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Live Gallery: Maren Morris Brings ‘Dreamsicle’ Intimacy to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre 7.02.2026

Deb Pelser February 7, 2026

Maren Morris transforms the Enmore Theatre into a space of shared reckoning, balancing soul-baring new material from Dreamsicle with the anthems that first defined her, all delivered with striking emotional clarity.

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News: Robyn Announces 2026 ‘Sexistential Tour’ With Massive Arena Dates, including Australia

Deb Pelser February 6, 2026

Robyn announces The Sexistential Tour, her first major tour since 2019 and biggest headline shows to date, arriving alongside her ecstatic new album Sexistential and a renewed grip on pop’s emotional centre.

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Album Review: Christo Graham – ‘Good Covers’: An authentic singer-songwriter gem that shouldn’t get forgotten.

John Parry February 6, 2026

The Breakdown Making a space for his latest collection is a recommendation that shouldn’t be passed over without a good reason. We Are Busy Bodies – 9.0 Besides being an actor and graphic designer Christo Graham is one of those heart and soul singer/songwriters. You can’t imagine a day when there’s not a tune or …

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Live Review & Gallery: Freya Ridings opens as One Republic headline Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena 6.02.2026

Deb Pelser February 6, 2026

Freya Ridings opens the night at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena with a focused, emotionally direct set, before One Republic take over as headliners and deliver a career-spanning performance built for scale.

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News: Australian Rapper YNG Martyr Shares new Single ‘SINCE YOU BEEN GONE’

Simon Lucas-Hughes February 6, 2026

Australian rapper YNG Martyr releases the new single, ‘SINCE YOU BEEN GONE’, offering a stark, confrontational take on early-2000s pop culture filtered through modern underground rap. Moving beyond irony or novelty, Martyr strips the original song down, reconstructing it as something colder, heavier, and deliberately antagonistic. Following his previous reinterpretation of ‘MILKSHAKE,’ Martyr continues his streak of transforming …