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Kate Ceberano performing at Hamer Hall Melbourne during the Australian Made Tour

Kate Ceberano Brings Australian Made Home To Hamer Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Kate Ceberano’s hometown Australian Made performance at Hamer Hall delivered a three-piece celebration of Australian songwriting, special guests and tributes to artists no longer with us.

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Rob Hirst Midnight Oil drummer and songwriter World Is Almost At Peace book

Rob Hirst’s Final Book World Is Almost At Peace Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

Rob Hirst’s posthumous book World Is Almost At Peace collects his complete lyrics and the first detailed look at how Midnight Oil’s best-known songs were written, released 27 October alongside a Hamer Hall celebration of his drum kit.

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Jason Dean performs Elton John songs with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Hall in Melbourne.

The Music Of Elton Puts Jason Dean Front And Centre, But Leaves The MSO Underused

by Paul Cashmere

The MSO revisits its historic Elton John collaboration with Jason Dean and Chong Lim, but the orchestra’s role raises questions about what an orchestral tribute should be.

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RY X performing with orchestra during an atmospheric live concert

RY X Releases Holy Water with Australian Orchestral Shows On The Way

by Paul Cashmere

RY X releases “Holy Water”, the first single from DUSK, and confirms orchestral headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney for July 2027.

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RY X performing with orchestra during an atmospheric live concert

RY X Announces Melbourne And Sydney Shows For July 2027

by Paul Cashmere

RY X will perform with orchestra in Melbourne and Sydney in July 2027 ahead of his new album DUSK and the release of “Holy Water”.

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Seventh Wonder performing Fleetwood Mac Orchestrated

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra To Celebrate Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours At 50

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Seventh Wonder will present Fleetwood Mac Orchestrated at Hamer Hall in April 2027 for the 50th anniversary of Rumours.

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Ben Folds performing with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Ben Folds To Reunite With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra For 2027 Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Ben Folds will perform two concerts with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Hall in January 2027 as part of a five-city Australian orchestral tour.

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Dara O Briain

Dara Ó Briain Brings New Re:Creation Tour To Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Dara Ó Briain, Re:Creation, Australian tour, stand-up comedy, Mock the Week, Robot Wars, Hamer Hall, State Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Norwood Concert Hall, Fortitude Music Hall, comedy tour Australia

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Melinda Schneider

Melinda Schneider Announces Barbra Streisand Tribute Album And National Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Melinda Schneider will honour Barbra Streisand’s iconic catalogue with her new album The Way We Were, Melinda Schneider Sings the Songs of Barbra Streisand, released alongside a national Australian theatre tour in August 2026.

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Engelbert Humperdinck at Hamer Hall Melbourne 8 July 2026 photo by Winston Robinson

Engelbert Humperdinck Celebrates 90 With A Masterclass Performance In Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Engelbert Humperdinck proved why he remains one of music’s enduring live performers with a sold out Celebration Tour concert at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall, featuring classic hits, new music and an unforgettable performance at age 90.

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Vera Blue photo supplied MSO

Vera Blue To Team Again With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

by Paul Cashmere

Vera Blue joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for a one-night-only orchestral concert, reimagining her songs in sweeping arrangements for 2026

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Mo’Ju performing live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall.

Mo’Ju Teams with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for Landmark Live Album

by Noise11.com

Mo’Ju has joined forces with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for a powerful new live album recorded at Hamer Hall and released via ABC Music.

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Lime Cordiale photo by Mark Gambino

Lime Cordiale and MSO Blend Indie-Pop With Symphony at Hamer Hall

by Paul Cashmere

It’s not often that the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra gets described as “fun.” Respected? Absolutely. Grand? Always. But fun? That’s not the first word you’d reach for. Yet when the MSO shared the stage with Sydney’s Lime Cordiale, fun became the defining theme of the night.

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Tim Freedman The Whitlams with the MSO at Hamer Hall Melbourne 6 September 2025 photo by Rosie Cavanagh

The Whitlams Find New Grandeur With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at Hamer Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Sophistication isn’t difficult to absorb when it arrives at the very un–rock and roll hour of 2pm on a Saturday. Suited up for the occasion, Tim Freedman, Jack Housden, Terepai Richmond and Matt Fell, collectively The Whitlams, joined conductor Nicholas Buc and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for a rare afternoon of class and drama.

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Russell Morris at Hamer Hall Melbourne 27 August 2025 photo by Winston Robinson

Russell Morris The Farewell Tour Is A Treasure Trove Of Hits and Rarities

by Paul Cashmere

Russell Morris was almost apologetic when he stepped onto the Hamer Hall stage in Melbourne for the first night of The Farewell Tour on Wednesday (27 August 2025). He admitted to his fans that a 60-year career can look confusing from the outside. The truth is, Morris was never one to sit still.

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Melbourne Recital Centre

Why Are Victorian Government Venues Still Selling Tickets After July 1?

by Paul Cashmere

Government owned venues in Victoria are still selling concert tickets for shows scheduled after July 1 despite a very clear message from the Premier and the Chief Medical Officer suggesting it will be a long, long time before we return to normal.

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Prince at Hamer Hall Melbourne

Prince Pays Tribute To Vanity At Melbourne Show

by Paul Cashmere

Prince has paid tribute to his protégé Denise Matthews aka Vanity who died yesterday at the age of 57.

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Katie Noonan, Noise11, photo

Katie Noonan To Feature On Melbourne Art Centres First In Conversation

by Paul Cashmere

Four times ARIA Award winner Katie Noonan will get up close and personal with fans at the Hamer Hall in Melbourne on Saturday.

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The Impossibe Orchestra

Mission: Impossible Orchestra – 24hr Performance Marathon With Spotlight On Carers

by Claire Hennekam

The Impossible Orchestra is performing for 24hrs straight at Hamer Hall from 5pm this evening for Care Aware, a national communications initiative aimed at raising awareness of Australia’s unpaid carers.

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Photek

Hamer Hall Pulls An All-Nighter

by Karen Freedman

Hamer Hall Pulls An All-Nighter: Sound Lounge

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Tina Arena

Tina Arena Booked To Reopen Hamer Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Tina Arena will perform for the Hamer Hall Opening Celebrations in Melbourne in July.

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