Top 10 videos over 20 years of YouTube
Video-sharing platform YouTube turned 20 this month and now sees more than 500 hours of content uploaded to it every minute.
Independent music blog Stereogum crunched
Read more29 April 2025Music
Bumper Byron Bay festival buries the COVID blues
The Byron Bay Bluesfest boasted the largest music festival crowd since COVID, in a promising sign for the industry.
Bluesfest Director Peter Noble told industry
Read more23 April 2025
Lehpamer dusts off repertoire in latest Springfield musical
Brisbane performer Amy Lehpamer will reprise her role as Dusty Springfield, when the life of the legendary singer is showcased in a short-run show in June.
Presented by
Read more22 April 2025
Sweet milestone for Big Pineapple Festival
Music lovers will again descend on the Big Pineapple this year, as the Queensland icon hosts its 10th festival.
Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Rosanna Natoli said the Big
Read more16 April 2025
Workplace music can be a damaging mood killer
Workplace music that fails to match job rhythm is a mood killer and energy zapper that encourages poor employee behaviour, new research has found.
Lead researcher
Read more9 April 2025
Quatro adds Brisbane concert to 2025 tour
US-based Rock legend Suzi Quatro has added a Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre concert to her Australian tour.
The concert will happen on November 4, 2025
Read more8 April 2025
Music industry calls for better deal on radio airplay
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has called for action to require radio stations to play local music during peak times.
It also has asked for local
Read more7 April 2025
Subscription music takes 70% of the market
Music subscription services now account for 71 percent of the total Australian music market after jumping another two percentage points in 2024.
Figures released by the
Read more24 March 2025
The curious case of Australia and ABBAmania
By Shane Rodgers
For anyone growing up in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, Swedish musical group ABBA was an enduring part of the pop culture fabric.
Looking back, the
Read more21 March 2025
Live music venues close as operators feel the strain
More than 1300 live music venues and stages are estimated to have closed over the past four years as operators face financial and personal strain.
A study by
Read more19 March 2025