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MUMBAI: Three radio entries have been shortlisted from India for the Cannes Lions 58th International Festival of Creativity. McCann Worldgroup bagged all the three Radio Lions short listings, two for Mirc Electronics' Onida and one for Radio Mirchi, out of the 78 radio entries submitted from India. Mirc Electronics title �Terminator' and �A few Good Men' has been nominated in the Home Appliances, Furnishings, Electronics and Audio Visual category and Radio Mirchi's �IRS Callers' in the Publications and Media category.
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MUMBAI: As a tribute to Michael Jackson on his second death anniversary on 25 June, Sonu Nigam, along with brother of the �King of Pop' Jermaine Jackson will pay homage to the departed soul at the forthcoming IIFA weekend on the same day.
read moreMUMBAI: Bhayanak Maut was awarded as the best band of the year and Noiseware's song �23' won the best song of the year at the second edition of Rolling Stone Metal Awards 2011 (India). Undying Inc band topped with three awards - 'Aggressive World Dynasty' as Best Album, 'Yuvraj Sengupta' for Best Drummer and 'Shashank Bhatnagar' as Best Vocalist. Rolling Stone popular choice award was won by Zygnema for best band and best song and Devoid's 'A God's of lie' was recognized as best album.
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MUMBAI: To celebrate the success of Gaga's latest album �Born This Way' Universal Music India has unveiled the �The Lady Gaga Wall of Fame', exhibiting singer's photograph in her classic moments. The gallery was inaugurated by popular bollywood music directors Salim-Sulaiman who have officially remixed two tracks, Born This Way... and Judas... from the album. Gaga's music, merchandise, concert videos and interviews were showcased at the event.
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MUMBAI: After a month of Yash Chopra signing in AR Rahman to compose music for his upcoming directorial venture starring Shah Rukh Khan, the reputed filmmaker has brought in lyricist Gulzar to complete the musical ensemble.
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MUMBAI: Bollywood singer Neeraj Shridhar, who is making waves in the industry with his latest hit Character Dheela, will be performing on the finale of 'Leave Office Early campaign' on Friday 24 June in Bangalore. Along with Character Dheela the singer will perform on Chor Bazari, Aahun Aahun, Woh Chali, Hawa Mein Udati Jaaye, Chhodh Do Aanchal, Zara Nazron Se Kehdo, Love Mera Hit Hit, Rab Sab Se Sona, Pyaar Mein, Full Volume, Beh Chala and many more.
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MUMBAI: Australian pacer Brett Lee has opened a music center to provide free music lessons to underprivileged children in Mumbai. The studio opened on the outskirts of a dumping ground, will offer free music lessons to the slum children aged between 7-15. Lee has planned to have at least 100 such centers across India. The instruments and teachers for the music center have all been funded through Lee's �Mewsic Foundation', which has teamed up with some Indian non-government organizations and charities to set up the program.
read moreMUMBAI: UTV Interactive digital channel has introduced an innovative content with one of its kind karaoke jukebox on YouTube, a streaming eclectic music of Delhi Belly. Delhi Belly songs have become huge rage in the music industry and with karaoke jukebox listeners get a chance to sing-along songs like Bhaag DK Bose, Nakkad Wale Disco, Jaa Chudail.... The karaoke juke box is a special treat to its web audience by UTV networks.
read moreMUMBAI: Current Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor is all set to get the country grooving with his new item number �Tai Tai Phiss' in Salman Khan produced Chillar Party. The song, which has been composed by National Award winning music director Amit Trivedi with Nitesh Tiwari as the lyricist, was played exclusively on Red 93.5 FM Network for three days starting from June 16th 2011 to June 18th 2011.
read moreMUMBAI: Some refreshing news about the off season entertainment scene in Goa. Hotelier Deepak Luthria's Sun City Resort, a four star property built into a beautiful scenic location in Baga, has launched 'Sunday night live' featuring Goa's premier jazz band 'Jazz Junction'. The weekly event took off on the 19th of June with a full house that included several accomplished jazz artistes that included pianist Ronnie Monsorate and singers Nelly Pereira, Effy Monsorate and Mac Dourado.
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MUMBAI: Benny Greb – the German drummer, considered one of the top 10 drummers in the world currently, performed at a Drum Clinic / concert organised by Brijesh Bhargava of Bhargava's Musik at ISKCON on Sunday 19th June. He had the audience spellbound by his spectacular virtuoso performance on the drums interspersed with his brilliant sense of humour. Among the audience were our very own drum maestro Shivamani (who flew down specially from Chennai to watch the master at action), Ranjit Barot (considered among the pioneers of drumming in India) and the up and coming Gino Banks
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MUMBAI: Google is gearing up to introduce a Gemini Artificial Intelligence (AI) extension for Youread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) delivered impressive first-quarter earnings that surpassed exread more
MUMBAI: Universal Music Group and TikTok have announced a new licensing agreement, marking the enread more
MUMBAI: Vianet Media, founded by Mr.read more
MUMBAI: Google initiated testing of the 'hum to search' feature in late 2023 on its YouTube Musicread more
MUMBAI: Fresh off the thunderous success of his hit track "Block" and blowing off the internet trends with ‘Up To U’, the prolific artist Dhanda...read more
MUMBAI: Musician Munawar Faruqui recently announced his latest masterpiece, ‘Dhandho’ marking his first release post-Bigg Boss 17 win. Created in...read more
MUMBAI: Canadian-based sensation Jerry is set to redefine the Punjabi music scene with his ground-breaking debut album, 'RAW”. With a string of...read more
MUMBAI: Witness the blurring of lines between reality and fiction in antiSOCIAL Pune's latest immersive theatrical production. In a world weary of...read more
