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Setlist: Tina Turner’s big money brand and rights deal

By and | Published on Monday 11 October 2021

Tina Turner

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Tina Turner’s wide-ranging deal with BMG in which she has given up her recordings, songs and brand for a reported $50 million, plus Friendly Fires’ anger after British Prime Minister ‘Boris’ Johnson walked onto the stage at the Conservative Party’s annual conference to the sound of their song, ‘Blue Cassette’.

SECTION TIMES
01: Tina Turner (00:06:02)
02: Friendly Fires (00:22:34)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• BMG announces wide-ranging rights deal with Tina Turner
Friendly Fires hit out after their track is used at start of ‘Boris’ Johnson speech

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