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From busking on the streets of Fremantle, Western Australia, to playing the main stages on the northern hemisphere's summer festival circuit, it's been a remarkable journey for singer/songwriter/guitarist John Butler. [...]

FRANK SINATRA, LIZA MINNELLI and SAMMY DAVIS JR. (1989): 'In a way, my coming of age. If my father had lived a few more years, it would have been the [...]

It's been said that old dogs can't learn new tricks, but legendary Australian hard rock quintet Powderfinger is out to prove that anyone can adapt. The Brisbane band channeled Twitter's [...]

Australian concertgoers have enjoyed a lot of choice for their buck lately. The likes of Coldplay, Andre Rieu, Green Day, the Black Eyed Peas, Nickelback and Britney Spears all embarked [...]

Business is looking up Down Under. While the world's most powerful markets struggled with the global financial crisis of 2009, Australia's economy enjoyed slight growth in the first half of [...]

The Australian rock act Eskimo Joe struck gold when it came across an ancient Armenian/Turkish wind instrument-the zurna. Impressed by its distinctive, strident sound, the band used it in the [...]

Pip Brown, the talented New Zealander known as Ladyhawke, is spreading her wings around the globe. The alternative/pop singer recently signed with London-based management company IE Music (which represents Robbie [...]

SYDNEY -- The MTV Australia Awards show is going global, promising worldwide exposure for three Aussie acts, despite complaints that this year's event was dominated by U.S. artists. In a [...]

The members of Melbourne sextet the Cat Empire are playing to their strengths on the new double-CD 'Live on Earth,' which collects live recordings from concerts across the globe. Formed [...]

BRISBANE, Australia -- Australia's winery touring circuit is bearing fruit at home, and the concept is about to be exported to overseas vineyards. Leonard Cohen became the latest visiting star [...]

BRISBANE, Australia -- The summer festival season is heating up Down Under, but a dramatic slump in the value of the Australian dollar has promoters sweating over bookings of international [...]

Despite four Australian Recording Industry Assn. (ARIA) Award nominations for her gold-certified (35,000-plus) 2007 debut album, 'Little Eve,' Brisbane-based singer/songwriter Kate Hiller-Heidke opted to take an alternative route for her [...]

U.K. market-leading pay-TV provider Sky has reached an agreement with Universal U.K. to launch a music subscription service that will provide subscribers with unlimited music streams and a set number [...]

Selling music is not the same as selling mustard, air freshener or cleaning products. And that presents an unusual challenge for Elio Leoni-Sceti, the incoming CEO of EMI's recorded-music division, [...]

In 1970, it was described as 'a psychedelic concentration camp.' But this summer, the United Kingdom's Isle of Wight Festival tops a series of events that will see the 150-square-mile [...]

The British government will not introduce strict regulation of the secondary ticketing sector, but has called upon the concert industry to collectively clean up its own act. In a response [...]

LONDON -- EMI Group chairman Guy Hands continues to make changes, creating two new recorded music business units focusing on exploiting catalog and synch opportunities. EMI Music Catalogue, Compilations, Studios [...]

CANNES -- Artists and managers took center stage Monday as MIDEM moved into its second day. Peter Gabriel and U2 manager Paul McGuinness were the undisputed drawing cards, assembling full [...]

LONDON -- It's 'butts out' for the live music industry in Europe. On Jan. 1, continental Europe's most populous country completed something of a cultural shift when Germany introduced a [...]

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.

LONDON -- Warner Music Group on Thursday began selling DRM-free downloads through Amazon. WMG ended its MP3 holdout by offering works from its digital audio catalog for purchase from Amazon […]

LONDON -- Live Nation, which already promotes concerts, owns venues, sells merchandise and has a recording artist division with Madonna, is getting into another area of the live entertainment business: […]

LONDON -- U.K. distributor Cargo Records has pulled the plug on an Elvis Presley release after Sony BMG Music Entertainment in the U.K. threatened legal action, sources said. In one […]

LONDON -- XL Recordings is living up to its name by playing an extra-large role in one of 2007's biggest music industry stories after snagging the physical release of Radiohead's [...]

LONDON -- EMI Group chairman Guy Hands is calling into question the necessity of music industry trade bodies the IFPI, RIAA and British Phonographic Industry. Hands, also CEO of Terra […]

LONDON -- A brief statement from Universal Music Group on Sept. 5 hammered the last nail into the coffin of Sanctuary Group's much-vaunted '360-degree' business model, leaving artists and staffers [...]

LONDON -- A Pink Floyd comeback would be the greatest gig in the sky, according to a new Europewide poll. When asked 'Which band would you most like to see […]

BERLIN -- Vehicles will drive a viable revenue stream for record labels in the coming years, panelists said Wednesday at the opening session of Popkomm, the three-day international music and […]

LONDON -- For at least one night, Led Zeppelin will rock again. A long-simmering rumor was confirmed at a news conference here Wednesday: The three surviving members of the legendary […]

LONDON -- Organizers of the MIDEM music trade fair have selected China as the country of honor for its 2008 event. China will host the prestigious MIDEM Opening Night Party […]

LONDON -- Terra Firma, the new owner of EMI Group, ousted CEO Eric Nicoli on Wednesday and shook up the music company's board. Nicoli has agreed to 'step down' ahead […]

LONDON -- European equity house Terra Firma is playing down speculation that EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli is on the verge of being jettisoned. Sources close to the music major […]

British music services organization PPL has forged a groundbreaking accord with counterpart ADAMI in France. The reciprocal agreement, unveiled July 26, will benefit thousands of performers in both countries, who [...]

LONDON -- The U.K. government said Tuesday that it will not press the European Commission to extend the copyright term on sound recordings from the current 50 years to beyond […]

Richard Ogden is relocating his European artist management and live music firm from London to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Effective Aug. 1, Ogden, the former manager of Paul McCartney, and his [...]

Al Gore has declared it 'the largest global entertainment event in history.' And with eight main gigs taking place on six continents, broadcast in more than 100 countries and featuring [...]

LONDON -- The global recorded music market in 2006 slipped 5% year-over-year to $19.6 billion, according to figures published by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. It marks the […]

LONDON -- iTunes is entering the live music business. Apple Computer's market-leading digital music store said Tuesday that it is throwing its considerable clout behind the free iTunes Festival concept, […]

LONDON--A U.K. newspaper's groundbreaking move has divided the U.K. music business over the contentious issue of 'covermounting' CDs. The practice of attaching free CDs to magazine covers has been a [...]

U.K. collecting society Phonographic Performance Ltd. has published its best-ever financial results. The society, which licenses performance rights on sound recordings on behalf of record labels and performers, reported license [...]

LONDON -- EMI Music, Google and YouTube have struck what the parties jointly describe as a 'milestone partnership' giving YouTube users access to audio and video repertoire from the music […]

LONDON -- There's a new leading contender to acquire EMI Group. In a surprise move Monday, the company's board recommended that its investors accept a cash offer from European private-equity [...]

LONDON -- The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has recommended to the U.K. government that the term of copyright on sound recordings be extended beyond its current [...]

LONDON -- Paul McCartney's entire post-Beetles catalog will appear online for the first time as part of a 'comprehensive relaunch' of his repertoire, his record company EMI Music said Monday. [...]

LONDON -- Roger Faxon has taken the reins at EMI Music Publishing, parent company EMI Group said Tuesday. Faxon becomes chairman and CEO of the music-publishing giant, succeeding longtime chief [...]

LONDON -- EMI Group has rejected Warner Music Group's latest merger flirtation. In a statement Friday to the London Stock Exchange, EMI said its executive board had discussed WMG's 260 [...]

MTV has confirmed an international restructuring that it says might result in 250 job losses, or roughly 8% of its work force. The broadcaster's London-based United Kingdom operation will be [...]

LONDON -- Warner Music International is unleashing Rhino worldwide. The U.S.-based reissues and compilations specialist initially will be rolled out in 15 markets, uniting all of Warner's international catalog operations--including [...]

CANNES -- The mutual benefits of music makers getting involved in video games, movie advertising and consumer brand marketing were on parade as the Music for Images strand took center [...]