
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 Fri 6 Feb 2009 12:37PM GMT
While Bruce Springsteen says he kind of regrets doing an exclusivity deal with US supermarket giant Wal-Mart regarding the release of a recent hits package, Axl Rose says he has no regrets that he did a deal with US retailer Best Buy for the release More »
Posted Fri 6 Feb 2009 12:31PM GMT
And so Zavvi slowly disappears from existence. Administrators for the former Virgin Megastore announced yesterday that another 17 stores would close, bringing the total number of stores in the Zavvi chain down to just 31. The latest stores to close a More »
Posted Thu 5 Feb 2009 12:56PM GMT
Any Led Zeppelin fans disappointed at the lack of a reunion tour and looking for someone to blame, well, I'd blame Jason ‘son of John' Bonham, who obviously failed to properly replace his father in the reunited line up. ... More »
Posted Thu 5 Feb 2009 12:54PM GMT
Pete Doherty will give a lecture to members of Trinity College in Dublin's University Philosophical Society tomorrow afternoon. Since the society was formed in the 17th century, it has played host to many big name speakers, including Bram Stoker, Osc More »
Posted Thu 5 Feb 2009 12:50PM GMT
The first UK-based artist to secure $50,000 in funding from music investment website Sellaband.com will release his debut album in May. Francis Rodino managed to secure the 5000 pre-orders necessary to secure the cash through word of mouth on the int More »
Posted Thu 5 Feb 2009 12:43PM GMT
Ticketmaster chief Irving Azoff had to pull himself away from the rumoured Live Nation merger talks yesterday to apologise for problems in his company's selling of tickets for an upcoming Bruce Springsteen tour in the US. And, having pissed off one o More »