{
  "id": 7438263,
  "title": "Inside the brutal battle for Australia’s $4.8bn live music industry",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/inside-the-brutal-battle-for-australias-4-8bn-live-music-industry",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T01:07:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
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    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/15/live-nation-music-industry-ticketek-ticketmaster-fronteir-touring-bigsound/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While the local live music sector struggles with a perfect storm of problems, a trio of multinational mega-companies are raking it in. The post Inside the brutal battle for Australia’s $4.8bn live music industry appeared first on Crikey .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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