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MUMBAI: Even a 15-year-old guitar god-in-waiting occasionally has to deal with normal, everyday high-school angst. For Nikhil Bagga on his new single, “Never Meant It,” that means having to sit home with his trusty axe while everybody else is out having a good time.
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MUMBAI: Radio City most spontaneous, witty, and hilarious; recently crowned the RJ of the Year (Gujarati) at the IRF 2012, RJ Aseem hosted the Red Carpet at the Zee Gold Awards 2012. In his unique & entertaining style, RJ Aseem interacted with the leading stars from the television industry and quizzed them about their expectations from the award show.
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MUMBAI: India's largest entertainment ticketing portal Bookmyshow and the country's premiere music venues blueFROG Bombay and Delhi, have joined hands to promote music across India. To begin with they will leverage their collective expertise in promoting gigs in blueFROG Bombay and Delhi; and going forward, the partnership will be geared towards promoting gigs pan India. The coming together of these brands will be a huge boost towards spreading awareness about fantastic talent from India and all around the world and exposing Indian audiences to the same.
read moreMUMBAI: Universal Music is reportedly planning to sell off music label Virgin Records to win regulatory approval for the $1.9 billion takeover of EMI Group. Other labels that could be offered for sale include EMI Classics, Capitol Records and Parlophone Records. Universal will present potential concessions to European competition regulators in Brussels this week. Universal has agreed to buy EMI and combined they will have about 40 per cent market share in US and Europe, prompting concerns from anti-trust regulators in both continents.
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MUMBAI: India-born western classical music maestro Zubin Mehta will be honoured with grand cross order of merit by new German ambassador to India Michael Steiner next week. "Next weekend, I will bestow the commander's cross of the order of merit on maestro Zubin Mehta, who will come to India for this purpose," Steiner, who had presented his credentials to President Pratibha Patil this week, reports IANS.
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MUMBAI: Beatles legendary singer Paul McCartney has roped in Mark Ronson to produce his 16th studio album. According to reports, the album will comprise of classic tunes with a young hip edge and will be more contemporary as compared to any of his previous albums. McCartney released his fifteenth solo album in February, 'Kisses on the Bottom'. A source told a daily, “This week they went to the studio and started knocking about together to see what they can do together. Everybody's really excited about the prospect of Mark Ronson working with Paul McCartney.”
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MUMBAI: The closing ceremony of the London Olympics 2012 will feature a host of live performances by leading international artistes at the event to be held on 12 August at the Olympic Stadium.
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MUMBAI: Abhishek Bachchan was in the studios of 92.7 BIG FM along with director Rohit Shetty to promote their latest movie Bol Bachchan. Unlike the typical promotion for a newly released movie the interaction that RJ Yamini had with Abhishek on 92.7 BIG FM brought to light many different facets of his personality. During his hour long chat with RJ Yamini as well as a few lucky listeners, they heard the voice of smart and thinking marketer, a loving father, an understanding husband & a talent spotter.
read moreNEW DELHI: All India Radio (AIR) has failed to sanction a single post in the last ten years despite the large number of stations set up during this period. AIR sources told Radioandmusic.com that a total of 62 stations had been set up in the last three years and the current year, and there was a proposal to set up stations at 225 places in the country.
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MUMBAI: Trying to provide viewers something new in each episode, the third gala round of the singing reality show Indian Idol will witness participants performing on tracks which have been influenced by western tunes.
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MUMBAI: Mumbai's favorite breakfast show, Kasa Kai Mumbai celebrated its 3rd Anniversary in style. Radio City 91.1 FM hosted the 'Kasa Kai Mumbai' 3rd anniversary party amongst a lot of gusto & fanfare. It was a day of great fun and excitement with leading singers like Babul Supriyo, Harshdeeep Kaur, Meet Brothers, actor-poet Rajiv Paul joining in the celebrations with RJs Salil and Archana of 'Kasa Kai Mumbai'. With more than 100 listeners gracing the occasion the fanfare just got merrier and more exciting.
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MUMBAI: Heaven enlightens the world when the flute responds to the tuneful whistle! According to a Sanskrit proverb, 'The Universe Hangs on Sound; the right sound at the right moment harmonizes our mind and body and nurture sanity in ourselves and in the world!
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MUMBAI: Anara Publishing continues to make waves in the Indian music scene, building on their iniread more
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
