Music

Response to Lemonade? Jay-Z working on album to tell his side of Beyonce marital drama: reports

EBONY BOWDEN 9:37am Jay Z is expected to address rumours he cheated on wife Beyonce when he releases his next album.

Midnight Oil reform and announce a world tour

BERNARD ZUEL 8:28am One of the most revered and successful Australian bands of all time will be back on stages at home and around the world.

Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, the Who confirmed for Coachella offshoot Desert Trip

PETER VINCENT 9:06pm Coachella organisers have confirmed the details of a once-in-a-lifetime line-up that must be every Baby Boomer's dream.

A new Canberra concert brings to life the World War I sketches of Franz Marc

Chris Latham For the first installment of his Flowers of War concert project, Chris Latham celebrates the work of artist Franz Marc, who was killed at Verdun in 1916.

Canberra International Music Festival concerts full of musical treasures

Jennifer Gall From the Bach family to Rossini, solo instrumental to choral music, the quality and diversity in these concerts was impressive.

Mariah Carey performs awkward onstage lap dance on choreographer with broken leg

Mariah Carey gave a man a very awkward lap dance onstage in South Africa.

Radiohead returns: Band releases Burn The Witch, first single and video clip in five years

EBONY BOWDEN British rock band Radiohead have unveiled their first single in five years in a fashion becoming increasingly popular with music's heavy hitters.

Is Radiohead's chirping bird teaser a further hint that a ninth album is on the way?

PETER VINCENT English band Radiohead, known for innovative but dour music across its eight albums, is having fun ahead of the release of its ninth.

Drake's Views on track to beat Beyonce's Lemonade at US album top spot

PETER VINCENT While one album - Beyonce's Lemonade - gets all the headlines worldwide, another is quietly but surely gazumping it.

The Shortlist's top 5 gigs: May 6

The Shortlist's top five gigs: Iron Maiden, Crepes, Suzannah Espie, Barb Waters and more.

Beyonce accused of stealing Swiss artist's work for fiery Hold Up video clip

EBONY BOWDEN Beyonce's sixth studio album Lemonade has been out for barely a week but accusations of plagiarism are already been levelled at the singer.

Could Beyonce become the first woman to top Triple J's Hottest 100?

PETER VINCENT It was only a matter of time. In the wake of Beyonce's epic sixth album launch for Lemonade, her fans have set their sights on their goddess becoming the first woman to top Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown.

Review of three concerts from start of the Canberra International Music Festival

Jennifer Gall This year's program focuses on repertoire out of the mainstream and engages with an exciting range of artists across the generations.

Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Llewellyn Series /02 Beethoven includes Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Beethoven's Ninth

Janet Wilson The Canberra Symphony Orchestra's next concert features two major works by Beethoven and Schubert that represent a very individual take on the genre of the symphony.

With Love and Fury brings beautiful music to Canberra festival

Leonard Weiss This stunning concert featured music by many of the top composers in Australia matched with the equally sublime poetry of Judith Wright.

Chef says Prince 'wasn't himself' in months before his death

Prince was battling waves of sore throats and frequent upset stomachs in his final months, his personal chef has revealed.

Tuned in: SEGUE at The Street Theatre

Dan Bigna Festival focuses on cross-cultural creative expression.

Beyonce's Lemonade proves the album isn't dead

BERNARD ZUEL It was meant to be yesterday's platform but the album means as much to artists now as ever.

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Liz Stringer, Paul Grabowsky and Ross Wilson fly the flag for Liberty Victoria

MICHAEL DWYER For 80 years, Liberty Victoria has worked for equality and freedom as one of Australia's leading civil rights organisations.

Tinalley String Quartet and Lior take to the Melbourne Recital Centre

MICHAEL DWYER Tinalley String Quartet will premiere their Song Cycle alongside works by Ravel, Dvorak and Nigel Westlake at the Recital Centre on Wednesday May 4.

Neptune Power Federation and Barbarion form unholy gathering for zombie film Before Dawn

MICHAEL DWYER The walking dead will take over 170 Russell on Friday, May 13 when "Lucifer rock" outfit Neptune Power Federation joins the Viking thunder of Barbarion and riff-punks As A Rival.

Review: Vance Joy, humble performer who made it big

Drew Creighton Vance Joy at the Riverstage, Saturday, April 30.

Singer-songwriter Melody Pool emerges from gloom with album Deep Dark Savage Heart

BERNARD ZUEL The hugely talented young singer's new album was written in a dark place but arrives when she is at her strongest and healthiest.

The real world guide to how to have a music career

MICHAEL DWYER Knowledge is power in the new DIY music industry but keeping it real is everything else, writes Michael Dwyer.

Purple pain: why the deaths of Prince and Bowie cut us so deep

JILL STARK The grief we feel over celebrities reflects the need for grieving in our own lives..

Eurovision 2016: Shannon Noll, James Mathison, Monica Trapaga among Australian judges named

BERNARD ZUEL No Guy Sebastian, but the locals who will be part of voting at Eurovision have some shared history.

Donald trumped by Black Trump song made up of his weirdest quotes

PETER VINCENT Mark this one in the file 'had to happen, but so glad it did'. Trevor Noah's The Daily Show has turned some of Donald Trump's weird boasts into a rap song.

Speculation Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett planning solo comeback

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Prince death: Minnesota police obtain sealed search warrant for superstar's residence

Sharon Bernstein Authorities in Minnesota obtained a search warrant in connection with the death of pop star Prince and also won a court order to keep the findings secret, documents showed Thursday.