Industrial Strength

NEW CAREER FOR KYLIE AS WEDDING SINGER! She’s released her new movie out for the holidays and promised us an album for 2018. But we could see Kylie Minogue begin a new career as a wedding singer, of…

AFTER SYDNEY, EARTHCORE NOW SCRAPS WA, QLD, CLAIMS SMEAR CAMPAIGN After EDM festival Earthcore s Sydney show was scrapped late last week, this week s love-a-thon in WA and Queensland have gone…

WAMFEST HITS NEAR 40,000 ATTENDANCE, SETS NEW RECORD The numbers are in from the venues involved in this year s WAMFest and music association WAM reveals that attendance has virtually tripled over…

MICHAEL CHUGG GETS GLOBAL NOMINATIONMichael Chugg is the sole Australian in the nominations for the International Promoter of the Year category of February s Pollstar awards in Los Angeles.He s up…

WHAT WILL TAY-TAY S 2018 LIVE SHOW LOOK LIKE? In America, they re not only excited that the Reputation album sold 717,000 units in its first day there and tipped for 1.4 million in its first week but…

Image: Martin Garrix VIC GOVT SETS UP CONNECT AND CREATE WITH APRA AMCOS The Victorian Government has set up a three-year program called Connect and Create with APRA AMCOS to help the state s…

Cover image: Logies guest performer (and Ed Sheeran BFF) James Blunt CRA TO RELEASE EIGHT DAB+ RADIO RATINGS A YEAR Eight years after DAB+ digital radio broadcasts began in Australia, Commercial…

PANDORA PREMIUM COULD CHANGE ITS FORTUNE It will be some months before Pandora reveals how many subscribers it got for its new $10-a-month Premium music-streaming service. But analyst Piper Jaffray…

Image: Midnight Oil at Marrickville Bowling Club (Photo by Adam Lewis) OILS WARM UP FOR WARM UP Welcome to the world of a warm-up for a warm-up. Rather than wait to do their scheduled pre-tour club…

MORE PINK DATES, TOUR HITS 33 SHOWS The Australian leg of Pink s Beautiful Trauma World Tour reached 33 shows, with the addition yesterday of three more dates. These were the fourth show at Perth…