Threats, abuse, as Conway targeted by pro-Palestine protest
Footage has emerged from a Hobart theatre as pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a performance by the Jewish singer songwriter Deborah Conway | WATCH
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New Kylie music ‘simmering away in the background’
As the Princess of Pop celebrates her 56th birthday on Tuesday, she has no intention of slowing things down.
Mona gives one-and-only album an airing
The most expensive work of music ever sold will soon be played for the first time on Australian soil, when a rarely-heard album will be aired as part of a Mona exhibition in Hobart.
‘Time to break up’: US sues Live Nation-Ticketmaster
The US Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the world’s largest entertainment company. US fans faced delays and claimed high prices for Taylor Swift concerts.
Australia’s special place in the history of The Beach Boys
Troy Bramston interviews The Beach Boys’ Mike Love and Al Jardine about a new documentary on the legendary band – and their distinct memories of summer Down Under in 1964.
Aussie country yodeller was bigger than the Beatles
Frank Ifield was born in the UK but grew up in Australia learning to yodel from hearing 1950s country songs on the radio.
The coolest band in the world — but they’d give it up in a second
They’ve won a Grammy, toured the world and released nine studio albums. They’ve jammed with Carlos Santana, collaborated with Thom Yorke, Wilco and our own Warren Ellis, and performed on American late night TV. All they want is peace.
Dynamism and pop punch lacking on Dua Lipa’s third album
Despite the promise of Radical Optimism’s early singles, the new album from this chart-topping British-Albanian artist falls away quickly, and her powerhouse vocals sound oddly flat and lifeless.
Cassie breaks silence over Diddy ‘abuse’ video
The ex-girlfriend of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has broken her silence over the shocking leaked video of her leaving and being beaten by the mogul rapper. Warning: Graphic
David James Young went to 369 live gigs in a year. One in particular stands out
The newly crowned Guinness world record holder for the category of ‘most concerts attended in one year’ is a committed live music fan who writes album reviews for The Australian.
Sean Combs admits he assaulted ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura
‘My behaviour in that video is inexcusable,’ the rapper says of footage that captured 2016 altercation | Warning: Graphic
‘Weirdly speeding up, not slowing down’
With a new album in hand, Lismore-born quartet Grinspoon will soon be doing what it first did more than two decades ago: taking its music far and wide across the country.
Sony Music warns AI firms over ‘piracy’ of content
Sony Music writes to over 700 artificial intelligence companies, including Meta and Microsoft, accusing them of using its artists’ content without permission.
At 22, Eilish is an old soul forging a whole new sound
In her confident third album, the star borrows stylistic touches from decades past while singing about coming out, body issues and lesbian lust
Vocalists do justice to songs of passion, drama
The Australian Chamber Orchestra offers blazing intensity, strong contrasts and high drama in its new Mahler program.
US rapper to stage ‘anti-Semitic’ song
Multi-award winning American rapper Macklemore recently released a pro-Palestine song and is due to perform in Melbourne on Wednesday evening.
No good vibrations as dementia beaches Brian Wilson
Revered songwriter should be in a court conservatorship because he is no longer capable of managing his personal and medical decisions, a judge ruled.
Judicious light and shade on The Boxer, Mark Seymour’s 11th album
Backed by his band The Undertow, Mark Seymour is in career-best form vocally, reaching for the high notes and effortlessly pulling them down where once he might have struggled.
Singer, pornographer, polymath: Iggy Jones’s disgraceful life
Ignatius’ Jones’ life was a gift to this country and stands as an example to us all to think big, have fun and damn the abstemious and the censors.
Oz rock greats harness some ‘serious moonlight’
Two of the great Australian rock ‘n’ roll frontmen – Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning and Paul Dempsey of Something For Kate – unveil their first single under an unusual new banner.
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