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Citigroup may take ownership of EMI
Terra Firma has begun telling investors to brace themselves for a takeover of British music label EMI by Citigroup.
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Terra Firma has begun telling investors to brace themselves for a takeover of British music label EMI by Citigroup.
It may have come as a surprise to the die-hard fans when Yellowcard announced that the band were re-forming in August, with plans to record a brand-new album, to be released on a brand-new label, Hopeless Records, in March.
If it’s still cool to like Good Charlotte, allow yourself to fall in love with this band all over again.
Many times switching labels involves a jump to what many call a ‘major’ and the re-release of an album to a much larger audience, this is not the case with The Wonder Years.
Reaching a 30th anniversary has been a “weird” experience for Bad Religion bassist Jay Bentley.
Seventy-two years ago last week, the 33-1/3 long-playing vinyl record was invented. And while most music fans have moved on to streaming Bluetooth audio, MP3s and other digital music formats, LP sales are higher today than at any time in recent history.
Rich Cronin, the former frontman for boy band LFO, known for the 1999 hit “Summer Girls,” died September 8 of leukemia. He was 35.
Songwriter Don Black, OBE will be honored as a BMI Icon at the U.S. performing right organization’s annual London Awards. The ceremony is Tuesday, October 5 at London’s Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane.
Occasionally, when a musician and his former band part ways, it can be detrimental; but in some cases it can cause three like souls to find one another and create something that has been burning within them all this time.
Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas Friday night for cocaine possession.
