master guitarist speaks about giving his all on stage, avoiding retirement, searching for silver linings and being inspired by the music of Taylor Swift.
North Carolina’s slacker saint, who put out one of the finest albums of last year, played the biggest show of his career on Tuesday.
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