COVID-19

As venues in several states prepare to re-open their doors for post-COVID concerts (sorry, not you Victoria), bands need to stay lean, mean and keen for the road ahead. Practice makes perfect.Now,…

Lock it in: The AIR Awards and Indie-Con Australia conference will return to Adelaide this October. The pandemic has ruined most of 2020, though organisers of the indie community’s annual awards…

ASM Global, the venue and event management giant, is preparing to its re-open its hundreds of venues worldwide, including its family of Australasian sites. The announcement from the Los Angeles-based…

The Federal Government has finally paid up. On Thursday morning, the Australian government announced a $250 million creative economy package for a music and arts sector which has been crushed by the…

The year 2020 has been a wrench. Buckle in because we haven’t yet seen the worst, according to a new report which warns that three in five U.K. music industry jobs will be lost in the wake of the…

Live music and sports have much in common. Huge, loyal fan bases. Massive numbers of participants. Their stars are on pedestals few of us will climb. And both industries, right now, are in tatters.…

Another month, another BTS record. With Sunday’s (June 14) Bang Bang Con: The Live, the K-pop superstars smashed the virtual attendance record and banked a fortune. The 100-minute live stream reached…

Socially distant gigs are coming to Australia, sooner than you think. Brisbane’s iconic live music venue The Zoo rolls out its Anti-Social run of shows from July 11th, featuring kick-arse local and…

The Australian music industry is sending out an SOS to government. More than 1,000 artists, businesses and personnel from across the music community have signed an open letter, pleading with the…

United We Stream is coming online Down Under. From Thursday (June 11), United We Stream Australia will kick off its nationwide run of live-streamed events, featuring the cream of the electronic music…