Nandi Bushell to open her own music school
Drummer Nandi Bushell is opening a music school in Ipswich, run with her family and Ashley Howard, offering courses from September.…
And Finally
Each week we carefully curate some of the stand-out stories that come across the CMU news desk, picking out the most funny, whacky or down right weird ones to include in the 'And Finally!" column.
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Billy Joel responds to Fall Out Boy's rebooted We Didn't Start The Fire
Billy Joel has said he has only 'heard about' Fall Out Boy's updated version of 'We Didn't Start The Fire', and has no plans for a sequel of his own.…
Pop stars signed up for Capital Radio ad campaign
Global has recruited a range of pop stars for a Capital Radio 'Play Capital' ad campaign, produced in-house, running on TV, social media and outdoors.…
Twitter sends legal letter to Meta over Threads, apparently intellectual property rights do matter!
X Corp has sent Meta a legal letter alleging that its Threads app was developed using Twitter trade secrets, after Meta hired dozens of former Twitter employees.…
Bob Dylan inputting on Bob Dylan biopic, director confirms
Director James Mangold says Bob Dylan personally annotated the script for the biopic 'A Complete Unknown', which starts filming next month with Timothée Chalamet in the lead.…
Bombay Bicycle Club get the fans to do the singing at Rough Trade shows
Bombay Bicycle Club are hosting karaoke nights at Rough Trade stores in London, Nottingham and Bristol in August, with fans singing while the band plays backing.…
Ed Sheeran demo CD sells for £8000
A rare Ed Sheeran demo CD, 'Spinning Man', recorded when he was thirteen, has sold at auction for £8000, with only 21 copies known to exist.…
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Fall Out Boy felt COVID was too “on the nose” for their We Didn’t Start The Fire cover
Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz has been discussing his band’s updated cover of Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’…
Your dog's favourite media firm has been acquired
Create Music Group has acquired Music For Pets, which operates the Relax My Dog and Relax My Cat franchises for pets around the world.…
Fall Out Boy have updated Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire for some reason
Fall Out Boy have released an updated version of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire', listing events from the 34 years since the original was released.…
Tribute acts protest Facebook and Instagram policies on impersonators
Tribute acts protested outside Meta's London offices over account removals under impersonation policies, which Meta says sometimes wrongly block legitimate tribute pages.…
Smooth Radio is leaving the AM dial
Global is ending AM broadcasts for Smooth Radio in several areas, with listeners directed to DAB and online, as the radio industry moves away from AM.…