The Shorten Labor government has vowed to allocate funds for regional areas to improve Arts programs outside the major cities if successful this weekend at the Australian election.

The Woodstock 50 Festival has been given new life after a judge has ruled that the festival can go ahead and that Dentsu had no right to cancel.

The Australian Labor Party has promised to refocus attention to Creative Industries in the Arts and Entertainment if successful at this weekend’s election.

The 2019 Dark Mofo program will feature events featuring Briggs, Warren Ellis, Jimmy Cauty of The KLF, Antony Hamilton Projects and more.

Australia’s Kate Miller-Heidke may be the longshot with a chance at this week’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv according to Dance Direct.

Under a Shorten Labor Government, mental health issues in the music industry will be supported with $5 million in funding to be allocated to Support Act.

A Shorten Labor government will finally act on audience rip-off sites such as ViaGoGo after this weekend’s election in Australia.

P!nk's new No.1 entry from last week in "Hurts 2B Human" holds for a second week atop the ARIA Albums Chart, continuing her streak of six chart-topping albums logging multiple weeks at the summit here.

Nas X along with U.S. country singer Billy Ray Cyrus log a fourth straight week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart with their track "Old Town Road (I Got Horses in the Back)".

Ben Harper has won his first Blues Music Award while Billy Gibbons is also a winner for his solo album 'The Big Bad Blues'.

Major new titles coming this week from: The Wall Redux, Lee Kernaghan, The Rubens unplugged, Kian, Clinic, Screaming Jets (GH), Port Noir, Rodney Atkins, Whitesnake, The Gooch Palms, Ciara, Sammy Hagar, Sons of the East, Mac DeMarco and The Cher Show Broadway album.

Stormzy’s Vossi Bop has gone straight in at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with massive streaming figures.

The eighth studio album for P!nk entitled "Hurts 2B Human" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart this week becoming her sixth No.1 album in Australia.

Fighting off stiff competition from a new Taylor Swift song the No.1 song remains "Old Town Road" for Lil' Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus for a third straight week, the song now ▲Platinum in sales.

The Reclink Community Cup 2019 line-up has been confirmed with Magic Dirt, Baker Boy and Harvey Sutherland along for 2019.

Major new titles coming this week from: Vampire Weekend, Bad Religion, The Dream Syndicate, Little Steven, Lee Kernaghan, Kate Ceberano, Protomartyr, Kevin Johnson, Superheist and soundtracks for 'The Hustle', 'Pokemon: Detective Pikachu' and 'Tolkien'.

Stephen Cummings will head back to Memo Music Hall in Melbourne this Friday for another showcase of his new album ‘Prisoner of Love’ and new anthology.

Melbourne songwriter Sarah Aarons was the big winner at the 2019 APRA Awards. She has picked up the prestigious Songwriter of the Year award as well as Most Played Australia Work for ‘The Middle’ by Zed, Dance Work of the Year for ‘The Middle’ and Rock Work of the Year for ‘Never Ever’ with The Rubens.

The Woodstock 50 Festival in upstate New York will go ahead despite the event’s financial backers pulling out this week.

Pink leads this week's Official Chart Update with Hurts 2B Human.

Regaining her crown at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart is the debut studio album for Billie Eilish called "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?", for a third overall week at the top here, plus the set scores a Gold (●) sales certification too.

The "Old Town Road" track for rapper Lil' Nas X and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (on some versions) holds for a second week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart in Australia.

Major new titles coming this week from: Leo Sayer, P!nk, David Campbell, Alan Parsons, Rob Thomas, Marina, The Cranberries, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, George Benson, Felicity Urquhart, ScHoolboy Q, Paul Kelly (Live), Amber Lawrence, Dave, Catfish & the Bottlemen, JJ Cale, Secret Garden, Nick Murphy (aka Chet Baker), Phil Emmanuel, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Game of Thrones soundtrack and Eurovision 2019 (phys) and Now 2019 V1.

The Aussie BBQ is heading to Central Park, New York to showcase Hermitude, San Cisco, The Teskey Brothers, Tkay Midza, WAAX and A.B. Original.

The Seekers have an album in the Australian Top 10 and Zoot are back in the vinyl chart. In an era of BTS and Billie Eilish, heritage acts are proving they have dollar value too.

BTS land their fourth Top 10 entry and now first No.1 position in Australia as their new seven track EP called "Map of the Soul: Persona" debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

After leaping to No.2 last week the country-rap song for Lil' Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus called "Old Town Road (I Got Horses in the Back)" takes over the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week and is newly Gold (●) in sales.

Major new titles coming this week from: The Rolling Stones (GH), Cage the Elephant, Josh Groban (Live), The O'Jays, After the Burial, X Ambassadors, Jade Bird and Katie Noonan.

Red Hot Summer pulled another record crowd for Noosa this past weekend with three artists over 60 and who can still pull 10,000+ fans to a show.

Billie Eilish takes out a second week at the top of the Official Albums Chart with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?