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JOIN Australia’s struggling legion of backstage crew and industry professionals reached out in a big way for help from Support Act’s MusicKeeper and CrewKeeper cash grants. According to the music industry charity, more than 600 applications have been received for the “Crisis Relief” grants in the month since they were launched, by way of funding from the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts. The one-off supplement payment of $2,000 – or $2,700 for families with depend...

By: Christie Eliezer In the wake of the Australian chart topping status of Kings Of Leon’s When You See Yourself album, TEG Dainty has the Tennessee band of brothers and cousin back Down Under for their first visit in ten years. “Kings of Leon’s Australian shows in 2011 were nothing short of phenomenal and this time around the band will also be riding high after celebrating yet another #1-charting album in this country,” said president/CEO Pa...

Tibet Post International A Voice For Tibet Where is Tibet located on a map? Latest News US religious freedom commission has listed China as one of the countries of particular concern. Photo: US religious freedom commission 04-20-21 00:00:00 04-13-21 00:00:00 12-25-20 00:00:00 06-27-20 11:39:59 Tsetan Norbu, President of National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT). Photo: TPI/Aashna Thakur Latest Impact Ian Hickie, a Professor of Psychiatry in Syd...

Photo: RFA China should disclose the whereabouts of Tibet’s Panchen Lama, who vanished into Chinese custody as a young boy 26 years ago, and let him meet outside observers in person, the U.S. State Department said in what Tibetans hailed as a strong show of support for their beleaguered traditions. Tibet’s Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, was recognized on May 14, 1995 at the age of six as the 11th Panchen Lama, the reincarnation of his predecessor, the 10th Panchen Lama, w...

READING A guitar has been made out of reclaimed wood from The Tote, The Corner, Cherry Bar and more 22.04.2021 A guitar has been made out of reclaimed wood from The Tote, The Corner, Cherry Bar and more Tim Rogers - image by Jay Hynes Words by Will Brewster The project aims to raise awareness of the city’s venues as they battle against capacity rules. A Maton electric guitar made from timber from some of Melbourne’s most iconic music venues has been ...

21.04.2021 Many of Melbourne’s live music venues are in a world of hurt. Here’s how you can help Image by Dan Soderstrom There are a few ways music lovers can help Melbourne’s hurting live music venues. When the Victorian government announced another ‘easing’ of restrictions for entertainment venues on Friday April 9, initial reactions were joyous – ‘Yay, looks like a bunch of live music venues can return to 100% capacity.’ Wrong. As has been the case for a w...

On a rainy afternoon on Sunday, April 11, Rinzin Lhundup was a quiet presence, listening to his friends intently as they chatted about the day’s proceedings over cups of steaming hot butter tea. The reticent 50-year-old, who works as a housekeeper in Manhattan, had arrived at the Phuntsok Deshe, the Tibetan Community Center in Queens, to cast his ballot for the Tibetan government in exile, then stuck around to help sell fundraising wares for the community. Lhundup and nearly 5,000 other Tibet...

Locazi Presents: Dead Amigos Maggie Pills Cave Canem Live at Old Bar as part of our Live Sets series, showcasing some of Melbourne’s growing underground talents. Raising funds for Support Act with the Rock ‘n’ roll raffle! Any donations accepted are welcome. We shoot live music videos recorded, mastered and produced by local artists, for […]

Sharrouf – an Isis fighter who made international headlines in a photograph standing next to his young son holding a severed human head – is presumed to have died in 2017 in a US airstrike. The five women of Yazidi ethnicity at the centre of a protracted legal battle say they were victims of acts of violence in the Syrian city of Raqqa and northern Iraq in 2014. The women allege that they were “kept as slaves” in Sharrouf’s home, according to documents submitted to the New South Wales...

US unveils new policy encouraging government ties with Taiwan officials ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 04:30 IST Washington, April 10 (ANI): In what could be called another massive blow to China, the United States has issued new guidelines that encourage exchanges with Taiwanese counterparts, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday. According to South China Morning Post, the guidelines is a move made to bring Washington into compliance with a la...