Articles by Maryanne Window

One of the stalwarts of the UK punk scene, The Stranglers are no strangers to Melbourne.

LuliePalooza packed a mighty punch this year thanks to Always Live, PBS radio and the Lulie Tavern.

Kim Wilde made a triumphant return to the Palais in St Kilda on Saturday night to close out the Australian leg of her greatest hits tour. Having last graced the majestic Melbourne stage in 2016 touring with Howard Jones and next door at the old Palace in 2013 with Nik Kershaw, tonight it was once again a Wilde family affair. 

Despite less than ideal conditions with  temperatures up towards 35 degrees Celsius, and the air dry and dusty, this was one of the most enjoyable winery shows I’ve been to in a while.

What a great bloke Dave Grohl is! That was the overwhelming impression that the majority of the people packed into AMMI stadium were left with at the conclusion of the Foo Fighters’ second Melbourne show on their 2023 Australian tour.

Some might say that Berlin, the American new wave band formed in 1978 and Culture Club, British new wave club kids from 1981, are unusual touring partners some 40 plus years later in 2023 but I beg to differ. Musically they are poles apart but as far as being “of a time” I can remember an earlier instance of them being paired up together.

What a triumphant return to Melbourne for Those Pretty Wrongs who jingled our jangle on their last tour back in 2016.