The Industry Observer

2 min read 2022-01-27 09:13:25

Dylan Alcott, Delta Goodrem lead Australia Day honours

Dylan Alcott, the athlete, raconteur and music festival organiser who turned disability into a super power, is named Australian of the Year, and is

3 min read 2022-01-27 07:45:00

Ticketmaster’s Mark Yovich and Apple Music’s Rachel Newman are among the Australian executives who make the cut for Billboard’s 2022 Power

7 min read 2022-01-27 05:26:54

When Hillsong youth pastor—and daughter of Hillsong’s founder—Laura Toggs launched her defence of the church’s recent Summercamp in New South

2 min read 2022-01-26 06:34:09

Since his death on January 20, streams in the U.S. of music by Meat Loaf has soared, and sales of his songs and albums have also shot up. Altogether,

2 min read 2022-01-26 05:16:59

A new and highly unexpected music feud emerged this week. Blur and Gorillaz star Damon Albarn caused a furore online after he dismissed the

2 min read 2022-01-25 10:21:54

Sydney Festival reps have rubbished claims that the annual event has tapped bots to boost traffic. Speculation ramped up on Monday (Jan. 24) that

3 min read 2022-01-25 10:06:17

Whether you love them or loath them, think that they are a mere ‘flash in the pan’ or the future of business and investment, the dramatic rise of

3 min read 2022-01-25 08:47:29

Everyone has a Big Day Out memory, though most are turning hazy with each turn of the calendar. For some, it was The Prodigy playing in the sauna

2 min read 2022-01-25 05:58:22

Laura Toggs, daughter of Hillsong founder Brian Houston, has slammed the response to Hillsong’s Summercamp in a scathing Instagram post directed at

2 min read 2022-01-24 12:24:56

Yours & Owls festival is giving one lucky Aussie artist the chance to realise their dream of not just performing live before any crowd once

2 min read 2022-01-24 10:32:29

Fake merchandise and bogus tickets aren’t just mudding the waters. They’re killing artists’ careers, one transaction at a time. That’s at

1 min read 2022-01-24 09:09:10

The Wiggles taking out triple j Hottest 100 wasn’t to everyone’s taste, but it certainly had socials running hot. The colourful kids’

5 min read 2022-01-24 08:43:34

A cover, with only about 1 million plays on Spotify (prior to the countdown) won the triple j Hottest 100. How did this happen? There are two

1 min read 2022-01-24 05:23:15

The Weeknd has broken a new Spotify record, dethroning Justin Bieber with a record the fellow Canadian held for nearly a year. After the singer, real

12 min read 2022-01-23 15:29:49

Yesterday the results of triple j’s Hottest 100 for 2021 were announced. As always, the winning artists are being inundated with positive messages