Great Southern Land: Australia Health Check
Jack Revell performs a health check on the live market Down Under
Feature By IQ | 1 July 2025
Australia has always been tough. A vast brown land at the far end of the Earth, its inhospitableness is matched only by the tenacity of its people. That same grit runs through its music industry – a fiercely resilient ecosystem battered by recent challenges.
As Jack Revell reports, it’s not a place to find yourself without a guide.
After pandemic disruption, cost-of-living shocks, and high-profile festival collapses, Australia’s live music industry was feared to be in freefall. Paradoxically, while the…
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