NEW DELHI: Delhi based band ‘The Local Train’ are all set to groove at Hard Rock Café on 5 April. The band will perform some of their experimental tracks mixing old and new sounds together.
Formed in 2009, the band comprises of Raman Negi (Lead Vocals), Ramit Mehra (Bass Guitar), Paras Thakur (Guitar) and Sahil Sarin (Drums/Percussions).
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NEW DELHI: The sixth season of singing reality show Indian Idol kick-started its auditions with over 25,000 entries in NCR region, forcing the organisers to close the registrations.
Delhi marked the beginning of the auditioning process to be followed by other cities like Lucknow (5 April), Ahmedabad (9 April), Rajkot (15 April), Aurangabad (22 April) and finally culminating in Mumbai (18-19 May). Mini Mathur and Hussain Kuwajerwala are anchoring the audition rounds.
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MUMBAI: Following the footsteps of its fellow competitor, Universal Music is now encashing on the rapidly blooming South Indian Music Industry. After foraying into Malayalam music industry last month, the label has re-entered Tamil market after a hiatus of 30 years.
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MUMBAI: The major film studios and music companies will soon unveil plans for a copyright center, an organization designed to oversee the implementation of the controversial graduated-response program, according to CNET.
Last July, Internet service providers including AT&T, Comcast and Verizon agreed to begin implementing a series of measures designed to discourage illegal file-sharing, the ISPs said they and the entertainment companies would establish a Center for Copyright Information (CCI) to assist in the effort to combat online infringement.
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MUMBAI: Computer peripherals maker iBall has launched its first android handset ‘Andi 2’ in the Indian market.
The dual-sim device is equipped with a 3.5 inch capacitive touch-scren display, android 2.2 Froyo OS, 3.5 mm jack, MicroSD card support, expandable memory upto 16 GB, 3MP rear camera and VGA front camera.
The handset also features dual-SIM standby mode, 800MHz processor, 1450mAh Lithium-ion battery, bluetooth, WiFi, GPRS and 3G connectivity.
The device is ...
MUMBAI: US broadcaster NBC has announced that from today, when its music competition series 'The Voice' goes live, fans of the show will be able to vote for their favourite artists via a new app on their Facebook timeline.
The app, which enables people to share their viewing and voting with their friends, creates social voting options for any network competition series while providing a deeply engaging experience for fans.
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MUMBAI: Clear Channel, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any radio or television outlet, today announced the return of the popular iHeartRadio Music Festival, the biggest live concert event in radio history – another two-day, star-studded festival, hosted at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on September 21 and 22, 2012.
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MUMBAI: Sony/ATV Music Publishing has appointed Rob Wiesenthal as president for its international operations. The announcement was made by Sony/ ATV chairman and CEO Martin Bandier.
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MUMBAI: Acclaimed music composer Illaiyaraja has composed songs with London based orchestra for his upcoming Tamil film ‘Nee Thane En Ponvasantham’.
Musicians from Budapest were roped in for the tracks along with a children’s choir for one song. The composer stated that the music will remind people of their childhood and past memories associated with it. Apart from the tracks, the maestro will also compose the background score of the movie with a symphony orchestra.
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