Apple has announced that it will cut the price it charges for music downloads in the UK from its iTunes music store within the next six months.
The cut will bring the UK into line with the charges in the rest of Europe.
Apple currently charges 79 pence per download in the UK, compared with 99 euro […]
On Monday, MTV Networks is set to unveil an initiative to connect its television, online, and mobile presences by helping music fans answer that crucial question–”Who the (expletive) sings that song?”
In other words, MTV Networks, the Viacom division that encompasses the MTV, VH1, and CMT brands as well as a host of other pop culture […]
Radiohead’s official website was back online last night after overwhelming demand for the band’s new album caused it to crash. Traffic on the site slowed to a crawl after the rock group told fans on Monday that they could pre-order the new release, In Rainbows, from www.radiohead.com at any price they wanted.
The band’s spokesman, Murray […]
In a major change of policy for a record label, EMI announced today that it will begin selling songs without copy protection through Apple’s iTunes music store.The announcement was made at an event in London this lunchtime attended by Apple’s chief executive, Steve Jobs, and Eric Nicoli, his counterpart at EMI.
They announced that from May […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday cellist marked Mstislav Rostropovich’s 80th birthday by praising his musical accomplishments and his human rights activism.
“In all your life and creative work you have many times shown the truth that art and morality together supplement each other and constitute a single goal. In all of the world you are […]
On Monday, Naomi, who studied classical voice at the University of Michigan and has been writing songs for seven years, was among the winners of the first YouTube Video awards, picking up the honor best music video with “Say It’s Possible” which soon will be released as her first single
Other winners included OKGo, who won […]
THE Rolling Stones yesterday announced a 20-gig European summer tour as Mick Jagger boasted: “I never get tired.”
One of the shows will be the Isle of Wight festival, 43 years after the ageing rockers first appeared there.
Even though he’s 63, the frontman still works out and performs breathing exercises before going on stage.
