Vivid LIVE 2019

Sydney’s Vivid Festival is the latest massive event to be cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The annual music & light festival, which attracts more than 2 million punters, has been axed for 2020 as impending legislation seeks to outlaw public gatherings of more than 500 people. In a short statement to its website, festival […]

This week marked the 30th anniversary of The Cure’s album Disintegration. To celebrate, The Cure performed over five nights at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE. Last night was their final performance in the Opera House. They treated fans to a nostalgic performance with Disintegration in full as well as some never-played-live tracks and […]

The British electronic dance super-duo Underworld could have set their career in cruise control after airing the ’90s anthem ‘Born Slippy .NUXX’ – its “Lager, lager, lager, lager” refrain eternally the stuff of festival chants. But Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have continued to challenge themselves – and their listeners. In November, Underworld launched an […]

The Sydney sun is setting before 5pm, Andrew Thomas Huang’s Austral Flora Ballet adorns the Opera House sails and the Central Station clock tower has become a technicolour beacon. Vivid Sydney is in full swing. This year’s Vivid Music program is typically vast, ranging from international superstars like The Cure and Herbie Hancock to local […]

Since releasing his 2014 solo album, Sheplife, Briggs has become a celebrity. The album introduced the Yorta Yorta rapper to a much wider audience courtesy of the singles ‘Bad Apples’ and ‘The Hunt’. Briggs took that momentum into A.B. Original’s Reclaim Australia LP, which made an even greater impression. He’s subsequently become a voice of […]

Great news coming for those who missed out on tickets to The Cure earlier this year. The legendary band has just announced a fifth and final show as part of Vivid LIVE 2019. And it’s not all bad for those who miss out on tickets for this one, either. The Sydney Opera House has announced […]

They say 13 is an unlucky number, but, for the legends over at Purple Sneakers, it is anything but! They’ve just announced the lineup for their 13th birthday celebrations, and it’s bloody stacked. Giving us the best and brightest in electronic music, PS’ birthday party for 2019 will be graced by the likes of Kota Banks, […]

Sydney’s annual Vivid Live Festival has finally given us the massive full music lineup for 2019, and it includes The Cure, FKA Twigs, RUFUS DU SOL, Paul Kelly, The Middle East, Dirty Three and way more. The Cure was announced as the event’s music headliners back in February, and they’ll be playing their iconic album Disintegration in […]

Sydney’s Vivid LIVE continues to bring in the big guns for their 2019 event, with homegrown heroes RÜFÜS DU SOL being announced as the second act on their music lineup. The electronic trio are coming off the back of a massive 2018, with the release of their third LP Solace last year. On top of that, […]

The Cure are coming to Sydney! The iconic British goths have just been announced as the first act to grace the lineup of the city’s VIVID Live festival in 2019, heading to our shores in honour of the 30th anniversary of their iconic album Disintegration. Robert Smith & co will hit the Sydney Opera House […]


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