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Niriko McLure launches Third Person Management with a four-strong artist roster and creative director services, TIO can exclusively reveal.Based in Sydney, McLure’s new artist management venture is…

There was a time, an age ago, when the record business was going gangbusters, shifting pieces of plastic. When all that went south, live music became solid rock. You couldn’t steal live, was one of…

Australia’s live entertainment sector desperately needs a new fund to shield businesses from future lockdowns, like the one that turned 2020 into a wasteland for concerts and touring. Live…

Millie Millgate is now a board member at Support Act, the organisation that provides relief to performing artists, musicians, crew and others working in the industry. Based in Sydney-based, Millgate…

True story: journalists love lists. We compile them in our heads, while riding the bus and walking the dog. And not just the necessary to-do lists. We keep score of the essential frivolous stuff.…

Big visions need time and space to take shape. For the teams behind the Abbey Road Institute move into Studios 301, the pandemic created that opportunity. Last week, the Institute announced it would…

It’s that most magical time of the year. Toys in every store, Mariah Carey is invading our earspace, you can almost smell the holidays. Something is, however, missing from the Christmas mix. Where…

Slumberjack has signed a global publishing agreement with BMG Australia. The Perth-based electronic duo joins a growing roster of electronic-leaning Australian artists at BMG, a list that includes…

Big things await Little Quirks, who’ve signed a global deal with Downtown Music Publishing ahead of a new EP release. The Australia folk-pop band is a family unit, comprising siblings and cousins…

It’s official: Tones And I had the biggest track on Spotify this year by a female artist. Indeed, Tones’ ‘Dance Monkey’ was bigger than any song by a band, DJ, Latin crooner or classical crossover…