If you step into the headquarters of the Internet Archive on a Friday after lunch, when it offers public tours, chances are you’ll be greeted by its founder and merriest cheerleader, Brewster Kahle. You cannot miss the building; it looks like it was designed for some sort of Grecian-themed Las Vegas attraction and plopped down … Read more
Foo Fighters announced on Thursday that they will no longer be performing at the upcoming two-day Soundside Music Festival in the US state of Connecticut. The band announced they were pulling out on Instagram just days before the performance was scheduled, and urged fans to visit the music festival’s website for more information. “Foo Fighters … Read more
NEW YORK — Where were you when you first heard the visionary producer and musician Sophie? Was it 2013’s minimalist “Bipp,” the club banger with pitched-up vocals that hit the Internet with such peculiar ferocity as if it crash-landed from outer space? Or was it her Grammy-nominated debut, 2018’s “Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides”? Or … Read more
There’s ample evidence to suggest that the effects of climate change will (and, in some cases, already do) disproportionately affect communities of color, but those groups aren’t always proactively included in conversations about how to mitigate its effects. According to a recent Yale study, only 12% of Black adults in the U.S. have heard of … Read more
Kylie Minogue has added three new Australian shows following “incredible ticket demand”. The beloved Australian singer will now have a 10-date Tension tour across February and March 2025. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Kylie Minogue meets Sunrise’s Shirvo. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The new shows include a third and final Melbourne … Read more
NEW YORK — You can call the music of Kool & the Gang funky or R&B, soulful or disco, pop or dance. What you cannot call it is partisan. When Iowa’s delegation at this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago announced its vote for the Harris-Walz ticket, they played “Celebration.” That was the same song … Read more
Former Outlaws guitarist Freddie Salem has died aged 70 from “complications due to cancer”. His current project, Freddie Salem and Lonewolf, confirmed the news in a Facebook statement on Tuesday. “This morning, the heavens parted for the arrival of a legend. Rock on high, Freddie Salem. Until we meet again,” the post said. Know the … Read more
Blitz Vega, the band helmed by The Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke and Kav Sandhu of Happy Mondays, formed in 2016 and ended when Rourke died from pancreatic cancer in 2023. He was 59. The band’s lone album, “Northern Gentleman,” has finally been released — 10 tracks largely written and recorded before Rourke’s death, the swan … Read more
Popular NSW music festival Lost Paradise says it is “doing everything we can” to protect ticket-holders after its US-based ticketing platform suddenly went dark. Festival organisers are scrambling to understand why major ticketing company Lyte Ticketing — which services international clientele including Coachella, Pitchfork and Electric Forest — has gone offline. Lyte abruptly stopped operating … Read more
One of Powderfinger’s best releases was the chronically underrated 1998 album Internationalist. Now the Queensland government will be hoping the legendary Brisbane band’s bassist, John “JC” Collins, is himself something of an internationalist, having tasked him with turning the state’s nightlife into a jewel in its tourism crown. Collins, awarded a Medal of the Order … Read more
