Music icon Prince Rogers Nelson dead at 57

Prince, the legendary musician and actor has died at age 57, on April 21st, 2016, at 9:43am, at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen. Carver County Sherriff Jim Olson found Prince unresponsive in the elevator .The first responders attempted to provide CPR, but were unable to revive him. He was pronounced dead at 10:07am. Prince was…

John Lennon’s lock of hair sold for £24,000

A German hairdresser Klaus Baruck, has offered a lock of John Lennon’s hair, claims he held onto the former Beatle’s tuft after giving him a trim in Hamburg in 1967, which was sold for £24,000 ($35,000).   Heritage Auctions in Dallas declared Mr Baruck cut Lennon’s hair in preparation for his role in the dark…

Grammy for Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Lamar

Music’s biggest night of the year the 58th Grammy Awards 2016, were held Monday night 15th February 2016, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Taylor Swift’s 1989 has won coveted album of the year award at this year’s Grammy in Los Angeles. She is the first woman to win the award twice, also…

David Bowie who gave us six decades of magic dies of cancer

David Bowie began music career in the sixties as a schoolboy David Jones playing saxophone with ambitions to become a pop star.  He was born in Brixton, South West London and brought up in Bromley. He played with a variety of bands during the decade when he recorded his first album Liza Jane/Louie Louie Go…

Apple Music amassed 10 million subscribers in six months

Apple Music, which was launched in 100 countries in June 2015,  has amassed over 10 million subscribers in six months which their rival Spotify, with 40 million active users in 56 markets,  whose valuation of  £5.52 Billion, $8billion, took six years to reach. Streaming is modern dominant form of music distribution, as download sales decline.…

Sony negotiating to sell its stake in the music publishing

Sony is eyeing the sale of its stake in the music publishing business and net £655 million ( $1billion). It co-owns with the estate of King of Pop legend Michael Jackson. Sony Co-owns the rights to most of the Beatle’s songs, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris and Marvin Gaye. Sony, the world’s biggest music…

Taylor Swift live at Hyde Park attended by 65,000

  Taylor Swift was joined by Tennis champion Serena Williams, Cara Delevingne who waved a Union Jack flag and top model Kendall Jenner in a catwalk themed section of Swift’s set at an open-air show in London’s Hyde Park, attended by 65,000 strong crowd. The surprised pop star said “I remember seven years ago when…

“We don’t ask Apple for free iPhones, so please don’t expect to provide our music without compensation” words that forced Apple to Swift it’s payment policy.

    Taylor Alison Swift, American singer-songwriter, country music star and actress, forced Tech giant Apple Music to reversed its payment policy, a day after the singer said she was refusing to allow the company to stream her album 1989. Her third single “Our song” made her the youngest person to single handedly write and…