Lars Brandle

Select Music scored a PLUS1. The Sydney-based independent booking agency is partnering with PLUS1, a social impact platform that redirects $1 from show tickets to good causes. The brainchild of…

So Frenchy So Chic is making the leap from Australia to the U.K. To coincide with the tenth anniversary of the French-themed buffet of music, arts and cuisine, So Frenchy will expand into London for…

As the live music community reels from another fatality at a music festival, NSW decision-makers are refusing to budge on pill testing. A 24-year-old Victorian man died on Sunday, the first day of…

Michael Chugg has long been described as an icon of the Australia music landscape. On Wednesday (Nov. 27), it was made official. The concert promoting legend was feted as an ARIAs Icon during an…

Fortune favours the brave. It's true for life, and the music industry. Guests at the ARIA Masterclass in Sydney on Tuesday (Nov. 26) heard tales of ambition, reinvention, risk and international…

GiggedIn, the Australian-owned live music subscription service, is going national. And, perhaps, heading further afield. From next year, the app-based platform, which currently operates in Sydney and…

Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes your numbers come up. Human Nature, well, they’re on a dream roll. At the 2019 ARIA Awards next Wednesday in their hometown Sydney, the veteran vocal group will…

Arthur Fogel is the biggest player in live music who doesn’t sing, dance or strum a guitar. The Canadian-born impresario has been characterised by Bono as “clearly the most important guy in live…

The NSW live music sector enjoyed a win of sorts last week when the state’s Upper House voted to amend draft legislation to include establishing an industry roundtable, ending a year-long stalemate…

Put your Haiku Hands together! Earlier this month, high-flying electro-pop outfit Haiku Hands touched down with an international record deal with Diplo’s label Mad Decent, earning them a spot on its…

The live sector is hailing a “significant win” after the New South Wales Parliament finally agreed to convene a roundtable which, in time, should enable promoters and music professionals to chime in…

The future is golden, and it looks nothing like today. But the path is bumpy, so gear-up. That’s the picture illustrated by British music and media analyst Mark Mulligan, who presented a…