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Forty years ago, Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? was lauded as a charitable masterpiece. Now, people are looking at it very differently.

This song was beloved 40 years ago. Now people are looking at it differently

In 1984, Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? was lauded as a charitable masterpiece. Now, it’s being talked about for other reasons.

  • Nell Geraets

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Settle down, Swifties – the Beatles are still the biggest thing to hit Australia

Looking beyond the headlines and focusing on the Eras Tour’s Australian leg in isolation, it’s worth noting a few sober facts now that we’ve all, ahem, shaken off the excitement.

  • Tom Compagnoni
Taylor Swift performed to her biggest ever crowd of 96,000 people a night at the MCG.

How the MCG became one of the world’s greatest live-music stadiums

Taylor Swift’s three sold-out shows at the Melbourne Cricket Ground have cemented its reputation – and are a hard act for Accor Stadium in Sydney to follow.

  • Cara Waters
Actors Rita Kara and Shameer Birges with director Chris Elder on the set for Ed Sheeran’s Amazing.

‘Worth it’: Why these Aussies made Ed Sheeran’s latest music video for free

The pop star issued a global callout for filmmakers to make video clips for his latest album Autumn Variations. The Australian winner’s effort was Amazing.

  • Hannah Story
Massimo Luongo Ed Sheeran composite

From the shadows to Ed Sheeran singalongs: Socceroo’s long road back to the top

Massimo Luongo thought his international career was over. But a move to a third-tier English team sponsored by a global pop music icon has changed everything.

  • Vince Rugari
Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski with Kylie Minogue in 1994.

Michael Gudinski remains off-limits in star-studded music documentary

He took Australian music to the world, but Michael Gudinski’s hard times are brushed over in this salute to the Mushroom boss.

  • Michael Dwyer
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Session musician Peter Luscombe has featured on 145 albums and yet doesn’t qualify for copyright payments when any performances are played on radio, in shops or in the gym.

Session musicians are caught in a ‘broken system’. It affects Ed Sheeran too

Australian session musicians are taking their quest for an overhaul of the copyright system to the Labor Party conference in Brisbane.

  • Linda Morris
Elliot James Reay sings at Harry’s Bar in Melbourne’s Stamford Plaza Hotel.

‘He’ll fill stadiums’: The kitchen-sink singer striking a chord on TikTok

Remember the name Elliot James Reay: He’s wowing crowds busking on Melbourne city streets and attracting millions of views on social media.

  • Carolyn Webb
A documentary on the life and times of Michael Gudisnki will debut at MIFF in August.

Michael Gudinski documentary to premiere at Melbourne Film Festival

The life and times of the late, great music industry figure Michael Gudinski will be celebrated in a documentary that will be unveiled at MIFF in August.

  • Karl Quinn
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Striking a chord: What Ed Sheeran case tells us about pop’s musical toolbox

A case brought against Ed Sheeran raised some difficult questions around what we understand as inspiration and influence, and what we may hear as theft.

  • Jadey O'Regan

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