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Defqon.1 festival 'postponed indefinitely', nine months after reveller deaths
Organisers were unable to secure an alternative location for the event after the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith opted out.
- by Genevieve Rota
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Elton John and Taron Egerton perform 'Rocket Man'
Elton John and Taron Egerton perform 'Rocket Man' at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Arts
Paul Kelly's imagination takes flight with new project
Paul Kelly spent most of his life 'not noticing birds very much at all'. Then suddenly he opened his eyes, and they were everywhere.
- by Andrew Stafford
Felicity Urquhart and Glen Hannah perform 'Hard Promises to Keep'
The husband and wife performed at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 2015.
Live music
Guns N' Roses' songs aren't racist, just misunderstood, bassist says
Duff McKagan may be a member of one of rock 'n' roll's most controversial bands, but the Guns N' Roses bassist is disputing the idea that several of the group's '80s hits were sexist or racist.
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Stella Donnelly review: a strong voice and opinion to match
The Vivid Festival billed Stella Donnelly as a 'star in the making', and the second of her three shows here proved the claim was as genuine as one of her songs.
- by Michael Bailey
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Exuberant quartet stays true to Beethoven's radical vision
Review ★★★★ The Fidelio Quartet is nearing the end of its Beethoven cycle and has clearly grown with the exercise.
- by Maxim Boon
Jimmy Barnes
For 'hyperactive' Jimmy Barnes, new album and tour is just the beginning
'I'm hyperactive,' says the singer-author-cook and occasional political activist. He's not kidding.
- by Karl Quinn
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Maggie Rogers review: Dancing to the beat of her own drum
Draped in a blue gossamer shawl that transformed her from soulful mystic to uninhibited dancing queen, Maggie Rogers showed the Enmore a rollicking good time.
- by Divya Venkataraman
Arts
How crossover classical has become cool again
A growing number of artists are reviving the idea classical music is not only compatible with pop, but such combinations can lead to new creative frontiers.
- by Maxim Boon
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Dirty Three: Eccentric trio let their hair down
Eccentric rockers Warren Ellis, Mick Turner and Jim White performed their eponymous album in its entirety, 25 years later.
- by John Shand