Christie Eliezer

TEG BUYS MALAYSIAN TICKETING FIRM Australian ticketing and data analytics firm TEG has acquired Malaysian ticketing company TicketCharge. TEG will set up an Asian division to focus on the growth of…

ART MUSIC AWARDS SET FOR AUGUST The seventh annual Art Music Awards will take place in Sydney s City Recital Hall on August 22, with finalists to be announced on July 19. Presented by APRA AMCOS and…

The Angels co-founding guitarists Rick and John Brewster are the subjects of a book on their 50-year history out on August 1. It will be accompanied by a CD tracking their various music incarnations,…

Last week, Sir Paul McCartney achieved something he lost in 1969 the ownership of his share of the 206 songs he and John Lennon wrote during their Beatles days. After initiating a lawsuit in New York…

SCA APPOINTS DAVE CAMERON AS MELBOURNE GM Dave Cameron officially begins tomorrow (July 1) as GM of Southern Cross Austereo s Melbourne operations. He will continue to head up SCA s national talent…

INAUGURAL LUNAR ELECTRIC SHINES ON PORT MACQUARIE Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-coast will host the inaugural EDM festival Lunar Electric. It will be staged on the lawns of Cassegrains Winery on…

ORiGiN Recordings, the Sydney-based mid-1990s label that had hits with Diana Anaid s I Go Off and Adelaide band Lazaros Dog s Home Entertainment System, is being reactivated. It has two projects on…

Music remains the most popular of all artforms in Australia, with 97% of the population listening to recorded music, and 72% attending live music shows. The latest Connecting Australians report from…

MANAGEMENT, AGENCY DEALS FOR WEST THEBARTON Adelaide band West Thebarton (the artists previously known as West Thebarton Brothel Party) have upped the ante with new management and UK booking agent.…

The City of Sydney s latest launch of new music funding as reported in TMN yesterday has sent a positive vibe through the city s live sector. Aside from new funding totalling $1.35m over three years…

The Boston Consulting Group s Melbourne As A Global Cultural Destination report ranks it as the top cultural destination in the country, third in the Asia Pacific and twelfth in the world for arts…

MOLLOY, KENNEDY, SNARE TRIPLE M DRIVE After months of speculation, Mick Molly and Jane Kennedy are confirmed to host Triple M s national drive show. It starts in Melbourne in October and the rest of…