BIGSOUND 2020 has dropped the mic on its first (and hopefully last) ever 100% virtual program on October 21 and 22, bringing together a stacked first announcement of keynote presenters to lead a program to re-future a challenged industry with positivity, connection and reality.

77 punters who attended the Falls Festival in Lorne in 2016 will divvy up nearly $7 million after a court award damages against the festival owners Ash Sounds Pty Ltd.

Doves are sprinting towards their third Number 1 album with comeback album The Universal Want.

Returning to the No.1 spot, and up a massive 82 places to reclaim the Albums chart pinnacle for a third overall week is the compilation album "Music from the Home Front", which is helped back to the top by its vinyl release and Father's Day occurring in Australia last week(end).

Regional Touring’s One Electric Day has been officially scratched for 2020.

The APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards have been announced for 2020.

The Nominate a Mate to receive a $1500 grant for something great they have done in music closes this Sunday, 13 September.

The National Live Music Awards has revealed the nominees for its 5th annual award ceremony, set to be held on 20th October 2020.

Amber Lawrence has had a number two debut with her ‘Amber Lawrence Live’ DVD. Picking the same week as Metallica to release a DVD didn’t work in her favour.

Metallica scores their seventh No.1 album in Australia this week as their tenth live set "S&M2" with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra debuts at the top this week.

Music Victoria Chief Executive Officer Patrick Donovan is leaving Music Victoria after 10 years.

New South Wales’ ground-breaking music event is tuning up for a spectacular month of gigs with over 50 Australian artists and eight regions confirmed for the Great Southern Nights lineup, which forms part of the NSW Government’s COVID-19 Recovery Plan.

The Meredith Music Festival for 2020 will not go ahead this year.

Daddy Cool, Mondo Rock legend Ross Wilson is the Record Store Day 2020 Ambassador.

Falls Festival has been cancelled for 2020.

Delivered Live this week brings you another incredible line up of talent with full sets from 3 amazing artists, performing live in our custom built, socially-distanced studio in Sydney. This week sees us joined by Grinspoon frontman Phil Jamieson, triple j faves Middle Kids, and up and coming duo, Clews.

Taylor Swift lands a fourth consecutive week at No.1 in Australia with her eighth album "folklore", becoming her second longest run at the top locally.

Australian music industry legend Ron Tudor has passed away at the age of 96.

The Victorian Government / Mushroom Group music initiative The Sound will air its final broadcast of Series One this Sunday.

TEG Live is going back on the road with the Country Roadshow.

Music Victoria is thrilled to announce the appointment of Kerry Kennell to its board of directors.

Delivered Live this week brings you another incredible line up of talent with full sets from 3 amazing Sydney artists; Christine Anu (fresh from her appearance on The Masked Singer!), Aus music icon and frontman for The Church, Steve Kilbey, and indie rnb up and comer, Kyva.

The BPI can report that a Morecambe-based motor dealer has been exposed as the ringleader of a music piracy operation going back to 2016. John Waldie, 56, is believed to have made £464,000 from illegally dealing in counterfeit CDs.

The Rubens upcoming tour with Alice Ivy has been postponed until 2021.

For the first time in 12 years, Strawberry Fields will not be welcoming thousands of patrons to its home venue on the banks of the Murray River in Tocumwal NSW.

Former EMI Record executive Nick Hampton has published his life story with ‘Nick of Time: My Life and Career All on the Record’.

New research from the Australia Council for the Arts explores the perspectives of First Nations artists and creatives working in theatre and dance.

3AW’s drivetime presenter Tom Elliott is not known for his sensitivity to our First Australians. In fact, his rhetoric often borders on full-blown racism.

Taylor Swift becomes the first artist of 2020 to hold the No.1 spot on the ARIA Albums Chart for a third week, as her eighth studio album "folklore" is the top selling set again in Australia.

Mushroom Group are pleased to announce The State of Music – INTRODUCING series, a new streaming initiative developed in partnership with the Victorian Government as part of Victoria Together.