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Twilight At Taronga 2024 Line-up Announced

Twilight At Taronga will return to Taronga Zoo in Sydney in 2024.

October 27, 2023
Millie Millgate (photo supplied by Millie Millgate)
Millie Millgate Joins Creative Australia As Director

One of Australia’s most respected music industry executives Millie Millgate has been appointed to a Director position with Creative Australia.

October 19, 2023
Tex Perkins of The Cruel Sea. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.
Wild Aid To Go Ahead Despite Bushfires

Announcement: Wild Aid, the benefit concert to raise money for Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital, to be held at The Green Room, on Bluesfest site Byron Bay IS ON, despite the region's recent bushfires.

October 18, 2023
Scott Dorsey and Jessica Sharratt
Scott Dorsey and Jessica Sharratt Form Entertainment Company Myriad Events

Two legendary showbiz families have come together to form a new international entertainment company in Australia, Myriad Events.

October 17, 2023
Ziggy Marley
Ziggy Marley, Nitin Sawhney, José González To Play WOMADelaide 2023

The first artists for WOMADeldie 2024 have been announced. Nitin Sawhney, José González and Ziggy Marley will be at the event in Adelaide in March.

October 17, 2023
Support Act
Support Act Recommits To First Australians After White Australia’s Failure

Australian music industry group Support Act has issued the following statement of support for Indigenous Australian's following the failure of White Australia to respect First Australians.

October 16, 2023
SXSW 2024
SXSW Announce First Round Of Showcasing Artists for 2024

The SXSW Music Festival and conference in Austin, Texas has revealed its first announcement of artists for 2024.

October 12, 2023
Mushroom 50 Matt Gudinski photo credit Liam Pethick
Mushroom 50th Live Line-Up Revealed

The line-up and date for the Mushroom 50th Live concert has been revealed. Sunday, 26 November, 2023, is the day Australian music fans will get to celebrate the iconic Mushroom Group’s successes with the concert set for Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.

October 11, 2023
Josh Pyke and Tiptoe Giants Little River Runs
Josh Pyke Wins A Children’s Music Award

The Major Minor Music Australia Awards (The Ma’s) were held in Sydney on Sunday and Josh Pyke is the winner of a Ma.

October 9, 2023
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis photo by Kerry Brown
The 2023 Screen Music Awards Nominees Revealed

APRA AMCOS and the AGSC (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) Screen Music Awards for 2023 will be held in Melbourne on 9 November, 2023.

October 5, 2023
v Spy v Spy Live At The Prince of Wales
Frog At Songland Wants To Release v. Spy .v Spy Live If Enough Fans Want It

Fans of Australian 80s pub band v. Spy v. Spy could become owners of a limited edition live CD of ‘Live At The Prince of Wales 1984’, released digitally by ARCA in 2021, if enough fans are interested.

September 28, 2023
Harry Styles photo 2012 by Ros O'Gorman
BRIT Awards 2024 Date Announced

The BRIT Awards 2024 is returning on Saturday, March 2, after the success of last year's bash.

September 28, 2023
Rolling Stones Hackney Diamonds
Rolling Stones To Manipulate US Chart With MLB Customised ‘Hackney Diamonds’ Albums

The Rolling Stones have come up with a genius marketing plan to inflate the US chart position of the upcoming ‘Hackney Diamonds’ album by creating customised Major League Baseball editions of the new album.

September 27, 2023
Ian Moss at The Palais St Kilda photo by Bron Robinson
Ian Moss, The Cruel Sea, Rickie Lee Jones Added To Bluesfest

Bluesfest have announced Part 2 of the 2024 line-up with Ian Moss, The Cruel Sea, Tim Finn and Rickie Lee Jones leading the charge.

September 27, 2023
Casey Barnes
2023 Groundwater Country Music Festival Line-up Revealed

The line-up for the Groundwater Country Music Festival on the Gold Coast has been announced with headliner Lee Kernaghan joined by Casey Barnes, Amber Lawrence and Asleep At The Wheel for the 2023 event.

September 27, 2023
Kylie Minogue photo by Ros O'Gorman
Why Are The ARIA Awards Full Of Acts Who Can’t Even Make The ARIA Chart?

The nominations for the 2023 ARIA Awards have been announced and once again the glaring failures of the ARIA Chart disconnect with Australian acts and music consumers couldn’t be more obvious.

September 21, 2023
Jet photo by Ros O'Gorman
Jet To Be Inducted Into ARIA Hall of Fame Ahead of …

Jet will be inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2023 and so they should … eventually … but not just yet.

September 20, 2023
The ARIA Chart Is Something To Get ‘Angry’ About

The Rolling Stones 'Angry' debuted at 329 on the ARIA chart this week. Flop? Not really. It is another example of the how irrelevant the ARIA chart has become. It irrelevance is also having a negative impact on the perspective of Australian artist's success.

September 18, 2023
+Live+ and Incubus To Headline Inaugural Lookout Festival

Australia will have a brand-new music festival in 2024. Lookout Festival will feature +Live+ and Incubus with Birds of Tokyo, Eskimo Joe and The Superjesus.

September 18, 2023
Screen Music Awards host Susie Youssef and Musical Director Erkki Veltheim
Susie Youssef To Host The 2023 Screen Music Awards

The 2023 Screen Music Awards will return to Melbourne this year. The Screen Music Awards honors Australia’s finest creators of film, television, streaming, documentary and advertising music.

September 12, 2023
Sheppard on Jimmy Fallon Show
Jimmy Fallon Is This Month’s Lizzo

Just a month after Lizzo was outed for her treatment of co-workers, we now learn Jimmy Fallon is a bit of a c*nt as well.

September 8, 2023
John Farnham The Age Music Victoria 10th Anniversary Hall of Fame Concert inducts Victorian music legends at the Palais in St Kilda on Friday 20 November 2015. photo by Ros O'Gorman
John Farnham Management Confirm No Payment Was Made For Use of ‘You’re The Voice’ For The YES Campaign

Contrary to suggestions by Nine Media, John Farnham has not charged the Yes campaign for the licensing of his classic ‘You’re The Voice’ for the upcoming referendum.

September 4, 2023
John Farnham The Age Music Victoria 10th Anniversary Hall of Fame Concert inducts Victorian music legends at the Palais in St Kilda on Friday 20 November 2015. photo by Ros O'Gorman
John Farnham Speaks Up For The Voice Sharing You’re The Voice For First Nations

John Farnham has given permission for First Nations to use his classic ‘You’re The Voice’ in support of the Yes campaign.

September 3, 2023
Paul Kelly AWITG on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Paul Kelly Asks ‘If Not Now’ For The YES Vote

Paul Kelly has released a new song asking 'If Not Now' for the Yes campaign for the Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia in October.

September 2, 2023
Barbie the Album
Australian Album Chart Report for 25 August 2023

The 'Barbie The Album' soundtrack regained the #1 spot in Australia this week.

August 25, 2023
Liam Gallagher Scores His Fifth UK No 1 Solo Album

Liam Gallagher secures his fifth solo Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with Knebworth 22.

August 21, 2023
G Flip Drummer
Australian Album Chart Report 18 August 2023

The second studio album for local singer and percussionist G Flip called "Drummer" debuts at #1 on both the ARIA Albums and Vinyl Sales chart this week.

August 18, 2023
Tom Jones, Jack Johnson, The Teskey Brothers Lead First Bluesfest Announcement for 2024

Sir Tom Jones, Jack Johnson, The Teskey Brothers and Matt Corby lead the first announcement for Bluesfest 2024. (Well, actually the first and a half announcement. Elvis Costello couldn't make 2023 and rescheduled so we already knew that.

August 16, 2023
Rebecca Bracewell ART MUSIC AWARDS 2023
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Art Music Awards From APRA AMCOS Complete Winners List 2023

APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards were held in Sydney tonight (15 August 2023).

August 15, 2023
Motown
Motown Chairman Clarence Avant Dies At Age 92

Music executive Clarence Avant has passed away at the age of 92.

August 15, 2023