Universal Music Group confirms Nirvana, Beck, and Elton John recordings were damaged in 2008 fire

Universal Music Group has advised its employees not to attend the upcoming South By Southwest music festival and conference in Austin, Texas, due to the growing concern over the caronavirus, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety.

The Mexican label Casete Digital Agriculture has signed an exclusive global distribution deal with Ingrooves Music Group.

Reba McEntire announced the return to her original label home, Universal Music Group Nashville, on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 20) during a surprise performance at the 11th annual Team UMG at the Ryman event at Country Radio Seminar 2020.After nearly two hours of performances from the UMG roster, Executive VP of Radio Promotion Royce Risser shared the official news of the label’s latest signing.

On Wednesday (Feb. 19), Alejandro Duque, managing director of Universal Music Latino, Machete and Capitol Latin, appointed Carlos Perez and Aldo Gonzalez to vp of PR and promotion and vp A&R of Universal Music Latino, Machete Music, Capitol Latin, respectively. Both Perez and Gonzalez are based in Miami and will report directly to Duque.

Sir Elton John was forced to cut short a concert in New Zealand on Sunday (16Feb20) after falling ill with walking pneumonia.

In court filings made public Thursday, Universal Music Group (UMG) disclosed specifics about some of the recordings lost or damaged in a 2008 vault fire. They include works by Nirvana, Elton John, Soundgarden and other artists.

In court filings made public Thursday, Universal Music Group (UMG) disclosed specifics about some of the recordings lost or damaged in a 2008 vault fire. They include works by Nirvana, Elton John, Soundgarden and other artists.

Soundgarden's attorneys have accused Universal Music Group of "improper discovery gamesmanship" after being told that only 19 artists -- including Nirvana, Beck, R.E.M, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams and Elton John among others -- had masters destroyed or damaged in the fire.

In court filings made public Thursday, Universal Music Group (UMG) disclosed specifics about some of the recordings lost or damaged in a 2008 vault fire. They include master recordings by Nirvana, Elton John, Soundgarden and other artists.

Master recordings by artists including Elton John, Nirvana and Sheryl Crow are among those confirmed as “lost or damaged” by Universal Music Group (UMG) following a 2008 fire.

The fall out from the 2008 blaze in LA has formed the basis of an ongoing class-action lawsuit against UMG

In June 2019, The New York Times published an extensive report revealing that a 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed an enormous number of master tapes by artists throughout the decades. In new court documents obtained by Pitchfork, UMG has confirmed that the master recordings of Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Elton John, Beck, Soundgarden, Sheryl Crow, R.E.M., and several other artists were damaged or destroyed in the blaze.

Vivendi saw its annual revenues jump by 14% to €15.8 billion ($17 billion) in 2019, driven once again by the performance of Universal Music Group which had a record year, and to a lesser extent by Canal Plus Group.

The Universal Music Group's revenues passed $7.7 billion (7.16 billion euros) in 2019, up 14 percent at constant currency thanks to another strong surge in streaming revenue, which was up 21.5 percent year over year.Recorded music revenues were up 11.6 percent year over year, while the publishing division's revenues increased 9.2 percent, both at constant currency.That represents another strong year for the world's biggest record company, which finished 2019 by completing the sale of 10