Legal battle could shape future of live music as nightlife tsar John Collins fights for protection from noise complaints
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The future of live music in Brisbane could be shaped by an unlikely legal battle involving a construction titan, a developer who lives in a riverside mansion shaped like a shark and the bass player from Powderfinger.
At stake is the right of live music venues to rock – regardless of new apartments being built around them as the city’s population booms and becomes increasingly dense.