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Music
Ticketmaster, Splendour in the Grass owner investigated by US government
Australia’s live music industry could be in for a massive shake-up, if the US forces Live Nation to offload its ticketing arm.
- by Karl Quinn
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Defiant Deborah Conway addresses antisemitism in autobiographical show
As songstress Conway looks back on 40 years as a performer, it becomes clear the music is only the beginning.
- by Nick Dent
‘It helps to have rich parents’: How to stop music becoming a pastime for the privileged
Becoming a professional musician takes more than talent. An innovative program aims to give aspiring artists a chance at making it.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Rappers are the coolest musicians on the planet, so why do their feuds feel so lame?
From Jay-Z and Nas to Kendrick and Drake, beef between rappers has been a genre mainstay. But why does the latest feud feel so lame?
- by Tom W. Clarke
Perspective
Music festivals
Fifty years ago, I went to Australia’s Woodstock. On Saturday, I went back
In the 1970s, the Sunbury festival celebrated rock music and youthful indulgence. On the weekend, the crowd returned. This time their clothes stayed on.
- by Tony Wright
Paris Hilton, a Blur spray and Taylor Swift: Highlights from Coachella
The iconic festival gave us the return of No Doubt, a surprise duet from Billie Eilish and Lana Del Rey and an on-stage spray courtesy of Blur frontman Damon Albarn.
- by Thomas Mitchell
First KISS, next Taylor Swift? Meet the unlikely band opening for the stars
A group of young Central Australian musicians want to inspire the youth of Alice Springs, currently under curfew until Tuesday.
- by Helen Pitt
Meet Australia’s biggest performing artist you’ve probably never heard of
Pub Choir is the art of teaching a song they’ve never heard to a bunch of beery strangers who might not be able to sing. It’s a hell of a ride.
- by Michael Bachelard
Engelbert Humperdinck on his feud with Tom Jones, Lesbian Seagull, and doing it at 88
“I didn’t dabble in drugs… I’m afraid that’s why I’m still around.”
- by Robert Moran
Festivals ‘in the thick of a real crisis’, says Music Australia chief
The number of 18 to 24-year-olds attending music festivals has dropped in the past five years, with a new report warning rising costs and overpolicing are key factors.
- by Karl Quinn
Peach PRC: former stripper turned TikToker in her element on stage
TikTok’s pop princess proves she is as captivating on stage as she is on-screen.
- by Millie Muroi