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The Rolling Stones Australia 2014: six under-rated Stones classics

So, the Stones are coming to Australia next year, it would seem. Instead of pulling out your old 45 of My Satisfaction in celebration, hooking up the record player, remembering the left speaker…

Brands team up to bring Lady Gaga to Australia, Redfoo promoting Nando’s, and Miley signs to UMPG

Brands team up to get Lady Gaga to Australia MCM Media, The Today Network and Universal Music Australia – who in 2011 teamed for Lady Gaga’s branded content show which saw Sydney Town Hall…

Frontline - November 15, 2013

Lorde, Adam Brand, Johnny Knoxville, Olly Murs and more did the promotional rounds this week. [FinalTilesGallery id=’12’]

Big Day Out feuds with Claremont council over Perth event

The surprise Blur cancellation wasn’t the only drama facing Big Day Out this week. The Claremont Council is angered that Big Day Out bypassed them and went directly to the Department of Environment…

ARIA Awards 2013: Spotlight on Jagwar Ma - nominee for Best Dance Release

Single Review: Hamish Anderson - Winter

Howl, the first single from Melbourne native Hamish Anderson’s debut EP, sounds much like its title: a snarling, crashing track, which sits in a hypnotic groove for much of its four minutes. As a…

Before the fall: EMI’s ARIAs dominance in the last decade

EMI dominated the ARIA Awards for much of the past decade, before an overseas collapse saw them folded into another multi-national. We chart EMI Australia’s ARIA dominance during the years before the…

Industrial Strength: November 20, 2013

Joan Warner to keynote at country music radio seminar Commercial Radio Australia CEO Joan Warner is the keynote speaker at the third Country Music Radio Seminar. Organised by the CMA Australian…

Hot Seat: Benji Rogers - CEO, Co-Founder, PledgeMusic

Record, release, promote. That’s the old way, reckons Benji Rogers. The future as he sees it is all about a deep engagement between musicians and their fans, where the recording process is part of…

U2 switch management, CMA appoints new CEO, and changes at SCA and 2UE

Oseary already managing U2 Although the New York Post just broke the story of Madonna’s manager Gary Oseary taking over day-to-day management of U2, it seems he began duties some months ago. Paul…