This Long Weekends (March 29-31) are the perfect time to unwind, relax and bond with friends and family. And we are sure most of you have plans to throw a party or go to one. To make your long weekend fruitful, we have compiled a guide to your long weekend party to with some quirky ideas.
read moreNEW DELHI: The government is to allow bidders in Jammu and Kashmir, the North-eastern states and the Island territories to bid for FM Radio channels in Phase III even above the national limit on ownership of channels of 15 per cent per entity. 15 FM stations will be set up in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir and 18 in the border areas of the seven states of North-east. This is being done to encourage bidding for channels in these areas, Information & Broadcasting Ministry sources told Radioandmusic.com
read moreMUMBAI: Since last year, MTV has taken a bold step of moving away from the daunting bollywood music and catering independent, folk and regional music with shows like Roots, Unplugged and Sound Trippin'. Coke Studio@MTV instigated the revolution by fusing forgotten folk sounds with contemporary beats, which may appeal to the youth and old alike.
read moreMUMBAI: Marking the beginning of ‘Voyage to India’ concerts, renowned Indian classical artistes will be a part of scintillating array of performances lined up by the Royal Opera House Muscat in its third season. Commencing from 12 September, the season will feature four Indian concerts and musicals depicting diversity of the sub-continent’s classical music heritage. The series titled ‘Voyage to India’ will start with the ‘Nine Jewels of India presenting Panchtatva’, which is a multimedia musical on the five elements of nature.
read moreMUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed a long-term worldwide recording agreement with iconic artist Rod Stewart. As part of the multi-album deal, the two-time Hall of Famer will record his first Christmas album along with Grammy award-winning producer, songwriter David Foster. The album is scheduled to release by December via Verve Music Group (owned by UMG).
read moreMUMBAI: After streaming his seventh album ‘Looking 4 Myself’ live from London, Grammy award winning rapper Usher is all set to launch the album in Nigeria for the first time. The album will be sold in five major cities of Nigeria including Lagos, Abuja, Port- Harcourt, Enugu, and Ibadan. Launched in association with Sony Music Entertainment and MComm Entertainment, the album will be released nationwide on 29 July 2012.
read moreMumbai: Teen pop-sensation Justin Bieber’s latest album ‘Believe’ has scored gold status in India within first week of its release. The album has debuted at number one position across retail charts in India. Named as the highest Billboard sound scan debut of the year in US, the album has topped the chart in 30 countries. The album has garnered Bieber his fourth number one album on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with the sales of 374,000 copies in the first week.
read moreNEW DELHI: All India Radio has proposed Rs 3 billion under a new scheme for adequate coverage in border areas in Jammu and Kashmir and the North-eastern part of the country. This is in addition to the continuing scheme under which Rs 1 billion has been proposed and the two schemes together will take care of the requirements of J and K and the North East in the 12th Plan. However, Information & Broadcasting Ministry sources told Radioandmusic.com that the approved outlay for the 12th Plan is yet to be received.
read moreMUMBAI: After scraping the television premiere of Dirty Pictures, censor board has now blocked the song promo of Mahesh Bhatt's ‘Jism 2’. Due to its adult content, the song promo would only be released digitally.
read moreMUMBAI: After David Guetta, Pitbull and Katy Perry the Indian international stage will once again open for ace hip-hop artiste DJ Lucky Lou. In his maiden tour to India, the hip-hop DJ will perform at the fifth edition of ‘Tuborg Zero Vh1 Hip Hop Hustle.’ The live concerts will commence on 4 July in Hyderabad, followed by Delhi on 6 July and Pune on 7 July.
read moreMUMBAI: AR Rahman has once again scored a track for Danny Boyle to be played at the inaugural ceremony of London Olympics 2012. Boyle is doing a three hour show ‘Isles of Wonder’ for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on 27 July. Interestingly, a song 'Naandhaan Ungappanda’ composed by Ilayaraja for the 1981 movie Ram Laxman will also be played at the ceremony. Earlier, Rahman has worked with Boyle in Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours.
read moreBANGALORE: Taxsmile.com Pvt Ltd, which is the part of the eMudra group, announced the introduction of Automated Tax Filing Machine (ATF) a couple of day back in Bangalore and has plans to supplement its online media campaign with radio jingles.
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