🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Cally Hamilton
This week, we caught up with Cally Hamilton, Sampling And Infringement Assistant at Universal Music Publishing Group.…
🎧 Approved: Bloodworm
Bloodworm deal in brooding post-punk awash with dominant, driving basslines, heavily modulated echoing guitars and morose vocals that nod firmly to the eighties - but with an energy rooted firmly in the now. Their new single lurks further into the shadows still, delivering the most gothic take yet…
DoJ’s Live Nation settlement “proof Trump Administration cannot be trusted to protect American consumers”, says new Senate report on Ticketmaster
US senator Richard Blumenthal has slammed the settlement reached between Live Nation and the US DoJ, insisting that it won’t address any of the competition issues raised. In a new report, he urges the US states still pursuing an antitrust case to push for a break-up of Live Nation and Ticketmaster…
Snoop Dogg told he can’t trademark ‘Smoke Weed Everyday’
Snoop Dogg wanted to trademark the phrase ‘Smoke Weed Everyday’, a key lyric from his track ‘The Next Episode, for his cannabis business. But the US Trademark Office has rejected his application, because the phrase is too “informational” and selling cannabis is still illegal under federal law…
StubHub to more clearly state prices and terms for touted tickets, and offer Taylor Swift fans refunds, but only in British Columbia
StubHub has committed to make changes to its website in Canada after an investigation by a consumer rights regulator. It comes as ticket resale companies tell lawmakers they should focus scrutiny on Ticketmaster, following the embarrassing revelations coming out of the Live Nation antitrust trial…
“Robbing them blind, baby - that’s how we do it”, boast Live Nation execs about “so stupid” ticket-buyers
The Live Nation antitrust trial may be on hold after it reached a settlement with the US Department Of Justice, but that didn’t stop the release of court papers that include messages between Live Nation execs bragging and joking about randomly hiking up ancillary fees at amphitheater venues…
Concord has gobbled up Ninja Tune and the indie label community is celebrating
Concord has bought indie label Ninja Tune, saying the deal will “vastly increase its UK and European footprint”. The deal has been welcomed by the wider independent label community, who much prefer indies buying indies than Universal Music buying up every label and distributor in the world…
CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from James Blake, Violet Grohl, Claudia Valentine, beabadoobee, The Marías and Kim Gordon…
Sombr dubs Brixton Academy “the most poorly managed venue I’ve ever performed at in my life”
Sombr criticised staff at the Brixton Academy over their crowd safety procedures after pausing a show at the venue on Monday when an audience member passed out. It’s an isolated incident, but safety at the venue has been in the spotlight ever since the fatal crowd crush during an Asake show in 2022…
New generation of British artists propel UK record industry to £1.5 billion high, says BPI
Not a single UK artist made the Official Charts top five most-streamed tracks in 2024. In 2025, Lola Young, Olivia Dean and Chrystal all broke through. Revenue hit £1.57 billion, vinyl reached a three-decade high - but adjust for inflation and the industry is still hundreds of millions short…
🎧 Approved: Olympia Vitalis
Olympia Vitalis cites Aretha Franklin in the same breath as Nas, and somehow, listening to her, that makes sense. New single ‘Daze’ brims with soul, it’s got that deep, almost painful level of musicality that bridges the gap between gospel intensity and rhythmic, secular funk and blues…
Royalty agency that “pilfered millions” from Dionne Warwick is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”, singer claims
Last year Dionne Warwick was sued by a royalty management company which said the singer had unlawfully terminated a 25 year old agreement. Now Warwick has countersued claiming that agreement was unfair and has been incorrectly applied, resulting in her losing millions in royalties…
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