Australian fans stunned as Taylor Swift announces surprise second album

Australian fans stunned as Taylor Swift announces surprise second album

Just two hours after releasing her highly anticipated 11th album,Swift stunned fans who had gathered to hear her new songs by releasing a second new album.

  • byNell Geraets

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Taylor Swift’s new album is here,and it’s proof she needs to take a break

Taylor Swift’s new album is here,and it’s proof she needs to take a break

The megastar exorcises her past relationships with Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy on an album likely to divide fans.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Ticketmaster,Splendour in the Grass owner investigated by US government

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.

  • byKarl Quinn
Defiant Deborah Conway addresses antisemitism in autobiographical show
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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.

  • byNick Dent
‘It helps to have rich parents’:How to stop music becoming a pastime for the privileged

‘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.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Rappers are the coolest musicians on the planet,so why do their feuds feel so lame?

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?

  • byTom W. Clarke
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Fifty years ago,I went to Australia’s Woodstock. On Saturday,I went back
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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.

  • byTony Wright
Paris Hilton,a Blur spray and Taylor Swift:Highlights from Coachella

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.

  • byThomas Mitchell
First KISS,next Taylor Swift? Meet the unlikely band opening for the stars

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.

  • byHelen Pitt
Meet Australia’s biggest performing artist you’ve probably never heard of

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.

  • byMichael Bachelard
Engelbert Humperdinck on his feud with Tom Jones,Lesbian Seagull,and doing it at 88

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.”

  • byRobert Moran