MUMBAI: Eminem, one of music's most captivating performers, is set to take the stage at the 2009 MTV MOVIE AWARDS. Eminem's performance comes days after the release of his anticipated album Relapse, available May 19. Hosted by Andy Samberg, the eighteenth annual MTV MOVIE AWARDS will air on Sunday, May 31st at 9PM (Live ET/Tape Delayed PT.) Presenters and additional performers will be announced at a later date.
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MUMBAI: BBC has announced the appointment of Mark Kortekaas as its new controller for BBC Audio & Music (A&M) Interactive and BBC Mobile.
Reporting to BBC Future Media and Technology (FM&T) director Erik Huggers, Kortekaas will be responsible for the entire BBC output on mobile platforms and the multi-platform delivery of audio and music content.
In his 20-year career in digital multimedia, Kortekaas has held senior technology roles at NBC, Sony Online Entertainment, CBS and most recently, Project Kangaroo, where he was Chief Technology Officer.
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MUMBAI: Come the auspicious festival of Baisakhi on 13th of April and BIG 92.7 FM listeners in Delhi, Chandigarh and other Punjab stations will enjoy a volley of offerings lined up by the Stations Starting on 9 April, BIG FM will customise its programming content in true Punjabi style with oodles of humour, music and contests
Baisakhi is all about starting afresh and in keeping with this thought, BIG FM has lined up some great on-air and on-ground offerings which will make this fe...
Mumbai: The rift between music director Anu Malik and director Satish Kaushik over the music of Teree Sang remains unresolved.
Speaking on the legal notice that Anu Malik filed against Satish Kaushik over the music of Teree Sang, Kaushik has expressed his agony over the fact that drastic step like going to the court was taken by Anu Malik. The fall out happened when Satish Kaushik decided to rope in composers Sachin and Jigar to work on the songs for his home production Teree Sang alo...
MUMBAi: After S L Saha put in his papers in May 2008 as the joint secretary of South Indian Music Companies' Association (SIMCA), ex-treasurer and member J Sridhar has been appointed as the new joint secretary.
When Saha quit in June, Sridhar was handling the affairs of SIMCA on his behalf and was officially appointed as the joint secretary in September 2008.
Talking about key areas of focus, Sridhar says, My main concern would be getting the music labels who are the copyright owners of the music their due rights....
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MUMBAI: Bharat Matrimony and BIG 92.7 FM has come forward to celebrate April 14th, 2009 as �Matrimony Day' on-air All the shows of BIG 92.7 FM starting from Kalakkal Kaalai hosted by RJ BIG Dheena will have content based on matrimonial, For example what is Matrimonial day and why is it celebrated etc.
The shows will also have listener's point of view on marriages and husband and wife sharing their wedding experience. Apart from innovative content there will also be experts from various fields who will talk about various concepts related to wedding
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Radio Misty 94.3 FM is celebrating Poila Baisakh by organizing a host of events to honour the Bengali New Year. Radio Misty kickstarted the celebrations with an event titled Bangalir Bangaliana with the International institute of fashion design (IIFD) at Siliguri on Sunday.
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MUMBAI: Raghav Sachar and Shruti Hassan (daughter of Kamal Hassan) has been roped in as brand ambassadors by FMCG company Hindustan Unilever for endorsing their ice-cream brand Cornetto.
The duo was seen together in Raghav Sachar's recently released new single �Ho Jaane De', the title track for his new album that goes by the same name. The album includes some songs like Dil Hai Ye Dil and Anjaane Chehre from his previous album �Play it Loud'.
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The number of ghazal singers has come down exponentially in the past decade or so. The few great singers who left a lasting impression on the ghazal scene were Begum Akhtar, K L Saigal, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh and Talat Mahmood. However, in recent years, this genre has only seen a steady decline in the number of loyal listeners.
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