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Frontier Touring, Bluesfest, among the Top 20 best performers globally
Australian promoters, festivals and venues ranked as high performers in the global live music industry in 2017, according to a wrap up by American-based Pollstar magazine. Frontier Touring and…
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Frontier Touring, Bluesfest, among the Top 20 best performers globally
Australian promoters, festivals and venues ranked as high performers in the global live music industry in 2017, according to a wrap up by American-based Pollstar magazine. Frontier Touring and…
Swingers/Models’ Buster Stiggs, Primitive Calculators’ Frank Lovece, pass
Two influential figures who emerged in Melbourne s late 70s scene have passed. Drummer, songwriter and art designer Buster Stiggs, best known in Australia for his work with The Swingers and The…
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Swingers/Models’ Buster Stiggs, Primitive Calculators’ Frank Lovece, pass
Two influential figures who emerged in Melbourne s late 70s scene have passed. Drummer, songwriter and art designer Buster Stiggs, best known in Australia for his work with The Swingers and The…
Molly Meldrum calls for permanent return of ABC-TV’s Countdown
The long time debate on whether the legendary Countdown TV show should be revived re-ignited this month after ABC TV had a ratings success with its Countdown Live concert on New Years Eve at the…
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Molly Meldrum calls for permanent return of ABC-TV’s Countdown
The long time debate on whether the legendary Countdown TV show should be revived re-ignited this month after ABC TV had a ratings success with its Countdown Live concert on New Years Eve at the…
2018 kicks in: 13 things we can expect in the next 12 months
STREAMING #1: PUSH FOR $4.99 SUBS AS NORM The fiercest debate through 2018 will be how to keep streaming at its current rate of growth, where it could hit the $20 billion mark in 2025 with 336…
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2018 kicks in: 13 things we can expect in the next 12 months
STREAMING #1: PUSH FOR $4.99 SUBS AS NORM The fiercest debate through 2018 will be how to keep streaming at its current rate of growth, where it could hit the $20 billion mark in 2025 with 336…
Five music venues closed, closing or moving
The Australian live music industry has returned in 2018 to find that five venueshave closed, or are closing, or forced to move over the recent holidays. * Black Malabar in Newcastle hosted its final…
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Five music venues closed, closing or moving
The Australian live music industry has returned in 2018 to find that five venueshave closed, or are closing, or forced to move over the recent holidays. * Black Malabar in Newcastle hosted its final…
NZ copyright law to get first review in a decade
The results of a review of New Zealand s copyright laws are expected to be released in the first half of 2018. The first such review in ten years, it will look at how effectively the Copyright Act…
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NZ copyright law to get first review in a decade
The results of a review of New Zealand s copyright laws are expected to be released in the first half of 2018. The first such review in ten years, it will look at how effectively the Copyright Act…
New Signings & Team-ups: December 13
Image: SAFIA SAFIA TAKES OVER BMG BMG has signed multiple APRA award-winning, Canberra-based electronic trio SAFIA to a worldwide music publishing deal. This comes at the end of a successful…
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New Signings & Team-ups: December 13
Image: SAFIA SAFIA TAKES OVER BMG BMG has signed multiple APRA award-winning, Canberra-based electronic trio SAFIA to a worldwide music publishing deal. This comes at the end of a successful…
New signings & Team-Ups: January 17
Image: Fifth Harmony SONY EXTENDS FIFTH HARMONY DEAL Epic/Sony has extended the deal for Fifth Harmony now a four piece after the exit last month of 19-year-old Camila Cabello to pursue a solo…
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New signings & Team-Ups: January 17
Image: Fifth Harmony SONY EXTENDS FIFTH HARMONY DEAL Epic/Sony has extended the deal for Fifth Harmony now a four piece after the exit last month of 19-year-old Camila Cabello to pursue a solo…
New Signings & Team-Ups: January 24
KEITH URBAN SETS UP PUBLISHING FIRM BOOM Keith Urban has set up a new publishing company Boom in partnership with Kobalt music services, along with two of his associates in Nashville. They are…
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New Signings & Team-Ups: January 24
KEITH URBAN SETS UP PUBLISHING FIRM BOOM Keith Urban has set up a new publishing company Boom in partnership with Kobalt music services, along with two of his associates in Nashville. They are…
New Signings & Team-Ups: January 31
Image: Alexander Biggs SONY MUSIC AUST. INKS ALEXANDER BIGGS Sony Music Entertainment Australia has added Melbourne-based folk singer-songwriter Alexander Biggs to its roster. At 23, Biggs has…
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New Signings & Team-Ups: January 31
Image: Alexander Biggs SONY MUSIC AUST. INKS ALEXANDER BIGGS Sony Music Entertainment Australia has added Melbourne-based folk singer-songwriter Alexander Biggs to its roster. At 23, Biggs has…
New Signings & Team-Ups: February 7
Image: A.D.K.O.B A.D.K.O.B AT WONDERLICK Sydney four piece A.D.K.O.B have joined Wonderlick Entertainment / Sony Music Entertainment Australia. A.D.K.O.B was formed by Mark Piccles (VX, Guitar,…
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New Signings & Team-Ups: February 7
Image: A.D.K.O.B A.D.K.O.B AT WONDERLICK Sydney four piece A.D.K.O.B have joined Wonderlick Entertainment / Sony Music Entertainment Australia. A.D.K.O.B was formed by Mark Piccles (VX, Guitar,…
New Signings & Team-Ups: February 14
DAVID GUETTA SWITCHES TO SCOOTER BRAUN On the eve of the release of his seventh album, DJ/producer superstar David Guetta has switched management to Scooter Braun’s SB Projects. He joins a roster…
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New Signings & Team-Ups: February 14
DAVID GUETTA SWITCHES TO SCOOTER BRAUN On the eve of the release of his seventh album, DJ/producer superstar David Guetta has switched management to Scooter Braun’s SB Projects. He joins a roster…
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