Hans Zimmer performs at Rod Laver Arena,April 29,2025.

Hans Zimmer’s music is in all your favourite films – but off screen,something was missing

Seeing Hans Zimmer’s music performed live is a little like seeing the MSO if they were all wearing leather and performing in an arena with drunk male hecklers.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

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Lady Gaga performing at the Grammy Awards in February.

Hear that? It’s the sound of live music dying for local Australian artists

I was asked to support a huge international act. Then I read the fine print.

  • Athanasia Sakoutis
Theremin player Carolina Eyck.

Even this modern maestro won’t touch the world’s weirdest instrument

The theremin’s “woo-ooo” sound has haunted music and cinema lovers for years. Carolina Eyck is the world’s best player,but she’s still making sense of it.

  • Michael Dwyer
Billy Gibbons performs in Hollywood 2008.

‘It’s gotta save your soul’:ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons on longevity and that famous beard

Billy Gibbons’ long beard,hat and sunglasses were part of ZZ Top’s signature identity. The guitarist and his whiskers are back in Australia next month after a decade-long absence.

  • Bill Wyman
Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett.

Spectacular adults-only cabaret comes with an air of debauchery and much celebration

Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett combines circus,sideshow,bizarre burlesque and song to help you shake off the world’s woes.

  • Cameron Woodhead,Andrew McClelland andTony Way
Brisbane quintet Ball Park Music will support Oasis later this year.

Brisbane band to support Oasis on UK legends’ Australian tour

Brisbane’s Ball Park Music have been selected as the support act for the Australian leg of Oasis’ reunion tour.

  • Alex Condon
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Lady Gaga’s fans have called the festival “Gagachella”.

Lady Gaga tickets for $1500? The mad frenzy for star’s Australian shows

The Australian leg of Lady Gaga’s tour in December will mark the first time in more than a decade the pop legend has toured Down Under. So why are fans outraged?

  • Cindy Yin
Abel Selaocoe performs with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Vivaldi and Hendrix collide in a concert that was something of a religious experience

Abel Selaocoe performs with the ACO in a show that is part rock concert,part ritual.

  • Tony Way,Will Cox,Jessica Nicholas andAndrew Fuhrmann
Justin Stanford at the Night Cat in Fitzroy.

Much-loved music venue ordered to improve its soundproofing – for flats that don’t exist

Justin Stanford’s Night Cat in Fitzroy may have to close after being ordered to make costly upgrades because of a residential building that doesn’t yet have planning approval.

  • Alexander Darling andTom Cowie
Dua Lipa performs at Rod Laver Arena,March 19.

Dua Lipa designs a fan’s next tattoo at Melbourne concert

Performing at Rod Laver Arena,the singer got up close and personal with fans – and performed a new cover of Torn.

  • Gabriela Sumampow,Tony Way,Cameron Woodhead andVyshnavee Wijekumar