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MUMBAI: Another long standing record of the Beatles has been broken as 26-year-old Scottish singer Emeli Sande’s debut album entered its 63rd week at the UK charts. Sande’s ‘Our Version of Events’ broke the 50-year-old record previously held by the Fab Four’s debut ‘Please Please Me’. Their debut album spent 62 weeks inside the top 10 between its release in 1963 and 1964.
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MMBAI: Yearning to make your TV viewing experience better…looking at gossiping and chatting while watching your favourite program...here come iCouch, an exclusive live TV chat platform for millions of TV lovers across India. Made especially for the ardent TV viewers and show fans, iCouch is a free mobile application by iDubba. Launching in partnership with Zee Café with the program “Grey’s Anatomy” season 7 starting from May 1, iCouch let you chat while the program is running and capture your favourite scenes.
read moreMUMBAI: Nightlife in Bangalore is all set to experience the mayhem this May when top international DJ's and fashion superstars will take stage in a unique collision of music and fashion, christened, Indigo Neon Nights.
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MUMBAI: Leading musical instrument manufacturers and dealer will participate in this year’s edition of Music Expo, the country’s exclusive trade show for the dealer/distributor network of Musical Instrument market in India, to be held from 30 May- 1 June at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon.
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MUMBAI: Aiming to provide a quick dose of musical information to ardent fans, Marathi music channel 9X Jhakaas will launch a show called ‘Jhakaas Sound Check’. Premiering on 1 May, Maharashtra Day, the short format show will provide Marathi music lovers a peek into the lives of Marathi music maestros.
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MUMBAI: Hungama has unveiled a social karaoke app which means after ‘singing along’ the songs of the film, you can preview your performance and dedicate to someone special on social media.
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NEW DELHI: A total of 227 applications for community radio stations are at various stages of inter-ministerial clearances. According to Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry Manish Tewari, 148 Community Radio Stations (CRS) are operational in the country. He said a review of the functioning of Community Radio Stations (CRS) is a continuous exercise in the Ministry which has examined issues concerning the growth and functioning of community radio stations in India.
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MUMBAI: Entertainment Network (India) Limited (ENIL) has announced key appointments to its senior management team. Vivek Modi will now be heading the north cluster of Radio Mirchi. He replaces Sachin Tagra as the cluster head for the northern region. Vivek joined Radio Mirchi as a cluster head – east in 2011 and has played an important role in driving the growth of the brand in the region.
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MUMBAI: British boy band One Direction is in the studio working on their third album, a follow-up to their smash ‘Take Me Home’ (2012). Their first album was ‘Up All Night’ (2011). The in-the-works album is scheduled to be released by Christmas. "We've already started recording the new album, we started about a month ago. We've been writing and recording it while on tour. We are really happy with it. We don't want to rush it, but it will be out for Christmas," said member Louis Tomlinson.
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MUMBAI: Canadian pop diva Celine Dion gave a sneak peek of her new material for her new album. The released minute-long video clip shows Dion laying down the vocal tracks at Florida’s Echo Beach Studios with famed producer Eg White (Florence + the Machine's ‘Ceremonials’, Adele's ‘19’). Tentatively titled ‘Water and a Flame’ is expected to be released in October. The album will be Dion’s first after 2007’s ‘Taking Chances’ and 25 album overall.
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MUMBAI: With art constantly evolving, the National Centre for Performing Arts will also be presenting a fresh selection of new and unique content in various forms in the month of May. It will commence with the third edition of its annual theatre festival titled ‘Ananda – Hindi Natya Utsav 2013’ to be held from 3-5 May. The annual fest will present three premiering plays namely ‘Quli–Dilon Ka Shahzaada’, ‘Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan’ and ‘Mitro Marjani’.
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MUMBAI: IPRS, Indian Performing Rights Society, hosted a one of its kind landmark event aimed at read more
MUMBAI: Xiaomi India, a global technology brand renowned for its innovation, today announced a stread more
MUMBAI: UK-based audio software company DataMind Audio is launching its flagship plugin, The Combread more
MUMBAI: Ultra Media & Entertainment Group today announced the launch of a ground breaking bouread more
MUMBAI: Swastik announces the expansion of its digital leadership team with the appointment of Jiread more
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based rap sensation MC Altaf, a trailblazing figure in India’s burgeoning hip-hop scene, today released his highly anticipated debut...read more
MUMBAI: Juju Baby Music – operating under the banner of Artium Originals - is excited to announce the release of its newest EP, ‘Folk Outta The Box...read more
