APPOINTMENTSSony Music UK has hired DJ and producer Anton Powers as Head Of A&R at Ministry Of Sound Records. “I’m a huge fan of what Ministry Of Sound has done over the years and it’s an honour to come in as Head of A&R, be working with the amazing team and getting stuck in on lots of exciting projects”, he says.————————————————–RELEASESNoel Gallagher and those High Flying Birds of his are going to release a new album called ‘Council Skies’ on 2 Jun. “It’s going back to the beginning”, says Gallagher of the record. “Daydreaming, looking up at the sky and wondering about what life could be – that’s as true to me now as it was in the early 90s.
When I was growing up in poverty and unemployment, music took me out of that”, he says. The band will also be touring in July and August, and by jove if there isn’t a new single called ‘Easy Now’ out right now.Måneskin have released new single ‘Gossip’, featuring Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello. “When I saw them play live I was blown away”, says Morello of his collaborators. “They are unapologetically loud, unapologetically sexy, and unapologetically rocking and deserve to be one of the standard bearers for rock and roll for a younger generation”.Nightwish frontwoman Floor Jansen has released new solo single ‘Invincible’.
Her debut solo album, ‘Paragon’, is out on 24 Mar.The Heavy have announced that they will release new album ‘Amen’ on 21 Apr.
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