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MARKET SHARES BY CORPORATE GROUP CHARTWEEK 27
SINGLES Universal 46.7% Warner 21.2% Sony 16.9% EMI 14.1% Others 1.1%
DIGITAL vsPHYSICAL 100
20 40 60 80
0 33.8% 65.6% 27.1% 72.5% 33.2% 66.4%
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Hit Factory Live in Hyde Park cancelled Tuesday, July 10 Plan B signs £3mdeal with EMIMusic Publishing Thursday, July 5 Brighton’s Rounder Records to close after 46 years Monday, July 9 MorrisonsMFEST festival cancelled Friday, July 6 Kasabian tell new bands to ‘wear criticismas a badge’ Friday, July 6
34.3% 65.3% 34.8% 64.8%
ARTIST ALBUMS Universal 39.8% Sony 26.7% Warner 17.1% EMI 9.7% Others 6.7%
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Thismonth Classic Rock magazine comes with Rush’s brand new 12-track release Clockwork Angels. The 132-page magazine is loaded with interviews and albumreviews, which promise to reveal everything you need to understand the band’s first full con- cept album. Inside, drummer Neil Peart talks
aboutmodern alchemy, thinking big and why he’ll never watch the band’s documentary Beyond The Lighted Stage: “I’mreally not inter- ested in it, I don’t look atmyself, I’m not that kind of narcissist.” Bassist Geddy Lee talks about
being sacked by his band, getting back to basics and why he told right- wing American radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh to stop playing their music. Guitarist Alex Lifeson says the rigours of touring will probably end up being the cause of the band’s demise. Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins
NO: 14%
@soundboy inmusic there are two ways to be cool 1. relentlesslymanage hype/scarcity, 2. be fearsomely authentic. The latter endures but both
work. (Ian Hogarth, Songkick)Monday, July 2
@ScuzzBeez Slayer shirts in Top Shop. Metal community to explode in 5...4... (Terry Bezer, Scuzz TV) Tuesday, July 3
@NiallMDoherty I would like the next MGMT albumto sound like Sunless '97. Now that Jimmy Saville is gone, who do I go to sort this out?
(Niall Doherty, QMagazine) Tuesday, July 3
@SimonCowell As the biggest brat in the world, I want to supportmy fellow brat@cherlloyd & help her get to number 1 in the US
(Simon Cowell) Wednesday, July 4
YES: 86%
@MikeTreat starting to think that making something i've never done before for the label lunch was a bad idea. #worriedaboutmyfishcakes
(Mike Hemsley, Hassle Records) Thursday, July 5
@inekedaans It's one of those days where i pretend to speak, write + understand German. Just throw in 'Hammer' after every sentence and
you're rocking. (Ineke Daans, PIAS) Thursday, July 5
@SoundCity I remember whenmy old P.E. teacher wouldn't go out on a date withme. That wasn't very sporting of her. (Liverpool Sound City)
Thursday, July 5
@frank_ocean stevie wonder just sang no church in the wild tome at this party. had to jot that down. (Frank Ocean) Thursday, July 5
reviews PermanentWaves – the albumthat got Rush their first radio hit – which showed that “they could fuckmusic up and stillmake great pop songs” and ConservativeMP MikeWeatherley says 2112 “shaped his life and helped him meet Icelandic girls.”
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@sarah_hall Oh dear. The new Alex Reid single. That is all. (Sarah Hall, Sony) Tuesday, July 10
@JazzySherman Pyramids by Frank Ocean is too good to talk about in 140 characters #channelORANGE (Jazz Sherman, RocketMusic)
Tuesday, July 10
@Mark_Mulligan Thank you highly tar- getted ‘personalized’ PR email: ‘I’m not sure if you’re into streaming music’... nah, never heard of it, do tell
more (MarkMulligan, industry analyst) Tuesday, July 10
@simon_price01 The @PWLHitFactory Live cancellation makes amockery of “never gonna give you up, never gonna let you
down...” (Simon Price, ClashMagazine) Tuesday, July 10
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Amount Plan B will receive in total fromhismulti-
albums deal with EMIMusic Publishing, according to newspaper reports
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Amount paid by some atten- dees of London’s Bloc festi- val - cancelled after it was less than a day underway
5.6m
more singles were bought in the first half of 2012 than 2011 according to figures fromthe BPI
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Awards for Global Radio at the 2012 Arqiva
Commercial Radio Awards 9
Stabbings at last weekend’s Swedish HouseMafia gig in Dublin after fights broke out.
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US biggest-selling albumof the year to date is One Direction’s Up All Night
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Place for Ozzy Osbourne on Kerrang’s! list of the 50
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