Live music
You don’t often see a performer of this calibre slumming it down an alleyway
Mike McLeish’s solo show, Pensive Like a Fox, is a charming and offbeat cabaret filled with off-the-wall tangents and genuine poignancy.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Kosa Monteith and Jessica Nicholas
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Network outage
Ticketek website back online, but crash frustrates promoters and buyers
Major ticketing website Ticketek shut down on Monday and into Tuesday, leaving fans unable to access tickets and promoters scrambling for alternatives.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Opinion
Live Music
I was excited to see one of my favourite bands. Except I didn’t see them, not really
At 23, I’m too young to remember a time without phones obscuring people’s views at concerts. Our need to document everything is coming with a price.
- by Angus Delaney
New doco pulls Mozart’s talented sister from obscurity
A new documentary by an Australian filmmaker explores Maria Anna Mozart’s immense talent and how it was gradually obscured over time.
- by Nell Geraets
Why Europe’s most famous song contest wants to put Australia centre stage
Does someone need to tell Eurovision that we’re not part of Europe?
- by Nell Geraets
‘I’m pretty boring and sort of straight-laced’ – how sobriety improved a musician’s work
Indie darling turned bona fide star Waxahatchee returns to Australia later this month.
- by Brodie Lancaster
An evening of high-spirited dance showcases new works by local artists
Every movement speaks to the delicate balance between constraint and freedom, pressure and release, in these offerings from VCA graduates.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann
Hidden locations, sold-out shows: It’s live music, but even the band is secret
From vintage stores to loungerooms, a new music platform is matching audiences with artists in intimate, secret spaces.
- by Michael Dwyer
As a Wiggle, he brought joy to millions, but privately, he was in pain
A new memoir details the mental and physical torment Anthony Field endured over decades – and how he helped launch the Wiggles into the stratosphere.
- by Michael Lallo
‘That’s not planned’: Coldplay’s final Melbourne stadium show goes out with a bang
Coldplay singer Chris Martin brought some drama to the band’s last Melbourne gig with a dangerous tumble through an open trapdoor.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Who are the real Britpop kings? This doco puts Blur v Oasis to bed
A new documentary sorts the champs from the chancers in Britpop’s long game.
- by Michael Dwyer
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