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ARIA's top 100 sellers shows gulf between critic and punter
BERNARD ZUEL 4:34pm Are critics completely out of touch? ARIA's best-selling albums for 2013 will have you believe so.
Peter Vincent: American acts remain top of the pops on charts
PETER VINCENT But pop is sounding increasingly global.
The truth about Pink: she's hotter than ever
PETER VINCENT Acrobatic singer Pink has performed an extraordinary manoeuvre in the Australian charts, producing last year's biggest selling album without even releasing a record last year.
Melbourne live music scene a big winner from red tape reforms
Henrietta Cook The Napthine government has vowed to implement an 'agent-of-change' planning principle, which will provide certainty to live music venues that clash with new residents over noise complaints.
Digital music revolution hasn't dimmed US tastes
Peter Vincent 12:32am What did Australia's music-buying habits in 2013 say about us? The more things change, the more they stay the same.
ARIA
Pink pulls off double act with this year's top album
PETER VINCENT 10:33am Acrobatic singer Pink has performed an extraordinary manoeuvre in the Australian charts, producing last year's biggest selling album without even releasing a record last year.
Made of This
Eurythmics to reunite for Beatles tribute concert
British pop duo Eurythmics will reunite in Los Angeles later this month for a performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, organizers said.
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Lady Gaga sticks up for label after Artpop flops
Lauren Ziegler Lady Gaga has defends the label that released her third album, Artpop, which lost millions of dollars, and has criticised the "greed" of some of those closest to her.
The Boss
Bruce Springsteen's new album High Hopes released early online
Bruce Springsteen's 18th studio album High Hopes has gone online, 10 days before its general release - and on the 41st anniversary of The Boss' debut outing.
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Golden record to spin through outer space
Kylie Northover An ambitious project hopes to define humanity in works of just one minute.
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Justin Bieber back in recording studios despite quitting claims
Lauren Ziegler Justin Bieber has posted a photo of himself in a recording studio, prompting further confusion as to whether or not his retirement from music is actually going ahead.
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Don Everly farewells brother Phil's spirit despite 'earthly differences'
BERNARD ZUEL Don Everly has made a simple but poignant point about the loss of his brother.
Score
Kylie Northover Live music returns to the NGV's Great Hall next month for Friday Nights at Melbourne Now.
Home on the range with Grizzly Bear
CRAIG MATHIESON Grizzly Bear's Edward Droste is making all the right moves.
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Sizzle factor essential for hottest summer hits
BERNARD ZUEL The heat is on and Bernard Zuel goes in search of the perfect summer anthem.
Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers dies
Singer Phil Everly of the hit duo the Everly Brothers has died at the age of 74.
Chaka Khan powers the way for modern music queens
Jake Cleland The performer brings the every-woman touch to funk and soul.
Rhythmic race against time
ANDREW STEPHENS Musician Chris Lesser talks about a syndrome where 'the libraries are burning', where long-held knowledge and experience disappears as elderly custodians of an area of specialist knowledge start to die.
Vampire Weekend is styled for longevity
Andrew Purcell Dismissed by some critics as cultural tourists, Vampire Weekend have been built to last.
NYE Festival
'Stressing Hard!!!': Wet'n'Wild NYE Festival organisers feeling the strain in lead-up to New Year's Eve
BERNARD ZUEL For those with tickets to the NYE Festival, at Sydney's Wet 'n' Wild, its cancellation on the morning of New Year's Eve came seemingly without warning.
Wet'N'Wild New Year's Eve festival: questions over party organisers
Bernard Zuel, Lucy Carroll, Amanda Hoh Owners of the Wet'n'Wild theme park are facing questions about their decision to hire out the venue to inexperienced outdoor concert promoters for a New Year's Eve festival that was cancelled six hours before it was meant to start.
Spend the day with: A composer
Lucy Cormack Elena Kats-Chernin writes all her music by hand at the piano.
Music
Lee Ranaldo brings perfect storm to life after surviving Sandy
Harriet Cunningham Instead of taking cover, Lee Ranaldo went into the wind and rain with a microphone.
Switched on to the beat
Lauren Ziegler Former heavy metal guitarist Will Sparks is now a rising star on the electronic scene.
Rich pickings in desert blues
Peter Vincent An African herdsman from a troubled area is inspired by a Western master.
Falls Festival: Tasmania
Falls Festival: youthful energy topped by the evergreen Neil Finn at Marion Bay
Martin Boulton As the dust began to settle on 2013, Neil Finn dropped to his knees, looked out across a vast Falls Festival crowd and smiled at the end of his band's sparkling set in Marion Bay.
Wet'n'Wild Sydney NYE Festival cancellation: ticket-holders to get refunds
LUCY CARROLL The promoters of Wet'n'Wild Sydney's NYE Festival have agreed to provide refunds to thousands of unhappy ticket-holders who were left stranded after the event was cancelled with six hours' notice.
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac return with John McVie
Veteran musicians Fleetwood Mac have returned to the stage with John McVie for the first time since the bass player's cancer diagnosis.
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Falls Festival
Photographer Justin McManus mingles with festival goers at Lorne on New Year's Eve. Falls was conceived at the Falls farm in Lorne in 1993, with Marion Bay launching in Tasmania in 2003 and Byron Bay hosting for the first time this year.
Muse Sydney concert
An explosive introduction to Muse's world tour sees a gigantic pyramid-shaped space ship descend from the ceiling as the band kicks into action, at Sydney's Allphones Arena.
Taylor Swift at nib Stadium in Perth
The multi-award winning Taylor Swift performed to thousands of fans in Perth on her Australian stadium tour.
Alicia Keys kicks off Australian 'Set The World On Fire' tour at Perth Arena
Singer-songwriter heavyweight's Set the World on Fire tour officially takes off in Perth.
ARIA Awards
Award announcements and live performances at the 2013 ARIA Awards, covered by Fairfax photographer Edwina Pickles. Like these photos? Go to Fairfax Photos.
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Talk to the Birdy
At just 16, Birdy reflects on what is an already big career.
Psy gives Giles dance tips
Giles Hardie sits down with K-pop and internet sensation, Psy.
Beyonce Is a Proud Woman
Global megastar Beyonce tells her fans how she took her insecurities and applied them to her latest album.
How to open for Bon Jovi
Tasmanian artist Jesse Teinaki prepares for the "surreal" experience of opening for Bon Jovi in the final show of their world tour at Suncorp Stadium Tuesday night.
Celebrating 40 years of AC/DC
On New Year's Eve in 1973, AC/DC played their first ever live gig at Chequers nightclub in Sydney. On the 40th anniversary, AC/DC's original lead singer, Dave Evans, reflects on this historic gig.
Suncorp Stadium stage 'collapsed'
Fans at the Taylor Swift concert Saturday night recall the "chaos" as a platform they were standing on started falling away, prompting a blackout. Nine News
Bob Dylan's guitar breaks auction record
A guitar belonging to musician Bob Dylan sells for almost one million dollars at Christie's.
