Lars Brandle

Evolve or die is the mantra for any tech company. Spotify, with its 130 million “paid” subscribers, has been quietly repeating this line for years. When the streaming giant tapped Joe Rogan for a…

Tones And I’s 'Dance Monkey' ticks off another big milestone as the viral hit moves one billion views on YouTube.Tones’ global hit entered the Billion Views Club on YouTube and she joins a select…

Maggie Collins is this year’s recipient of The Lighthouse Award, an honour that recognises excellence in artist management. Announced today by APRA AMCOS, Collins collects a cash prize of $10,000,…

The 123 Agency Group has gone into liquidation amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, TIO can reveal. Damian Costin’s independent music company held a general meeting earlier this month, during which…

The show must go on. And it will. Next Monday, May 25, the APRA Music Awards will hit your screens in a spanking-new virtual format, custom-built for the times we live in. It’s no secret, the music…

Live entertainment is making a comeback. From next week, Live Nation will trial a run of socially distanced shows, the first since the global pandemic shut down life as we knew it.The concerts…

With every cloud, there's a silver lining. And the dark cloud that is the lockdown has presented a few solid-gold opportunities. As we gradually emerge from isolation, the artist community has…

APRA AMCOS is offering $2,000 grants to help artists get a leg-up in these tough times. From today, members around the globe from entry level to the very top can apply for a grant, established in…

There’s no rigid science, no secret formula to navigating the music industry. If the magic could be bottled, we’d all be lighting cigars with $50 notes.The game does have rules. For Philip Mortlock,…

John Butler and Mo’Ju are among the performers lined-up for the 2020 APRA Music Awards, set to stream to the world later this month in a virtual edition, and which will celebrate two of the biggest…

The lockdown has produced a silver lining for Bandsintown and its users. The concert discovery platform and direct-to-fan platform reports its Bandsintown LIVE channel on Twitch has reached 10…

A string of strip-searches by NSW cops on underaged festival-goers weren’t just objectionable and unpleasant, they were “unlawful,” a police watchdog has said. An independent inquiry has handed down…