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Operator Playbill Venues announced a multi-million dollar revitalisation set to begin next May.

A partnership with Playbill Venue Management will take over the leases and renovate the Hordern Pavilion and the Royal Hall Of Industries.

Liquid State managing director Gunnar Greve sat for an in-depth chat on China, streaming and EDM star Alan Walker.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will examine online ticketing and the secondary market in a public workshop mapped out for the early stages of 2019.

Six of the 12 LIVE acts have been announced.

It is being watched carefully by the global music and tech sectors because it hinges on the vexed issue of whether streaming services have to pay mechanical royalties.

Events and management company Five Four Entertainment will take over the lease, and will initially focus on live music, with plans to expand to comedy and drama.

Deputy premier John Barilaro has support from at least eight cabinet ministers to scrap the 1:30 am lockout time by the end of this year.

"What better way to use the skills we have in-house than to go out ahead of the charts and make some hit predictions of our own?"

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was on hand to formally induct APRA chair Jenny Morris into the NZ Music Hall Of Fame.