With 70,000 tickets sold,Ed Sheeran is on track to be the biggest gig in Perth’s history

With 70,000 tickets sold,Ed Sheeran is on track to be the biggest gig in Perth’s history

Will Ed Sheeran topple fellow UK pop phenomenon Adele as the record holder of the biggest ticketed event in WA’s history?

  • bySarah Brookes

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Ticketek apologises after barcode entry fails record-breaking Ed Sheeran concert

Ticketek apologises after barcode entry fails record-breaking Ed Sheeran concert

Thousands of attendees queued outside the Ticketek office at the MCG to get their tickets printed after an issue with the ticketing giant’s app prevented those affected from entering the stadium.

  • byCarla Jaeger
Ed Sheeran pays tribute to Shane Warne and Michael Gudinski at record-breaking MCG show
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Ed Sheeran pays tribute to Shane Warne and Michael Gudinski at record-breaking MCG show

“I was wishing,hoping and praying Australia would like me,” the singer-songwriter told the packed crowd on Thursday night. “This is really what dreams are made of.”

  • byVyshnavee Wijekumar
‘Mutual love affair’:why we can’t get enough of Ed Sheeran

‘Mutual love affair’:why we can’t get enough of Ed Sheeran

His record sales are unmatched and there’s that infamous koala tattoo. But how did the cherubic UK singer become Australia’s favourite pop star?

  • byRobert Moran
Ed Sheeran performs surprise hospital gig,breaks Australian concert record

Ed Sheeran performs surprise hospital gig,breaks Australian concert record

Ed Sheeran has thrilled young fans with a pop-up show at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital.

  • byMartin Boulton
Ed Sheeran gets equation right for first Sydney show

Ed Sheeran gets equation right for first Sydney show

Five years after he last visited Australia,the pop-rock sensation is back with a performance you’ll have no trouble committing to memory.

  • byMillie Muroi
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Barty Inc:Why the retired tennis star has Federer and Jackman covered

Barty Inc:Why the retired tennis star has Federer and Jackman covered

Ash Barty’s popularity and commercial appeal knows no bounds,with the former world No.1 tennis ace remaining hot property for sponsors.

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From The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Harry Styles,these are the 10 best gigs coming to Perth

From The Red Hot Chili Peppers to Harry Styles,these are the 10 best gigs coming to Perth

After years in the COVID wilderness there is an impressive roll call of music superstars heading to Perth between now and April.

  • bySarah Brookes
Music by numbers:Are soundalike ‘coincidences’ really bound to happen?

Music by numbers:Are soundalike ‘coincidences’ really bound to happen?

Is ‘plagiarism’,deliberate or otherwise,inevitable in music? Or are the possibilities (virtually) limitless?

  • byKarl Quinn
Why do pop songs sing from the same (12 note) songbook?
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Why do pop songs sing from the same (12 note) songbook?

What makes a pop song,and are coincidences bound to happen from time to time?

  • byMartin Boulton
‘Only so many notes in pop music’:Defiant Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright battle
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‘Only so many notes in pop music’:Defiant Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright battle

British singer Ed Sheeran has won an English High Court case over whether a refrain in his 2017 hit Shape Of You had been lifted from another artist.

  • byRob Harris