DEALSHipgnosis has acquired the catalogue of ‘Despacito’ co-writer Erika Ender. “I am very excited about this partnership with Hipgnosis”, she says. “I’ve always believed that music is eternal.
I’m confident my songs are in good hands with Merck [Mercuriadis] and his team, and they will do their best to keep my catalogue active, present and alive, as they honour and recognise that the songs are the seeds to the entire music industry, the message that touches and marks people’s lives and where it all begins”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTS[PIAS] has appointed Tom Keil as Global Head Of Dance & Electronic and EVP A&R.
He joins from Ultra Music. The label has also announced the launch of new electronic music division [PIAS] Électronique. “I am very happy and proud to be joining [PIAS] and am very grateful to [co-CEO] Kenny Gates and the whole team for this great opportunity”, he says. “Besides signing new and exciting artists it is going to be an amazing experience to be working with the great catalogue that [PIAS] has built over four decades.
It makes me feel like a kid in the candy store!”————————————————–RELEASESMetallica have released ‘72 Seasons’, the title track of their new album, which is out on 14 Apr.McFly have released new single ‘Where Did All The Guitars Go?’, the first from new album ‘Power To Play’, which is out on 9 Jun. “On every album, there’s a song which becomes a foundation, a lightbulb moment, and this was it”, say the band. “Guitars, honesty, energy, all these personality traits are what give us the band’s identity.
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