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After an enthusiastic response from an eight-week online poll, the Queensland Government has increased the number of concerts at Brisbane s 52,500-capacity Suncorp Stadium from four to six a calendar…

The return of Nine s The Voice for its fourth season drew 1.557 million metro viewers last night. Sydney remains the show s biggest market with 491,000 viewers. It is followed by Melbourne (458,000),…

The Federal Government s controversial changes to arts funding in its recent Budget will be investigated by a Senate Committee. The motion was moved by Labor s Jacinta Perth International Arts…

Music tourism was worth 3.1 billion (A$6.25 billion) to the UK economy in 2014, according to a report by the industry body UK Music. It is made up of industry groups representing musicians,…

The Adelaide Fringe is now worth $68.8 million to the South Australian economy after a record year, show figures collated by Economic Research Consultants. This was a rise of $2.5 million from last…

Australian subscription video on demand (SVoD) start-up iflix has launched in South East Asia, its targeted market. After setting up in Malaysia and the Philippines late last week, it will expand to…

Music streaming, one of the real growth areas in the global music industry, will overtake downloading in 2018. According to accountant firm PwC s annual Global Entertainment and Media Outlook…

The annual music industry charity Aussie Rules football match, the Reclink Community Cup, will be held in Adelaide for the first time. South Australian musicians and community media folk will take…

Jay Z s artist-owned music and video streaming service Tidal has widened its service to include concert ticketing through a partnership with Ticketmaster. Available at this stage in the US only,…

The call by 16 arts associations for a Senate inquiry into the budget cuts to the Australia Council for the Arts as reported by TMN on Tuesday has been echoed by a number of politicians. Represented…

Crime beat out music in last night s ratings it seemed. All the media frenzy about Australia having its own entry in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time didn t translate into the 1 million…

Shihad, Split Enz and Tiki Taane were among those honoured as New Zealand celebrated the 40th ruby anniversary of its Top 40 music chart. 16 acts from NZ and abroad were honoured at an industry…