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The NSW music industry s charity Golden Stave Foundation which has raised $14 million for over 50 children s charities in NSW is holding its 2015 Annual Fundraising Dinner on Friday June 19, 2015…

The Australia Council has axed a number of initiatives after last week s Federal Budget stripped its appropriation for 2015-16 to $184.5 million. ArtsStart, set up to help recent arts and music…

Australians took to social media in droves for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday night. Six million tweets were sent around the world during the four-hour broadcast a million…

Apple has promoted British designer Sir Jony Ive to the newly created role of Chief Design Officer from July. Ive, previously Senior Vice President of Design, was knighted in 2012 for his…

APRA AMCOS (Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society) in conjunction with the PPCA (Phonographic Performance Company of Australia) has been…

Tony McGinn back in driver s seat at Authentic Entertainment After posting a $2.8 million loss for the 2014 financial year citing a soft ad market, founder Tony McGinn takes the reins again at…

After it took a few minutes for 20,000 tickets to sell out for two shows in Sydney at the end of the year Cold Chisel have announced a full blown tour in spring. The new round of dates was announced…

TMN s charts team predict the hottest new music breaking over the next quarter. From emerging acts to established artists, we ll give you our industry tips, based on forthcoming album releases, past…

UK-based music identification app Shazam can now see. It has launched a visual recognition function, which has initially been snapped up by three brands for use in the Australian market. The…

Sydney-based worship band Hillsong United is on track to land its second US Top 10 debut album, reports Billboard magazine. The Empire album, its 64th, is expected to sell 50,000 equivalent album…

Drake and Pharrell Williams are confirmed to be involved in Apple s music relaunch, say various sources involved in the negotiations. It is not known what roles they will play. Most likely they ll be…

Sydney s Teef Records teams with Oxfam for Nepal Sydney s Teef Records put together a compilation album Imperium In Imperio (Empire Within An Empire) to raise funds for Nepal s earthquake recovery…