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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 [...]

For the first time, leaders from the international music business are honored with a Billboard Power Players report, presented here in association with MIDEM, the leading international event for the [...]

When Pink visits Australia, it's always a big party. But it was a special celebration when the singer played the final night of her latest Australia tour in Brisbane on [...]

1. DO YOUR HOMEWORK Rich Goodstone, co-founder, Superfly Presents; co-producer, Bonnaroo We believe in making the right decisions regarding greening, which can only be done by understanding how to mitigate [...]

Michael Gudinski, founder of Australia's Frontier Touring and chairman of its parent enterprise, the Mushroom Group of Companies, is a study in constant movement. * As he sits behind a [...]

MIDEM, the international music industry convention, and its digitally focused MidemNet Forum will open shop Jan. 23-27 in Cannes. The events will draw some 10,000 executives from nearly 100 countries, [...]

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 [...]

When OT-Vale artist Chenoa flew to the Americas from Spain to begin a Feb. 17-March 15 promotional tour of key Latin-American markets to support her 'Absurda Cenicienta' album, Vale Music [...]

For the music industry, another year brings another roller coaster ride. Winners and Losers of 2006 captures the best of times and the worst of times for key players in [...]

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 [...]

Michael Chugg has a surprising well of energy, especially for a man who has been involved in the cut and thrust of concert promotion for 50 years. Just two days [...]

The discussions that take place each winter at MIDEM, the international music industry trade fair and convention, affect the flow of repertoire and income throughout the global music business long [...]

SHOULD ANDRE RIEU ever chose to migrate from his Dutch homeland, he'd be well looked after in Australia. * The violinist is equal parts showman, musician and businessman, but in [...]

During the past four decades, MIDEM has earned its billing as 'the world s music market. When the 43rd annual event opens in Cannes with the digitally focused Midem Net [...]

IT happened very quickly. During a two-week period last summer, companies that wanted to borrow money to acquire music assets found that the availability of funds from lenders had changed [...]

When the Rolling Stones roll into London, it is always a hot ticket. April 2 was no different. The great, the good and the ugly of British celebrity ranks, including [...]

IN AUGUST, British authorities foiled a terrorist plot to smuggle explosive liquids onto flights and detonate a series of mid-flight explosions. The breakthrough was a victory, of course, for mankind, [...]

LONDON -- The end looks nigh for CD singles in Britain after Woolworths, the country's traditional No. 1 destination for physical singles, decided to pull the plug on the ailing [...]

A mother-and-son CD-counterfeiting team has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at Shrewsbury Crown Court in the U.K. Christine Elaine Chidlow and John Spencer Chidlow of Telford, England, pleaded guilty [...]

The Ukrainian parliament postponed voting Oct. 25 on a bill that aims to curtail the activities of the country's pirate CD manufacturers, after complaints by music industry lobbyists and pressure [...]

The Brit Awards 2002 will be held Feb. 20 at London's Earls Court venue. The annual U.K. music industry awards show will incorporate a new category, best international album, which [...]

Boosey & Hawkes, a London-based music publisher/instrument-maker, is putting itself up for sale after ending exclusive talks with a potential buyer. The firm had been approached by a consortium, including [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Department of Justice (DOJ) has sent subpoenas to U.S. music companies, the Recording Industry Assn. of America (RIAA), MusicNet, and Pressplay in its investigation into possible anti-competitive aspects [...]

Usher and So Solid Crew took two honors each at the sixth annual MOBO Awards, presented Oct. 4 at the London Arena. So Solid Crew won best U.K. garage act [...]

Mean Fiddler Holdings, parent of U.K. venue/festivals operator Mean Fiddler Group, is to proceed with a planned reverse takeover by its online subsidiary in a deal worth £33.5 million ($49.43 [...]

The U.K.'s Chart Information Network is to be re-branded as the Official U.K. Charts Co., effective Oct. 1. 'It was necessary to update, upgrade, and develop the brand, particularly as [...]

HMV Media Group cited the 'exceptional performance' of its London-based HMV Europe division when it announced fiscal first-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of £11.3 million ($16.44 [...]

NEW YORK--The entertainment industry, which moved quickly to lend its voices and muscle to relief efforts, has also been busy assessing its own uncertain financial future in the wake of [...]

London-based Chrysalis Group has warned that it expects to post a £9.6 million ($14 million) loss for its financial year ending Aug. 31, mainly as a result of costs incurred [...]

Glastonbury Festival organizer Michael Eavis confirms that Cold-play, Ash, Toploader, Reef, and Australian entertainer RoIf Harris will perform at the inaugural U.K. Farm Aid concert, set for Oct. 27 at [...]

PJ Harvey's Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (Universal/Island) won the 10th annual Technics Mercury Music Prize for the best U.K./Irish album of the year in a ceremony [...]

LONDON--While the recent terrorist attacks were aimed at devastating the U.S., what became clear within hours of the atrocities was that citizens worldwide were affected by the tragedy. Thousands of [...]

Pete Townshend will receive the BMI President's Award Sept. 12 in London, at the organization's annual dinner honoring writer and publisher members of the U.K.'s Performing Right Society. It will [...]

Play It Again Sam (PIAS) Group has replaced Edel as European licensee for Festival/Mushroom and the Mushroom/Infectious labels. The deal excludes the U.K. Previously, the Brussels-based group distributed the Mushroom [...]

European digital distributor OD2 launched its WebAudioNet subscription service Aug. 20 through partnerships with WOMAD and Real World Records. Subscribers will be offered 60 days' free access to 40 downloads [...]

Pressplay plans to launch its online music-subscription service in mid-September. It will take the form of an 'affiliate business model' with a range of offerings to consumers, Vivendi Universal chairman [...]

Brussels-based label/distribution group Play It Again Sam (PIAS) has secured more than $4.44 million in new funding from an unnamed Swiss firm. The funds will be used to finance the [...]

Sony Music U.K. has formed a joint-venture dance label with Kevin Robinson, who exited in July as director of EMI Dance/head of the Positiva label at EMI Records Group U.K. [...]

Leading German retailers are, for the first time, being paid for the use of their sales data on the country's national charts, under a new agreement between trade group HAMM [...]

Online music download service Vitaminic has confirmed its purchase of London-based rival Peoplesound.com (Billboard Bulletin, June 11). As expected, Milan-based Vitaminic has agreed to issue 1.3 million new shares to [...]

London-based Sony Music Entertainment Europe (SMEE) is merging its strategic-marketing and artist-marketing divisions. 'Strategic and catalog marketing continue to play critically important roles within our business,' SMEE president Paul Burger [...]

Two senior BMG executives based in the U.K. have left the company in the wake of BMG U.K./Europe president Richard Griffiths' recent exit (Billboard, July 14). Harry Magee has exited [...]

Adriano Marconetto, VP of content/development at digital distributor Vitaminic, has been elected president of the Brussels-based European Digital Media Assn. (EDiMA), which represents European online services offering copyright works on [...]

THE ALLIANCE AGAINST COUNTERFEITING AND PIRACY (AACP) has revealed that the value of intellectual-property crime throughout Britain's creative industries rose 8.36% in 2000 to almost 9 billion pounds ($12.7 billion). [...]

BOB GELDOF'S London-based TV/radio/events company, 10 Alps Broadcasting Ltd., is preparing a reverse takeover of Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed advertising agency Osprey Communications. The deal is subject to the approval [...]

BMG MUSIC PUBLISHING U.K. is acquiring Fiction Songs, the British-based independent publisher that represents the Cure. Following the deal, Fiction founder Chris Parry and GM Ita Martin will concentrate on [...]