Calling all Janiacs:Austen’s love of music has inspired a modern concert

Calling all Janiacs:Austen’s love of music has inspired a modern concert

Melburnians brought out their boas for Harry Styles then sequins for Taylor Swift. For a Jane Austen musical tribute,the dress code is:favourite character.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

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Pop superstar Billie Eilish announces huge Australian tour

Pop superstar Billie Eilish announces huge Australian tour

The two-time Oscar winner will return to Australia to tour her coming album.

  • byHelen Pitt
A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG

A rare act of impersonation:Heather Mitchell’s enthralling RBG

Inhabiting someone as illustrious as US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg is no mean feat,but Mitchell doesn’t just capture her likeness – she captures her spirit.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Nadia Bailey,Jessica Nicholas andVyshnavee Wijekumar
Win a trip to the US for the ultimate Billie Eilish fan experience

Win a trip to the US for the ultimate Billie Eilish fan experience

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When this play premiered,its actors were arrested for obscenity. Now it’s back

When this play premiered,its actors were arrested for obscenity. Now it’s back

A controversial classic,and a smart contemporary response to it,takes the stage at La Mama in an excellent double bill.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Karl Quinn,Tony Way andSonia Nair
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
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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
Dirty Three’s Jim White,your favourite songwriter’s favourite drummer

Dirty Three’s Jim White,your favourite songwriter’s favourite drummer

Propulsive but patient,White’s drumming has become an instrumental voice. After a career of making music with others,he has finished his first solo album.

  • byGrayson Haver Currin
He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway
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He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway

Listeners were dazzled with the dizzying accuracy of Vikingur Olafsson’s fast hand-crossing,which was made far more perilous on a modern piano.

  • byTony Way andCameron Woodhead
After a blistering Golden Plains set,this duo sets out to conquer Melbourne

After a blistering Golden Plains set,this duo sets out to conquer Melbourne

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Gaslight,Mahler 3,The Streets,Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul,and The Human League.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Barney Zwartz,Cameron Woodhead,Nadia Bailey andAndrew McClelland
Banned by police,this controversial rap group is heading to Melbourne

Banned by police,this controversial rap group is heading to Melbourne

Western Sydney rap group OneFour are set to perform their first headline show in Melbourne as part of the RISING festival in June.

  • byThomas Mitchell