Kevin Somers, the Australian agent/booker who worked with Jimeoin, Dave Hughes, Eric Bana and Vince Sorrenti over the years, has lost his battle with cancer.

The National Live Music Awards were held across Australia on Thursday 6 December 2018. As part of the awards Magic Dirt were inducted into the National Live Music Hall of Fame.

Major new titles coming this week from: Coldplay (Live), All That Remains, Cilla Black, Slipknot (re-issue), John Mellencamp, The Carpenters & RPO, Brett Young, Ice Cube, Van Morrison, Brothers 3, Wes Carr, Mel Parsons, Richard Swift and the Mary Poppins Returns soundtrack.

The music of Savage Garden will be remarketed to the world in 2019 following a deal between Sony boss Denis Handlin and John Woodruff Management.

Melbourne’s hidden music gem of a venue MEMO Music Hall will pay tribute to its local artists with Summer Sounds of St Kilda series throughout January.

The National Live Music Awards are thrilled to announce the final additions for the 2018 runs of events this Thursday!

Take That may be celebrating their 30th anniversary but they show no signs of slowing down - their new album Odyssey lands straight in at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart with massive opening week numbers.

It’s been another mighty seven days for Ariana Grande as thank u, next holds on to Number 1 for a fourth week.

The soundtrack for the film 'A Star is Born' logs a sixth week atop the ARIA Albums Chart, two weeks shy of the eight weeks set in January and February for the years other long-running No.1 soundtrack in "The Greatest Showman".

The Ariana Grande run at the top continues in Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada (all third week), England and Ireland (both 4 weeks) for her song "thank u, next", which got a video clip release on Saturday (1st of Dec.)

Three Sydney acts plus one each from Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle, Perth and Auckland have been added to the SXSW line-up for 2019.

Labor has promised to overhaul current laws in relation to ticket sales for live music and events if (make that a when) it assumes power in May 2019.

Major new titles coming this week from: The 1975, Clean Bandit, David Bowie (Live), Neil Young (Live), Bryan Ferry, Alessia Cara, Damien Dempsey, Buddy Holly & Royal Philharmonic Orch., Mel Parsons and Dolly Parton's soundtrack for 'Dumplin''.

Kasey Chambers was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame this week with an imaginative poem by Paul Kelly.

Around 500,000 viewers tuned in to watch the ARIA Awards across Australia last night.

The 2018 ARIA Awards were held in Sydney on 28 November 2019.

Andrew Bolt, one of the Liberal Party’s loudest stooges, has angered J Award winning artist Mojo Juju over another of his twisted statements.

The British public have fallen head over heels for Michael Bublé this week as his new album, Love, goes straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.

There’s no shifting Ariana Grande from the top of the Official Singles Chart, as thank u, next claims a third week at Number 1.

It's a fifth straight week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart for the soundtrack to 'A Star is Born', which also holds for fifth stay in New Zealand too.

It's a second week at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart for the second Ariana Grande No.1 this year (and ever) in "thank u, next", which also holds for a second week in New Zealand, America and Canada while a third week at the summit in both England and Ireland.

Triple J has announced its J Awards for 2018. Middle Kids, Gurrumul, Kwame and Mojo Juju are this year’s winners.

Major new titles coming this week from: Rita Ora, Cliff Richard, Take That, Missy Higgins, Karise Eden, Setev Kilbey, Zott (Live), Jeff Goldblum, Unearth, Ronie Stolt's The Flower King, City & Colour and the new 100% Hits Best of 2018 and So Fresh Hits of Summer 2019 & Best of 2018 compilations.

The first annual Melbourne Synth Festival will get underway on Friday starting with Beatrice.

Today the National Live Music Awards are excited to reveal its main lineups for the 2018 run of events on 6th December 2018.

A Day on the Green will kick off the 2018/2019 season this weekend with 25 events planned from November 24 through to March 27.

The Age Music Victoria Music Awards were announced Wednesday night at the Melbourne Recital Centre and once again confirmed why Melbourne is Australia's music capital.

Taylor Swift has left her record label home of the past 12 years and signed a new worldwide deal with Universal Music Group.

Ariana Grande’s thank u, next holds on to the Official Singles Chart Number 1 single for a second week with another bumper week of sales and streams.

Congratulations to Muse, whose new album Simulation Theory lands straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.