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Emma Donovan and Dan Sultan join Archie Roach in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Good Times Festival Cancelled For 2022

The on again off again Good Times Festival has been officially cancelled for 2022.

Tagged as: Ash Grunwald, Australia, Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, Good Times Festival, Josh Teskey, live music, music industry, Sam Teskey Band

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SXSW Reveals Round Three of Artists for 2022

by Paul Cashmere

SXSW have announced the third round of artists heading to showcase at the music festival and conference in Austin Texas in March.

Tagged as: Austin, Jack Gray, music festival, music industry, SXSW, Texas, USA

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Sydney’s Twilight At Taronga Series Cancelled Due To Omicron Outbreak

by Paul Cashmere

Sydney’s Twilight At Taronga live music events have been cancelled due to the current Omicron outbreak.

Tagged as: live music, music industry, Sydney, Twilight At Taronga

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David McCormack, Kate Miller-Heidke, Alex Lahey Nominated For Screen Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

The Screen Music Awards will be announced in February with Custard’s David McCormack and singer songwriters Kate Miller-Heidke and Alex Lahey nominated for the 2021 awards.

Tagged as: Alex Lahey, Australia, Bluey, Custard, David McCormack, Kate Miller-Heidke, music industry, Screen Music Awards

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Grammy Awards Move To Sin City

by Paul Cashmere

The postponed Grammy Awards have been rescheduled to 3 April 2022 and will now be held in Las Vegas.

Tagged as: Grammy Awards, Jon Batiste, Las Vegas, music industry, USA

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The Wombats Look Ste For No 1 UK Album

by Paul Cashmere

The Wombats are heading for their first-ever UK Number 1 album this week with Fix Yourself, Not The World.

Tagged as: Elvis Costello, music industry, The Wombats, UK

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APRA AMCOS Calls NSW Government Event Saver Lifeline “An Important First Step”

by Noise11.com

APRA AMCOS has welcomed the New South Wales Government’s Event Saver Lifeline calling the initiative “an important first step”.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Event Saver Lifeline, music industry

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INXS and Cold Chisel Had Two Of The Biggest Australian Albums Of 2021

by Paul Cashmere

INXS ‘The Very Best’ and Cold Chisel ‘The Best of Cold Chisel: All For You’ both made ARIA’s Top 10 Australian Albums of 2021.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian albums, Cold Chisel, INXS, music industry

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Nirvana Nevermind 30th anniversary edition

Nirvana, Queen, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac Dominate Australian Vinyl Chart of 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Very few artists “popped” into the ARIA Top 10 vinyl albums of 2021. The end of year chart features Nirvana with two places, Queen at no 5, and 40+ year old albums by Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd in the Top 10.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Fleetwood Mac, music industry, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Queen, vinyl

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KanYE West (Ye), Harry Styles, Billie Eilish To Headline Coachella FULL LINEUP

by Paul Cashmere

KanYE West, Harry Styles and Billie Eilish will headline the three days of Coachella 2022.

Tagged as: Amy & The Sniffers, Australia, Billie Eilish, Coachella, Flume, Harry Styles, Kanye West, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, live music, music festival, music industry, Sampa The Great, The Avalanches, USA

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Woodstock Creator Michael Lang Dead at 77

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Lang, the man who was behind Woodstock, has died at age 77. The cause of death is announced as Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Michael Lang, music industry, USA, Woodstock

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Australian Albums : Adele ’30’ Remains At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Adele’s fourth album “30” remains the No.1 Album in Australia for the first week of sales in 2022.

Tagged as: Adele, ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, pop

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Covid Outbreak Causes Temporary Closure of Brunswick Ballroom

by Paul Cashmere

The current Covid upsurge in Melbourne has forced the closure of the Brunswick Ballroom until 21 January.

Tagged as: Australia, Brunswick Ballroom, live music, Melbourne, music industry, music venue

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Announcement: Country Music Festival and Golden Guitar Awards Postponed

by Paul Cashmere

Tamworth’s Country Music Festival and Golden Guitar Awards have been postponed following new Covid guidelines handed down from the New South Wales Government.

Tagged as: Australia, country, Country Music Festival, Golden Guitar Awards, music industry, Tamworth

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Grammy Awards Postponed for 2022

by Paul Cashmere

The 64th Grammy Awards show has been once again postponed. The event will no longer go ahead with the Recording Academy and CBS citing health and safety reasons because of Omicron.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Australia, Grammy Awards, hiatus kaiyote, music industry, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, RÜFÜS DU SOL, The Kid Laroi, USA

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David Bowie Catalogue Sold For $250 Million

by Paul Cashmere

The David Bowie estate has sold Bowie’s music publishing catalogue for an estimated $250 million to Warner Chappell Music.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, David Bowie, music industry, publishing, rock, UK, Warner Chappell

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The ARIA Chart, It Has Become A Joke

by Paul Cashmere

A funny thing happens when you eliminate streaming from the ARIA sales figures. The manufactured pop machine disappears.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Mariah Carey, music industry, The Kid Laroi, Top 40

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Australian Albums: Adele ’30’ End The Year At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

Adele’s “30” set retained a sixth week at No.1 in Australia this past week, the set achieving a new sales certification of ▲Platinum in sales.

Tagged as: Adele, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, pop

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Adele 30 Was The Only Real Million Seller In The USA In 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Adele’s ‘30’ was the only album in the USA to sell more than one million physical copies in 2021 but after the music biz gets to inflate the figures, the manufactured acts also look good with their manufactured sales.

Tagged as: Adele, Doja Cat, Drake, music industry, pop, Taylor Swift, The Kid Laroi, USA

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Announcement: The Academy Postpones January Seniors Course

by Announcement

The following is an announcement from The Country Music Academy in the lead-up to the 50th Tamworth Country Music Festival.

Tagged as: Australia, country, Country Music Academy, music industry, Tamworth

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Nile Rodgers and Chic Rod Laver Arena on Sunday 8 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Nile Rodgers Helps Raise £200,000 for Nordoff Robbins

by Music-News.com

Stars of stage and screen came together to raise a total of over £200,000 for the UK’s largest music therapy charity at Nordoff Robbins’ annual Christmas Carol Concerts, held in person last week at St Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London and streamed online on Sunday 19th December.

Tagged as: Imelda May, music industry, Nile Rodgers, Nordoff Robbins, Rod Stewart, UK

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Warner Music Group Buys 300 Entertainment For $400 Million

by Paul Cashmere

Warner Music Group has paid $US400 million to acquire 300 Entertainment, the home of Megan Thee Stallion, Fetty Wap and Young Thug.

Tagged as: 300 Entertainment, Elektra, Fetty Wap, Lyor Cohen, Megan Thee Stallion, music industry, USA, Warner Music Group, Young Thug

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Adele, Ed Sheeran Lead BRIT Award Nominations

by Music-News.com

The nominations for this year’s BRIT Awards with Mastercard were this evening announced in ‘The BRITs Are Coming’ one-hour TV special on ITV and ITV Hub and streamed for the first time on The Official BRIT Awards YouTube.

Tagged as: Adele, Brit Awards, Ed Sheeran, music industry, UK

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The Screen Music Awards To Return To Melbourne in 2022

by Paul Cashmere

The APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards will be back in Melbourne as a live event in 2022. It will be the first live Screen Music Awards since 2019.

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

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Denis O’Brien, Former Manager of George Harrison, Dead At 80

by Paul Cashmere

Denis O’Brien, George Harrison’s long-time manager for most of his solo career, has died at age 80.

Tagged as: Denis O'Brien, George Harrison, Handmade Films, music industry, The Beatles

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OBITUARY: Barney Kilpatrick 1956-2021

by Noise11.com

Following is an industry obituary for New Orleans music industry identity Barney Kilpatrick from Bob Merlis.

Tagged as: Barney Kilpatrick, music industry, New Orleans, USA

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Trevor Noah To Host 2022 Grammy Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Trevor Noah is returning to host the Grammy Awards for the second consecutive year.

Tagged as: Grammy Awards, music industry, Trevor Noah

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The UK 2021 Christmas Contenders

by Music-News.com

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, which can only mean one thing – the race for the Official Christmas Number 1 is coming.

Tagged as: Abba, Adele, Christmas, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, George Ezra, music industry, pop, The Kunts, UK

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Jay-Z Becomes Most Nominated Name In Grammy History

by Music-News.com

Jay-Z has become the most-nominated musician in Grammys history.

Tagged as: Grammy Awards, Jay-Z, music industry, R&B, USA

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ARIA Awards 2021 The Complete Winners List

by Paul Cashmere

Here are the winners for the ARIA Awards 2021.

Tagged as: ARIA Awards, Australia, music industry

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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