VIC:Price spike as John Farnham tribute tickets go on sale Tickets for a charity concert in tribute to John Farnham are selling for as much as $1650, but The Voice himself won't be performing. AAP · Jun 2
Price spike as John Farnham tribute tickets go on sale Tickets for a charity concert in tribute to John Farnham are selling for as much as $1650, but The Voice himself won't be performing. AAP · Jun 2
VIC:Superstars band together for John Farnham tribute gig A show business icon has expressed gratitude after a tribute show was announced celebrating his music and raising vital funds for charity. AAP · May 29
VIC:Doing it for The Voice: stars to unite for charity gig Superstars including Jimmy Barnes and Celine Dion will unite for a mega concert paying tribute to John Farnham after his two-year battle with cancer. AAP · May 29
Superstars band together for John Farnham tribute gig A show business icon has expressed gratitude after a tribute show was announced celebrating his music and raising vital funds for charity. AAP · May 29
“I bent up from the 21st fret and broke the first string – I played the rest of the solo without it”: Hidden for four decades, the story behind the (almost) unheard outro solo on John Farnham’s smash hit, You’re the Voice Celtic rock bagpipe phrasing, THAT blazing arpeggio and a crazy bend that broke a string – learn how Brett Garsed played his solo in this exclusive feature Guitar World · May 14
More than 20 arrested over Queensland’s controversial ‘from the river to the sea’ laws during weekend of protests Activists vow to challenge laws in the high court after a weekend of mass protests across Brisbane The Guardian - AU · Apr 19
Pro-Palestine protesters arrested over banned chant Police have arrested a number of demonstrators who chanted a banned pro-Palestine phrase, which is also used in a John Farnham classic. AAP · Apr 18
Brisbane artist contacted by police over works that allegedly violate new Queensland hate speech laws James Hillier, known as Nordacious, told he could face jail time for some of his designs made in support of Palestine The Guardian - AU · Mar 28
The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025 Eurovision hero Sam Ryder takes on role as Jesus Christ Superstar The Space Man singer said he was honoured to take lead in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera, due to open at the London Palladium next summer
Pedestrian.tv · Nov 5, 2025 Keli Holiday Goes On An Aus Music Deep-Dive, From Karaoke Tracks To Dance-Floor Fillers Fresh off "Dancing2", Keli Holiday spills on his favourite up-and-coming Aussie artist and the one track that brings back a "very beautiful, fond memory".
AAP · Sep 15, 2025 John Farnham comeback Whispering Jack becomes a musical John Farnham returned to the charts in 1986 with Whispering Jack. A musical about his comeback will have its world premiere at the Sydney Theatre Company.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2025 John Farnham musical Whispering Jack headlines Sydney Theatre Company’s 2026 season STC program also features an AFLW drama by Prima Facie playwright Suzie Miller and star turns from Sam Worthington, David Wenham and Miranda Otto
AAP · May 7, 2025 Book prize follows copycat claims against cupcake queen A cookbook author who claims her recipes were copied by a cupcake aficionado has won a prestigious publishing industry award for a second time.
The Conversation · Feb 26, 2025 Church hymns and social beers: how Australia is reviving the magic of singing together It was 2009. John Farnham walked on stage at the disaster relief concert for the most devastating bushfires in Australian history. He belted out You’re The Voice to 36,000 people at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Then, as he lowered his microphone, 36,000 voices belted it right back.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2024 Nagi Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats: Tonight tops Nielsen BookData’s Christmas 2024 bestseller list Released in mid-October the cookbook sold more than 77,000 copies in its first week
The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2024 Music memoirs, cooking classes and squatting at Kanye’s: the best Australian books out in November Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on
Pedestrian.tv · Oct 27, 2024 John Farnham Claims Former Manager Secretly Drugged Him ‘For Years’ During His Career TRIGGER WARNING - mention of drugs and abusive behaviour. “I caught him one day. I was drinking a cup of coffee and there was a pill only half-dissolved in the bottom.”
The Guardian - AU · Oct 27, 2024 John Farnham opens up about his ‘abusive’ and ‘sexually aggressive’ first manager In his new memoir The Voice Inside, the Australian singer says Darryl Sambell drugged him, controlled what he ate and punished him for rejecting his advances
The Guardian - AU · Oct 25, 2024 ‘I was very close to dying’: John Farnham may never sing again – but finds his voice in memoir The Australian singer values his privacy – so he shocked film-maker Poppy Stockell when he asked her to help him write his memoir. She talks about their months together