Melbourne International Jazz Festival artistic director Michael Tortoni has confirmed that the festival is definitely going ahead for 2021.

The Live Entertainment Industry had a $1.4 billion decline in 2020 causing a major impact on the Australian economy.

Justin Bieber is up for eight prizes at the upcoming 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs).

Victoria will welcome back live music on 30 October with 4000 fans attending the Play On Victoria concert at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

Coldplay are kicking off the bumper quarter four schedule in impressive fashion this week, with Music of the Spheres on course to enter the Official Albums Chart at Number 1.

IDA continues its commitment to student accessibility and inclusion with an expanded slate now offering over $600,000 worth of scholarships across its courses for 2022 with applications closing 29 October.

The debut album for Olivia Rodrigo called "SOUR" returns twelve weeks after it last topped the ARIA Albums Chart, now logging an eighth overall stay at the top in Australia.

ARIA has withdrawn the Industry Icon Award given to Sony Chairman Denis Handlin in 2014.

The Red Hot Summer show, featuring Hunters & Collectors in Mornington on February 26, sold out moments after going on sale this morning.

A new Australian music festival called Wildflower will debut in March 2022.

Let me start by saying I am not a fan of ‘Trial By Media’. The objective for a television program is eyeballs, not a legal conclusion. That is precisely what a huge brand name like Sony Music can deliver. Four Corners simply opened a door and allowed viewers a peak inside the entertainment industry and it was pretty ugly.

The Hunters & Collectors Red Hot Summer dates have been rescheduled with their Unfinished Business starting back up in Sydney on 20 February.

Drake regains the No.1 spot in the country this week as "Certified Lover Boy" rises back for a third overall week at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.

With the ongoing uncertainty around lockdowns and capacities for live music due to the pandemic, Valley Sounds, the Yarra Valley's first Acoustic Festival, will move to Sunday March 27, 2022.

APRA AMCOS is proud to announce the 2022 APRA Professional Development Awards, a career boosting initiative which has helped further the musical success stories of Gotye, Ecca Vandal, Eric Avery, Gordi, Morgan Evans, Beatrice Lewis, Michael Yezerski, and many more.

ARIA is excited to announce the nominees for the 2021 ARIA Music Teacher Award.

Billy Bragg has agreed to be the guest international judge for the 2021 Australian Music Prize.

The Official Chart: First Look offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.

For the fifth time in 2021, a debut studio album has entered in the top spot of the ARIA Albums Chart, this week local artist Ruby Fields enters at No.1 with "Been Doin' it for a Bit".

The Bendigo RED HOT SUMMER TOUR show, slated for November 13, has been rescheduled to January 29, 2022 due to the Delta outbreaks in Victoria. The line-up for the concert remains the same featuring Jimmy Barnes, Hoodoo Gurus, Jon Stevens, Diesel, Vika & Linda and Chris Cheney.

Melbourne’s One Electric Day, planned for November 21, has been rescheduled into 2022 due to the ongoing Delta outbreaks and restrictions in Victoria. The sold-out event will go ahead on Sunday January 30. The line-up for the concert remains the same, featuring Jimmy Barnes, The Living End, Jon Stevens, The Black Sorrows, Killing Heidi and Chocolate Starfish.

Better Noise Music, the label releasing Motley Crue, Papa Roach and Five Finger Death Punch, has declared Rocktober 2021 open for business.

The Music Victoria Industry Awards for 2021 will stream this year on 7 October.

The first studio album for American rapper and singer Lil' Nas X titled "Montero" debuts at No.1 on the ARIA Albums Chart this week.

Doja Cat ‘Say So’ has been named BMI R&B/Hip Hop Song of the Year. Other awards have gone to Roddy Ricch and Metro Boomin.

Drake becomes the fifth act for 2021 to hold for a second week at No.1 in Australia, as his "Certified Lover Boy" claims another week atop the ARIA Albums Chart.

Australia is getting a new music festival in 2022. Uncaged will be an all-Australian and New Zealand artist festival.

Pop icons ABBA are back with a bang, earning their first Top 10 single on the UK Official Chart in nearly 40 years today.

Drake clinches this week’s Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with Certified Lover Boy, following a close battle with Iron Maiden’s 17th studio album Senjutsu.

The two new ABBA songs ‘Don’t Shut Me Down’ and ‘I Still Have Faith In You’ have made the Australian Top 40 giving ABBA their first chart hit in Australia since ‘On and On and On’ in 1980.