UK music minister to attend MIDEM
Minister for Creative Industries James Purnell will attend MIDEM next Monday to visit the British Music village and host a reception with an acoustic set from Nizlopi.…
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Brits nominations in full
The full Brit Awards nominations list includes James Blunt, Kaiser Chiefs and Coldplay across major categories, alongside international acts Arcade Fire, Kanye West and U2.…
Brit nominations round up
James Blunt and Kaiser Chiefs lead the Brit nominations with five each, with Coldplay on four, and reports suggest Oasis may boycott the ceremony over snubs.…
Gallagher says he didn't mean it
Noel Gallagher tells Xfm that his old remark about Blur's Damon Albarn and Alex James was a stitch-up, retracts comments on KT Tunstall, and still dismisses James Blunt and Bloc Party.…
2005 a good year for UK record industry, no really
BPI figures show UK artist album sales rose 1.4% in 2005 to 126.2 million units, while singles sales rose 48% on the back of a 357% jump in downloads.…
Brits album to feature videos
SonyBMG has revealed the tracklisting for the 2005 Brits compilation, released on 6 February as a dual-disc with promo videos on the DVD side.…
Imagine tops Virgin Radio favourite single poll
John Lennon's Imagine tops a Virgin Radio poll of 7,000 listeners' favourite songs, ahead of two Beatles tracks, with the Beatles the most frequently voted band.…
Christie and Blunt top 2005 charts
Tony Christie's Amarillo was 2005's best-selling single, while James Blunt's Back To Bedlam was the year's biggest-selling album.…
Electric Picnic adds extra day for 2006
Electric Picnic will run for an extra day in 2006, from 1 to 3 September, with capacity remaining below 30,000 after last year's sell-out.…
Rizla presents new rock photography exhibition
Rizla's inspired-by programme will stage an exhibition of music photographer Andy Earl's work at the Exhibition Gallery in London next month, featuring artists with quotes from each band.…
British music performs well across Europe
IFPI figures show six of the eight artists given Europe awards for a million sales this week are from the UK, with KT Tunstall, Kaiser Chiefs and James Blunt among the new acts reaching the landmark.…
Alfie split up
Alfie have announced they are splitting up, with bassist Sam Morris saying the band had run its course without the commercial success they hoped for.…