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Plans to scrap the Brisbane Live Arena are set to be approved by Cabinet before the news is officially announced this week.

The venue will host performances by Spiderbait and The Presets for its grand opening weekend this May.

The proposed stadium is recommended as the centrepiece of the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games.

Australia has lost more than 1,300 live music venues and stages since the initial arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic.

While Australian music experiences a sixth consecutive year of growth, it's not enough to keep it in the top ten of all global markets.

“We all want a nightlife we can be proud of and that our global city deserves,” said Lord Mayor Clover Moore AO.

Let's look at why seven of Australia's prominent music festivals were recently nominated as part of the 2024 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.

As an industry, we all want Australian music to succeed, but calling to apply traditional solutions to modern platforms, without evidence, isn’t the way to go about it."

Australia's leading independent music conference will take place at the Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.

ABC Radio stations either went silent or played classical music starting at approximately 8:07 AM AEDT this morning.

"We're thrilled to collaborate with them and Community Music to expand their reach even further," said UNIFIED's Caleb Williams.