The Age journalist Karl Quinn has published an explosive article on Australian promoter Andrew McManus.

The Richard Wilkins book ‘Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms’ was the biggest selling book of the year for New Holland Publishers.

Doctors who operated on Ian Molly Meldrum today at The Alfred Hospital report the operation was a complete success.

Billboard has revealed the top-grossing touring acts of the year, and U2 come out on top by a long way.

Apple founder Steve Jobs will be awarded a posthumous Grammy Award.

New statistics out of the USA put a reality check back into the music industry. For starters, for a solo artist in the USA to earn the minimum wage ($1,160 per month) they need to sell 12,399 tracks on iTunes. For a group, you can divide that figure by the number of members in the band.

Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum will undergo surgery today (December 22, 2012) to repair his broken collarbone and ribs following the fall one week ago at his Richmond home.

The Australian Radio Network (ARN) has added Elf Radio, a 24/7 Christmas radio station to its digital channels.

David Williams, the founder of Shock Records, has left the company he founded 24 years ago.

The Bridge Hotel in the Victorian town of Castlemaine has new owners operating the business and new owners of the building, with the intention of turning it into a live music venue.

The Prince Bandroom’s future has been in doubt recently, but today The Melbourne Pub Group confirmed that it will continue its newly acquired pub as a live music venue.

The world’s biggest touring company Live Nation has launched in South Korea.

Yael Cohn, close friend of Ian Molly Meldrum has issued the following statement to update everyone on Molly's condition this morning (December 21).

The condition of Ian Molly Meldrum is continuing to improve and has been upgraded this morning from ‘critical’ to ‘serious but stable’.

After the depressing news about the East Brunswick Club and the uncertain future of the Prince Bandroom it’s nice to know that there is a new venue opening its doors in 2012 – The Regal Ballroom.

Tomorrow morning (December 21) you are invited to text your message of support to Ian Molly Meldrum and the messages will be displayed on the big screen at Federation Square.

The rumours are true. The East Brunswick Club will be closing its doors for the final time in March.

Michael Bublé’s Christmas album holds off Reece Mastin’s debut on this week’s ARIA Chart wrap.

The Gotye featuring Kimbra ARIA award winning song ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ will be released in the UK in February. The question is why?

EMI have created a Christmas ad showing off their Australian roster, hosted by Wagons and starring Ricki-Lee, 360, Oh Mercy and Papa vs. Pretty, who have their first taste of egg-nog.

APRA/AMCOS CEO Brett Cottle has been announced as a keynote speaker for the Fuse Festival in Adelaide in February.

Australia is gearing up for one of its biggest years ever at the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas.

JB Hi-Fi have launched their unique method of selling music, at least in beta form, to customers willing to take the plunge into the world of cloud computing.

Music executive John Atterberry has died after being shot in the face during a Hollywood rampage last Friday.

Michael Bublé holds number one while The Black Keys and Amy Winehouse disappoint on this week’s chart.

Ben Kweller has started his own record company.

Michael Bublé's festive fanfare finally hits the top on this week’s ARIA Chart wrap.

Shock Records have launched a new imprint known as Permanent Records, which has been set up to focus their attention on local independent music and they’re launching it with Steve Smyth.

Nickelback hit number one, and Rihanna can only snare number five, in this week’s ARIA Chart Wrap.

2011 will be remembered as a great year for Australian music but also the year at ARIA finally got the ARIA Awards right.