Rough Trade To Open In NYC
Rough Trade have announced it will be opening a branch of Rough Trade Records in Williamsburg, New York, which is due to open this Autumn. Rough Trade is partnering with ‘The Bowery Presents‘ to feature a live performance area for in-store gigs. The Bowery Presents operates concert venues such as the Music Hall of Williamsburg, … Read more
Smashing Pumpkins Sign With EMI
Smashing Pumpkins have partnered with EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution in a international deal to distribute their new album Oceania. The deal however will exclude territories such as Canada, Brazil and Australia. The band originally released their debut album Gish in 1991 through EMI, which went platinum. Smashing Pumpkins reasoning behind signing with EMI was due … Read more
Sony Music Unlimited App Now Offers Offline Playback
Sony Music Unlimited, is an all-you-can-hear music subscription service that represents Sony’s answer to live streaming, giving subscribers access to 12 million songs. Sony have now announced a new feature to its Android app allowing subscibers to store music on their Android smartphone or tablet, with the ability to play it back without a WiFi … Read more
U.K. Artists Take Biggest Share of US Album Market This Century
British artists’ share of the US albums market accounted for approximately 1 in every 8 albums sold in 2011, according to new figures released by the BPI. According to the data, 30 albums by U.K. acts sold over 100,000 units in the US last year, a 25% increase on 2010. The BPI believes that the … Read more
Live Nation Acquires Setlist.fm
Live Nation has managed to acquire Setlist.fm, an online service that allows individuals to add and edit concert set lists to its database. Currently Setlist.fm has a database of 403,000 set lists from 24,000 artists at more than 71,000 venues around the world. The benefits of Live Nation owning Setlist.fm will allow for the incorporation … Read more
UK Music Market Sees 25% Digital Growth
Digital formats now account for 35.4% of record industry trade income in the U.K, after digital sales in the UK music industry rose 24.7% to £281.6 million from £225.8 million in 2010. In total that is an 8% rise on the previous year. The growth is largely attributed to a 43.2% rise in digital album … Read more
Coca-Cola Team Up With Mark Ronson & Katy B For 2012 Olympics
Back in the summer of 2011, Coca-Cola invited teens to attend a free festival-style gig featuring producer Mark Ronson and dub-step singer Katy B. Today Coca-Cola has unveiled the first cut of the footage from that event, as the brand launches the global advertising for the Coca-Cola Move to the Beat™ London 2012 Olympic Games … Read more
Kenny Rogers Sues Capitol Records Over Royalties
Kenny Rogers is suing Capitol Records for their failure to pay out royalties owed to him through digital downloads of his music, as well as the use of his music in ringtones. According to a suit filed in the District Court of Tennessee , the complaint alleges that Capitol Records failed to pay Rogers for … Read more
Warner Music’s Digital Distribution Going to Sony DADC
Digital delivery of WMG’s music to digital service providers is going to Sony DADC according to Billboard. Under the agreement the WEA digital asset management team has moved from WMG to DADC.
Kobalt Music Sign Gotye To Publishing Deal
Kobalt Music has signed Australian based artist Gotye to an international music publishing deal, with the exception of Austrlia and New Zealand, where independent music firm Alberts represents the Gotye. Originally born in Belgum, Gotye’s music is released through his own record label, Samples’N’Seconds Records His music is licensed through Fairfax/Universal Republic in North America, … Read more
