Lorde
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Lorde’s Perth performance gets a Green Light from fans
Lorde performed the last show in the New Zealand and Australian leg of her Ultrasound World Tour for Perth fans on Wednesday night.
- Holly Thompson
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- Robert Moran
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The radio presenter commands an audience of millions and hosts stars such as Lorde on his YouTube show to play and talk about music.
- Benjamin Potter
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The annual festival has come to its close, with a heavy dose of controversy, surprise and homegrown talent.
- Nick Newling
‘I felt uncomfortable the whole time’: Inside Lorde’s raw and risky return
Lorde leans into vulnerability on her raw new album, Virgin.
- Jules LeFevre
Superstar Lorde crashes her own theme party at Sydney nightclub
The venue was hosting a night devoted to Lorde’s music – then the star herself turned up.
- Hannah Kennelly
I dated a friend. After we broke up, we found a way to be mates again
Musician Marlon Williams is weighing up marriage and children with his current partner, who he’s been dating for a year.
- Jane Rocca
Lorde asked fans to join her in a New York park. Police quickly moved in
Fans were hoping for an impromptu live show ahead of the Kiwi superstar’s first album in four years.
- Annie Aguiar and Ed Shanahan
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They ‘see’ music, smell colours, feel flavour. What’s it like to have synaesthesia?
Zinia is a composer who literally sees her music take shape. But it’s not just artists who experience this rare “crossover of the senses”. How does it work?
- Jackson Graham