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Victorian State Premier Dan Andrews has unveiled a statue to the late Michael Gudinski outside Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

The APRA Music Awards is about to have its landmark 40 year edition with a major celebration in Melbourne on 3 May 2022.

Recent Australian Music Prize winner Genesis Owusu is now also the 2021 recipient of the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition.

The Australian line-up for Sounds Australia’s SXSW showcase has been revealed.

Dolly Parton, Sammy Hagar and The Lemonheads To Play At SXSW

The Australian Music Prize for 2021 has been awarded to Genesis Owusu for ‘Smiling With No Teeth’.

Independent music store Music Bizarre has lost all stock for the second time in five years ago the New South Wales floods destroyed everything is the Lismore Store.

The Australian Road Crew Association (ARCA) has pulled out its music recordings from the Russian Federation.

The Mushroom Group has expanded its management business with the newly created division Mushroom Management.

Russia has been banned from this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Paris Jackson revealed her SXSW showcase dates earlier in the week. SXSW have also confirmed Shawn Mendes will showcase at the music festival and conference in Austin, Texas in March.

Roady4Roadies is on again for 2022 after a success 2021 series of events to support road crew decimated by the lack of work during the pandemic.

The 2021 Screen Music Awards winners have been announced after the event was postponed in November.

Red Hot Summer and One Electric Day founder Duane McDonald has a new music festival on the way. Legends On The Lawn will premiere in Mackay, Queensland in May.

More artists from around the world have been added to SXSW for the March music festival and conference in Austin, Texas.

Spotify shares have continued to nose-dive, down 33.68% year to date or $82.23 as of close of business in New York on Friday (11 February).

Music legend Glenn Wheatley was farewelled with a private service held for his immediate family on Monday. There are currently no plans for an industry send-off at this stage but it may happen in the future.

Research company Forrester Research has found that Spotify has lost 19% of its subscribers over the past week because of the Neil Young / Joe Rogan controversy and is bound to lose more after Rogan’s racist podcasts were discovered and removed.

The Weeknd returns to No.1 with his fifth album “Dawn FM” thanks to it’s physical release this past week.

As the SXSW music festival and conference draws closer for 2022 there will be a weekly update on acts added to the festival.

Record label owner, arranger, producer and songwriter Morton ‘Morty’ Craft has died at the age of 101.

The short list for the 2022 APRA Song of the Year has been revealed. Here is every song nominated.

The Living End reported for duty at One Electric Day in Werribee on Sunday afternoon.

The family of Glenn Wheatley, his wife Gaynor, son Tim and daughters Kara and Samantha, have released a statement following the sudden death of Glenn from complications from Covid.

Glenn Wheatley, the former bass player for the Masters Apprentices and who went on to direct the careers of Little River Band and John Farnham and run a media empire, has died at the age of 74.

Spotify’s showdown with Neil Young cost the streaming company $4 billion off its market value.

Nine-time Grammy Award winner, music legend Joni Mitchell has joined Neil Young in a major fuck you to Spotify.

Respected Australian music industry identity Stephen White, who for the past 45 years has been a driving force of the Australian music industry, is fed up with the Federal Government’s disdain for the music industry and has spelt out his case in a magnificently worded letter to the Prime Minister and Federal Members.