Pain and sensuality abounds in revival of Italian classics as British rockers deliver chaotic experience for the apocalypse
★★★½
Arts

Pain and sensuality abounds in revival of Italian classics as British rockers deliver chaotic experience for the apocalypse

Our reviewers check out Sydney performances of the Australian Haydn Ensemble,Bring Me The Horizon and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

  • byKate Prendergast,Peter McCallum andMichael Ruffles

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Defiant Deborah Conway addresses antisemitism in autobiographical show
★★★½
Music

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
James Taylor mesmerises and amuses his Kings Park audience
★★★★
Live music

James Taylor mesmerises and amuses his Kings Park audience

The famously subdued singer surprised and delighted the Kings Park crowd with full-blooded renditions of his cherished songs and lots of jokes.

  • byMark Naglazas
Peach PRC:former stripper turned TikToker in her element on stage

Peach PRC:former stripper turned TikToker in her element on stage

TikTok’s pop princess proves she is as captivating on stage as she is on-screen.

  • byMillie Muroi
Charm offensive:Chris Isaak conquers an adoring Kings Park crowd
★★★★
City life

Charm offensive:Chris Isaak conquers an adoring Kings Park crowd

For a singer celebrated for his heartbreaking romantic ballads Chris Isaak sure knows how to deliver a great gag.

  • byMark Naglazas
‘Worst show in 42 years’:Elvis Costello disappoints fans

‘Worst show in 42 years’:Elvis Costello disappoints fans

Multi-award winning singer-songwriter and rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Famer Elvis Costello gives a disappointing performance at the Sydney Opera House.

  • byBernard Zuel
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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
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