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MUMBAI: High intensity, no filler rockers, Calgary's LOVER announces they will be performing at this year's Armstrong Metal Fest (July 11/12), one of Canada's loudest mountain moshpits nestled in the beautiful backdrop of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley.
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MUMBAI: Musician - singer Adnan Sami will be doing a series of concerts in the UK after a gap of three years in a tour organized by Vijay Bhola, Ashok Gadher and Jujar Singh of Safenote Ltd. The composer singer is scheduled to perform in London with his team of musicians at the Wembley Arena on 18 and 19 October, Nottingham Arena on 11 October and at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on 14 October.
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MUMBAI: Venus Records' director Ratan Jain has been elected president of the Association of Motion Pictures and Television Programme Producer of India (AMPTPP) in an election held last week. At the meet, Ramesh Taurani and Mukesh Bhatt were elected Vice Presidents while Vashu Bhagnani and Manish Goswami have been elected Treasurers for the year ahead. Gordhan Tanwani and Ashutosh Gowariker have been elected as General Secretaries of AMPTPP.
read moreMUMBAI: Afghan capital Kabul will host its first ever four-day International Kabul music festival in the city next week, say reports. It will be the first such festival in the central Asian country. Director of music department of Ministry of Information and culture AbdulEtemadi has been quoted as saying that the four day music eventwould be held in the French Cultural Center, Qala-e-Nuh Burj, Feroz-Kohfoundation and Kabul Istiqlal High School auditorium.
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BERLIN: Trust Robin Gibb to shoot straight from the hip. Speaking at the opening ceremony of Popkomm 2008, the fromer BeeGees lead singer writer said he had no idea about IPR when he used to produce music. "My brothers and I never thought of money and IPR and rights when we wrote and created music. We did it because we loved it."
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BERLIN: "Even if the music business is not doing well on a national scale in Germany, the country's capital - Berlin is doing very well thank you," the mayor of Berlin Harald Wolf said at the opening ceremony of Popkomm.
read moreMUMBAI: Dandiya event organisers in Mumbai, including the Falguni Pathak starrer Sankalp and a few others who have been abstaining from paying music licence fee have given in for the licensing bodies' demand of paying royalties Most of the organisers have bought the licenses from Yashraj, Big Music and labels under the Indian Music Industry (IMI) wing.
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BERLIN – Visionaries, analysts, managers, artists, critics, lawyers, researchers, journalists have converged here for the Popkomm music festival, the international forum for the music and entertainment industries, that begins on Wednesday.
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MUMBAI: The Indian Music Industry (IMI) organised a training programme for police officers of Maharashtra to raise awareness about Intellectual Property Rights and the importance of its protection on Tuesday. The programme was attended by over 100 police officers, representatives from 90 police stations in Mumbai suburbs stations, 30 crime branch officials, 30 social service branch officials, and some top rank police officers, including joint commissioner of Police, DCPs etc.
read moreMUMBAI: Tamil radio station Hello FM bags three awards at the first ever Tamizh awards held by the Ad club of Madras in association with the Daily Thanthi group.
read moreMUMBAI: At the Nokia Remix event held in London and Singapore, the handset maker announced the debut of its Comes with Music digital entertainment service which offers consumers a new way to discover and enjoy music. Customers who buy a 'Comes With Music' device will be able to explore and enjoy a diverse catalogue of music of international and local artists with unlimited access to millions of tracks for a year, keeping the music once the year is over and revolutionising their digital music experience.
read moreMUMBAI: MTV International has named Bruce Gillmer as senior VP talent and music. Hewill continue to be based in New York and oversee all international talent and music initiatives across the music broadcaster. The announcement was made by MTV International executive VP music brands Antonio Campo Dall'Orto to whom Gillmer reports. Prior to his appointment, Gillmer served as MTV US senior VP Music/Music programming.
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MUMBAI: Spotify has reported a noticeable boost in Premium subscriptions from iOS users followingread more
MUMBAI: Cricket fever hit the airwaves as Radio City, India’s leading radio network, became the Oread more
MUMBAI: Apple and Universal Music Group (UMG) have partnered to introduce Sound Therapy, a new coread more
MUMBAI: Sapphire Media Limited has completed the acquisition of FM Radio station, BIG 92.7 FM.read more
MUMBAI: An attorney defending AI company Anthropic in a high-profile copyright lawsuit admitted tread more
MUMBAI: At the peak of his stardom, Justin Bieber was a global pop icon with career earnings approaching $1 billion. But behind the scenes, the...read more
MUMBAI: What a ride the Romagna GP was, with Max Verstappen clinching yet another win! As all eyes turn to the iconic streets of Monte Carlo for the...read more
MUMBAI: Rumours continue to swirl around Blackpink’s Lisa and luxury brand executive Frédéric Arnault as the two were recently spotted enjoying a...read more
MUMBAI: High intensity, no filler rockers, Calgary's LOVER announces they will be performing at this year's Armstrong Metal Fest (July 11/12), one...read more
MUMBAI: T-Series presents Heart and Pain, a wild, genre-defying release; written, composed, and sung by the immensely talented Josh Brar, who was...read more
