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05 September 2024
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Event Licensing Still Affected By Racial Prejudice Holding Back the London Night-Time Economy Serious Barriers to Entrepreneurs From Certain Communities London’s...
05 September 2024
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Today, the music licensing company PPL provides an update on its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategy and publishes its...
05 September 2024
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Casio Music UK’s singer-songwriting competition for piano players, Casio Sessions, returned for a triumphant second year with 15 incredible finalists Joint...
05 September 2024
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English Teacher were announced tonight, Thursday 5 September 2024, as the overall winner of the 2024 Mercury Prize for their album...
04 September 2024
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Challenges remain for grassroots music venues, small festivals, and up-and-coming artists as industry calls for reintroduction of lower VAT rate...
04 September 2024
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Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso is crowned the UK’s hottest Song of the Summer While Please Please Please comes in a close second place 2024’s country music renaissance...
04 September 2024
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Two-day summit to take place in Belgrade as part of Runda Digital Day. Leaders from the independent music community to address...
04 September 2024
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THE DAY RETURNS ON SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER Today, National Album Day announces iconic alternative rock band Shed Seven as the first album champions to celebrate...
04 September 2024
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Mercury nominated songwriter and musician released her fifth album this year. Bucks Music Group has signed Nadine Shah to an exclusive...
04 September 2024
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BBC Radio 6 Music, the UK’s biggest digital-only radio station with 2.7 million listeners, and BBC Sounds welcome a new...
04 September 2024
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Three of Norway’s leading independent record labels, PropellerRecordings, IndieRecordings and 777 Music, have merged to form a new label group...
04 September 2024
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Premier music licensing platform Soundstripe has partnered with DAACI to launch its new AI Song Editing feature that lets anyone...
04 September 2024
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Ryan Co-Wrote and Produced Half of Carpenter’s Billboard 200 No. 1 Album ‘Short n’ Sweet’ Warner Chappell Music has signed a...
04 September 2024
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Jennifer Hudson the two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning actress, and Tony and Emmy Award-winning producer has signed to Interscope Records. "Jennifer...
04 September 2024
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Gennaro Castaldo Sam Allison Karen Emanuel Marc Fayde' Herbe Helena Gardiner Neil LanderMaddy Smith From the kingpin of CD and vinyl distribution in the UK to...
04 September 2024
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Scott Cutler and Josh Abraham, co-CEOs of PULSE Music Group and Ashley Calhoun, President, PULSE Music Group today announced the promotion of Tizita Makuria to...
04 September 2024
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Atena Banisaid named General Manager, Christoffer Lindh Appointed Head of A&R Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia today announced two key promotions in their...
04 September 2024
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Christian was previously Creative Director/Head of A&R at iconic British indie label Warp Records, where he was instrumental in signing and...
04 September 2024
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Today, First Minister John Swinney confirmed that in-year cuts to Creative Scotland's budget – relevant to the delivery of the...
04 September 2024
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TWO EXTRA WEMBLEY STADIUM SHOWS ADDED DUE TO PHENOMENAL PUBLIC DEMAND ON SEPTEMBER 27TH AND 28TH TICKETS TO BE SOLD BY STAGGERED INVITATION...
03 September 2024
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Leading streamlined global licensing and services solutions across +150 countries to help Downtown’s creators and businesses thrive Downtown Music (Downtown), the...
03 September 2024
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UNIQUE GLOBAL CO-OPERATIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE & NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 70 NEW ARTISTS FOR MUSIC LINEUP BBC INTRODUCING, SXSW, MANCHESTER PRIDE,...
03 September 2024
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Partnership set up to support grassroots music and spotlight emerging artists. Bi-weekly performances by buskers will take place at the Gibson...
03 September 2024
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SongTools, the one-click marketing platform transforming the music marketing space, announces a partnership with Sonicbids, the recently acquired artist development...
03 September 2024
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Eternal Research, the startup dedicated to new instruments that harness electromagnetic fields (EMF), has opened a Kickstarter campaign to fund the launch...
03 September 2024
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Former UK Head of Communications at Warner Music Group to lead Zeno London has appointed Catherine Smiles, former Vice President of...
03 September 2024
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The shortlist for the Welsh Music Prize 2024 has been announced, with 15 artists in the running for the prestigious...
02 September 2024
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Five of the most innovative experimental artists, composers and instrument designers from across the UK have been announced as the...
02 September 2024
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PRS for Music has been officially recognised as a Living Wage Employer by the Living Wage Foundation. The certification demonstrates...
01 September 2024
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UK record labels association, the BPI, today announces the appointment of Gemma Cropper to the newly created role of Senior Events...
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