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SXSW artist submission for showcases opened two weeks ago and already 30 Australian and New Zealand acts have applied to showcase.

Stubb’s BBQ, the iconic Austin music venue and restaurant, will have to change its name.

Nile Rodgers has signed on as a keynote speaker at SXSW.

SXSW has announced 50 acts for the conference and music festival for Austin 2017 with nine Australian acts already in the first round.

SXSW 2017 is open for business.

The legendary Leon Russell will perform at SXSW 2016 in Austin, Texas.

SXSW founder Roland Swenson has been outted as “the vandal” who renamed Bowie St in Austin, Texas ‘David Bowie St’.

Just a last minute reminder that Australia’s SXSW rep Phil Tripp will be bringing the sunshine from Coffs Harbour to Melbourne Monday the 13th and Sydney Tuesday the 14th for the panels of SXSW experts at the Movie Meet ‘n’ Greets featuring never-released film “Outside Industry” on the manic history.

Australian’s planning on heading to SXSW in Austin, Texas in March 2016 can attempt information Meet ‘N Greets in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane soon.

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts passed through Austin, Texas this week just a few week’s after their Hall of Fame induction.

Families of the SXSW crash victims are now suing the organisers of the event.

Ian McLagan, one of the Small Faces and then the Faces, has died in Austin at the age of 69. McLagan suffered a stroke.

Spoon will play Australian dates in February 2015.

Pearl Jam are three shows in to their US mini tour with a stopover Sunday night in Austin for Austin City Limits.

Anyone thinking about attending SXSW in Austin, Texas in 2015 is invited to the first meet and greet events for Sydney and Melbourne in August.

The SXSW death toll has risen to four following the passing of Fort Worth teenager DeAndre Tatum.

A third person has died following the SXSW car crash last week that took an initial two lives and injured 23 others.

The Austin court has made sure SXSW killer Rashad Owens does not do a runner by setting his bail at $3million, something he could not possibly afford.

Rashad Owens, a 22-year man from the Austin suburb of Killeen, has been named as the driver of the car that plowed into a crowded Austin street killing two people in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Steven Craenmerh of MassiveMusic, Amsterdam has been confirmed as one of the victims of the SXSW massacre that killed two and injured a further 23 people.

Austin Police has yet to name the man who drove into a crowded Austin street killing two and injuring 23 during SXSW on Thursday. Police cannot name the suspect until he has been formerly charged.

The drunk driver who drove into a crowd of SXSW delegates in Austin, Tx early Thursday morning has been charged with two counts of Capital Murder and now face the death penalty under Texas law.

Austin Police have advised that streets between 9th and 12th on Red River will remain closed this morning following the early morning tragedy where two people lost their lives after a car collided with the SXSW crowd around 12:30am.

Sounds Australia, Australia’s artist representatives at SXSW, have confirmed that no Australian’s were killed or injured in the SXSW tragedy which claimed two lives in Austin, Tx early this morning.

Austin Police are calling for anyone who witnessed the horrific incident when a driver killed two people on Red River, Austin to contact them.

Two people are dead, five are in a critical condition and 23 people have been injured in a tragic accident at SXSW.

SXSW has announced its first V2V conference in Las Vegas in August. V2V is about connecting content developers with Venture Capital thought leaders. SXSW V2V will also feature artist showcases.

Australian artists wishing to showcase at the South By Southwest Music & Media Festival and Conference in Austin in 2014 will be able to apply earlier this year.