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PRESS RELEASE: Frontier Touring, Illusive, Southern Cross Austereo and its Hit Network are excited to confirm that RNB Fridays Live will now land in Adelaide s Titanium Security Arena on Tuesday 22…

Image: Street Fighter V One of the main topics of debate at GameSoundCon, the annual conference for game music composers, which kicked off last night in Los Angeles, was why female composers and…

Photo Credit: Terry Longley The winner of New Zealand s most prestigious songwriting award, the APRA Silver Scroll, was Wellington roots singer-songwriter Thomas Oliver for If I Move to Mars. "On the…

Image: Spotify s CEO and founder, Daniel EK Streaming giant Spotify launched last night in Japan, increasing the service s scope to 60 markets worldwide. Spotify have also announced the appointment…

According to initial reports made by The Financial Times, streaming giant Spotify is closing in on the acquisition of Berlin-based audio distribution platform SoundCloud. Although only speculation at…

FEATURE ALBUM Banks - The Altar[EMI] Banks returns with her second album, The Altar. Following up her 2013 debut Goddess, the Los Angeles singer pushes personal boundaries with her alt-pop R B sound.…

Bolstering the existing lineup of speakers for this year s WAMCon, West Australian Music (WAM) has added FBi Radio s Music Director Stephen Goodhew, WME booking agent Rebecca Young, Unified s head of…

Vevo s EVP international and chief revenue officer, Nic Jones, is returning home to Australia after relinquishing his role in the US. In an internal email obtained by Music Business Worldwide, Vevo s…

PRESS RELEASE: Today, Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia s much loved 5 day Easter Festival and recent winner of the 2016 Best Regional Event Award at the Australian Event Awards, delivers its fans two…

The global recorded music industry is taking the battle to stream-ripping sites, the new and more potent face of music piracy. Such sites were responsible for 18% of all music piracy last year,…