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Bluesfest 2025 proved a hit, attracting a near capacity crowd.

Bluesfest music festival cancelled as organisers appoint liquidator

Organisers of the northern NSW festival said it was “incredibly difficult” to scrap the April event that was to have featured Split Enz and Earth, Wind and Fire.

  • Kayla Olaya and Karl Quinn

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Lily James as Whitney Wolfe Herd in Swiped.

First Zuckerberg and Pamela Anderson, now the Bumble billionaire. In the biopic era, is a public figure ‘fair game’?

A new film about the female founder of dating app Bumble is the latest example of someone’s life being dramatised without consultation or consent.

  • Garry Maddox
Later this year, Bob Dylan is set to release a book of drawings completed during his 2022 tour.

Bob Dylan returns with a surprising new release

In 2022, as the legendary musician was touring the US and Europe, he was also busy with a side project set to land later this year.

  • Alexandra Alter
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All cisterns go!

The voice of a generation was one out of the box.

Shirley Manson returns with her band for their eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light.

Eight albums and two hip replacements: Shirley Manson shows no sign of slowing down

After three decades in the music industry, the Garbage frontwoman remains as feisty and assured as ever.

  • Jane Rocca
The Bob Dylan Centre in Oklahoma’s second-most populous city, Tulsa, features a permanent exhibition of the artist’s life and career.

Bob Dylan was born in Minnesota and thrived in NYC – yet his museum’s in Oklahoma

The question was blowin’ in the wind: why did the legendary songwriter allow his archives to go to a conservative “red” state in the southern US?

  • Toby B. Hemingway
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“As I got older, it was easier to find clues that life was worth living, that I deserved happiness, love, friendship.”

‘Clues that life was worth living’: Singer Cat Power on overcoming decades of sadness

The US singer-songwriter on surviving crushing lows, her most deeply held value – and her soundtrack for partying (and heartbreak).

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Great Australian Bites at South Bank, Brisbane.

Things to do in Brisbane on the Australia Day long weekend

Whether celebrating, reflecting, or just chilling, here are 26 ways to spend your long weekend.

  • Nick Dent
Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown.

Timothee Chalamet ditches the cuteness and produces an electric Bob Dylan

A Complete Unknown is the actor’s most impressive performance to date: not merely an imitation of the young Dylan, but an interpretation of his body of work.

  • Jake Wilson
Bono of U2, former President Jimmy Carter and co-founder of WAFF Nile Rodgers attend We Are Family Foundation 2016 Celebration Gala in 2016 in New York

How Jimmy Carter became the first rock ’n’ roll president

Jimmy Carter was a music fan way before he considered a career in politics, and it helped him pioneer a road to the White House.

  • Nick Galvin