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Kiss frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark "devil horns" gesture

Kiss frontman Gene Simmon's bid to trademark the hard rock "devil horns" salute as his creation is being ridiculed

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U2 hit the road with their classic album 'The Joshua Tree'

Irish rockers U2 will mark the 30th anniversary of their hit album “The Joshua Tree” The Joshua Tree.

11/01/2017

Cult

Former child prodigy JoJo is all grown up

American singer-songwriter JoJo is back with a new album, ‘Mad Love’.

10/11/2016

Cult

Kungs fou music sends French electroes wild

Valentin Brunel is hot electric property

03/11/2016

Business Line

Cheap oil and the music industry's digital revolution

In this edition of Business Line we look in depth at the major oil producers attempts to stop prices falling and why they failed, plus the good news for the music industry from the digital revolution.

20/04/2016

USA

Prog rock legend Keith Emerson dies, aged 71

Acclaimed keyboardist and leader in the progressive rock movement, Keith Emerson has died, aged 71. The Yorkshire-born musician was perhaps best

12/03/2016

USA

'Happy birthday' and the other top ten most lucrative songs in history

'Happy Birthday to You' tops the list of highest-grossing songs in history. From March it could be freely available to everyone.

10/02/2016

Culture news

Adele leads Brit Awards nominations

Adele leads the 2016 Brit Awards nominations with four nods including the coveted Album of the Year for her multi-million selling album ‘25’. She is

18/01/2016

Cinema

Nicholas Hoult stars in Britpop cult novel adaptation

‘Kill Your Friends’ is a dark comedy-thriller that takes a satirical look at the hedonism within the British music industry during the Britpop craze

03/11/2015

Culture news

WOMEX sets the pace for world music

This year the Hungarian capital Budapest became the centre of world music as it hosted the World Music Expo. Bands from all over the world made

26/10/2015

Culture news

Wondaland artists use 'sound as a weapon' for Black Lives Matters

Grammy award winning artist Janelle Monáe is making waves in the music industry with her sonic movement Wondaland. The collective are on a major

31/08/2015

USA

50 Cent files for bankruptcy

Rapper 50 Cent has filed for bankruptcy in New York reporting debts and assets in the range of  $10 million to $50 million. It comes two months

14/07/2015

Culture news

Global deal to distribute new music each and every Friday

Friday July 10, 2015, signals another sea change in music. From now on, singles and albums will be released before the weekend, harmonising when

10/07/2015

USA

Miley Cyrus' antics the talk of the MTV Video Music Awards

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World News

Five albums to see you through the summer

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