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One Liners: Mojo Music & Media, World Motern Day, Noel Gallagher, more
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 3 June 2019
DEALS
Newish music publishing company Mojo Music & Media has taken a majority stake in Chelsea Music, which controls songs including ‘Come Fly With Me’, Love And Marriage’, ‘High Hopes’ and ‘Ain’t That A Kick In The Head’.
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APPOINTMENTS
Management firm Closer Artists has made four new appointments. Artist manager Luke Williams brings his roster to the company. Nadia Shukri joins as Day-To-Day Manager. Amelia Scivier becomes General Manager. And Josie Charlwood becomes Head Of Digital.
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ARTIST NEWS
It’s World Motern Day – the annual event where prolific songwriter Matt Farley attempts to make $1 million from streaming in a single day. It’s never happened yet. Maybe 2019 is the year – listen to the best 313 of his 20,000 songs on Spotify or Apple Music (and nothing else all day, that’s how this works).
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RELEASES
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (and also Noel Gallagher himself) have released new single ‘Rattling Rose’. New EP, ‘Black Star Dancing’, is set for release on 14 Jun.
Cheryl has released new single ‘Let You’. “I loved this song from the moment we wrote it in the studio”, she says. “I knew I had to release it!”
Craig David has released new single ‘When You Know What Love Is’. ”This track came about so naturally”, he says. “It’s all about the initial undeniable spark you get when something feels right”.
Tove Lo is back with new single ‘Glad He’s Gone’. Her fourth album, ‘Sunshine Kitty’, is set for release later this year. “We’ve all been on both sides of the break up pep talk with our friends”, she says of the inspiration for the song. “And we all know how good it feels to get your partner in crime back when they finally leave that idiot behind”.
Jai Paul is back with his first official release since 2012, a double A-side single ‘Do You Love Her Now/He’.
City Girls have released the video for ‘Act Up’, from their ‘Girl Code’ album.
King Princess has released ‘Cheap Queen’, the first single from her debut album. She’s also set to headline The Forum in London on 26 Jun.
Deathcrush have released the video for new single ‘State Of The Union’, taken from their debut album ‘Megazone’.
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GIGS AND TOURS
Liam Gallagher has announced that he will play Hackney Round Chapel on 5 Jun. A couple of days later he’ll release new single ‘Shockwaves’. His second solo album, ‘Why Me? Why Not’, is due for release later this year. “It’s a better record than ‘As You Were'”, says Gallagher, comparing the new album to his solo debut. “Which is saying something, as that was epic, wasn’t it?”
Warmduscher and Squid have announced that they will play London’s Village Underground on 6 Nov.
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