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AMA LET YOU FINISH More industry faces at the Artist and Manager Awards launch... [Clockwise from top right]: Ray Pagden and John Sweeney from SESAC; Jay Barbour and Nick Mason; Eliesha Williams and Niki Clarke from Schizofreniks Productions; The Guardian’s Helienne Lindvall and Beggars boss Martin Mills.


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AN EYE FOR DETAIL The Nordoff Robbins fundraising team work mighty hard to raise cash for a great charity all year round, so it's nice to see them take a well- earned break now and again. Here are the gang with industry friends on the London Eye, courtesy of American Express. Now it's back to work, how about doing a good deed… Text MUSC11 £3 to 70070 to donate £3 to Nordoff Robbins today. [From L-R]: Claire Wray, Fundraising Assistant Nordoff Robbins; Abena Mills, Events Fundraiser Nordoff Robbins; Marvyn Harrison from XYXX; Nathalie Gordon, Freelance Photographer; Darren Steddy, IT Support Engineer Nordoff Robbins; Jennifer Coffey, Major Donor Manager Nordoff Robbins; Robin Robinson, Head of Communications Nordoff Robbins; Rachel Walker, Events and Fundraising Manager Nordoff Robbins; Balendra Nadarajah, Accounts Assistant Nordoff Robbins; Rosie Sewell, Music Services Administrator Nordoff Robbins; Hayley Absalom, Project Manager Full Time Hobby; Jo Sylvester, HR Assistant Nordoff Robbins.


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4AD Founded 1979 Key ArtistsModern English, Pixies, Bon Iver


Founded in 1979 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, 4AD started out as Axis Records, before changing its name to 4AD a year later. The label was initially a ‘testing ground’ for Beggars Banquet (founded in


1977) and funded by the indie label. The plan was that successful acts would graduate up to Beggars after a year at 4AD, but the only band to follow this path were Bauhaus. Watts-Russell and Kent purchased the label outright in the early Eighties


and were the sole owners for about a year, until Kent sold his share at the end of 1981 to Watts-Russell. Early signings included Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Throwing


Muses and Pixies. In the 1990s, 4AD set up an office in Los Angeles and had success with bands such as The Breeders (below), Red House Painters, Unrest and His Name Is Alive. Watts-Russell then signed a five-year distribution deal with Warner Bros.


Records so that nearly all 4AD releases would see release in the United States. In 1999, he sold his share in 4AD back to the Beggars Group (as it had by then become). 4AD is still active today and forms part of the


Beggars Group along with Matador Records, Rough Trade Records and XL Recordings.


Did you know? In 2008, several labels within the Beggars Group (including Beggars Banquet itself) were folded into the 4AD label.


ELTON JOHN VS MORRISSEY 0 200k 00k SOCIAL STANDING itbull – 16,117,711, , 0.0 0.5m


Official fan pages go head-to-head


Pitbull – 16,117,711


Prof. Green– 1,383,573 Wretch 32 – 134,771 1m


Elton John – 1,946,117 Morrissey – 797,926


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Elton John – 88,174 Morrissey – 33,999


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Elton John – 816,487 Morrissey – 718,235


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