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Dua Lipa to headline new two-month long Victorian music festival
Dua Lipa, one of the biggest pop stars in the world, will play a one-off show at St Kilda’s Palais Theatre in October as part of a new state-sponsored, two-month-long music festival.
- by Rachael Dexter
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Piano virtuoso listens then speaks with brilliance
Visitor Javier Perianes brought fluid momentum, interest and originality to his playing.
- by Peter McCallum
Chloe Lattanzi shares video tribute to mum Olivia Newton-John
Chloe Lattanzi pays tribute to mum Olivia Newton-John in sweet video of pair singing a duet.
How Olivia Newton-John guided us from blissful AM radio to raunchy MTV
Country music was a big part of AM radio’s Top 40 fabric in the precious days of the ’70s. Olivia found her niche in it with spectacular success.
- by Michael Dwyer
Olivia Newton-John's final performance at Fire Fight Australia
For a good cause, Olivia Newton-John briefly came out of retirement to perform in Sydney, Australia in 2020.
The disarmingly honest jazz singer finally ready to be heard
After moving away from Australia at the end of 2020, Kristin Berardi is back home for the first time – and is finding herself in high demand.
- by Jessica Nicholas
Judith Durham valued adversity and blessings in disguise
To meet the beloved singer of The Seekers was to be beguiled by a warmth and charm and laugh that was all evidence of her refusal to be bowed by life’s slings and arrows.
- by Neil McMahon
Girls would ‘bribe security and be in our hotel rooms’: Taylor Hanson
The Hanson star opens up about how his mum helped make Hanson happen, finding fame at a young age, and married life.
- by Jane Rocca
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Gang of Youths review: At the right place at the right time
It’s an emotionally charged experience as the Sydney rockers play their biggest hometown show yet in front of their nearest and dearest.
- by George Palathingal
‘We won’t cry’: Archie Roach farewelled at an emotional National Indigenous Music Awards
The first in-person NIMAs since 2019 was a celebration of First Nations talent, both past and present – featuring tributes to Archie Roach and Gurrumul, plus big wins for Baker Boy.
- by Meg Watson