MUMBAI: Polish band Zakopower will perform live in Mumbai for the first time on 24 November at the NCPA.
Zakopower, that was nominated for the 'Best Polish Act' at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards, is part of the cultural line up which the Consulate General of Poland has drawn up celebrations to mark its 75th year in Mumbai and the 90th year of Poland's independence.
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MUMBAI: Roger Waters, Will.I.Am, Anoushka Shankar, Hard Kaur, Jalebee Cartel, Vishal and Shekhar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Niigaam and Shaan are among the musicians who will perform with Jon Bon Jovi at the Live Earth India concert on December 7.
The other celebrities who will be on stage during the event to be telecast on Star World and Channel V are Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Bipasha Basu, Shiamak Davar, Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal and Purab Kohli.
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MUMBAI: It has been a day of yo-yoing between the various TV worker associations and the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees Association (FWICE), which is their parent body on the wage agreement that the latter signed on their behalf with the producers bodies yesterday. All of the crafts voiced their grievances, saying they were not happy with the settlement through the day by raising a protest outside the FWICE offices.
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MUMBAI: MUMBAI: Radio City's award-winning flagship show Love Guru completes five years on 24 November.
The show on relationships providing counsel, companionship and comfort accompanied with the choicest Hindi melodies, is hosted by mystery host RJ Love Guru. The show airs simultaneously in 16 cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Pune, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Vadodara, Surat, Sholapur, Nagpur, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Akola, Nanded and Jalgaon.
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MUMBAI: Chinese Democracy, the first new Guns N' Roses album since 1991, will make its debut exclusively on MySpace Music on Thursday, where fans can listen to it for free. Among the countries where it has been made available on MySpace is India, say reports.
The band has previously released two songs, Chinese Democracy and Better, to radio stations and music sites in the past couple of weeks, however.
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MUMBAI: Radio Mirchi has used the parameter it resisted with much force till recently to stake claim to the top spot in Delhi.
Quoting RAM data, the station says that Radio Mirchi's lead over the nearest competition in the private FM sector continues by 150 per cent with an all time TARP of 2.5. It has also garnered 29 per cent of the total market shares in TARP, says the station.
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MUMBAI: Aardvark Records and Global Ride Video Productions have struck a partnership which will see the British record label supply the US-based spinning/indoor cycling DVD production company with its extensive catalogue of rock and dance tracks.
The music licensing deal will see the initial delivery of chart hits from dance acts Jason Sean, DJ Front and Liquid Factor; the folk/Americana act Satya Graha; and the Indie Rock-BritPop crossover act Little Spitfire available on the newly launched cycling fitness DVD series, says a release.
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MUMBAI: North Bengal FM station Radio Misty will soon go on air in Gangtok in Sikkim on the 95 FM frequency.
PCM Group, the company that runs Misty, claims that Misty will be the first FM station to be heard in the whole of Sikkim. Nine FM is currently the lone FM station in the state. A state of art studio is ready in the capital city of Sikkim, Gangtok. Radio Misty, which is aired in the 94.3 MHz in Siliguri, has been allotted change in frequency in Sikkim. The station has however n...
MUMBAI: Nielsen Media Research will soon be entering the radio ratings business in the United States, according to the New York Times.
In a deal to be announced on Tuesday, the radio broadcaster Cumulus Media will start relying on Nielsen's measurements of 50 of its small and midsize markets in the third quarter of 2009. Clear Channel Radio will use the Nielsen data for 17 of the markets, says the report.
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