Complete Music Update




Amazon starts streaming music negotiations with very low offer As expected, Amazon has started its price negotiations with the labels very low indeed as... Mistrial in G-Unit murder case The trial of James Rosemond over claims that he had a member of 50 Cent's... Frank Ocean sued by Chipotle over Wonka song Frank Ocean is being sued by US restaurant chain Chipotle over a claim that he... Caroline signs up Turnstile Universal Music's newish label services company Caroline International has announced a deal with UK indie... Salaam Remi signs Liam Bailey to Sony imprint Sony Music's VP Of A&R Salaam Remi has signed Nottingham-based Liam Bailey, co-writer and voice... Bath club Moles closes following fire Bath live venue Moles will stay closed until August, and possibly longer than that, for... Next deadline upcoming for music export grants scheme The next deadline for the Music Export Growth Scheme funding programme from UK Trade &... Neil Young's Pono player pre-orders begin this week Details of Neil Young's unwieldy digital music player and accompanying high quality music service, Pono,... Shazam raises new finance, gets half billion valuation Music data whatnot company Shazam has confirmed that it has secured another $20 million in... Hertfordshire Jack FM rebrands as Bob One of the UK radio stations operating under the Jack FM name has rebranded as,... More speculation over a Spotify IPO For those of you keeping a 'reasons to speculate a Spotify IPO is incoming' list... Post-EMI legal battle between Terra Firma and Citigroup to be fought in London So it turns out that a British court will, after all, play host to the... Shogun Audio announces Full Thought publishing deal Electronic music label Shogun Audio - best known for its origins in drum n bass... Beats opens up its API Beats Music has followed the lead of rivals like Spotify and Rdio by making its... Samsung launches new streaming service in US Samsung is having yet another go at digital music, after possibly phasing out its most... British Library to discuss 21st century music archiving The British Library Sound Archive is to hold a one day symposium looking at music...		Harry Styles gains permanent injunction against four photographers One Direction's Harry Styles has secured a permanent injunction to stop four paparazzos from following... Cheryl Cole confirmed for X-Factor return too So, it seems that ITV is very much attempting to get 'X-Factor' viewing figures back... One Direction's Louis, Liam and Harry writing with Good Charlotte and Kodaline Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne of little-known boy toys One Direction have formed a songwriting... Did The Rapture break up and not tell anyone? The Rapture have split up in the most furtive way possible, in that they didn't... Release Round-Up: Iggy Azalea, Diplo/The Clash/Frank Ocean, Tirzah and Omi Palone Iggy Azalea has released all the essential details on her new LP, 'The New Classic'.... Festival Line-Up Update: Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury, Lovebox and more Worthy of noting down amongst today's FLUUs are Reading and Leeds festivals, which've picked up... Male X-Factor winners are like puppets, says puppet-like male X-Factor winner James Arthur 'X-Factor' has so far failed to find any male winners who are "believable", says James... Ke$ha free at last, "feeling healthy" after rehab Ke$ha has ended her extended two-month stay in a Chicago rehab clinic, leaving the facility... Morrissey declares new LP Pop icon and exemplary vegan Morrissey, has revealed the typically-Moz title of his forthcoming solo... Posthumous Jackson record nearly ready, likely to launch on Sony phone A new album of previously unreleased Michael Jackson tracks is near completion, but will reportedly... Matt Berry makes album for insomniacs Actor and TV hilarioso Matt Berry is also a musician, you know, and it's under... Cher Lloyd asks fans to release new album (whatever that means) Lil Cher Lloyd has written a lil note to illuminate us all on the status... Gigs & Tours Round-Up: John Grant, Pizza Underground, Chance The Rapper BRITs-nominated artist John Grant will run a last lap in honour of his solo LP... Festival Line-Up Update: Exit, Rebellion, BoomTown Fair and more Like festivals? Love finding out about updates to the line-ups at said festivals? If so,... New Tool album "100% [not] done" So, the new Tool album is "100% done" and coming out any day now. Or...