AEGX will provide Avex with access to AEG Presents’ worldwide portfolio of venues, festivals, and global touring partnerships
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Sony Music signs Egyptian superstar Hamaki, inks deal with top Arabic music producer Hamdy Badr
Hamdy Badr’s Cairo-based Craft Media is behind Egyptian artists like Hamaki, Maya Diab, Pousi and Mahmoud Al Lethy
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Universal launches Queen game, developed by Vivendi-owned Gameloft
Queen: Rock Tour allows users to ‘immerse themselves into the world of Queen’
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US music fans spent more on vinyl than CD last year for the first time since 1986
New RIAA data confirms that vinyl outsold CD on a monetary basis in pandemic-hit 2020 for first time in 34 years
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MBW’s Weekly Roundup: Spotify, Big Hit, Chance The Rapper, Splice, TuneCore
The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
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Tony Wadsworth CBE named as new Chair of music charity The BRIT Trust
Wadsworth, a former Chairman and CEO of EMI Music UK and Chair of the BPI, has been a BRIT Trustee for 16 years
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Dan Waite upped to President Of Better Noise as company expands global footprint, ventures further into film
Waite set to oversee all music and film releases across company’s global offices
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Apple Music launches ‘Behind the Songs’ portal to highlight songwriters and producers
New space will allow songwriters and publishers to participate in regularly updated editorial features and promotions
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Songtradr hires Mike Tunnicliffe and Joe Belliotti to lead Brand Solutions Division of new B2B music platform
The execs will head up the brand solutions side of ‘Vinyl by Songtradr’
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Live Nation just sold 170,000 tickets for 2021 UK summer festivals… within three days
Astonishing level of ticket sales confirmed by Michael Rapino following British government announcing roadmap to re-opening
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