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MUMBAI: Giving budding rockstars a chance to showcase their talent, ‘Hard Rock Rising 2012’- a global battle of bands will kick-start from 1 March in India. HRC has selected bands from five cities namely Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore to compete for the qualifying events. Shortlisted bands will be judged by a panel of local industry experts and the other participating bands’ representatives. A final round featuring each of the preliminary winners will be held on Thursday, 22 March 2012.
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MUMBAI: Renowned for his soulful and simple ballad-style singing, Lucky Ali is all set to perform live in Mumbai and Pune . Dubbing it as his comeback tour, the singer will perform an unplugged session on some of his tracks like ‘O Sanam’, ‘Na tum jaano na hum’, ‘Gori teri aankhen’ and more.
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Novex Communications well recognized as an exclusive commercial distributor for broadcasters like ESPN, Star Sports, Set Discovery has added another feather in its crowded cap. The progressive low profiled company is presently the sole music licensing body for three major production houses namely Shemaroo Entertainment, Yash Raj Films and UTV Software Communications. The company has acquired 62 libraries of Punjabi music from Big Net Communication recently.
read moreMUMBAI: To commemorate second anniversary and the launch of the re-vamped website, ArtistAloud.com has announced one of the longest webcerts with 50 independent artistes who will perform live for digital audience. ‘Seagram’s Fuel Music Day’ will be relayed live on Friday 2 March 2012 on ArtistAloud.com from Rangsharada in Mumbai.
read moreMUMBAI: On the auspicious occasion of Holi, Big FM will launch a comedy offering ‘Hansi ke Rang Surendra Sharma ke Sang’ across its 25 stations in the Hindi belt. The evening show with comedian Surendra Sharma will appeal to a more mature audience base. Sharma will engross listeners through ‘chhed chhaad’ on the airwaves and solve their queries and challenges. He will take on human follies and the ill of society in his own style of humorous poetry.
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MUMBAI: To celebrate international teenage sensation Justin Bieber’s birthday on 1 March, Big CBS Spark has planned a series of activities and allied programming dedicated to the Bieber boy. On his birthday, starting 8pm, the channel will telecast a documentary with interviews, music videos and rare footage of the teen idol followed by two episodes of the Late Show with David Letterman. The Beibs talks about his likes, dislikes, favourite songs, movies, growing up years and even presents the Letterman Signature Top ten list.
read moreMUMBAI: Mika Singh, Manasi Scott and Harshdeep Kaur will perform at the opening ceremony of the inaugural Bridgestone World Series Hockey on 29 Feb in Chandigarh. While Punjabi rapper Mika Singh will perform on songs like ‘Tu mera hero’ (Desi Boyz) and ‘Dhinka Chika’ (Ready), Harshdeep Kaur will belt out Rahman's Rocstar songs including ‘Katiya Karoon’ and more.
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MUMBAI: Following their induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, legendary rock band Guns N' Roses have announced a UK tour across seven cities in May 2012. Commencing from 19 May in Nottingham the band will perform in Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester, culminating the tour on 31 May at London’s O2 Arena. Guns N' Roses comprises of singer Axl Rose, lead guitarists Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal and DJ Ashba, keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Chris Pitman, bassist Tommy Stinson, rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus, drummer Frank Ferrer.
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MUMBAI: ArtistAloud.com, the digital platform for independent music has recently completed two years of its effective journey in the music business. ArtistAloud has revamped the website with a new logo and position. The website has been revamped with a objective of offering unreleased singles – ‘Music First’, giving audiences access to more artistes, new genres, multiple releases and music videos.
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MUMBAI: E-commerce website, Flipkart.com, has announced the launch of a digital music store, ‘Flyte’. With this launch, Flipkart marks its foray into the emerging digital content market. Flyte will allow users to discover and download music in the form of individual songs or entire albums from a collection that is backed by Indian and International music companies.
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MUMBAI: Honouring the excellence of India’s growing rock scene, the Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards 2011 announced the winners of their seventh edition at a star studded ceremony on 24 February at Mehboob Studios in Bandra. Vishal Dadlani fronted rock band Pentagram bagged six honours including Best Album (Bloodywood), Best Song (Tomorrow’s Decided), Best Male Vocalist (Vishal Dadlani), Best Guitarist (Randolph Correia)and Best Video (Lovedrug Climbdown). The group was also awarded a prestigious Band of the Year honor along with cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
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MUMBAI: K-pop icon SEVENTEEN dropped their Best Album 17 IS RIGHT HERE with an avant garde music video for the lead single “MAESTRO.”Whimsically...read more
MUMBAI: BIG FM, one of India's leading radio networks, honoured the remarkable talent and creative achievements of the Marathi television industry at...read more
MUMBAI: GRIDLIFE Midwest Festival has announced daily stage lineups for its 11th edition, which will return to Gingerman Raceway from Friday, June 7...read more
MUMBAI: After the massive success of the first two seasons of Undekhi, fans are eagerly anticipating the arrival of Season 3. The makers recently...read more
MUMBAI: Today marks the release of Delhi NCR-based Nigerian rapper YUNG SAMMY’s first offering under DESI TRILL - ‘The Intro’ - a telling...read more
