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Australia's country stars prepare for night of nights

Australia's country stars prepare for night of nights

The Golden Guitar Awards will honour Australia's country music legends and emerging artists, with Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham leading the nominations.

From the Territory to Tamworth, Tom shares bush spirit

From the Territory to Tamworth, Tom shares bush spirit

From the Territory to Tamworth, Tom shares bush spirit

From the Territory to Tamworth, Tom shares bush spirit

Tom Curtain takes his horses, his dogs and his guitar on the road, putting on rollicking live shows that give city slickers a taste of life on the land.

Clear as a Bell: big things ahead for NZ country star

Clear as a Bell: big things ahead for NZ country star

Clear as a Bell: big things ahead for NZ country star

Clear as a Bell: big things ahead for NZ country star

Singer Kaylee Bell has played to sold-out stadium crowds and been honoured in the US in one year. But the NZ country star is not an overnight success story.

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Birdsong to soar over Australia's country music capital

Birdsong to soar over Australia's country music capital

Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham found solace in song, in a creative and personal partnership that has earned them six Golden Guitar Award nominations.

Great Scot, it's Elvis: thousands turn out for the king

Great Scot, it's Elvis: thousands turn out for the king

Builder Ross Cummings leaves his Sydney life behind to transform into Scottish Elvis at the Parkes Elvis Festival every year.

Fast as a snake, Elvis acts use their animal instinct

Fast as a snake, Elvis acts use their animal instinct

US Elvis tribute artists get all shook up as they're warned to look out for a deadly eastern brown snake named Frank at the Parkes Elvis Festival in rural NSW.

Parkes is jumpin' as the town begins to swing for Elvis

Parkes is jumpin' as the town begins to swing for Elvis

The Parkes Elvis Festival is off to a hot and sweaty start, as thousands of fans spend a summer weekend in rural NSW to celebrate the king.

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Fans can't help falling in love at Elvis extravaganza

Fans can't help falling in love at Elvis extravaganza

Fans can't help falling in love at Elvis extravaganza

Fans can't help falling in love at Elvis extravaganza

It's now or never for thousands of Elvis fans as they show off their collective burning love at Australia's biggest celebration of the king of rock 'n' roll.

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician in exile visits Aust with a murder mystery

Musician King Raam is visiting Australia to perform concerts and a multimedia theatre piece which explores the murder of an Iranian dissident and pop icon.

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

Rock theatre honours legend of Australia's Warumpi Band

The tale of the Warumpi Band, which took Aboriginal rock music to the world, is woven through a rock concert experience at Sydney Festival.

Music comes out of the woods for WA singer-songwriter

Music comes out of the woods for WA singer-songwriter

Music comes out of the woods for WA singer-songwriter

Music comes out of the woods for WA singer-songwriter

The dramatic landscape of Western Australia's coast looms large in singer-songwriter Simone Keane's new album, which has attracted international airplay.

Scalpers warned not to price-gouge Taylor Swift tickets

Scalpers warned not to price-gouge Taylor Swift tickets

Scalpers warned not to price-gouge Taylor Swift tickets

Scalpers warned not to price-gouge Taylor Swift tickets

About 1000 tickets to Taylor Swift's Melbourne shows have been removed from online sites for illegal price-gouging.

Everybody let's rock, as Elvis returns to rural NSW

Everybody let's rock, as Elvis returns to rural NSW

Everybody let's rock, as Elvis returns to rural NSW

Everybody let's rock, as Elvis returns to rural NSW

While many Australians hit the beach over summer, thousands of rock and roll fans are strapping on their blue suede shoes for the 31st Parkes Elvis Festival.

Jewish and Muslim artists unite at Sydney Opera House

Jewish and Muslim artists unite at Sydney Opera House

Jewish and Muslim artists unite at Sydney Opera House

Jewish and Muslim artists unite at Sydney Opera House

A Muslim soprano and a Jewish pianist will perform at the Sydney Opera House to share a message of unity and peace.

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Missy Higgins tickets hot as concerts roar back to life

Missy Higgins concerts have sold out within minutes and new shows have been added to the singer's anniversary tour as live shows make a post-pandemic comeback.

Rock legend to undergo urgent open-heart surgery

One of Australia's favourite rock singers is cancelling upcoming shows after battling a bacterial infection that spread to his heart, requiring surgery.

Taylor Swift worldwide Eras tour 'first to top billion'

Taylor Swift's incomparable year has reached another milestone, with a chart claiming the star's Eras tour has earned more than $1.6 billion.

WA's Here Comes the Sun festival rises in the east

The organisers of West Australian music festival Here Comes the Sun are expanding the event to the east coast.

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Sydney Festival cans music event blaming cost pressures

A three-day music event planned as part of the Sydney Festival has been cancelled with organisers blaming operating expenses and living cost pressures.

Alex Lahey, Gordi create residency to revive live music

Alex Lahey and Gordi have launched a curated residency in Melbourne to give emerging artists a leg-up after COVID-19 decimated the live music industry.

Coldplay to return to Aust for east coast concerts

Following sold-out stadium shows in Perth, Coldplay has announced concerts in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland.

Sydney music scene 'better than ever' but needs a stage

A revival of underground music in Sydney, particularly across the west, has the potential to take on the globe if the right infrastructure is in place.

Troye Sivan dominates ARIAs with four gongs

Troye Sivan has won four awards including best solo artist and song of the year, while album of the year was one of three gongs for Genesis Owusu.

Kid Laroi promises 'whole new level' with stadium tour

Award-winning rapper The Kid Laroi is returning to Australia for a stadium tour, after launching his much-anticipated studio album.

Actor Johnny Ruffo dies aged 35 after cancer battle

Performer Johnny Ruffo, who starred as Chris Harrington in Home and Away, has died aged 35.

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