31st May 2012
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Now, its time for some encouraging news that represents the exact opposite of every single sales story of the last few years- The boom in digital sales has resulted in those services representing 55.5% of all sales, leading to overall growth of 2.7% in the first quarter of this year.
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According to the British public, the best way to prepare for the Jubilee this weekend is to blast Iron Maiden’s ‘The Number of the Beast’- how appropriate. Run to the Hills!The heavy metal band’s 1982 LP beat the Beatles and pipped Pink Floyd to the post to be named the best British album of the past 60 years in a national HMV survey carried out in the generally low key build up to the Diamond Jubilee this weekend.
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Breaking news: another round of music awards. The Online Music Awards has launched a new category for emerging acts, with the finalists revealed in September.
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A further three UK festivals have followed in the footsteps of Sonisphere by cancelling for this year, as new research claims music fans feel that sponsorship can enhance festival experiences.In a troubling trend, the organisers of Cloud 9 festival in Cheshire, Winchester's Golden Down and the Rough Beats festival in Yorkshire have all hit a wall this week, announcing that their events won’t go ahead as planned.
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Music charitable foundation ‘Last Night A DJ Saved My Life’ has launched ‘House the House’ a national competition to discover the UK’s best young DJs, offering a slot DJing at the House of Commons.
23rd May 2012
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There could be a summer of discontent ahead for some UK festivals, as heavyweight promoter Vince Power concedes that tickets to his Hop Farm festival are “slower than last year” despite offering an exclusive UK headline appearance by Bob Dylan.
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With Brighton still quaking from ‘A North East Invasion’ last week, we turned our attentions to Scouse by Scouse West, bringing Zane Lowe’s favourite jaunty guitar-pop band Shields, Sunderland’s The Lake Poets, the avant-pop genius of Mammal Club and five-piece alternative folk collective Lilliput across the Pennines for
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Despite Huey Morgan taking to twitter this month to slam some of his co-workers and Chris Evans as “suckers” (who are we to disagree?), 6 Music has increased its audience by 12.1% year on year.
21st May 2012
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If, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart sung by Al Green in 1972, had been the only song Robin Gibb ever co-wrote, it would have been sufficient a legacy to guarantee his place in the annals of pop, rock and soul history. That he also co-wrote with his brothers’ Barry and Maurice, countless other songs of “classic” status, transforms his achievement to legendary.
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An online petition to get Amazing Radio back on DAB is gaining incredible momentum, with almost 3,000 signatures in the space of a few days.The station launched in 2009 in Gateshead and specialises in playing emerging artists that are unsigned or on independent labels. It was taken taken off-air last week following a contractual dispute with transmission network Digital One.
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