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IQIndustryDenmark’s Christopher set for biggest ever homegrown headline show Promoter DTD Concerts has said Danish language pop is enjoying a”growing commercial appeal”, following an on-sale for a 2027 show by Danish singer Christopher which is set to make it the biggest…

September 25

IQIndustryApple Music steps into video livestreaming space As it scales up its live music ambitions, Apple Music has announced it will offer a video festival livestream for the first time with Goldenvoice’s Head Trip next month.

September 25

IQIndustryElectric Avenue eyeing site expansion with growing international profile Electric Avenue festival in New Zealand is exploring long-term site expansion before 2030 to increase capacity to between 60,000-70,000, as organisers say it has reached a footprint which allows it…

September 25

IQIndustryMetallica to stage Sphere residency blood donation drive Adding to their blood donation efforts, Metallica will offer an ‘immersive’ blood drive experience around their Life Burns Faster residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas in partnership with the Red…

September 25

IQIndustryLatam’s cultural export fuels La Sordera’s cross-border growth When La Sordera began promoting shows for Venezuelan expats in Chile a decade ago, its business was rooted in connecting communities.

September 24

IQIndustryMacklemore announces Free Palestine Tour In the latest twist of the Loop Tour saga, Macklemore has revealed the Free Palestine Tour, organised last minute after he was removed from Ed Sheeran’s stadium run for pro-Palestine comments on…

September 24

IQIndustryFestival News: A new concert series for Sydney Sydney’s recently revealed new Sydney Summertime concert series has now unveiled a lineup led by The Strokes for its February-March 2027 debut, leading a raft of festival news.

September 24

IQIndustryCalvin Harris sets new bar with 330k tickets sold for Oz debut Calvin Harris has established a new benchmark for electronic touring in Australia, with over 330,000 tickets flying out for his debut run in the market, according to promoters.

September 24

IQIndustryTim McGregor to depart TEG amid ‘strategic reset’ After 20 years at the company, Tim McGregor will depart Australasian live giant Ticketek Entertainment Group (TEG) amid a ‘strategic reset’ led by CEO Cameron Hoy.

September 24

IQIndustryWhat does the future of the experience economy look like? The experience economy has become an increasingly large part of the live entertainment sphere. But what kind of future does it have, and who gets to build it?

September 24

Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.