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Ja Rule says he told promoter criminal record could cause problems for now cancelled UK tour

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Ja Rule says he told promoter criminal record could cause problems for now cancelled UK tour

Ja Rule’s upcoming UK tour was cancelled earlier this week after the rapper was refused permission to enter the country because of his criminal record. He insists he previously raised concerns about the impact of his criminal record with the tour’s promoter, but was told there wouldn’t be an issue…

Chris Cooke • 29 Feb 2024

UK music retail revenues reach record high, according to ERA stats

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UK music retail revenues reach record high, according to ERA stats

UK music retail revenues are out-performing the 2001 peak of the CD era, with ERA reporting that music retailers and streaming services generated £2223 million in revenues in the twelve months leading up to last week. Though there is still some way to go if you adjust 2001’s revenues for inflation…

Chris Cooke • 29 Feb 2024

Trademark dispute over Earth, Wind & Fire tribute shows back in court

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Trademark dispute over Earth, Wind & Fire tribute shows back in court

A company owned by the family of Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White wants summary judgement in its trademark legal battle with the promoters of tribute shows that involve musicians who previously performed with the band. It’s alleged that the marketing of the shows implies official status…

Chris Cooke • 29 Feb 2024

UK Music again calls for VAT cut on tickets ahead of budget statement

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UK Music again calls for VAT cut on tickets ahead of budget statement

UK Music has again called for a cut to the VAT rate on tickets to help support a struggling live sector, noting that the VAT charged on tickets in the UK is nearly double the average across Europe. This comes ahead of UK Chancellor Of The Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s latest budget statement next month…

Chris Cooke • 28 Feb 2024

Donna Summer estate sues Kanye West over “shameless” uncleared sample

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Donna Summer estate sues Kanye West over “shameless” uncleared sample

Kanye West has been sued over an uncleared sample on his album with Ty Dolla $ign. The Donna Summer estate says that it declined a request to interpolate ‘I Feel Love’ into a 'Vultures 1' track, concerned about associating Summer with the controversial rapper, but West went ahead and did it anyway…

Chris Cooke • 28 Feb 2024

Supertramp songwriter defeats former bandmates in song royalty dispute

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Supertramp songwriter defeats former bandmates in song royalty dispute

A judgement has been made in the legal battle over Supertramp song royalties. The band’s songwriting members agreed to share song royalties with their other bandmates in a 1970s agreement, but then stopped doing so in 2018. The court has ruled that they were entitled to end that agreement…

Chris Cooke • 28 Feb 2024

Warner boss teases superfan app that will be "a cross-platform solution"

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Warner Music • 3 min read

Warner boss teases superfan app that will be "a cross-platform solution"

Yesterday the Web Summit in Qatar featured a conversation between Warner Music CEO Robert Kynl and Warner-signed artist Nora Fatehi, in which the major label boss discussed the superfan opportunity and the benefit, for artists, of working with big music companies…

Chris Cooke • 28 Feb 2024

TikTok is stripping out Universal published songs from its catalogue - with recordings owned by Sony and Warner music likely to be affected

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TikTok is stripping out Universal published songs from its catalogue - with recordings owned by Sony and Warner music likely to be affected

As Universal’s big fall out with TikTok continues, the video sharing platform has begun removing songs controlled by Universal Music Publishing. This has resulted in songs partly controlled by other companies - including the other majors - being removed from the service…

Chris Cooke • 27 Feb 2024

IMPALA urges Apple Music to rethink its spatial audio bonus

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IMPALA urges Apple Music to rethink its spatial audio bonus

Independent label trade body IMPALA has called on Apple to reconsider how it has implemented a bonus for tracks delivered to Apple Music in spatial audio. Currently the system favours bigger record labels with greater resources, with independent labels more likely to lose out…

Chris Cooke • 27 Feb 2024

Sony Music settles big termination rights test case

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Sony Music settles big termination rights test case

Another lawsuit aiming to test whether the US termination right can be applied to record contracts has been settled. A group of musicians including The New York Dolls’ David Johansen agreed to drop his case against Sony Music after it was taken to arbitration…

Chris Cooke • 27 Feb 2024

Diddy producer alleges UMG boss Lucian Grainge “knew or should have known” about spiked drinks in new sexual assault lawsuit

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Diddy producer alleges UMG boss Lucian Grainge “knew or should have known” about spiked drinks in new sexual assault lawsuit

In the latest sexual assault lawsuit filed against Diddy, producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones Jr claims that he was subject to and witnessed assault and harassment while working on the musician and mogul’s last album. He also says that Universal and its boss Lucian Grainge are complicit…

Chris Cooke • 27 Feb 2024

MU says blocking of Kneecap funding may breach Human Rights Act

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MU says blocking of Kneecap funding may breach Human Rights Act

Earlier this month UK Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch blocked MEGS funding for Belfast hip hop group Kneecap because of the politics of their music. In a new letter to the minister, Musicians’ Union General Secretary Noami Pohl says that intervention may breach the Human Rights Act…

Chris Cooke • 26 Feb 2024