MUMBAI: India will debut at the international karaoke event– �McDowell's No. 1 Soda Karaoke World Championships in association with VH1', to be held from 8th-10th September in Ireland.
KWC is conducted annually every September, drawing participation globally to battle for the world championship title. The member countries conduct local and national karaoke competitions and send winners to participate in the Championship.
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MUMBAI: Reliance TimeOut has announced Battle of Band contest in its annual music event �Rock Fest 2011' commencing on saturday 16 July in Bangalore.
Twelve bands will perform live for the title of �Rock crown', wherein six sets of bands will perform on 16 and 23 July respectively. Listeners can vote for their favourite band from 24-30 July on Facebook page. The winning band will perform at the finale of Rock Fest 2011 on Sunday, 31 July.
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MUMBAI: R&B star Rihanna has surpassed Lady Gaga with over 40.5m fans to become the most popular female star on Facebook.
Famecount.com reveals that with the growing fan base by around 100,000 per day, the R&B diva might pull ahead of the current facebook leader Eminem (43m fans).
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MUMBAI: Spotify, popular legal music streaming service in Europe, has entered US with the support of major record labels.
Spotify's mobile device and tablet, in partnership with Motorola will launch various marketing campaigns to offer its customers early access to Spotify's on-demand music streaming service.
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MUMBAI: The DRM Consortium will have strong presence at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), to be held in Amsterdam from 8th -13th September.
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MUMBAI: Red FM stands true to its bold attitude with the launch of their brand new segment �Red Arrest' on the popular drive-time show �Morning No. 1' (Mon-Fri, 7am-11am). With RJs Swati and Peeyush, the show will put public figures and celebrities on the hot seat to answer to listeners questions. Red FM is providing a platform to Delhi-ites empowering them to voice their opinions, concerns and issues directly with the concerned personalities.
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MUMBAI: Sirius XM Radio announced today that, in association with Comic-Con International, it will launch "Comic-Con Radio," the four-day channel featuring interviews, panels, fan reactions and more live from this year's Comic-Con International, the largest comic book and popular arts convention in the world.
"Comic-Con Radio" will air Thursday, July 21 at 6:00 pm ET through Monday, July 25 at 3:00 am ET on channel 141 and Comedy Showcase on SiriusXM Internet Radio from Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center.
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MUMBAI: Synergy Records is proud to announce that Miss MiMi from 24/7 Productions has recently been enlisted to take over its A&R Division. Miss MiMi is one of the hottest radio personalities out there. She has taken her 12 years of experience in the music industry, her passion for music and amazing personality, combined with her natural talent of finding the freshest and most talented artists out there today and become a huge success. MiMi's musical background and her experience in full-blown artist development made it a no-brainer for Synergy Records to choose her.
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