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Caloundra Music Festival 2024 cancelled as organisers say high costs leave industry in ‘precarious’ position

Australia’s music festival crisis has deepened, with organisers of the latest event to pull the pin making clear that inflationary pressures “puts festivals like this in a precarious position”.Caloundra Music Festival last year attracted 16,000 people to Kings Beach on the Sunshine Coast over three days, pumping an estimated $4 million into the local economy.Organisers say the Sunshine Coast Council-funded festival has been “paused” for 2024 and may return next […]

todayApril 16, 2024 1

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Mesa Music Festival connects musicians, industry pros April 18-20

Seventh annual event returns to downtown Mesa. This free event will include over 250 performances spanning multiple genres and is open to music lovers of all ages this week. The Mesa Music Festival, April 18-20, is the premier emerging artist festival in Arizona and the nation’s largest of its kind. This free event will include over 250 performances spanning multiple genres and is open to music lovers of all ages this week. […]

todayApril 15, 2024 2

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Music industry dynamo Pegi Cecconi worked with top Canadian talents

Open this photo in gallery:Pegi Cecconi was known far and wide in the music industry as the 'Queen of Everything.'HandoutEleven years ago, the Canadian rock band Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at a star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles. Inside the Nokia Theatre, at the table closest to the stage, sat Pegi Cecconi and the other executives of Toronto-based SRO Management Inc. and Anthem Entertainment […]

todayApril 7, 2024 6

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How Will It Change the Industry?

Let me start this column the way I ended the last one: Private equity isn’t destroying the music business. But it’s worth wondering: How will so much outside investment change the way the music industry works?   Obviously, we’re going to see more documentaries, Broadway shows and box sets, both to make money and to promote catalogs. But will this lead to significant changes to royalty distribution or the industry’s […]

todayMarch 29, 2024 3

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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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Australian music festivals are increasingly impacted by climate change. But is the industry doing enough to mitigate its impact?

The Pitch Music and Arts Festival in Moyston, Victoria, was cancelled while festival-goers were already on site this weekend, after an extreme fire danger warning was issued. Cancellations like these have become all too familiar. The live music and festival industry is currently struggling with significant challenges, including expensive insurance premiums and the cost of living crisis impacting ticket sales. In particular are the challenges associated with climate change, as […]

todayMarch 13, 2024 2

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Martha Henderson, Veteran Entertainment Industry Banker, Set to Retire – Billboard

Martha Henderson, the banking star who had a major role in City National Bank financing the entertainment industry over four decades, and whose expertise has seen her repeatedly honored on Billboard’s “Women in Music” and other power lists, is set to retire. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Currently serving as vice chairman of entertainment banking at City National Bank, Henderson will […]

todayJanuary 10, 2024

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Lil Nas X ‘About To Expose The Industry’ Ahead Of Two New Singles

Lil Nas X has announced that he’ll be releasing two new songs in the coming days, and promised to expose “the industry’s” secrets when he does so.The “Montero” rapper took to TikTok on Saturday (January 6) to tease the threat. In the video, he can be seen in a car, wearing a hoodie, and looking out the window pensively.“Me knowing I’m about to expose the industry next Friday and realizing […]

todayJanuary 7, 2024 2

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Britney Spears Says She Will ‘Never Return to the Music Industry’ – Billboard

Britney Spears is slamming rumors of an upcoming album. “Just so we’re clear most of the news is trash,” she wrote in a lengthy caption via Instagram on Wednesday (Jan. 3) alongside a photo of artist Guido Reni’s painting, Salome Bearing the Head of St. John the Baptist. “They keep saying I’m turning to random people to do a new album … I will never return to the music industry […]

todayJanuary 4, 2024 2

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