Live music
‘See where my name can go’: The push to find fresh musical talent in the suburbs
There are many gatekeepers in the music industry, but an innovative program is teaching young artists how to find their way around them.
- Nell Geraets
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Hey Oasis, this is how you do a proper comeback tour
It’s nine years since Eddy Current Suppression Ring, hailed by many as Australia’s best live band, have played. Now they’re back – but don’t get used to it.
- Karl Quinn
One of the best live bands in the world is finally back in Melbourne
To attend a concert by The Hives is to be inducted into a sweaty, euphoric cult for just over an hour of frenetic power.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Jessica Nicholas, Tony Way and Cameron Woodhead
This Dolly Parton musical has a wafer-thin plot – but who cares when the music’s this good?
You’ll have a much better time if you go in expecting a tribute concert over a fully integrated musical.
- Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Tony Way
George Orwell intended 1984 to be a satire, but this play shows it’s close to the truth
While the design is impeccable, the slow creeping unease of the text doesn’t translate as easily to stage.
- Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer and Sonia Nair
How ‘Gen Z’s Mozart’ almost dismissed Herbie Hancock’s email as a joke
Jacob Collier was a teenager making songs in his bedroom – until his videos caught the attention of the world’s biggest musicians.
- Michael Lallo
Rock legends AC/DC reveal Australian tour details
The Aussie royalty will paint the town black for the first time in nearly 10 years.
- Nell Geraets
New shows added to TikTok superstar Addison Rae’s Australian tour
The 24-year–old is storming the charts with her critically acclaimed debut album and heading out on a world tour.
- Nell Geraets
This drag punk rock musical is magnetic and not to be missed
A global cult sensation since it was born in the clubs of New York in the late 1990s, Hedwig and the Angry Inch stands the test of time.
- Will Cox and Jessica Nicholas
From concerts to cooking, maestro Martín conducts his life with brio
At the age of nine, a concert changed the trajectory of Jaime Martín’s life. He hasn’t looked back since.
- Elizabeth Flux
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