Labour promised in spring that it wants to see a cap on ticket resale prices but it will likely come up against fierce opposition from business and touts.
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Despite calling the sector ‘world leading’, both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to give any concrete commitments for funding the creative industries.
The report reveals that musicians are earning what mechanics are, but without formal benefits or the security of steady work.
The Australian live music industry is in crisis. Is $8.6 million for Revive Live enough to turn things around?
The diss tracks released by rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar raise interesting questions about defamation in music lyrics.
The temporary boycott led to the removal of music from artists including Harry Styles Adele, Billie Eilish, Drake, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West.
Commentators have been asking for years when the streaming giant will turn profitable – that time may now have come.
As a woman who has been working in the ‘boys club’ of the UK music industry for over 30 years I can say it’s been, at best, frustrating and exhausting.
Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
The loyalty of fans has been exploited ever since big business realised music could be commercialised.
Cobain was very much the anti-superstar of his time.
To truly appreciate the track, it’s important to go beyond the long shadow of the Beatles’ version.
Confinement was the essence of Linda Martell’s brief career as a country star in the 1970s – and it’s the exact sort of fate that Beyoncé has sought to avoid.
Perth has had as many as five tributes to Oasis in recent years. As large concerts get more expensive and inaccessible, tributes will become even more important.
For some musical artists, TikTok has become a beacon in an otherwise dismal digital streaming landscape.
Cancellations of Australian music festivals, such as the abrupt end to Pitch Music Festival due to extreme heat, have become all too familiar.
Groovin’ the Moo is the latest in a long line of Australian music festivals to be cancelled. It is the new normal in our age of ‘deep uncertainty’.
How did a musician whose songs were suffused with messages of anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism become so commercialized?
Gender discrimination permeates every layer of the music industry.
African artists with major US industry support have the advantage - now more than ever.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Course Director MA (Music Industries), University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in the Department of Culture, Media & Creative Industries, King's College London
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University London
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Popular Music, University of Sydney
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Reader in Screen Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Department Chair and Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst
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Professeure titulaire, Faculté des arts, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Lecturer - Creative Industries, University of South Australia
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Student fellow, Intellectual Property & Innovation Law Research Program, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
