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Lorde performs at Glastonbury festival 2025.

MusicCommentsOh Lorde! NZ singer to make Perth final stop of Aus tour

The Kiwi pop star is headed Down Under early next year as she rolls out her fourth studio album.

Zach Margolius

Australian musical acts such as indie rock group Dice are finding fans overseas through streaming. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

MusicPremiumAussie acts find global listeners but AI worries linger

Data from music streaming giant Spotify reveals Australian artists are more globally popular than ever, but can they compete with the all-powerful algorithm?

Tom Wark

They are one of the biggest band’s in the world but scientists suggest they are not ‘harmonically daring’.

MusicCommentsWhy the biggest band in the world are officially BORING

They are mega-popular, having sold more than 100 million albums, but scientists have found that their new songs sound a lot like their old ones. Do you agree?

Troy de Ruyter

The Stranded Wailers will perform at this week’s Albany International Folk ‘n’ Shanty Festival.

shanty soundPremiumPopular Folk and Shanty Festival returns to Albany shores

Albany’s musical community and local venues are gearing up for the much-anticipated Albany International Folk and Shanty Festival this weekend, with more than a dozen local and interstate acts in the lineup. 

Jacki Elezovich

Luke Hogan as Art Garfunkel and Israel Bloodgood as Paul Simon in The Simon and Garfunkel Story touring Australia.

Sound of silenceMusic duo reunited in stage story

Praise from an artist about their life story portrayal is no easy feat but it was bestowed on The Simon and Garfunkel Story cast when Art Garfunkel surprised them on stage in 2024 after a New York performance.

Tanya MacNaughton

Dave and Henry having a moment on stage.

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WA indie band play new songs at gig from ‘wildest dreams’

Old Mervs rocked out to hundreds of fans in Perth at the weekend at an arena they never thought they would play a headline show.

Kellie Balaam

Listen Out 2025 has been cancelled.

FestivalsCommentsFans angry after another music festival bites the dust

A music festival that was set to arrive in Perth later this year has been cancelled.

Kellie Balaam

CEO Owen Whittle at The Rosemount in North Perth.

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Live music under attack from infill NIMBYs

People who move close to live music venues should not be allowed to immediately complain about the noise and have them shut down, says that man charged with revitalising Perth’s music scene.

Kate Emery

Oasis kicked off a reunion tour in Cardiff, Wales to a crowd ecstatic for the band’s 1990s hits.

MusicOasis sends fans ‘Supersonic’ as long-awaited tour begins

Oasis ended a 16-year hiatus on Friday with a punchy, powerful trip through one of Britpop’s greatest songbooks, kicking off a reunion tour in Cardiff, Wales to a crowd ecstatic for the band’s 1990s hits.

Jill Lawless

Usher has cancelled his Australian tour.

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Fans devastated after Usher suddenly cancels Aussie tour

Just weeks after tickets went on sale, global R&B superstar Usher has cancelled his tour of Australia.

Eloise Budimlich

Liam and Noel Gallagher are set to perform together for the first time since Oasis split in 2009. (AP PHOTO)

MusicPremiumOasis to reissue second album for 30th anniversary

Britpop legends Oasis will release a deluxe 30th-anniversary reissue of their seminal second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? in October.

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Kanye West, who has changed his name to Ye, has be barred from Australia.

Federal PoliticsKanye West barred from Australia over anti-Semitic song

Kanye West was officially banned from Australia after the recent release of an anti-Semitic song, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has revealed.

Katina Curtis

Central Cee is playing in Perth on Wednesday night.

EntertainmentCommentsHeavy traffic warning ahead of UK rapper’s concert tonight

The heavily-tattooed British rapper is due to take the stage at RAC Arena on Wednesday night.

Kellie Balaam

Just Fiddling. The 45th Albany Eisteddfod took place at the Albany Entertainment Centre from June 9-12.

Show stoppersPremiumAlbany’s 45th Eisteddfod attracts 300 talented performers

The 45th Albany Eisteddfod attracted more than 300 entries over four days of competition and concerts which took place at the Albany Entertainment Centre

Claire Middleton

Lucinda and Stephanie Nicholls, Hayley Scheffer and Elena Wittkuhn at Grove Library for Mirabilis Collective on Sunday.

Classical livePremiumHistorical tribute to women and song

Hildegard von Bingen’s medieval paean to wisdom, O Virtus Sapientiae, infuses Grove Library with a cathedral ambience for a winter season finale.

David Cusworth

Samantha Jade will star as Vivian in the upcoming Pretty Woman: The Musical.

CelebrityVideoCommentsPerth pop singer to bring iconic movie to life on stage

The lead actress for the upcoming musical Pretty Woman has being announced with show playing in Australia later this year.

Kellie Balaam

Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers performs at the Gobi stage at the 2025 Coachella Valley music and arts festival on April 13, 2025 in Indio, California.

MusicCommentsAussie punk outfit could take crown as biggest rock band

Embarking on their first tour of Australia in a decade, AC/DC tapped Amyl and the Sniffers as the support act for the five-city run of shows in the Power Up tour at the end of this year. 

Dylan Caporn

A terrifying health scare almost ended it all for Australian rock icon Jimmy Barnes.

THE NIGHTLYJimmy Barnes opens up on staring death in face & winning

If a near-death experience re-defines a person’s life, rock music legend Jimmy Barnes has had multiple re-definitions.

Chris Reason

Sara Macliver sings for Danceworks with Otto Tausk and WA Symphony Orchestra at Studio Underground.

Underground musicPremiumWASO bends genres with Musical Mavericks

Conductor Otto Tausk brings a Dutch treat to WA Symphony Orchestra’s new Underground Series with Danceworks at State Theatre Centre.

David Cusworth

AC/DC have smashed ticket sales records, with more than 320,000 fans scoring seats for the legendary rock band’s upcoming Australian tour.

MusicCommentsAC/DC smash ticket sales record for upcoming Aussie tour

AC/DC have smashed ticket sales records, with hundreds of thousands of fans snatching seats for the legendary rock band’s upcoming Australian tour.

Amy Lee

Legendary Australian rockers AC/DC

EntertainmentCommentsTickets for second Perth AC/DC show on sale this morning

The legendary band have announced a second Perth show, with tickets going on sale from 11am.

Joseph Cassidy

‘Glastonbury, I'm a free man,’ Kneecap frontman Mo Chara told the audience while wearing a keffiyeh. (AP PHOTO)

THE NIGHTLYOutrage as BBC livestreams ‘death to IDF’ Glastonbury chant

Footage has emerged of Glastonbury performances as the BBC aired anti-semitic chants live, while one group yelled ‘f*** Keir Starmer’, the UK Prime Minister.

Kimberley Braddish

Footage has emerged of Glastonbury performances as the BBC is accused or airing anti-semitic chants live.

World NewsCommentsOutrage as BBC livestreams ‘death to IDF’ Glastonbury chant

Footage has emerged of Glastonbury performances as the BBC aired anti-semitic chants live, while one group yelled ‘f*** Keir Starmer’, the UK Prime Minister.

Kimberley Braddish

A-list guests are in for a treat as stars are set to perform at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s grand wedding finale in Venice, with the couple planning ‘a full-on dance’ party.

CultureCommentsStars revealed to perform at Bezos’ big wedding after-party

A-list guests are in for a treat as stars are set to perform at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s grand wedding finale in Venice, with the couple planning ‘a full-on dance’ party.

Kimberley Braddish