music industry

Ash Grunwald, Sarah McLeod, Stars Join Melbourne Guitar Show 2019

The Australian Music Association is thrilled to announce the 2019 return of the Melbourne Guitar Show, set to rock Caulfield Racecourse on August 3 and 4 – and I know we say it every year but this year WILL be bigger than ever.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Musician, Melbourne Guitar Show, music industry

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Ballpark Music To Open Hometown Fortitude Music Hall

by Paul Cashmere

Brisbane’s own Ballpark Music will headline the opening night for the cities newest music venue The Fortitude Music Hall.

Tagged as: Australia, Ballpark Music, Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall, music industry

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New Music Releases for 24 May 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: Primal Scream (GH), The Waterboys, Mavis Staples, Sting, Christie Lamb, Vince Jones, Middle Kids, Hayden Thorpe, Flying Lotus, Justin Townes Earle and the soundtracks for ‘Aladdin’ and Elton John’s biopic ‘Rocketman’.

Tagged as: Australia, Christie Lamb, Flying Lotus, Hayden Thorpe, Justin Townes Earle, Mavis Staples, Middle Kids, music industry, new music, new releases, Primal Scream (GH), Sting, The Waterboys, Vince Jones

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TGI Fridays to support live Australian Music

by Paul Cashmere

Global restaurant chain TGI Fridays will start a program of in-house live Australian music across its Australian restaurants.

Tagged as: Australia, live music, music industry, TGI Fridays

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Lorrae McKenna Receives The APRA AMCOS Lighthouse Award

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne based band manager Lorrae McKenna has been named as the recipient of the 2019 Lighthouse Award by APRA AMCOS.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Australia, Lighthouse Award, Lorrae McKenna, music industry

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Kate Miller-Heidke announces Helpmann Awards Nominations at Hamer Hall.

Kate Miller-Heidke Takes Ninth Place At Eurovision

by Paul Cashmere

Kate Miller-Heike did Australia proud taking ninth place at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv.

Tagged as: Australia, Europe, Eurovision, Kate Miller-Heidke, music industry, pop

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Labor Vows To Simplify Artist Income Over Years and Improve Funding to the Arts Sector

by Paul Cashmere

A Shorten Labor government plans to ease the pressure on irregular artist income by allowing artists to average their income over multiple years.

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, government, Labor Party, music industry, politics, Tony Burke

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New Music Releases 17 May 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Major new titles coming this week from: Conrad Sewell, Savage Messiah, Whitesnake, DJ Khaled, Tyler The Creator, Crooked Colours, Lewis Caopaldi, Carly Rae Jepsen, Logic, Rammstein, Alex Lahey, Archie Roach (Live), The National, Interpol and Howard Jones.

Tagged as: Alex Lahey, Archie Roach (Live), Australia, Carly Rae Jepsen, Conrad Sewell, Crooked Colours, DJ Khaled, Interpol, Lewis Caopaldi, Logic, music industry, new music, new releases, Rammstein, Savage Messiah, The National, Tyler The Creator, Whitesnake

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2019 Melbourne Guitar Show Locked In for 3 and 4 August at Caulfield

by Paul Cashmere

The Melbourne Guitar Show will return to Caulfield Racecourse on 3 and 4 August 2019.

Tagged as: Australia, Melbourne Guitar Show, music industry

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Shorten Labor Government To Fund Regional Arts and Increase Arts Education

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, government, Labor Party, music industry, politics, Tony Burke

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Jessie Lloyd awarded International Touring Grant from The Cat Empire and The Australia Council

by Paul Cashmere

Jessie Lloyd and her Mission Songs Project is the recipient of the International Touring Grant from The Cat Empire and The Australia Council for the Arts.

Tagged as: Australia, indigenous, Jessie Lloyd, Missions Songs Project, music industry, The Australia Council, The Cat Empire

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Judge Orders Woodstock 50 Can Go Ahead

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: Dentsu, John Fogerty, Michael Lang, music festival, music industry, USA, Woodstock

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Labor Promises Return to Support of Creative Industries After Election

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, government, Labor Party, music industry, politics, Tony Burke

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Dark Mofo 2019 Program Revealed

by Noise11.com

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

Tagged as: Australia, Dark Mofo, music industry, Tasmania

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Kate Miller-Heidke Eurovision Performance Is A Wild Card According to Dance Direct Algorithm

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: Australia, Europe, Eurovision, Kate Miller-Heidke, music industry, pop

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Shorten Labor Government will address Mental Health needs in the Music Industry

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: Australia, Bill Shorten, Labor Party, music industry, politics, Support Act

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Australian Charts: Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus No 1 for 4th Week

by Gavin Ryan

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)”.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X, music industry, Taylor Swift

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New Music Releases for 10 May 2019

by Gavin Ryan

Major new titles coming this week from: 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.

Tagged as: Australia, Ciara, Clinic, Kian, Lee Kernaghan, Mac DeMarco, music industry, new music, new releases, Port Noir, Rodney Atkins, Sammy Hagar, Screaming Jets (GH), Sons of the East, The Gooch Palms, The Rubens unplugged, The Wall Redux, Whitesnake

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Australian Charts: Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus keep Taylor Swift away from number one

by Gavin Ryan

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.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X, music industry, Taylor Swift

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Magic Dirt, Baker Boy and Harvey Sutherland Set For Community Cup 2019

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: Australia, Baker Boy, Harvey Sutherland, Magic Dirt, music industry, Reclink Community Cup

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New Music Releases for 3 May 2019

by Gavin Ryan

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’.

Tagged as: 'Pokemon: Detective Pikachu', Australia, Bad Religion, Kate Ceberano, Kevin Johnson, Lee Kernaghan, Little Steven, music industry, new music, new releases, Protomartyr, Superheist and soundtracks for 'The Hustle', The Dream Syndicate, Vampire Weekend

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Drake dominates Billboard Awards

by Music-News.com

Drake added another nine gongs to his Billboard Music Awards ceremony haul on Wednedsay to clean up with 12.

Tagged as: Billboard, Drake, music awards, music industry, USA

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Sarah Aarons wins Four APRA Awards The Complete Winners List

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: Amy Shark, APRA Awards, Australia, music industry, Sarah Aarons, Sia, The Rubens, Zedd

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Seven Lives Potential Saved Via Pill Testing At Groovin’ The Moo

by Paul Cashmere

Seven music fans are alive today because of pill testing at the Groovin’ The Moo festival in Canberra on the weekend.

Tagged as: Australia, Groovin The Moo, music festival, music industry, pill testing

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Australia Charts: Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus are at no 1 for second week

by Gavin Ryan

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.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian charts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X, music industry, pop

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The Aussie BBQ is taking A.B. Original and Tesky Brothers to Central Park

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: A.B. Original, Aussie BBQ, Australia, Hermitude, music industry, San Cisco, The Teskey Brothers, Tkay Midza, WAAX

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Australian Federal Court finds consumer vultures Viagogo Misleading and Deceptive

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian Federal Court has ruled that Swiss ticket reseller Viagogo has not only been misleading consumers, it has been ripping them off with exorbitant fees.

Tagged as: ACCC, Australia, music industry, Viagogo

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New Music Releases for 19 April 2019

by Gavin Ryan

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.

Tagged as: After the Burial, Australia, Cage The Elephant, Jade Bird, Josh Groban (Live), Katie Noonan, music industry, new music, new releases, The O'Jays, The Rolling Stones (GH), X Ambassadors

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New Music Releases 12 April 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Major new titles coming this week from: BTS, Iced Earth, Bruce Hornsby, LSD, Emma Bunton, Glen Hansard, Anderson .Paak, Sara Storer, Dan Sultan, The Aints!, John Schumann, The Chemical Brothers, Norah Jones, Band of Skulls, Melissa Etheridge, The Seekers, Glenn Cardier, Alex Smith, Andy Bell, Pet Shop Boys (live) and the Eurovision 2019 album.

Tagged as: Alex Smith, Anderson.Paak, Andy Bell, Australia, Band Of Skulls, Bruce Hornsby, BTS, Dan Sultan, Emma Bunton, Glen Hansard, Glenn Cardier, Iced Earth, John Schumann, LSD, Melissa Etheridge, music industry, new music, new releases, Norah Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Sara Storer, The Aints, The Chemical Brothers, The Seekers

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2017 Record Store Day Ambassador Anthony Albanese (aka Albo) at Red Eye Records handing over the Ambassadorship to the current ambassadors. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Record Store Ambassador 2017 Anthony Albanese MP spreads the word for 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Saturday 13 April 2019 is Record Store Day and while Federal MP Anthony Albanese is campaigning for the good of the nation, he is also campaigning for another successful Record Store Day.

Tagged as: Anthony Albanese, Australia, music industry, Record Store Day

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Reg Mombassa of Dog Trumpet photo by Ros O'Gorman

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September 29, 2023

Anthony Albanese Gifts Gang of Youths, Alex The Astronaut and Thelma Plum To New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has started a new tradition with world leaders. He is gifting them new Australian music.

February 8, 2023

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have been giving the gift of music to each other this week.

June 10, 2022

Billy Bragg Trends After His Lyrics Were Quoted In Anthony Albanese Speech

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June 1, 2022

Dan Andrews and Anthony Albanese Unhappy Homophobe Given Australia Day Honour

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January 22, 2021

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January 6, 2021