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The Australian Festival Industry Conference (AFIC) won’t happen in 2021. The live entertainment pow-wow is pushed back once more due to the pandemic, with organizers fixing new dates for Aug.…

The industry needs you to get fully-vaxxed. And with a big, nationwide push, for government to guarantee no more lockdowns. That’s the crux of a new campaign, #VAXTHENATION, which pulls together an…

City Pop Records is ramping up its roster with the signing of JXN. The first release through the new deal is ‘Cotton Candy,’ which drops today on all digital music platforms. Previously signed to…

Masked Wolf is now a card-carrying member of the billionaire club. The Aussie rapper (real name Harry Michael) and producer/songwriter Tyron Hapi are the latest inductees in APRA AMCOS’ The…

Denis Handlin has broken his silence over the damning accusations of sexual misconduct within Sony Music’s domestic ranks. It did happen, he admits. And he tried to stop it. As the first episode of…

Support Act’s Head First conference has been pushed back to 2022. The lockdowns that are creating chaos for travellers across the country have also made the day-long event a non-starter, at least for…

The Australian Women in Music Awards (AWMA) is scheduled to return next May, capping a two-day event in Brisbane and featuring some of the biggest names in the national music community. Initially…

Australia’s music industry is weighing up the introduction of vaccination passports as a pass into venues, and the arguments for such a system appear to be “strong”. Vaccines have emerged as the…

The ugly underbelly of Australia’s music and entertainment industries, where men in power have engaged in harassment, abuse and misogyny, and got away with it, is the focus of a new investigative…

Ultra Records, the U.S.-based dance music specialist, welcomes Melbourne-based label veteran Kailei Ginman into the mix. Ginman, formerly with Ministry of Sound Australia and Lucky Ent., with…

With his death at 80, Charlie Watts becomes a rock ‘n’ roll immortal. An actual legend, consigned to the history books, and to those 200 million Rolling Stones albums sold, which feature his…

Clinton Kane just might be the hottest homegrown artist you’ve never heard of. That’s all about to change. The Perth youngster is flying high on the midweek U.K. chart with ‘I Guess I’m In Love,’ a…