The State of Affairs: Radio National protests, Frontier Touring holds music attendance at all four Melbourne & Olympic Park premier venues, EMMI wins MTV Brand New and more

This week in industry news, Australian musicians and Radio National listeners rally against program axings, Frontier Touring now holds the record for attendance at all four of the massive Melbourne & Olympic Park venues, Emmi wins the hotly contested MTV Brand New competition and more!

Aussie Musos gear up to protest against Radio National music program cuts

Australian musicians and Radio National listeners have already gotten together in Sydney this afternoon to protest against the imminent axing of six RN music programs: The Daily Planet, The Inside Sleeve, The Live Set, The Rhythm Divine, Jazztrack, and Soundpost. In a pleas to the ABC Board and management to reverse their decision, the protests are happening right round the country over the next few days – the axing of these programs limits the benefits to regional listeners in being able to connect with music and programs they’d not normally have the opportunities to access.

Musicians and RN listeners are encouraged to participate in the protests tomorrow (December 3rd) and next Thursday (December 8th), as well as signing the petition against the axing HERE.

ADELAIDE – December 3rd
4-6pm on the Steps of Parliament of South Australia
North Terrace, Adelaide

HOBART – December 3rd
12-1pm on the Parliament Lawns

MELBOURNE – December 3rd
12-1pm at ABC Studios
120 Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne

PERTH – December 3rd
12-1pm at ABC Studios
30 Fielder Street, East Perth

BRISBANE – December 8th
2pm at ABC Studios
114 Grey Street, South Brisbane

Frontier Touring nails records for music attendance at AAMI Park, Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena & Margaret Court Arena

Thanks to the massive R&B Fridays Live tour, Frontier Touring now is shining, holding the record for crowd attendance across all four of Melbourne and Olympic Parks’ premier venues. Says Michael Gudinski of the impressive feat, “We pride ourselves at Frontier on delivering the world’s best entertainment to Australia. It is a huge achievement to hold the four records across these great Melbourne venues and is testament to the quality of the artists involved.”

As a taste of the shows we’re talking about? Check out these numbers…

Ed Sheeran at AAMI Park, December 6th 2015
Attendance: 34,296

Justin Timberlake at Rod Laver Arena, November 18th 2007
Attendance: 16,183

R&B Fridays Live at Hisense Arena, November 26th 2016
Attendance: 11,293

Disturbed at Margaret Court Arena, November 12th 2016
Attendance: 7,133

Emmi wins MTV Brand New title and is writing music for J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Singer songwriter Emmi has won the hotly contested MTV Brand New 2016 title after spending 10 weeks battling it out alongside some other emerging Australian and NZ artists. Almost 60 thousand votes rocketed Emmi to the top of the leaderboard. For the first time, MTV offered $10,000 to the winning artist’s charity of choice, with Emmi’s being Telethon Perth and their efforts in raising money for medical research into children’s diseases and providing medical equipment to needing areas in WA.

Throw into the mix the news that Emmi’s tune “Blind Pig” has been chosen to appear in Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them? Things are going brilliantly for this talented artist.

Pandora reveal the annual Top Thumb Hundred mixtape for 2016

So unsurprisingly, the three names at the top of the list this year have been Taylor Swift, Adele and Drake. For Pandora, they today, released the 2016 Australia Tom Thumb Hundred Mixtape, featuring a selection of the listeners’ fave discoveries through the year. Other popular artists in the mix include Twenty One Pilots, Major Lazer, Rihanna and Shawn Mendes.

To listen to the Top Thumb Hundred, head HERE.

AIR 100% Independent Singles Chart

1. Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest
2. Em Rusciano – Versions of Me
3. Sia – Cheap Thrills
4. Tash Sultana – Jungle
5. Vance Joy – Fire And The Flood
6. Flume ft. Tove Lo – Say It
7. Bliss N Eso ft. Thief – Dopamine
8. Sheppard – We Belong
9. Nick Murphy – Stop Me (Stop You)
10. Vance Joy – Riptide

AIR 100% Independent Albums Chart

1. Sia – This Is Acting
2. The Ten Tenors – Our Christmas Wish
3. Tash Sultana – Notion
4. Client Liaison – Diplomatic Immunity
5. Twelve Foot Ninja – Outlier
6. Big Scary – Animal
7. Camp Cope – Camp Cope
8. Sia – 1000 Forms of Fear
9. Superheist – Ghosts of The Social Dead
10. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Nonagon Infinity

ARIA SINGLES CHART

1. James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go
2. Clean Bandit ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie – Rockabye
3. Rae Sremmurd – Black Beatles
4. The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk – Starboy
5. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
6. Neikid – Sexual
7. Calum Scott – Dancing on My Own
8. The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey – Closer
9. Little Mix – Shout Out to My Ex
10. Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar – Don’t Wanna Know

ARIA ALBUMS CHART

1. Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
2. Little Mix – Glory Days
3. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
4. Kerser – Tradition
5. Michael Buble – Christmas
6. John Farnham & Olivia Newtown John – Friends For Christmas
7. Jessica Mauboy – The Secret Daughter (Songs from The TV Series)
8. Adele – 25
9. Robbie Williams – The Heavy Entertainment Show
10. Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker

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