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Here's all the music industry news you need to know this morning. Spotify's IPO, which could happen as soon as September, would mean Spotify registers its shares straight onto the public market,…

Carole King's Tapestry was an unqualified success in the '70s, selling over ten million copies in America alone. To re-purpose a Wayne's World joke about the similarity-ubiquitous Frampton Comes…

Harry Shearer has penned an op-ed to "highlight the longstanding and improper accounting practices in the music and film industries." In 1984, director-actor Rob Reiner and comedians Christopher…

Image: Two Door Cinema Club After the festival sold out in under an hour yesterday, a slew of Splendour sideshows were announced this morning offering hope to fans too slow or broke to make it to…

PRESS RELEASE: Today one half of Big Scary unveils a new musical project, but it s not another band, it s another record label. Jo Syme already runs Pieater Records with band mate Tom Iansek, and…

PRESS RELEASE: Australian Music Association has today announced the inaugural Sydney Drum Percussion Show set to engulf the Rosehill Gardens Grand Pavilion on May 27 and 28. Proudly presented by…

Under new US Federal legislation introduced to Congress on Wednesday, record labels and rightsholders could choose to pluck their music off US airwaves, putting the perennial radio model into…

MORE SYDNEY VENUES DE-LOCKED BUT TOO LATE? The NSW Government has approved three more exemptions from Sydney s lockout laws the iconic Basement (pictured above) at Circular Quay, O’Malley’s in Kings…

Justin Bieber s five Australian and New Zealand shows last month grossed over US $22 million, according to Billboard magazine s Boxscore. It grossed a total of $22,152,047 with an overall attendance…

As the two-year process of uncoupling from the European Union is expected to lead to economic and social uncertainty, the British music industry is both nervous and positive about the future. There…