music
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17 Oct
The nominees for the MOBO awards 2017 have been announced
The MOBO awards are coming in November, which means its time to reveal the nominees.
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14 Sep
Mercury Prize 2017: Everything you need to know ahead of the event
The United Kingdom’s finest musical talents will gather at the Hammersmith Apollo to find out who has picked up the Mercury Prize 2017 this evening.
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5 Sep
Memorable moments from Apple Music Festival’s star-studded 10 year history
Apple has confirmed that the annual Apple Music Festival (previously iTunes Festival) has come to an end, a decade after the popular event kicked off back in 2007.
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5 Sep
La La Land’s director is working on a musical TV series for Netflix
Netflix is doing it’s own La La Land, folks.
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1 Sep
Theresa May doesn’t like karaoke – here’s some tunes she should try
While she might be a shrewd politician and keen negotiator, Theresa May’s trip to Japan hit a stumbling block yesterday when she revealed she doesn’t enjoy Japan’s favourite past-time: karaoke.
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16 Aug
40 years after his death, Elvis Presley could top the UK album charts
On the 40th anniversary of Elvis’ death, he is taking on a pop sensation to break his own chart record.
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10 Aug
Coldplay fan? You will soon be able to watch a live concert in virtual reality
Samsung is trying to extend virtual reality (VR) beyond gaming, by teaming up with Live Nation to live stream Coldplay concerts.
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25 Jul
Podcast power: Verdict’s favourite podcast picks
Over 1.6bn podcast episodes were downloaded in 2016, according to the Pew Research Centre.
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11 Jul
Wiz Khalifa has knocked Psy off the top of the YouTube tree
American rapper Wiz Khalifa’s single See You Again featuring Charlie Puth has become the most viewed YouTube video, with 2.9bn views.
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29 Jun
Sony is going to start producing vinyl records again for the first time since 1989
Sony Music, one of the three biggest record companies in the world, announced on Thursday that it will start producing its own vinyl releases again for the first time in 28 years.
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21 Jun
The band who must not be named: free speech and the Slants
Take a listen to From the Heart, a song about free speech by Portland band The Slants.
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12 May
Spotify hits 50m paying subscribers – is it ever going to IPO?
Swedish music streaming company Spotify has announced it now has 50m paying subscribers and it could be going public later this year.
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6 Jan
No, vinyl is not going to be more popular than downloads in 2017
Sales of vinyl records are up an impressive 56 percent to £65.6m in 2016, according to figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association, but this should not be taken as a sign of the health of physical entertainment retailing, which has suffered its worst ever year.