Mark Sutherland Harry Styles, Bon Jovi and Tears For Fears were among the big winners on stage at the 2021 Ivor Novello Awards in London – but events off stage loomed large over proceedings.By coincidence the Awards, which honor excellence in songwriting and composition, took place on the same day as the Universal Music Group IPO.
But, as the major music company was surging towards a market cap in excess of $50 billion on its market debut, the songwriters on which that valuation was partly built were competing for creative glory.It was an irony not lost on many of the day’s participants.
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