Christie Eliezer

COOL FOR SUMMER DROP FIRST ACTS The first music and social media acts were announced last night for Cool For Summer. Promoters claim these have a combined 98 million followers across YouTube,…

After its phenomenal success in the UK and Europe last year, the Kungs remix of Melbourne band Cookin On Three Burners This Girl is now creating waves in the United States. Earlier this week, the…

Ed Sheeran performing at Hanging Rock. Image: Jayden Ostwald Ed Sheeran played a gig for radio competition winners at Hanging Rock, in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria, last night. Sheeran is currently…

Chief Minister Michael Gunner has made it unequivocal: the Northern Territory Government will not be introducing lockout laws. Alarm bells rang among local venue operators and the music industry when…

Hilltop Hoods award-winning Through The Dark interactive film project, developed in association with Google Play, has raised $34,000 for CanTeen, the children s cancer charity. Each fan who listened…

Image: The Zoo, Fortitude Valley FEEDING TIME RETURNS TO BRISBANE S ZOO The Zoo in Brisbane s Fortitude Valley reopens tomorrow (Saturday) after closing for major renovations at the end of 2016. New…

LANEWAY SYDNEY SELLS OUT Laneway announced yesterday that its Sydney show on Saturday has sold out. Staged at Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) and Callan Park (with a 33-degree forecast), the day…

WA s peak music association WAM has unveiled the first round of judges for its Song of the Year 2016/17 competition. It offers all WA talent the chance to enter by Thursday February 9 and be in the…

BMG UK has confirmed that it has signed Kylie Minogue, with a pop-oriented album set for release later this year. UK media had speculated back in December that the London-based Australian singer was…

Image: (L to R) Ashley Sellers, Justin Cosby, Colin Daniels Dynamic European indie music company [PIAS] has expanded its activities in Australia by fully acquiring Sydney-based music sales,…

In the wake of NT Attorney-General Natasha Fyles comments that lockout laws for Darwin s entertainment precincts are still on the cards, the Northern Territory music industry has responded by…

Image: Newtown Social Club NEWTOWN SOCIAL CLUB CLOSING Sydney s Newtown Social Club on King Street is closing its doors in April. Operators, who saved it from developers three years ago, posted,…