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The New South Wales government’s $85 million emergency package is welcome relief, Australia’s main music industry bodies say. Though the crisis is far from over, and winter is coming. On Tuesday…

Barely two months on from the unveiling of its full list of nominees, the 2021 Australian Music Prize has today revealed the nine records to have made the shortlist for the 2021 award. Beginning as a…

Glenn Wheatley, the late rocker, artist manager and pioneer of Australia’s music scene, is being remembered as a “humble” music man with a great ear and fierce intellect. Wheatley, who has died at…

The Australian music industry has lost one of its biggest names, with musician, manager, and executive Glenn Wheatley passing away at the age of 74.As the ABC reports, Wheatley passed away in…

Luude is on the verge of becoming Australia’s next U.K. Top 10 hitmaker, with some help from Colin Hay. The Gold Coast electronic music producer’s bass-heavy reimagining of ‘Down Under’ rises 20-10…

The old saying “everybody loves a winner” is half-wrong. Eddie the Eagle busts that idea. And at the other end of the spectrum, Manchester United, Collingwood, the L.A. Lakers, Spotify. Some of us…

Serenade scores its biggest coup to date, by striking a partnership with the Brit Awards. Through what’s described as a “groundbreaking initiative,” Serenade will honour the winners of next month’s…

Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and all their rivals in the streaming music world will be placed under the microscope by the U.K.’s competition watchdog following a vocal campaign to redistribute the…

Dylan Alcott, the athlete, raconteur and music festival organiser who turned disability into a super power, is named Australian of the Year, and is one of several beacons from the wider music…

Ticketmaster’s Mark Yovich and Apple Music’s Rachel Newman are among the Australian executives who make the cut for Billboard’s 2022 Power List. Raised and educated in Western Australia, Yovich was…

Sydney Festival reps have rubbished claims that the annual event has tapped bots to boost traffic. Speculation ramped up on Monday (Jan. 24) that organisers had employed a "botnet," that is, a…

Everyone has a Big Day Out memory, though most are turning hazy with each turn of the calendar. For some, it was The Prodigy playing in the sauna that was the Gold Coast leg’s Boiler Room. Or a young…