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Sabrina Carpenter, Lola Young, Addison Rae and Taylor Swift pushed pop to flirty and dirty new heights in 2025.

Pop music got filthy in 2025. Why?

Sabrina, Taylor and pop’s top girls got explicit this year. Like most things, it’s probably Donald Trump’s fault.

  • Robert Moran

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Slave to the rhythm: the 1980s rewound

Tony Wellington’s journey through the 1980s is fast, funny, terrible and gloriously fallible - just like the decade itself.

  • Michael Dwyer
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The moral levy gets heavy

A taxpayer just doing their duty.

Busker Max Robinson at the foot of the Southern Cross Station staircase, where he performed for, and with, thousands of Oasis fans.

This Aussie busker has gone viral for his Oasis set. But he’s been playing this spot for years

“It was like having a choir up on the steps,” street musician Max Robinson says of last Friday’s post-gig performance at Southern Cross Station.

  • Karl Quinn
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham

More than just Rumours? Why fans are hoping Fleetwood Mac could be back

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are on speaking terms again. Could this mean Fleetwood Mac are getting back together, and why would that be a big deal?

  • Nell Geraets
A little bit country, and a little bit rock’n’roll. “Honesty is everything,” says Shania Twain.

Shania Twain reveals the best advice she was ever given - and why she lives by it

The iconic 60-year-old singer talks about motherhood, country music and blazing the mainstream trail for artists such as Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

  • Michael Idato
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Dean Lewis performs at the 2018 Groovin the Moo festival in Maitland, NSW.

Aussie singer Dean Lewis apologises after fans accuse him of inappropriate behaviour

The ARIA Award-winning musician said he needed to make changes but rejected any suggestion his behaviour was illegal.

  • Nell Geraets
Torn apart: Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Ian Curtis and Bernard Sumner in Joy Division.

Joy Division explained: Nazis, punk and that Anthony Albanese T-shirt

The prime minister has been attacked for wearing a T-shirt in honour of the 1970s Manchester-based band. What’s all the fuss about?

  • Karl Quinn
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A case of horses for courses

Especially when observing the Stableford system.

Meg Washington’s new album is an independent release on her own label.

‘Full of surprises’: Why Meg Washington is singing about superannuation on her new album

It’s been five years since the singer-songwriter’s last album, but Washington has been far from idle.

  • Nicole Elphick

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