Splendour’s cancellation will send shockwaves through Australia’s music industry

Splendour’s cancellation will send shockwaves through Australia’s music industry

A week after tickets went on sale,the Live Nation-backed Splendour in the Grass became the latest music festival to pull the pin. What is going on?

  • byKarl Quinn

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Splendour organisers confirm cancellation due to ‘unexpected events’

Splendour organisers confirm cancellation due to ‘unexpected events’

The festival,which was to feature Kylie Minogue as a headliner,has been cancelled just two weeks after tickets went on sale.

  • byNell Geraets andNick Galvin
‘The most fun I’d had in years’:Why Splendour can’t afford to fail
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‘The most fun I’d had in years’:Why Splendour can’t afford to fail

Splendour in the Grass tickets are about to go on sale,and despite the trauma of the 2022 event,there’s a reason the festival is still tempting an ageing Millennial like me.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Can Kylie Minogue save Splendour in the Grass?

Can Kylie Minogue save Splendour in the Grass?

Booking the pop icon is the best decision the music festival has ever made and could boost Australia’s live music industry.

  • byRobert Moran
From a surprise Tony Armstrong song to the return of Flume,Splendour felt back

From a surprise Tony Armstrong song to the return of Flume,Splendour felt back

This year’s Splendour was a redemption story,the rebirth and reset of a vital piece of Australia’s live music scene.

  • byMick Radojkovic
Splendour bounces back,but low crowd numbers raise questions over future

Splendour bounces back,but low crowd numbers raise questions over future

How is Splendour going to redeem itself this year,and more importantly,will the patrons forgive it for the 2022 debacle?

  • byMick Radojkovic
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Lewis Capaldi cancels as Splendour faces dwindling crowd numbers

Lewis Capaldi cancels as Splendour faces dwindling crowd numbers

A year after the worst weather in its two decade history,Splendour In The Grass has been hit by tumbling ticket sales and artists pulling out.

  • byMartin Boulton
How do you follow up a Mercury Prize winning debut? Dig deeper

How do you follow up a Mercury Prize winning debut? Dig deeper

Arlo Parks,who is touring Australia in July,has crafted a new album that’s even more intimate and revealing than her acclaimed debut.

  • byGiselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Splendour in the Grass host fined $100,000 over traffic chaos

Splendour in the Grass host fined $100,000 over traffic chaos

The owner of North Byron Parklands,which hosts Splendour in the Grass,will pay local schools whose students were marooned in hours-long traffic jams created by the event.

  • byJames Lemon
The overseas giants swallowing Australia’s live music industry

The overseas giants swallowing Australia’s live music industry

A company backed by the Saudi government is one of three multinationals that have bought up festivals,venues and ticketing companies across the country.

  • byMichael Sainsbury
‘Totally devastating’:New threat to Australia’s live music industry

‘Totally devastating’:New threat to Australia’s live music industry

It was supposed to be the year that Australia’s live music scene returned. So,why are so many festivals cancelled?

  • byCarla Jaeger