In celebration of their first decade together, The Killers release ‘Direct Hits’ on November 11th - a collection of singles from their four albums, plus two brand new songs. Ten years after the band took to the stage for their first ever London show, they have gone on to sell over 20 million albums. Each of The Killers’ four studio albums has topped the UK charts, and the band ranks in the Top 3 of Amazon’s biggest selling artists of the past decade.
To celebrate ten incredible years of success, Keane release ‘The Best of Keane’ on 11th November through Island Records, alongside new single ‘Higher Than the Sun’. Since releasing their debut single ‘Everybody’s Changing’ on Fierce Panda, Keane have gone on to become one of the biggest British bands of the decade, selling over 11 millions albums; winning 2 Brit Awards, 4 Q Awards and an Ivor Novello.
Annie Lennox has been honoured with the prestigious Music Industry Trusts Award, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to British Music and her charity work. Receiving the award, Annie said: “I'm incredibly touched and honoured to be considered as a recipient of the 22nd Music Industry Trusts Award. Music has given me a lifetime of experiences and opportunities that I never would have dreamed possible, and I feel very privileged to have been able to become an artist and communicator, especially as a woman.”
Universal Music Publishing has signed a global publishing agreement with INXS members Andrew Farriss (keyboards and guitar), Jon Farriss (drums), Kirk Pengilly (guitar, saxophone), Tim Farriss (guitar) and Garry Gary Beers(bass), bringing the band’s core catalogue under one roof for the first time. The company also publishes the rights of the group's late lead singer Michael Hutchence for songs written on the band's first four albums.
James Blake last night won the Mercury Music Prize 2013 for his superb second album ‘Overgrown’. He collected the £20,000 prize and the coveted winner’s trophy at The Roundhouse, where the awards were held. The judges described his album as “late night music for the digital age. An inventive, poignant and poetic record of great beauty”.
‘Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance’ is the first-ever documentary portrait of one of the greatest musicians and songwriters of our time. Directed by award winning documentary maker Mark Kidel, the hour long version will be shown on BBC4 Friday 8th November at 9pm, with the feature-length version on Saturday 9th November at 11.50pm.
Laura Mvula was one of the big winners at the 2013 MOBO Awards, walking away with two trophies – ‘Best Female Act’ and ‘Best RnB / Soul Act’. UMP Signing FUSE ODG also walked away with a gong, winning ‘Best African Act’.
UMP songwriter Steve Booker has co-written six of the tracks on John Newman’s debut album ‘Tribute’ – which has entered the UK album charts at No. 1.
Steve’s credits include the international hit ‘Love Me Again’ – which topped the charts in the UK and went Top 10 in several other countries including Australia and Germany. Metrophonic songwriters Alex Smith and Sam Preston also co-wrote a track on the album, 'Goodnight, Goodbye’.
Steve Booker’s songs have to date sold in excess of 30 million records.
Eliza Doolittle releases her second album ‘In Your Hands today’ on Parlophone Records. The first single from the album was the sunny ‘Big When I Was Little’, followed by the bold, uplifting ‘Let It Rain’ released today as the album’s second single.
Glasser (Cameron Mesirow) releases her second full length album today ‘Interiors’ on True Panther Sounds. The central themes of the album are love, anxiety and the tension between interior and exterior space. “I thought a lot about the physical impositions in my life, and about the fluid emotional boundaries in my relationships,” Glasser says. “There's no limit to what can be said about these structures. I can’t help but live and work in them, exploring their many folds.”