Unlike his audience, the Canadian superstar was expressionless through much of his sold-out performance at Etihad. 

There are bands and (mostly male) artists who have built careers out of being a representative "everyman": one of us, just a bit better paid and housed. There's a couple of generations of Australian frontmen who would never have dared being anything else.

An electronic music festival based in Sydney has been slammed after unveiling an all-male line up.

They were wobbly when old, didn't always sound hi-fi and threatened to self-destruct at any point. Why would anyone want them back? The return of the cheap, portable and small audio tape.

The choral ensemble is bringing a young Palestinian singer on tour for the second concert of its 2017 season.

Australia's premier album award goes to a duo who have no time for politeness or the claims of "rednecks". It's time to protest and time to get angry.

Bigger than Bruce, Gunners and Bieber. Bigger even than Ed. Adele is pulling in audiences who may not see another show this year.

The only performer endorsed by Yusuf to sing his songs in this format brings his show to Canberra for the first time.

Shortis and Simpson present their own musical tribute to The Beatles' landmark 1967 album.

Suburban rapper Kerser gives a voice to an under-represented section of Australia's underclass, and is rewarded with No. 1 hits all, for the most part, without support from radio and television.

Sticky Carpet: A.B. Original wins the 12th Australian Music Prize, Brunswick Music Festival, Golden Plains, Liz Stringer and more.

"Our music is like a soundtrack for Istanbul," says Mercan Dede. Now based in Montreal, he grew up in the Turkish city on the edge of two continents. "My home is on the European side, but my university was at the Asian side, so every day I would change from one continent to another," he says.

Grammy-award-winning Corinne Bailey Rae, who will tour Australia next month, says the Caribbean has had a big impact on her.

Ed Sheeran, All Our Exes Live In Texas, the Blackeyed Susans, Hurray for the Riff Raff and Holy Holy.

Being an international opera star invariably has its strange moments but being asked to "walk" on Sydney Harbour is up there with the oddest so far for Josè Maria Lo Monaco.

Five years on from coming together, Melbourne duo Habits are starting to take their music more seriously.

Folk Uke's Amy Nelson and Cathie Guthrie's famous fathers haven't weighed heavily on their own careers.

Where soul and country meet in one vitamin B-injected, sweat-filled party.

Pixies Hordern Pavilion, March 7 ★★★☆

For Sydney the rappers, making a new album was time to take stock of where they've been and where they're going.

TEENAGE FANCLUB

Australians learned two things about Adele over the weekend: that the award-winning artist is in fact married to her longterm partner, and that she is very, very afraid of bugs. 

The late actress co-wrote the track with Lennon "years ago".

Vince Jones gives the music of Van Morrison his own personal touch in this latest production