HMV is set to return to the world of online CD selling according to the Telegraph, which is pretty much the PR office for the all-new HMV, so I'm assuming this is definitely happening. While retail restructuring expert Hilco helped to keep HMV operational on the high street after the entertainment retailer crashed into administration in 2013, the new HMV company has never had a UK mail-order side to its business.
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from CMU Online
The US wing of Communion Records, launched in New York in 2011, has announced an alliance with Universal Music's Capitol Music Group, which will see the major work with some of the indie's artists Stateside. The first partnership under the new deal will see Virgin Records US providing development and marketing support to Communion-signed geezers Catfish And The Bottlemen, who already work with a Universal label in the UK – Island Records – who in turn have a long-term relationship...
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from CMU Online
Ticket booking fees and even touting cited PERFORMANCE ROYALTY collection body PRS For Music has launched a consultation into raising its Light and Popular (LP) tariff and seeks a share of event organisers' revenue from ticket booking fees, food and drink receipts and even the money some promoters make from touting their own tickets. It also flags up sponsorship revenue, additional charges for camping at festivals, merchandising and car parking fees as sectors in which PRS should receive a share.
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from Live UK
LMF LEISURE, organiser of last year's Leicester Music Festival, has gone into voluntary liquidation. The liquidator for LMF filed documents with Companies House last month and its directors claim there are no outstanding debts.
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from Live UK
GLASGOW VENUE The Arches (cap. 800) has received a stay of execution after police ordered closure over drink and drugs issues. Police Scotland requested a closure order last month after recording 26 drug and alcohol-related incidents at the club on a single Saturday.
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from Live UK
FESTIVAL OPERATOR, Vision Nine, has secured £5 million in funding to create new events, tours and shows. The money will also support existing festivals Boardmasters (cap. 30,000) in Newquay and Freeze (10,000) in London, as well as to expand internationally.
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from Live UK
SHEFFIELD'S 13,600-capacity Motorpoint Arena is seeking a new naming rights partner, as its five-year deal with the cars sales company nears an end. Its search is endorsed by the outgoing sponsor which says the deal helped to boost its sales.
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from Live UK
Two more rental houses have placed orders for the new, patented Meyer Sound Leopard linear sound reinforcement system: Eenorm Facilitair of the Netherlands and Hurricane Sound & Light of Slovakia. Only recently announced at Prolight + Sound, the Leopard line array loudspeaker and its accompanying 900-LFC low-frequency control element are the smallest and most versatile members of Meyer Sound's flagship Leo Family.
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Tom Kenny is Production and Lighting Designer for the current The Who Hits 50! North American / European tour. He has been designing for The Who, as well as the solo productions that Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey do on a regular basis, since 1990. Kenny has been working with the Nexus panels on a number of his projects ever since Chauvet Professional brought him some demo versions to try out when the product first came out. "I've used the Nexus products on a lot of my shows and always wanted...
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American rock band ZZ Top may be nearing 50 years together, but the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group shows no signs of slowing down, as they continue selling out shows across all of North America. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for ZZ Top in a design made to match the band's rock sound. Lighting Designer Gabe Hodge built on the previous year's design which consisted of 18 lamp bars with 6 GRN LED pars per bar, six Colour Kinetic Colorblaze 72 LED strip lights, and eight Elation CUEPIX...
Posted on: 21/05/2015Categories: News from TPi Magazine