Music
KISS founding member Spaceman passes away

This week, IA's music guru pays tribute to the loss of a legend and brings you the latest on the ...  
Snoop Dogg’s AFL Grand Final spectacle vs NRL’s country showdown

From overpriced tickets to epic stadium shows, ARIA-Spotify backlash and bluegrass breakthroughs ...  
'Spinal Tap II' proves lightning can strike twice

Four decades after the original cult classic, Spinal Tap II proves the band can still turn it up ...  
New music from Little Quirks and new copyright laws from the Government

While the music industry fights against Big Tech and AI, some homegrown Aussie artists are doing ...  
Farewell to Rick Davies: The voice and keys of Supertramp

Rick Davies, the lead singer and co-founder of the massively successful British progressive rock ...  
Frank Zappa —  Utterly brilliant as he was unconventional

American musician Frank Zappa was a clever, complex, "one-of-a-kind" artist.  
Breathless lawsuits, streaming storms and fresh Aussie tracks

You Am I join the Hall of Fame, The Police fight over royalties, Spotify faces more backlash, plus ...  
Government poised to betray creators in AI copyright grab

Labor’s plans to loosen copyright protections for artificial intelligence threaten the liveli ...  
Letters, legends and last gigs

From Paul Kelly’s bittersweet sequel to Megadeth’s farewell, Alex Lloyd’s return and Spinal ...  
Remembering Col Joye, Australia’s first teen idol

The world recently lost a music icon, and few can boast of a legacy like Sydney's homegrown supe ...  
Triple J's midlife crisis

It was meant to celebrate the best of Australian music, but the Hottest 100 countdown sounded more ...  
Guitarist Sebastian Jorgensen: Classical Montsalvat

In 1978, while on assignment for 'The Valley Voice', I photographed late classical guitarist ...  
Ozzy signs off, Metallica is on fire and Ben Lee goes radical

While disaster struck at Tomorrowland, the world said farewell to heavy metal's godfather, the ...  
Bats, mayhem and immortality: The legend of Ozzy Osbourne

Wild, unfiltered, and utterly unforgettable, Ozzy Osbourne was a metal icon who turned madness ...  
Online overreaction: Digital hysteria erupts over Coldplaygate

A viral kiss cam clip exposing an alleged affair sparked global outrage, with Coldplay getting ...  
Andrew Lloyd Webber — the coolest cat

Godfather of musical theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'The Phantom of the Opera' enjoyed a len ...  
Cleo Laine jazzes up the Sydney Opera House

This photo of the inimitable Cleo Laine belting out a jazz standard with the John Dankworth ...  
Honouring Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne and an Aussie icon

This week we look back but not in anger as Oasis and Black Sabbath steal the stage and an Austr ...  

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