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The Pyramid Rock Festival for 2013 will not go ahead.

Melbourne Music Week has announced its first round of artists for 2013 with the promise for the state of Victoria that over 75% of performers will be locals.

Katy Perry looks set to “Roar” at the top of the Australian charts for a third week this coming weekend, but a couple of overseas tourists could jet their way into our top five singles too.

Independent Melbourne label I Oh You have set the date their 4th Birthday celebration as a part of Melbourne Music Week 2013.

Kew Gardens was once again the idyllic setting for the annual Progressive Music Awards, presented by Orange Amplification. The intimate evening, created by Prog Magazine, was hosted by world-renowned journalist and Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler.

Just how much money would it take to get David Bowie out of retirement from the concert stage? It looks like both AEG and Live Nation would like to find out and the answer could be in the millions.

Indie rock act Jagwar Ma and EDM act Flume have both been nominated in five categories of the Independent Music Awards.

Laneway Festival has announced its 2014 dates for Australasia, as well as details of some notable changes to some of the festival venues.

Josh Burdette, manager of Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club, has been found dead from a suspected suicide. He was 36-years old.

Billy Bragg has been confirmed as a showcase act for the BIGSOUND music conference in Brisbane next week.

John Mayer lands his second consecutive number one in Australia as his sixth studio album “Paradise Valley” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums chart this week.

Katy Perry’s “Roar” is at the top of the Australian charts for a second week, plus the song also achieves Platinum (▲) in sales this week too, whilst there are only two changes within the entire top six songs this week.

John Bromell, former Managing Director for Warner Chappell Publishing and Rondor Music in Australia, has died in Coffs Harbour at the age of 71.

John Mayer ‘Paradise Valley’ has held a steady lead all week on Australia’s iTunes chart and coupled with instore reaction for physical disc sales will easily come in ahead of Avenged Sevenfold ‘Hail To The King’ this week.

The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) has announced its first round of showcasing artists with Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Vanuatu and Reunion Island representing the first nations announced.

Australia’s Future Music Festival has been given a fresh injection with the announcement of a strategic alliance with Michael Gudinski’s Frontier Touring Company.

New Releases for week commencing Friday 30th August, 2013 (unless otherwise noted below).

New Zealand band King Cannons have split after 6 years citing musical differences at the reason for the break-up.

Five acts from South Australia will head north to Queensland to showcase for the BIGSOUND music conference in September.

Katy Perry looks set to claim the No.1 spot in Australia for a second week with her new single “Roar”.

RUFUS and Archie Roach along with Big Scary, Violent Soho, Saskwatch and Seth Sentry have been announced to perform at the Independent Music Awards in October.

Country star Luke Bryan’s album ‘Crash My Party’ has sold more albums than John Mayer ‘Paradise Valley’ in its second week on sale.

Following the first artist announcement for Bluesfest 2014 the days the acts will play have no also been made public.

Bill Peach, the well-known and respected Australian TV journalist, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 78.

The ART Music Awards were announced in Sydney tonight (Monday, August 26, 2013) at the Parade Theatre, NIDA.

The Australian World Music Expo (AWME) will return to Melbourne’s from November 14 to 17, 2013.

Boy & Bear see their second album “Harlequin Dream” debut at the top becoming the 333rd album to enter at the top of the Australian Album charts.

After a full week of sales, Katy Perry scores her third No.1 single in Australia as “Roar” is up a couple of places from last weeks No.3 debut to the top spot on the ARIA Singles Chart this week.

Sydney band Boy & Bear will have Australia’s biggest selling album this week by the end of today.