NSW puts $3.8 million into 33 live music venues
Thirty-three NSW live music venues will share $3.8 million for soundproofing, lighting and staging, after a run of Sydney closures.
Entertainment
Blue poles to hang in Perth for the first time
Jackson Pollock's Blue poles will show at the Art Gallery of Western Australia from April to September 2027, its first loan to an Australian venue since 2003, while the National Gallery closes wings for repairs.
Eight Australian albums land, one cracks the ten
Peking Duk, Kate Miller-Heidke, King Gizzard and five more debut on the ARIA Australian albums chart this week. Only Peking Duk makes the main top ten.
Australians want local content but cannot find it
Screen Australia's Screen Currency 2026 has 84 per cent calling local content important and 36 per cent able to find it easily.
Sam Pang wins Gold Logie, Mailman into Hall of Fame
Deborah Mailman is the first Indigenous performer inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame. Robert Irwin hosted at 22, the youngest to take the job.
Stan drama The F Ward sells into 100 markets
Paramount has licensed the six-part Stan Original into 100 territories, including Channel 4, HBO Asia and JioHotstar, before its overseas launch.
Casey Barnes leads five Australian chart debuts
Made For This entered the ARIA Australian artist albums chart at No.1 and the all comers chart at No.6, one of five new Australian records in the top six.
Eurovision bars countries at war from hosting
The EBU will strip hosting rights from a winning broadcaster whose country is affected by armed conflict, three months after Israel finished second in Vienna.
Tina Arena documentary premieres at MIFF
Adrian Russell Wills' Tina Arena: Unravel Me has its world premiere at The Astor on Wednesday, a fortnight before a national cinema release on 27 August.
Suzi Quatro books her 41st Australian tour
Suzi Quatro will play six headline shows with Baby Animals in November and December, plus four Red Hot Summer dates. Tickets go on sale Wednesday.
Gang of Youths return for sold-out Opera House debut
The band played the Concert Hall on Saturday night, their first Australian show in almost five years. A second sold-out date follows on Monday.
DMA'S release fifth album, tour dates set
The Sydney trio's self-titled record landed on Friday through Sony, with three east coast shows booked across late November and December.
