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Radio National music cuts prompt community protest at ABC

Radio National music cuts prompt community protest at ABC

A protest is being staged by a broad group of community organisations in Sydney today over concerns that the ABC is failing to meet its charter obligations. A number of decisions by the national…

By Staff Writer - Feb 22, 2017
Radio National music cuts prompt community protest at ABC

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Radio National music cuts prompt community protest at ABC

A protest is being staged by a broad group of community organisations in Sydney today over concerns that the ABC is failing to meet its charter obligations. A number of decisions by the national…

By Staff Writer - Feb 22, 2017
Elton John expands regional tour to first Hobart show in 27 years

Elton John expands regional tour to first Hobart show in 27 years

Elton John and his band have extended their three-stop Once In A Lifetime regional tour to include Hobart, promoter Chugg Entertainment announced this morning. The fourth date, on Wednesday September…

By Staff Writer - Feb 22, 2017
Elton John expands regional tour to first Hobart show in 27 years

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Elton John expands regional tour to first Hobart show in 27 years

Elton John and his band have extended their three-stop Once In A Lifetime regional tour to include Hobart, promoter Chugg Entertainment announced this morning. The fourth date, on Wednesday September…

By Staff Writer - Feb 22, 2017
Rihanna now has more top 10 singles than Michael Jackson

Rihanna now has more top 10 singles than Michael Jackson

Rihanna has the third-most top 10 hits now, trailing Madonna at 38, and The Beatles at 34. It seems like only yesterday that radio DJs everywhere were forced to say ‘Pon De Replay’ after a…

By Poppy Reid - Feb 22, 2017
Rihanna now has more top 10 singles than Michael Jackson

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Rihanna now has more top 10 singles than Michael Jackson

Rihanna has the third-most top 10 hits now, trailing Madonna at 38, and The Beatles at 34. It seems like only yesterday that radio DJs everywhere were forced to say ‘Pon De Replay’ after a…

By Poppy Reid - Feb 22, 2017
Rock legends dragged into a messy legal battle over decades-old recordings

Rock legends dragged into a messy legal battle over decades-old recordings

One of the biggest collections of historical rock and roll material in the world has become embroiled in a legal dispute with some of rock’s biggest names. We generally look pretty favourably on any…

By Poppy Reid - Feb 22, 2017
Rock legends dragged into a messy legal battle over decades-old recordings

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Rock legends dragged into a messy legal battle over decades-old recordings

One of the biggest collections of historical rock and roll material in the world has become embroiled in a legal dispute with some of rock’s biggest names. We generally look pretty favourably on any…

By Poppy Reid - Feb 22, 2017

Inaugural Live on the Lawn festival announced

PRESS RELEASE: EAO Entertainment is excited to announce Live on the Lawn , an afternoon lawn party at Bar on the Hill on Saturday 27th May, featuring a handful of Australia s hottest young live acts,…

By Staff Writer - Feb 21, 2017
Inaugural Live on the Lawn festival announced

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Inaugural Live on the Lawn festival announced

PRESS RELEASE: EAO Entertainment is excited to announce Live on the Lawn , an afternoon lawn party at Bar on the Hill on Saturday 27th May, featuring a handful of Australia s hottest young live acts,…

By Staff Writer - Feb 21, 2017

More WA election promises for music industry

Western Australia s music industry is being wooed by the major political parties before the state election on March 11. Last November, research conducted by Edith Cowan University for peak music…

By Christie Eliezer - Feb 21, 2017
More WA election promises for music industry

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More WA election promises for music industry

Western Australia s music industry is being wooed by the major political parties before the state election on March 11. Last November, research conducted by Edith Cowan University for peak music…

By Christie Eliezer - Feb 21, 2017
$1m funding for Adelaide Fringe: lower ticket prices, higher artist margins

$1m funding for Adelaide Fringe: lower ticket prices, higher artist margins

The Adelaide Fringe has been given a surprise $1 million funding boost from the South Australian Government and in what the festival claims is an Australian first, the extra cash will be passed onto…

By Staff Writer - Feb 21, 2017
$1m funding for Adelaide Fringe: lower ticket prices, higher artist margins

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$1m funding for Adelaide Fringe: lower ticket prices, higher artist margins

The Adelaide Fringe has been given a surprise $1 million funding boost from the South Australian Government and in what the festival claims is an Australian first, the extra cash will be passed onto…

By Staff Writer - Feb 21, 2017

UK creative industries partner with search engines to battle piracy

Creative industries and search engines Google and Bing have partnered to produce a voluntary Code of Practice that will stunt the prevalence of illegal copyright infringing pirate sites showing up on…

By Staff Writer - Feb 21, 2017
UK creative industries partner with search engines to battle piracy

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UK creative industries partner with search engines to battle piracy

Creative industries and search engines Google and Bing have partnered to produce a voluntary Code of Practice that will stunt the prevalence of illegal copyright infringing pirate sites showing up on…

By Staff Writer - Feb 21, 2017
An event in Melbourne thinks artists should work for free, and musos are losing it

An event in Melbourne thinks artists should work for free, and musos are losing it

Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE), think musicians should work for free. UPDATE 21/2 4pm: In a statement issued to Tone Deaf, Simon Coburn, Show Director at GM Events said the decision to…

By Poppy Reid - Feb 21, 2017
An event in Melbourne thinks artists should work for free, and musos are losing it

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An event in Melbourne thinks artists should work for free, and musos are losing it

Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE), think musicians should work for free. UPDATE 21/2 4pm: In a statement issued to Tone Deaf, Simon Coburn, Show Director at GM Events said the decision to…

By Poppy Reid - Feb 21, 2017
Midnight Oil have got a master plan to stamp out ticket scalping

Midnight Oil have got a master plan to stamp out ticket scalping

Frontier Touring has pointed to seven steps intended to bring scalpers to a screeching halt. Needless to say, the announcement of Midnight Oil’s first tour in 15 years last week had their fans pretty…

By Poppy Reid - Feb 21, 2017
Midnight Oil have got a master plan to stamp out ticket scalping

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Midnight Oil have got a master plan to stamp out ticket scalping

Frontier Touring has pointed to seven steps intended to bring scalpers to a screeching halt. Needless to say, the announcement of Midnight Oil’s first tour in 15 years last week had their fans pretty…

By Poppy Reid - Feb 21, 2017
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