Russell Morris

Mo'Ju has released one of the most powerful projects of their career with the arrival of Mo'Ju with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Double J Live at the Wireless), a live album recorded at Melbourne's Hamer Hall and now out via ABC Music.

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.

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.

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.

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 the music industry is allowed to return to normal.

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

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