MUMBAI: After garnering huge response for Coke Studio@MTV- season 2, MTV India is all geared up to commence the second edition of its another innovative musical property ‘Unplugged’ by October.
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MUMBAI: R&B superstar Rihanna and all singing teen-pop sensation One Direction were the big winners at the 29th MTV Video Music 2012, which was held on 6 September 2012 in Los Angeles.
The awards featured a mixed of new and renowned artistes while Rihanna took home the night's most coveted honor - Video of the Year for her single ‘We Found Love,’ featuring Calvin Harris, One Direction swept three awards - Best New Artiste, Best pop video and Most share-worthy video’ for ‘...
MUMBAI: Big FM has announced the second edition of Marathi Music Awards.
The awards provide a unified platform to recognize musical talent to the best Marathi music and musicians across genres. This year, the awards have included new categories such as the Best Violinist and Best music Arranger, among a total of 17 categories.
The jury panel for these awards include eminent Padmaja Phenani, playback singer Sudesh Bhonsle and the multifaceted Marathi poet, lyricist, script writer...
MUMBAI: Noted singer-songwriter and session guitar player Joe South passed away yesterday after suffering from heart attack.
South, 72, died in his home in Buford, northeast of Atlanta after having a heart attack, his music publisher said.
South was born as Joseph Souter in Atlanta on 28 February 1940. His debut single was a novelty song called- ‘The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor’.
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MUMBAI: Heralding the celebratory season of Diwali, International music sensation and rhyme singer Sean Paul has announced the final dates of his maiden multi-city tour in India.
Commencing from 2 November in Mumbai, the concert will be held on 3 November in Delhi followed by Bengaluru on 4 November, Pune on the 5 November, Hyderabad on 6 November and Goa on 7 November. The popstar will also host a concert in Nepal thereafter.
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MUMBAI: Sony Music Entertainment has inked an exclusive license deal with UTV Motion Pictures for three years.
The label will look after the global distribution of songs and videos across all digital platforms for upcoming films like ‘Barfi!’, ‘Joker’, ‘Heroine’, ‘AnyBody Can Dance’ (ABCD) and ‘Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana’ (LSTCK) .
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MUMBAI: Finnish phone maker Nokia's new ‘Lumia’ smartphones caused its shares to slide 13 per cent. The new Lumia ‘920’ and ‘820’ Smartphones armed with Microsoft Phone 8 platform failed to impress the investors when it was unveiled on 5 September in New York.
Markets responded by sending stocks down by 13 per cent. Nokia shares traded in Helsinki began sliding midway through the New York launch to bottom out at 1.99 euros, the company’s biggest single-day loss since June...
MUMBAI: Proving that non-music content can also survive on radio and has a long road ahead in the medium, Neelesh Misra revived the art of storytelling on radio through his show ‘Yaadon ka Idiot Box’. As the show is currently in its second edition, the lyricist has big plans to take the show to the next level.
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MUMBAI: The frequent musical innovations and innovative programming has paid off for MTV India, as the channel has bagged nine awards including three gold titles at the recent 2012 EMVIES awards.
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MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supremo Raj Thackeray has given green light to telecast singing reality show ‘Sur Kshetra’, but asserted his outfit would not allow such shows in future.
Colors CEO Raj Nayak and Sahara One Media and Entertainment Ltd director Boney Kapoor, met Thackeray today and requested him stating that they have already shot many episodes. "We met with Mr Thackeray and told him that we have shot over 15 episodes of the show and that we are really looking fo...
