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The New South Wales government’s “roadmap to freedom” provides a glimmer of hope for a desperate live music industry. Published today (Sept. 9), NSW Health’s much-vaunted plan is a…

The industry needs you to get fully-vaxxed. And with a big, nationwide push, for government to guarantee no more lockdowns. That’s the crux of a new campaign, #VAXTHENATION, which pulls together an…

Australia’s music industry is weighing up the introduction of vaccination passports as a pass into venues, and the arguments for such a system appear to be “strong”. Vaccines have emerged as the…

Australia’s once-hot live music market is in a state of deep-freeze. It’s bad, and for artists and industry professionals, the frostbite will only get worse. Handouts will help, but the panacea, many…

RAC Arena General Manager Michael Scott is officially a Hall of Famer. The Perth venue chief was inducted into the Australian Hotels Association’s (WA) Hall of Fame on Monday, during the AHA’s annual…

This Christmas should be a celebration like no other, though getting to the party is the tough part. The botched vaccine rollout is finally picking up pace, official data suggests, with the number of…

Australia’s entertainment market took a beating of “unprecedented” proportions during the pandemic. That’s the ugly news. On the flipside, the bounce-back has already begun. That’s the gist of a new…

The Berejiklian government has announced a lifeline for live music and arts organisations punished by snap lockdowns. On Wednesday morning (July 14), New South Wales officials unveiled a $75 million…

As several states and major cities enter another lockdown, and fresh data swirls the Internet on the country’s anaemic vaccination rates, there’s a sense we’re stuck in Groundhog Day, all over again.…

In love, it is said, absence makes the heart grow fonder. In real life, the absence of music makes the head hurt. A U.K. study found that the pandemic has created a pent-up demand for live music, an…