Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:48PM BST
Andrew Lloyd-Webber reckons Britain can "hold its head high" after we
came fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow this weekend.
Personally
I think the fact a song as shit as the one we entered this year can
come fifth is proof 
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.thecmuwebsite.com
Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:45PM BST
Madonna has dismissed reports claiming that she is planning to
marry her twenty-two year old Brazilian boyfriend Jesus Luz in a
Kabbalah ceremony in New York, and says that the confirmation
attributed to Luz's father is a load of rubbish.
Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:43PM BST
This is all very intriguing. A much anticipated new album by Danger
Mouse and Sparklehorse - 'Dark Night Of The Soul' - featuring guest
appearances from the likes of Iggy Pop, Suzanne Vega and members of
Pixies, The Flaming Lips, The Strokes and T Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:35PM BST
The organisers of the Mercury Prize have announced a new monthly
series of live performances by new and established acts from around the
world. The first show will take place on 29 May and will feature a
line-up of Lady Hawke and Blood Red Shoes. Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:33PM BST
Earl Simmons, aka DMX, has been released from prison in Arizona,
after serving more than 90 days in relation to convictions on fraud,
drugs and animal cruelty charges. As you might expect from such a
seasoned celebrity criminal, he stands to be re Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:31PM BST
According to reports, the father of Madonna's 22 year old lover
Jesus Luz has confirmed that his son is to marry the singer, as
previously reported, in a 'secret' Kaballah ceremony in New York. Of
course, if you read enough reports, you discover t Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:27PM BST
A new study by PRS For Music and media tracking firm Big Champagne
has found that rather than opening up a world of choice to music fans,
file-sharing websites tend mostly to make already popular acts more so,
with the tracks most often downloaded Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:20PM BST
When they were originally ordered to pay the £2.5m fine (on top of
their prison sentences), Team Pirate Bay said that they couldn't and
wouldn't do so. But now it seems they've had a change of heart. But
only, in true TPB style, because they've w Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:19PM BST
Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch has recorded an interview for a new
documentary about his daughter. In it he says that he's proud of her
for kicking her drug habit, but worries that she'll struggle to give up
alcohol.
He
said: "After she almost Posted Mon 18 May 2009 3:16PM BST
The controversial form 696, you know, that form the Metropolitan
police have been making live music promoters fill out in order to get
public performance licences in London, should be scrapped. I think most
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