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Aussie artists Paul Kelly and Gang Of Youths have scored nominations across all three Artisan Award categories. Fine Arts, Best Comedy and Artisan Awards will be handed out at the 2017 ARIA Awards…

APRA AMCOS has announced that Dean Ormston will replace Brett Cottle as CEO when the latter steps down at the end of this financial year. Ormston, who is currently the organisation’s Head of Member…

Petrol Records and Universal Music Group last night hosted an evening of milestone celebrations to honor Australia s iconic, INXS at the State Theatre in Sydney. The highly anticipated,…

Live Nation s President of UK touring Andy Copping has confirmed to IQ magazine rumours that UK heavy metal Download is heading to Australia in 2018. It will be a combined effort by Live Nation…

FastForward, the future-focused music business conference, makes its debut in Sydney on April Thursday 12 and Friday 13. It’s the first time that it will be held outside Europe, where it first…

If you own or operate a venue that exploits music, APRA AMCOS is likely watching you. A Federal Circuit Court judge last week ruled against a Surfers Paradise-based nightclub that had knowingly…

Press Release: ARIA Gold-certified writer/producer Jesse Porsches has signed a worldwide music publishing deal with BMG. After co-producing the track Sleepless, the debut single by Grammy…

Is Kanye West starting his own streaming service? Documents obtained by The Blast reveal he filed trademark papers on November 2 for an entity called Yeezy Sound. It includes rights to the streaming…

KORN, PROPHETS, BIZKIT FOR DOWNLOAD AUSTRALIA Rumours about which acts were to play the inaugural Download Australia seemed to have been on the money. This morning Korn (only Australian show),…

Photo: Casey Chambers by Tony Mott What song will Aussie songwriters name as the standout of 2017? The annual APRA Song of the Year Award truly honours the ’songwriter’s songwriter’ with close to…