Christie Eliezer

Jimmy Barnes, Nick Cave, Paul Kelly, jazz fusion composer Allan Zavod and live music pioneer Eric Robinson were among those from the music industry who made it onto yesterday s Australia Day Honours…

PARTY IN THE PADDOCK SELLS OUT The fifth Party In The Paddock (February 10 12) in Burns Creek, just outside Launceston, has sold out. Promoter Vibestown said the festival hot its capacity of 7,000…

Twickets, the UK fan-to-fan ticket resale platform that operates with a face-value policy, is launching in Australia in Autumn. It has announced Danny Hannaford as Head of Australia, ahead of setting…

Image: Mark McGowan, WA Labor leader In the run-up to Western Australia s elections in March, the Opposition Labor Party is reaching out to the music industry with a number of initiatives, if…

SOCIAL STATE ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES AS VENUE BOOKING AGENCY Venue veterans, James Power of Tiger Live Agency and Jesse Barbera, founder of The Fans Group, this week launched the Social State…

Sydney-based Music Sales Australia s Campbell Connelly Australia and its worldwide licensing division, Music Sales Creative, have joined forces with Hebbes Music Group (HMG). Hebbes Music Group, an…

Australia s rapid take-up of streaming is not about to dim in the near future, says a new white paper by Spotify and global media investment company GroupM. It says that 37% of Australian streamers…

LINEUP CHANGE FOR LANEWAY With Laneway kicking off in Singapore this weekend, there was a quick change in the Australian and New Zealand bill. Atlanta rapper Young Thug pulled out due to "visa…

Image: SFX owns Australia s axed Stereosonic festival After the woes of the last two years during which its ambitious worldwide expansion led to bankruptcy this February with debts of US$345 million,…

Image: Philip Mortlock TMN can reveal that Sydney-based ORiGiN Music will represent UK company Bucks Music in Australia and NZ under a new partnership deal. In return, Bucks will help ORiGiN, now…

After a three-year recording hiatus, pop artist Ed Sheeran s two new singles Shape Of You and Castle On The Hill created chart history in Australia and the UK. In both countries, the singles debuted…

Tony Harlow, Managing Director of Warner Music Australasia for the past six years, is moving to New York. He has been appointed as President of WEA Corp, effective March 1. WEA Corp is the global…