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One Liners: Downtown, Mark Ronson, Offset, more

By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 30 November 2018

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Downtown has appointed Delmar Powell as Vice President of A&R. “Delmar possesses an incredible passion for great artistry and songs”, says the company’s Senior Vice President, Andrew Gould. “We are very excited and fortunate to welcome him to the team”.

• Mark Ronson’s new single with Miley Cyrus, ‘Nothing Breaks Like A Heart’, is out right now.

• Migos’ Offset has released ‘Red Room’, the title track of his upcoming debut solo album of the same name.

• Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne have released the video for ‘Good Form’, the closing track from her latest album ‘Queen’.

• Lily Allen and Stamina MC feature on the new single from Shy FX, ‘Roll The Dice’.

• Dido has released the video for new single ‘Hurricanes’.

• John Legend has released the video for his version of ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’. His Christmas album, ‘A Legendary Christmas’, is out now.

• Rotting Christ have released their new single, ‘Fire, God And Fear’. Their new album, ‘The Heretics’, is out on 15 Feb.

• Sasha is back with new single ‘Ouch’. “It’s about knowing deep down that a situation is eventually going to hurt you, but seeing things through rose-tinted glasses at the time”, she says. “And then kicking yourself when everything goes to shit because you saw it coming from the start. Tragic!”

• In the ongoing dance of London-based music festivals around the city’s parks, some stability has emerged. Lovebox and Citadel will remain at Gunnersbury park in West London next year. They moved there from East London’s Victoria Park (via an abandoned deal with South London Brockwell Park) this year.

• Check out our weekly Spotify playlist of new music featured in the CMU Daily – updated every Friday.