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Australia's independent music juggernaut moves forward after the death of its legendary founder and prospers under the leadership of his son WHENEVER ED SHEERAN has toured Australia and New Zealand, [...]

LAST JULY, A 17-YEAR old artist from Houston named d4vd released 'Romantic Homicide,' a track he had made using BandLab, the Singapore-based social music creation platform. 'He recorded a song [...]

EARLIER IN NOVEMBER, I leather Lowery announced that Femme It Forward, the female-led music and entertainment platform that she founded, was holding its first Give Her FlowHERS Awards gala. The [...]

AN ARENA IN PARIS POSTPONED A U2 show after shootings swept the city. Mariah Carey canceled dates in Brussels, Belgium, after three transportation center bombings. From London to Los Angeles [...]

PROMOTER PAUL DAINTY IS A TAD PERTURBED when he arrives in Brisbane, Australia, where he is presenting a sold-out Neil Diamond show at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Dainty has flown [...]

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA-After years of playing Melbourne clubs with capacities of under 1,000, the hardcore rap-metal band Dregg finally had its moment at the 2019 Brisbane Bigsound festival. Within months, the [...]

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA -- Michael Chugg understands the devastating impact of bushfires better than most. The Chugg Entertainment founder's father was a firefighter in his native Tasmania, and the promoter joined [...]

The article features the top music industry executives who are driving the growth of the industry around the world as of April 2023. BMG's Thomas Coesfeld and Dominique Casimir are focusing on acquiring catalogs and signing artists as part of their growth strategy. The other featured executives include Eric Wong, Simon Robson and Jessica Keeley-Carter of Warner Music Group and Adam Granite and Dickon Stainer of Universal Music Group.

Frontier Touring, led by CEO Dion Brant, has successfully navigated the challenges faced by Australian concert promoters. The company organized major tours for artists like Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, and Foo Fighters, as well as increasing the presence of country music in Australia with acts like Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs. As a division of Mushroom Group, Frontier Touring collaborated with AEG Presents and had a diverse lineup of global and local artists for their 2024 schedule. [Extracted from the article]

MUSIC GROUPS AUSTRALASIA George Ash PRESIDENT, UNIVERSAL MUSIC ASIA PACIFIC Naoshi Fujikura PRESIDENT/CEO, UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN Devraj Sanyal MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP AND EMI MUSIC, INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA; MANAGING DIRECTOR, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING GROUP, INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA Calvin Wong SENIOR VP ASIA/CEO, UNIVERSAL MUSIC SOUTHEAST ASIA Ash has been Universal Music Group's top Asia-Pacific executive since 2013. Perez Soto has been expanding WMG's presence in new markets including Africa, where the company invested in Africori, a company that manages distribution, rights and artists development. Paul Firth DIRECTOR, AMAZON MUSIC INTERNATIONAL Rene Fasco DIRECTOR, AMAZON MUSIC JAPAN Jillian Gerngross DIRECTOR, AMAZON MUSIC EUROPE Sahas Malhotra DIRECTOR, AMAZON MUSIC INDIA Federico Pedersen HEAD OF MUSIC, LATIN AMERICA, AMAZON MUSIC Firth was named to his new role in October and oversees Amazon Music in markets outside the United States. Gustavo Fernandez PRESIDENT, WARNER CHAPPELL LATIN AMERICA Shani Gonzales MANAGING DIRECTOR, WARNER CHAPPELL U.K.; HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL A&R, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC Santiago Menéndez-Pidal MANAGING DIRECTOR, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC SPAIN Matthieu Tessier MANAGING DIRECTOR, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE Under Fernandez, Warner Chappell Latin America in the past year has inked agreements with the Mexican grupero band Bronco and Latin Grammy-winning producer Tony Succar, among others. [Extracted from the article]

The article announces the 2021 Billboard Top Music Lawyers in the major music groups, streaming, live, music publishing, performing rights, and talent and litigation categories including Warner Music Group executive vice president (VP) Paul Robinson, iHeartMedia executive VP Gabe Fleet, and The Zia Firm founder Adam Zia.

The article ranks the highest-grossing live-music venues for 2019 based on a 12-month gross, concert capacity and total ticket sales between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. They include the Madison Square Garden in New York City, The O2 Arena in London, England, The Forum in Inglewood, California, the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria and the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

The article discusses the success of Frontier Touring, the promoter and live division of independent music company Mushroom Group, in bringing international artists to Australia, led by chief executive officer (CEO) Dion Brant.

The article provides information on the highest-grossing concert arenas in the U.S. in 2018. The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, tops the list with a 12-month gross income of 164.4 million dollars, mainly due to George Strait's residency at the venue. Madison Square Garden in New York City earned 158.6 million dollars during the 12-month measurement period, following one hundred sold-out shows by Billy Joel.

The article features music industry executives that have been given recognition in the 2018 International Power Players list of "Billboard" magazine, including Decca Records Group president Rebecca Allen, Live Nation Australia chairman Michael Coppel, and SIM Concerts managing director Simon Moran.

The article lists the 10 top-grossing live-music venues, which include The O2 in London, England, Madison Square Garden in New York City, and the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The article describes efforts by concert promoters to prepare for the possible economic effects of the cancellation of festivals and events due to the ongoing bushfires in Australia, as of January 2020. For Elton John's outdoor concerts as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, executives at AEG Presents are monitoring air quality and fire danger in addition to planning benefit shows for those affected by the wildfires. The Falls Festival in Lorne was cancelled due to unsafe conditions.