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Frontier have announced that unbeatable icons The Rolling Stones will be heading to Australia in March next year. So far only one date has been announced, March 22 for the opening of Adelaide Oval,…

PPCA and the Australia Council today announced five one-off recording grants of up for $15,000. Applications are open until December 9. “Recording can sometimes be a long and costly process. These…

Universal Music CEO and Chairman Lucian Grainge is the most influential music executive in Britain today, according to The Sunday Times. Grainge topped the music list of the newspaper’s 500 ’Most…

After their successful partnership with ARIA for last year’s awards, Rdio have teamed up with Big Day Out to be the festival’s official streaming partner. More than that, they have launched an epic…

Cloud Control, Sarah Blasko and The Preatures were among the musical winners at last night’s FBi SMAC Awards, held at Sydney’s Carriageworks. Cloud Control took out Record Of The Year for their…

Deezer are reportedly in talks with Samsung, the results of which could be a hefty investment by the electronics company, according to French newspaper Le Journal du Dimache. While neither party has…

One the better stories floating around the net of recent times is that of the digital currency Coinye: bitcoins with Kanye West’s likeness on them. West evidently didn’t see the humorous side to this…

As Kylie Minogue drops details of her new single, her profile in the UK has taken another leap as she becomes both the focus of a heavily-promoted push for the Brit Awards - and the new judge of The…

One of the biggest hits of 2013 also spawned one of the biggest legal messes, with Blurred Lines artist Robin Thicke bringing pre-emptive litigation against the Marvin Gaye estate in response to…

Singer Jenny Morris was elected the first new Chair of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) in 20 years. This followed the resignation of composer Mike Perjanik, who held the post for…

Paul Piticco’s Create/Control has signed label partnerships with three influential American indie labels: Arts Crafts, Vagrant and Innovative Leisure. Arts Crafts, based in Toronto, Canada,…

The Australian Music Industry Network (AMIN) has selected 15 independent label owners to participate in its Release program. Set to run for six months, the program was set up to provide indie label…