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Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys performs during a concert at the Rock in Rio Music Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 15, 2017.

Pet Shop Boys say new album Nonetheless 'one of our most melodic'

Marie-Louise Gumuchian |Updated a day ago |2 min read

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - British electro-pop duo Pet Shop Boys say their new album "Nonetheless" is one of their most melodic from their four-decade-long career, featuring songs about solitude, freedom and looking for a new ...

Hipgnosis logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken, June 28, 2021.

Hipgnosis' bidding war intensifies as Concord hikes offer for Shakira music owner

Reuters |Updated a day ago |2 min read

(Reuters) -Shares of Hipgnosis Songs Fund climbed on Thursday after Apollo-backed Concord outbid a proposal by private equity giant Blackstone, launching a bidding war for the owner of music rights of artists, including Shakira and Blondie. Concord, ...

JioCinema logo is pictured in this illustration taken November 15, 2023.

Ambani's JioCinema cuts subscription prices as India's streaming war heats up

Aditya Kalra, Kanjyik Ghosh |Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |2 min read

By Aditya Kalra and Kanjyik Ghosh (Reuters) - JioCinema, the streaming platform run by India's Reliance Industries, on Thursday cut prices of its premium offering to as low as 29 rupees ($0.3480) a month, heating up competition for Netflix and ...

A cover dance band performs during an event devoted to the Spring Festival, at a shopping mall in Khimki, on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, February 10, 2024.

Young Russians dance to K-pop and watch anime amid Asian culture boom

Reuters |Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |2 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A few years ago, Karina Marakshina had to explain what K-pop was when asked to describe the musical style of her Moscow dance studio. Now she says she hears it blasting out from nearly every mall where she shops. Russia shares ...

A sign in the city centre advertises the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, April 17, 2024.

Eurovision euphoria boosts travel to Sweden's Malmo, eDreams says

Reuters |Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |1 min read

(Reuters) - Eurovision fever boosted travel searches for the Swedish coastal city of Malmo by 176% between September 2023 and April 2024, Spanish online travel booking company eDreams ODIGEO said on Wednesday. The Eurovision song contest, the ...

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Record giant HYBE audits 'NewJeans' label as infighting returns to K-pop

Hyunsu Yim |Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |2 min read

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's largest music company is auditing the management of one of its labels as it suspects they are planning to break away, the latest case of infighting in K-pop, one of the world's most popular and profitable ...

A memorial for late former Beatle John Lennon is seen at the "Imagine" mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park to mark Lennon's 80th birthday, in New York City, U.S., October 9, 2020.

John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction

Lisa Keddie, Will Russell |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |2 min read

By Lisa Keddie and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The ...

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Germany's RTL acquires Nickelodeon rights for children's TV network

Reuters |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |1 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - Super RTL, a children's television network belonging to Bertelsmann's RTL Group, has struck a deal to acquire Nickelodeon series in Germany, the group said in a statement on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Super RTL will acquire ...

David Ellison attends the U.S. premiere of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, at Kings Theater in New York, U.S., June 5, 2023.

Silicon Valley and Hollywood worlds collide as David Ellison bids for Paramount

Dawn Chmielewski |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |4 min read

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - David Ellison, 41, would not be the first rich guy to arrive in Hollywood with a fat bank account and dreams of making movies, though the son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison boasts the rarest of ...

FIEL PHOTO: DJ Alok performs during the celebrations of the 64th anniversary of Brasilia, at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil, April 21, 2024.

Brazilian DJ Alok infuses his dance music with indigenous songs

Rollo Ross |Updated Apr. 23, 2024 |2 min read

By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Brazilian DJ and producer Alok is setting aside his traditional modern electronic dance music to focus on something even more traditional – indigenous songs from his country.     His new album "The Future is ...

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