Music industry software specialist TESBL is set to launch a new simulation package, which it says will replace traditional festival planning and preparation.
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TESBL to launch simulation software for festival planning, ticketing
UK indie giant Beggars is set for another Top 10 album in the States next week with The National after scoring a second chart-topper with Vampire Weekend.
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US charts: Beggars heading for back-to-back Top 10 albums
Fancy a new job in the music industry? A number of new vacancies have been added to the Music Week jobs page. Have a scan through the latest listings below, with job openings at music companies including Domino, Bucks Music Group, WME and Electric Brixton
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Work getting you down? Check out the latest music industry jobs
Alex Bay is a 24-year-old singer-songwriter from North Hertfordshire, England. He creates melting pots of original soul, folk and blues, laden with memorable hooks and melodies. Expect a stirring live performance and a heartfelt vocal full of character…
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Music Week Presents: Alex Bay
Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper is to address commercial radio leaders at the RadioCentre’s annual conference. Twitter UK sales director Bruce Daisley will also be among the speakers at the half-day event, which will look at radio’s future and its place in the digital economy and take place on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 3 at London’s Westminster Bridge Park Plaza Hotel immediately ahead of the Arqiva Awards. The conference will also include a discussion on digital radio chaired by the BBC’s outgoing media correspondent Torin Douglas and featuring Digital Radio UK chief executive Ford Ennals, while the whole event will be overseen by Classic FM and Heart presenter Margherita Taylor.
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Radio 1′s Cooper to address commercial rivals
Emeli Sande’s Our Version Of Events looks like dropping out of the UK Top 10 this Sunday after spending a record-breaking 66 weeks there for a debut album. The Virgin release set the longest consecutive run by a debut album in the Top 10 in April as it surpassed the previous best of 62 weeks set by The Beatles’ Please Please Me in 1964. However, Sande’s album now appears poised to leave the Top 10 this coming weekend having fallen 8-16 in the Official Charts Company’s latest midweeks
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Sande’s record breaker heading out of Top 10
Today’s Official Chart Midweek Sales Flash is in. Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories is ahead on the albums chart with Rod Stewart’s Time sitting in second.
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Official Charts Midweek Sales Flash Top 40s: Wednesday, May 22
BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor and artist manager James Barton have been added to MusicTank’s upcoming think tanks on ad-funded piracy.
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BPI’s Taylor added to ad-funded piracy think tank
Chris Evans has been confirmed to host the Sony Radio Academy Awards for the next two years. The Radio 2 breakfast show DJ’s continuation in the role was announced by the event organiser The Radio Academy with Evans himself commenting: “I love hosting the Sonys – it’s a great awards ceremomy and also a great event that I’m very proud to be a part of.” He took over as presenter of the annual event from Paul Gambaccini in 2009 and fronted the 2013 ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel last Monday.
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Evans to continue fronting Sony Awards
Live Nation has sold the Foxwoods Theatre in New York to Lyric Theatre, LLC, a subsidiary of Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG). The Foxwoods Theatre will become the 40th theatre in the ATG portfolio and the UK company’s first theatre in the United States. Ticketing for the Foxwoods Theatre will continue to be provided by Ticketmaster
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Live Nation sells Foxwoods Theatre to UK’s ATG
Absolute Radio has unveiled a live content and marketing strategy for this summer, promising its listeners, “We’ll take you there”. The Absolute Radio Live strategy will comprise exclusive interviews, live music programming and competitions, including coverage of the June 14 to 16 Isle of Wight Festival where Absolute is the official broacast partner. As part of this its presenters Pete Donaldson and Sarah Champipn will front a series of outside broadcasts from the festival site over the weekend, while Paul Weller’s set on the Friday (June 14) and Ben Howard’s on the Saturday (June 15) will go out live and uninterrupted on air.
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Absolute sets out summer plans
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. and Lushington Entertainments Pte Ltd have partnered to form Live Nation Lushington in a bid to promote live concerts in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Live Nation expands presence in Asia, forms JV with Lushington
TESBL to launch simulation software for festival planning, ticketing: 23/05/2013 Music industry software specialist TESBL is set to launch a new simulation package, which it says w...US charts: Beggars heading for back-to-back Top 10 albums: 23/05/2013 UK indie giant Beggars is set for another Top 10 album in the States next week with The National af...Work getting you down? Check out the latest music industry jobs: 23/05/2013 Fancy a new job in the music industry? A number of new vacancies have been added to the Music Week ...Music Week Presents: Alex Bay: 23/05/2013 Alex Bay is a 24-year-old singer-songwriter from North Hertfordshire, England. He creates melting p...Radio 1's Cooper to address commercial rivals: 22/05/2013 Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper is to address commercial radio leaders at the RadioCentre's annual co...
