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WA s peak music association WAM has unveiled the first round of judges for its Song of the Year 2016/17 competition. It offers all WA talent the chance to enter by Thursday February 9 and be in the…

Image: Ainslee Wills Thirteen Australian acts and two acts from New Zealand are among 100 new additions to UK conference The Great Escape s showcase roster. Held in Brighton from May 18 to 20, the…

PRESS RELEASE: After a huge 2016 Alex Lahey has hit the ground running in 2017. Her lovesick anthem You Don t Think You Like People Like People Like Me scored a place in triple j s Hottest 100 and…

As the first anniversary of Jon English s death looms on March 6, two tributes are being planned for the late singer/actor. A two-and-a-half hour tribute concert called Six Ribbons will be held at…

In an announcement made over the weekend, former Director of Music Partnerships at YouTube and Google Play, Tamara Hrivnak, is now the Director of Global Music Licensing at Facebook. The move is a…

A report by the New York Post claims that Prince s back catalogue will make a return to streaming services on February 12, the night of the Grammys. An announcement of his wider streaming…

Apple will move its entire international non-US iTunes operations to Cork, Ireland on February 5. It had been managed from low-taxing Luxembourg since 2004, and is set to close all operations in that…

BMG UK has confirmed that it has signed Kylie Minogue, with a pop-oriented album set for release later this year. UK media had speculated back in December that the London-based Australian singer was…

A new report released by comScore indicates that US-based video hosting service Vevo was used by 97 million Americans in the month of October last year, with YouTube playing a key part in the…

PRESS RELEASE: Firmly established as a three weekend journey of road-tripping and memory-making moments, Groovin the Moo (GTM) is returning for its 13th year this April and May. Taking in six…