APPOINTMENTS
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Funding platform beatBread has hired Julian Dunn as Director Of Business Affairs. “As a music lover, I’m excited about the opportunity to bring my expertise to a company that is advancing opportunities for independent artists and labels”, he says. “This is a fast-moving space and I’m looking forward to helping the company establish its in-house business affairs capabilities”.
AWARDS
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KT Tunstall is to receive the Ivor Novello award for Outstanding Song Collection at this year’s ceremony in London on 23 May. “My relationship with the Ivor Novello Awards began eighteen years ago in 2006, with ‘Suddenly I See’ winning Best Song Musically And Lyrically”, she says. “My statuette has remained the most meaningful of awards to me and coming full circle to receive this Outstanding Song Collection award feels like such a gesture of appreciation towards my work since then”.
GIGS & FESTIVALS
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Jet have announced their first full tour of the UK and Ireland for fifteen years. They will be over this way in October, culminating in a performance at the Kentish Town Forum in London on 12 Oct. Tickets go on general sale on Friday.
RELEASES
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Billie Eilish has released the video for ‘Lunch’ from her new album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’. She’s also announced that she will be in the UK and Ireland for live shows in July 2025.
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Vince Staples has announced that he will release new album ‘Dark Times’ this week. Out now is new single ‘Shame On The Devil’.
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Tones And I has released new single ‘Wonderful’. She’s also announced that she will play The Garage in London on 24 Jul.
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Hard-Fi has released their first new song in a decade, ‘Don’t Go Making Plans’. It’s the title track of a new EP, set for release on 1 Nov.