ABBA close to landing Flemington as venue for spectacular virtual concert
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ABBA close to landing Flemington as venue for spectacular virtual concert

Spectacular 3D virtual concert ABBA Voyage is close to signing a deal to call Melbourne home. But are our major events safe in a tough budget environment?

  • byStephen Brook

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This program is supposed to support live music. So why are venues so angry?
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This program is supposed to support live music. So why are venues so angry?

The Victorian government’s 10,000 Gigs fund has got some of its intended beneficiaries up in arms.

  • byKarl Quinn
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
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
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