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Coldplay reveal first single from seventh album

Coldplay have revealed the first single from their upcoming seventh album. The shimmering upbeat ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’ was premiered on the Radio 1 Breakfast show. The new album ‘A Head Full Of Dreams’ will be released on 4th December via Parlophone/Atlantic.

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Get It Right from a Genuine Site

A new initiative - 'Get It Right from a Genuine Site' - has been launched to target piracy by encouraging consumers to think about how the choices they make can impact artists working in the creative sector.

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Half Moon Run - 'Sun Leads Me On'

Today Half Moon Run release 'Sun Leads Me On' - the follow up to their accomplished 2013 debut 'Dark Eyes'. 'Sun Leads Me On' is more spacious and balanced album than its predecessor, and the sound of a band with less to prove and more to say.

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Seinabo Sey releases debut album 'Pretend'

Seinabo Sey has released her much anticipated debut album ‘Pretend’ on Sweden Music. Since she burst onto the scene (and the top of the Hype machine charts) in 2013 with ‘Younger’ Seinabo Sey has been constantly refining her sound and winning over fans and critics worldwide with her strong soulful sound and emotionally honest lyrics.  

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Basement Jaxx - 'Junto Remixed'

Basement Jaxx release an eclectic collection of remixes of seventh studio album 'Junto', courtesy of some of the most exciting and forward thinking producers around.

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Four Mercury nominations for UMPG artists

The 2015 Mercury Prize nominations were announced today, with four of the twelve acts on the shortlist signed to Universal Music Publishing: Florence + The Machine, Ghostpoet, Jamie xx and SOAK.

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New signing: Agnes Obel

Universal Music Publishing is delighted to welcome Danish singer songwriter Agnes Obel to UMPG. Agnes’ debut album ‘Philharmonics’ was released in October 2010 on PIAS, becoming a quiet phenomenon and selling almost half a million copies. It received a gold award in Holland, platinum awards in Belgium and France, and went quintuple platinum in her native state of Denmark, where Agnes won five Danish Music Awards (the Danish Brits) in 2011.

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New Order release 'Music Complete'

New Order release their new much anticipated new album ‘Music Complete’ today on Mute records. The long awaited LP is their first full studio release since 2005's ‘Waiting For The Siren's Call’. ‘Music Complete’ finds the group revitalised, and where the group has previously pushed toward electronics or guitars, here the two are in balance.

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Disclosure release second album 'Caracal'

Disclosure’s extraordinary debut album ‘Settle’ saw the brothers top the charts, win numerous accolades and secure their place at the forefront of a new wave of electronic music. With ‘Caracal’, their second album (released today on PMR / Island Records) they assert themselves as hugely talented songwriters.

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CHVRCHES release 'Every Open Eye'

CHVRCHES today release their hugely anticipated second album ‘Every Open Eye’ via Virgin EMI / Goodbye Records. Musically, ‘Every Open Eye’ seeks to do more with less; to make something intense and urgent and visceral, using the basic tools of melody, rhythm and arrangement.

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