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read more3rd November 2021 - Organisers commit to Tamworth Country Music Festival going ahead in 2022
23rd October 2021 - Tribunal orders Bluesfest to pay 75% refund to stallholders over cancelled 2020 event
21st October 2021 - LPA calls for insurance and wage support in wake of industry revenue loss of $1.4 billion
18th October 2021 - COVID impact sees Australian Government fund live music sector and leading arts organisations
15th October 2021 - Live music sector continues call for national event insurance scheme
5th October 2021 - Ticketmaster commissions two-part film series promoting Australia’s path to the return of live events
30th September 2021 - Bluesfest Chairman Peter Noble responds to NSW Government’s COVID roadmap
20th August 2021 - Outback music festival organiser to demand proof of vaccination for attendees in 2022
18th August 2021 - No Bluesfest Festival for 2021, as event reschedules to Easter 2022
18th August 2021 - Victorian Government provides more support to live performance sector
28th July 2021 - Unvaccinated Australians could be barred from festivals, theatres and sport and entertainment venues
8th July 2021 - VMA says Australia getting vaccinated is the key to live entertainment industry’s road to recovery
17th June 2021 - Dark Mofo festival has government support but creative director questions event’s future
7th June 2021 - Festivals seek ways to avoid massive financial losses from COVID-related cancellations and restrictions
4th May 2021 - Inconsistent capacity rules between entertainment and sport inflict further damage on live music
16th April 2021 - Powderfinger bandmates lead call condemning Queensland Government’s ‘double standard’ on venue capacities for sport and live music
25th March 2021 - Federal Government announces $135 million in funding for live entertainment
22nd March 2021 - Australian Live Music Business Council calls on government to ease COVID restrictions on venues
19th March 2021 - Live Performance Australia calls for 100% capacity in all live entertainment venues
16th December 2020 - Coronavirus halted booming year for Australia’s live music sector
17th September 2020 - Falls Festival crowd crush victims to share in almost $7 million payout
6th May 2020 - Falls Festival looks to 2020/21 editions with all Australian lineup
29th December 2019 - Falls Festival at Lorne cancelled due to extreme weather conditions
2nd March 2019 - Live Nation reveals another record year with 11% rise in global revenues
30th December 2017 - Police investigate sexual assault in Falls Festival mosh pit
11th December 2017 - ‘Insufficient evidence’ to prosecute Falls Festival organiser over crowd crush
2nd January 2017 - Falls Festival organisers defend safety record
5th December 2016 - Live Nation expands festival portfolio with Secret Sounds acquisition
30th June 2016 - Falls Festival headed to Western Australia for new Fremantle event
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