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The marketplace for ticketing hit a wall in 2020. A COVID wall. With a vaccine on the way, and Australia’s states and territories largely getting a grip on community transmissions, that barrier…

At the beginning of the pandemic, like many musicians all over the world, I lost my job. One minute I was on a tour of the United States, with about 100 shows scheduled for the rest of the year, and…

Australia’s live entertainment sector desperately needs a new fund to shield businesses from future lockdowns, like the one that turned 2020 into a wasteland for concerts and touring. Live…

Millie Millgate is now a board member at Support Act, the organisation that provides relief to performing artists, musicians, crew and others working in the industry. Based in Sydney-based, Millgate…

Over the weekend I was given an invite to the new social network Clubhouse (shoutout to Justin L. Hunte for the hook up). For those who aren’t familiar, Clubhouse is an audio app that's still in beta…

UPDATE: The Industry Observer understands that the triple j Plays account was suspended in error and that Twitter has since communicated this to the account owner and reinstated the account. After…

True story: journalists love lists. We compile them in our heads, while riding the bus and walking the dog. And not just the necessary to-do lists. We keep score of the essential frivolous stuff.…

Big visions need time and space to take shape. For the teams behind the Abbey Road Institute move into Studios 301, the pandemic created that opportunity. Last week, the Institute announced it would…

For Tones And I, the year ends pretty much how it started: On top of the world. Tones’ ‘Dance Monkey’ comes in at No. 1 on Apple Music’s global list of Top 25 Shazamed Songs, and it’s No. 3 on the…

It’s that most magical time of the year. Toys in every store, Mariah Carey is invading our earspace, you can almost smell the holidays. Something is, however, missing from the Christmas mix. Where…