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FastForward's Australian run is the latest music industry conference affected by global concerns around COVID-19. Following the Australian Government's recommendations, Founder Chris Carey has made…

These here are crazy times. As the global health emergency spreads, nothing feels quite the same as it did yesterday. Stock markets are taking a beating, supermarket shelves are stripped bare,…

Representatives from the live music industry met with government this morning (March 17) to spell out the dire situation thousands of artists, staff and companies find themselves in, and to send out…

Either look away or punch the air: Drake now owns the record for most entries on the U.S. singles chart. The prolific Canadian hip-hop star bags his 208th career title on the latest Billboard Hot…

Lucian Grainge, the most powerful man in the record business, has been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19, a respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus. The Universal Music Group chairman…

Today is the start of new era. Spoiler alert: it could get rough from here. On Friday, prime minister Scott Morrison announced tough new rules on mass gatherings, an enforceable federal directive…

Karen Lawson is exiting as managing director of Spotify Australia and New Zealand, less than a year into the role. Lawson, the former chief of start-up accelerator Slingshot, took the big job last…

With the Coronavirus potentially stripping hundreds of millions of dollars -- and thousands of jobs -- from Australia’s live industry, the touring space will get worse before it gets better. And…

The Coronavirus outbreak is ruining the party, but it didn’t stop the music publishing community from making the long haul to Sydney for the first-ever Australian meeting of the ICMP board. Hosted by…

Pixies have scrapped the final dates on their national tour due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The American alternative rock legends were due to play the first of two consecutive nights tonight at…

Think you’ve got the goods? The 2020 Vanda Young Global Songwriting Competition is now taking submissions. The annual songwriting contest offers a first-place cash prize of $50,000, courtesy of APRA…

Coachella won’t be happening next month. As the Coronavirus spreads across the globe and beats-up the stock markets, Coachella has been postponed to avoid the worst of the health crisis. Coachella…