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PRESS RELEASE: After being announced over a week ago RnB Fridays Live went on sale last Thursday and Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane sold out in hours. The demand in Perth was so huge the venue had to…

PRESS RELEASE: It’s a week of firsts for Jimmy Barnes. Not only is the Oz-rock icon releasing his first ever book, but he s also announcing his first ever spoken word tour throughout November and…

Veteran Australian radio identity and Sparmac Records co-founder Ken Sparkes has passed, aged 76. Sparkes started in regional radio at 16 at 2MG Mudgee in 1956. Three years later, he had become…

It s not just Uber s drivers who can listen to Pandora during their rides. The music streaming service says it is now fully integrated with the ride-sharing service s iOS app so that Australian…

Following approval from France’s competition regulatory body L Autorit de la concurrence, digital music company Deezer is now under the control of Ukrainian-born American billionaire Len Blavatnik s…

As the Asia-Pacific electronic dance music (EDM) scene explodes it was estimated to be worth A$1.32 billion in 2014 and continues to grow at 12% a year Australian EDM hub Pulse Global continues to…

Despite streaming entering Australia later than the rest of the world, the country is outstripping growth patterns in the rest of the world. UK-based independent digital rights licensing agency and…

In the battle of the two Michael Hutchence documentaries, the first shot was fired when Sydney entrepreneur Ron Creevey posted a 11-second snippet of a new track Kik It on his Facebook. The full…

Photographers Neil Zlozower and Barry Levine are suing disbanded glam metal group Motley Crue over the use of their imagery. The pair allege Motley Crue infringed copyright by using their images on…

In the wake of its parent Optus offering data-free music streaming on selected plans, Virgin Mobile is doing the same. The offer is available to customers on its $40 and over post-paid plans. Data…