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New music this week (part 2): Songs from Go-Jo, Erika Vikman, Luna and more
Although we’re officially into the Eurovision 2026 season, it will still be some time before we hear any national final and Eurovision songs. Thankfully, the music will always continue and a number of Eurovision artists are still producing new...
Bunbury, Australind men charged over dangerous move at Metallica concert at Optus Stadium
Two men have been charged over dangerous antics at Metallica’s epic concert at Optus Stadium on Saturday night. WA Police allege a 20-year-old man from the Bunbury suburb of Carey Park and a 23-year-old man from Australind climbed up the central...
ACHIEVEMENT | Fijian-Australian shines on The Voice Australia 2025
Fijian-Australian singer and musician Joseph Vuicakau made waves on the latest season of The Voice Australia, singing his way into the semifinals on October 17 with a string of captivating, powerhouse performances. In doing so, he became one of...
Daniel Johns Shares Unreleased Music at First ‘In Conversation’ Show
Daniel Johns started his “In Conversation” series at Sydney’s State Theatre last night (November 1st). The Silverchair legend returned to the stage for the first of four intimate conversation shows, his first live appearances in over five years....
New Eddie Perfect musical ‘Tivoli Lovely’ will have its world premiere in Perth
Perth audiences will be the first in the world to see new musical Tivoli Lovely. Eddie Perfect has had huge success in the musical theatre realm with his breakout work Keating – The Musical, continued achievement with Shane Warne – The Musical and...
Challenging program of Swiss and Australian music
Monica Buckland conducting Musica Da Camera. Photo: Dalice Trost Music / Inspire, Imagine, Hope, Musica da Camera. At Holy Covenant Anglican Church, Cook, November 1. Reviewed by SARAH BYRNE. A small but rapt audience turned out for Musica da...
Go Inside METALLICA's Pop-Up Store In Perth, Australia During 2025 'M72' World Tour
To coincide with METALLICA's concert at Optus Stadium in Perth, Australia on November 1, 2025, a pop-up shop opened on Friday, October 21 at Murray Street Mall, and will remain open until Sunday, November 2 at 6:00 p.m. A fan-filmed walkthrough...
Metallica Kick Off Australia Tour: 4 Takeaways
Metallica kicked off their Australia and tour in style last night (November 1st), bringing decades of hits to Perth’s Optus Stadium. Following their WA show, the local leg of their ‘M72 World Tour’ will take the heavy metal veterans to Adelaide,...
Albums Released Today – October 31, 2025.
Friday is release day! Here are some albums we think you’ll enjoy. Florence Welch. CREDIT: Autumn de Wilde The Belair Lip Bombs – Again The Australian music scene is on fire right now! The Belair Lip Bombs combine power pop and post-punk for a...
The Belair Lip Bombs Announce 2026 Australian Tour
More The Belair Lip Bombs Melbourne indie rockers The Belair Lip Bombs have enjoyed a massive week. They’ve just released their new record, Again, and announced a huge 2026 Australian tour. The tour dates arrive in the midst of the group’s...
Metallica Australian Tour Setlist Revealed
More Metallica After years of waiting, the mighty Metallica launched their Australian tour in Perth on Saturday night (November 1st). First announced over a year ago, the nascent dates are part of the band’s ongoing M72, and mark their first trip...
Oasis Australian Tour Setlist Revealed
More Oasis Taking to the stage at 8:45 pm, the Britpop icons played their first of three shows at the Melbourne stadium ahead of two nights at Sydney’s Accor Stadium next week. Their set followed that of Brisbane rockers Ball Park Music, who...
Metallica Remind Australia Why Their Heavy Metal’s Most Enduring Band
Metallica Optus Stadium, Perth Saturday, November 1st They’ve come a long way, Metallica. Over forty years ago four spotty teens co-invented neck-aching thrash metal, then against all odds became chart-topping titans, struggled through a difficult...
All the shows coming to Lancashire in November including superstar musicians & comedians
November may mean colder and darker nights but there’s plenty of shows on across Lancashire to make you feel warm inside! A wide variety of solo stars and big productions are taking to stages up and down the county this November offering something...
Oasis' Liam Gallagher issues furious warning to fan after flare thrown at concert
Liam Gallagher unleashed on Twitter about someone who set off a flare in the crowd(Image: Variety via Getty Images) Liam Gallagher has unleashed a furious rant on social media after a flare was thrown into the audience during one of Oasis's packed...
Hair The Musical @ Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
The year was 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated, the Vietnam War escalated, Nixon was elected, the Civil Rights Act was signed, and protests erupted from Paris to Prague. The world was in turmoil. More than 50...
Remembering Liam Gallagher’s Racist Slur On Their First Australia Tour
(Don’t) Look Back In Anger. It hasn’t take long for Liam Gallagher to reach for his favourite his favourite lexicon on his current Australia tour. Following two flares being set off during the closing song of last night's opening Melbourne leg,...
Musick debuts 2025-26 Razorbacks in Exhibition against UA-Fort Smith
The Arkansas women’s basketball team played an exhibition Thursday against the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The Lady Hogs came away with the victory 100-42 at home inside Bud Walton Arena. The game against Fort Smith marked head coach...
The top albums from New Music Friday for Oct. 31
Every Friday, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf and Lilliput Records co-owner Tanner Musgrove tell you about the new albums you can’t miss on a new episode of On Vinyl. Check out their top picks and a list of this week’s other releases, and listen...
As an American, all I knew about Australia when I arrived was Steve Irwin. Here's what I loved and hated about a country where I was homeless, jailed twice and attacked by spiders
A US woman who came to Australia to escape 'oppressive' America and ended up getting locked up in two prisons and a detention centre, as well as homeless in Bondi, has revealed what she loved and hated about her time Down Under. Liliana Goodson...