Industrial Strength

Image: Desert Divas DEEPER DIVAS Northern Territory s peak music association Music NT s music development program has created Desert Divas Vol 2, out on March 17. There is a massive…

Image: Birds Of Tokyo PERTH, BRISBANE, GET SET FOR ADELE TRAFFIC CHAOS Perth and Brisbane, the first two stops on Adele s Australian tour, were gritting their teeth for traffic snarl-ups this week as…

Image: Julia Jacklin 200,000 MIDNIGHT OIL TICKETS SNAPPED UP 200,000 Midnight Oil tickets have been snapped up around the globe for the band s first world tour in two decades. All 14 North American…

CAF DEL MAR CHOOSING PERTH LOCATION Ibiza club brand Cafe del Mar s second Australian venue will be in Perth, following its opening of an outlet in Sydney s Darling Harbour in 2013 (pictured). This…

Image: D.D Dumbo YOUNG THUG, D.D DUMBO FOR LANEWAY Next month s Laneway announced the Australian debut of Atlanta rapper Young Thug and Castlemaine, Victoria based D.D Dumbo (much in demand after his…

FACE THE MUSIC BIGGEST YET Organisers of the weekend s Face The Music in Melbourne officially declared it the biggest yet . It drew 1,010 attendees over two days to its State Library Victoria hub.…

BLUESFEST LOSES NEIL YOUNG Neil Young has cancelled his headlining appearance at Bluesfest on April 14 as well as a national tour with Frontier Touring in April, which was still to be announced…

Image: Ed Sheeran at AAMI Park in 2015 FRONTIER HOLDS RECORDS IN FOUR VENUES Frontier Touring is simultaneously holding music attendance records for all four Melbourne Olympic Parks venues, after the…

Image: Gareth Liddiard VIC GOVT. LAUNCHES MUSIC UNDER WINGS The Victorian Government yesterday launched a three-year $1.2 million professional development program called Music Under Wings. It is…

Image: Boy Bear played the farewell set at The Venue THE FIGTREE GOES TO MARKET The Figtree in Wollongong is the latest music supporting venue to go on the market. No price is advertised but the last…