Posted Tue 31 Mar 2009 12:30PM BST
Creamfields has announced it is offering a special credit crunching
ticket offer this year, with the first 5000 tickets for the annual
dance fest going for just £100. Day tickets will also stay at 2008
prices, and hospitality tickets have dropped 
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 Tue 31 Mar 2009 12:28PM BST
According to reports, Madonna has attended a hearing in Lilongwe to
ask for permission to adopt a four year old Malawian girl. The child,
Chifundo James, previously reported as Mercy James (which is what the
name translates as), has been living in Posted Tue 31 Mar 2009 12:26PM BST
Talking of interesting, this is. While the UK's Musicians' Union
joined with record label trade bodies BPI and AIM and recording
royalties body PPL in criticising the government for blocking copyright
extension proposals in Europe last week, even Posted Tue 31 Mar 2009 12:24PM BST
Google launched an interesting new service in China yesterday - a
fully-licensed free-to-use ad-funded download platform offering some
350,000 tracks for free download from both Chinese and foreign artists,
with the promise that that number will r Posted Mon 30 Mar 2009 12:35PM BST
Rockers Nickelback dominated Canada's Juno awards at the weekend, opening the show with a performance of their single 'Something In Your Mouth', and collecting three awards at the ceremony, for Group Of The Year, Album Of The Year for 'Dark Horse' an Posted Mon 30 Mar 2009 12:32PM BST
The Mirror claims that Robbie Williams is definitely going to make some live appearances with Take That, and that their reunion will begin with a London residency. The singer previously revealed, apparently, that he felt ready for a return to the gro Posted Mon 30 Mar 2009 12:29PM BST
You know that phrase ‘iPod killer' used every time someone launches a new digital music device or download service? Well, it's normally applied to devices/services/partnerships that have no hope of really providing any serious competition to the Ap Posted Mon 30 Mar 2009 12:28PM BST
So, the British music industry's attempts to extend the recording copyright from the current 50 years, possibly to as much as 95 years, were dealt what Music Week have called a "savage blow" on Friday, which is quite a strong adjective, but ther Posted Mon 30 Mar 2009 10:38AM BST
Rob Ballantine, the chair of the UK's Concert Promoters'
Association and director of promoters SJM, has warned that he expects a
rise in the number of online ticketing scams in the next year. And by
that he doesn't mean people re-selling tickets a Posted Mon 30 Mar 2009 10:37AM BST
Reports claim that Madonna is planning an imminent trip to Africa
to adopt a second Malawian child. An official at Malawi's Department Of
Women And Child Welfare told the BBC that the singer is expected to
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