Toronto has always had a remarkable love for live music, but when the Eras Tour rolled into the Rogers Centre, it felt like the city had been swept up in something even bigger than usual. Having attended her Reputation Tour here in 2018, I thought that was the pinnacle of Taylor Swift’s stadium performances—but somehow,…
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Massive crowds, sweltering heat, and scarce cloud cover made the Hinterland music festival quite the endurance test. But thanks to one of the best festivals lineups of 2024 and proper hydration, the latest edition of the Iowa music festival was an incredible weekend. Hinterland began in 2015 and has evolved into multiple forms over the…
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Riding high off the success of single “Espresso’”(which, among other things, has at least corrected people who referred to the beverage as an “Expresso”) Sabrina Carpenter has announced the release of her new LP, Short n’ Sweet, with an August 23rd street date. The pint-sized popstar has put all her nights of working late (‘Cause…
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After seven mammoth nights in Australia – three in Melbourne, followed by four in Sydney – Taylor Swift has officially ended her the down under leg of her Eras Tour. And with it, she’s debuted a whole lot of exclusive mashups that have been the envy of fans worldwide. While Aussies usually draw the short…
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Taylor Swift is in Sydney right now performing a total of four concerts at Accor Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park. The Era tour’s inescapable media presence has picked apart just about everything Tay-Tay has been doing whilst in the Harbour City, including dining at Surry Hills favourite Pellegrino 2000 and visiting the zoo with partner…
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Accor Stadium is becoming synonymous with powerful women dominating in their field. The last time I was at the stadium, I watched Sam Kerr score a worldie in the semi-final of the Women’s Football World Cup. I thought that would be a tough moment to top. And then in comes Taylor Swift on night one…
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Good news for Australian Taylor Swift fans who still have yet to get their hands on a ticket for her upcoming Eras shows in Sydney and Melbourne, which kick off this Friday. Frontier Touring are releasing extra tickets for the anticipated shows TODAY. And this comes after the artist, arriving fresh from the Super Bowl,…
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Whether it’s a gangster movie, a fairytale, a comic book adaptation, or a spy series, writer/director Matthew Vaughn always makes sure to bend the rules wherever he can. And after his trio of Kingsman films, the filmmaker is taking on quite possibly his biggest, and most intricate, task yet with Argylle. Based on a series…
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The Australian dates of the Taylor Swift The Eras Tour have been announced. Yes, the tour will be hitting Melbourne for two shows, and Sydney for three. She will perform at the MCG in Melbourne on the 16th and 17th of February, and in Sydney at Accor Stadium on the the 23rd, 24th and 25th…
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Maybe you can try a little too hard sometimes? David O. Russell is no stranger to big swings, both from a narrative point of view and in his casting. And here have been times that such an effort has paid off, with Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle standing as (arguably) his most accessible titles. …
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Yesterday, we shared the 40 best Australian tracks of 2020, and now as the AU team heads out on a Summer Break, it’s time to count down the best 40 tracks from the rest of the world that made their mark. As we touched on in that article, it’s been an incredible year of music…
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Seemingly one of the first, if only, acts to make it from full blown country act to full blown pop star, Taylor Swift has always been on the leading edge of popular music. Returning a year after her Lover album, Swift is back with the entirely surprising folklore, an album as similar and different to…
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New Zealand brother and sister duo, BROODS, have been jumping from strength to strength since releasing “Bridges” in 2014. Since then, they’ve supported the tours of international superstars such as Taylor Swift, Haim, Ellie Goulding and Sam Smith; collaborated with the likes of Lorde and Tove Lo; and have won numerous ARIA and NZMA awards. This year, their single,…
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Pop powerhouse Taylor Swift is on her second visit to our fair country having graced our shores as part of her 1989 World Tour three years ago, flaunting a larger than life stadium show that somehow entertains and inspires without completely losing those moments of intimacy and connection Swift fans treasure. Swift wisely showcases a…
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We got the chance to experience Taylor Swift in Toronto this weekend, and in anticipation of her imminent tour of Australia, we’re counting down the 5 reasons its a show not to be missed… and a look at the songs she played along the way. Indoor fireworks!! Selling out Toronto’s Rogers Centre two nights in…
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We got the chance to experience Taylor Swift in Toronto this weekend, and in anticipation of her imminent tour of Australia, we’re counting down the 5 reasons its a show not to be missed… and a look at the songs she played along the way. Indoor fireworks!! Selling out Toronto’s Rogers Centre two nights in…
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Toronto was home to the incredible stadium Taylor Swift’s Reputation tour featuring Charli XCX and Camila Cabello last night, and ahead of her October/November tour in Australia, our photographer Anthony Smith captured all the action:
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It was all about Blue Neighbourhood, Skin, Nonagon Infinity and Wildflower at the 2016 ARIA Awards nominations event in Sydney this morning, with all the award nominees finally being unveiled. Leading the charge this year is Flume (with 11 nominations) and Troye Sivan (7 nominations), the former’s 2016 album Skin already taking away three Artisan awards this morning (Producer of the Year,…
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As the music industry prepare for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2016 we once again come to the first announcement of nominees, the groups of artists who will be up for some of the biggest awards in contemporary music. The ceremony will take place in L.A at the Staples Centre on February 15th,…
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Taylor Swift is currently touring Australia, which means publications around the country are devoting article space to the pop star: where she’s eating, what she didn’t do at the shows (“what!? no special guests!?” – is this seriously newsworthy?), what she’s wearing, the incredible production that is accompanying her shows. But we at the AU wanted…
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In This Issue: The American Music Awards announces its host and line-up,Red Bull prepares for the annual billy cart races with the help of NOVA 96.9, Rdio announces its new Artist To Watch and OpenLIVE launches the new Artist Dashboard as well as the latest ARIA charts. The 2015 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS Live on FOX8 Australia…
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Pop star Taylor Swift sells out arenas worldwide, packing venue’s full of hundreds of thousands of her adoring fans worldwide for some pretty spectacular shows. This recently announced one-off and incredibly exclusive Australia show is a bit different. Nova Entertainment Group have announced today that they will be bringing Tay-Tay down to Australia and putting…
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