Police hunt Liam Payne’s drug dealer
Police in Argentina are interviewing five witnesses as they attempt to reconstruct the One Direction singer’s final moments before he fell to his death from a hotel balcony, as his father retraces trip.
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What Liam Payne said about the ‘manic merry-go-round’ of fame
The late One Direction star opened up about the pressures of social media and the price of global superstardom.
One Direction a package deal but Liam Payne was different
The pop singer, who died on Wednesday at 31, wasn’t the boy band’s leader. But even as he struggled with mental health, he acted as a kind of glue.
‘I’m going to die’: Payne’s eerie text revealed days before hotel plunge
Liam Payne’s ex-fiance revealed on a podcast that aired just two days before the former One Direction star’s death that he would send her and her mum text messages saying he was ‘going to die’.
David McCormack: ‘I’m not down with the Taylor Swift haters’
The Custard frontman — and voice of Bluey’s dad — on questionable live music trends, taking his daughters to see Taylor Swift, and bringing joy to the world while playing a cartoon dog on TV.
Payne and suffering as boy band’s ‘old man’ goes too soon
It’s hard to appreciate a cyclone while you’re standing in the eye of it. Only in hindsight did Liam Payne — dead in shocking circumstances at just 31 — begin to come to terms with what he had been through.
Kylie’s ‘secret weapon’ revealed ahead of world tour
By her own admission, Kylie Minogue has never been one for looking too far beyond the present, so her artistic longevity ahead of album No.17 must be as surprising to her as anyone else.
‘Sloppy journalism’: music sector blasts Four Corners report
A Four Corners investigation into the live music sector has been described as ‘nonsensical’, ‘counter-productive’ and ‘misleading’ by the chief executive of the sector’s peak body.
Simon’s ‘dream’ world and the stalking sound of silence
In an epic new documentary by Alex Gibney, the musician reveals the roots of the pop duo’s bitter rivalry and opens up about his deafness.
Jed Kurzel on birds, his famous brother and the music that blew his mind
The in-demand film composer is responsible for some of the most memorable – and menacing – scores in recent memory. What sets the SXSW headliner apart from the rest?
TISM’s return ‘a refreshingly fun celebration of vulgarity and Aussie humour’
On TISM’s first album in 20 years, its sprawling 80-minute, 29-song tracklist justifies its place in the oddball canon of this band of defamatory disco-punks, and holds up to repeat listens.
The music trio challenging AC/DC as Australia’s top music export
Rufus Du Sol have become wealthy, in-demand global superstars. Australia’s lords of the dancefloor are filling American stadiums as well as prime-time spots at some of the world’s biggest music festivals, including Coachella. But they’re far from celebrities.
Terminally ill pick music to die for
It is a macabre question to contemplate: what music would you like to be playing as your life comes to an end?
For Toogood, the prescription for acute tinnitus? Make more music
As frontman of Shihad, one of New Zealand’s greatest rock bands, Jon Toogood had long since come to terms with the quiet hum of tinnitus – but a Covid infection turned it up to 11.
Cissy Houston: soul singer who shepherded daughter Whitney’s career
Grammy-winning soul singer who backed everyone from Elvis to Aretha before shepherding her daughter Whitney’s career
Axed pro-Gaza pianist open to mediation with MSO
Jayson Gillham is suing the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in the Federal Court, with a trial likely to be scheduled in March next year if mediation fails.
Farnham’s voice heard publicly for the first time in years
John Farnham has narrated the audiobook of his new memoir, giving fans the chance to hear his iconic voice once again after undergoing major surgery on his mouth and jaw following his cancer diagnosis | LISTEN
Oasis announce Australian shows
The band will headline a stadium show in Melbourne on October 31, then Sydney on November 7.
Avagood Weeknd? His titanic persona is spectacular
The first night of the R&B megastar’s Australian tour bridged his transgressive taste with his mainstream appeal in a way that felt both natural and deeply strange.
Chappell Roan is the biggest thing in pop right now. She’s not happy about it
When she put out her debut album last year, she was a cult act. Now, Chappell Roan publicly reckoning with a rapid rise to the top.
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