Honeymoon exhumed: ‘It’s very traumatic, being in a band’
Life, loss and longevity: behind the scenes with The Cruel Sea amid a surprise victory lap for the veteran rock act — with no less than Cold Chisel watching on in a packed arena.
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Now famous at 30, Fender flicks switch to epic on third album
All the government ad campaigns and slogans will never do for young men – and young women – what a few great songs from the likes of Sam Fender can achieve, as the British singer-songwriter shows once again here.
Opera in danger of dying out, warns festival heavyweight Stone
Poised to unveil his international opera hit, Innocence, at the Adelaide Festival, director Simon Stone warned the art form would soon die out if it failed to return to its ‘entertainment roots’
The verdict? Kylie’s still got it
On stage for her new world tour, the 56-year-old singer was magnetic, and despite the surrounding gloss and glitter, it was hard to look anywhere but at this wonder of a performer.
From sexed up circuses to a roll call of comedians
With its carnival vibe, Australia’s largest arts festival transforms the South Australian capital.
Roberta Flack, who won back-to-back Grammys for Record of the Year, dies at 88
Her first big hit – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – took off after Clint Eastwood featured it in his directorial debut.
Stickman ‘Snowy’ key to Easybeats’ historic success
The Easybeats’ sound came together quickly and their electrifying string of hits from 1965 established them as our top rock act.
Perth Festival’s first homegrown artistic director frames a city in transition
The nation’s oldest arts festival returns with a program that pushes the boundaries even as it honours Perth’s history.
Drone flies into Drake’s $40k-per-night Sydney penthouse, scares superstar
The drone recorded the Canadian singer walking onto the balcony of his 88th floor Crown penthouse before he panicked and attempted to throw a shoe at the device.
Stunning sounds of silence, and emphatic joy, at Billie’s tour debut
Now 23, and having ridden the wave of fame to its highest crest, it’s undoubtedly an older, wiser Billie Eilish who began her fifth Australian tour in Brisbane on Tuesday.
NSW to trial pill-testing at Wollongong’s biggest music festival
For the first time, a government-run pill testing service will operate at a music festival. The trial, announced in December by the Minns government and led by NSW Health, aims to reduce drug-related harm by allowing attendees to check substances for purity and potency.
Symphonic gig offers a blank canvas for Byron’s lords of the moshpit
In 1999, one of the world’s biggest metal bands collaborated with an orchestra to produce S&M: Symphony & Metallica. In June, Australia’s own heavy metal leaders Parkway Drive will make a similar creative leap at the Sydney Opera House.
Princess of Pop conquers Perth
Kylie Minogue’s first Australian concert in two years was a pop spectacle in its purest form: a neon-drenched, four-to-the-floor dance party where every beat was precision-tooled.
I am maestro, hear me roar!
‘Trailblazer’ is a word that doesn’t fully capture Simone Young, the Australian conductor whose star power and sense of unfettered ambition has shattered one glass ceiling after another.
Rappers outgrow their demons
Getting off alcohol was ‘hectic’, and learning about food has been life-changing: these chart-topping hip-hop artists talk about how they have stayed fit and healthy across their ARIA Award-winning career.
Kiwi rockers loud, proud, over and out
Ending rock’n’roll bands is a hard task; Kiwi quartet Shihad is taking the Powderfinger route by going out on their own terms with a final Australian tour after 37 years and 10 albums together.
Kanye West dropped by talent agency after anti-Semitic rant
The controversial rapper has been cut loose by his talent agency after a string of vulgar tweets in which he praised Adolf Hitler and promoted a swastika-branded T-shirt.
Super Bowl LIX: Kendrick Lamar’s halftime victory lap
The 37-year-old rapper delivered a career-spanning set that was equal parts defiant and celebratory, a reminder of why he remains one of the most electrifying and influential performers of his generation.
Found: rock legend’s ‘lost’ songs
People are strange, The Doors told us, but no stranger than the tale of Jim Morrison’s ‘lost’ songs, believed to have turned up in a cluttered timber home on a remote hill in the Tasmanian bush.
A decade in the making, Wafia stuns on melodically rich debut
Once based in Brisbane, this talented artist has issued a series of superlative singles from her new home in LA, and her long-awaited debut album offers a treasure trove of alt-pop delights.
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