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Kevin Stanton, founding guitarist and songwriter with Mi-Sex has died at the age of 61 in his sleep. He had long suffered from cervical spondylosis, affecting his spine and neck, which saw him take…

To celebrate Spotify s fifth year of operation in Australia, TMN can reveal the streaming giant is launching Spotify Talks, a monthly series of thought leadership events exploring music in Australia.…

The original seven Ed Sheeran stadium dates in March for Australia and New Zealand have already exploded to 14, based on predictably promising pre-sales. Third shows were added in Melbourne and…

Photo: Sydnee Carter, via Facebook I am still in shock! 19-year-old Sydnee Carter posted, minutes after she won the WA song of the year s grand prize last night, as well as the pop category, with her…

Universal Music Group (UMG) has made a huge move into the lucrative Chinese market with a licensing partnership with leading Chinese digital music platform Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME).…

Over 60 music projects have scored a funding boost from the Australia Council, as part of $7.2 million worth of grants for 270 arts projects. These included multi-artform projects, theatre,…

Wollongong’s Yours Owls festival has just dropped its first lineup, headed by iconic punk act At The Drive-In, whose reunion saw them last year blow apart Splendour in the Grass and two intimate…

Just four months after CEO and co-founder Claes Loberg released a report detailing a number of new overseas partnerships being struck by the Gold Coast-based tech company Guvera, the battle for…

Both the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) have lashed out at a new Google-commissioned report that claims YouTube (which it…

China s largest EDM festival, Budweiser Storm, is entering the Australian market this year, its promoter Eric Zho of CEO of A2LiVE announced at a media conference in Shanghai. It’s the second major…