Live Music
Jack White returns to the grimy intimacy of the Melbourne venue where he wrote one of his hits
Jack White, rock and roll royalty, could fill a much bigger venue than the Corner Hotel several times over – but this grimy intimacy is what he prefers.
- by Will Cox, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann and Tony Way
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Trump in a dumpster plus a little bit of opera? This is a Christmas show with a difference
F Christmas is a holiday variety special that delivers wildly defiant joys with a dose of reality.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Andrew Fuhrmann, Cher Tan and Tony Way
Archie Roach didn’t get the chance. Now, music legends will perform on all levels
Part of Richmond’s Bakehouse Studios was inaccessible to Uncle Archie Roach before his final tour. Now a group of artists with disabilities is performing there.
- by Cassandra Morgan
Twist on Frankenstein transports the classic to London under Thatcher
Cruel Britannia’s atmosphere of uncanniness and threat created by gender conformity resonates with deeper truths that a more straightforward retelling might miss.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Will Cox and Nell Geraets
Live Nation Australia boss lifts lid on loathed dynamic ticket pricing
Michael Coppel has fronted the music inquiry in Canberra and offered a rare insight into one of the promoter and ticketing giant’s most controversial practices.
- by Karl Quinn
Ticketek blames artists and venues for high prices, hidden fees
The ticketing company has given evidence in a parliamentary inquiry, arguing against the federal government’s proposed ban on dynamic pricing.
- by Angus Delaney
You don’t often see a performer of this calibre slumming it down an alleyway
Mike McLeish’s solo show, Pensive Like a Fox, is a charming and offbeat cabaret filled with off-the-wall tangents and genuine poignancy.
- by Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Kosa Monteith and Jessica Nicholas
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Network outage
Ticketek website back online, but crash frustrates promoters and buyers
Major ticketing website Ticketek shut down on Monday and into Tuesday, leaving fans unable to access tickets and promoters scrambling for alternatives.
- by Thomas Mitchell
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I was excited to see one of my favourite bands. Except I didn’t see them, not really
At 23, I’m too young to remember a time without phones obscuring people’s views at concerts. Our need to document everything is coming with a price.
- by Angus Delaney
‘I’m pretty boring and sort of straight-laced’ – how sobriety improved a musician’s work
Indie darling turned bona fide star Waxahatchee returns to Australia later this month.
- by Brodie Lancaster
‘That’s not planned’: Coldplay’s final Melbourne stadium show goes out with a bang
Coldplay singer Chris Martin brought some drama to the band’s last Melbourne gig with a dangerous tumble through an open trapdoor.
- by Madeleine Heffernan