Don’t Kill Live Music
The battle between NSW’s music festivals and the state government is heating up, as “high risk” festival Days Like This is now looking to take legal action against Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her government. In case you’ve been sleeping under a very large boulder, the Berejiklian released a list of “high risk” festivals that would […]
Gladys Berejiklian has now been called out by Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist, Flea on stage during their Australian tour. As reported The Music, Flea asked the crowd if New South Wales had “figured out that stupid shit yet.” Flea says, “Trying to pass that law so it’s impossible to put on a concert. Make […]
Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) have announced a special gig at Sydney’s Metro Theatre tonight. Following the success of last Thursday’s Don’t Kill Live Music Rally for which thousands of people turned out, NTIA have launched a fundraising concert tonight to kick off their new ‘Unite for the Night’ campaign. The special once off concert […]
Following the NSW Government’s release of the list of festivals they deem to be ‘high risk’, five music festival operators have announced they will be taking legal action. The festivals – which include Days Like This Festival, Lost Paradise and Finely Tuned, amongst others – say they are responding to the NSW Government’s list of […]
In the wake of the NSW Liberal Government deeming them a “high risk” event on their inaugural shit list despite the event having never actually taken place before, the cheeky promoters of Newcastle’s brand new UP DOWN fest have responded by taking the full piss, and we are here to reward their efforts 100%. We’ve just […]
Gladys Berejiklian and the NSW Government have finally revealed their list of what festivals they deem as ‘high risk’, and will thereby be under the most scrutiny under the harsh new licensing regulations that are set to take place next month. The festivals placed in this category are Laneway, FOMO, This That, Lost Paradise, Days […]
Tensions in New South Wales’ live music scene have peaked in the midst of new music festival regulations introduced by the NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian, as thousands of live music supporters attended yesterday’s Don’t Kill Live Music Rally in Sydney. Thousands of music industry professionals, musicians, and enjoyers of live music rallied in Sydney’s Hyde Park […]
As the backlash against Gladys Berejiklian and the NSW Government’s harsh new regulations and restrictions for music festivals reaches boiling point, the Don’t Kill Live Music rally was held in Sydney yesterday to protest them. Berejiklian has been, frankly, a total stick in the mud when it comes to working out these issues. Yesterday, major […]
Yesterday, every major music organisation in the state of NSW banded together in an attempt to parlay with the state government, with reps from the Australian Festival Association, Live Performance Australia, Music NSW, APRA AMCOS and the Live Music Office booking in a meeting with the Premier’s Department hoping to chat about ways they can […]
Late last year, Australia’s major festivals banded together to form the Australian Festival Association, an Avengers-like supergroup uniting to do battle against the evil forces of the NSW Government, its Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her complete condemnation of pill-testing and overall harsh proposed changes to music festival licensing. Now, an even bigger supergroup consisting of not […]
