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BTS set another online record and banked a fortune on the way with the K-pop superstars' virtual "Bang Bang Con" gig on the weekend.

The all-Australian lineup is curated by ARIA, will kick off this November and culminate with the 34th ARIA Awards in Sydney.

It’s the latest in an extensive list of records and awards for Tones, who just two years ago was busking on the streets of Byron Bay.

"It is with extreme sadness that we announce the closing of NOW Australia," reads a statement which calls time on the not-for-profit.

As part of a fluffy of deals, Busby Marou joins Sony Music ahead of the release of a fifth album, due out in 2021. Jerome Farah also joins the music major.

Social-distancing gigs are coming to Brisbane's The Zoo, featuring a line-up of 30 homegrown acts from July through to September.

The captains of industry and a stacked line-up of artists have signed up to an open letter to government, which TIO publishes in full.

Motez will kick off the United We Stream Australia series, which will feature the cream of the electronic music community and raise money for good causes.

The forum assembles the leading players in live entertainment and sport to prepare for a COVIDSafe return to live action.

Sony Music, BTS and Big Hit have joined the chorus of artists and companies who've made donations to anti-racist initiatives.

The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers is holding music companies to account as the Black Lives Matter movement becomes more urgent than ever.

Warner Music Group is a public company once again.