Splendour lineup drops early with Aussie star as its headliner
Splendour In The Grass have dropped their lineup a day early, with huge names making the list, including one of Australia’s very own set to exclusively headline.
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‘Racial stereotypes’: New York Met censures Turandot
Metropolitan Opera’s warning over its latest production of the much-loved story has been praised by some but criticised by others for pandering to the ‘wokerati’.
Madonna apologises for telling wheelchair user to stand during concert
The 65-year-old pop star has been filmed apologising to a fan, after hounding them for sitting down while she was performing | WATCH
Peter Garrett has not mellowed
Hit with a ‘thunderbolt from hell’, the ageing rocker and progressive ex-Labor MP’s central role is now as a patriarch. In a rare, almost unheard-of public foray, we hear from the women in his life.
How Blow Up The Pokies songwriter became a serious gambler
The Whitlams frontman Tim Freedman chooses his words carefully as he recalls his time on the periphery of the horse racing industry. In his mind, there’s an important distinction to be made.
Taylor Swift urges Americans to vote on Super Tuesday
Much speculation has swirled around the pop megastar’s power in the US presidential election, and today, she has entered the political circus.
Electric Fields ‘buzzed’ to be representing Australia
The duo, who hail from South Australia and came close to representing Australia at the song competition in 2019, will be taking their new track ‘One Milkali (One Blood)’ to Sweden.
Electric Sultana enters Stratocastersphere
Australian musician Tash Sultana is among a rarefied group of distinctive guitarists to be invited to mark the 70th anniversary of one of the most popular electric guitars ever made.
World’s A-list jet in for $183m wedding party of Indian billionaire’s son
CEOs, billionaires and pop star Rihanna (paid $9m to sing) rubbed shoulders at the impossibly lavish pre-wedding, three-day celebration for the youngest son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani.
Graham Nash and the moment music changed forever
Graham Nash knew Bob Dylan’s songs could not be improved. So Nash left The Hollies rather than record an album of cover versions, setting off a musical chain reaction leading to one of the greatest groups in history.
Mia Dyson’s tender heart and six-string shapes on display
The eclecticism on her seventh album is evidence of how far this expat Australian has come as a singer, songwriter and guitarist since her 2003 debut.
World’s biggest music company deploys the ‘nuclear option’ against TikTok
Universal’s showdown with the platform is testing the value of the seconds-long song snippet — and who has the most power in today’s music economy
What makes the King of the kids tick?
The Kid Laroi has got what it takes to capture a generation with minute attention spans, so we should all sit up straight.
Car parking, now bag policy stumps American Swifties
Taylor Swift fans watching her Australian tour from afar continue to be confused by minor details of the country’s laws and culture.
Israel’s Eurovision pull-out amid lyrics row
Israel warned it will withdraw from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest if organisers reject the lyrics from its October Rain entry as too political.
Wednesday don’t want to be TikTok famous
Ahead of their first Australian tour, the American indie rock band talk songwriting, fan etiquette, and their astonishing fifth album Rat Saw God.
Albanese, Haydon ‘shake it off’ at Taylor Swift concert
A self-described ‘Swiftie’, the PM and fiancee Jodie Haydon danced up a storm at her first Sydney gig, hailing her tour as great for the economy and overall happiness | WATCH
Taylor Swift is selling a fantasy
The pop star tapped into secret, stifled feeling of girlhood at the first of her four Sydney The Eras shows.
The secret ingredient behind Swift’s set list
When Taylor Swift saw Paul McCartney perform at a Nashville stadium in 2010, a few details lodged in her songwriter’s mind. Fans at her shows have witnessed their powerful impact.
Missy on Taylor’s big gig: ‘Everyone was just totally high’
When Taylor Swift walked onto the stage before 96,000 people at the MCG, fellow singer-songwriter Missy Higgins burst into tears — and she was far from the only one to do so.
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