Day: 24 September 2026

Golden PLains

The ballot for Golden Plains Nineteen is now open

The ballot for Golden Plains Nineteen is officially open, giving festival-goers their best chance to secure tickets for the much-loved Victorian festival when it returns in March 2027. This is absolutely one of all-time favourite Australian festivals. Golden Plains Nineteen will take over the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre from Saturday 6 to Monday 8 March 2027,…

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Don’t you forget: Simple Minds and Gary Numan hit Australia in February 2027

Two giants of British new wave and electronic music are joining forces, with Simple Minds and Gary Numan heading to Australia for a five-date arena tour in February 2027. Simple Minds return to Australia as part of their V Tour 2027, celebrating five decades of music. Formed in Glasgow in 1977, the band have spent…

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Sydney Summertime comes in hot as The Strokes are announced as first headliner

With the weather warming up and the days getting longer, there’s no better reason to be outside in February and March 2027 than for Sydney Summertime. From the minds at Secret Sounds and Live Nation, Sydney Summertime is a new outdoor concert series launching at Sydney’s Centennial Park this coming summer. Announced as the first headliner…

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Interview: Jay Baruchel and director Michael Dowse on The Stunt Driver and the razor-thin margin between love and enablement

To look at Ken Carter’s 90-foot ramp jutting into the Canadian skyline was to look at a monument to sheer impossibility. In The Stunt Driver, filmmaker Michael Dowse dives headfirst into the folklore of Canada’s most audacious stunt performer, who, battered by decades of broken bones, staked his survival on jumping a mile across the…

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Film Review: The Stunt Driver; unusual sports biopic proves unexpectedly tender

Ken “The Mad Canadian” Carter may willingly strap himself into vehicles designed to leave the ground, but don’t call him a daredevil. For Carter, the distinction matters. What he does isn’t supposed to be reckless. It requires engineering, preparation and an almost irrational faith that every calculation will keep him alive. It’s that increasingly fragile…

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Film Review: Charlie Harper; Nick Robinson and Emilia Jones ignite the screen in emotional dramedy

Young love and all the amazing, traumatic things that come with such are explored in Charlie Harper, Mac Eldridge and Tom Dean‘s emotional, non-linear romance dramedy, anchored by the moving performances – and palpable chemistry – of its leads, Emilia Jones and Nick Robinson. Centering around the two halves of its titular coupling (so no,…

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Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave is Nintendo’s most ambitious strategy RPG and an absolute triumph

Fire Emblem is one of the biggest and best RPG franchises not only for Nintendo, but it feels like it can go toe-to-toe with the big ones like Final Fantasy. In Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, it’s safe to say that the franchise is still going strong. It’s not merely the…

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The Strokes

The Strokes announce Australian headline tour for February 2027

The Strokes are returning to Australia in February 2027, announcing headline shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney as part of their Reality Awaits Australia 2027 tour. It will be the New York indie-rock icons’ first Australian headline tour since their sold-out run in 2022, following their return last year to headline Harvest Rock in Adelaide….

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Lucy Burke

Exclusive Video Premiere: Lucy Burke “Meet Me There” (2026)

Earlier this year, we premiered Lucy Burke’s wonderfully atmospheric single “One Way Track”, one of the early tastes of her latest EP, Meet Me There. Now the Sydney singer-songwriter returns with the video for the EP’s title track, and we’re delighted to be premiering it today. The EP marked a new chapter for Burke, pairing organic…

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The new Tegenaria Lite collab with MenaRD offers pro gaming at casual prices

Some controllers are simply made for champions – and I do mean that quite literally. For those playing at a high level who want a controller to match, the new Tegenaria Lite from GameSir is made in collaboration with renowned fighting game competitor MenaRD. Designed for competitive play, this controller looks and feels great to…

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