MUMBAI: Chennai will see a host of musicians paying their tribute to Michael Jackson on 29 August, the late pop legend's birth anniversary
Singer turned actor Shruti Hassan will be one amongst several other young singers who will perform live for the concert.
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MUMBAI: 195 All India Radio Sub-Stations will be set up in the country during the 11th Five Year Plan 50 new sub-stations will be set up in 18 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
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MUMBAI: Maybe major international touring acts do not have India in their touring schedule, but tribute acts seem to be giving the music hungry audience a taste of some real acts.
In March, Mumbai got to see all-female American tribute band Lez Zeppelin and now, the city gears up for Eric Clapton's tribute band 'After Midnight' scehduled to preform on 17 July 2009. The concert titled 'Classic Clapton' will be hosted at Bandra's St. Andrews Auditorium
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MUMBAI: Sony Ericsson is offering music fans who apply for the second annual Sony Ericsson FanWalk experience at fanwalk.tv a chance to attend the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards and win the ultimate prize of presenting an award live on stage. Participants will be selected from fifteen countries and will walk the FanWalk together from Hamburg to Berlin from 27 October to 5 November to join the MTV Music Awards.
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MUMBAI: After having collaborated with international artistes like INXS and David Bowie, singer Sona Mohapatra is all set to launch her second album �Raat Din'.
The album which is likely to be launched by Sony Music, includes 'songs of the night, going into songs of the day'. Ram Sampath has composed for the album, while Munna Dhiman has penned the tracks. The first video single "Diljale" will be released in August,... reveals Sona.
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MUMBAI: Spice Mobiles has launched C-5300, a new handset in the CDMA segment.
The handset features a digital camera, 1.8-inch screen with 65K color screen. The phone also has an MP3 player and FM recording feature. The phone has an expandable memory with a long battery life of 1000mAh.
The phone also has Hindi language to help users connect in their language of choice. There is customizable home screen and also features a one-touch torch.
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MUMBAI: BBC World Service has announced the appointment of Amit Baruah, a leading Indian print journalist, as the Head of BBC Hindi. Amit will be based in New Delhi and will be responsible for BBC Hindi service's multimedia output He also will be BBC World Service's lead Editor for India.
Amit Baruah, who has been working as the Foreign Editor Hindustan Times, brings to the BBC 23 years' experience in international reporting A foreign correspondent for nearly a decade, Amit has re...
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD), the sales and marketing division of Universal Music Group, has entered into a strategic alliance with TuneCore, a leading digital music distribution company. The announcement was recently made by UMGD President and CEO Jim Urie and TuneCore Founder & CEO Jeff Price.
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MUMBAI: Trichy's No: 1 FM station Suryan FM 93.5 has captured the minds of listeners with its unique concepts filled with fun and entertainment. Sticking to the motto of �…go on entertaining' Suryan Fm – Trichy celebrated last Saturday as SUDOKU DAY.
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NEW DELHI: Although the Government has no specific policy on religious organisations having reasonable access to air time on private TV channels, private FM radio and TV channels are free to determine their programming as long as it is in compliance of the relevant programme and advertisement codes.
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