| CMU Daily - on the inside Friday 25th August |
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In today's CMU Daily:
- Lostprophets are double winners at Kerrang! Awards
- Black says Pixies doc exaggerated
- The Who sign new album deal with Universal
- Band leader Perfuson dies
- Barrett belongings to go under the hammer
- Brown gets arena in this name
- Hong Kong media group criticise pop paparazzi pictures
- SonyBMG partner with Sony PlayStation to launch pink product
- Dutch courts rule in favour of anti-piracy body
- Napster and EMAP collaborate
- Kooks fans send tiles falling
- Fergie working with Fergie
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BANK HOLIDAY
Wow, quite a short Daily today, but given that half of you will be on your way to Reading / Leeds / Creamfields, I don't suppose that matters. Enjoy what I like to think of as the Bank Holiday Weekend Of Music, and see you back here in your inbox on Tuesday.
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LOSTPROPHETS ARE DOUBLE WINNERS AT KERRANG! AWARDS
Those pesky Welsh rockers Lostprophets took both the Best British Band and Best Album prizes at the Kerrang! Awards in London yesterday. Fellow Welsh band Bullet For My Valentine, meanwhile, won the Best Single prize at the rock weekly's annual awards bash. So big up my Welsh cousins (of which I have many).
Elsewhere, Muse took the Best Live Band prize, Fall Out Boy won Best Video and The Prodigy, although often considered a dance act, won an award for Spirit Of Independence because, the magazine said, they were "edgy, anarchic, loud, and controversial" and "plenty rock n' roll enough to have been given this honour".
Meanwhile AC/DC's Angus Young was named Kerrang! Legend, with the magazine's editor Paul Brannigan describing Young's band as "one of the most important and influential rock bands in history". That particular award also celebrated the magazine's own 25th birthday, because AC/DC were Kerrang!'s first ever cover stars back in 1981.
Which is all lovely. Here's the full list of winners...
Best Band On The Planet: My Chemical Romance
Best British Band: Lostprophets
Best Live Band: Muse
Best Album: Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
Best Single: Bullet For My Valentine (Tears Don't Fall)
Best Video: Fall Out Boy (Sugar, We're Going Down)
Best British Newcomer: Bring Me The Horizon
Best International Newcomer: Aiden
Classic Songwriter: Placebo
Spirit Of Independence: Prodigy
Kerrang! Hall Of Fame: Slayer
Kerrang! Legend: Angus Young (AC/DC)
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BLACK SAYS PIXIES DOC EXAGGERATED
Pixies frontman Frank Black has criticised a new documentary about the band's 2004 comeback tour, saying it is "exaggerated" and "naive". Speaking to the Guardian about 'loudQUIETloud', which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival this week, Black said: "I've got nothing against the film or the film-makers, but they manipulated the whole thing. They wanted a story, and that story became this tension within the band, how awful we got along. They were naive, like a lot of people who don't understand how rock bands are when they go on tour. I guess they expected us to be like The Monkees, always up to mischief. But we're boring, you know. And touring is boring. You just sit around not talking to each other."
However, he did concede that those band tensions, while exaggerated in the movie, were in essence real - adding: "The movie as it stands is basically truthful, even though it's exaggerated."
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THE WHO SIGN NEW ALBUM DEAL WITH UNIVERSAL
The Who have signed a new deal with Universal Republic which will see the major release 'Endless Wire', the band's first new studio album since 1982's 'It's Hard'. The new long player will include a recording of mini-opera 'Wire & Glass', a shortened version of which was released last month. According to Billboard, other tracks expected to appear include 'Mike Post Theme' and 'Man In A Purple Dress'.
The new deal is part of an ongoing relationship between The Who and Universal Music. They released the band's 2004 retrospective 'Then & Now', and are also in the process of reissuing Pete Townshend's entire solo catalogue through their Hip-O imprint.
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BAND LEADER PERFUSON DIES
Canadian jazz trumpeter and band leader Walter 'Maynard' Perfuson has died aged 78, after a six decade career. Perfuson began performing aged 13 as a featured soloist with the Canadian Broadcasting Company Orchestra. During the forties he played with some of the great band leaders, including Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Barnett, Jimmy Dorsey and Stan Kenton, before becoming the leader of his own band in 1945. He subsequently recorded more than 60 albums, getting a Grammy nomination for his hit 'Gonna Fly Now' which featuring in the movie 'Rocky'. He continued to record and perform right to the end, performing sell out shows in New York and recording a new album as recently as last month.
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BARRETT BELONGINGS TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER
Two hand painted bikes, some art and a classical guitar all owned by the late Pink Floyd man Syd Barrett have been put up for auction. Barrett, of course, died back in July from pancreatic cancer. A Cambridge auction house called Cheffins will oversee the sale of many of his belongings - including various items of home made furniture on which a spokesman for the auction house said: "He was passionate about, although not always competent at, DIY". The auction will take place on 29 and 30 Nov.
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BROWN GETS ARENA IN THIS NAME
James Brown is getting a venue in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia named after him. The town's County Coliseum will be renamed the James Brown Arena. Asked about the honour, Brown told reporters: "I thank God and all the people there. We want to build back Augusta".
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HONG KONG MEDIA GROUP CRITICISE POP PAPARAZZI PICTURES
The Hong Kong Journalists Association has criticised a weekly magazine there who published nude pictures of a local pop star secretly taken while she changed back stage at a concert in Malaysia. Easy Finder magazine published the pictures of Gillian Chung, one half of pop duo Twins. The Association says the magazine acted in an "unethical and unprofessional" way in publishing the pictures. In a statement they said: "We believe media workers should respect the reputation and privacy of people and should not report on the private lives without the person's agreement". Meanwhile a government official there has said officials are considering taking legal action against the magazine under Obscene Articles legislation, while the Twins' record label are also said to be consulting their lawyers.
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SONYBMG PARTNER WITH SONY PLAYSTATION TO LAUNCH PINK PRODUCT
SonyBMG have confirmed they will work with sister company Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to release a special version of the PlayStation Portable console dedicated to pop star Pink.
Due to go on sale in Europe, South Africa, Australia and the Middle East in late October, the special Pink PSP will be pink, of course, and will come with a special Universal Media Disc featuring audio and video from the singer, plus footage from a UK showcase performance, an interview with the singer, and a copy of the track 'Crash And Burn', previously unreleased in Europe.
The new device, the launch of which will coincide with Pink's European tour, is the result of work by SonyBMG's new London based 'brand partnerships' department. The record company's VP Brand Partnerships, Marcel Engh, told Billboard: "We're looking for new revenue with brands that target the same audience as we do. The deal with Sony Computer is the perfect merger of two brands to create a fully integrated product and entertainment campaign."
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DUTCH COURTS RULE IN FAVOUR OF ANTI-PIRACY BODY
A court in Holland has ruled in favour of the country's anti-piracy group BREIN and has ordered Dutch internet service provider UPC to reveal the identity of a suspected illegal file sharer.
This is possibly an important decision because, as previously reported, the courts in Holland, unlike those in many other countries, including the US and UK, have generally been unwilling to force ISPs to reveal the identities of their customers, even when suspected of illegal file sharing (and if ISPs do not reveal those identities, it is impossible for the content owners to pursue legal action against the file sharers).
The Dutch courts have taken that line because of concerns that tactics used by the content owners to identify suspected file sharers violate individuals' privacy rights. In particular, in July 2005 a Dutch court ruled an internet service provider did not have to reveal the identities of suspected downloaders, because it was felt that US based MediaSentry, who had gathered the information required to prove any copyright infringement had been committed, had not operated within European privacy laws.
However, according to Reuters, in the latest case a Dutch judge has ruled that it is acceptable to force an ISP to reveal identities of individuals providing the content owners can prove, beyond reasonable doubt, that a copyright infringement has taken place, and that the alleged infringer is a "registered customer" with the ISP.
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NAPSTER AND EMAP COLLABORATE
Napster and those EMAP types will be running a number of co-promotions later this year in their magazines (mainly FHM), at the Q Awards (for the second year running) and on their radio stations. Among the things they will be doing are advertorials, radio ads and web links which, come to think of it, sounds very dull, but is, I am sure, actually very fun.
Leanne Sharman from Napster says: "The collaboration with Emap2 was a natural choice for us as it reaches out to the music loyal audience via the Q Awards and also addresses those who are not music fanatics, but like to keep up with the latest tracks available."
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KOOKS FANS SEND TILES FALLING
I think this can be an 'and finally' story because I don't think anyone was hurt. If someone was, then I apologise for being a bit flippant. Anyway, audience members at a Cannon and Ball show in Blackpool had to dodge falling roof tiles after the crowd at a The Kooks gig on the floor above got rather carried away jumping up and down. Such was the effect of the Kooks fans jumping, the band were told to finish there set in an acoustic stylee in the hope that would calm everyone down. I'm not sure it did. Still, I suspect there was nothing to worry about, if I remember rightly Canon & Ball are on first name terms with God these days, so I'm sure he was looking after their audience while the evil Kooks brigade caused trouble upstairs.
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FERGIE WORKING WITH FERGIE
Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas is teaming up with the other Fergie (the royal one, that is) for a charity project. Asked if she had met "the other Fergie" on GMTV, the Black Eyed Peas singer said: "Yes, I had a conversation with her on the phone. It was great - I was talking to royalty! I think we are going to do some charity work together. I know that she builds schools and both my parents are teachers. I always had to get good grades so that is an important thing to me because it has helped me along in life." Personally I can't remember ever seeing royal Fergie building a school, but if Fergie Peas says she does, that's good enough for me.