Leaders in the music industry have met at a Darwin summit to explore how to secure the future of festivals and live events.
It was another blow in a devastating year for the Australian live music scene in an industry that was already on shaky ground, facing mounting financial pressures, growing overheads and climate change.This month music industry pioneer Michael Chugg, who's toured with hundreds of Australian and international artists — including Billie Eilish, Lime Cordiale, Bob Dylan, Coldplay and Elton John — joined the brightest minds in the scene to try solve the music industry crisis.
He said 50 festivals had been cancelled fully or partially as a result of extreme weather in the past decade."You know, we can't rock up at an event where it's flooded. We can't rock at an event where there's fires nearby. "Specifically in the NT, you've got these crazy high prices for flights and accommodation and costs, so that just adds to artists not being able to tour here," he said.