Australian music
‘Anti-competitive’: Calls mount to break corporate live music domination
Australian musicians are calling for authorities to investigate the market power of major corporate players like Live Nation.
- by Linda Morris
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The Australian hardcore band that’s on the precipice of unlikely stardom
The tight-knit hardcore scene has an aversion to outside interest. But that hasn’t stopped Speed from becoming Australia’s biggest musical export in years.
- by Nick Buckley
Perspective
Live music
‘Small, loud and a bit hot’: Brisbane venues where bands most love to play
From a little studio above a tyre shop to the Aussie Nash – we asked local musicians about their favourite places to play, and this is what they told us.
- by Courtney Kruk
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Live music
How the Teskey Brothers finally found rock-life balance on the road
Constant touring was taking its toll on the band even as they were cracking the big time internationally. So they ripped up the formula and started again.
- by Karl Quinn
Kamahl to fight charge of intimidating woman on mental health grounds
The 89-year-old entertainer is accused of intimidating a 38-year-old woman in two text messages.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Tex Perkins rallied to save it, but ‘world-class’ wildlife hospital could still close
Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, a registered charity, has treated more than 7000 creatures since it opened in October 2020.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Two of Us
Good Weekend
‘My default position is melancholy; Alice’s isn’t’: You Am I’s frontman on love
After two failed attempts at a relationship, musician Tim Rogers and choreographer Alice Topp have made a home among the kangaroos in rural Victoria.
- by Jane Albert
Australian music icon Frank Ifield dies aged 86
How big was Frank Ifield? At one point the Beatles played as his support act.
- by Glenn A Baker
Singer Kamahl to face court on stalking charge
Legendary entertainer Kamahl will face a Sydney court on a charge of stalking and intimidating behaviour towards a woman to whom he says he loaned money.
- by Jessica McSweeney
New rule could force superstars like Taylor Swift to promote Aussie musicians
The Australian music industry has united in a campaign to help boost the struggling live scene.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Perspective
Live music
The Zoo’s demise is live music’s canary in the coalmine
It’s up to all levels of government to pull as many levers as they can to ensure our proud live music scene can keep going for generations to come.
- by Cameron Atfield