Starts at 60

By Allanah Sciberras John Farnham’s tribute concert will go ahead without him as the Australian music legend’s family reveals his health has deteriorated. The music-industry giant will be honoured by local and international performing greats at a blockbuster charity gig at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on Sunday, raising funds for the cancer support services that helped him thr...

A set of early 1960s David Bowie recordings have been dusted off and released. The drop comes a decade after music historian Alec Palao found a 12-inch acetate marked “Davie Jones” while cataloguing late producer Shel Talmy’s archive. The disc contained five unreleased tracks from 1965, recorded before Bowie adopted his stage name, with another five songs surfacing during Pal...

By George Clarke The Sydney Roosters are 80 minutes away from their first NRL grand final in seven years and appear set to welcome back star half Sam Walker after overcoming Cronulla in a 46-10 semi-final win. Trent Robinson’s men will play the Dolphins in a preliminary final after being made to work for victory against the Sharks at Allianz Stadium. Halfback Daly Cherry-Evan...

By Anna Harrington Brisbane coach Chris Fagan has urged the Lions to lean into their experience to seize the rare prize of an AFL premiership three-peat. The two-time reigning premiers qualified for a fourth consecutive grand final with an epic 20.11 (131) to 19.8 (122) win over Hawthorn, in front of 97,835 fans at the MCG on Saturday evening. The Lions can join the legendary...

Lulu isn’t ashamed of being an alcoholic. The 77-year-old British pop veteran recently opened up about her struggle with booze for the first time revealing she’s been clean since checking into a rehab clinic in 2013. She confessed she’s glad she went public with her battle in her memoir If Only You Knew because the process was a healing experience for her. She told the i...