One Liners: Holly Humberstone, Desire Marea, Jeff Buckley, more

DEALSWarner Music’s EastWest label has signed Westlife. “We have found a record label that shares the same energy and high ambitions as the four of us, in what will be a very busy year, where there will be some surprise announcements and of course new music”, say the band.Holly Humberstone has signed a new record deal with various Universal labels and imprints: specifically Polydor Records, Interscope Records and Darkroom.

Holly Robinson Peete is seemingly replying to Sharon Osbourne's latest statement regarding her alleged racist behavior.

William Earl Fresh off of being named to BBC Radio 1’s 2021 Brit List and landing a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, UK newcomer Holly Humberstone has signed with Polydor Records, Darkroom and Interscope Records.The 21-year-old singer-songwriter released several singles in 2020 to rave reviews and had completed a European tour opening for Lewis Capaldi just before the COVID pandemic.

DEALSFormer Little Mix member Jesy Nelson has signed with management company YMU for global representation. “I am so excited to join YMU and can’t wait to start my next chapter”, she says.HRVY has signed a new worldwide record deal with BMG.

APPOINTMENTSAzi Eftekhari – formerly of Universal Music and YouTube, and now running her own company Remedy Inc – has been elected Chair of the UK’s Entertainment Retailer’s Association. “I’m delighted to be taking on this challenge and very much looking forward to working with the ERA team”, she says.

direct to your inboxLegendary Formula One commentator Murray Walker has died aged 97.Murray, the voice of Formula One, became synonymous with the motorsport through his high-octane commentary.The sad news was confirmed by the British Racing Drivers' Club. The BRDC said in a statement: "It's with great sadness we share the news of the passing of BRDC Associate Member Murray Walker OBE.

Holly Robinson Pete is not holding back — especially not when it comes to her former co-host, Sharon Osbourne.

LABELS & PUBLISHERSBig Hit Entertainment – best known for being the company behind BTS – is planning to change its name to HYBE Corporation. The rebranding still needs to be approved by shareholders, which is expected to happen at the end of the month.————————————————–DIGITAL & D2F SERVICESSpotify is apparently surveying some UK users about possible price rises.

COVID-19 CANCELLATIONS & POSTPONEMENTSEnter Shikari have announced that they are moving their May UK tour dates to December. A handful of extra shows have also been added too.

direct to your inboxHolly Willoughby has shared a rare picture with daughter Belle as she marked International Women's Day. The This Morning host keeps her family life away from the spotlight and never shares images of her children's faces on social media.

COVID-19 CANCELLATIONS & POSTPONEMENTSThe Killers have postponed their UK and Ireland tour, which was due to begin in May this year, moving it back to May and June 2022. They have added a new Scottish date at Falkirk Stadium on 7 Jun 2022 though.

DEALSGrimes has signed a new record deal with Sony’s Columbia label, according to Billboard. The musician has worked with 4AD for the last decade, releasing three albums with the indie label.————————————————–LIVE BUSINESSThe Music Venue Trust has launched new campaign #WomenToTheFront, highlighting women and female-identifying people who work in the grassroots music sector.

Holly Humberstone has joined Glass Animals for a new acoustic performance of the band’s recent single ‘Heat Waves’ – watch the collaboration below.Humberstone and the band’s singer Dave Bayley performed the song for the La Blogotheque series while strolling through Hackney in London.The new video is the latest alternate take on ‘Heat Waves’, which topped Australia’s coveted triple j Hottest 100 list for 2020, after Bayley turned the track into a sea shanty back in January following the

DEALSMusic credits database Jaxsta has signed a deal to access Kobalt‘s songs data. “Adding and marrying publisher data with existing record label data to provide a deduplicated and deep-linked set of credits creates a unique world of new data integration possibilities for API data agreements with potential commercial partners”, says Jaxsta CEO Jacqui Louez Schoorl, in a well formed if rather complex sentence.

Jeff Buckley biopic is in the works, and is being co-produced by the late singer’s mother.Everybody Here Wants You has support from the Buckley estate and promises to be “the only official dramatisation of Jeff’s story”.Buckley will be played by Reeve Carney (Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again) as Variety reports, and filming is set to star later this year.Buckley’s mother Mary Guibert will co-produce the film alongside Alison Raykovich, the

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUniversal Music Publishing has signed rising British singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone, whose debut EP received a rave review in Variety last fall, to an exclusive, global publishing agreement. The 21-year-old singer was voted No.