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Camila Cabello Releases New Album C,XOXO

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Camila Cabello releases her brand-new album C,XOXO via Interscope Records/Polydor in the UK. The highly anticipated album represents an evolution for the singer-songwriter, as she pushes boundaries with a project that is both musically and visually explorative, tapping into genres that extend beyond just pop and drawing inspiration from her Miami roots. Created with Producer El Guincho (FKA Twigs, Rosalía) and co-producer Jasper Harris (Jack Harlow, Post Malone), C,XOXO is sure to defy expectations, as it features a variety of heavy hitters including Playboi Carti, Lil Nas X, Drake, and more. C,XOXO is Executive Produced by El Guincho. See full track list below.

In addition, Camila is Complex Magazine’s latest cover star (HERE) and she launched a capsule collection with renowned street artist, Chito, in collaboration with Complex. Camila has long admired Chito International for his distinctive street art style. She found particular inspiration in his iconic animated dog character featured prominently across his works. The lyric “I’m a dog, woof woof” heard on “Chanel No. 5” resonates with this theme, offering fans a deeper glimpse into the ethos of C,XOXO. To capture this essence, Chito created a bespoke C,XOXO Dog icon for their capsule collection, symbolizing this artistic concept (HERE).

The album comes fresh off the heels of her latest track and music video for “Chanel No. 5”, which highlights her growth as a songwriter, using clever wordplay that celebrates a woman’s confidence in her ambitions. The accompanying music video is packed with engaging choreography that perfectly complements the sultry track. Preceding singles “I LUV IT” (featuring Playboi Carti) and “He Knows” (featuring Lil Nas X), along with “Chanel No. 5” gives fans a deeper look into the world of C,XOXO.

​​Camila has been gearing up for the release of C,XOXO with many promotional appearances, including stopping by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for a chat and performance of her irresistibly catchy song “I LUV IT.” Before that, Camila spent some time in her hometown of Miami, the inspiration behind C,XOXO, and treated fans to a sneak preview of the album at a special “B.O.A.T.” party. Camila was also honored for her Global Impact by Billboard at their annual Latin Women in Music awards ceremony. Camila kicked off a collaboration with 7-Eleven by hosting fans in Miami at a special C,XOXO branded store to get a sneak peek of the items. She then hit Cannes for a chat and performance with Complex as part of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Camila is currently playing a series of major international festivals including Rock in Rio Lisbon, which took place on June 23, Mawazine in Morrocco, which took place on June 25, Tinderbox festival in Denmark on June 28 and Glastonbury in the UK on June 29.

C,XOXO Track List:

1. I LUV IT (feat. Playboi Carti)
2. Chanel No.5
3. pink xoxo
4. HE KNOWS (feat. Lil Nas X)
5. Twentysomethings
6. Dade County Dreaming (feat. JT & Yung Miami)
7. koshi xoxo
8. HOT UPTOWN (feat. Drake)
9. Uuugly
10. DREAM-GIRLS
11. 305tilidie
12. B.O.A.T.
13. pretty when i cry
14. June Gloom

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The lawsuit that could bring reggaetón to its knees

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(L-R) Bad Bunny, Stefflon Don, Drake and Justin Bieber are all named in the lawsuit. Tinseltown/Featureflash Photo Agency/Anton Mak/DFree/Shutterstock

By Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London; Bryan Khan, Università di Torino, and Sonjah Stanley Niaah, The University of the West Indies

There is a landmark copyright case looming in the music world. In late May 2024, a federal court in California issued a decision to continue a litigation involving the lucrative reggaetón genre. This legal action could have a lasting negative impact on such a genre as more than 160 defendants are being sued by the Jamaican company Steely & Clevie Productions for alleged copyright infringement.

Among the defendants are several well known artists from the reggaetón scene and beyond, including Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Karol G, Justin Bieber, Drake, Luis Fonsi, Pitbull, Stefflon Don and Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro. Several publishing companies and record labels are also being sued.

Steely & Clevie Productions manages the repertoire of the Jamaican dancehall production duo consisting of the late Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson and Cleveland Browne. The company claims that around 1,800 reggaetón songs illegally used and benefited from – directly and indirectly – elements of the duo’s Fish Market rhythm.

Fish Market (1989) was a Steely & Clevie tune which became famous worldwide after being legally sampled in the track Dem Bow by Jamaican dancehall artist Shabba Ranks in 1990. It was also lawfully used in Pounder Riddim (1990) by the reggaetón producer and sound engineer Dennis Halliburton.

According to the legal complaint, the defendants have sampled and “mathematically copied” for decades what in the meantime had become the Dem Bow rhythm. It’s a percussion-heavy, slightly syncopated beat that originated in Jamaican music genres reggae and dancehall. It has since become the characteristic beat of reggaetón – a sound marked by strong percussion and catchy (usually Spanish) lyrics.

Is the Dem Bow rhythm copyrightable?

The complainant claims that the beat in question is original in part because the drum tones used to construct the beat are “synthesised” (electronically generated signals transformed to create percussive sounds). Indeed, Johnson and Browne’s most significant impact on Jamaican music was that they helped pioneer the use of digitally synthesised rhythms and digital drum samples which characterised the evolution of reggae to dancehall in the mid-late 1980s.

The exact choice of instrument (such as whether a physically played acoustic drum or a digitally synthesised drum sample is used) is typically irrelevant for copyright protection in a musical composition. Rather, such choices are in the domain of a specific rendition of a song captured in a specific sound recording.

The main issue in this dispute is therefore whether these production choices are considered original enough to attract copyright protection. If such copyright claims are upheld by the Californian court, the ruling might overturn a long-held perception in the music industry that rhythmic elements (such as drum beats) cannot be the subject of copyright protection.

In other words, a copyright infringement decision in this dispute would raise the same concerns triggered by the (heavily criticised) 2015 Blurred Lines case in the US. In that dispute, the estate of Marvin Gaye prevailed against pop musicians Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for a song which had a similar “feel” to that of Gaye’s song.

Fish Market, released in 1989, is the beat at the heart of the lawsuit.

In that case, the court failed to distinguish between the elements of music that are protected and those that are not. And this has the stifling effect of allowing composers and recording artists to seek copyright protection over whole styles and grooves which are firmly rooted in a genre’s tradition.

A similar outcome may therefore have a disruptive impact on the reggaetón music genre as well. The Dem Bow rhythm was adopted by the Dominican Republic music scene, influencing Latin American pop music. Gasolina by Daddy Yankee (2004), Tití Me Preguntó by Bad Bunny (2022) and Qlona by Karol G & Peso Pluma (2023) are among the thousands of songs that incorporate an iteration of the iconic rhythm. Many of them have attracted millions of streams.

Because of the legal action brought by Steely & Clevie Productions, these songs may be deemed in violation of copyright. This would establish a precedent for future copyright claims based on popular rhythms.

Cultural appropriation?

Another thing this case reinvigorates is the debate about cultural appropriation. It has often been noted by researchers that Jamaican genres such as dancehall and reggae, which have influenced reggaetón, lack economic parity with the latter.

This has raised questions of power, commodification and fetishisation of a “cool” Jamaican factor for profit. Indeed, many Jamaican producers have been starved of support from major labels and associated copyright protection for decades as they compete for space in the creative industries.

The established business practices of borrowing and remixing aside, local communities are now signalling their insistence on “fair trade” in a changing global music market. The cultural appropriation issue may now take centre stage in the case started by Steely & Clevie Productions.

The judge hearing the case, André Birotte Jr., used to be a college party DJ, which suggests some promise that the final decision will be well-grounded and balanced. But it won’t be easy to reconcile all stakeholders’ interests.

Protecting a pre-existing musical work – and more broadly Jamaican music heritage – may jeopardise the very existence of reggaetón. This outcome would mean ignoring the cumulative nature of music creation. Borrowing from earlier pieces is a structural element of many genres. Musicians and lawmakers across the world will be looking to this case with interest, as its ramifications will be felt throughout the industry.The Conversation

Enrico Bonadio, Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London; Bryan Khan, Senior Researcher in Law and Economics, Università di Torino, and Sonjah Stanley Niaah, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Caribbean Studies and Reggae Studies Unit, The University of the West Indies

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Cyndi Lauper Announces ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ UK and EU Farewell Tour

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Today, Cyndi Lauper announces UK and EU dates to her Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the colossal tour will head to Europe next February, marking Lauper’s first major run in a decade, with shows in Glasgow, Manchester, London, Birmingham, and Belfast before continuing onto Budapest, Lodz, Prague, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Paris.

Throughout the tour, Lauper will be joined by special guests to be revealed at a later date. Tickets go on general sale Friday 28th June at 10am local time via Livenation.co.uk.

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets in France, starting from Wednesday 26th June at 10am. Preferred ticket access is available to Mastercard cardholders in the UK on Friday 28th June at 10am. Visit www.priceless.com/music to find out more.

This announcement comes off the heels of the North American Farewell tour news announced earlier this month and follows the release of follows LET THE CANARY SING, a feature-length documentary film that explores Lauper’s extraordinary life and career. The documentary premiered exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on Tuesday 4th June. In celebration of the tour and the film, Lauper has was honored with an imprint ceremony at the prestigious TCL Chinese Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian Alison Ellwood, LET THE CANARY SING made its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival. Produced by Fine Point Films and Sony Music Entertainment in association with Concord Originals, the film chronicles Lauper’s meteoric ascent to stardom and her profound impact on generations through her music, ever-evolving punk style, unwavering feminism and tireless advocacy. The documentary takes the audience on an engaging exploration of a renowned and pioneering artist who has left a remarkable legacy with her art.

Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, has released a companion product to the documentary of the same name. The LET THE CANARY SING companion album is a career-spanning collection that follows Lauper’s career. The album is available now on vinyl and as a digital expanded edition here.

Let The Canary Sing

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Cyndi Lauper’s Farewell Tour is directed by Brian Burke and produced and designed in partnership with BrianBurkeCreative and DX7 Design.

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN FAREWELL UK & EU TOUR DATES:
Saturday 8th February Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro
Sunday 9th February Manchester, UK Co-op Live
Tuesday 11th February London, UK The O2
Friday 14th February Birmingham, UK bp pulse LIVE (formerly Resorts World Arena)
Sunday 16th February Belfast, UK SSE Arena
Wednesday 19 February Budapest, HG Budapest Sportaréna
Friday 21st February Lodz, PL Atlas Arena
Sunday 23rd February Prague, CR O2 Arena
Tuesday 25th February Berlin, GR Uber Arena
Wednesday 26th February Dusseldorf, GR PSD Bank Dome
Friday 28th February Paris, FR Accor Arena

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Red Velvet marks 10th anniversary with ‘Cosmic’

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One of the planet’s most popular K-pop girl groups of the past decade, Red Velvet, returns with “Cosmic” – a delicious new six-track EP to mark their 10th anniversary. Listen below – out now via SM Entertainment / Virgin Music.

The project is a delightful expansion of Red Velvet’s vivid musical world; weaving together diverse stories and emotions about the values, relationships and existence that makes one shine.

The dreamy, disco-pop single ‘Cosmic’ brings out Red Velvet’s enchanting side in a fairytale-like story describing a serendipitous love crash-landing. The soaring chorus, propelled by the group’s signature vocal harmonies, creates a nostalgic aura with its lively bass guitars and synth strings. ‘Cosmic’ is written by renowned K-pop hitmaker KENZIE with Swedish pop composers Moonshine – both have a history of crafting hits for the group like ‘Peek A Boo’ and ‘Chill Kill’.

Central to Red Velvet’s artistry is their dual concept, which allows the group to flit between ‘red’ (sweet, brighter side) and ‘velvet’ (more mature, darker side) with each project. The “Cosmic” EP – with its softer, romantic and playful collection of songs – is a deliberately stark contrast to Red Velvet’s last release, their third album “Chill Kill”.

The whimsical storytelling on “Cosmic” is further explored on ‘Sunflower’, a fun pop dance song with an emotional melody, describing a sunflower so in love with the sun, it is willing to fly into space to escape the night just to be with it.

The R&B pop track ‘Last Drop’ conjures resonant bass-heavy beats with a deep message about how one can keep shining because they feel safe and protected, and the commitment to illuminate you with all one’s strength, like a white dwarf star that emits light until its final moment.

With its bouncy pop melodies and keyboard sounds that recreate the playful atmosphere of an arcade, ‘Love Arcade’ hears Red Velvet sing about breaking all the rules that come between two lovers in order to create their own world as their hearts desire.

The mesmerising love song ‘Bubble’ hears Red Velvet’s pristine vocal harmonies glide over punchy drum beats and ethereal synths. The track is co-written by Soyo and hotly-tipped producer and songwriter SUMIN, who also did the fan-favourite Red Velvet track ‘Eyes Locked, Hands Locked’ from 2019’s “The ReVe Festival: Finale”. The lyrics convey that a world with you is so dazzlingly brilliant that the entire universe will be envious.

Closing out the journey on this EP is the calming ‘Night Drive’, an R&B pop mid-tempo fused with a dreamy synth-pop sound that could be interpreted as a personal message to listeners. It conveys the message of trusting and moving forward together, like a beautiful night drive filled with memories etched like the stars above.

Cosmic EP tracklisting:
Cosmic
Sunflower
Last Drop
Love Arcade
Bubble
Night Drive

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Rudimental deliver brand new single, ‘You Bring Me Joy’ feat. Karen Harding

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Rudimental featuring Karen Harding

Award-winning electronic music heavyweights Rudimental share their brand new single ‘Bring Me Joy’ feat Karen Harding.

Overflowing with Rudimental’s signature slice of drum‘n’bass, ‘Bring Me Joy’ will undoubtedly become a firm fixture in everyone’s summer playlists and beyond. Built around piano melodies and underpinning Karen’s soulful vocal performance, Rudimental’s latest offering follows their gold-certified single ‘Alibi’ with Ella Henderson and platinum-selling 2023 track ‘Dancing Is Healing’ feat. Charlotte Plank and Vibe Chemistry

As one of the UK’s most successful dance acts of the last decade, Rudimental have set the bar high. Multiple chart entries, two #1 albums, three #1 singles, 5 billion streams, 4 albums, world tours, platinum-selling singles, and a plethora of awards have cemented their position as trailblazers with a formidable reputation for producing hit records.

Armed with an exciting summer live plot, which includes recent appearances at Parklife, Love Saves The Day, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend and Capital FM’s Summertime Ball, the band will return to Glastonbury next weekend for a B2B set with Todd Edwards. They will also perform a DJ set at Defected @ Ushuaia in Ibiza before taking over Silverstone for the second edition of the F1 Festival next month.

Equipped with new material that evokes that authentic Rudimental feeling, the band are ready to let loose once again.

Rudimental Upcoming Live Dates
*DJ Set

Friday 28th – Sunday 30th June – Glastonbury – Somerset, UK
Tuesday 2nd July – Defected @ Ushuaia – Ibiza, Spain *
Friday 5th July – Rampage Festival – Antwerp, Belgium *
Saturday 6th July – Port Elliot Festival – Cornwall, UK
Sunday 7th July – F1 Festival – Silverstone, UK
Saturday 3rd August – Let It Roll Festival – Czech Republic *
Friday 9th August – Lakefest – Ledbury, UK *
Saturday 10th August – Heitere Open Air – Switzerland *

Rudimental, Karen Harding – Bring Me Joy

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James Mcvey Shares The New Summer Single ‘Thick And Thin’ – Listen Here

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Time away from home often inspires a little reflection – not only on what’s important to you in the present day, but also the people and events that helped shape who you are now. Those thoughts inspired James McVey’s upcoming second EP ‘Letters Home’ and especially his brand new single ‘Thick and Thin’, which is out now. Listen Below.

‘Thick and Thin’ is a song celebrating the enduring power of brotherhood: friendships that were rooted in the innocence of childhood and that have continued to remain important through the transitionary teenage years and deep into adulthood. It salutes a time when your neighbourhood was your world, when the future was unwritten, and it was impossible to predict the direction that your life would take. The music captures the nostalgia of the time, an uplifting folk-rock stomper with raucous vocals that sound like a group of old friends sitting around the campfire.

James says, “‘Thick and Thin’ is a song about my childhood. I grew up in a small town in Dorset where I spent all my free time riding my BMX bike and kicking a ball on the sports field. The song centres around the friendships I had with the guys I grew up with and how we experienced new things together for the first time: our first cigarettes, first drinks of cider, first relationships, etc. The world felt small for us and we knew every road and house. For me, the song gives me real nostalgia and there’s an irony when listening to it: back then I was dying to leave that place, but I’d do anything now to go back to when life was much more simple.

I wrote and recorded the song on tour and feel that you can hear that in the song’s production. I wanted the pace and energy throughout the song to symbolise the feeling of being 16-years-old again in Dorset riding my bike.”

Fittingly, James wrote and produced ‘Thick and Thin’ with a friend of his: Alex Stacey, who plays in his live band and whose other writing credits include Declan J Donovan and OneRepublic.

‘Thick and Thin’ joins the recent ‘All The Things’ in previewing the ‘Letters Home’ EP. The collection came together as he toured Europe earlier this year with Henry Moodie. James, Alex and whoever else happened to be free at the time would get together for impromptu writing and recording sessions on the bus, backstage or at the hotel after the show.

Having started his solo career with the release of the acclaimed ‘Manabi’ EP last year, James continues to work with his old friends, the chart-topping, arena-filling The Vamps. The band recently announced the ‘Meet The Vamps’ anniversary tour, which sold-out all twelve shows in a matter of minutes – leading to the addition of a second London show at the Eventim Apollo.

James McVey – Thick and Thin

New release out June 20, 2024!

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Perrie Edwards Releases New Song ‘Tears’

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Fresh from the success of her debut smash single ‘Forget About Us’, global sensation Perrie Edwards today releases her new single ‘Tears’.

‘Tears’ is a Motown influenced, smooth and sultry track written by multi-platinum winning producer Ido (Justin Bieber, Camilla Cabello, Shawn Mendes) and Feli Ferraro.

Perrie says: “This song is about coming out of a bad situation and letting go of what has happened in the past. It’s that point where you feel empowered, and you leave the tears behind because you’ve come out the other side. It’s a sultry and smooth track that I’m really excited for you all to hear.”

Perrie stepped out as a solo artist in April this year with her debut solo single ‘Forget About Us’. The single smashed straight into the Official Charts Top 10 Singles Chart, topped The Official Big Top 40 from Global for two weeks and was the No.1 UK radio airplay record for an astonishing five weeks. This month Perrie performed a standout set at Capital Radio’s ‘Summertime Ball’ at Wembley Stadium.

Perrie has spent the last year and half writing and recording her upcoming debut solo album. Across the eclectic and diverse record, she had a heavy hand in creating, there are nods to her rock n roll-influenced childhood, Motown, disco, country, 80s and, of course, bright, bold pop. The unifying thread is Perrie’s strong, soaring vocals that fearlessly grapple with each melody and top note.

Nearly all of the highly personal album was written and recorded at Perrie’s North London home, a place she feels the most safe. Her fiancé Alex suggested they turn their unused dining room into a home studio, which he had built for her with everything she needed to lay down the tracks. As well as being embedded in her
sanctuary she also explored working with producers and co-writers—the elite squad of which included artists Ed Sheeran and RAYE as well as Johnny McDaid, Feli Ferraro (BTS, Normani) and Jon Bellion (Maroon 5, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber)— which allowed her to be as vulnerable and creative as possible for this debut product.

“Going into sessions as a solo artist now and being able to say what I want and I feel is just the most amazing experience. I’ve never really done that before—that’s why I’ve wanted to just explore all my different emotions and different parts of my life.”

Perrie – Tears

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Katy Perry Launches New Era – New Single & Album On The Way!

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Katy Perry will kick off an extraordinary new pop era this summer, beginning with the release of her new single, “Woman’s World,” on Thursday, July 11, at 7:00 PM ET/ 4:00 PM PT. The official video will premiere July 12. Today, the global pop superstar unveiled the single’s bold cover art, which was shot by acclaimed British photographer Jack Bridgland, and a snippet of the song on her social media. “Woman’s World” is the first single from Katy’s forthcoming album.

Fans can pre-save the single – and pre-order the CD single or 7-inch vinyl editions. Check out the official sound for “Woman’s World”.

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With a cumulative 115 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 70 million adjusted albums and 143 million tracks, Katy is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time. She’s one of only five recording artists in RIAA history to gain entry to the elite 100 Million Certified Songs club.

On Friday, September 20, Katy will headline the sold-out Rock in Rio in Brazil, marking her first performance at the Rio de Janeiro festival since 2015.

Since Katy Perry’s Capitol Records debut in 2008 with One of the Boys, she has racked up a cumulative 115 billion streams alongside worldwide sales of over 70 million adjusted albums and 143 million tracks. The biggest-selling female artist in Capitol history, Katy is one of only five artists in history to have surpassed 100 million certified units with their digital singles – and the first-ever Capitol Records recording artist to join the elite RIAA 100 Million Certified Songs club. She was the first artist in RIAA history to earn three RIAA Diamond Song Awards – for “Firework,” “Dark Horse” and “Roar.” “California Gurls” (feat. Snoop Dogg) recently brought Katy her fourth Diamond Song Award.

Now certified triple Platinum, One of the Boys contained the hits “I Kissed A Girl” (6x Platinum) and “Hot N Cold” (8x Platinum). Katy’s second studio album, Teenage Dream (2010), ushered in what the RIAA recognized as the highest-certified era of any artist ever. In addition to the massive hits “Firework” and “California Gurls,” the 9x Platinum album contained “E.T.” and “Teenage Dream” (single), which have each reached 10x Platinum Status.

The 5x Platinum PRISM followed in 2013. When the official videos for “Dark Horse” and the 15x Platinum, “Roar” each surpassed three billion views, Katy became the first female artist to reach this milestone. “Roar” has just crossed the four billion view mark, while “Dark Horse” recently crossed the one billion threshold on Spotify, where Katy boasts an impressive 57 million+ monthly listeners with over 30 million followers.

2017’s Witness contained the 2x Platinum “Chained to the Rhythm” (feat. Skip Marley) plus the Platinum hits “Bon Appétit” (feat. Migos) and “Swish Swish” (feat. Nicki Minaj). “Never Really Over,” off her latest album SMILE, is certified Platinum and was the biggest streaming launch of Katy’s musical career. The album also includes the Gold-certified singles “Daisies” and “Harleys in Hawaii.” SMILE has sold over 2.5 million adjusted albums, with over 4 billion combined streams to date.

Aside from being one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, Katy is an active advocate of many philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has used her powerful voice to ensure every child’s right to health, education, equality, and protection. Katy has also been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality, and has received numerous awards for her work, including the Trevor Project’s Hero Award in 2012, the Human Rights Campaign’s National Equality Award in 2017, amfAR’s Award of Courage in 2018, and Variety’s Power of Women distinction in 2021 for her work with her own foundation, the Firework Foundation, whose mission is to empower children from underserved communities by igniting their inner light through the arts.

Katy has similarly focused her entrepreneurial flair towards her eponymous shoe line, Katy Perry Collections, as well as for selective companies working to improve health and wellness. She sits on the Board of Bragg, makers of the celebrated Apple Cider Vinegar, has been an early backer of Impossible Foods, the plant-based meat producer, and is an active investor in Apeel Sciences, a company focused on plant-derived shelf-life extension technology for fresh produce that improves quality and reduces food waste, and Samsara, an enviro-tech company creating infinite recycling to end plastic pollution. Most recently, Katy co-founded De Soi, a line of sparkling ready-to-drink non-alcoholic apéritifs with natural adaptogens, in partnership with AMASS, maker of clean botanics.

Katy has just wrapped her critically acclaimed Las Vegas residency, PLAY. When “American Idol” returned to the air in 2018, Katy joined as a judge. She just completed her seventh, and final, consecutive season on the show.

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Coldplay Announce ‘Moon Music’ – New Album Landing October 4

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Coldplay have today announced the release of their highly-anticipated tenth album, Moon Music. The record will land in stores and on streaming services on October 4, 2024.

The album’s first single, feelslikeimfallinginlove, will be released globally on Friday, June 21. The single can be pre-saved here. The band performed the song for the first time last night during their sold out stadium show at Budapest’s Puskás Aréna.

 

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Moon Music, which was produced by Max Martin, is available to pre-order everywhere now, with a limited number of hand-signed editions available from the official Coldplay Store, at store.coldplay.com.

NEW FORMATS AND NEW SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS

In tandem with Coldplay’s ground-breaking sustainability measures on their current tour – which has so far produced 59% less CO2e emissions than their previous stadium tour – the band have gone to great lengths to make the physical release of Moon Music as sustainable as possible.

This will be the world’s first album released as a 140g EcoRecord LP, with each copy made from 9 recycled PET-plastic bottles recovered from post-consumer waste. This will prevent the manufacture of more than 25 metric tonnes of virgin plastic, and provide an 85% reduction in manufacturing process CO2 emissions/kg compared to traditional 140g vinyl.

Additionally, the band have collaborated with long-time partners The Ocean Cleanup to create an additional format: the Notebook Edition EcoRecord LP. The rPET for this edition comprises 70% river plastic, intercepted by The Ocean Cleanup from the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala, and prevented from reaching the Gulf of Honduras and the Atlantic Ocean. Check out The Ocean Cleanup’s video about the process here.

The CD editions of Moon Music will be the world’s first to be released on EcoCD, created from 90% recycled polycarbonate, sourced from post-consumer waste streams. This will provide at least a 78% CO2/kg emission reduction, and avoid the manufacture of more than five metric tonnes of virgin plastic.

LIMITED FIRST EDITION RELEASE

In an effort to reduce waste, the first edition run of Moon Music (both EcoRecord LP and EcoCD) will be strictly limited and produced at a higher specification than any future editions. All First Edition EcoRecord LP products will be individually numbered.

Moon Music is available to pre-order now in four physical formats, all clearly marked as First Edition, with all EcoRecord rPET LP products individually numbered:

Standard EcoCD
Standard EcoRecord LP
Notebook Edition EcoCD
Notebook Edition EcoRecord LP + EcoCD

The Notebook Edition (EcoCD and EcoRecord LP) comes as a casebound hardback book. The book is a faithful replica of Chris Martin’s original studio notebook, featuring 28 pages of unseen notes, lyrics and illustrations from the album’s writing and recording process. The Notebook Edition also includes additional voice notes and demos from the album’s recording sessions, providing a special insight into the music’s development.

All formats are available to pre-order now on the band’s Official Store, with a limited number of hand-signed versions available, at store.coldplay.com.

Moon Music is Coldplay’s first album since 2021’s Music Of The Spheres, which spawned the US Number One single with BTS, My Universe, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards. Music Of The Spheres has already accumulated more than four billion streams.

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Crowded House Announce Gravity Stairs UK And Europe Tour

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Multi-platinum, Iconic rock band Crowded House announce Gravity Stairs UK and Europe tour kicking off this October. With stops in Manchester, Glasgow, London, Brighton and Birmingham before continuing across Europe. Tickets go on general sale Friday 21st June at 9am BST via Livenation.co.uk

Tour news follows the release of Crowded Houses’ acclaimed 8th studio album Gravity Stairs, their first release since 2021’s Dreamers Are Waiting. Produced by the band with Steven Schram, the album shows Crowded House in its current incarnation — Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, and Finn’s sons Elroy and Liam — as sharp as ever, feeling musically adventurous, and still capable of reaching the staggering highs that have made them an international favorite.

Gravity Stairs UK and European Tour will showcase the band’s musical evolution and commitment to delivering thought-provoking and inspiring sounds that resonate with fans old and new

Gravity Stairs Tour
Tuesday 8th October Manchester, U.K. Co-op Live
Wednesday 9th October Glasgow, UK OVO Hydro
Friday 11th October London, UK The O2
Saturday 12th October Brighton, UK Brighton Centre
Monday 14th October Dublin, IRE 3Arena
Wednesday 16th October Bournemouth, UK International Center
Thursday 17th October Birmingham, UK Utilita Arena
Saturday 19th October Brussels, BE Cirque Royal
Monday 21st October Cologne, GE Carlswerk Victoria
Tuesday 22nd October Tilburg, NL 013
Friday 25th October Barcelona, ES Sant Jordi Club
Sunday 27th October Madrid, ES Palacio Vistalegre

Tickets go on general sale Friday 23rd June at 10am BST via LiveNation.co.uk

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