FLO: Last News

The US district court for the Central District Of California last week published a judgement that provided a pretty extensive overview of what was a big legal debate in the US music industry for a time: whether online radio services like Pandora and Sirius were obliged to pay royalties when they played pre-1972 recordings.A lot of that debate centred on lawsuits pursued by the artists Flo & Eddie, who were members of the 1960s band The Turtles.In theory, the 2018 Music Modernization Act removed the ambiguities that those lawsuits sought to address. However, some technicalities remained in relation to Flo & Eddie’s litigation, meaning the lawsuit against Sirius rumbled on until 2021, and the Pandora dispute until last week.

Bellah has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany this week’s NME cover story.The Enfield-raised artist features on The Cover this week (July 24) as we continue our commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover, and the full interview with Bellah can be read here.To celebrate, Bellah – born Isobel Akpobire – has curated a playlist titled ‘Intro to UK R&B’ featuring songs from fellow NME 100 alumni including FLO, No Guidnce, Nippa and more.Listen to the full playlist below on Spotify, and here on Apple Music.In March, the 26-year-old appeared at Austin’s SXSW, a performance NME described as “a defining moment in Bellah’s huge breakout year.” In recent months, she has gone on to play at The Great Escape and Glastonbury, and is currently working on the follow-up to her last EP ‘Adultsville’, which was released in September 2022.In this week’s The Cover interview, Bellah discusses her vision for the future of British R&B music – and gives a shout out to a wealth of her peers and collaborators, including Jvck James, Mnelia and Shaé Universe. “We’re kids that have different cultures infused in us, so Afro-R&B is a thing, R&B and drill [crossover] exists,” she tells NME.

Flo have surprise-released a new EP titled ‘3 Of Us’ for their fans who have been “waiting so patiently for new music”.The EP features three new songs: ‘Control Freak’, ‘Change’ and the title track ‘3 Of Us’. The trio have been performing the first two tracks live at their shows including at their recent appearance at Glastonbury Festival.The EP artwork features all three members – Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma, and Renée Downer – showing their matching tattoos of the number three.

FLO is back with three brand new tracks!

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Canada-based movie distributor and aggregator H264 is launching a world sales arm with the acquisition of “Red Rooms,” which has its world premiere next week in the Crystal Globe Competition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The company is focused on festival-driven, innovative films. “Red Rooms,” directed by Quebec filmmaker Pascal Plante (“Fake Tattoos,” “Nadia, Butterfly”), is a cyber-thriller questioning the collective fascination with murderers. It will screen at Karlovy Vary on July 4, and will then open the Fantasia Film Festival on July 20 for its North American premiere. Montréal-based H264 is also ramping up its international slate by adding “Mademoiselle Kenopsia,” from filmmaker Denis Côté, who won awards at Berlin with “Vic + Flo Saw a Bear” and Locarno with “Curling.”

It’s culture’s biggest night! Some of the biggest names in music, television, film and sports turned out for the 2023 BET Awards, ready to celebrate Black excellence.

The 2023 BET Awards are underway celebrating the best performances in music, TV, film and sports. Live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, the event is also celebrating 50 years of Hip Hop with Busta Rhymes set to be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

We have the full list of nominations for the 2023 BET Awards!

The nomination are in for the 2023 BET Awards and Drake claims the top spot.

Thania Garcia Following the release of two back-to-back chart-topping albums last summer (“Honestly, Nevermind” and his and 21 Savage’s joint “Her Loss”), Drake has scored seven BET Awards nominations for the 2023 show slated to take place on June 25 in Los Angeles. Memphis rapper Glorilla nearly meets him at a tie, clocking in with six recognitions as the 2022 winner of BET’s breakthrough hip-hop artist of the year. Among his nominations, Drake is up for best group alongside 21 Savage, best collaboration with Future and Tems for their radio favorite “Wait for U,” and album of the year for “Her Loss.” Glorilla competes with Drake in the best collaboration category twice — once for her feature with HItkidd (“F.N.F. Let’s Go”) and Cardi B (“Tomorrow 2”). The Memphis rapper is also up for album of the year for “Anyways, Life’s Great.”

Newcomer Claudette Anderson (Flo Wilson) has made quite an impression since she arrived in Emmerdale. Charles (Kevin Mathurin)’s mum first encountered Manpreet (Rebecca Sarker) in the cafe and they locked horns straight away when Claudette refused to budge from the seat Manpreet had previously been sitting at.

Emmerdale star Katherine Dow Blyton has opened up about her exit from the show after playing Harriet Finch in the ITV soap for almost ten years. Katherine's run in the soap ended dramatically when her character passed away due to injuries she received when her quad bike overturned in a storm while searching for teen Amelia Spencer. Now, months on, she has revealed that it took a while to decompress after the show and that she is open to all career opportunities.

A headteacher and a senior councillor have repeated their appeals to parents not to park on newly-painted double yellow lines and zig-zags near a Salford primary school. Several cars were seen flouting the new regulations introduced to boost road safety outside Irlam Primary School on Elsinore Avenue.

Multi-award-winning British actress Samantha Morton, and Ruby Stokes appear in the first set of spine-chilling images for Paramount+’s upcoming horror-thriller series “The Burning Girls”.

Kamille has spoken to NME about her Ivor Novello win, her latest single ‘Muscle Memory’, working with Nile Rodgers and Little Mix, and her thoughts on music created by AI.The artist spoke of how she was “blown away” that she had been honoured with the Outstanding Song Collection at the Ivors ceremony in London today (Thursday May 18).“Being amongst winners like Queen, U2, Noel Gallagher — I’m like, ‘Really? This is ridiculous,’” she said. “I think I’m the youngest Black women to win the award as well, which is mad. I’m here for it and I’m so grateful to be honoured in this way.”A friend of the Ivors Academy, Kamille was enthused by the variety of music celebrated by the awards.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Global Screen has closed further presales for “Lassie — A New Adventure,” the sequel featuring the most famous dog in the history of cinema. The film, directed by Hanno Olderdissen, has sold to A Contracorriente for Spain; ADS Service for Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Moldavia; Turkey’s Bir Film; GPI for the Baltic states; Bulgaria’s Pro Films; Karantanija for ex-Yugoslavia; and Greece’s Zinos Panagiotidis. Poland and Benelux are in negotiation. Sales were previously concluded with Lucky Red (Italy), AB Svensk Filmindustri (Scandinavia) and Film House (Israel).

Remember how, last summer, we brought you a sneaky First Listen of Kamille's break-up bop Weight Loss? Well, a lot's happened since then.

A Stockport legend who helps feed the most vulnerable in her community with warmth and love is set to be honoured at Wednesday's annual Pride of Manchester awards.

into the Tiffany & Co. reopening event in New York City on April 27 in a cloud of sheer chiffon like Glinda the Good Witch. At least, that's the vibe I get from the photos.

Emmerdale has announced a brand new casting that already has a link to three villagers - Charles and Ethan Anderson and Naomi Walters. The ITV soap has revealed that Flo Wilson will be joining the programme to play the role of Claudette, Vicar Charles's mother.

Emmerdale has announced the exciting casting of Sanditon star Flo Wilson to play the role of Claudette, Vicar Charles' "overbearing" mother. In a new teaser, the hit ITV soap has revealed: "Claudette is a force to be reckoned with and totally unafraid to speak her mind.