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This morning, Triple J announced the final five nominees for their 2013 J Award: Australian Album of the Year. Abbe May’s Kiss My Apocalypse, Boy Bear’s Harlequin Dream, Horrorshow’s King Amongst…

NSW’s Live Music and Performance Taskforce today unveiled its Live Music Matters action plan to create new live opportunities and audiences for musicians, and tackle issues faced by the state’s live…

Lady Gaga, manager Troy Carter split Lady Gaga and manager Troy Carter have split, reports said. Once winning awards for his involvement in her creative output, apparently she stopped taking advice…

As TV show The Voice expands next year to become both an adults and kids series, Universal Music Australia has brought in Robert Rigby as Executive Manager of A R for The Voice. He will work with…

Is Australia an expensive market for digital music streaming? A new whitepaper from APRA AMCOS examines Spotify prices in 35 markets, with the organisation’s principal analyst Andrew Harris…

How many Glastonburys have you done? It’s a bragging right for anyone who has spent a long, lost weekend at the famous English festival. Whatever your answer, it won’t stack against the efforts of…

Universal sets up Sinatra label Universal Music Group has gone into a licensing agreement with Frank Sinatra Enterprises to set up a new imprint called Signature Sinatra. It will bring under the one…

The last time the wider Australian public saw Bonnie Anderson, it was back in 2007, and she was a 12-year-old prodigy who had just taken out the first series of Australia’s Got Talent. In the interim…

Guy Sebastian named new face of Canon Singer and photography enthusiast Guy Sebastian is ambassador for Canon. He stars in its new campaign ‘Change Your Lens, Change Your Story’ on how consumers can…

ABC-TV’s Head of Entertainment resigns Jennifer Collins, ABC TV’s head of Entertainment, has resigned to take up the role of head of Non-Fiction at independent production company Screentime. She was…

Storm Queen, a truly organic rise from the underground. This week a favourite track of mine beat Eminem Rihanna’s The Monster in sales to hit number 1 on the UK singles chart. The weird thing about…

Brands team up to get Lady Gaga to Australia MCM Media, The Today Network and Universal Music Australia – who in 2011 teamed for Lady Gaga’s branded content show which saw Sydney Town Hall…