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Mushroom Group chairman Michael Gudinski and Sony Music Australasia’s chairman/CEO Denis Handlin head up the Australian contingent in a newly published roll-call of the most powerful music executives…

Two Aussie acts from quite different ends of the musical spectrum will be competing against Ed Sheeran for #1 on next week's ARIA Albums chart: Byron Bay metalcore band In Hearts Wake, whose fourth…

It was fifty years ago today (well, this week) when Sgt. Pepper first taught the band to play, with The Beatles' dizzying 1967 opus being released to a stunned audience who either saw the album as…

The APRA and AMCOS Boards have announced that long-standing CEO Brett Cottle will step down from the role in June 2018. APRA Chair, Jenny Morris, said of the move: "After 27 years leading the…

When I went to Newcastle University back in the day, the bands who advanced through the local heats of the National Campus Band Competition needed one of the following key attributes: a) horns b)…

The AIR Awards may been postponed last year as it readied some major changes, including adding an Industry Conference and showcase event, but it's returned with one lionised lineup of nominees this…

Here are just some of the remarkable events announced last night in Brisbane by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at the launch of the Queensland Music Festival (July 7 30). A charity single and…

Olivia Newton-John is battling breast cancer again and has postponed a tour through the United States and Canada. At the beginning of May, the UK-born Australian singer and actor postponed just her…

Stefan Dabruck, crossover dance and EDM-hitmaker, producer and artist manager, is so renowned for his instinct that in April global publishing conglomerate BMG made him a consultant to its A R team.…

As the rancour surrounding scalping and the secondary market reaches fever pitch, Twickets, the fan-to-fan ticket resale platform, opens for business in Australia. It may not be the White Knight, but…