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50 festivals cancelled in 2024

24 June 2024

Press release

Northwich's Geronimo Festival has announced the cancellation of this year's event. 50 UK festivals have now announced a postponement, cancellation or...

Chart-topping, multi-platinum producer Mustard partners with BMG to release upcoming album

24 June 2024

Press release

  Grammy Award-winning, multi-Platinum producer and artist Mustard has partnered with BMG, under a new global recordings agreement, to release his...

Dua Lipa and Coldplay's Glastonbury 2024 performances to mark first ever Glastonbury sets to be livestreamed globally on BBC.com

24 June 2024

Press release

  For the first time, the BBC will livestream headline Glastonbury performances to a global audience, with Dua Lipa and Coldplay's...

The Power of Music Consortium steering group release joint letter calling on all candidates to commit to utilise music to improve health, wellbeing and communities

24 June 2024

Press release

  The letter includes five asks for the next Government to enact to effectively harness the power of music within policymaking. The...

Digital creative agency F That celebrate 5th anniversary and announce promotions

21 June 2024

Press release

Digital creative agency F That are celebrating their 5th anniversary with the announcement of new hires and a duo of...

Warner Music Group invests in Croatian record label Dancing Bear

21 June 2024

Press release

Agreement will see Dancing Bear’s artists distributed globally by ADA and given the opportunity to upstream to Warner Music   New...

Hackney Church Celebrates Three Years of Community and Creativity Post-Restoration

20 June 2024

Press release

Announces Partnership With Ticketmaster    Since reopening its doors in 2021 after an impressive restoration, Hackney Church has become a beacon of...

POWER UP Year 4 Participants announced

20 June 2024

Press release

  40 Black music creators and industry professionals to receive career-changing support in POWER UP’s fourth year Participant Programme is now a...

Impala and A2IM launch carbon calculator project for the USA, supported by Merlin

20 June 2024

Press release

  Independent trade associations, A2IM (USA) and IMPALA (Europe) in partnership with Julie's Bicycle are launching a free one-year pilot project...

TikTok Expands Taylor Swift In-App Experience To Celebrate Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour 2024 Dates

20 June 2024

Press release

  The expanded in-app experience provides Swifties with more ways to engage with other fans and challenges to unlock exciting interactive features.   TikTok...

UK Music Reveals Findings Of 2024 Workforce Diversity Survey - And Urges Next Government To Be “Fast and Fearless” To Boost Diversity And Inclusion

19 June 2024

Press release

UK Music today unveiled the findings of its 2024 Workforce Diversity Survey, which gives a revealing snapshot of those working...

Globally respected music journalist launches new podcast, The Money Trench – The Music Industry Podcast with Mark Sutherland

19 June 2024

Press release

The first episode will be available on 24th June across all streaming platforms, sponsored by PPL and in support of...

ASCAP unveils London Music Award winners

19 June 2024

Press release

LOSTBOY RECEIVES FOUR AWARDS INCLUDING SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR    REMA SCOOPS TWO GONGS INCLUDING SONG OF THE YEAR FOR AFROBEATS SMASH...

South by Southwest London announces multiple senior executives joining for inaugural European edition in June 2025

19 June 2024

Press release

Elliot Willis joins as Commercial Director, Adem Holness as Head of Music, and Katy Arnander as Director of Programming  Artistic Director...

Wise Music Group signs publishing deal with band Hope

19 June 2024

Press release

  Wise Music Group is happy to announce that the band HOPE has signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Berlin-based Bosworth...

Sustainable Product Innovation: Sonopress Presents the EcoCD

18 June 2024

Press release

  Sustainability is a mega-trend in the music industry. Artists, labels and music majors, as well as manufacturers and service providers,...

SURF Music unveils Freemium tier

18 June 2024

Press release

Global creators gain access to SURF’s state-of-the-art collaboration and discovery platform with freemium, as well as additional features with $5...

SoundLabs and Universal Music Group announce strategic agreement to offer responsibly trained AI technology and vocal modeling plug-in MicDrop to UMG artists

18 June 2024

Press release

SoundLabs is an artist-founded AI technology company, focused on creating responsibly trained generative AI tools for the next generation of...

Ed Sheeran is the most played artist in the UK for the seventh time in nine years

17 June 2024

Press release

British talent dominates with 7 out of 10 of the most played acts from the UK  ‘Flowers’ by Miley Cyrus named...

FAC & MMF encourage members to register to vote and “crash the party”

17 June 2024

Press release

Potential voters have until 11.59pm tomorrow to register online for the July 4th General Election FAC’s David Martin & MMF’s Annabella...

Tixel further expands its festival footprint in the UK as summer season approaches

17 June 2024

Press release

The premium marketplace announces the extension of its fan-to-fan trading services of tickets across festivals to Cross The Tracks, Wide Awake, Project...

Amazon Music returns to Wireless Festival to exclusively livestream the festival globally

17 June 2024

Press release

Amazon Music and Wireless Festival team up for second year running Music fans around the world can tune in to the...

Warner Music Group and Styngr partner to create new music products

17 June 2024

Press release

STYNGR-Designed Experiences Bring WMG Catalog to Roblox Users     As the intersection of music and gaming continues to evolve, STYNGR and Warner Music...

Superfan App Stationhead Opens Up New All-Access Tier to Help Artists Identify and Reward the Biggest Music Fans

14 June 2024

Press release

  Fans want to feel special and to connect to each other and their favorite artists. Artists want an enjoyable, low-lift...

hmv’s Vinyl Week is back with exclusive releases from George Michael, Bob Marley, Jeff Wayne, Suede, Simple Minds and Fleetwood Mac

14 June 2024

Press release

  Limited edition exclusive vinyl will be available in hmv stores on “Exclusives Day” on 15th June, with Morcheeba, The Specials, Minecraft,...

Concord Music Publishing ANZ Inks Publishing Agreement with John Butler

14 June 2024

Press release

Concord Music Publishing ANZ today announce a new global publishing agreement with treasured Australian songwriter John Butler. A household name in...

The LIVE Awards 2024 - Save the Date

13 June 2024

Press release

Skiddle Announced as Headline Sponsor The annual LIVE Awards will return on Wednesday 11th December and will once again take place at...

Musical AI Tames the Chaos and Ushers in a Sustainable Generative AI Future

13 June 2024

Press release

  Thanks to groundbreaking technology, this newly launched rights management platform allows attribution and metered licensing of copyrighted works for AI...

Meta and Merlin Renew Key Partnership, Highlighting the Importance of Independent Music Across Instagram, Facebook and Messenger

13 June 2024

Press release

Meta and Merlin, the independent’s digital music licensing partner, are excited to announce the renewal of their strategic partnership, underscoring...

Music.AI builds on Masterchannel and Cyanite partnerships in step towards single source audio ecosystem

13 June 2024

Press release

Music.AI announces RoEx as third partner integrated into its AI platform Music.AI, the leading B2B AI-powered music and audio platform, has announced...

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