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Warner Music has expanded its worldwide distribution deal with Indian record label Tips Music. “Over the last few years, Warner Music has enjoyed access to Tips Music’s amazing Hindi catalogue and been able to offer unique sales support, which has seen us successfully promote its Bollywood soundtracks to a global audience”, says Alfonso Perez-Soto, Warner Music’s President Of Emerging Markets. “We’re now able to tap into even more incredible music, and our teams around the world will be looking to connect Tips Music’s artists and songs with more international fans”.
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Deezer has announced that CEO Jeronimo Folgueira is leaving the company, just as it posts its best ever financial results and increased subscriber growth. ”I am extremely proud of what we have achieved over the last three years”, he says. “Not only the strong 2023 financial results announced today and our listing on Euronext Paris, but also the adoption of our new brand identity, our evolution to an experience service platform, and the introduction of the new artist centric payment system. It has been an honour to serve Deezer as CEO and I remain fully committed to supporting the company through the management transition”.
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Ticketmaster UK has hired Danny Hannaford as Senior Director of Client Product Solutions. He joins from Ticketek. “Joining Ticketmaster represents an incredible opportunity to contribute to the forefront of live entertainment and ticketing innovation”, he says. “I look forward to the journey ahead and am excited to be a part of this dynamic team”.
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IDOL has hired Mandy Freebairn as US Label & Project Manager, joining from Omnian Music Group. At the same time, the company has re-signed its deals with US labels Le Plan Recordings and Caravan Palace, and signed a new one with Old Soul Music.
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Mancheter’s new Co-op Live arena has had its premises licence approved. Good news, given how many shows it’s already announced. "We are delighted that Manchester City Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee has voted to approve our application for a premises licence”, says General Manager Gary Roden. “Manchester deserves the best, and with the opening of Co-op Live just weeks away we’re excited to begin this new chapter in the city’s enviable cultural story”.
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Olly Alexander has released his UK Eurovision entry, ‘Dizzy’. Is it a winner though? It feels like a track someone would write as a quick example of what a Eurovision song sounds like, before stopping it and saying, “But obviously not that”. We’ll see though. We’ll see.
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Pharrell Williams and Miley Cyrus have got together for new single ‘Doctor (Work It Out)’.
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Liam Payne is back with new solo single ‘Teardrops’. More music is due in the coming months.
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Martin Garrix has released new single ‘Biochemical’ with Seth Hills.
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Griff has released new single ‘Miss Me Too’.
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Cage The Elephant have released new single ‘Out Loud’, and announced that they will release their sixth album ‘Neon Pill’ on 17 May.
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Twenty One Pilots will release new album ‘Clancy’ on 17 May. Out now is new single ‘Overcompensate’.
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Sevdaliza has released new single ‘Good Torture’ featuring Elyanna.
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Jordy has released new single ‘Wonderkid’, featuring JME.
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Mui Zyu has released new single ‘The Mould’, taken from her second album ‘Nothing Or Something To Die For’, which is out on 24 May.
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Joe & The Shitboys are back with new single ‘Mr Nobody’.
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Hamferð have released new single ‘Hvølja’. Their new album ‘Men Guðs Hond Er Sterk’ is out on 22 Mar.