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![]() STEPHEN GATELY DIES Although Gately had been out drinking with Cowles on Friday night there was nothing to suggest excessive alcohol consumption or drug use. Police also told The Times there was no suicide note, nor any signs of violence. It's hoped a post-mortem on Tuesday may throw some light onto what caused the pop star's sudden demise, meanwhile police are reportedly trying to establish whether the singer had had any medical conditions which may explain his death. A statement from Gately's family ruled out both drugs and suicide, saying it was thought Stephen died of natural causes. Another representative said: "At the moment, it is not known how he died. There are no signs of suspicious circumstances". Gately, of course, enjoyed much success as one fifth of Boyzone, taking the role as second singer behind Ronan Keating. The group scored six number one singles and four number one albums during their active period of 1993 and 2000. After the group split Gately attempted a solo career though with limited success. Probably best remembered is his track 'I Believe' which featured in the soundtrack to the film version of 'Billy Elliot'. After being dropped by Polydor, Gately followed that other popular route for former teen pop stars, and enjoyed much success in various stage musicals. In 2007 his former bandmates put beside past grievances enabling a Boyzone reunion. Perhaps the most memorable moment in Gately's career related to his personal life rather than his professional accomplishments. In June 1999 the singer came out via the pages of The Sun which led with the headline "Boyzone Stephen: I'm gay and I'm in love". Gately sold his story to the tabloid after hearing one of the band's former security guards was planning on flogging a story regarding the popster's sexuality. Despite having been slightly forced into revealing his sexuality, many in the gay community welcomed his honesty, he being the first British teen band star to come out while his group was still active. At the time of The Sun story Gately was dating Eloy de Jong, who had been in the Dutch boy band Caught In The Act. They later split and Gately met Cowles via Elton John and David Furnish. The couple enterted into a civil partnership in 2006. In the months prior to his death Gately was working on a book project, a children's story called 'The Tree Of Seasons'. Responding to the news, and paying tribute to their former bandmate, the rest of Boyzone issued a press statement as all four headed to Majorca to be closer to the investigation into Gately's passing. They said: "We are completely devastated by the loss of our friend and brother, Stephen. We have shared such wonderful times together over the years and were all looking forward to sharing many more. Stephen was a beautiful person in both body and spirit. He lit up our lives and those of the many friends he had all over the world. Our love and sympathy go out to Andrew and Stephen's family. We love you and will miss you forever, 'Steo'". Boyzone manager Louis Walsh, who heard the news after Saturday night's edition of the 'X-Factor', and subsequently dropped out of the Sunday edition of the show, said: "I'm in complete shock. I was only with him on Monday at an awards ceremony. We don't know much about what's happened yet. We will rally around each other this week. He was a great man". Also paying tribute was former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern who told reporters: "The Gatelys are in my own constituency. I know the family, I know Stephen. Ronan Keating is a very good friend of my daughter's, my family. He [Gately] was with us the other night with his boyfriend Andy, he came to my book launch. It's just such a tragedy. Boyzone and Stephen have all been part of Irish life, and far wider than that, [for] the last fifteen years, and so successful, so it's a huge, huge tragedy. It's so sad. He was 33 years of age, fifteen years at the top, a fine musician. It's just a huge tragedy to Irish entertainment, Irish music and further afield as well". -------------------------------------------------- UK COMMISSION'S OPINION ON LIVE MASTER MAY IMPACT ON US RULING As previously reported, the UK Competition Commission last week raised concerns about the LiveMaster proposals. Most of those concerns revolved around a complaint made by German ticketing giant CTS Eventim, who recently entered into a ticketing partnership with Live Nation, and who were planning on using that partnership as a platform for entering the UK ticketing market for the first time. CTS seem to be saying that if Live Nation and Ticketmaster merge they won't launch in the UK. That, of course, would result in less choice for UK music fans. Although UK officials' concerns related mainly to an issue specific to the British market, it's known that competition authorities in the UK and US have been communicating on this issue, and it's thought the former's concerns will influence the latter. Kevin Arquit, an antitrust lawyer and former director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau Of Competition, told Billboard that while the US was in no way obliged to follow the lead of their UK counterparts: "The fact that the UK regulators acted puts the US more on the spot". The UK authority is looking into measures Live Nation and Ticketmaster could take in order to alleviate their fears that a combined Live Master would be anti-competitive, and it's thought US officials may insist on similar action. That is likely to include selling off some businesses in some territories, or committing to sell a certain portion of tickets for a certain number of Live Nation tours and events through rival ticketing agencies. -------------------------------------------------- NEW FAN-FUNDING PLATFORM IN BETA The latest addition to the fan-funding domain is called Pledge Music, and has been set up by a musician who, while interested in the concept of utilising fans to fund music projects, wasn't happy with the fund-raising services currently out there. His solution was to create his own. And with that new platform now in beta, Benji Rogers now has the funding in place to release a new album through his band Marwood. Speaking to CMU about the new venture and how it came about, Rogers says: "The idea for Pledge Music was born at my mother's flat, on an air mattress sometime in the middle of 2008. I had been on the road with my band Marwood on and off for around nine years and was getting tired of playing great shows, selling a good amount of CDs and still having no money. In my head I saw a way [utilising the internet] to determine my own musical career [by better engaging with the fans who came to our live shows]. I looked for it online and it wasn't there and so decided to build it". He continues: "I approached my best mate Rupert with the idea as he knew how to build websites and he basically said 'I want in'. I then called another old mate, Jayce, who was also the only other person I knew who had been to business school; he loved the idea and said that he wanted in too. Then on a trip to Amsterdam, and after a few cocktails, I met Jann, who kindly bought the rest of the drinks as a business expense and announced that he wanted 'in on the plan' and that he was a lawyer. So that's basically how it all came together. I wanted there to be a way that people like myself who just want to make music could do so without accumulating huge amounts of debt". Giving the basic lowdown on his new platform, Benji explains: "We have devised Pledge Music to be transparent and open. We have designed Pledge Music to be beneficial to all involved. Musicians will get the funding and promotional support that they need, the fan will get the music that they want at the price that they want to pay, the studios will get paid half up front and half on delivery, and charities [will also benefit]. In effect we have sought to create a system in which nobody loses". The site is now in beta. More details of the differences between it and other fan-funding platforms already on the market, such as the one Public Enemy will use, Sellaband, will be announced in the coming weeks before a formal launch. BAY THREE DENY OWNERSHIP IN DUTCH CASE Lawyer Ernst-Jan Louwers said on Thursday that Peter Sunde, until recently the voice of The Pirate Bay, had never had a stake in the service. His co-founders, Frederik Neij and Gottfrid Warg, had once owned it - the lawyer said - but sold it in 2006. Any liability for the thirty grand a day fines, he therefore implied, lay with the Bay's current owners. Under questioning, however, Louwers was not able to prove any sale took place in 2006, and wouldn't say who the service was sold to. As far as I can remember, neither Sunde, Neij nor Warg claimed to have sold the Bay in 2006 during their high profile combined criminal/civil copyright infringement trial in the Swedish courts earlier this year. Given prison sentences were on the cards then as well as unpayable fines, you'd have thought they'd have tried that defence had it been an option. Though the three men did, in that trial, try to portray the Pirate Bay enterprise as a chaotic coalition of online friends rather than a formal business. Stichting Brein, the Dutch copyright organisation pursuing the case against the Bay, was not convinced by Louwers' arguments for circumventing liability. They did admit, however, that they had served papers against a Seychelles-registered company called Reservella which they say owns the Piratebay.org domain. However that company, they argue, is run by Neij, so doesn't count as the alternative owners claimed by the Bay Three's lawyer. As an interesting aside, while the Piratebay.org domain is indeed registered to a company called Reservalle, the admin contact for which is Neij, his colleague Sunde says this is not a Seychelles-registered company at all, and simply a name used by his fellow Bayer when registering domain names. I think he's basically saying that while the Bay is not owned by him and other guys, nor is it owned by a Seychelles-based company run by Neij. Moreover, he is accusing Stichting Brein of making up the Seychelles company to try and make it appear that Neij, at least, cannot avoid liability on ownership grounds. If said allegations were proven to be true that would seriously hinder the copyright body's standing in court, even if judges remain sympathetic to their infringement claim. You can read Sunde's allegations on his blog here... blog.brokep.com/2009/10/08/fail-in-nl/ -------------------------------------------------- SOULJA BOY ARRESTED Either way, the local authorities were seemingly unaware of plans to use the abandoned property for some late night partying/video shooting, and showed up there after receiving complaints from locals. It didn't help that the forty people involved in the party/shoot fled as soon as police arrived. Way returned to the property to explain what was going down and was promptly arrested and charged with obstruction. He was bailed the next day. Hope they got it all on camera - that would make a great video. WINEHOUSE ALBUM NEXT YEAR The label's co-president Darcus Beese told the BBC: "I've heard a couple of song demos that absolutely floored me. Hopefully we'll have her album next year". Winehouse, as I'm sure you all know, appeared on 'Strictly Come Dancing' on Saturday night singing backing vocals for her goddaughter (and the first signing to her new record label) Dionne Broomfield. Though the stars of the show seem to have been Amy's breasts, if certain media outlets are to be believed. -------------------------------------------------- WILSON COMPLETES UNFINISHED GERSHWIN Gershwin's great nephew and trustee of the George Gershwin family trusts, Todd Gershwin told the Los Angeles Times: "George for his time was a visionary. He certainly crossed genres and musical lines, tried things that hadn't been done before and Brian Wilson has done exactly the same thing". Wilson added: "[I'm] thrilled to death. I'm proud to be able to do it. Hopefully I'll be able to do them justice". Although he added that it was taking a little while to get to grips with the material: "I can't decipher the verse from the chorus from the bridge, so I'm going to try to insert some new music into them. I might even write some music for an introduction". NEW JACKO TRACK ONLINE The song will now appear on the official soundtrack to the movie documentary about the preparations for the fated O2 show. It will be the only new track on the album, which is basically another hits package. There will be two versions, the one currently online, where Jacko is backed by his brothers, and another orchestral version. The second disk of the album will also include a recently unearthed Jacko poem called 'Planet Earth'. You can hear the new track at www.michaeljackson.com (well, in theory, I could only get the first 30 seconds to play then it collapsed). -------------------------------------------------- NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE ALBUM DUE KYLIE SET FOR VEGAS RESIDENCY Dannii told The Mirror: "The response from her shows in America have been phenomenal. They love her out there. She was nervous about going over for the first time, but it has gone better than she expected. She has now been asked to take the show back to Vegas and extend it as a residency over there. I'm so proud of her. Kylie's show is perfect for Vegas, it's so theatrical. She has loved performing out there". -------------------------------------------------- BROADCAST ANNOUNCE UK TOUR DATES Tour dates: 5 Dec: London, The Coronet ------------------------------------------------- THE VERY BEST ANNOUNCE LONDON SHOW SINGLE REVIEW: The xx - Islands (Beggars/Young Turks) Buy from iTunes DRE AND IOVINE LAUNCH TOP SOUND QUALITY LAPTOP [PIAS] LAUNCH DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY The new agency will be led by Darren Hemmings, who joins [PIAS] from the Virgin Group. It will offer all of the following: campaign strategy, creative marketing partnerships, mobile marketing and interaction, data management and international co-ordination, all informed by extensive performance metrics. Some of those services will be offered through partnerships with other companies, including digital ad people Silence Media. At launch the new agency will work with the likes of Tiesto, Placebo, The Temper Trap and Thomas Dybdahl. Confirming the new launch, Hemmings told CMU: "[PIAS] Digital Marketing is a dedicated service that provides labels and clients with a comprehensive digital marketing solution. Rather than focussing purely on an album product cycle, we seek to work with all elements of an artist's activities, such as live and merchandise. This maintains a more consistent approach to artist/fan interaction making this service as relevant to managers as it is to labels. Until now the majority of digital campaigns have been PR-led with strategy coming as an afterthought. Our belief is that campaign strategy and architecture is the key, with PR following that lead as one constituent part of the process". -------------------------------------------------- NEW OWNERS AT BATH VENUE The company's Ric Yerbury told Music Week: "This is an incredibly exciting acquisition for us. Moles has an amazing reputation as a cutting-edge live music venue spanning over 30 years. Both Sybil and I are looking forward to picking up that legacy and creating something fresh and new for music fans in Bath and beyond". SKY SONGS TO LAUNCH THIS WEEK Here is what Sky's COO Mike Darcey has to say: "Our music partners bring an outstanding catalogue and unrivalled expertise that complements Sky's strengths in content distribution. Sky Songs will reach out to consumers who want legitimate digital services offering choice, ease of use and great value. Offering legal access to digital music is a vital step in combating illegal downloading". CHART UPDATE Other than that, the top ten is pretty dull, so let's not talk about it. Let's talk about Daughtry, who are up 28 places to number eleven, just ahead of this week's highest new entry outside the top ten, Whitney Houston, who's at twelve with 'Million Dollar Bill'. There's then quite a gap before another new entry makes an appearance, Mumford & Sons at 24. Next is Jason Mraz at 30, and then it's Daniel Merriweather who is apparently 'new' at 35. Though I'm not sure you can really call a single that spent a very long time in the top ten earlier this year new exactly. Readers of the CMU Weekly might remember a recent editorial where I said I was looking forward to the day when the album chart was full of old people, because the young folk were busy elsewhere putting out records that were too cool and exciting to be classed as traditional 'albums'. Well look, it's happening. Well, the chart's filling up with old people, anyway. I'll have a look for all the cool and exciting new music formats later. Barbara Streisand is a new number one, Madonna is at number two, Cliff Richard & The Shadows are are number four, Vera Lynn is at number five, Chris Rea is a new entry at eight, as is Andy Williams at ten. In fact, the only people under thirty in the top ten are Paramore and Dizzee Rascal. Outside the top ten, the new entries are a little more youthful. Mumford & Sons are at eleven, deadmau5 is at nineteen, followed by Tiesto at 20. Kiss - who are definitely not youthful - are at 24, also not spring chickens are Air at 36, and the positively geriatric Backstreet Boys are at 39. The charts are compiled by old people for old people at the Official Charts Company LOVE DELETES TWITTER ACCOUNTS |
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