What’s it like to go to an arena spectacular for a pop star who isn’t real?

What’s it like to go to an arena spectacular for a pop star who isn’t real?

Superstar Hatsune Miku is 16,eight feet tall and completely digital. Fans don’t seem to mind her lack of corporeal reality.

  • byWill Cox,Cameron Woodhead andNell Geraets

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Ticketek blames artists and venues for high prices,hidden fees

Ticketek blames artists and venues for high prices,hidden fees

The ticketing company has given evidence in a parliamentary inquiry,arguing against the federal government’s proposed ban on dynamic pricing.

  • byAngus Delaney
Pearl Jam frontman pauses Sydney show to pay tribute to Laos drink-spiking victims

Pearl Jam frontman pauses Sydney show to pay tribute to Laos drink-spiking victims

Eddie Vedder took a moment during the band’s Sydney concert to send his thoughts to the families of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles.

  • byJessica McSweeney
You don’t often see a performer of this calibre slumming it down an alleyway

You don’t often see a performer of this calibre slumming it down an alleyway

Mike McLeish’s solo show,Pensive Like a Fox,is a charming and offbeat cabaret filled with off-the-wall tangents and genuine poignancy.

  • byCameron Woodhead,Tony Way,Kosa Monteith andJessica Nicholas
Ticketek website back online,but crash frustrates promoters and buyers

Ticketek website back online,but crash frustrates promoters and buyers

Major ticketing website Ticketek shut down on Monday and into Tuesday,leaving fans unable to access tickets and promoters scrambling for alternatives.

  • byThomas Mitchell
I was excited to see one of my favourite bands. Except I didn’t see them,not really
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I was excited to see one of my favourite bands. Except I didn’t see them,not really

At 23,I’m too young to remember a time without phones obscuring people’s views at concerts. Our need to document everything is coming with a price.

  • byAngus Delaney
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New doco pulls Mozart’s talented sister from obscurity

New doco pulls Mozart’s talented sister from obscurity

A new documentary by an Australian filmmaker explores Maria Anna Mozart’s immense talent and how it was gradually obscured over time.

  • byNell Geraets
Why Europe’s most famous song contest wants to put Australia centre stage

Why Europe’s most famous song contest wants to put Australia centre stage

Does someone need to tell Eurovision that we’re not part of Europe?

  • byNell Geraets
‘I’m pretty boring and sort of straight-laced’ – how sobriety improved a musician’s work

‘I’m pretty boring and sort of straight-laced’ – how sobriety improved a musician’s work

Indie darling turned bona fide star Waxahatchee returns to Australia later this month.

  • byBrodie Lancaster
An evening of high-spirited dance showcases new works by local artists

An evening of high-spirited dance showcases new works by local artists

Every movement speaks to the delicate balance between constraint and freedom,pressure and release,in these offerings from VCA graduates.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen,Cameron Woodhead andAndrew Fuhrmann
Hidden locations,sold-out shows:It’s live music,but even the band is secret

Hidden locations,sold-out shows:It’s live music,but even the band is secret

From vintage stores to loungerooms,a new music platform is matching audiences with artists in intimate,secret spaces.

  • byMichael Dwyer