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Amy Shark and Budjerah for Support Act Aus Music t-shirt day

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cub Announces ‘Liv Loud’ To Support Ausmusic T-Shirt Day, Featuring You Am I, Boy & Bear, Touch Sensitive, Crooked Colours, The Butterfly Effect, Hockey Dad, Keli Holiday And More

Carlton & United Breweries will support the local live music and hospitality industries to the tune of around $100,000 as part of CUB’s LIV LOUD 2023 program collaboration with Ausmusic T-Shirt Day next month.

Tagged as: Aus Music t-shirt day, Australia, music industry

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Fundraiser ROCK FOR REDRO Dave ‘Red’ Whip – Friday November 3rd at Cherry Bar, Melbourne

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Perhaps you know Dave “Red, Redro, Redriguez” Whip? Singer, Guitar player, songwriter, DJ, and a live sound engineer that mixed 5000 bands at Cherry Bar in Melbourne from 2009 to 2017. A recording engineer and producer that recorded, and mixed records for Stiff Richards, Spawn, Watty Thompson and many others! And you may have stood shoulder to shoulder at one of many shows he has attended in over 30 years of gigs.

Tagged as: Australia, benefit, Cherry Bar, Dave Whip, Melbourne, music industry, Redro

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Millie Millgate Joins Creative Australia As Director

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: Australia, Creative Australia, Millie Millgate, music industry, Sounds Australia

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Wild Aid To Go Ahead Despite Bushfires

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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.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Peter Noble, Tex Perkins, The Cruel Sea, Wild Aid

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Scott Dorsey and Jessica Sharratt Form Entertainment Company Myriad Events

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: Australia, Jessica Sharratt, music industry, Myriad Entertainment, Scott Dorsey

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Support Act Recommits To First Australians After White Australia’s Failure

by Noise11.com

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.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Support Act

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Mushroom 50th Live Line-Up Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

he 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.

Tagged as: Always Live, Australia, Jimmy Barnes, Matt Gudinski, Mushroom 50th, music industry

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Josh Pyke Wins A Children’s Music Award

by Paul Cashmere

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

Tagged as: Australia, children's music, Josh Pyke, Ma Awards, Major Minor Music Awards, music industry

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The 2023 Screen Music Awards Nominees Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

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

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

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BRIT Awards 2024 Date Announced

by Music-News.com

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

Tagged as: Brit Awards, Harry Styles, music industry, UK

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Why Are The ARIA Awards Full Of Acts Who Can’t Even Make The ARIA Chart?

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: ARIA, ARIA Awards, ARIA Charts, Australia, music industry

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The ARIA Chart Is Something To Get ‘Angry’ About

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: Angry, ARIA, Australia, charts, Hackney Diamonds, music industry, rock, Rolling Stones

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Susie Youssef To Host The 2023 Screen Music Awards

by Paul Cashmere

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.

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

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Jimmy Fallon Is This Month’s Lizzo

by Paul Cashmere

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.

Tagged as: Jimmy Fallon, Lizzo, music industry, television, USA

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Australian Album Chart Report for 25 August 2023

by Gavin Ryan

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

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, Barbie the Album, music industry, pop

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Australian Album Chart Report 18 August 2023

by Gavin Ryan

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.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, G Flip, music industry

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A&M Records Co-Founder Jerry Moss Dies At Age 88

by Paul Cashmere

Jerry Moss, the M in A&M Records, has died at the age of 88.

Tagged as: Almo, AM, Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, music industry, record label, USA

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ANNOUNCEMENT: The Art Music Awards From APRA AMCOS Complete Winners List 2023

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

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

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Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story Is The Highlight of Melbourne International Film Festival

by Paul Cashmere

In just a few months we’ve been presented with two remarkable music documentaries. ‘John Farnham: Finding The Voice’ premiered in May and ‘Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story’ has screened for the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Tagged as: Australia, Ego The Michael Gudinski Story, Frontier Touring, Michael Gudinski, Mushroom, music industry

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Australian Album Chart Report for 11 August 2023

by Gavin Ryan

Travis Scott holds for a second week at the top with his fourth album “Utopia”.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, Australian charts, music industry, Travis Scott, Utopia

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Applications now open for 2024 APRA Professional Development Awards

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APRA AMCOS is proud to announce applications are now open for the 2024 APRA Professional Development Awards, a career-boosting initiative that has helped further the musical success stories of Gotye, Ecca Vandal, Melanie Dyer, Ngaiire, Angie McMahon, Yirrmal, Morgan Evans, Baker Boy, Amanda Cole, Jem Cassar-Daley and many more.

Tagged as: Amanda Cole, AMCOS, Angie McMahon, APRA, Baker Boy, Ecca Vandal, f Gotye, Jem Cassar-Daley, Melanie Dyer, Morgan Evans, music industry, Ngaiire, Professional Development Awards, Yirrmal

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Melbourne’s Iconic Sing Sing Studios South Yarra Shuts Up Shop

by Paul Cashmere

Sing Sing Studios, the Melbourne recording studio, where literally hundreds of artists have recorded thousands of songs, has closed its doors and will soon for knocked down to make way for a high rise apartment building.

Tagged as: Australia, Melbourne, music industry, Sing Sing Studios

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Taylor Swift Extends Eras Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Taylor Swift has added more dates to her Eras Tour. Swift announced on Thursday that she had added several new North American dates to her world tour.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, pop, Taylor Swift

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Mark Seymour and the Undertow perform at the National Theatre St Kilda. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Mark Seymour Covers Leonardo’s Bride For Mushroom 50th

by Paul Cashmere

Mark Seymour has covered the Leonardo’s Bride hit ‘Only When I’m Sleeping’ as part of the celebration of Mushroom Records 50 years.

Tagged as: Australia, Hunters & Collectors, Leonardo's Bride, Mark Seymour, Michael Gudinski, Mushroom Records, music industry, Only When I'm Sleeping

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Australia’s Album Chart Report for 4 August 2023

by Gavin Ryan

The fourth studio album for Travis Scott titled “Utopia” debuts at #1 this week, becoming his second chart-topping album in Australia.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, chart, music industry, Travis Scott

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Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park To Speak At BigSound in Brisbane

by Paul Cashmere

Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park will head to Australia in September as a guest speaker for the BigSound music conference.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, BigSound, Brisbane, Linkin Park, Mike Shinoda, music industry, rock, USA

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Australian Album Chart Report 28 July, 2023

by Gavin Ryan

The soundtrack for the newly opened film ‘Barbie’ sees its set ‘The Album’ enter at #1 this week.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australian chart, Barbie, music industry

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John Farnham Finding The Voice Scores 866,000 Viewers For the Seven Network

by Paul Cashmere

The television premiere of ‘John Farnham: Finding The Voice’ has pulled in 866,000 for the Seven Network across the five city metro spread of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Tagged as: Australia, Finding the Voice, John Farnham, music industry, pop, Seven Network

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Australian Album Chart Report for 21 July 2023

by Gavin Ryan

For the first time a ‘Taylor’s Version’ for one of her albums has held the #1 spot for a second week, as “Speak Now” remains the biggest seller locally.

Tagged as: ARIA, Australia, music industry, pop, Taylor Swift

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