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![]() INTRODUCING LEYLINE PUBLICITY Leyline Promotions - better known as one of the capital’s leading independent promoters (The Remix, Kill All Hippies, Insomniacs Ball, Twisted Licks, Breaking Ground) - have created a new publicity department headed up by Nick Bateson and Adrian Leigh. The pair have worked on major campaigns including a-ha, Glade Festival, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Standon Calling Festival and Hervé amongst others. In addition to their wealth of experience in the live arena, Leyline Publicity now specialise in bespoke PR services including online and offline music and lifestyle press, radio plugging, brand development, digital marketing and blogging. For further information please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] t: 020 7575 3285 -- ADVERTISE WITH CMU - classifieds £120 per week, job ads £100 per week, banner ads £150 per week, leader box £200 per week - call 020 7099 9050 or email [email protected] for information or to book. back to top |
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IT'S EASTER EVERYBODY! No, we're not suggesting that this is a news story CMU is breaking, rather we feel we ought to remind you that there'll be no CMU Daily tomorrow or on Monday. Enjoy the chocolate eating festivities, and see you back in your inbox on Tuesday. back to top BPI CALLS ON UK GOVERNMENT TO GET MOVING ON ISP FILE-SHARING MEASURES As much previously reported, under the new French laws persistent file-sharers will be sent warning letters telling them what they are doing is illegal. If they continue to file-share after receiving two such letters they risk having their internet connection disconnected at the order of a new government agency set up to police such things. Early last year, when the music business started to become much more vocal about their frustrations with ISPs with regards their failure to play a part in policing piracy, UK ministers gave indications that if the net firms would not enter into a voluntary agreement with the content owners regarding combating file-sharing then new laws would be introduced to force them. The French three-strike system wasn't ever officially mentioned, but it was much discussed on the side-lines at the time. Such ministerial comments persuaded net firms to begin more formal talks with the UK record companies, and to voluntarily send out warning letters to suspected file-sharers, albeit without the threat of disconnection. But those formal talks haven't progressed much in terms of the ISPs taking on some responsibility for curbing file-sharing, which means that the content owners really need the government to come through with its promises to force the net firms to act. Alas, a year on the relevant political types, and especially IP Minister David Lammy, don't seem so keen to act. As a result, proposals for protecting copyrights online in the government's recent 'Digital Britain' report were somewhat lacklustre. Nevertheless, the BPI takes those proposals as a starting point in urging the UK government to follow their French counterparts in taking some solid and probably legislative action in this domain. In particular they note the report's proposals of a 'code of practice' regarding the ISPs' role in monitoring and stopping illegal file sharing, and call on the government to draft that code asap. They also ask that plans for a Digital Rights Agency, also outlined in the 'Digital Britain' report and which might administer any new systems put in place, don't get in the way and further delay proper action. In a statement published yesterday, the BPI confirmed that it has "asked the government to strengthen its planned legislation on ISP responsibility for illegal filesharing, and to publish its draft legislation, as quickly as possible". They add: "In the interim 'Digital Britain' report, published in January, Ministers made a commitment to introduce legislation requiring ISPs to notify alleged infringers of copyright and to collect anonymised information on repeat offenders. This legislation is to be underpinned by a Code of Practice drawn up by industry. [We believe] that the Code is an urgent requirement and should be the primary focus of action, along with the publication of the draft legislation. [We believe] that the Code should require ISPs to implement measures that prevent customers who ignore warning letters from continuing to use their internet service illegally. And if the Code cannot be agreed by industry before legislation comes into force, Ofcom should have the power to impose a Code and to enforce it". The trade body sees media regulator OfCom has having an important role in all of this, which is another reason why they feel the Digital Rights Agency is less important, and possibly just a distraction from more pressing matters. They add: "[We feel] it is not necessary to create a new Digital Rights Agency to achieve these core aims. They could be delivered more quickly and more effectively through a forum of interested parties, facilitated either by government or by Ofcom, without the need to establish a new agency". Putting their demands in the context of developments in France, BPI boss Geoff Taylor told CMU: "The French government has acted with admirable speed in bringing forward a solution to online copyright infringement. Its legislation will establish clear rules to discourage freeloading and allow legal services to succeed. Although the UK approach may differ in detail, Britain's creators need concrete action here to get off the ground. The French system will be up and running by Autumn, so ministers need move swiftly if the UK is not to be left behind". -------------------------------------------------- U2 MANAGER BACKS NEW FRENCH P2P LAW Beginning by saying that the current debate on how to protect online copyrights "will shape the lives and the working conditions of creative professionals for years, even decades, to come", he says: "France is leading the way on this issue, with its new 'Creation And Internet' law, and where France goes, the rest of the world may follow. This is certainly not about the future of U2, the band I have managed for over 30 years. But it is about the future of a new generation of artists who aspire to be the next U2 - and about the whole environment in which that aspiration can be made possible". Justifying his support for France's proposals, and the adoption of similar measures elsewhere, he says: "The world of music is rapidly changing, and new business models are developing fast, but all of this progress is threatened in a world where 95% of music downloads see no reward going to the creator. There are clearly people who oppose the new law, but I have not heard of any viable economic alternative to the system now being introduced, committing ISPs to helping protect copyright. The only other proposals offered look like solutions produced for the laboratory, not for the market place". Opposing the aforementioned idea that the music business of the future has live performance as its main revenue stream, he adds: "It is a myth that artists can build long-term careers on live music alone. U2 will this year fill huge stadiums around the world. [But] that is because they have had parallel careers as recording artists and live performers since their inception 30 years ago". He continues: "A generation of artists, all over France, and further afield, are seeing their livelihoods destroyed, their career ambitions stolen. Investment that should help them build careers is draining out of the industry. Critics who speak of the victims as 'fat record and film companies' are evoking tired caricatures, which I don't believe the majority of people today accept - certainly not those who have recently spoken to an aspiring music professional, a film producer, a TV researcher or the owner of an independent music label". His article concludes by suggesting that, while some who oppose the new system claim large numbers of innocent web-users may lose their net connections after being falsely accused of copyright infringement, in fact the French laws are not as draconian as many suggest, and the graduated response (so two warnings before disconnection) means the new law has both "balance and proportionality". You can read the full article here. -------------------------------------------------- FRENCH WEB-USERS STILL ANTI-THREE-STRIKE Torrentfreak report on a new survey by the French Institute Of Public Policy which claims that 60% of internet users in France are against the new laws, while 69% think they will fail in their bid to cut the amount of unlicensed content hosted and accessed on the world wide web. The Institute surveyed just over a 1000 French net users, and found that just under half, 42%, were 'strongly against' the new laws. Perhaps unsurprisingly attitudes towards the new legislation varied according to the age of the respondent, though it was only in the 65 years plus category that more people were for than against the new laws. Though according to Torrentfreak, pessimism regarding the potential success rate of the new anti-piracy initiative was pretty high among all age groups. It does remain to be seen how effective the three-strike system is in cutting illegal file-sharing overall. Paranoia among those who oppose the system that thousands of innocent web-users will lose their net access is probably unjustified - while the record companies' monitoring of file-sharing is obviously not 100% accurate, the warning letter system should offer plenty of opportunities for appeal, and the government agency set up to administer the whole thing - an element sadly lacking from New Zealand's previously reported three-strike laws - should ensure such appeals are properly dealt with. However, claims by the P2P-brigade that the increasing use of software that hides a user's file-sharing activity, and the growth of offline disk-to-disk file sharing, will hinder the effectiveness of three-strike in terms of stopping serious file-sharers from file-sharing, are probably well founded. Though a few high profile disconnections may be enough to stop casual file-sharers from accessing illegal content. And, for the record company execs, most of who do realise you can only reduce and never obliterate copyright theft, that may be enough to justify the hassle of lobbying for, introducing and administrating the three-strike system. -------------------------------------------------- PRS LINE UP SONGWRITERS TO DISS YOUTUBE PRS For Music continued its 'YouTube are evil' campaign yesterday (that's my name for the campaign by the way, not theirs, I think they're calling it the 'YouTube are a bunch of tight bastards' campaign) by lining up a bunch of high profile songwriters to explain to the press why their collecting society is right to stand firm in its royalty rate dispute with the Google-owned video website. As much previously reported, Google have pulled premium videos off its UK and German YouTube websites after failing to reach new licensing deals with the two countries' song copyright bodies, PRS and GEMA respectively. Google say the music bodies are being totally unrealistic in their per-click royalty demands. PRS and GEMA argue that, while YouTube may currently be a loss-making service, parent company Google is a multi-billion dollar company, and that if they want to transform YouTube into a quasi-MTV they need to be willing to pay a fair rate for the music that is at the heart of such a business. At a press conference officially launching the previously reported website www.fairplayforcreators.com, the Chairman of PRS, Ellis Rich, did some tough talking, telling reporters: "Google, a massive commercial enterprise with profits last year of £3 billion, decided to ride rough shod arrogantly and ruthlessly over the music creators that contributed to YouTube's success. Maybe we should be calling them 'me tube' because they certainly don't care much about you. PRS for Music is proud to represent every one of our 60,000 members and help them guard their rights and collect the income we believe they are entitled to. They all deserve fair recompense for their creativity, whenever and wherever it is used by for profit, benefit or advantage. Google's YouTube is a big internet business that thinks it can steamroller over small businesses - and many of our members are very small businesses!" Among the songwriters there to voice their support for PRS's campaign against YouTube, was sometime Robbie Williams collaborator Guy Chambers who said: "Google/YouTube are in effect asking songwriters to give away their songs for nothing. The longer music is available for nothing or next to nothing online, the quicker the demise of the recording industry. Google is manipulating the PRS for Music dispute in a deeply cynical way; to confuse the public into believing that the industry is outdated and behaving in a protectionist manner. Nothing further could be from the truth". Beverly Knight was also there. She kind of claimed that YouTube was putting its deals with major record companies before the rights of the songwriting community, and that that was unfair, because it meant labels benefited but songwriters did not. She said: "It's great that the internet allows anyone the freedom of accessing and enjoying all kinds of music easily. However those of us who actually create the music constantly lose out when big companies pay labels to exploit that music. The creators get cut out of the deal when they are not paid royalties. This is entirely wrong. Everyone expects to be paid for their work and musicians are no different". Pete Waterman was also there, and again told reporters how his YouTube royalties for 'Never Gonna Give You Up', a song he co-wrote and which was watched "over 100 million times" on the video site thanks to the Rick-rolling phenomenon, were just £11, a royalty he'd receive if the song was played just once on BBC Radio Stoke. It's a good voxpop for the PRS campaign, though there has been quite a bit of discussion in the blogosphere about the reliability of Waterman's claim since he first made it at the outset of the PRS/YouTube squabble, with some adding up the total number of views of the various versions of the Astley song on the video service and getting a figure under 50 million views, and others wondering whether PRS have actually paid out royalties for the period when Rick-rolling was at its peak. Still, Waterman seem convinced he was right when he retold his story at yesterday's press call, adding: "Panorama did a documentary on the exploitation of workers in Dubai. I feel like one of those workers, because I earned less for a year's work off Google or YouTube than they did". Yeah, perhaps PRS shouldn't rely too much on millionaire Waterman to gain public sympathy for their fight against the evil Google. And it's clearly public sympathy the collecting society is after. The aforementioned Rich concluded by saying: "We need support to make big businesses like Youtube realise that they do not have the right to trample over the soundtrack to our lives - it's time for them to face the music and pay a fair price for it". -------------------------------------------------- GERMAN PUBLISHERS BACK GEMA -------------------------------------------------- LADY SOVEREIGN DISCUSSES DEF JAM SPLIT She said: "I went on strike and stopped doing stuff, so Def Jam got the hump with me. I lost the plot a few times. I was cutting myself and stupid things like that. I was tired. I felt like it was just push, push, push. I didn't have a chance to record any new stuff, it was the same old songs". However, she insists that the decision for her split from the major was, in the end, mutual: "My manager rang me and said, 'OK, it's definitely over.' And it hit me. It just had to be done, for their sake, for my sake. It wasn't messy, it was just... gone". Now releasing through her own label, she's picked up a distribution deal with EMI. On that she says: "They offered us an amazing distribution deal. I want to make money, but I want to be happy and I want to be in control. I sit in my murky purple bedroom on my laptop, and go through everything. I put in a lot more work than I used to, because it is my thing now. I'm determined and excited. This is never going to stop; I'll keep making music, I'll keep doing my own thing. I'm not a one-trick pony". 'Jigsaw' is released on 13 Apr. -------------------------------------------------- ITC RECEIVING UNSIGNED DEMOS JIM JONES ARRESTED, DRAMA UNFOLDS VIA TWITTER Following his release, he told fans: "The funny part was watching them have to count all the money in my pocket lol. I must say they were very cool. And it was a punk ass warrant from 2005 for 120 dollars. Make sure you pay old tickets". -------------------------------------------------- HOUSTON TO COUNTERSUE STEPMOTHER The dispute is over payments relating to the house where Barbara Houston now lives, which was bought with money loaned by Whitney, and whether the singer's father's life insurance money was meant to be used to pay off debts associated with the property. Whitney claims that Barbara Houston owes her money for failing to make mortgage, tax, and condo association payments, whilst Barbara says that the singer improperly kept proceeds from John Houston's $1-million insurance policy after his death in 2003. Whitney claims the insurance money was repaying an earlier loan plus interest. Whitney's lawyer is paraphrased all over the place as saying that Barbara is not an inform old lady, and that the 45 year old star should not have to subsidise her 47 year old stepmother's living expenses. -------------------------------------------------- PETE TOWNSHEND'S DIVORCE COMPLETED MUSIC WEEK AWARD WINNERS Other special prizes at the Music Week awards bash this year went to Alison Wenham, who won a Special Achievement prize to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the trade body she runs, the Association Of Independent Music; while a posthumous award was given to the late Rob Partridge, the founder of the Coalition PR and management company who died last year. His award was preceded by a video tribute which included, among others, U2, who said: "I think it's fair to say that you believed in us before we believed in ourselves". The full list of winners at the trade mag's awards were as follows... The A&R Award: Jim Chancellor National Promotions Team of the Year: Atlantic Promotions Artist Marketing Campaign of the Year: Liz Goodwin from Polydor for Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid Digital Achievement of the Year: Lost Tunes - Universal Music Catalogue, UK Publisher of the Year: EMI Music Publishing Music Sales Force of the Year: Sony Music Music Venue of the Year: O2 Academy Brixton National Radio Station of the Year: BBC Radio 2 Special Achievement - 10 Years of AIM: Alison Wenham SIMPSON PROBABLY GOING BACK TO POP LIMP BIZKIT TO TEAM UP WITH NEIL DIAMOND? Prolific Twitterer Fred Durst fired off a message to Neil Diamond last month, saying: "I am a huge fan of yours. We should do a collaboration - Neil Diamond meets my band Limp Bizkit. Sounds fresh". Yeah right, you think to yourself, but back came the reply: "I'd love to, where and when?". Before moving to a private conversation, Durst said: "FANTASTIC!!!!! Incredible!! What a dream come true thanks to Twitter!!" Assuming both Twitter-ers are the real deal, which I think we are, it remains to be seen if anything will come of this. I mean, what could be bad about a collaboration between a 68 year old singer-songwriter and a man who writes messages on Twitter like this: "It's Freddy D. I'm gonna attack this. No slack. Flip you like a mattress. Yall's tactics need practice. Who's actor? Who's actress? - morning". -------------------------------------------------- PATRICK WOLF TO TEAM UP WITH THE CHEEKY GIRLS? Wolf told The Quietus: "I once asked AQA [Any Question Answered] who should I duet with next, and they said 'Patrick Wolf would benefit in his career by dueting with the Cheeky Girls. A friend of mine was a PA for Mama Cheeky once, so I think there's connections there. I'm on the hunt for the Cheeky Girls". Asked what form that collaboration might take, he said: "I've been exploring a lot of Dracular mythology, not sixth form goth project, but things like Vlad The Impaler and the history of it, and I really wanted to do a Transylvanian-themed section on [new album] 'Bachelor'. Dracula and vampires were great to illustrate the idea of addiction, the idea that when you're bitten by this thing you're addicted to blood. I thought it was a metaphor for a great many things. So I was thinking of getting The Cheeky Girls in to do some spoken-word Transylvanian on it". SIGUR SLEEPS Here's the tracklist: Happiness HEALTHY JAPANESE BANDS COME TO UK Dubbed the '100% Genki' tour (genki, if my ropey Japanese is correct, means healthy), the tour is organised by Smash (who are also responsible for the Fuji Rock festival) and Strummerville, and will wing its way around various music events over ten days. The four bands chosen for the inaugural round of touring are the CMU-approved 80kidz, ambient studio boffin De De Mouse, ska band Riddim Saunter, and acrobatic turntablist Tucker. Say Strummerville of 100% Genki: "Supporting this tour is in line with what we do here at Strummerville - we give opportunities to musicians who would not normally have access to them. We are committed to help break down cultural and physical borders and boundaries around music - we're really excited to support this exceptional musical talent out of Japan". Tour dates: 15 May: The Great Escape For further information, go to www.newmusicfromjapan.com -------------------------------------------------- PLACEBO ANNOUNCE DATES 9 May: Sheffield O2 Academy And here's a quote from frontman Brian Molko all about the new record: "I believe 'Battle' to be the first of our albums to tell a story over the course of its 52 minutes. Our previous releases were really only collections of songs and even though the songs are ordered according to the musical flow, I hope that if you listen hard enough to the words that some kind of discernible thematic unity will begin to emerge. I'm very optimistic about the future. I'm in a positive frame of mind and a good head space. It's very exciting. There's a lot of life in the old dog just yet". AIF FESTIVALS JOIN EURO TOURISM CAMPAIGN Among the AIF members participating, by offering a 20% discount to overseas music fans who buy tickets to their festivals via the VisitBritain website, are Bestival, Big Chill, Creamfields, Field Day, Secret Garden Party, Summer Sundae Weekender and Womad. AIF co-founder Ben Turner told reporters: "VisitBritain has been completely open to our thinking and ideas, and shares a similar understanding of the true importance of the great British festival to UK tourism and creative culture. I'd like to think this is relationship that will grow and grow as we mirror the trend of people wanting to base international holidays around music festivals. We believe that this new genre of tourism is now officially recognised through VisitBritain". Laurence Bresh, VisitBritain's regional director for Europe, added: "The link-up with the Association of Independent Festivals is an exciting development for us, as the organization has opened up the door to over 20 of Britain's finest festivals. The great British festival is a major tourist attraction for our target audience so this deal is a great value added addition to our annual campaign". -------------------------------------------------- THE GREAT ESCAPE, various venues, Brighton, 14-16 May: The Charlatans, Gang Of Four, Just Jack and Mystery Jets are the latest batch of artists to be announced to play. The Rumble Strips, Idlewild and Titus Andronicus have also been confirmed. www.escapegreat.co.uk GUILFEST, Stoke Park, Guilford, Surrey 10-12 Jul: The Stranglers, Will Young and The King Blues have all been confirmed for this year's Guilfest, joining headliners Motorhead, Brian Wilson and Happy Mondays. www.guilfest.co.uk GREEN MAN FESTIVAL, Glansuk Park, Brecon Beacons, Wales, 21-23 Aug: Animal Collective have been confirmed as headliners for this year's Green Man Festival. British Sea Power, Bon Iver and Wilco have also been announced, with Rory Erickson, DJhistory and Idjut Boys set to play the In The Far Out After Dark Stage. www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk ALBUM REVIEW: The Virgins - The Virgins (Atlantic) Buy from iTunes THE SATURDAYS LAUNCH RARE CLOTHES Confirming the tie up with The Saturdays, Rare CEO John Quinn told reporters: "The girls encapsulate the very essence of our brand; fashion conscious, on-trend and full of fun. They really love fashion and understand what it takes to make a great collection". A statement for the group said: "We absolutely love fashion and having the chance to design our own collection is brilliant. Our relationship with Rare started with Mollie's yellow dress in our 'If This Is Love' video, so it's great that we now get to have our very own range". The Saturdays fashion range will be in store this summer. -------------------------------------------------- COMMON LAUNCHES FRAGRANCE ASCAP PRESIDENT STEPS DOWN Bergman: "I am grateful to have had the honor of serving as the president and chairman of ASCAP for 15 years, and am exceedingly proud of all that was accomplished during my tenure. I will continue to be a passionate advocate for all music creators through my work on the ASCAP board of directors. But in terms of the presidency itself, I see that now is the right time to step down". -------------------------------------------------- SONY TOURING DIVISION LAUNCHES IN AUSTRALIA It's the latest move by a major record company into a domain of the music business other than recordings. Exactly what the new division's role will be in the live projects it promotes isn't clear - ie primarily investment, or if they will have in-house marketing and/or logistical staff - but it does seem that co-promotions arrangements, such as the one it has with Aussie uber-promoter Michael Chugg on the S&G tour, are very much on the agenda. Sony Music Australia CEO Denis Handlin told reporters: "On some of the tours we will really enjoy partnering up with the promoters and working with them, and some tours we'll do on our own. The promoters now know that we can partner up with them. We're not there to be the enemy or a threat". -------------------------------------------------- BPI APPOINT NEW COMMS CHIEF Confirming the appointment, BPI boss Geoff Taylor said this: "We are delighted that Adam is joining us and he is a very strong addition to the BPI team. I have no doubt that he will make a great contribution to the BPI's task of explaining the role of music companies in the digital age, and help us communicate our members' position on key issues facing the music business". -------------------------------------------------- ERA SUPPORTS RECORD STORE DAY ERA Director General Kim Bayley told reporters yesterday: "Independent record stores are an essential part of the UK's unique musical culture. They are at their best a heady mixture of unofficial youth club, cultural centre, recruitment agency for musicians and music education centre. They recommend new music and they nurture new artists. Anyone who believes in British music must fear for the future of the independent record store. That is why ERA, on behalf of everyone selling music, video and games, is delighted to be supporting Record Store Day". Bayley added: "The independent nature of these stores has meant historically that they have found it difficult to organise themselves collectively, but the fact that more than 70 of them have come together for Record Store Day gives cause for optimism". So that's all good. I'm sure at three indie record store owners would say that if ERA had done more to stop the VAT loophole that helps online mail-order operations based on the Channel Islands undercut the high street so much on CDs then there might be more than 300 indie stores to support, but I won't let such talk spoil the Record Store Day celebrations. SPOTIFY AGREE TERMS WITH PRS To be honest I didn't know Spotify was still in talks with PRS, though it is common for online music services to go live without some licensing deals in place, especially on the publishing side. It's also not clear whether Spotify have negotiated a special start-up deal or if they are paying the collecting society's standard streaming rates - though I suspect the former. If so, then the Spotify/YouTube situations aren't the same. Most streaming services happily enter into start-up deals with PRS, the problem comes 2-3 years later when the collecting society starts to demand higher rates for what should now be, in their eyes, proper revenue-generating operations from which their members can benefit. On that logic, Spotify's second PRS deal in 2-3 years time will be more interesting, should they, we and the world at large still be around then. -------------------------------------------------- VARIABLE PRICING CROPPING UP ACROSS DIGITAL MUSIC MARKET It is likely that the price increases across the board are being caused by an increase in the wholesale prices for some downloads as set by the labels and their digital distributors. The labels have wanted variable pricing in the download space since the very early days of legit download stores, of course, and it looks like they are now getting their way. Presumably that means that the labels' deals with other download stores allowed for variable pricing, but possibly only once Apple had agreed to move away from the 99-cents-for-all-tracks model it created and had been very committed to until recently. Given the price changes are seemingly happening across the board, the introduction of variable pricing probably won't have too big a negative impact on iTunes, as had been predicted by some. Though some commentators still reckon that by raising prices, and even just by adopting the more confusing variable pricing model, some consumers of legit download stores will be pushed toward illegal services where everything is consistently priced at zero cents. I'm not sure that's really true, though it might make sales and price cuts on specific tracks a bigger deal in the digital market. Both Amazon and Play.com have in the past run promotions offering certain tracks at considerably less than the usual 79 pence price point in the UK market. -------------------------------------------------- WE7 LAUNCH SUBS OPTION We7 are also running a loyalty programme which means that people who tune into music on the platform on a regular basis are rewarded with ad-free days - so like a free mini-subscription. Confirming the new ad-free options, We7 CEO Steve Purdham told reporters: "We7 has seen increasing dynamics that are indicating that ad-supported music can be a significant contributor to the overall music revenue streams. Part of making ad-funded work is providing the consumer with choice, so they control how they consume and pay for music whether it be with money, activity or adverts". Both new services will be promoted in the Daily Star newspaper this weekend, where a code will be given to readers that can be redeemed for a month's free subscription. THIS WEEK'S SUB.TV PLAYLIST B List Tip List GLADE'S LAWYERS CHECK OUT NUDE RULES Festival Director Nick Ladd told CMU: "I think it all started two years ago when we had a guy from San Francisco stark naked and painted purple from head to toe cavorting round the festival all weekend. At one point he was picked up by security, but we had him released as he was actually quite entertaining and a really nice bloke". Regarding the proposal from the German nudists, who apparently arrive en masse at German music events, the authorities there seemingly being a little more liberal about these things, Ladd continues: "We are not too sure what to do to be honest. I asked them if they would be prepared to wear fig leaves or something and even explained that it can get chilly in England in the summer, and that maybe, at least the guys amongst them might be happy to cover up their shortcomings, but they said it was out of the question as it would compromise their right to party naked". He concludes: "I told them they could probably get away with it provided they all paint themselves different colours and don't hassle anybody". That said, the festival's lawyers are double checking that, and there are proposals that, if necessary, a special enclosure might be set up for the naked ravers. -------------------------------------------------- KARDASHIAN NOT OFFENDED BY EMINEM Kardashian blogged: "It was a total surprise to me because I had no idea he was going to talk about me in the song - I think the video is so funny. I am a huge Eminem fan and find it flattering he would rap about me. He's a bit harsh about some other celebrities, but you just have to let it go and have a sense of humour. Personally, I'm honoured". -------------------------------------------------- KAISER BRAND OASIS "BITTER" Anyway, Kaiser Chief Andrew White told The Sun: "We have no time for [Noel]. Music is an art but he doesn't appreciate music for what it is. He started it. 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