CMU
Daily - on the inside Tuesday
12th April
In
today's CMU Daily:
- The Streets get a double nomination at the Ivor Novello awards
- Doherty charges dropped
- I let my son sleep with Jackson: Jacko trial update
- Oasis announce intimate gig dates
- Glasto reveal line up
- Leeds camping tickets sell out
- White Stripes name album
- Single Review: Hal - Play The Hits
- RIAA target colleges in P2P fight
- HMV reveal details of download plans
- Australian music industry criticised over legitimate online
access to music
- GnR song leak
- Nirvana are history
- Live review: System Of A Down at London Astoria
- Depeche Mode working on new album
- Darkness to cut back on live dates
- Ten music pirates sentenced after BPI private prosecution
- Will Smith added to Urban Festival line up
- Album Review: The Edukators OST
- Warner publishing recruit Zomba man
- Radio 1 revamp playlist
- Charlotte just can't quit
--------------------------------------------------
CMU
PRESS ROOM>>
CARLING
LIVE 24
Carling, the beer behind some of Britain's biggest and best
live music events, is presenting another 24 hour music marathon.
Following the success of 2004's Carling Live 24 event in London,
this year Carling will be bringing an all day all night line
up of great live music to both London and Manchester, the former
on 30th April, the latter on 28th may. 26 bands and 13 venues
will take part in the event, with Embrace, The Zutons, Ian Brown,
Babyshambles, The Chemical Brothers, Doves and Kaiser Chiefs
among the artists on the bill. For full press information check
the CMU Press Room - where more media information will appear
as it is available:
http://www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk/pressroom/carling24
Advertise
your releases and events to CMU Daily's 6500+ readership - classified
ad and online press release package just £50 a year. Email
sales@cmumusicnetwork.co.uk for details, or check:
http://www.cmumusicnetwork.co.uk/pressroom/info.pdf
--------------------------------------------------
THE
STREETS GET A DOUBLE NOMINATION AT THE IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS
Now, surely an Ivor Novello Award is one of the more credible
music awards to win. You are, after all, being recognised for
your song writing ability rather than your skills in looking
pretty and getting yourself in the tabloids. But whether that
means the award-ceremony-hating Mike Skinner will show up and,
should he win, actually accept his award in person remains to
be seen. Anyway, Mike Skinner has been nominated in two categories
at this year's Ivor Novellos. He is shortlisted for Best Song
Musically & Lyrically for 'Dry Your Eyes' and for Best Contemporary
Song for 'Blinded By The Light', both of which, of course, appeared
on The Streets' 2004 album 'A Grand Don't Come For Free'.
In
the former category he is up against Natasha Bedingfield's pop
hit 'These Words', written by Natasha and Stephen Kipner, Andrew
Frampton and Wayne Wilkins, and Keane's 'Everybody's Changing',
which was written by the band themselves. In the Best Contemporary
Song Category Skinner will compete with Franz Ferdinand who
are nominated for their track 'Take Me Out' and Wolfman who
is nominated for his song 'For Lovers', which featured the vocal
talents of former Libertine Pete Doherty of course.
Other
Ivor Novello nominations announced yesterday include:
Most
performed work:
Amazing Performed by George Michael. Written by George Michael/
Jonathan Douglas.
Toxic Performed by Britney Spears. Written by Cathy Dennis/
Christian Karlsson/Henrik Jonback.
Thank You Performed by Jamelia. Written by Jamelia Davies/Carsten
Schack/Peter Biker.
International
hit of the year:
Behind Blue Eyes Performed by Limp Bizkit. Written by Pete Townshend.
Do They Know It's Christmas? Performed by Band Aid 20. Written
by Bob Geldof/Midge Ure.
Vertigo Performed by U2. Written by Bono/The Edge/Adam Clayton/Larry
Mullen Jr.
Best
selling UK single:
All This Time Performed by Michelle McManus. Written by Wayne
Hector/Steve Mac/Lorne A Tennant.
Do They Know It's Christmas? Performed by Band Aid 20. Written
by Bob Geldof/Midge Ure.
Call On Me Performed by Eric Prydz. Written by Steve Winwood/Eric
Prydz/Will Jennings.
Best
original film score:
Deep Blue Composed by George Fenton.
Man On Fire Composed by Harry Gregson-Williams.
Enduring Love Composed by Jeremy Sams.
Best
original music for television:
Fallen Composed by Paul Leonard-Morgan.
North And South Composed by Martin Phipps.
Blackpool Composed by Rob Lane.
The
Ivor Novello awards, which celebrate their 50th anniversary
this year, will take place on 26 May at the Grovesnor House
Hotel in London. Other awards to be made on the night include
Album Award, Outstanding Song Collection, International Achievement,
The Ivors Classical Music Award, PRS Outstanding Contribution
To British Music and Songwriter/s Of The Year.
--------------------------------------------------
DOHERTY
CHARGES DROPPED
Talking of Pete Doherty, which we were, fleetingly, CMU's favourite
former Libertine in Babyshambles has had some good fortune in
his personal life, at last. Word is the Crown Prosecution Service
have dropped all the charges against him relating to those blackmail
and robbery allegations which followed a run in with former
friend and documentary film-maker Max Carlish at a London hotel
back in Feb. Whether, with hindsight, the allegations ever justified
four nights in Pentonville Prison and a frankly ludicrously
high bail payment we may never know, but the CPS's decision
means that Doherty and his friend Alan Wass, who faced the same
charges, will not now need to attend court later this month
as planned. And presumably that 10pm-7am curfew which prevented
Doherty from being out of his house between those hours will
also be lifted. I suppose that, if as reported, Doherty is responding
well to his latest attempts at rehab, which began as a result
of the charges, then the whole messy incident won't have been
without its good sides. Let's hope his commitment to kicking
the drugs remains as strong now that the curfew and pending
court case aren't a reality.
--------------------------------------------------
I
LET MY SON SLEEP WITH JACKSON: JACKO TRIAL UPDATE
Well, they said Judge Rodney Melville's decision to allow the
prosecution in the Jackson case to explore other accusations
against Jacko would be key to the outcome of the case, and it
has to be said that, as one after another former Neverland employee
stands before the court to tell their own 'I saw Jacko and this
kid' story, the singer's already damaged reputation is taking
quite a bashing. Of course his defence lawyers are yet to wheel
in their team of high profile names who will defend Jackson
and his attitude to children to the hilt but, should the jury
ultimately find against Jackson, surely it will be the former
employees' testimonies that swung it.
That
said, the dramas in the Jacko trial yesterday came not from
a former employee, but from the mother of Jordan Chandler, the
boy Jackson was accused of molesting way back in 1993 - allegations
which, of course, never went to court after the Chandler family
agreed to an out-of-court settlement in return for not testifying
against him
June
Chandler confirmed that she and her then 13 year old son stayed
at Jackson's Neverland ranch several times in 1993. She said
that when it was first suggested that her son Jordan should
sleep in Jackson's bed she refused. But she later relented when,
during a trip to Las Vegas, a tearful Jackson took issue with
the mother's decision.
Chandler:
"He was sobbing and crying, shaking and trembling. He said,
'You don't trust me? We're a family. Why can't he sleep in my
bed? There's nothing wrong. There's nothing going on'".
After that June Chandler agreed to allow Jordan to share a bedroom
with Jackson both at Neverland and when Jackson visited the
family in South California. She didn't go into the details of
what is alleged to have happened while the teenager shared a
bedroom with Jackson, but admitted that she hadn't spoken to
her son for the best part of eleven years. Jordan Chandler himself
isn't expected to appear at the Jacko trial.
Back
to the former employees, and the court yesterday also heard
from a former Jackson publicist, Bob Jones, not that he helped
the prosecution a great deal. They were interested in a passage
from an as yet-to-be-published book he is writing about his
time working with Jackson called 'The Man Behind The Mask'.
In that book he is quoted as saying he once saw Jackson lick
a teenage boy's head, adding that they were "holding each
other tightly" in an "almost romantic embrace".
All well and good except that, when tackled by Jacko's defense
team, Jones said he couldn't remember that incident, and that
his co-writer on the book must have put it in. But then, when
the prosecution produced an email he had written including an
account of the event, he backtracked and said that, although
he couldn't recall the incident now, if he had written it in
an email it must be true. Marvellous. When I say that if Jacko
is found guilty it will have been the former employees' testomonies
that swung it, I mean all of the former employees' testimonies
bar that given by Bob Jones.
The
case continues.
--------------------------------------------------
OASIS
ANNOUNCE INTIMATE GIG DATES
Details of those pre-tour intimate gigs from Oasis have been
revealed. As previously reported, these gigs will precede the
band's upcoming world tour and the release of new album 'Don't
Believe The Truth'. The gigs, all but one of which will be in
London, run as follows:
10
May: London Astoria
15 May: Edinburgh Usher Hall
22 May: London Clapham Grand
25 May: London Coronet
26 May: London Carling Apollo Hammersmith
--------------------------------------------------
GLASTO
REVEAL LINE UP
Glastonbury have confirmed the line up for this year's event.
It is traditional for Glastonbury to hold off from announcing
who will be playing the festival until all the tickets have
been sold, though with sell outs coming quicker every year details
of the line up are tending to come earlier too. Which is just
as well as half the acts on the bill are so excited about it
they can't help let it slip before any official line up has
been announced.
Anyway,
as previously rumoured, Kylie Minogue is one of the headliners
for the 2005 event - she will close the three day festival in
June this year. Other headliners this year are White Stripes
and Coldplay who will play Friday and Saturday night respectively.
Other
acts on the bill are, if NME are to be believed (and I think
they are) as follows...
PYRAMID
STAGE: White Stripes, Coldplay, Kylie, The Killers, New Order,
Doves, Elvis Costello, Brian Wilson, Van Morrison, The Zutons,
The Coral, Ash, Kaiser Chiefs, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Jools Holland,
The Thrills, John Butler Trio, The Undertones, The Subways,
Taj Mahal, Hayseed Dixies, Garbage.
OTHER
STAGE: Razorlight, Kasabian, Ian Brown, Fatboy Slim, Royksopp,
Bloc Party, Interpol, Rufus Wainwright, The Bravery, The Futureheads,
Echo And The Bunnymen, Athlete, The Dears, The Cooper Temple
Clause, Hot Hot Heat, Soulwax, Cake, Thirteen Senses, Brendan
Benson, Martha Wainwright, Tom Vek, Black Bud, Dead 60's, KT
Tunstall, Modey Lemon, Engineers
JOHN
PEEL STAGE: The Tears, The Go! Team, Bright Eyes, The Earlies,
Willy Mason, MIA, Secret Machines, M83, yourcodenameis:milo,
Maximo Park, Nine Black Alps, Jem, James Blunt, Dresden Dolls,
The Subways, Be Your Own Pet, Rilo Kiley, The Rakes, Art Brut,
Hard Fi, The Longcut, Morning Runner, Infadels, Outset, El Presidente
CMU
is organising a fist-fight between The Killers and The Bravery
for the Saturday afternoon of the festival.
--------------------------------------------------
LEEDS
CAMPING TICKETS SELL OUT
More festival news incoming. Camping tickets for this year's
Leeds Festival have sold out in record time - all tickets being
sold via the internet and phone booking line are gone, although
we hear a small number are still available via HMV stores. The
Leeds Festival takes place from 26-28 Aug and includes the Foo
Fighters, Pixies and Iron Maiden on the bill. Super.
--------------------------------------------------
WHITE
STRIPES NAME ALBUM
The White Stripes highly anticipated new LP is to be named 'Get
Behind Me Satan'. The album, which, as previously reported,
was recorded in less than two weeks, will be released on 6 Jun,
preceded by single release 'Blue Orchid' on 30 May.
The
Stripes are also planning live dates, starting with Glastonbury
in Jun, of course. On his touring plans, Jack White told the
LA Times that his band are taking a new approach to touring,
saying: "First we're going to play where we are not well
known. Then if we have time, we will play New York, Los Angeles,
and Chicago. Frankly, we are waiting for technology to advance
in the United States before we attempt to perform this record
live there."
--------------------------------------------------
SINGLE
REVIEW: HAL - Play the Hits (Rough Trade)
Irish quartet HAL's follow-up to top 40 single What a Lovely
Dance is one of those all too rare songs that makes you raise
your eyebrows in surprise and grin at the same time. However,
it's no surprise that they've been touring with guitar-pop maestros
The Magic Numbers and The Thrills. Coming on like a Beach Boys
record crossed with, er, another Beach Boys record, seasoned
with a pinch of Bee Gees, Play the Hits wouldn't have sounded
far out of place on Brian Wilson's Smile. They may share their
name with 2001's supercomputer, but this is joyfully human and
alive. WP
Release Date: 11 Apr
Press Contact: Cool Delta [CP] Sainted [RP, NP] Anglo [CR, RR,
NR]
--------------------------------------------------
RIAA
TARGET COLLEGES IN P2P FIGHT
Warning to all student subscribers to the CMU Daily who like
to download the occasional MP3 via P2P. Don't opt to do a year
of your studies in the states, because the Recording Industry
Association of America is targeting the college community big
time in its ongoing fight against illegal file sharing. They
are bothered by crafty students who have been using the ultra-fast
internet2 network to share music files. This network was set
up by the US universities to aid the file sharing of academic
materials around and between colleges, but it is also providing
students with a great facility for the exchange of film and
music files. Following the issuing of subpoenas against students
at Princeton and Columbia universities last month expect a whole
string of measures against file sharing students in the coming
months.
--------------------------------------------------
HMV
REVEAL DETAILS OF DOWNLOAD PLANS
HMV have announced some more details about their new download
platform, which should launch any time soon. The platform will
be powered by MusicNet, the US based backend digital music provider
who are the main competitor to OD2/Loudeye, and who have been
powering HMV's light download service to date. The retailer's
new download platform will be using a Microsoft codec, meaning
HMV will be giving Microsoft compatible digital music players
priority in their stores as they start to cross promote the
new digital service on the high street.
--------------------------------------------------
AUSTRALIAN
MUSIC INDUSTRY CRITICISED OVER LEGITIMATE ONLINE ACCESS TO MUSIC
New research from the University of Technology in Sydney suggests
that the use of P2P networks to illegally acquire music is still
prevalent in Australia because over a third of the country's
most popular music tracks are not available on the main three
Australian download sites. The research, which revealed that
less than a half of the current Australian Top 20 singles are
available via the country's three main download platforms -
ninemsn Music, Destra and BigPond Music - comes as P2P company
Kazaa fights what is proving to be its hardest legal battle
to date in the Australian courts.
While
the Australian record labels blame the growth of broadband internet
and continued use of P2P for a 6% decline in record sales there,
University of Technology researcher Alex Malik says the record
labels themselves are to blame for the continued popularity
of Kazaa et al by preventing legal download platforms from having
access to key artists and releases.
Malik:
"The Australian intellectual property rights holders have
been more efficient in enforcing their rights than anywhere
else. Despite that environment of certainty, they haven't made
these tracks available." Malik says that at some times
up to 67% of new releases are not available via download platforms,
which means: "If you want to listen to a track on an iPod,
there are two choices. Download it illegally, or buy the CD
and rip it illegally."
He
concluded: "ARIA is inviting consumers to purchase content
supplied by authorised MP3 providers, as an alternative to illegal
downloads. But critics can question the validity of the message
if key titles such as Australia's number one song are unavailable
in an MP3 format."
The
head of the Australian Recording Industry Association's anti-piracy
division, Steven Peach, has called Malik's report "flawed
and tendentious". He told reporters: "If and when
there is a legitimate online market it will be easier for online
services to provide a product. People prefer the option of taking
the music for nothing, and that's the reason we need to enforce
our rights to give legitimate businesses a fair go. Enforcing
our rights is necessary for legitimate services to flourish."
--------------------------------------------------
GNR
SONG LEAK
According to reports, material from the long long long-awaited
Guns N Roses album has been leaked onto the web. A song entitled
'IRS' has apparently been doing the rounds of GNR fansites,
fuelling rumours that the album might finally be about to surface.
A version of the song was played on a New York radio station
last year, but the leaked track seems to be a later version.
Those
who've heard the song say it's much like the rock band's older
material, despite the fact that the album - already seven years
and a reported $13 million in the making - is essentially an
Axl Rose solo project.
The
full track listing is rumoured to be as follows:
Chinese
Democracy
This I Love
I.R.S.
Thyme
Substitute
The General
Seven
Madagascar
Ides Of March
Catcher In The Rye
Leave Me Alone
The Blues
Closing In On You
There Was A Time (TWAT)
--------------------------------------------------
NIRVANA
ARE HISTORY
Nirvana's definitive album 'Nevermind' is the latest recording
to be admitted to the US Library Of Congress storage vault,
joining such artists as The Beach Boys, James Brown and Public
Enemy in the special archive intended to preserve recorded items
for future generations. Recordings must be at least ten years
old and have been deemed culturally, historically or aesthetically
significant by a panel of US academics.
'Nevermind'
is the most recent entry, the earliest being an 1898 recording
of 'Gypsy Love Song' performed by bass singer Eugene Cowles.
Also in the sound archive are spoken word recordings by Neil
Armstrong, and the first full reading of the bible. Librarian
of Congress James H Billington said: "Once again, we have
the opportunity to celebrate the rich variety of music recorded
in the United States and the importance of sound recording on
our lives."
--------------------------------------------------
LIVE
REVIEW: System Of A Down at The London Astoria on 4 Apr
How can a metal band be this good? It's faultless. Everything:
the tunes, the musicianship, the style, the performance; the
lot. Live, you've always got a head start if your back catalogue
is amazing - and with a show that consisted nearly exclusively
of material from past masterpieces, 'Steal This Album' and 'Toxicity'
they'd have to pull out all the stops to fuck this up. Thirty
year old guitarist, songwriter and lyricist Daron Malakian and
his American/Armenian four-piece seem able to make more noise
and noises than you might think possible. With only one guitar
the Armenian-born artist manages to execute every studio programmed
and layered voice with his Gibson SG live on stage with only
the aid of a few foot pedals (looking like a cross between Cheech
Marin and Tony Robinson). While the band sent tracks like 'Aerials'
and 'Chop Suey' and 'Shimmy' into orbit - the crowd went absolutely
berserk - kids and young adults (ok, and some old adults too),
bouncing off the walls. Singer Serj Tankian's voice is one of
the most distinctive in the world today - bringing Eastern European
melodies to a western audience via the medium of metal. Political
metal. Amazingly intricate, eccentric, catchy, politically loaded
metal. In amongst the set, were scattered a select few tracks
from the as yet unreleased new album. And now trusting that
their live performance is a pretty good indicator of how they
sound on tape, the whole world should be waiting with bated
pogo-sticks for the forthcoming System Of A Down album. It's
always surprising how quickly people get over 'first album hype'
- and how often good bands get less than they deserve; but always
so wonderfully reassuring when a band return for a third album
to the surprise of the nay-saying press. No one expects a band
to last one album, let alone make it through a second to a third;
but SOAD have everything they need to become the next Metallica
or Iron Maiden. If I could watch this band as often as I can
Neighbours, I'd be a happy bunny. JG
--------------------------------------------------
DEPECHE
MODE WORKING ON NEW ALBUM
Fantastic. Depeche Mode are back in the studio in California
recording an as yet untitled follow up to 2001's 'Exciter',
co-produced by the band and Blur/Elbow/Doves producer Ben Hillier.
The album is slated for an autumn release.
Frontman
Dave Gahan said: "It's a great feeling to be back together
in the studio again and we are very excited about the new material.
We're all feeling incredibly positive about the album. Ben Hillier
has brought a whole new dynamic to the group which is quite
inspiring."
--------------------------------------------------
DARKNESS
TO CUT BACK ON LIVE DATES
The Darkness are planning fewer live dates now that they are
famous. Their early strategy of continual touring was extremely
successful, but they now think it's no longer quite so necessary
as a marketing tool for their new album.
Frontman
Justin Hawkins said: "Things have changed now. A lot of
relentless touring was to make people aware of us when they
wouldn't have heard us on the radio. It's a very different game
when you are in our position. There's a feverish anticipation.
We're concentrating on the album. We're not going to do any
live stuff until it's out and then we'll see."
Whether
the fans who love them for their liveness will forgive them
or not remains to be seen. On the upside, perhaps it means that
they'll actually get around to finishing that second album.
--------------------------------------------------
TEN
MUSIC PIRATES SENTENCED AFTER BPI PRIVATE PROSECUTION
Ten music pirates from Teesside have been sentenced for their
role in running a pirated music and film racket. The ten were
found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the music and film industries
as the result of a private prosecution brought by the UK record
companies. Five received jail sentences, three community service
orders and two were fined.
The
group, headed by Mark Bailey and Paul Canning, ran a sophisticated
operation selling pirated music and film not only via a network
of market stalls but also via a Britannia style membership club
and through a mail-order set up. It is reckoned that at its
peak the operation was bringing in £11,000 a week.
In
delivering the sentences, Judge Moorhouse told the court: "The
whole purpose of copyright law is to ensure that those who create
music and films have the exclusive right to benefit from their
creativity. It is the duty of the court to send a warning to
everyone that if you behave in this way you risk losing your
liberty."
Commenting
on the court decision, BPI Director of Anti-Piracy Dave Martin
told CMU: "This is one of the most significant cases yet
seen in the UK. These people ripped off artists, record companies
and the public to the tune of £1.2m. These were sophisticated
criminals using the techniques of legitimate business to ply
their illegal trade. But it's very easy to make a profit on
a £3 CD when you invest a grand total of nothing in the
creative process. Music piracy is a problem all over the UK,
but it's particularly bad in the North East. We are pleased
that on this occasion that we have been able to bring such a
high-profile gang to justice. "
--------------------------------------------------
WILL
SMITH ADDED TO URBAN FESTIVAL LINE UP
Will Smith has been announced as the final act to be added to
a plethora of stars slated to appear at this year's Nokia Urban
Music Festival with The Princes Trust. The movie star rapper
will be joined in his set by the talented one, DJ Jazzy Jeff,
on 16 Apr at Earls Court.
As
previously reported, the list of artists scheduled to appear
includes such acts as Xzibit and Faith Evans from the US and
a variety of homegrown UK acts such as Craig David, The Streets,
Javine, Kano and Prince's Trust Ambassador, Estelle.
In
addition to the live sets, the festival features a series of
workshops covering such topics as break-dancing, MCing, beatboxing,
music production and DJ skills as well as the new for 2005 Artist
Advice workshop. There will also be performances from the winners
of the Nokia Raw regional urban talent nights, with up and coming
artists fighting for survival on the Festival's Battle Stage.
Tickets
are available through www.princes-trust.org.uk/umf or on 0870
903 9033. Press info from Vannessa Amadi @ The Outside Organisation,
vanessa.amadi@outside-org.co.uk
--------------------------------------------------
ALBUM
REVIEW: Various - The Edukators OST (EMI/Mute)
We generally know what to expect from movie soundtracks: If
it's a mainstream Hollywood movie we know the OST will consist
of a few soul classics mixed in with some bland R&B numbers
or if it's an indie film we can anticipate some old skool cult
classics. The Edukators, however, is a German film and consequently
the soundtrack is a lot more interesting. Our preconceptions
of German culture might lead us to expect some moody and/or
electronic music and indeed this is fairly accurate. There is
no Krautrock as such but there is some great German techno including
'Monstertruckdriver' by Berlin artist T Raumschmiere which is
particularly fantastic yet not a little bonkers and the equally
superb 'Alter Ego' by Rocker. There are also the buzzy guitars
and gloomy vocals of German rock band Tocotronic. The album
isn't exclusively Teutonic but there is a general mood of melancholy.
This includes the sweet 'Sisters Of Mercy' from the original
king of miserabilism Leonard Cohen, and 'Driving Death Valley
Blues' by Mark Lanegan. The mighty Depeche Mode contribute rousing
anti-organised religion anthem 'Personal Jesus' and Placebo
offer their blistering instrumental 'Bulletproof Cupid'. More
obviously of the moment are 'Dance To The Ground' by Radio 4
and 'Darts Of Pleasure' by Franz Ferdinand. The Scottish band
are a quarter German and this song also boasts some lyrics which
sum up this double CD album rather neatly; "Fantastische!"
JW
Release date: 11 Apr
Press contact: Pomona [CP, RP] Mute IH [NP, CR, NR, RR]
--------------------------------------------------
WARNER
PUBLISHING RECRUIT ZOMBA MAN
Over to the never dull world of music publishing, and the good
old Warner Music Group has announced Richard Blackstone, currently
president of Zomba Music Publishing, will be the new chairman
and CEO of the major label's global publishing enterprise, Warner
Chappell Music. Blackstone will take over from the departing
Warner Chappell boss Les Bider just as soon as he can get out
of his contract with Zomba. He will report to Warner chief Edgar
Bronfman Jnr.
Announcing
the appointment Bronfman told reporters: "We're thrilled
that an executive of Richard's caliber will assume this vitally
important role. His depth of experience and his track record
at Zomba will be a natural fit for Warner/Chappell. I look forward
to working closely with Richard, and I'm confident that Warner/Chappell
and its roster of world-class composers will benefit from his
energetic and innovative approach to today's rapidly evolving
music publishing business."
--------------------------------------------------
RADIO
1 REVAMP PLAYLIST
Radio 1 are revamping their playlist, albeit it very slightly,
to give breaking artists the chance to get a few plays on the
station's daytime output. In addition to the traditional A,
B and C lists the station already uses to schedule the music
played on daytime, there will not be the 1-Upfront List which
will include five tracks from emerging artists. Those tracks
will each get played 2-4 times during the week they are on the
list. The station also plans to increase how many times tracks
on the B and C list get played each day by decreasing the number
of times each track on the A list get spun. Makes sense? Good.
--------------------------------------------------
CHARLOTTE
JUST CAN'T QUIT
Charlotte Church is apparently planning to see a hypnotherapist
in a last ditch attempt to stop smoking. According to The Sun,
rugby star boyfriend Gavin 'Silverboots' Henson, perhaps unsurprisingly,
objects to her twenty a day habit.
She
has already tried to give up and achieved no success, which
is surprising given that she was just a child about ten minutes
ago and can't have been smoking that long.
Her
mum Maria said: "We're going to give it a go. Gavin has
gone on at Charlotte over her smoking. He really doesn't like
it."
