Mark Wilson (left),Matthew Francis and Nathan Farrell run the newly opened Punters Club in Fitzroy.

Meet the crew crazy enough to open a free live music venue in 2024

A shared passion for live music and country pubs has driven the new owners of the Punters Club to relaunch the Brunswick Street venue.

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Noel (left) and Liam Gallagher.

‘I might need to go to emergency’:Oasis superfans in race for tour tickets

Oasis fans are making plans to be there when Manchester’s famous Gallagher brothers are reunited on stage.

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Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis. The band’s first album,Definitely Maybe,was released 30 years ago.

‘The great wait is over’:Gallagher brothers bury the hatchet for Oasis tour

Noel and Liam Gallagher have ended several days of intense speculation,revealing Oasis will return to the stage in 2025.

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Nick Finch and Cash Savage are taking over Estonian House in Brunswick late this month with two concerts aimed at supporting their local music community.

Live music is ‘broken’. This band is trying something radical to fix it

Cash Savage and the Last Drinks are staging a gig aimed at sending all profits straight to musicians,but they’ll be doing more than making music.

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Khruangbin.

Acclaimed festival darlings Khruangbin on how mistakes can be cool

Houston’s groove masters are returning to Australia for three headline shows.

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Meg Washington returns to the stage this month,having wrapped up filming of How To Make Gravy.

Meg Washington spills the gravy on screen adaptation of Paul Kelly classic

The singer turned screenwriter says the story of How To Make Gravy had to make sense to both fans of the song and newcomers.

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Where to watch the films and TV shows that won Golden Globes in 2024

From blockbuster films to gripping TV dramas,find out where to watch all the big winners at this year’s Golden Globes.

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First Nations artist Maree Clarke at narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services,Queen Victoria Market.

What’s happening at your local library? A lot,apparently

You mightn’t have stepped inside one for years,but these days libraries are serving communities in innovative ways beyond books,from filmmaking courses to educational games.

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Mike Parr’s work Sunset Claws is currently on display at Anna Schwartz Gallery.

Anna Schwartz steps down from arts board as Mike Parr controversy continues

“I wasn’t trying to provoke Anna,” said acclaimed performance artist Parr. “What I was trying to do was provoke debate around the whole issue of this crisis.”

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Tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour helped Ticketek break sales records this year.

Taylor Swift tickets are back on sale. Here’s what you need to know

There’s still a tiny window of opportunity to get Taylor Swift tickets.

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