Music

Swifties will wax lyrical about new Taylor tribute

Australia is part of the latest wave of Taylor Swift mania, with Sydney one of 13 cities world-wide to host a new honour to the global pop megastar. Madame Tussauds this

Ed Sheeran loops back down under

By Susan Schwartz Record-breaker Ed Sheeran will be back to try his luck at breaking more records next year with a tour of Australia and New Zealand. Last time he was

Tributes to Ozzy Osbourne and his greatest hits

Iconic Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne has died, aged 76. Osbourne’s family shared the news in a statement, saying “our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away

Keith Urban shows almost sold-out in Brisbane

By Susan Schwartz Keith Urban has gifted Brisbane with the largest number of shows in Australia for his 2025 High and Alive World Tour in August. And after growing up in

Music charts trailblazer Connie Francis dead at 87

The first woman to land a No.1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, Connie Francis has died, aged 87. The American music magazine reported the death of the 1950s and 60s pop

Go-Betweens to rock the streets of our town

Iconic Brisbane rock indie band The Go-Betweens will perform their seminal album 16 Lovers Lane at QPAC, along with guests from some of Brisbane’s most famous acts

Hard to dismiss impact of Civic Centre after 50 years

Ipswich is partying this week to mark the 50th anniversary of the city’s Civic Centre. Opened in 1975 by then Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, the occasion is

Landmark festival brings First Nations culture to life

If you want to learn more about First Nations culture but don’t know where to start, the Clancestry festival at QPAC may provide some answers. The festival has been

The teen idol era quietly fades into history

By Shane Rodgers In a world before Tik Tok and Snapchat there were teen magazines. The currency of teen magazines was a small number of young men known as teen

Learning an instrument at any age preserves memory

Learning to play a musical instrument can delay memory decline and new research has shown you are never too old to start. Scientists in Japan have found that practicing

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