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Hilltop Hoods will headline the 13h BASSINTHEGRASS festival in Darwin. It is held on Saturday May 23 at Darwin Amphitheatre. The band played the venue last year as part of its Cosby Sweater tour ,…

Twitter is again cementing its place in the music business. First, it added a buy button to its platform, then it confirmed long-running talks with SoundCloud over an acquisition with embedded…

Three senior executive changes at Warner Music Group Stu Bergen, President of Warner Music Group s International Recorded Music, is given extra duties. Bergen, who also oversees global marketing, the…

Fifa Riccobono, lauded industry veteran and former CEO of Albert Music, has been announced as the recipient for the Ted Albert Award this year. The honour, which has previously gone to Slim Dusty,…

Sydney hotelier and nightclub operator Justin Hemmes has bought the iconic Newport Arms a long time showcase space for live music for a reported $50 million. The deal was struck through his Mervilage…

Taylor Swift was named the IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2014. It is awarded by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents the global recording music industry, for…

The newly formed Perth Venue Action (PVA) has officially launched as an association and lobby group to represent Perth s live music scene. It has also set up a steering committee, which includes a…

Apple is reportedly in talks with big-name musicians including UK s Florence The Machine (pictured) to give it limited streaming rights to use on its forthcoming streaming service. Bloomberg reports…

PRESS RELEASE: Hailed as The best band in America by Tim Kasher (from Cursive), Beach Slang are a band who have garnered a lot of attention considering they ve only released two 7-inches, 2014 s…

PRESS RELEASE: Universal Music Group (UMG), on behalf of UMG Recordings Inc. and Capitol Records LLC, and plaintiffs attorneys representing clients in class action lawsuits regarding digital download…