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5SOS are on track for top spot on the U.K. albums chart.

Sydney’s fabled Studios 301 has come up with a novel initiative that helps the next guy.

The music industry’s annual pilgrimage to the French Riviera is cancelled.

"We are looking at cutting costs across the business while not compromising our commitment to our members – getting more money to you as quickly and efficiently as possible,” says APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston.

“So far,” a label source tells TIO, “we are not seeing a drop in Australia.”

Already reeling from the global shutdown of the live music economy, Australia’s concert promoters are absorbing another financial hit, this one created by the federal government.

The commercial radio juggernaut announced that trading would be suspended until next Friday (April 3).

In these strange and bitter times, music is more important than ever. And playing music, is more important to musicians than it ever was.

In a dire warning, LPA's Evelyn Richardson says a funding drought would ring in “the death knell for Australia’s world class live performance industry.”

“The clock is ticking,” LPA CEO Evelyn Richardson tells TIO.

TIO caught up with Rory Adams, a 19-year-songwriter with the world at his feet.

FastForward's Australian run is the latest music industry conference affected by global concerns around COVID-19.