Music festivals
With 26 acts in six spaces, it’s impossible to see it all – but I gave it a red-hot go
Rising’s full-day music festival had something for everyone, even if they didn’t know it beforehand.
- Karl Quinn
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Days of ‘going through a gauntlet of police lined with drug dogs’ are over, says a top cop
More officers are being distributed to train stations to target the supply of drugs rather than the possession at music festivals.
- Kayla Olaya and Michael McGowan
- Updated
- Eurovision
Bulgaria wins Eurovision, Delta Goodrem ‘stoked’ as Australia comes fourth
She says she “felt the country with me” and is thrilled with Australia’s fourth place after Bulgaria won in a nail-biting final count, Michael Idato reports from Vienna.
- Michael Idato
Thought she’d hung up? Madonna is back – and her new song is a banger
Coachella marked only the beginning of Madonna’s hedonistic pop comeback tour, returning with a bang after years of half-hearted attempts and bizarre experimentation.
- Nell Geraets
- Opinion
- Trends
The best-dressed person at Coachella is the festival’s biggest problem
Kendall Jenner could be the next Kate Moss of music festivals, but luxury labels, stylists and gifting tents are changing the game.
- Damien Woolnough
Justin Bieber lashed for ‘secondhand embarrassment’ over Coachella return
The star headlined the Californian festival for the first time in front of a celebrity-heavy audience, reportedly picking up $14 million for his efforts.
- Lauren Ironmonger
- Updated
- Music
‘Should never have been invited’: Ye blocked from entering UK to headline festival
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government stood firmly with the Jewish community after backlash over the rapper’s history of antisemitic remarks.
- Jill Lawless
Pepsi drops sponsorship of London music festival headlined by Ye
The sponsorship withdrawal from the three-day Wireless Festival came hours after the UK prime minister said he was “deeply concerned” that the rapper formerly known as Kanye West had been booked as the headline act.
- Michael D. Shear
- Exclusive
- NSW State Parliament
Rich, white and attending music festivals: Who police pick to avoid court
A report has found people caught with illicit drugs at festivals were far more likely to avoid court than others.
- Max Maddison
‘We have heard the message’: Another major music festival cancelled
The Queensland event will not proceed despite being 90 per cent sold out.
- Nick Dent