HMV sets the vinyl record straight
Sainsbury's has gained a great deal of positive publicity in the last 24 hours, with a raft of stories reporting it to be 'the biggest vinyl retailer on the high street', following claims made in its Q1 trading statement. Only it isn't. Not in terms of market share, anyway. And that market share, of eight per cent, was reported right next to that 'biggest retailer' claim. Which confused a confusing situation. Pushed it towards baffling, in fact, because, surely, at some point, most people would look at the words 'eight per cent market share' and the words 'biggest retailer' and think something along the lines of 'how the hell can you be the biggest retailer of vinyl with a market share of just eight per cent?'. (Music Week)
Universal Music and Abbey Road launch new division, Globe Soundtrack & Score
Universal Music UK and Abbey Road Studios are launching a new division, Globe Soundtrack & Score, to maximise the artistic and commercial impact of music in film and TV. The division, which will be based in the world-famous studios, will work with producers, directors, music supervisors and composers to source and create music for a wide variety of projects. It will contribute at the earliest stages of a soundtrack, in terms of funding as well as content and composition. The first outing for the new approach will be On Chesil Beach, the highly-anticipated adaptation of Ian McEwan’s 2007 novel starring Oscar-nominated Saoirse Ronan. The film, directed by Dominic Cooke, is being produced by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley of Number 9 Films, the driving force behind the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated Carol and Youth.
Dave Wallace And His Management Team Join Three Six Zero
Three Six Zero, the international music management and entertainment company, has today announced that Dave Wallace will be joining the Senior Management Team. Dave Wallace is a hugely successful manager with a track record of hit albums and sold out arena tours. He brings to Three Six Zero his roster of artists, including You Me At Six & Bat For Lashes, and also fellow managers Graham Brown ( Magic Man, Foreign Fields, Hembree) and Ed Morford (YMAS).Dave has most recently led the accomplished management company The League International which he started in 2012, signing You Me At Six and Bat For Lashes and hiring manager Graham Brown. He was previously in management at Wildlife Entertainment and prior to that worked as an agent at Primary Talent.
Three generations of rockers honoured at Kerrang! Awards
The Kerrang Awards took place last night at London’s Troxy, hosted by flamboyant Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins and legendary Skindred star Benji Webbe. This year’s awards landed in the middle of Kerrang!’s 35th birthday celebrations, so it’s fitting that three generations of rockers were honoured. Fresh from headlining Wembley Arena just days ago, Deftones had their incredible career recognised with the Kerrang!Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Planet Rock. Deftones shot to international fame in the late-’90s and their sound has evolved consistently over the past 20 years. blink-182 delighted fans by picking up the Icon Award in person – Mark Hoppus and new member Matt Skiba were in attendance to receive the honour. Asking Alexandria were victorious in taking home Best British Band, presented by WWE 2K17. The Yorkshire metallers stunned the world this year with their first album with new vocalist Denis Stoff and impressive live performances. They beat off stiff competition from Bring Me The Horizon, Enter Shikari, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro.
British female artists are spot on for sync
Underlining the continuing success of British artists and labels, much of the great music behind some of 2015’s most memorable TV and online ads came from home-grown talent. Music recordings or ‘syncs’ from British acts accounted for the best part of half (41.2 per cent) of the tracks used by brands and their advertising and media agencies to promote their products and services to the general public, reveals independent research by adbreakanthems published today by the UK record labels’ association, the BPI, and the MPA – the Music Publishers’ Association. Leading the way were a string of British female artists, with material by Paloma Faith proving particularly popular as no fewer than four major brands (Calvin Klein, Dixons, Simply Be, and Eastern Western) turned to the BRIT Award-winning singer for their TV adverts. Paloma also claimed the title of “most-synced” song of 2015 with a track she co-wrote, Ready for the Good Life – a distinction she shared with the Motown classic, Sunny,which was also widely used last year. The survey, which monitored nearly 800 TV and online ads first aired in the UK during 2015, is the most comprehensive snapshot of the sync market available to industry. Synchronisation or ‘sync’ is the industry term used for the placement of music into audio-visual content such as advertisements, trailers, video games, films and TV programmes.
Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone Returns to the Lyric Hammersmith
Bugsy Malone, the smash hit musical created by Sir Alan Parker, is returning to the Lyric Hammersmith, London from June 11 to September 4, 2016. The show contains songs from Oscar-winning writer Paul Williams, published by Warner/Chappell Music, the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group. The classic tracks include Bad Guys, My Name Is Tallulah, So You Wanna Be A Boxer and You Give A Little Love. This Olivier Award nominated (Best Revival of a Musical, 2016) production directed by the Lyric’s Artistic Director, Sean Holmes, had a sell-out run at the Lyric Hammersmith last year and is now set to run for further 12 weeks over the summer. Bugsy Malone is set in Prohibition-era America and is a story of mobsters, showgirls and dreamers, but with children and young adults portraying all of the characters. At the Lyric Hammersmith the production is led by three teams of young stars performing in rotation, with an ensemble of fresh talent aged 16 and older. The show was originally created as a musical film in 1976, directed by Parker and starring Jodie Foster and Scott Baio.
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