The one-time One Direction star backs up November shows with more next year while the Kiwi superstar comes out in November to play under the stars.

British production duo the Nextmen have made a name for themselves as one of the most in-demand pair in music for nearly 20 years. So it comes as some surprise that Brad Ellis and Dominic Betmead don't at all see eye-to-eye when they sit down to work together.

Jordan Ireland, the Hard Aches, Buddy Glass, Scabz and Beth Orton.

Sticky Carpet: Supersense returns to Arts Centre Melbourne, My Friend the Chocolate Cake, a triple treat at the Old Bar and more.

Album reviews: Chain & the Gang, Alt-J, Big Thief, Roger Waters and Phoenix.

The experience of hearing Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan play live is also akin to travelling through time.

Dianne Reeves has the warmth and the voice, but less showbiz and more music would be nice.

If you've got some flamboyance and some front, anything is possible, even getting the most famous scream in Australian music on your album.

The young electro-pop artist thinks she's waited 200 lifetimes for this opportunity. That's why she is taking charge of it all.

The Sydney Conservatorium hosted the first of what hopefully will be many annual jazz festivals

If he missed the cut-off, he wouldn't get his $1.2 million prizemoney.

David Bowie is landing a spot on Broadway almost two years after his death - in the new SpongeBob SquarePants musical.

Amid a haze of smoke, LED lighting and digital optical illusions, Hawtin's performance was a unique take on the live electronic music format.

You never know exactly what you'll get at a Dianne Reeves show.

The Australian String Quartet is the sort of group one would always be interested to hear play great music.

Curating a mix of "pop, experimental and defiantly 'other,'" the minds behind Repressed Records, delivered an evening of musical and visual colour.

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There was an admirable sense of defiance underpinning Ariana Grande's three-hour-long, musically diverse One Love Manchester concert at Old Trafford.  

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Donny McCaslin​'s group was so explosive that it threatened to set the Toff in Town stage on fire.

The duo's new collaboration features music by Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, and others.

Brilliant guitarist Bill Frisell just has to wish, and his musical dreams come true.

It's been a confusing weekend for the Black Eyed Peas and their fans.

Popstars from all over the world have united on stage to honour the victims of last week’s Manchester bombing.

The benefit concert to commemorate those affected by the Manchester suicide bombing is still set to take place in Britain.

There are many unusual challenges that come with staging opera in a public toilet.