A leap into rare air for Paul Kelly after 50 years
At 69, it’s tricky for Paul Kelly to find firsts – but next year, the ARIA Hall of Fame-inducted artist will do something he’s never done before.
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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
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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.
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.
Rumour has it, The Cruel Sea’s retirement is over
When the award-winning Sydney-born rock band reunited last year for its first run of concerts in a decade, guitarist Danny Rumour had a surprise gift for Tex Perkins: new song ideas.
Arnhem sisters doing it for themselves
Getting nine-piece rock act Ripple Effect Band on the road is no small endeavour, but its hunger for taking its songs to the people is of a piece with the band’s goal of breaking down gender barriers.
‘A perfect love’: How Kasey Chambers bounced back from heartbreak
The darling of Australian country music has always worn her heart on her sleeve. But finding love – with a bandmate 19 years her junior – is helping her hit the highest notes of her musical career.
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