Live music
A response to the Port Arthur massacre, this is not an easy play to watch
Beyond the Neck underscores the importance of memorialising, reflecting upon, and grappling with the terror and the trauma of public violence at scale.
- Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way
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Jeff Goldblum’s eccentric rhythm finds its groove at the piano
At 72, Goldblum seems less an actor or musician these days than a meme in the original sense: a kind of agreed cultural constant.
- Michael Dwyer
- Exclusive
- City life
The Sydney venues cradling the next generation of bands
Our city’s legendary pubs gave the likes of AC/DC and Midnight Oil their start – now young artists are forging a new path in a very different live music scene.
- Kayla Olaya
‘This could be a winner’: Delta Goodrem’s Eurovision campaign wows Norway
After a masterclass performance in Norway, Delta Goodrem has vaulted into the top five, as the hunt for Australia’s first Eurovision gold intensifies.
- Michael Idato
PayPal offers refund hope for some Bluesfest ticket holders
The online payment platform has announced it is temporarily relaxing their refund rules to help some ticket holders recoup the money they spent before the festival was unexpectedly cancelled.
- Nell Geraets and Karl Quinn
Bluesfest’s collapse leaves many questions. These six demand immediate answers
Confusion and anger has followed the news that the 2026 festival is off and the companies behind it are in liquidation. But Bluesfest chief Peter Noble has yet to respond.
- Karl Quinn
- Opinion
- Spectrum
If the Bluesfest era has ended, I’ve lost something more precious than money
Bluesfest set perilously high standards for itself, which is probably why, in the end, it burnt out instead of fading away.
- David Free
Gold Coast snags Olympic stadium architects for new $480m arena
Mayor Tom Tate says the 12,000-seat Carey Park arena will give the Gold Coast “first chop” at global acts usually destined for Brisbane.
- Cameron Atfield
Artists ‘devastated’, ticket holders out of pocket after Bluesfest cancellation
Thousands of revellers are unlikely to be refunded the festival’s more than $23 million in ticket sales, said the liquidator.
- Kayla Olaya
- Updated
- Music festivals
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