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Is Live Nation killing Australia’s live music scene?

When Splendour in the Grass fell over on Wednesday morning due to what organisers called “unexpected events”, it gave us an insight into what many in the industry had been warning for years. The Australian music industry is in significant strife.Now, it’s just official. One of Australia’s longest-running and world-renowned festivals, attracting the likes of Kanye West in 2011 and Outkast in 2014, has sadly reached a point that may […]

todayMarch 31, 2024 2

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First Groovin the Moo, now Splendour: why are Australia’s music festivals falling over? | Music festivals

On Wednesday, after a day of fevered speculation, Splendour in the Grass announced it was cancelling this year’s festival, just a week after tickets went on sale. The long-running camping festival was set to return to the North Byron Parklands in New South Wales in July, headlined by Kylie Minogue, Future and Arcade Fire. But “unexpected events” were to blame, Splendour’s co-chief executives Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco said in […]

todayMarch 30, 2024 2

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Australia’s Splendour in the Grass 2024 Festival Is Canceled

The 2024 edition of Splendour in the Grass won’t go ahead. “With a heavy heart,” reads a statement from organizers, issued late Wednesday (March 27), “we’re announcing the cancellation of Splendour in the Grass 2024, originally scheduled from Friday 19 July to Sunday 21 July in Ngarindjin / North Byron Parklands.”The surprise announcement comes less than a week after tickets to the three-day camping fest went on sale to the […]

todayMarch 27, 2024 4

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Australia’s Recorded Music Industry Posts 10.9% Growth For 2023: ARIA

For the fifth consecutive year, Australia’s recorded music industry posted growth in 2023 – all thanks to streaming and Aussies’ love of wax. According to wholesale data published by ARIA, the nation’s record market lifted by 10.9% to A$676 million ($442 million), powered by subscriptions to music streaming brands. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news That rate of growth for Australia, a […]

todayMarch 26, 2024 1

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Taylor Swift Sets Records, Sweeps Australia’s Charts

It’s a long, sweet southern summer for Taylor Swift, as the U.S. pop superstar dominates the Australian albums chart and her sleeper hit “Cruel Summer” climbs to No. 1 for the first time. The newly-crowned IFPI Global Recording Artist, earning plaudits for a record fourth time, Swift now sweeps the ARIA Charts like no artist has before her.For the third time in her career, Swift occupies the entire top 5 […]

todayFebruary 23, 2024 3

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Australia’s music festivals are in crisis, as young people fall out of the habit

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAmelia Needham loves live music – she’s been to see Phoebe Bridgers, Arctic Monkeys, and Taylor Swift, as well as many smaller local acts – but so far the iconic Australian music festival remains a foreign experience to the 17-year-old Year 12 student from Coburg.“I was considering going to Laneway but the prices, and it being an all-day offering, made me think it’s […]

todayFebruary 23, 2024 3

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Taylor Swift Dominates Australia’s Albums Chart – Billboard

Taylor Swift commands Australia’s albums chart, and hits double figures at the summit as 1989 (Taylor’s Version) knocks-up week 10 at No. 1. 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via Universal) is by some distance the most successful of Swift’s re-recorded albums in these parts, ARIA notes. Her previous projects, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version), each spent one week in 2021, while Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) led for two weeks in […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024 5

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Taylor Swift, Jack Harlow Reign Over Australia’s Christmas Charts – Billboard

Taylor Swift is the queen of Christmas in Australia as 1989 (Taylor’s Version) retains the chart title for an eighth consecutive week. With that feat, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (via Universal) is the longest running No. 1 album of 2023, outpointing Swift’s own Midnights, which led for seven non-consecutive weeks between January and July, ARIA reports. Swift completed unprecedented sweeps on the ARIA Albums Chart during the year, and doubled up […]

todayDecember 27, 2023

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Australia’s live music scene ‘decimated’, with 1,300 venues lost since pandemic | Australian music

More than 1,300 live music venues and stages across Australia have been lost permanently since Covid restrictions began, shrinking the live music scene for small to medium gigs by one-third over the past three years, according to Apra Amcos’s annual report.Australian music fans flocking to large-scale concerts by huge international acts such as Ed Sheeran, Elton John and Harry Styles has delivered a record year in licensing fee earnings for […]

todayOctober 20, 2023 6

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