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2025 Mercury Prize moves to Newcastle

08 May 2025

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  Newcastle Upon Tyne to host first ever Mercury Prize outside of London 2025 ‘Albums of the Year’ Shortlist announced 10th September Award...

Andrew Spencer named Chief Operating Officer of AEG Presents Europe

08 May 2025

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Industry Veteran and Current Chief Commercial Officer at Frontier Touring to Lead European Operations for Live Entertainment Company AEG Presents, a...

Free Party: A Folk History

08 May 2025

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A DOCUMENTARY BY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR AARON TRINDERFREE PARTY: A FOLK HISTORY  THE UNTOLD STORY OF HOW RAVE CULTURE SHOOK THE SYSTEM...

Bloc Party to be honoured with Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection

08 May 2025

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IN CELEBRATION OF THE BAND’S EXCEPTIONAL SONGWRITING PROWESS ACROSS A PROLIFIC 25 YEAR CAREER The original four members of Bloc Party...

BPI In Tune with Sound City

08 May 2025

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  Sound City hosted the first BPI In Tune with Tomorrow event outside of London Headline interview with Warner Music COO Isabel...

Warner Music Group unveils WMG Pulse, giving artists and songwriters instant access to real-time insights

08 May 2025

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Built by WMG’s in-House Tech Experts, App Aggregates Data Across All Major DSPs and Social Media    Platform in Beta with 100+...

AIP to launch UK promoter diversity database

08 May 2025

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Contributions needed from the sector for pioneering resource. The Association of Independent Promoters (AIP) is calling for contributions to a growing...

AIF partners with Stantec to launch Noise Helpline for festival promoters

08 May 2025

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Santec to host webinar on mysteries and myths around festival noise.   The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has partnered with Stantec...

Legendary Blue Note Jazz Club granted licence to open their first UK club in London

07 May 2025

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  Today (7th May) the iconic Blue Note Jazz Club is proud to announce they have been granted a licence to...

Amazon Music returns to exclusively livestream Primavera Sound Barcelona

07 May 2025

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Music fans will be able to enjoy the festival from 5th – 7th June from anywhere in the world Audiences will be able...

The Dark Arts of preserving Welsh musical heritage in the digital age

07 May 2025

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  Digital agency, Dark Arts, is harnessing the power of AI to preserve and enhance the digital visibility of culturally significant...

Concord Music Publishing signs singer-songwriter Grace Tyler

07 May 2025

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  Today, Concord Music Publishing announced the signing of singer-songwriter Grace Tyler in her first publishing deal. The worldwide publishing deal, effective immediately, includes Tyler’s...

The MMF and YouTube Music unveil Accelerator's class of 2025

07 May 2025

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“Accelerator empowers the industry’s preeminent talent developers to do what they do best - develop talent.”     18 talented independent...

Italian Performance Rights Collecting SCF closes its 2024 with total distributions of over 51 million euros

07 May 2025

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The collecting drives the growth: Italy in global Top Ten  2024 confirms the growth trend for performance rights in Italy: this...

Armada Music Signs Joint Venture Deal with Techno Visionary Joris Voorn

07 May 2025

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Dutch techno pioneer Joris Voorn has confirmed the release of his highly anticipated new album, set to drop this July—marking...

BRIDGE initiative to strengthen the independents' position in the digital ecosystem across markets

06 May 2025

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  Artists working with record labels have more listeners and income on digital platforms. Low profitability of streaming and high dependence on...

Creative industries and growth boosted with new UK-India cultural agreement

06 May 2025

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  UK's arts and culture, creative industries, tourism and sport sectors are set to benefit from a major new cooperation agreement...

NTIA Welcomes Bluenote License Decision but Questions Police's Role in Defining Culture

06 May 2025

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  Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), has welcomed the decision to grant a license to the Bluenote Jazz venue in London,...

Create Music Group Acquires Independent Label Monstercat Expanding Global Reach in Electronic Music and Gaming

06 May 2025

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Create Music Group (“CMG”), the world’s leading platform for iconic music, announced today that it has acquired Monstercat, one of...

Downtown's CD Baby Appoints Industry Veterans Sean Hallarman and Craig May to Lead Product and Artist Development

02 May 2025

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In addition to new appointments, executives Jean Mischler and Whitney Thomas step into expanded roles across marketing, revenue, finance, and...

BBC announces programming to mark 40 years since Live Aid

02 May 2025

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  This July, BBC Two and Radio 2 will mark the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, which took place on Saturday 13th July...

Alison Goldfrapp launches own record label A.G Records

02 May 2025

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New album, Flux, will be released in partnership with Absolute Label Services on August 15. “If you’re lucky enough to have...

Integrity First: Merlin Joins Music Fights Fraud Alliance to Protect the Music Ecosystem

02 May 2025

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Merlin, the digital music licensing partner for the world’s leading independent labels and distributors, announced today that it has joined the...

BBC Radio 6 Music announces spring and summer programming

02 May 2025

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  Today, BBC Radio 6 Music reveals a range of upcoming programmes coming to the station this month and beyond. Early June...

Data Bill amendments: BPI comment

02 May 2025

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BPI Chief Strategy Officer Sophie Jones said:   "While these amendments may be welcome in acknowledging the complexity and time needed to...

LA Sync Mission 2025 announced for 9th – 13th June

02 May 2025

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  This year's LA Sync Mission, organised jointly by the BPI, MPA and the UK's Department for Business and Trade (DBT), will take place between 9th –...

Watford Colosseum confirms first artists for reopening season

02 May 2025

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AEG Presents newest venue will stage its inaugural show on August 29th    AEG Presents announced today (Friday May 2nd) the first...

IMPEL welcomes Musou Music Publishing — the first Greek publisher to join its collective

01 May 2025

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  Musou Music Publishing is part of Musou Music Group, which was founded in 2006 and also includes Musou Music Production,...

BPI's new Yearbook reveals Country music's surging popularity, achieving its biggest annual share of the UK recorded music market this century

01 May 2025

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  BPI’s newly-published All About The Music 2025 discloses Country’s share of the UK singles market increased by over 50% year-on-year in 2024,...

ABBA co-founder and CISAC President Bjorn Ulvaeus urges UK government not to weaken copyright for AI

01 May 2025

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CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus has concluded two days of meetings in the UK, urging the government to safeguard human creators...

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