Rave at the palace: Macron resumes pre-Covid gig By: AFP on June 22, 2021French President Emmanuel Macron invited music fans to a socially distanced techno party at the presidential palace on Monday, reviving a pre-Covid event to mark the country’s annual street music festival. France celebrates music in all its forms with a giant street party on June 21. In 2018, Macron began throwing open the cobbled courtyard […]
US music publishers sue Roblox for $200 mn over copyright By: AFP on June 11, 2021US music publishers representing artists such as Ariana Grande, Imagine Dragons and the Rolling Stones said Thursday they are suing hit video game Roblox for allegedly using songs without permission. National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) chief David Israelite announced the copyright suit at an annual meeting at which he stressed that the trade group has […]
McDonald’s BTS-meal frenzy sparks virus closures in Indonesia By: AFP on June 9, 2021More than a dozen Indonesian McDonald’s outlets were temporarily shuttered Wednesday over virus fears as the chain’s new BTS meal deal sparked frenzied buying from fans in the K-pop mad country. Jakarta and several other cities slapped closure stickers on at least 13 outlets that were deluged with online food-delivery drivers picking up a meal […]
BTS’s RM debuts new solo song By: Web Desk on June 7, 2021BTS’s RM, Kim Namjoon (real name), released his new solo titled Bicycle for the 2012 Festa which has caused the fans to stream it in a frenzy. Bicycle was released according to BTS’s Festa timeline and has been written and produced by RM and John Eun. The fans of BTS, who are called ARMY, flooded […]
Olivia Rodrigo releases her web series By: Web Desk on June 6, 2021American singer and songwriter Olivia Rodrigo dropped her ‘Short Film’ which is a web series with Vevo Lift. Fans of the Driver’s License singer are in a frenzy over the web series. Vevo Lift is an exclusive web series where through the voting of the fans the artists are highlighted. In these series performances, Q […]
Saudi holds first Riyadh concert since Covid-19 By: AFP on June 4, 2021Hundreds gathered Thursday for the first concert in the Saudi capital since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic to watch performances by Syrian diva Assala Nasri and Kuwaiti crooner Nabeel Shuail. Before stiff rules were brought in a year ago to stem the spread of coronavirus, the ultra-conservative kingdom had started to ease decades-long restrictions […]
The Indian who took the Beatles home for tea By: AFP on June 4, 2021Ajit Singh, the Indian music shop owner who befriended the Beatles during their magical mystery trip in Rishikesh over half a century ago, has died aged 88. In February 1968 the Fab Four fetched up at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram (retreat) in northern India, seeking spirituality, new experiences and refuge from Beatlemania back home. Energised by […]
Taylor Swift roped in for David O. Russell’s secret project By: Web Desk on June 2, 2021 American singer, Taylor Swift, is joining David O. Russell’s project, joining a large number of big names including Margot Robbie, Rami Malek, Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Mike Myers, Robert De Niro, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Matthias Schoenaerts and Alessandro Nivola, Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Rock and John David Washington. The 11-time Grammy winner […]
Olivia Rodrigo makes history on the UK charts By: Web Desk on May 30, 2021The American singer has made history on the UK charts by being the youngest singer to top it twice! The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series actor’s songs ‘Sour’ and ‘Good 4 U’ have both topped the UK charts. The 18-year-old is the youngest singer to ever achieve this status! Rodrigo took to Instagram […]
French rock group Indochine plays Covid trial gig in Paris By: AFP on May 30, 2021Starved of live music for the past year, fans of veteran French rock band Indochine on Saturday got the chance to see their idols in concert, all in the name of Covid-19 research. Around 5,000 concert goers were taking part in the experimental event at Paris’s Bercy concert hall. A further 2,500 volunteers who did […]