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So, when it was announced that Faith No More's only UK show on their European reunion tour would be at Download, it was a bit of a kick in the balls for the newly launched rival rock festival Sonisphere. Now though, Download might be about to get a q 
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 Thu 23 Apr 2009 12:41PM BST
She may be fit to record music and then perform it on stage, but Britney Spears is not fit to stand up and say stuff. So says LA Superior Court Judge Akiva Bobb.As previously reported, Spears' father and conservator Jamie is currently seeking to exte Posted Thu 23 Apr 2009 12:40PM BST
Billy Bragg has again hit out at the current European proposals for the extension of the recording copyright term from fifty to 95 years. As much previously reported, UK record industry trade bodies like the BPI, PPL, UK Music and the Musicians' Unio Posted Thu 23 Apr 2009 12:34PM BST
The Pirate Bay Four may be resolute that their BitTorrent tracker will continue to operate despite them being found guilty of criminal copyright infringement for their roles in running or funding it, and despite the prison sentences and major damages Posted Wed 22 Apr 2009 12:07PM BST
Video streaming website and CMU-Tube enabler MUZU TV has announced
that it has signed a deal with Universal, meaning it now has deals with
three of the four majors in place (Warner are still being killjoys).
That
means they now have access Posted Wed 22 Apr 2009 12:03PM BST
Noel Gallagher claims that Oasis will go on a five year hiatus
following the band's upcoming stadium tour because he calculates that
is how long it'll take to get over the trauma of seeing his brother
Liam every day. He also claimed that his dista Posted Wed 22 Apr 2009 12:01PM BST
The nominations for this year's Ivor Novello Awards for songwriting
are out. Leading the pack are Coldplay, Duffy and The Ting Tings, who
all receive three nominations, while Elbow are down for two. However,
the most noise is being made about The Posted Wed 22 Apr 2009 11:54AM BST
There have been plenty of studies in recent years into whether or
not file sharers buy more or less music as a result of having free
access to every song ever made via the interweb, some concluding they
buy more, some they buy less, none, interest Posted Tue 21 Apr 2009 12:58PM BST
Spotify will be able to play you adverts based on your mood before
the end of this year, the company's UK Sales Director Jon Mitchell has
said. Adverts are apparently already served based on gender and age,
but soon the software will also track yo Posted Tue 21 Apr 2009 12:56PM BST
Some residents who live near the Glastonbury Festival site have
criticised a decision to redraw the area within which organisers offer
free tickets so that the offer applies to fewer households. Glasto
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