Poppy Reid

A lengthy price list for artist booking prices has surfaced online with a handful of acts raking in over one million per gig. Of the 154 acts reportedly taking home over US$100,000 per event, the…

This week we catch Kylie and Lily Allen at Cannes, triple j host another wild One Night Stand at Mildura with Illy, Violent Soho and Jungle Giants, MTV’s Kate Peck interviews Ricki-Lee and more. If…

Talks which mooted the potential acquisition of SoundCloud by social media behemoth Twitter have apparently collapsed, despite a media flurry announcing the news yesterday. The suggestion, first…

Tourism WA’s "destination Perth" strategy, launched in March, has encouraged three music-themed cafes to set up in Western Australia. A report in The West Australian said that Hard Rock Café, Cafe…

Just shy of two months after Showbiz was placed into voluntary administration, the premium ticketing company has announced its return. Tix.com.au, the ticketing deal business which incorporates…

Coldplay have sold out their one-off Sydney show at the Enmore Theatre in under three minutes. The Live Nation-promoted show was announced just three days ago in the lead-up to yesterday’s release of…

Twitter is apparently considering the purchase of SoundCloud, its biggest acquisition since last September’s buy-out of mobile ad exchange company Mopub. SoundCloud is rumoured to be valued at $700…

Just days after her performance at the Eurovision Song Contest, it has been announced that Jessica Mauboy will perform at the Flag Handover Ceremony at this year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. On…

ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) has unveiled a program to recognise local and international chart toppers with an ARIA #1 Chart Award which will be presented to artists as soon as…

Spotify Australia’s Managing Director Kate Vale told media and marketing website Mumbrella the local streaming market is “absolutely not sustainable”. Given Australia is the sixth largest music…

This week Arctic Monkeys receive a plaque from Frontier Touring and Domino Records, John Newman and Robert DeLong visit triple j, Harrison Craig takes his family to The AFL Footy Show and more. If…

Three-year-old Australian independent label UNFD scored another top five ARIA Album on Saturday with In Hearts Wake’s second studio release. The Byron Bay hardcore band’s new LP Earthwalker debuted…