MUMBAI: India's most awaited camp-out music festival �Storm' has been postponed to next year, and will be held on 20-21 January.
The two day music festival scheduled for 11-12 November at Croog hills deferred due to the heavy rains and water logging in the region. The clogged roads have made the traffic inaccessible to reach the venue, as the result the organizers have decided to shift the fest to next year for the superior eco-conscious music experience.
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MUMBAI: Global superstar Lady Gaga has triumphed '2011 MTV EMA', by winning four awards at the star-studded event held in Belfast's Odyssey Arena.
The outrageous popstar confirmed the title of Pop Queen by scoring Best Female, Best Song, Best Video and Biggest Fan award.
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MUMBAI: For the first time, in its 59 years old history, the renowned music festival �Sawai Gandharva' will span for five days.
The event organized by Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal will be held between 7 – 11 December at the New English School, Raman Baug grounds in Pune.
Earlier, Sawai Gandharva was organized as a four day festival, the extension of event took place due to constrain of 10 pm which obligated organizers to convert all evening show into afternoon format.
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MUMBAI: UK record labels representative BPI has urged British telecom to block the world's largest illegal file sharing website, the Pirate Bay.
The appeal was filed one day after Hollywood film companies won a high court test case of blocking another piracy website, Newzbin.
The BPI appeal marks the first attempt to pave the way for copyright owners to demand all sites offering or simply linking to pirated media online be blocked by internet service providers.
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MUMBAI: Four-time Grammy Award international superstar Rihanna has earned her 11th #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with her single �We Found Love' (feat. Calvin Harris).
The single is one of Rihanna's fastest chart-toppers directed by Melina, the international superstar has made Billboard history by collecting 20 - 'Hot 100 Top 10 singles' faster than any other solo artist. The time span beats Madonna's previous record of five months and places Rihanna second only to the ...
NEW DELHI: The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union will hold separate radio and television song festivals in 2012.
The Programme Committee of the ABU meeting here was informed that Radio Australia will be overall host Secretariat for the radio festival, while KBS-Korea will be hosting the 2012 event. KBS will also host the 2012 TV festival. It is hoped that both festivals will become annual events.
Radio Australia's CEO Michael McCluskey told the Committee's annual meeting that the radio festival would promote cultural diversity through the sharing of music.
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MUMBAI: The 'Europe Music Awards' will air on Vh1 on 8 November at 9 pm.
The event celebrates artists and the best music of the year. The event will showcase rock performances and recognise the biggest stars in music from across the globe.
The event will have performances by singers like Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Jessie J, and bands like Cold Play, Queen, Red Hot Chili Pepper, LMFAO and Snow Patrol! The awards night will be hosted by multi-talented singer and actress Selena Gomez.
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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The intervention of the Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has helped All India Radio (AIR) get Nimbus to part with the radio broadcast rights of the three Tests of the India-West Indies series.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has granted the radio rights to the state-owned radio broadcaster after discussing with the rights holder, Nimbus Sport The commercial value of the rights is yet to be fixed, sources said.
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