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Despite Brutal Conditions, Concert Attendance and Revenue Reached All-Time Highs In 2024: Report

Total revenue last year came in at an all-time high $3.4 billion, a 6.9% increase on the year-before period.

LPA CEO Evelyn Richardson to Step Down

Evelyn Richardson, the long-standing CEO of Live Performance Australia, will depart from the trade body at year’s end.

Australia’s Music Industry Beats Election Drum on ‘Once-In-a-Generation Opportunity’

16 Australian music industry bodies lay out a three-point plan which they hope will be carried into the Federal Election and beyond.

Music industry welcomes NSW government’s $85m pledge, warns ‘we still need to get through winter’

The heath crisis, notes LPA's Evelyn Richardson, is “not over” and “we still need to get through winter which may bring new challenges.”

COVID-19 ripped out $1.4BN from live sector in 2020: Report

The pandemic “obliterated” the live entertainment industry last year, wiping out $1.4 billion in revenue and reducing the sector by 70%.

Aussie live sector amps up calls for Government-backed insurance after UK move

Australia needs to avoid "a very quiet and sad summer", industry groups have warned.

LPA's Evelyn Richardson on negotiating lifeline with Federal Gov't: 'We were clear on our top three priorities'

Were it not for a $135 million lifeline from Canberra -- the result of music industry lobbying -- 2021 would look a lot more like 2020.

LPA announces cancellation of Helpmann Awards

After Bluesfest cancellation, live industry calls for insurance fund

Australian Festival Association has called for an insurance fund for creative businesses to access in times of crisis.

LPA calls on states and territories to follow Queensland's lead

The 'constant disruption of snap lockdowns' is wearing thin on venue owners.