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Nigel Butterley AM To Receive Posthumous Art Music Award

Sydney composer, pianist, teacher and broadcaster Nigel Butterley AM will be honored with the Richard Gill Award for Distinguished Services to Australian Music at the 2022 Art Music Awards.

Tagged as: APRA, Art Music Awards, Australia, music industry, Niger Butterley

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Australian Albums: Beyoncé Maintains No 1 Spot

by Gavin Ryan

Beyoncé holds for a second week at No.1 in Australia with her seventh album “Renaissance (Act 1)”.

Tagged as: Australian charts, Beyonce, music industry, pop, R&B

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Warren Costello Receives Posthumous AIR Awards

by Paul Cashmere

Australian Record executive Warren Costello, the co-founder of Liberation Records who passed away on 30 May, has been honored with a posthumous award at the 2022 AIR Awards in Adelaide.

Tagged as: AIR Awards, Australia, music industry, Warren Costello

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A Day On The Green and AAMI Extend Partnership

by Paul Cashmere

AAMI will continue its partnership with A Day On The Green for another two years.

Tagged as: A Day On The Green, AAMI, Australia, Matt Gudinski, Mick Newton, music industry

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Noiseworks lead singer Jon Stevens performs at the Red Hot Summer tour in Mornington at the Mornington Racecourse. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Three One Electric Day Events Are Now Sell-Outs

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Suzi Quatro fuelled One Electric Day events have now clocked up a third sold out show.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, live music, music festival, music industry, Noiseworks, One Electric Day, Suzi Quatro

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Brad Paisley and Lady A Sell Music Catalogue

by Music-News.com

Brad Paisley and Lady A are the two latest acts to cash up by selling their music catalogues.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Brad Paisley, country, Lady Antebellum, music industry, USA

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Harry Styles and Sam Fender Nominated For Mercury Prize

by Music-News.com

Harry Styles, Sam Fender, and Little Simz have been shortlisted for the 2022 Mercury Prize.

Tagged as: Harry Styles, Mercury Prize, music industry, pop, Sam Fender, UK

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BIGSOUND Reveals 180 Artist Line-up For 2022

by Noise11.com

Brisbane’s BIGSOUND music conference and festival has revealed 180 acts for its 21st event.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Queensland

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Art Music Awards To Return To Melbourne

by Announcement

As the only event that specifically acknowledges the achievements of Australia’s outstanding talent in the fields of composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian art music, APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) are delighted to announce details of the 2022 ART MUSIC AWARDS to be held on Wednesday 31 August at Meat Market, North Melbourne.

Tagged as: AMCOS, APRA, Art Music Awards, Australia, music industry

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Women In Music Mentor Program Opens

by Announcement

The Australian Independent Labels Association (AIR) is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for its next intake of mentees for its Women in Music Mentor program thanks to support from the Australian Government.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Government, music industry, Tony Burke, Women In Music

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SXSW To Hold First International Event In Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

South By Southwest (SXSW), the technology, film and music conference held annually in Austin, Texas, will hold its first international event in Sydney, Australia in October.

Tagged as: Austin, conference, music industry, SXSW, Sydney, Texas, USA

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The Weeknd Shortlisted For Polaris Prize

by Music-News.com

The Weeknd and Arcade Fire are among the artists in contention for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize.

Tagged as: Arcade Fire, Canada, music industry, Polaris Music Prize, The Weeknd

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Vanessa Picken To Lead Sony Music Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Sony Music has appointed Vanessa Picken music executive and entrepreneur Vanessa Picken to lead its Australia and New Zealand team.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, New Zealand, Sony Music, Vanessa Picken

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Vika & Linda, Beccy Cole, Joe Chindamo, Billy Baxter Awarded Queen’s Birthday Honors

by Paul Cashmere

Blues and Soul greats Vika & Linda, Country singer Beccy Cole, Jazz musician Joe Chindamo and musician and radio host Billy Baxter are amongst the recipients of the Queen’s Birthday Honors for 2022.

Tagged as: Australia, Beccy Cole, Billy Baxter, Greg Champion, Joe Chindamo, music industry, Queen's Birthday Honours, Vika & Linda

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Anthony Albanese and Jacinda Ardern Gift Each Other Music

by Paul Cashmere

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have been giving the gift of music to each other this week.

Tagged as: Anthony Albanese, Australia, Jacinda Ardern, music industry, New Zealand

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Green Day Receive Kerrang Icon Award

by Music-News.com

KERRANG!, the world’s greatest global alternative culture and music brand has today unveiled that one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, Green Day, will receive the prestigious Kerrang! Icon award for 2022.

Tagged as: 90s, Geen Day, Kerrang, music industry, punk, rock

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Why Did The BBC Allow Diana Ross To Sing A Song About A Blow Job At The Queen’s Jubilee Concert?

by Paul Cashmere

Before we start on why was Diana Ross even there, who thought it was a good idea for her to sing a song about a blowjob at the Queen’s Jubilee Concert?

Tagged as: Alicia Keyes, Diana Ross, Hamilton, Jubilee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, music industry, Party at the Palace, Prince Charles, Prince William, Queen Elizabeth II, Rod Stewart

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Farewell to A Beautiful Soul, Warren Costello

by Paul Cashmere

The passing of Warren Costello, one of the talented, certainly one of the nicest people behind the scenes in the music Australia, is an incredibly sad shock to everyone who knew him.

Tagged as: Australia, Liberation, Mushroom Records, music industry, record industry, Warren Costello

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Carl Craig On How Music Can Change The World

by Music-News.com

Carl Craig wants to “change the world” with his music.

Tagged as: Carl Craig, EDM, music industry, UK

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Peter Gabriel, Frankie Valli, London Grammar To Appear At Silver Clef Awards

by Music-News.com

Nordoff Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity, is delighted to announce the return of its prestigious annual O2 Silver Clef Awards, which will honour artists from across the music industry at a star-studded award ceremony to be held on Friday 1st July at JW Marriott, Grosvenor House, London.

Tagged as: London Grammar, music industry, Nordoff Robbins, Peter Gabriel, Silver Clef Award, UK

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Templeton Thompson and Sam Gay Sign With ORiGiN Music Publishing

by Paul Cashmere

U.S. songwriters Templeton Thompson and Sam Gay have signed with Philip Mortlock’s ORiGiN Music Publishing in Sydney for their Connected at the Hit and BoatPony Music catalogues.

Tagged as: music industry, Origin Music Publishing, Philip Mortlock, publishing, Sam Gay, songwriters, Templeton Thompson

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Bushwackers Live At The Dan OConnell 1978

Heritage Recording Of The Bushwackers from 1978 has Been Released

by Paul Cashmere

The Bushwackers Live At The Dan O’Connell Hotel 1978 is the latest heritage release in the Australian Road Crew Association’s Desk Tape Series.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Australian Road Crew Association, country, Dan O'Connell Hotel, Desk Tape Series, music industry, The Bushwackers

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Arctic Monkeys. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Arctic Monkeys To headline Falls Festival 2022

by Paul Cashmere

Arctic Monkeys will lead the international acts returning to the Falls Festival for 2022.

Tagged as: 1300, Aminé, Amyl and the Sniffers, Anna Lunoe, Arctic Monkeys, Australia, Barry Can’t Swim, Beddy Rays, Ben Böhmer (live), Biscits, Camelphat, CC:DISCO!, Choomba, CHVRCHES, Dameeeela, DJ Seinfeld, DMAs, Ebony Boadu, Elkka, Elsy Wameyo, Falls Festival, Floodlights, G Flip, Genesis Owusu, Jamie XX, Jean Dawson, Juno Mamba, King Stingray, Lastlings, Lil Nas X, live music, Luude, Magdalena Bay, Mall Grab, MAY-A, Moktar, music industry, Ocean Alley, Peach PRC, Peggy Gou, Pinkpantheress, Rico Nasty, RONA., Spacey Jane, Telenova, The Vanns, Tsha, Wongo, Yng Martyr, Young Franco

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Angus Young AC/DC Etihad Stadium, Rock Or Bust World Tour. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

2022 APRA Music Awards, the Complete Winners List

by Paul Cashmere

The APRA Music Awards were held in Melbourne Tuesday night (3 May 2022) honoring Australian songwriters across 15 categories.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Amy Shark, APRA Music Awards, Australia, Budjerah, Genesis Owusu, music industry, Tones and I, Vance Joy

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Icehouse perform at A Day In The Gardens in the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne on Sunday 12 March 2017.

Red Hot Summer Is All About Icehouse This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald is giving Mark Seymour the weekend off this weekend and taking Iva Davies and Icehouse into Queensland.

Tagged as: Australia, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, Icehouse, Iva Davies, live music, Mark Seymour, music industry, Red Hot Summer

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Red Hot Summer Turns Hunters & Collectors Reunion Into Three Year Event

by Paul Cashmere

When Hunters & Collectors reformed for Red Hot Summer in 2020 it was meant to be a few months on the road and then all back to the day jobs. With the pandemic and the lockdowns, we can thank Duane McDonald’s Red Hot Summer festival for giving us a much longer H&C incarnation.

Tagged as: Australia, Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Killing Heidi, music festival, music industry, Red Hot Summer, The Angels, The Living End

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Reclink Community Cup Is Back On For 2022

by Noise11.com

The Reclink Community Cup will be back in 2022.

Tagged as: Australia, music industry, Reclink Community Cup

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Thelma Plum Joins the BIGSOUND Management Committee

by Paul Cashmere

Brisbane’s BIGSOUND event will be live and in-person for the first time since 2019 this year with a new face, singer songwriter Thelma Plum.

Tagged as: Australia, BigSound, music industry, Queensland, songwriter, Thelma Plum

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Check Out The Crowd At Sounds By The River

by Paul Cashmere

Duane McDonald’s Mannum South Australia event Sounds By The River drew an incredible crowd over the weekend with perfect weather and another beautifully orchestrated production from Regional Touring.

Tagged as: Baby Animals, Boom Crash Opera, Duane mcDonald, Hunters & Collectors, James Reyne, Jon Stevens, Killing Heidi, live music, Mannum, music industry, Regional Touring, Sounds By The River, The Angels, The Living End

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Big Day Out Co-founder Ken West Has Died At Age 64

by Paul Cashmere

Ken West, the co-founder of Big Day Out with Vivian Lees, has died at the age of 64.

Tagged as: Australia, Big Day Out, Ken West, live music, music industry, Vivian Lees

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