Lars Brandle

As the world’s concerts landscape enters a deep-freeze, Live Nation launches a US$10 million ($16 million) fund to support the roadies, techs and all the back-stage professionals whose livelihoods…

5 Seconds of Summer are chasing chart glory with their latest album, CALM. The Sydney lads are close to a lock for the U.K. albums chart crown with CALM blasting to a lead of almost 7,000 chart sales…

In these strange days of lock-downs, long lines at Centrelink and a pause on regular life, it pays to pay it forward. Sydney’s fabled Studios 301 is doing just that with a novel initiative that helps…

The music industry’s annual pilgrimage to the French Riviera is cancelled. Midem 2020 was due to be held this June at the Palais de Festivals in Cannes, but with the world economy in a freeze and…

We’re all stuck at home, but APRA is keeping the money moving. The PRO is paying live performance royalties early this year, to help its thousands of members afloat during these bleak times. Members…

As hundreds of millions around the world face the strange prospect of a house arrest for the foreseeable future, streaming technology has come to the rescue. Netflix, Apple, Zoom and an army of…

Already reeling from the global shutdown of the live music economy, Australia’s concert promoters are absorbing another financial hit, this one created by the federal government. TIO understands the…

Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), home to 84 stations across the country, including the Triple M and Hit Networks, has entered a voluntary suspension in an effort to accurately gauge the impact of the…

Q A is never an easy watch. It’s essential and necessary, and not to everyone’s taste. Like broccoli. If you made it to the end of Monday night’s episode, a special on the coronavirus pandemic, of…

$650 million. That’s what the gig economy needs if it’s to pull through these lean, tough times, according to Live Performance Australia. As the federal government activates an unprecedented shutdown…

Imagine there’s no live music. It’s easy if you try... With no end in sight for the current health crisis and strict, new directives crushing any hopes for staging concerts anytime soon, the live…

Rory Adams was never your average kid. When his mates in Adelaide were kicking oval-shaped balls and playing Fruit Ninja, Adams was making music. The songwriter caught the bug, aged eight. Using…