DEALSTainy has renewed his deal with Sony Music Publishing, continuing a partnership that began in 2005. “I am grateful that my career has allowed me to reach new heights not only on the artistic and creative side, but also on the business side”, he says. “I appreciate having such great partners on the publishing end.
Excited for the next chapter with the SMP family”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSLive Nation boss Michael Rapino has signed a new five year contract with the live giant.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new deal includes a significant pay rise that will see him earn up to $30 million a year – two-thirds in cash, one-third in shares.
Though 90% of that package is performance related.————————————————–RELEASESBring Me The Horizon have released new single ‘Strangers’. “The song came out of a long writing trip in LA”, says the band’s Oli Sykes. “As soon as the lyric ‘we’re just a room full of strangers’ came it took on such a deeper double meaning – how it would feel to be performing it live as that’s what it is, all strangers connecting on this mad level, and that it was like rehab”.Sophie Ellis-Bextor has teamed up with Wuh Oh for new track ‘Hypnotized’.
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