2012 in Australian music
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The following is a list of notable events that have happened in 2012 in music in Australia.
Events
=January=
- Big Day Out 2012 was held in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and the Gold Coast, headlined by Soundgarden (in all venues) and Kanye West (in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast).
=February=
- 2012 Soundwave (Australian music festival) music festival took place. The line-up consisted of 95 musicians and music groups.
=March=
- Hermitude's HyperParadise won the 2012 Australian Music Prize
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=July=
- Splendour in the Grass 2012 is held at the North Byron Parklands in Yelgun, New South Wales, headlined by Jack White, Bloc Party and The Smashing Pumpkins.
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=November=
- ARIA Music Awards of 2012 was an award ceremony to acknowledged Australian musicians on musical achievements.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/22/aria-nominations-announced-for-2012 |title=Winners & Nominees Announced |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=3 October 2012 |accessdate=6 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006022415/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/22/aria-nominations-announced-for-2012 |archivedate=6 October 2012 }}
- Yothu Yindi was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/35/yothu-yindi-announced-as-2012-hall-of-fame-inductee |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230225044/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/35/yothu-yindi-announced-as-2012-hall-of-fame-inductee |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=Yothu Yindi Announced as 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee – 26th ARIA Awards |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |date=26 October 2012 |accessdate=6 May 2014 }}
- Stereosonic was held in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, and Melbourne. It is an annual music festival that features electronic dance musicians.{{cite web|author=Mikolai Napieralski |url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/a-lean-year-for-festival-promoters-20111231-1pghf.html |title=A lean year for festival promoters |publisher=Theage.com.au |date= |accessdate=2014-05-06}}
=December=
Albums and singles
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=June=
- The Presets released their single "Youth in Trouble".
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Deaths
- January 21 – Jodie-Anne White, Australian dancer and choreographer (b. 1967)