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Legendary Manchester club The Twisted Wheel to be demolished
4 months ago

The Manchester building housing Legends nightclub, formerly The Twisted Wheel of Northern Soul fame, looks set to be demolished to make way for a modern motel.But worry not (yet), planning permission has yet to be granted, and if granted, at least the architects are sympathetic to the site's historic plight (she wrote, with a hint of sarcasm):"The historical significance of the site has been brou

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Press Clipping: Bring the Noise: 25 Years of Def Jam
9 months ago
EU to extend music copyright in Europe by twenty years
9 months ago

Today, Monday 12 September 2011, is set to become an important date in music history. This morning, the European Union is scheduled to vote on the extension of music copyright from 50 to 70 years (something which I believe is already in place in the US, but do correct me if I am wrong). The bill, dubbed 'Cliff's Law' after veteran musician Sir Cliff Richard OBE, who has campaigned tirelessly for t

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Press Clipping: Why Gibson Guitar Was Raided By The Justice Department
9 months ago
Intern job with Wu-Tang Management?
10 months ago
Red Hot Chili Peppers announce UK/Ireland tour dates with the usual clumsiness
10 months ago
Amy Winehouse dead at 27
10 months ago

First reports broke on Twitter, official confirmation followed about half an hour ago on Sky News. Amy Winehouse was found dead at her Camden home just before 4pm today, Saturday 23 July 2011. She was 27. Police have given the cause of death as 'unexplained'.Amy's father Mitch Winehouse is on a flight back to the UK from the US; he boarded the flight unaware of his daughter's passing though news r

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Press Clipping: Gobbler lets musicians collaborate over the Internet
10 months ago
Press Clipping: Thanks To Digital Music, Album Sales Up For The First Time Since 2004
11 months ago

TechCrunch -- "SoundScan, Nielsen's report that tracks point-of-purchase music sales across real and digital sources ... at long last contains a few rays of hope for the beleaguered music industry. The midyear sales data shows that ... for the first time since 2004, album sales actually increased in the first half of this year."[Click here to read the full article on TechCrunch]

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Amy Winehouse's dodgy building merchants
11 months ago

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