Music Industry Moves: Ed Sheeran to Donate Portion of ‘Autumn Variations’ Sales to Save The Music

Last week, a Greater Manchester gig venue was saved in a first-of-its-kind music scheme led by the ‘National Trust of music venues’.

Duff McKagan has shared his thoughts on the use of AI in songwriting, revealing that he has no plans to let the technology “affect my creativity”.The Guns N’ Roses bassist was speaking as part of an In Conversation livestream with author Dan Jones last week (October 4), when he opened up about the inspiration behind his new solo album ‘Lighthouse’, his ongoing struggle with panic attacks, and thoughts on the use of artificial intelligence in songwriting.Discussing how his personal life and long-running interest in history acted as inspiration for the upcoming LP, the musician and songwriter also shared his thoughts on the increasing use of AI in the industry, and confirmed he has no plans to be experimenting with the technology any time soon.“You’re gonna always have guys like me who [have] just got their middle finger up. They’re gonna just keep creating and not even pay attention to it, really,” he began.

Black Eyed Peas over a ‘My Humps’ parody.In January this year, Black Eyed Peas’ music publisher BMG Rights Management took legal action against MGA (the company behind Bratz) over alleged similarities between their 2005 track and one sung by the Poopsie Slime Surprise: Dancing Unicorn toy.According to the lawsuit, the toys sing a song called ‘My Poops’ at the push of its heart-shaped bellybutton. However, the track allegedly ripped off the rap group’s 2005 hit, ‘My Humps’.Now, the two parties have reportedly reached “a settlement in principle” to resolve the lawsuit, according to Billboard.In the original complaint made in January, BMG said that, in additional to copying musical elements, the unicorn song featured a lead vocalist who “sounds very similar” to Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie.“My poops, my poops my poops my poops. Whatcha gonna do with all that poop, all that poop,” sings the toy.“I drive my parents crazy, I do it every day,” it continues.

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Ed Sheeran opened up about his legacy and his future in a new interview with GQ.

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he has his own grave in his back garden.In a new interview with GQ, Sheeran was asked about rumours that a crypt had been built on his £4million estate.The 16-acre estate, which has been dubbed ‘Sheeranville’, is located near Framlingham, Suffolk. Over the years, the singer-songwriter has renovated the estate to include its own pub conversion, a luxury treehouse, and a heart-shaped pond.In response, Sheeran clarified: “I wouldn’t say it’s a crypt.” The interview revealed that a chapel had been built, which Sheeran uses to host friends’ weddings and mourn the loss of people in his life.

Ed Sheeran likes to be prepared. The musician revealed that he dug his own grave in his backyard and its all ready to go.“I wouldn’t say it’s a crypt,” Sheeran, 32, told GQ Hype in an interview published on Thursday.

Ed Sheeran received a surprise from his hometown soccer team, the Ipswich Town Football Club, as they serenaded him with ‘Perfect’ in the team locker room – watch footage of the moment below.Earlier this week, Sheeran attended the game between Ipswich and Hull, in which Ipswich beat our their opponents 3-0. While the celebrations for the team were a sight to behold, the Ipswich Town Football Club had their own plans in their locker room.Following the end of the game, Ed Sheeran joined the team in the locker room for a round of celebrations, but was surprised when he was serenaded by his hometown team who sang ‘Perfect’ to him.Watch Ed Sheeran’s sheepish reaction to the serenade below.A post shared by Ipswich Town FC (@ipswichtown)Elsewhere before the celebrations, Sheeran was gifted a soccer t-shirt, which he signed on air and donated to Town TV along with a signed guitar.In other news, Sheeran has just released a live bonus version of his latest studio album ‘Autumn Variations’.

A post shared by Music Venue Trust (@musicvenuetrust)Today (October 4), the MVT also announced the first acquisition under its public ownership scheme.The #OwnOurVenues initiative was first announced in May, following the news that legendary gig spaces like North London’s Nambucca and Sheffield’s Leadmill were closing their doors or under threat, respectively.Having been backed by Ed Sheeran, the scheme aims to secure the long-term futures of such venues by directly tackling the issue of ownership.Earlier this month, it was reported that the UK is set to lose 10 per cent of its grassroots music venues in 2023.Last month, The Music Venue Trust have revealed to NME that 67 venues have closed so far this year, with 90 currently working with MVT’s Emergency Response. Roughly half of those are likely to close in 2023 – giving a total of around 100 grassroots music being lost from the UK in 2023; that’s 10 per cent of the number of independent gig spaces in the country.Speaking to NME about the MVT’s warning from earlier this year, that the entire live music industry was headed “over a cliff edge” without government action or without eight of the UK’s new large arenas to “contribute to the security of the wider music ecosystem by investing a percentage of every ticket they sell into the grassroots music ecosystem”, Davyd said: “There are more big concerts going on and people are paying more money for tickets than they ever have.”He continued: “This is the best year for live music in the UK in terms of gross receipts that there’s ever going to be.

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legendary gig spaces like North London’s Nambucca and Sheffield’s Leadmill were closing their doors or under threat, respectively.Having been backed by Ed Sheeran, the scheme aims to secure the long-term futures of such venues by directly tackling the issue of ownership.The campaign has been likened to “The National Trust, but for venues”. Earlier this year, a similar stand-alone initiative was launched by Sister Midnight in a bid to become Lewisham’s first community-owned venue run by shareholders.Today (October 4) the MVT has shared details of the first grassroots music venue to have been purchased by Music Venue Properties (MVP) – the independent Charitable Community Benefit Society (CCBS) created by the MVT to progress its plans to revolutionise cultural ownership in the UK.The official launch of The Snug – a 100-capacity venue in Atherton, Greater Manchester – took place this morning, as did the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.Many of those who helped the #OwnOurVenues scheme to fruition attended the opening, along with some local musicians – Ivor Novello-winner Jamie Lawson and 16-year-old Jennifer King, the latter of whom is a shareholder in MVP.Music Venue Properties announce first venue purchase with shares bought by the live music community! @SnugAtherton has become the first acquisition under #OwnOurVenues scheme!Official Launch Event held today at The Snug to Celebrate new ownership +unveil a commemorative plaque! pic.twitter.com/HmDamLlrRl— Music Venue Trust (@musicvenuetrust) October 4, 2023Unlike a charity, a CCBS can raise funds via community shares.

red-headed singer/songwriter, 32, shared the dank anecdote Monday on Conan O’Brien’s podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.”The “Thinking Out Loud” crooner says he, his wife Cherry Seaborn, and his mother-in-law went to see D.O.G.G. perform in Melbourne and ended up hanging out with Snoop, 51, in his dressing room, where the “Gin and Juice” rapper and actor Russell Crowe were going “blunt for blunt for blunt for blunt.”Sheeran says he doesn’t normally smoke, but didn’t want to be rude in the presence of Martha Stewart’s bestie.“I guess at some point during the night I have to, just to [say], ‘I smoked with Snoop Dogg,'” Sheeran recalled.“I’ve had a good amount of conversation so I have a bit and I’m like, ‘I don’t feel too bad, this is good,’ then I have a bit more…then I have a bit more…then I have a bit more,” he continued.

Ed Sheeran has said he is still “waiting” to meet his hero Bob Dylan.The singer-songwriter, who last week released his new album ‘Autumn Variations’, explained in a recent interview that Dylan was the last of his idols that he hasn’t met.“I’ve met them all, apart from Dylan… but if you meet Bob Dylan prematurely… I don’t want the picture thing,” Sheeran told the Daily Star (via Virgin Radio UK).“My rule was always I am never going to seek someone out to meet them, I’m going to wait for them to meet me.”The musician also recalled meeting Eminem, saying: “I wanted him to be like, ‘I like your stuff’.“I waited and after four years he said, ‘We should do a song’ and we became like friends.”Sheeran previously compared Dylan and Eminem in an interview with WatchMojo. “You might look at them and say they’re two totally different acts, but all you have to do with Eminem is put a guitar behind his words and it’s a very similar thing,” he said.“Folk music tells stories and hip hop tells stories, there’s just a beat that separates it.

Ed Sheeran isn’t much of a smoker but he couldn’t resist smoking with Snoop Dogg, the singer-songwriter has revealed.Speaking to Conan O’Brien for the Conan Needs A Friend podcast, the ‘Thinking Out Loud’ singer-songwriter shared that he met Snoop Dogg backstage after performing at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia this March.Sheeran was introduced to Snoop through another famous friend, Russell Crowe, who happened to be at Sheeran’s Melbourne show. “I’ve sort of got quite close friends with Russell Crowe over the years and he is really close with Snoop Dogg.”A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg)He added: “I don’t really smoke at all but I was in the dressing room and they were just like blunt for blunt for blunt for blunt.

Ed Sheeran is looking back on the time that he got smoked out by Snoop Dogg.

Ed Sheeran is a lightweight when it comes to marijuana, which he related in a new interview with the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast when he revealed he once got high with Snoop Dogg after a concert — very high.

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Ed Sheeran has released a live bonus version of his just-released seventh studio album, ‘Autumn Variations’.Subtitled ‘(Fan Living Room Sessions)’, the bonus project features live renditions of each song on ‘Autumn Variations’, recorded and performed live from the homes of 14 of his fans.A trailer for the bonus album shows snippets of Sheeran appearing at his listener’s homes, and is soundtracked by a live rendition of the ‘Autumn Variations’ track, ‘American Town’.A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)“I wanted to record a live version of Autumn Variations, but I wanted to do it in an original way,” Sheeran wrote on social media. “We did 14 houses over 2 days and it was such a fun way to meet fans but also record an entire live album.” The singer went on to thank fans for welcoming him despite giving “zero notice”.Videos of Sheeran performing each song on ‘(Fan Living Room Sessions)’ premiered on YouTube yesterday (October 2).

For his eighth studio album, Autumn Variations, Ed Sheeran decided to shake things up. Rather than utilizing the power of a major label (his previous albums were released on Atlantic), he’s released his latest LP independently on his own label, Gingerbread Man Records.

Ed Sheeran has confirmed that there will be no singles or music videos for his new album ‘Autumn Variations’.The project is Sheeran’s second new album this year and was released yesterday (September 29), arriving just a few months after his comeback album ‘Subtract’. As with ‘Subtract’, it was produced by The National‘s Aaron Dessner and marks his first independent release on his own label, Gingerbread Man Records.Sheeran has now explained why ‘Autumn Variations’ hasn’t had a traditional album rollout. “Each record before I’ve done, like, all the big going in and doing all these radio interviews, and going on the late-night shows, and doing, doing all this stuff.

Ed Sheeran has celebrated the release of his new album ‘Autumn Variations‘ by buying strangers drinks on a bar crawl around New York City.The pop star posted a video on his Instagram yesterday (September 29) explaining that he was out to mark the release with a boozy knees-up.“Right, to celebrate my album release I’m gonna pub crawl, go in random bars and drinks are on me for the next six hours…let’s… GO!” he said in the video.He added later: “We’re in the first bar, I’m on the first drink. I have got everyone a drink in the bar…but we’re not there yet.”A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)Sheeran was then seen getting onto a subway train before being in a much livelier bar where people were playing beer pong.