Posted Wed 9 Jul 2008 1:30PM BST
Despite a number of acts pulling out because they weren't paid, unhappy punters and some slightly miffed venue owners, the organisers of the Zoo8 festival have said that the event was a "qualified success" and vowed to return next year.The festi
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So, how do people working in music know who's signing who, what those pesky record labels are up to, what the latest download whatnot is, who is moving and shaking, who is spending and saving, who is planning and scheming, or, for that matter, what Pete and Amy and Britney are up to? Simple, they read CMU Daily, the UK music business' biggest and most popular daily news bulletin. Now you to can get the lowdown from Team CMU, here on the CMU-Blog. You'll find even more at www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk.
Posted Fri 4 Jul 2008 2:41PM BST
Virgin Media has now sent 800 letters to those evil baby-killing file-sharing types (well, they don't kill babies, but they do share files), as part of the previously reported alliance between record company trade body the BPI and the internet servic
Posted Thu 3 Jul 2008 2:39PM BST
DMX ARRESTED AGAIN The one man challenge to US law enforcement that is DMX, aka Earl Simmons, has been arrested again. The rapper was apprehended as he left an aeroplane in Arizona on Wednesday, as he was on his way home after a trip to Miami. Where,
Posted Wed 2 Jul 2008 3:14PM BST
So, welcome to this month's CMU Social debrief, where we will bring you tales of sights and sounds the like of which you won't believe, even if you were there and witnessed them all. Yep, let's run through what happened last night at the July CMU Soc
Posted Mon 30 Jun 2008 1:14PM BST
So, much of the press attention at this weekend's Glastonbury Festival focused not on the actually quite pleasant weather, nor Jay-Z's magnificent headline set, but on Amy Winehouse, who did make it to the festival, and did put in an OK performance,
Posted Wed 25 Jun 2008 8:38AM BST
So, this is interesting, methinks. The latest band to release its new album via that consistent champion of new music that is the Mail On Sunday is, erm, McFly. Yep, the McFly boys’ fourth album, ‘Radio:ACTIVE’, will appear as a free cov
Posted Thu 12 Jun 2008 1:36PM BST
Hey, this is an interesting one for all you promo-receiving DJs, journalists and reviewers out there in CMU land. A London based DJ and music reviewer has been arrested – yes, arrested – for selling promo CDs sent to him by record labels for r
Posted Thu 12 Jun 2008 1:33PM BST
I have a feeling I said I "quite like" the new Coldplay album on the Today programme this morning, which is quite a seismic shift in editorial policy for us here at CMU. I really should have consulted my co-Editor before going out on such a limb
Posted Tue 10 Jun 2008 12:06PM BST
Quite a long one this, but it has a happy ending! Yesterday I was in Birmingham taking part in the Big Debate, which was part of Birmingham City University's New Generation Arts festival, which is taking place across the city as we speak. The topic f
Posted Fri 30 May 2008 8:28PM BST
It's my birthday today. I never usually tell anyone it's my birthday, but in
this Facebook age everyone knows anyway, so I thought I'd do a birthday
inspired cmu-blog.
It's birthday
inspired because last night a twenty pound iTune
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