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K-pop group accidentally perform in Glasgow Rangers football kits at Texas show

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STAYC • 1 min read

K-pop group accidentally perform in Glasgow Rangers football kits at Texas show

K-pop girl group STAYC have been performing in the shirts of local sports teams on their US tour, except in Texas where they turned up in Glasgow Rangers’ 1996 kit…

Andy Malt • 25 Oct 2023

Skiddle partners with Music Venue Trust to offer financial support to grassroots venues

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Skiddle partners with Music Venue Trust to offer financial support to grassroots venues

Ticketing company Skiddle has announced a new partnership with the Music Venue Trust to offer financial support to struggling grassroots music venues. Meanwhile, the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media And Sport Select Committee is to conduct a review of the challenges faced by the sector…

Andy Malt • 24 Oct 2023

One Liners: Zacari x Ty Dolla $ign, Busted, PJ Harvey + More

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One Liners: Zacari x Ty Dolla $ign, Busted, PJ Harvey + More

New music from Zacari and Ty Dolla $ign, Flo Milli, Kali Uchis, and Lyam; gig news from Busted, PJ Harvey, Stornoway and Barry Can’t Swim…

Andy Malt • 24 Oct 2023

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Approved: Atka

Atka is set to release her debut EP ‘The Eye In The Ashen Sky’ next month. Out now, the latest single from it, is the literature-influenced ‘The Eye In The Sky’…

Andy Malt • 24 Oct 2023

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Simon Cowell invests in Lounges.tv

Simon Cowell has invested in direct-to-fan streaming platform Lounges.tv, which aims to offer talented online creators better opportunities to make money than on the likes of YouTube and TikTok…

Andy Malt • 24 Oct 2023

New Zealand city calls for end to Celine Dion ‘siren battles’

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New Zealand city calls for end to Celine Dion ‘siren battles’

Residents of a city in New Zealand are sick of hearing Celine Dion hits blasted out of emergency sirens attached to cars and are calling on the local mayor to do something about it…

Andy Malt • 24 Oct 2023

One Liners: Ren, LAB Records, Jess Glynne + more

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One Liners: Ren, LAB Records, Jess Glynne + more

ADA and LAB extend partnership; Ren beats Rick Astley to number one; Marine Snow updates streaming model; AMEX Gold Unsigned 2023 launches; new music from Feeder, The Veronicas, Kurt Vile, and Bryde; tour news from Tom Odell, Blue and Jess Glynne…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 23 Oct 2023

MTV EMAs cancelled due to Israel-Hamas war

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MTV EMAs cancelled due to Israel-Hamas war

Due to take place early next month, this year’s MTV EMAs have been cancelled. Production company Paramount said that it had made the decision in light of “the volatility of world events”…

Andy Malt • 23 Oct 2023

James Blunt claims to have lost thousands in bid to grow hallucinogenic fruit

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James Blunt claims to have lost thousands in bid to grow hallucinogenic fruit

James Blunt claims to have lost thousands attempting to grow hallucinogenic figs in his Ibiza garden. Although he makes this claim in a new “non-memoir” that he admits may be entirely fictional…

Andy Malt • 23 Oct 2023

Setlist Podcast: Managers criticise Universal's Pandora royalty switch

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Universal Music • 2 min read

Setlist Podcast: Managers criticise Universal's Pandora royalty switch

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke discuss criticism of a change to the way Universal Music pays out Pandora royalties and redundancies at Bandcamp…

Andy Malt & Chris Cooke • 20 Oct 2023

One Liners: Sam Smith and Charli XCX, Becky Hill, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne + more

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One Liners: Sam Smith and Charli XCX, Becky Hill, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne + more

BMG’s Martin Solveig deal; Creed Media appointment; Virgin and Ingrooves integration; MMF conference; new music from Sam Smith and Charli XCX, Paris Hilton and Steve Aoki, 2Chainz and Lil Wayne, Wale, Beabadoodee and Laufey, Ghetts, Nadine Shah, Scaler, and Jim Perkins; Becky Hill tour…

Andy Malt • 20 Oct 2023

Korn announce official Adidas collection, just 27 years late

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Korn announce official Adidas collection, just 27 years late

Korn have announced an official collection of Adidas gear celebrating their song ‘ADIDAS’, which came out in, er, 1996…

Andy Malt • 20 Oct 2023