He was playing the ‘wrong’ instrument – but nailed the concert anyway
★★★★★
Melbourne live reviews

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

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This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

This revolutionary feminist was executed at 31. Her ideas never died

Farewell Lady Autumn at La Mama is inspired by the life of Qiu Jin,who was executed after being implicated in a failed assassination plot.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Kosa Monteith,Jessica Nicholas,Barney Zwartz andTyson Wray
‘I’m not proud of the music I’ve made’:Rapper-turned-priest denounces his past

‘I’m not proud of the music I’ve made’:Rapper-turned-priest denounces his past

Pio Misa,better known as YP,was part of one of the biggest and most infamous rap groups in Australia. Now,he’s found God and renounced his past life.

  • byJames Wilson
Tom Jones stuns Kings Park audience by diving into darkness and death
★★★★
Perth

Tom Jones stuns Kings Park audience by diving into darkness and death

The ageless Welsh star kicked off his Australian tour at Kings Park last night with a surprising mix of rousing classics and songs in the late-career elegiac mode of David Bowie and Johnny Cash.

  • byMark Naglazas
Still burning:Peter Garrett’s well-oiled solo show amps up the passion
★★★★
Live music

Still burning:Peter Garrett’s well-oiled solo show amps up the passion

The Midnight Oil frontman might be 70,but you wouldn’t know it from this galvanising show behind a new solo record.

  • byMichael Bailey
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
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Do believe the hype:Fred again.. is a massive talent
★★★★★
Arts

Do believe the hype:Fred again.. is a massive talent

The British DJ demonstrates he is no flash in the pan at his first Sydney stadium gig.

  • byShamim Razavi
It was too hot to dance until the Balkan punk band gave us no choice

It was too hot to dance until the Balkan punk band gave us no choice

An uninvited band,mixed messages,and a closed stage:the WOMADelaide festival dancing through its challenges.

  • byJessica Nicholas
Move over David Williamson,we have a new five-star footy play

Move over David Williamson,we have a new five-star footy play

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes a thrilling play about footy and racism;the Jonas Brothers’ play Rod Laver Arena on first-ever Australian tour,Fred again..’s instant arena tour;and two comedies:one about two super-Karens meeting for their weekly lunch,and another about two young men who have to deal with a sick cow.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Marcus Teague andVyshnavee Wijekumar
Sydney indie kings Royel Otis murder the dancefloor in Freo

Sydney indie kings Royel Otis murder the dancefloor in Freo

Eclectic Australian guitar-pop pair Royel Otis appear to be on the cusp of being propelled into the stratosphere after a knockout,sold out performance at Freo Social on Saturday night.

  • bySarah Brookes andAudrey Franzi
Amy Hack is captivating as Yentl in this transgressive tale’s return

Amy Hack is captivating as Yentl in this transgressive tale’s return

This wrap of shows around Melbourne includes Yentl at the Malthouse,a revival of The Sound of Music in St Kilda,the stage adaptation of The Hate Race,Sampha at Margaret Court Arena,Shonen Knife,and a fiery triple bill at the Melbourne Recital Centre.

  • bySonia Nair,Cher Tan,Jessica Nicholas,Michael Dwyer andCameron Woodhead