Poppy Reid

Bruce Springsteen, Nine Inch Nails, Gotye and The Temper Trap are among the acts championing Global Citizen Tickets (GCT), the advocacy project working to end extreme poverty. A project of the Global…

Showcasing the globe’s most adventurous music since 2004, Soundwave pulled another explosive display out of the bag yesterday in Sydney. After Metallica attracted much of the 250,000 punter figure in…

Some of the biggest names in music are showing their support for Record Store Day this April 19 with special release plans. Green Day, who are currently in the country with Soundwave festival, will…

Increased attendance records and country music are apparently to thank for Live Nation Entertainment’s record year in 2013. The global promoter giant said it set a new annual revenue record last year…

Shazam unveiled its major app redesign this morning putting the music identification service in line with streaming services and music discovery apps. Similar to free Apple store apps like Discovr…

Sony Music’s UK Chairman/CEO Nick Gatfield has exited the company. A spokesperson from Sony who spoke to Music Week said, "It was an amicable decision for Nick to leave the company at this time. We…

Sydney artist KLP has debuted at #1 on the Electronic iTunes Chart in Japan. Kristy Lee Peters collaborated with Japanese producer Banvox on his double A Side single Love Strong / Watch Me Dance.…

Adelaide EDM artist M4SONIC has been picked up by Sony and Ultra Music after a video he uploaded to YouTube went viral. As reported by Billboard, the multi-album deal with the major and its in-house…

The success of Bruce Springsteen’s Australian tour this month has placed him atop Billboard’s weekly Hot Tours Chart for the second time this year. His stint through Australia from February 5-23…

Sony Music Entertainment’s rights company BMG has acquired the catalogue of late songwriting legend Hal David, reports Music Week. Best known for tracks like Alfie (recorded by Cher, Cilla Black and…

The company which created iPhone-powered smart guitar gTar, has inked landmark licensing deals with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing. After 18 months of negotiations, Incident Tech…

Warner Music Group is making a portion of its artist catalogue available to independent labels in order to meet regulatory approval for its acquisition of Parlophone. The divestment process comes…