Music Network

Despite the loss of headliners Lenny Kravitz and The Black Keys, and despite the rain, the 26th Bluesfest Byron Bay drew a crowd of over 105,000, organisers confirmed last night. That makes it the…

New executive at MTV parent Viacom ANZ Vanessa Winley is new Director of Advertising Sales and Commercial Partnerships for Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Australia and NZ. Based in…

A leaked internal email shows that Spotify is expecting to pay Universal Music Group US$1 billion over the next two years to cover royalties, ad revenue and subscription fees. The claim raised…

The Amrap Metro and Amrap Regional Charts provides a snapshot of what s gaining airplay and attention on community radio. The charts show the Top 10 tracks ordered for airplay by community…

Five albums are up for the Queensland Music Awards Album of the Year. Released since the previous 2013 QMAs, they are Violent Soho s Hungry Ghost, HITS Hikikomori, Velociraptor s Velociraptor, Blank…

The PlayStation Music service in partnership with Spotify will be launched in Australia on May 30, according to a tweet from the official PlayStation France Twitter account. Australia will be one of…

The new Foxtel Arts channel, which launched on the weekend, gets about 100 hours of live music footage via a deal with BBC Worldwide Australia New Zealand. These include Later with Jools Holland,…

This year s National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMAs) will be held in July instead of August. The idea is to distance it from the Darwin Festival and accentuate its identity as a stand-alone event.…

With just weeks before its March 11 deadline to vacate its long-time home at the Fremantle Artillery Drill Hall, the iconic Fly By Night Musician s Club has been offered a lifeline. The City of…

The merger of Fairfax and Macquarie s radio assets should be finalised by March 31, after Macquarie shareholders gave unanimous consent yesterday. Both sides are joking about how the combined…

New Zealand s major radio and television producer MediaWorks is going into the live entertainment business. It has signed with Australia s Nine Network to set up NZ operations of the tour promoter…

Some of the 20,000 attending Groovin The Moo s show on Sunday in Bunbury, in south-western WA, were targeted by scam merchants. ABC Radio reported that one operator falsely advertised people s homes…