coronavirus

$650 million. That’s what the gig economy needs if it’s to pull through these lean, tough times, according to Live Performance Australia. As the federal government activates an unprecedented shutdown…

Imagine there’s no live music. It’s easy if you try... With no end in sight for the current health crisis and strict, new directives crushing any hopes for staging concerts anytime soon, the live…

Working from home is business as usual for many artist managers, publicists and music industry contractors. However for record labels, publishers, agents, media and promoters, this is new arrangement…

Support Act also stands ready to work with all levels of government.

FastForward's Australian run is the latest music industry conference affected by global concerns around COVID-19. Following the Australian Government's recommendations, Founder Chris Carey has made…

Support Act has also launched the Australian Music Industry COVID-19 Relief Fund.

Federal Labor MP Tony Burke has penned an op-ed to the Morrison government to step in as the spread of COVID-19 is having disastrous affects on Australia's arts sector. 65,000 events have been…

"In these troubled times, music is so powerful to keep us calm and help us heal," writes Jen Fontaine.

Support Act, Bandcamp and more are getting behind the industry in this trying time.

These here are crazy times. As the global health emergency spreads, nothing feels quite the same as it did yesterday. Stock markets are taking a beating, supermarket shelves are stripped bare,…