The BRIT Awards is one of the best nights of the year for celebrating the incredible talents within the music industry and it's returning to our screens this weekend.
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DEALSWarner Chappell in the Philippines has announced a new worldwide publishing agreement with ABS-CBN Music, which – we are told – has one of the largest music catalogues in the country. Says the Warner music publisher’s MD for ASEAN, Jacqueline Chong: “ABS-CBN Music has been our key partner in the Philippines for many years. I am very excited for this new deal and can’t wait to evolve our partnership to a new level”.————————————————–RELEASESBabymetal have released new single ‘Metal Kingdom’.
Their new album ‘The Other One’ is out on 24 Mar.Fraser T Smith will release new EP ‘We Were We Still Are’ on 9 Jun, and has released the title track, which features Kae Tempest. “I’ve wanted to work with Kae Tempest for years”, says Smith. “Kae’s lyrical dexterity and flow knocked me sideways on this track and the subsequent interlude.
It sets up the EP in a hugely confident, uplifting way”.Jethro Tull have announced that they will release their 23rd album ‘RökFlöte’ (that’s “smoke flute” in Swedish) on 21 Apr. New single ‘Ginnungagap’ (no idea) is out now.Say Lou Lou are back with new single ‘Waiting For A Boy’. Of the track, the duo say: “’Waiting For A Boy’ flowed out of a very natural and genuine place in us both, and the process reminded us of the early days of us writing songs for Say Lou Lou – a sense of ease, excitement and urgency”.Jesus Piece have announced that they will release their second album ‘…So Unknown’ on 14 Apr and have also released new single ‘Gates Of Horn’.
The BRIT Awards is one of the best nights of the year for celebrating the incredible talents within the music industry and it's returning to our screens this weekend.
If St Johnstone push Celtic all the way at McDiarmid Park again then Ange Postecoglou will need a new hero this time.
of vintage fashion from the ‘90s includes designer shoes she’s saving for Apple, a biker jacket she wore in the movie Flesh and Bone, and a Calvin Klein dress from when she was still dating Brad Pitt. Remember that?The took viewers into her “storage facility” in a video on Goop's YouTube channel that was part closet tour, part trip down memory lane. “This is a ‘90s Calvin Klein dress I think I wore to a premiere or something when I was going out with Brad Pitt,” Paltrow says casually, pulling out a white shirtdress.
The BRIT Awards 2023 revealed their the final live performance for this year’s show and it's none other than Scottish music phenomenon Lewis Capaldi.
DEALSHipgnosis has acquired the songs catalogue of songwriting and production trio TMS – aka Tom ‘Froe’ Barnes, Benjamin Kohn and Pete ‘Merf’ Kelleher – which includes Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Someone You Loved’ and Jess Glynne’s ‘Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself’. “We’re incredibly proud of this body of work and know Hipgnosis will be excellent custodians of these copyrights in future”, say the trio. “It’s incredible to see what they’ve built in just a few short years and we know they’ll continue to represent these songs with passion and commitment”.Sofi Tukker have renewed their publishing deal with Third Side Music.
Barrett Strong, artist and songwriter credited with having given Motown its first hit with “Money (That’s What I Want),” has died. He was 81.
Passing down the silver spoon! Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ massive Hollywood success is trickling down to her children.
In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo cries tears of joy for Apple TV+’s new dramedy, “Shrinking.” Created by Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs,” “Ted Lasso”), Brett Goldstein (“Ted Lasso,” “Thor: Love and Thunder”), and Jason Segel (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “How I Met Your Mother”), the show follows Jimmy (Segel), a therapist who has gone off the deep end after the death of his wife.
DEALSSparks have announced that they will release their 26th album ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’ on 26 May. The release sees them return to Universal Music’s Island Records, the label that put out their 1974 breakthrough ‘Kimono My House’. “Here we find ourselves in 2023, almost 50 years later, re-signing with Island Records, again with an album that we all feel is as bold and uncompromising as anything we did back then, or for that matter, anytime throughout our career”, say Ron and Russell Mael.
Starz has rounded out the series regular cast for The Venery of Samantha Bird, its upcoming drama series starring Katherine Langford. Finn Jones (Iron Fist), Embeth Davidtz (The Morning Show), Brenda Strong (13 Reasons Why), Adam Faison (Everything’s Gonna Be OK), Shalini Bathina (Little Voice) and Tyrone Marshall Brown (Love Is) join Langford in the series created by Anna Moriarty. Additionally, Larysa Kondracki (Power, Better Call Saul) has been added as executive producer and will serve as director on four episodes, including the pilot, and Nicole Jefferson Asher (P-Valley, The First Lady) has joined as co-executive producer. Starz also confirmed the casting of Francesca Reale, whom we previously reported.
A surprise documentary unveiled at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday night revealed new sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and raised disturbing questions about whether the FBI ever actually investigated his behavior.The most heart-wrenching footage in the documentary by director Doug Liman and producer Amy Herdy involved a classmate of Kavanaugh’s at Yale. Deborah Ramirez went on camera for the first time to detail her story of being sexually harassed by Kavanaugh in front of their friends during a drunken college party in the 1980s.
The season of rambling acceptance speeches is at hand, prompting that nasty question: Why can’t award winners learn how to edit their gratitude? Or find an editor to help?
At today’s opening day Sundance press, Director of Programming, Kim Yutani announced the addition of Doug Liman’s first documentary, Justice, about Brett Kavanaugh.
It’s a party in the U.K.! The music industry’s biggest names will brush shoulders at the 2023 Brit Awards, held at The O2 in London.
GLAAD, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the nominees for the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
APPOINTMENTSSony Music UK has hired DJ and producer Anton Powers as Head Of A&R at Ministry Of Sound Records. “I’m a huge fan of what Ministry Of Sound has done over the years and it’s an honour to come in as Head of A&R, be working with the amazing team and getting stuck in on lots of exciting projects”, he says.————————————————–RELEASESNoel Gallagher and those High Flying Birds of his are going to release a new album called ‘Council Skies’ on 2 Jun. “It’s going back to the beginning”, says Gallagher of the record.