Andrew McManus Presents has announced that Peter Gabriel will no longer be able to headline the November 1st Concert at Intimate Arena Mode, Etihad Stadium. The cancellation is due to scheduling issues. However, the promoter is pleased to announce a terrific replacement with Brian Wilson set to be the headline international act.

Australian band Blue King Brown has teamed up with The Body Shop and Child Wise on a national campaign to help the fight against child sex trafficking.

As election fever heats up, one Melbourne band will be having their say through song as local politicians go head-to head on issues of international development, global poverty and climate change. Fahrenheit 43 will be doing acoustic performances at both the Deakin & Melbourne Make Poverty History electoral forums.

Kyle Sandilands, Brian McFadden and a stellar line-up of high profile Australian music industry experts will add some serious star power to the upcoming new Platinum Series at Piano Room, as guest judges for the highly anticipated new singing competition are announced.

Directed by Phillip Sage, the video for Miami Horror’s new single ‘I Look To You’ is a stunning one.

Redtrack recently won the Hollyoaks Music Show competition and appeared on the Channel 4 soap. The Hollyoaks Music Show is designed to find the best unsigned band for a future episode of the soap.

Redtrack release the single ‘Perfectly Fine Intellectual / Imogen’ on the Club Fandango label on Monday May 31.

**Update as at August 6, 2010**

Obese Records proudly announces a very special 10th anniversary edition of Block Party.

A 10th anniversary deserves a very special celebration and that’s exactly what ‘a day on the green’ has planned with Aussie rock legend Jimmy Barnes heading up the festivities for this noteworthy occasion.

After monumental sets at both this year's Coachella and Bonnaroo Festivals, one of Melbourne's finest exports, The Temper Trap, will return to the United States to play Lollapalooza and Outside Lands Festivals along with a run of shows that will take them west. This will be followed shortly after by a headlining tour throughout North America, including their biggest show to date and Austin City Limits Festival.

To celebrate her forthcoming tour this October, Sarah Blasko is set to release a limited edition of her platinum-selling album ‘As Day Follows Night’.

Rock stars Guns N’ Roses will join the high octane charged V8 Supercar Championship Series to combine for a one-off East Coast concert at New South Wales’ premier sporting and entertainment event, the Sydney Telstra 500, at Sydney Olympic Park this December.

Australian girl group Trinity, and their label/management team PLW Entertainment, have just entered into a global partnership with Jason Derulo and his management team headed by Frank Harris.

Voodoo Beach’s rocking summer concert series returns. Bands will perform poolside on Thursdays from May through September at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

…entries have just opened for one of Australia’s most valuable music prizes - the Melbourne Prize for Music 2010 and Awards.

Providing opportunities for Victorian musicians, performers and composers, across all music genres and valued at over $100,000, the Melbourne Prize for Music 2010 and Awards will recognise and reward excellence and talent in music.