Poppy Reid

When Sam Phay booked his flights to Sydney to kick off the national ‘Stop The Bleeding’ tour with his band Club Yorke, he could never have predicted he’d spend most of his time experiencing career…

From venues to ticketing, festivals on both sides off the Tasman and concerts filling out theatres up to stadiums, Live Nation Australasia has more moving parts than a Swiss watch. Roger Field is in…

Life has changed a lot since Australian artist Muki inked a publishing deal with Sony/ATV last September. Since releasing her three singles 'Sassaparilla', Friends Don't Make Out' and 'Gold Oxygen',…

Apple has established a department dedicated to relationship-building with music publishers. The tech giant tapped legal specialist Elena Segal to oversee a new internal division in the role as…

Global promoter giant Live Nation has acquired a majority stake in Austin, Texas promoter ScoreMore Shows. ScoreMore, which produces more than 200 concerts per year, is also behind touring festivals…

Sometimes music and politics collide. Those two forces are on a crash course after Israel’s Netta won the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Toy’. In light of the recent violence in Gaza, an…

UPDATE: The single 'Stand By You' is out now and can be streamed below. Paul Kelly, The Preatures' Izzi Manfredi, Jimmy Barnes, Megan Washington, Peter Garrett, Kate Miller-Heidke and DMA'S Johnny…

Isabella Manfredi was flanked by an altogether different lineup when she took the mic at the NSW Parliament to voice her support for the grassroots music community. Manfredi is typically out front as…

South Korean boy band BTS have created history this week with their third studio album, Love Yourself: Tear. The record makes BTS the first K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 chart, and it's the…

Busking has gone cashless in London in a world-first - and of course PayPal is behind it. The move toward a cashless society has recruited so many sectors of the music industry; but for buskers, the…

Amateur filmmakers on a tight music budget, roll tape. Filmstro, the music clearance service, has unveiled what it describes as a cinematic-quality music library that’s “royalty-free” and “YouTube…

From little things, big things grow. With a little magic dust, Merlin did just that. Its team, and its distributions are growing. The digital rights agency for the independent music community last…