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Nai Palm of Haitus Kaiyote Signs On For Record Store Day 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Nai Palm of Haitus Kaiyote will join Hilltop Hoods as Record Store Day Australia ambassador for 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, Hilltop Hoods, music industry, Nai Palm, Record Store Day

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Hilltop Hoods Named At Australia’s Record Store Day Ambassadors for 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s hip-hop legends Hilltop Hoods will spruik the name of Record Store Day 2021 as the 2021 ambassadors.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Hilltop Hoods, hip-hop, music industry, Record Store Day

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Bluesfest Announces October 2021 Line-up With The Oils, Kelly and Barnes

by Paul Cashmere

Midnight Oil, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly and Tash Sultana will headline the four day revival of Bluesfest in October 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Jimmy Barnes, Midnight Oil, music industry, Paul Kelly, rock

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame CEO Tries To Explain Iron Maiden Exclusion

by Music-News.com

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame CEO Greg Harris has defended Iron Maiden’s omission from the 2021 list of inductees.

Tagged as: Greg Harris, Iron Maiden, music industry, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, UK

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Bluesfest Rescheduled for October

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The NSW Government sponsored Bluesfest cancellation over Easter has been given a reprieve. Bluesfest will resurrect over 1-4 October 2021.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, live music, music festival, music industry, rock

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Music For Victoria Fund Puts 980 Artists To Work

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

980 artists will perform across 85 venues in Victoria as a result of the Music For Victoria Fund being injected into the Victorian music community.

Tagged as: Adam Thompson, Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia, Chocolate Starfish, Claire Reynolds, live music, Music For Victoria Fund, music industry, rock

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Vika and Linda Bull on Friday 17 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Live At The Bowl Series Injected $27 million Into Victoria’s Economy

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Art Centre Melbourne’s Live At The Bowl series has injected $27 million into the Victorian economy and put live music in front of 97,843 music fans.

Tagged as: Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia, Claire Reynolds, Live At The Bowl, live music, music industry, Vika & Linda

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Victorian Venues ‘No QR No Entry’ Policy

by Announcement

Music venues in Victoria have today taken their punters’ safety into their own hands by launching a NO QR, NO ENTRY policy. Initiated by Save Our Scene as a proactive measure to address the concerns of the Department of Health, music venues across Victoria are confirming their COVIDSafe compliance on a registry hosted by Music Victoria.

Tagged as: Australia, COVIDsafe, Department of Health, music industry, Music Victoria, QR Code, Victoria

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Red Hot Summer Resets Queensland For Live Concert Events

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The May Red Hot Summer events have all centred on Queensland with a series of sell-out shows throughout Bribie Island, Toowoomba and Jacobs Well with one final event for Queensland heading to Cairns on Saturday.

Tagged as: Australia, Chris Cheney, Diesel, Duane mcDonald, Hoodoo Gurus, Jimmy Barnes, music industry, Red Hot Summer, rock

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Private Business Steps In To Assist Artists With Music For Victoria Fund

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

A group of Victorian Arts inspired business people have gathered together to create the Music For Victoria Fund to generate activity into venues and income for artists.

Tagged as: Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia, Music For Victoria Fund, music industry

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Dr Sophie Payten (aka Gordi) Joins The Banding Together Project

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Dr Sophie Payten, better know to music fans as Gordi, has contributed to the Australian Music Vault’s ‘Highways of Hope’ series.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Music Vault, Dr Sophie Payten, Gordi, Highways of Hope, music industry

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Art of Music Dinner for Nordoff Robbins Announced For Sydney

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The 2021 Art of Music Collection, to raise funds for Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy (Noro) has been announced for Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales for Saturday 21 July 2021.

Tagged as: Art of Music Collection, Australia, Jenny Morris, Jimmy Barnes, music industry, Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy, Noro, Tim Minchin

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2021 Billboard Music Awards Nominations Revealed

by Music-News.com

The Weeknd will be the artist to beat at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards after landing a total of 16 nominations.

Tagged as: Billboard, music awards, music industry, The Weeknd, USA

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Jimmy Barnes at Red Hot Summer Mornington 2019 photo Noise11.com

Watch Jimmy Barnes and Josh Teskey Perform Matt Taylor Classic ‘I Remember When I Was Young’

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Jimmy Barnes and Josh Teskey paid tribute to the late Michael Gudinski at the APRA Music Award in Sydney overnight.

Tagged as: APRA, Australia, Chain, Jimmy Barnes, Josh Teskey, Matt Taylor, Michael Gudinski, music awards, music industry

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ANNOUNCEMENT: BigSound Returns To Brisbane As Live Event in 2021

by Announcement

The Southern Hemisphere’s biggest music industry gathering, BIGSOUND is back in Brisbane September 7-9 with three fun-filled days of music discovery, connection and a timely conference program focusing on building a new future for the music industry.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music festival, music industry

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Midnight Oil Win Song of the Year At APRA Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Midnight Oil have won the 2021 APRA Song of the Year and Cold Chisel have also grabbed an award for Most Performed Rock Work.

Tagged as: APRA, Australia, Cold Chisel, Dean Lewis, Midnight Oil, music awards, music industry, Tones & I

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Adelaide Guitar Festival Set To Return for 2021

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Adelaide is taking its Adelaide Guitar Festival annual. After usually happening every two years, the Adelaide Guitar Festival set for July will be the first annual event.

Tagged as: Adelaide Guitar Festival, music industry, South Australia

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APRA To Conduct Songwriting Seminars Across Regional New South Wales

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

APRA AMCOS will head to Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Wollongong and Byron Bay for ‘The Regional Sessions’, a one-day songwriting event.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, music industry, Regional Sessions

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Tom Jones, Forum theatre Melbourne 2014, photo Ros O'Gorman

Tom Jones Heads For His First UK No 1 in Two Decades

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Sir Tom Jones is on course for his first UK Number 1 album in two decades with Surrounded By Time.

Tagged as: John Lennon, music industry, rock, The Who, Tom Jones, UK, UK charts

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Australian Charts: London Grammar ‘Californian Soil’ Is No 1

by Gavin Ryan

UK group London Grammar land their first ever No.1 album in Australia this week as their third studio album “Californian Soil” debuts at the top here and in their homeland.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, London Grammar, music industry, pop

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The BRIT Awards To Welcome Back Live Audience For 2021

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The BRIT Awards 2021 confirm that they plan to welcome a live audience of 4,000 people at this year’s event taking place on 11th May at The O2 arena in London, and to be broadcast live on ITV and ITV Hub.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Brit Awards, music industry, pop, UK

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ACM Award Winners List 2021

by Music-News.com

It was a big night for Maren Morris and Luke Bryan at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday.

Tagged as: Academy Of Country Music, ACM, country, Luke Bryan, Maren Morris, music industry, USA

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ANNOUNCEMENT: National Indigenous Music Awards To Return In 2021

by Announcement

The National Indigenous Music Awards are proud to announce that 2021 will see the return of Australia’s biggest First Nations gala music gathering at their traditional home, the Darwin Amphitheatre on August 7. The night will once again be broadcast via NITV and online platforms and incorporate contributions from across the country, building on last year’s record-breaking audience and bringing the magic of the night to the living rooms and phones of all Australians.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, National Indigenous Music Awards, NIDA

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APRA To Honour Country Legend Joy McKean

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Country legend Joy McKean has been announced as the recipient of the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music for 2021.

Tagged as: 50s, 60s, APRA, Australia, country, Joy McKean, music industry, Slim Dusty

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Matt Gudinski Named CEO Of Mushroom Group

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Matt Gudinski, the son of Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski, has taken over his father’s role as CEO of the Mushroom Group, effective immediately.

Tagged as: Australia, Matt Gudinski, Michael Gudinski, Mushroom Group, music industry

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The Roady4Roadies Events Are On This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

This weekend a series of Roady4Roady events will take place all over Australia.

Tagged as: Australia, Michael Spiby, Missy Higgins, music industry, Roady4Roadies, The Badloves

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Bluesfest Shutdown Could Cost Over $10m In Losses For The Festival

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Bluesfest is expected to face more than $10 million in losses following the snap decision by the New South Wales government to shutdown the iconic event with less than one days notice.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Festivals Association, bluesfest, Byron Bay, cancelled, music festival, music industry

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Statement From The Australian Festivals Association Following Bluesfest Cancellation

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The Australian Festivals Association has issued a statement following the last minute cancellation of Bluesfest.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Festivals Association, bluesfest, Byron Bay, cancelled, music festival, music industry

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Paul Simon Sells Catalog To Sony Music Publishing

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

Paul Simon has sold his entire songwriting catalogue to Sony Music Publishing for what is expected to be a deal worth over $200 million.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, folk, music industry, Paul Simon, publishing, rock, Simon & Garfunkel, songwriting, USA

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Bluesfest 2021 Cancelled One Day Out of Event

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

The Bluesfest music festival in Byron Bay has been cancelled the day before it was due to begin.

Tagged as: Australia, bluesfest, Byron Bay, cancelled, music festival, music industry

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