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Dominic Fike performs at Sidney Myer Music Bowl

It was a moody start for this Euphoria star’s Melbourne gig

The crowd gets excited as the stage lights turn on and the sound of keys and distorted guitar start to play. Then they suddenly stop.

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Nadia Bailey, Tony Way, Thuy On and Jessica Nicholas

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Johnson Wen was booted from Lady Gaga’s concert before it even began.

Serial pest booted from Lady Gaga’s Brisbane show before it begins

Security moved quickly to intercept the Australian man, who invaded the red carpet and grabbed Ariana Grande at a premiere of Wicked: For Good last month.

  • Chris Hook
Sofia Isella on stage in France in August.

‘Straight to the fans’: How this singer became a social media sensation, one post at a time

Sofia Isella defies expectations about femininity and beauty. And she’s only just getting started.

  • Karl Quinn
Shirley Manson of Garbage - seen here at a show in Mexico last month - berated a fan at Good Times Festival in Melbourne on Saturday.

Singer’s beach ball rant reveals the fine line between amazing festivals and Garbage

Two music festivals held over the weekend highlighted what’s great, and what’s not, about the experience.

  • Karl Quinn
Declan Magee and Harrison Clark star in Sabotage

Talent scouts should make a beeline for this darkly comedic show

Every now and again Melbourne’s indie theatre scene throws up something destined for a bigger stage. I hope that’s the case with Harrison Clark’s Sabotage.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Nick Buckley, Bridget Davies, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Jessica Nicholas
Shayne Carter

‘Let your freak shine’: Meet the artist adored by Nirvana, Radiohead and REM

The Straitjacket Fits’ brilliant frontman Shayne Carter talks creativity, evolution and trusting your instinct ahead of his Australian tour.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
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Meow Meow unleashes in her show The Red Shoes: “You have to go for all levels of intoxicating.”

An ‘eternal showgirl’ puts a new spin on a grim classic about a woman cursed to dance forever

The original Hans Christian Andersen tale involves a girl enamoured with a pair of red shoes – Meow Meow’s version offers a new spin on things.

  • Thuy On, Nell Geraets, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way and Karl Quinn
Video of the Carol of the Bells flash mob in Paris has gone viral.

The moment of pure, unexpected joy that helped silence the ‘age of grievance’

How a flash mob in the City of Light helped Tony Wright rediscover the transformative power of music, however fleeting.

  • Tony Wright
Fashion designer Samuel Lewis with model Sascha Rose from Chadmick models in one of his designs based in part on medieval chain mail.

The 26-year-old Aussie designer behind some of Lady Gaga’s most daring looks

Samuel Lewis, a Taiwanese-Australian fashion designer, is building a name for himself in Hollywood and beyond, with celebrities like Lady Gaga, Madonna and Chappell Roan blowing up his phone.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Songs From the Canyon: Ivy, left, and Mabel Windred-Wornes, with Husky Gawenda at The Royal Botanic Gardens.

No room for Frank Zappa or KISS at this party – but The Doors are OK

A tribute to the creativity of a small neighbourhood in Los Angeles in the 1960s, Songs From the Canyon is back for one night only at the Botanic Gardens.

  • Karl Quinn

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