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Image: Gooch Palms at the Aussie BBQ. Credit: Cian Davis and Bianca O’Neill Although the weaker Aussie dollar reportedly kept some bands and attendees away this year, SXSW still loomed large as ever…

When Madonna s Rebel Heart world tour wrapped up in Sydney on March 20, it had grossed US$169.8 million from 1,045,479 tickets sold at 82 performances in 56 cities, according to Billboard Boxscore.…

SoundCloud s recent agreement with Sony Music Entertainment now paves the way for SoundCloud to introduce its long talked about subscription service. The German-based SoundCloud current database of…

Photo Credit: Cian Davis and Bianca O’Neill This year Sounds Australia delivered an epic 16 Aussie bands to the SXSW crowd - well they tried to, anyway. With severe weather warnings sweeping the…

Melbourne-based music journalist Bianca O’Neill is on-ground at the 30th annual South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) in Austin. In the review below O’Neill details the Opening…

France-based Deezer is now streaming music on the Apple Watch. Pandora and Apple s own music services are available on the Apple Watch, but not Spotify, which means Deezer has the opportunity to…

The fifth largest music company in the world, the Berlin-based BMG, has launched in Australia, as a stand-alone. It has appointed Heath Johns as Sydney-based Managing Director. Johns was former…

Image: Nervo at a Channel [V] Island Party in Sydney The world s second largest music streaming service, Apple Music, will become the first to stream and pay royalties on thousands of underground…

Sony Corp has entered into an agreement to buy Michael Jackson s half share of the lucrative Sony/ATV for US$750 million. The 3 million-strong catalogue owns works The Beatles, Bob Dylan, David…

The global multi-room speaker systems company Sonos, which has an office in Australia, has announced a new focus on streaming and voice recognition. CEO John Macfarlane said the company is adapting…

Adele s world domination continues with three nominations at the April 7 Echo Awards, Germany’s equivalent to the Grammys. She s up for Best Female Artist International, Album of the Year for 25 and…

AC/DC have been forced to postpone ten US shows from tonight after doctors warned singer Brian Johnson, 68, he may lose his hearing completely if he keeps touring. The band released a statement,…