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PRESS RELEASE: In the midst of his WA and East Coast tour and the recent release of his stunning second EP Outside the Lines Riley Pearce announces today that he has inked a deal with Melbourne s 123…

Foxtel Arts has picked up the rights to screen the two-hour musical event The Passion in Australia this weekend. The story about the last hours of Jesus Christ, set in modern times, was filmed live…

Image: Womadelaide 2015 Ahead of a likely early, double dissolution election, the arts sector is calling for a tripling of arts funding and more priority for use of arts and music in education. The…

Sweden s Spotify has hit 30 million paying subscribers, according to its CEO Daniel Ek, continuing its reign as the world s biggest music streaming service. Privately held Spotify doesn t regularly…

The world learned a lot about itself via Twitter in the past 10 years. From government officials using Twitter for public service announcements, to hashtags sending charity campaigns…

Image: From The Pit at Newtown Social Club Government authority City of Sydney, the Live Music Office and University of Sydney have proposed a strategy that will see older buildings turned into…

The number of new cars on the road loaded with DAB+ units has tripled in the past year, helping lift digital radio uptake to over 25% of the population in metro markets. According to new data…

PRESS RELEASE: A music-loving public joined forces with the Queensland music industry last night to celebrate the state s finest artists at the annual Queensland Music Awards, presented by BOQ and…

Image: Australia’s 2015 Eurovision representative Guy Sebastian Australia s SBS has got the go-ahead to develop the Eurovision Song Contest concept in the Asia-Pacific. It has signed an exclusive…

Nightlife Music, which provides commercial music to venues across Australia, and Spotify, have teamed up to launch a new platform called crowdDJ. It turns venue goers into the DJ, they say. The…