Christie Eliezer

Image: The Triffid CANBERRA GETTING NEW MUSIC VENUE Canberra is getting another live music venue in six months. The $220 million Australian National University Union Court project will have a…

Image: Fleet Foxes PORT FAIRY FOLK SELLS OUT Nine days out, organisers of the Port Fairy Folk in Victoria (March 10 13) announced that it sold out just before midnight on Tuesday Feb 28. This…

Image: Chris Maund (left), Niko Nordstr m Two major Australian music companies, Warner Music Australia and Mushroom Group, are expecting to generate new activity after making senior leadership…

Image: Andy Garvey CAITLIN WELSH NEW MANAGING EDITOR FOR TMN Caitlin Welsh has begun as Managing Editor for The Music Network. A music and pop culture journalist who was a staff writer for The Brag,…

Image: Birds Of Tokyo PERTH, BRISBANE, GET SET FOR ADELE TRAFFIC CHAOS Perth and Brisbane, the first two stops on Adele s Australian tour, were gritting their teeth for traffic snarl-ups this week as…

Jingle Punks, one of the Top 10 full-service audio creative agencies in the United States, has opened an Australian office in Melbourne. The agency has hired former EMI Music Australia and Mushroom…

Image: Julia Jacklin 200,000 MIDNIGHT OIL TICKETS SNAPPED UP 200,000 Midnight Oil tickets have been snapped up around the globe for the band s first world tour in two decades. All 14 North American…

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE FINED Residents of the Toaster building, who ve been campaigning since 2013 against concerts at the Sydney Opera House forecourt, have had a victory. The third of four concerts…

Image: Lisa Marie Williams / Getty The role of music festivals in tourism was acknowledged in the Qantas Australian Tourism Awards held in Darwin last Friday. In the Festivals and Events category,…

Elton John s two North Queensland shows in Mackay and Cairns will serve as a litmus test for the region s tourism draw. According to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, the two shows will draw over 24,000…

The MTV Classic network will return to Fetch TV on Monday February 27 due to popular demand, confirms Simon Bates, Sydney-based Vice President, Head of MTV Asia Pacific. The 24-hour channel…

Image: Bec Sandridge NEIL FINN, NIC CESTER, REMI JOIN BLUESFEST Neil Finn and his band are joining Bluesfest s Monday bill, vacated by Barry Gibb s sudden exit. A heap of other acts were also…