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CMU’s One Liners: Sony, Warner, Lorde, more
By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 28 February 2017
Other notable announcements and developments today…
• Sony Music will promote its CFO Kevin Kelleher to the wider role of COO when Rob Stringer takes over as overall CEO of the global Sony record company in April.
• Niko Nordström has been appointed President of Warner Music Australasia. “I’m excited”, says WMG’s Stu Bergen. “I am THRILLED”, adds Nordström.
• Yeah, well there’s probably going to be a new Lorde single out this week.
• Spoek Mathambo has announced that he will release his first album for five years, ‘Mzansi Beat Code’, on 14 Apr. From it, this is ‘I Found You’.
• Methyl Ethel’s new album ‘Everything Is Forgotten’ is out this very Friday. Here’s new single ‘L’Heure des Sorcières’.
• All Them Witches will be heading out on a tour of the UK in September and October, including a show at Koko in London on 5 Oct.