Ed Sheeran Delivers Courtney Cox A Kitchen Surprise With ‘Friends’ Tribute Song

Thania Garcia Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed Fred Again (real name Fred Gibson) to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement. Now widely recognized for his DJ chops, Fred Again began his career as a pop songwriter but found his niche in producing and DJ-ing thanks to his “Actual Life” trilogy of albums. The South London native is the Brit Awards’ youngest-ever producer of the year winner thanks to his work with Ed Sheeran, Brian Eno, Travis Scott, Skrillex, Young Thug, J Balvin and Burna Boy, among others.

The Killers‘ ‘Mr Brightside’ has been revealed as the UK’s most streamed song in Spotify history.To celebrate the app’s 15th anniversary, Music Week reported that Spotify have made a list of the biggest artists and tracks since its launch in October 2008. ‘Mr Brightside’ (released September 29, 2003) has over 1.8 billion streams globally as of October 9, 2023.

Last week, a Greater Manchester gig venue was saved in a first-of-its-kind music scheme led by the ‘National Trust of music venues’.

Thania Garcia Morgan Wallen has the No. 1 album in the United States for the 16th non-consecutive week this year. Wallen meets the mark after his 36-song juggernaut spent 12 consecutive weeks leading the list following its debut in March, and after spending 31 total weeks in the top four of Billboard’s all-encompassing 200 albums chart.

A post shared by Music Venue Trust (@musicvenuetrust)Today (October 4), the MVT also announced the first acquisition under its public ownership scheme.The #OwnOurVenues initiative was first announced in May, following the news that legendary gig spaces like North London’s Nambucca and Sheffield’s Leadmill were closing their doors or under threat, respectively.Having been backed by Ed Sheeran, the scheme aims to secure the long-term futures of such venues by directly tackling the issue of ownership.Earlier this month, it was reported that the UK is set to lose 10 per cent of its grassroots music venues in 2023.Last month, The Music Venue Trust have revealed to NME that 67 venues have closed so far this year, with 90 currently working with MVT’s Emergency Response. Roughly half of those are likely to close in 2023 – giving a total of around 100 grassroots music being lost from the UK in 2023; that’s 10 per cent of the number of independent gig spaces in the country.Speaking to NME about the MVT’s warning from earlier this year, that the entire live music industry was headed “over a cliff edge” without government action or without eight of the UK’s new large arenas to “contribute to the security of the wider music ecosystem by investing a percentage of every ticket they sell into the grassroots music ecosystem”, Davyd said: “There are more big concerts going on and people are paying more money for tickets than they ever have.”He continued: “This is the best year for live music in the UK in terms of gross receipts that there’s ever going to be.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Gael Garcia Bernal is set to preside over the jury of the upcoming Rome Film Festival. The Mexican actor, director and producer will be judging entries and bestowing prizes in the rebooted fest’s main section, which is now known as Progressive Cinema. Films competing for Rome prizes include Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s “Un Amor,” about a young woman socially and sexually exploited by a rural patriarchy; Iranian director Farhad Delaram, in which a former filmmaker turned medic decides to help a female political prisoner escape from a psych ward; and French director Mehdi Fikri’s “After The Fire,” which turns on a French woman of North African descent who seeks justice after her younger brother dies suspiciously after being stopped by the police.

legendary gig spaces like North London’s Nambucca and Sheffield’s Leadmill were closing their doors or under threat, respectively.Having been backed by Ed Sheeran, the scheme aims to secure the long-term futures of such venues by directly tackling the issue of ownership.The campaign has been likened to “The National Trust, but for venues”. Earlier this year, a similar stand-alone initiative was launched by Sister Midnight in a bid to become Lewisham’s first community-owned venue run by shareholders.Today (October 4) the MVT has shared details of the first grassroots music venue to have been purchased by Music Venue Properties (MVP) – the independent Charitable Community Benefit Society (CCBS) created by the MVT to progress its plans to revolutionise cultural ownership in the UK.The official launch of The Snug – a 100-capacity venue in Atherton, Greater Manchester – took place this morning, as did the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.Many of those who helped the #OwnOurVenues scheme to fruition attended the opening, along with some local musicians – Ivor Novello-winner Jamie Lawson and 16-year-old Jennifer King, the latter of whom is a shareholder in MVP.Music Venue Properties announce first venue purchase with shares bought by the live music community! @SnugAtherton has become the first acquisition under #OwnOurVenues scheme!Official Launch Event held today at The Snug to Celebrate new ownership +unveil a commemorative plaque! pic.twitter.com/HmDamLlrRl— Music Venue Trust (@musicvenuetrust) October 4, 2023Unlike a charity, a CCBS can raise funds via community shares.

Ed Sheeran has said he is still “waiting” to meet his hero Bob Dylan.The singer-songwriter, who last week released his new album ‘Autumn Variations’, explained in a recent interview that Dylan was the last of his idols that he hasn’t met.“I’ve met them all, apart from Dylan… but if you meet Bob Dylan prematurely… I don’t want the picture thing,” Sheeran told the Daily Star (via Virgin Radio UK).“My rule was always I am never going to seek someone out to meet them, I’m going to wait for them to meet me.”The musician also recalled meeting Eminem, saying: “I wanted him to be like, ‘I like your stuff’.“I waited and after four years he said, ‘We should do a song’ and we became like friends.”Sheeran previously compared Dylan and Eminem in an interview with WatchMojo. “You might look at them and say they’re two totally different acts, but all you have to do with Eminem is put a guitar behind his words and it’s a very similar thing,” he said.“Folk music tells stories and hip hop tells stories, there’s just a beat that separates it.

Ed Sheeran has released a live bonus version of his just-released seventh studio album, ‘Autumn Variations’.Subtitled ‘(Fan Living Room Sessions)’, the bonus project features live renditions of each song on ‘Autumn Variations’, recorded and performed live from the homes of 14 of his fans.A trailer for the bonus album shows snippets of Sheeran appearing at his listener’s homes, and is soundtracked by a live rendition of the ‘Autumn Variations’ track, ‘American Town’.A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)“I wanted to record a live version of Autumn Variations, but I wanted to do it in an original way,” Sheeran wrote on social media. “We did 14 houses over 2 days and it was such a fun way to meet fans but also record an entire live album.” The singer went on to thank fans for welcoming him despite giving “zero notice”.Videos of Sheeran performing each song on ‘(Fan Living Room Sessions)’ premiered on YouTube yesterday (October 2).

Sophie Turner is keeping busy amid her split from Joe Jonas.

Thania Garcia Ed Sheeran is donating a portion of the proceeds from sales of “Autumn Variations” — both the original release and the newly-released “Fan Living Room Sessions” — to music education non-profit Save The Music. The announcement comes on the heels of “Autumn Variations (Fan Living Room Sessions),” an extended version of the album that arrived today and features live performances from surprised fans’ homes. The takes were filmed during the North American leg of Sheeran’s “Mathematics Tour,” and each fan is commemorated in the title of the song recorded in their living room.

For his eighth studio album, Autumn Variations, Ed Sheeran decided to shake things up. Rather than utilizing the power of a major label (his previous albums were released on Atlantic), he’s released his latest LP independently on his own label, Gingerbread Man Records.

Taylor Swift is enjoying another girls night in New York City with some of her best friends!

Sophie Turner is alleviating some stress in her life with a fun shopping trip.

Allison Holker is honoring her late husband, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, on what would have been his 41st birthday.

Coronation Street fans have been playing detective about Courtney Vance's true motive in starting an affair with Aadi Alahan - and are convinced they've uncovered something that could have a huge impact on Dev. Viewers of the ITV soap have been growing suspicious about newcomer Courtney, played by Stephanie Davis, who caused chaos on the cobbles by starting an affair with Aadi (Adam Hussain) not long after she arrived. Courtney moved to Weatherfield with husband Darren (Ryan Early) who was going into business with Aadi's dad Dev (Jimmi Harkishin) but started a steamy affair with impressionable Aadi soon after meeting him.Things moved quickly even for soapland, as Dev and Darren both discovered the affair, Courtney moved in with the Alahans, and Darren served his wife divorce papers.

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When it comes to being a friend, Ed Sheeran is the type who’ll be there for you.

We have some rare photos of Beyonce and Jay-Z stepping out on the town!

Ed Sheeran has performed a snippet of a new song, ‘American Town’, serenading Friends star Courtney Cox in the process – watch the clip below.Yesterday (September 21), the singer-songwriter shared a video of himself performing a new song ‘American Town’ for Courtney Cox, telling her that the song was inspired by her hit TV sitcom Friends.“We ate Chinese food in small white boxes/Live the life we saw in Friends,” Sheeran sings during the song’s pre-chorus.Watch a snippet of Ed Sheeran singing ‘American Town’ below.American Town with @CourteneyCox