Fans and Meadows Festival onlookers were shocked to see Kanye West stopped mid-Heartless song by a man running onstage, only to be told by the rapper: 'Sorry guys, family emergency I have to leave the show.'

The concert's highpoint came with Nelson Freire​'s performance of the Schumann Piano Concerto in an interpretation of illuminating restraint.

Performing at a grand final game is like being handed a poisoned chalice, which Keith Urban acknowledged ahead of Sunday's NRL Grand Final, but he needn't have worried, with fans loving his duet with Jessica Mauboy.

The animal within was set free but the human eye as a cool observer was just as important as Big Scary reinvented themselves.

'To be blunt, I never got to see Indigenous faces on commercial TV,' the Australian singer said after being offered Seven's new The Secret Daughter role.

Female victims of sexual assault say a culture of victim-blaming combined with uneducated security guards means assaults are frequent and underreported.

With sing-song quavers laced with menace, ASAP Ferg comes off a bit like Jack The Ripper telling nursery rhymes. The crowd loved every minute of it.

The annual gathering of Australia's musical diaspora that is the Australian World Orchestra no doubt recaptures the fond, careless raptures of a youth music camp for its players, as well as kindling cultural pride in the rest of us.

We still call Malta, and Bulgaria, Poland, France and Britain, home when it comes to the children's version of Europe's famous singing competition.

One Direction's split is all but cemented with Niall Horan releasing his first solo single since the band went on hiatus last year.

There are mere mortals who sing, and then there is the man in the hat with the melted-chocolate baritone

The country music trio ostracised for criticising the Iraq war is back and back in demand for an Australian tour.

Sticky Carpet: Reservoir Stomp, Pink Mountaintops, Kinky Friedman, Lost Ragas' tribute to James Cruickshank and more.

Wes Snelling's affecting vocals amp up the pathos for a singer who has seen better days.

The country star has his sights set firmly on more: more hits, more fans, more awards, but his dilemma is how to achieve that without alienating his diehard fans.

Another sold out show meant quick disappointment for fans but another quick profit for those looking to resell tickets.

Norah Jones' latest album shows her to be not just a good writer, player and singer, but a fine assembler of talent.

Children's entertainers The Vegetable Plot are on a mission of "love and peas".

From local favourites Big Scary and Ball Park music, to ace female rockers Pup and the Coathangers, we have your weekend in live music covered.

Hillary Clinton supporter Katy Perry has stripped off in a new parody video encouraging US citizens to vote.

In 2011, when the Panics released their assured top 10 success Rain on the Humming Wire, affable frontman Jae Laffer​ came home from recording at Woodstock. Now, five years later, the peripatetic years have passed.

Longer songs and stranger bands hitting the right notes with music fans, says Brisbane group the Belligerents.

Pixies, Nick Waterhouse, Jenny Hval, EZTV and the Black Sorrows.

With tumultuous times behind them, the band members are discovering a new resolve and fresh inspiration.