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ROYAL STATUS
Warner Bros Records UK celebrate Royal Blood’s self-titled debut album reaching gold status in the UK. The two-piece rock band were presented with their discs at the opening night of their sell-out Electric Ballroom shows earlier this month. The band’s sold-out UK tour kicks off in February 2015. [L-R]: Mandy Plumb (general manager, Parlophone & Warner Bros Records UK), Ben Durling (A&R manager, Warner Bros Records UK), Phil Christie (head of A&R, Warner Bros Records UK), Murray Curnow (management, Wildlife Entertainment), Mike Kerr (band), Ben Thatcher (band), Ian McAndrew (management, Wildlife Entertainment), Miles Leonard (chairman, Parlophone & Warner Bros Records UK), Jen Ivory (VP marketing, Warner Bros Records UK).
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COOKING UP A STORM Naughty Boy and Sony/ATV snapped up the signature of London-born singer-songwriter Jem Cooke last week for their Naughty Songs JV. Cooke’s mixtape Cookie Jam was released in November 2013 and featured F-Block producers Mojam, Craze & Hoax, ADP, Hank Hughes and Levi Lennox. She’s spent the last year working with Naughty Boy and the F-Block producers on her new album. Pictured [L-R]: Rachel Pickles (Sony/ATV business affairs), Janice Brock (VP international acquisitions at Sony/ATV), Jem Cooke, Shahid Khan (a.k.a. Naughty Boy, CEO Naughty Words Publishing) Hank Hughes (CEO/proprietor, F Block Music Productions).
SHEERAN SOARING
Not just a blockbuster in the record sales department, Ed Sheeran is racking up the numbers on the live circuit as well. DHP’s Dan Ealam and Kilimanjaro’s Steve Tilley presented Sheeran and his management team with a plaque at the end of last month to celebrate 21 sold-out arenas – that’s 274,000 tickets - across his huge UK and Ireland tour. Pictured [L-R]: Andy Wells (Rocket Management), Dan Ealam (DHP Family), Ed Sheeran, Stuart Camp (Rocket Management) and Steve Tilley (Kilimanjaro). The plaque features all the shows from the tour which went on sale in January. The presentation took place on the first of two 16,500-selling Manchester Phones4U Arena shows, promoted by DHP Family.
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