30th Mar 2010
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UK MusicCEO Feargal Sharkey (pictured) yesterday announced the launch of the strategy document 'Liberating Creativity' at the Houses Of Parliament.
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Highly regarded North East pop act Minotaurshave announced details of the release of their debut album ‘Eat your hate’, with a complete download of the LP available now with pre-orders.The CD format will be released through the band’s own label, Cottage Industries on 1st July 2010 and will be limited to 500 copies.
25th Mar 2010
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Music industry Trade bodies the British Photographic Industry (BPI) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) have brought a successful and unprecedented prosecution to Gateshead based company AAA.
24th Mar 2010
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A fundraiser for the National Society of Epilepsy (NSE) will feature some of greatest emerging regional acts from the North East, taking place at The Cluny on the weekend of 10th / 11th of April.
22nd Mar 2010
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Premier Sunderland art punks The Futureheads have announced some details of the release of their fourth album.‘The Chaos’ will be released on 26th April and will feature the single ‘Heartbeat song’, which was Fearne Cotton’s single of the week on her mid-morning Radio One show last week.The new LP will be released on their own Nul Records imprint and the band will play the following live shows:
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Teesside based four piece Jimmy and the Sounds recently announced the release of a new single and UK tour.The band, who featured as part of Generator’s SPEAR:LIVE shows in 2009, subsequently gaining airplay on Tom Robinson’s ‘Introducing’ show on 6Music, will release ‘Sounds’ on April 27th. The tour is already in full swing, including several shows around the North East.
16th Mar 2010
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The protests surrounding the proposed closure of digital radio station 6Music continue to rage on this week, with some high profile names publicly speaking out against the BBC’s decision.David Bowie issued a message on his website stating: "6music keeps the spirit of broadcasters like John Peel alive and for new artists to lose this station would be a great shame."
15th Mar 2010
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One North East have recently commissioned a North East Music Industry Research survey, to capture an overall picture of the region's music businesses.
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It emerged this week that a recent amendment to the UK’s emerging Digital Economy Bill (DEB) appears to have been written by record label trade body the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
9th Mar 2010
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Generator will be representing the North East’s most exciting new acts at world famous music conference ‘South by South West (SXSW)’ in Texas this month.
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