pandemic

The $75 million stimulus package will allow arts organisations and music venues to continue to pay staff during the ongoing Sydney lockdown.

With cases on the climb and new border restriction rules implemented, the news surrounding COVID is looking pretty grim at the best of times. In an age of social distancing and quarantining, we've…

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.…

Sydney was set to snag a new, mid-winter music industry conference with a focus on mental health next month. Following the recent COVID-19 restrictions which have been put in place across a number of…

The Zoo has always done things different. When the live music venue opened for business in 1992, in a space upstairs on Ann Street, in the heart of Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, punters were provided…

Live Nation Entertainment, still reeling from the pandemic and the global shutdown of live entertainment, is now in the crosshairs of U.S. Congress. On Monday, five members of Congress issued a…

It’s been one year since I wrote a piece for Music Business Worldwide about being fired on maternity leave (twice). That was in the early days of the pandemic when we spoke eagerly about “rebuilding”…

The live industry has met with officials in Canberra as calls mount to let venues operate without “damaging” capacity restrictions. On Monday, the Australian Live Music Business Council (ALMBC) urged…

The pandemic crushed Live Nation last year, but the live music giant is ready for its comeback. In a good news, bad news financial report, Live Nation got the bad news out of the way first. It sure…

The results are in for the latest I Lost My Gig study, and they paint a gloomy picture. More than 50% of respondents warned they would close after 31st March and that our live industry could lose…