Music

POP icon Britney Spears is to perform in Australia for the first time in her career later this year when she takes her “Circus” tour Down Under, it was announced the other day. Spears, 27, will play six concerts in four cities beginning with a gig in Perth on November 6 before wrapping up in … Read more

Passionate and sincere, Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins is a welcome relief in a music landscape littered with disposable pop. The 24-year-old Melbourne native has enjoyed phenomenal success in her homeland, and a growing fanbase in the U.S., in spite of — or perhaps because she shuns the usual synthetic packaging and tabloid tackiness. Instead she’s … Read more