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Guitarist Phil Campbell of Motorhead has died aged 64 after he was admitted to intensive care. (EPA PHOTO)

Rock legend dead following long health battle

Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died aged 64 following a ‘long and courageous battle’ in intensive care.

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Bassist and photographer Melissa Auf der Maur at her home and studio in Hudson, New York, February 2026. Writing a memoir was a reckoning, Auf der Maur says — for herself and for her 14-year-old daughter as she navigates toward adulthood and learns more about her mother’s past. (Lucia Bell-Epstein/The New York Times)

Melissa Auf der Maur, 90s rock linchpin, spills her stories

An empathetic, unsparing memoir of her artistic heyday as bass player for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins in the 90s is Auf der Maur’s way of jump-starting her next chapter.

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The Byron Bay Bluesfest has entered liquidation, leaving thousands of music fans high and dry. (Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS)

Patrons unlikely to be refunded millions from Aussie festival

Patrons have vented their frustration after being told they are unlikely to get their money back from a long-running festival that was abruptly cancelled.

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Pop star Pink has publicly shut down rumours that she and husband Carey Hart have separated but insiders have revealed what’s really going on. 

The real reason Pink is denying split rumours

Pop star Pink has publicly shut down rumours that she and husband Carey Hart have separated but insiders have revealed what’s really going on. 

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Lady Gaga and Michael Polansky were first linked in 2020 and revealed their engagement in 2024

Lady Gaga teases wedding date, looking for perfect song

Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky are planning to tie the knot ‘soon’ and are searching for the perfect wedding song.

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Australia is sending some huge star power to Vienna for the Eurovision Song Contest this year.

Huge Aussie star to represent Australia at Eurovision

Australia has announced its most high-profile singer yet to fly the flag at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Fans are in meltdown after Fred again.. played an unreleased Harry Styles track during a London set.

Unreleased Harry Styles song dropped by Fred Again

Fans are in meltdown after Fred again.. played an unreleased Harry Styles track during a London set.

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The singer and former motocross star, who share two children and previously separated in 2008, have reportedly parted ways again.

‘Trash news’: Pink slaps down reports of split with husband

The frustrated singer has addressed reports that she and former motocross star husband have broken up.

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Australia’s most successful female Olympian and one of the country’s best-known pop exports have gone their separate ways.

Cody Simpson and Emma McKeon split after four years

Australia’s most successful female Olympian and the homegrown pop favourite have quietly ended their relationship.

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Kevin Parker will lead Tame Impala around Australia in October.

Tame Impala announces highly anticipated Aussie tour

The group will be led by Aussie music superstar Kevin Parker fresh off his first solo Grammy win.

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Singer Hilary Duff is returning to Australia for the first time in nearly two decades, and ticket demand has been massive already, so she’s had to expand the Aussie leg.

Huge ticket demand prompts Hilary Duff to add Aussie date

Singer Hilary Duff is returning to Australia for the first time in nearly two decades, with massive demand for tickets prompting the popstar to expand the Aussie leg.

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Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.

Beloved US rock band set for massive Australian return

Foo Fighters are set to make their hugely anticipated return to Australia next year.

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Morcheeba frontwoman Skye Edwards wowed the crowd at the band’s Perth Festival show on February 14.

90s trip hop legends Morcheeba still effortlessly cool

At a time when nineties acts are touring again, cos-playing versions of themselves from a bygone era, Morcheeba remains the real deal. They are every bit as fresh and real today as they were 30 years ago.

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British singer Olivia Dean’s music defies genres, because she’s more interested in feelings than styles.

Olivia Dean adds love to the mix

Last month, Olivia Dean won the Grammy for best newcomer and the No. 1 spot in Australia’s Triple J Hottest 100. Inside the British singer’s incredible success story, after feeling on the outside for so long.

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Ed Sheeran shocked fans when he made a surprise appearance at the Paddington RSL.

Ed Sheeran stuns Aussie pub-goers with surprise gig

The superstar left pub-goers gobsmacked when he walked on stage unannounced. SEE THE FOOTAGE

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