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ANNOUNCEMENT: Art Music Awards Finalists Announced

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre are excited to announce the finalists for the 2021 Art Music Awards, to be held on Tuesday 17 August in Melbourne. Finalists include Holly Harrison, Yitzhak Yedid, Cathy Milliken, Ed Kuepper and many more.

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Announcement: Music Industry Welcomes Covid-19 Support Packages

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APRA AMCOS, ARIA and PPCA welcome the announcements yesterday from both the Federal and New South Wales Governments providing Covid-19 support packages through both Services Australia and Service NSW.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, ARIA, Australia, music industry, PPCA

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Announcement: Art of Music Dinner Postponed

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Organisers of the Art of Music Dinner and Auction have announced that the event will be postponed until Saturday, 18 September 2021 due to the current COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney.

Tagged as: Art Of Music, Australia, music industry

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Announcement: Western Australia Abolished All Live Music Restrictions

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The Western Australian government has become the first state government to abolish all live music restrictions, hereby putting the state of Western Australia and the live music industry back to pre-Covid conditions.

Tagged as: Australia, Mark McGowan, music industry, Western Australia

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Announcement: Torch Festival Sydney Postponed Due To Covid Restrictions

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The Torch Festival in Sydney is another Covid casualty following the new Sydney Covid outbreak.

Tagged as: Australia, live music, music industry, Sydney, Torch Festival

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Victorian Venues ‘No QR No Entry’ Policy

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Music venues in Victoria have today taken their punters’ safety into their own hands by launching a NO QR, NO ENTRY policy. Initiated by Save Our Scene as a proactive measure to address the concerns of the Department of Health, music venues across Victoria are confirming their COVIDSafe compliance on a registry hosted by Music Victoria.

Tagged as: Australia, COVIDsafe, Department of Health, music industry, Music Victoria, QR Code, Victoria

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ANNOUNCEMENT: BigSound Returns To Brisbane As Live Event in 2021

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The Southern Hemisphere’s biggest music industry gathering, BIGSOUND is back in Brisbane September 7-9 with three fun-filled days of music discovery, connection and a timely conference program focusing on building a new future for the music industry.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music festival, music industry

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ANNOUNCEMENT: National Indigenous Music Awards To Return In 2021

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The National Indigenous Music Awards are proud to announce that 2021 will see the return of Australia’s biggest First Nations gala music gathering at their traditional home, the Darwin Amphitheatre on August 7. The night will once again be broadcast via NITV and online platforms and incorporate contributions from across the country, building on last year’s record-breaking audience and bringing the magic of the night to the living rooms and phones of all Australians.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, National Indigenous Music Awards, NIDA

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Announcement: Live Performance Australia Welcomes Government Support For Music Industry

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Live Performance Australia (LPA), the arts and entertainment industry peak body, welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement today of $125 million in new RISE funding plus an additional $10 million for Support Act.

Tagged as: Australia, Live Performance Australia, music industry

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Peter Noble of Bluesfest - Image By Ros O'Gorman, noise11.com, photo

ANNOUNCEMENT: Bluesfest Given Go Ahead With Covid Plan Approved

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Peter Noble OAM, Bluesfest Festival Director and Chairman of the Bluesfest Group of Companies announced this morning:

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, music festival, music industry, Peter Noble

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Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger photo by Ros O'Gorman

ANNOUNCEMENT: South Australia’s Summer Sounds Festival To Go Ahead

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Secret Sounds, Five Four Entertainment and Groove today confirm that their forthcoming concert series, Summer Sounds Festival, will proceed with the first shows taking place this weekend.

Tagged as: live music, music festival, Sounds of Summer, South Australia

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Announcement: ARIA, PPCA, Arts Council Reveal First Nations Grand Recipients

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The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in partnership with the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) and the Australia Council for the Arts today announced the grant recipients of the First Nations Sound Recording Partnership.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australia Council, Dan Rankine, Daniel Wilfred, indigenous, Jess Hitchcock, Luke Riches, Miiesha Young, music industry, PPCA, The Struggling Kings, trials

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Announcement: QMusic Billy Thorpe Scholarship Open

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QMusic today announced the return of the Billy Thorpe Scholarship, funded by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, with applications open until 11:59pm (AEST), Thursday 14 January 2021 for all Queensland early-career artists to apply.

Tagged as: Australia, Billy Thorpe, music industry, QMusic

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Announcement: Music Victoria Partners With Isol-Aid

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This week, the instagram music festival Isol-Aid is rolling out the red carpet to highlight some of Victoria’s finest musicians as it partners with the MUSIC VICTORIA AWARDS to present a lineup jam packed with nominees. The awards celebrate the vast achievements of Victoria’s music community over the last year, recognising that despite live music coming to a standstill, there have still been huge achievements by the Victorian music community.

Tagged as: Australia, Isol-Aid, music festival, music industry, Music Victoria, Victoria

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Announcement: Adelaide Festival Centre Moves Shows Due to Covid

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A number of performances at Adelaide Festival Centre venues have been postponed in light of the ongoing advice from SA Health and the State Emergency Controller.

Tagged as: Adelaide, Adelaide Festival Centre, Australia, Coal Miners Daughter, theatre

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Whats On At Bigsound 2020

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Moving to 100% virtual and 100% free this year, BIGSOUND 2020 gets ready to go live in your living rooms, laptop screens, and office spaces from tomorrow on Wednesday October 21st and Thursday 22nd.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Nathan Cavaleri, Queensland

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2020 Screen Music Awards To Be Streamed

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A pandemic isn’t stopping APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) from honouring its finest creators of film, television, documentary and advertising music.

Tagged as: Australia, Justine Clarke, music industry, Screen Music Awards

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Announcement: The AFL To Have All-Australian Music At Grand Final

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The AFL is pleased to announce the 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final entertainment artists,featuring an All-Australian and quintessential Queensland line-up set to perform under lights at the Gabba, Saturday October 24, 2020.

Tagged as: AFL, Australia, DMAs, Football, Gradn Final, music industry, Sheppard

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Announcement: AusMusic T-Shirt Day Is 20 November

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To say that 2020 has been a difficult year for the Australian Music and Arts industries doesn’t even begin to touch the sides of what industry workers have faced, and continue to face, during the pandemic. For many, it’s been a complete wipe out!

Tagged as: AusMusic, AusMusic T-Shirt Day, Australia, music industry, Support Act

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Reminder: Stream The Music Victoria Awards Tonight

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Tonight! Ahead of the Music Victoria Awards in December, we invite all nominees, families, friends, fans and Music Victoria Members to tune in to the Music Victoria Industry Awards Live Stream!

Tagged as: Australia, music awards, music industry, Music Victoria, Victoria

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Music Victoria Awards To Live Stream for 2020

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Music Victoria is excited to announce a new format for 2020 with their first-ever exclusive online event.

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Tame Impala Tour Postponed For One Year

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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Laneway Presents, Chugg Entertainment & Frontier Touring wish to advise that Tame Impala has had to postpone their rescheduled Australian and New Zealand dates from December 2020 to December 2021.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, rock, Tame Impala

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Announcement: Victorian Government Inject $13 Million into Music Sector

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The State Government this morning announced a $13 million funding package for the Victorian music sector, and groundbreaking new planning controls that will support venues and set the foundation for the establishment of Live Music Precincts.

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Announcement: Tom Morello To Speak At Virtual Bigsound Conference

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BIGSOUND 2020 has dropped the mic on its first (and hopefully last) ever 100% virtual program on October 21 and 22, bringing together a stacked first announcement of keynote presenters to lead a program to re-future a challenged industry with positivity, connection and reality.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Tom Morello

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The 2020 Art Music Awards Complete Winners List

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The APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards have been announced for 2020.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Art Music Awards, Australia, music industry

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Sampa The Great 13th AMP showcase Pop up at the Arts Centre Foyer Melbourne on a Flatbed Truck. Photo Ros O'Gorman

National Live Music Awards Nominees Announced

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The National Live Music Awards has revealed the nominees for its 5th annual award ceremony, set to be held on 20th October 2020.

Tagged as: Australia, Larry Health, music industry, National Live Music Awards, NMLAs

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Announcement: ARIA To Present Great Southern Nights

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New South Wales’ ground-breaking music event is tuning up for a spectacular month of gigs with over 50 Australian artists and eight regions confirmed for the Great Southern Nights lineup, which forms part of the NSW Government’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Dan Rosen, Great Southern Nights, Jimmy Barnes, music festival, music industry, New South Wales

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Announcement: Music Victoria nominated for Best Global Music Office in the inaugural Music Cities Awards

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Music Victoria has been nominated in the top three Best Global Music Offices in the inaugural Music Cities Awards.

Tagged as: Music Cities Awards, music industry, Music Victoria, USA

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Who You’ll See On Delivered Live This Week

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Delivered Live this week brings you another incredible line up of talent with full sets from 3 amazing artists, performing live in our custom built, socially-distanced studio in Sydney. This week sees us joined by Grinspoon frontman Phil Jamieson, triple j faves Middle Kids, and up and coming duo, Clews.

Tagged as: Australia, Crews, Delivered Live, Grinspoon, Middle Kids, Phil Jamieson, television

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Steve Kilbey, Pure Gold Live at the Palais in St Kilda on Friday 13 May 2016. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Announcement: What’s In Store For Delivered Live Season 2 Episode 5

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Delivered Live this week brings you another incredible line up of talent with full sets from 3 amazing Sydney artists; Christine Anu (fresh from her appearance on The Masked Singer!), Aus music icon and frontman for The Church, Steve Kilbey, and indie rnb up and comer, Kyva.

Tagged as: Australia, Christine Anu, Delivered Live, music industry, Steve Kilbey, The Church

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