McFly ‘Before The Noise Tour’ announced
Published By newsdesk On Monday, September 6th 2010. Under Overseas, Releases Tags: Island Records, Madonna, McFly, Michael Jackson, Pink, Universal Records
McFly 'Before The Noise Tour' announced. 16 singles, five albums and millions of record sales later, McFLY deliver 'Party Girl', their brand new single this week and to coincide with the release they have announced a brand new UK tour starting on 18th October. Written and produced by the band ... More RTV Newsflash
Annie Lennox moves to Universal Music
Published By newsdesk On Friday, August 27th 2010. Under Daily News Flash, Music News Tags: Annie Lennox, David Joseph, Island Records, Lucian Grainge, Simon Fuller, Sony, Universal Music, Universal Music Group
Annie Lennox moves to Universal Music. The departure from Sony is a big deal for Lennox. Everyone of her solo and Eurythmics albums are available through Sony. The first Lennox Universal album will be the Christmas record 'A Christmas Cornucopia' in November. The album will feature Annie's unique take on ... More RTV Newsflash
The Drums to play Heaven
Published By newsdesk On Thursday, March 18th 2010. Under Gigs Tags: Adam Kessler, Florence and the Machine's, Island Records, Jacob Graham, Jonathan Pierce, Moshi Moshi, NME Awards Tour, The Drums
Jonathan Pierce and Jacob Graham met at summer camp when they were children and have been best friends ever since. Soon after their initial meeting, they formed Goat Explosion and toured extensively in North America during their teenage years. Around 2003, Jonathan and Adam Kessler formed Elkland. In the meantime, ... More RTV Newsflash
War Child to recieve ‘BEMOBO’ Award
Published By newsdesk On Thursday, September 24th 2009. Under Awards Tags: Bashy, BEMOBO, Chipmunk, Frankmusic, Ironik, Island Records, Kid British and Egypt, McLean, MOBO Awards, MPHO, N-Dubz, the Young Soul Rebels, Tinchy Stryder, V V Brown, War Child
Today the MOBO Awards are delighted to announce, ahead of their 14th annual ceremony on the 30TH September, that the 'BEMOBO’ Award will be presented to War Child. Selected for its ongoing commitment to children suffering from the most brutal effects of war in the world’s harshest war zones and ... More RTV Newsflash
Canadian Justin Bieber a real YouTube discovery.
Published By newsdesk On Monday, September 7th 2009. Under Editors Pick Tags: Atlanta, Beyonce, future, GA, Island Records, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, L.A. Reid, My World, Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Scooter Braun, So So Def, Stevie Wonder, Stratford Idol, superstar, Tricky Stewart, YouTube
An old soul is the last thing you would expect to find inside Justin Bieber. But all it takes is one listen to the 15 year-old soul-singing phenomenon to realize that he is light years ahead of his manufactured pop peers. After posting dozens of homemade videos on YouTube in ... More RTV Newsflash
The Blizzards release new single
Published By newsdesk On Wednesday, August 19th 2009. Under Releases Tags: AC/DC, Aidan Lynch, Anthony Doran, bass, Bio, Britain, Dec Murphy, Dermot O’Leary, drums, guitar, indie, Island Records, Justin Ryan, keyboards), Lead guitar, Lifestyle, music, News, Niall Breslin, Oasis, pop, r-tv, release, Releases, rock, RTV Channel, Talk of the Town, The Blizzards, Tour, V Festival, vocals
The Blizzards release new single Trust Me I’m a Doctor through Island Records on September 28, ahead of debut UK album Domino Effect on October 12. Trust Me I’m a Doctor sees the quintet make another seamless stride in their ever-evolving bid to turn Britain onto their bold and ballsy ... More RTV Newsflash
Tommy Sparks releases ‘She’s Got Me Dancing’
Published By newsdesk On Monday, May 4th 2009. Under Releases Tags: and Tommy, Arctic Monkeys and Foals), Elisha Cuthbert, Eric Wareheim, Franz Ferdinand, Island Records, Jeff Goldblum, John C Reily, John Mayer, Johnny Depp, MGMT, Mike Crossey, Razorlight, The Saturday Night Live Crew, Tim & Eric, TOMMY SPARKS, Weird Al Yankovic
Hot on the heels of Tommy Sparks' killer debut single 'I'm A Rope' comes his out of the box smash hit 'She's Got Me Dancing'. Like Chic jamming with MGMT and Franz Ferdinand the forthcoming single is a brazen dancefloor assault, crammed with memorable hooks, bucketloads of fizzy energy and ... More RTV Newsflash
Scott Matthews to release second album ‘Elsewhere’
Published By newsdesk On Sunday, April 19th 2009. Under Gigs, Releases Tags: Alison Krauss, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Bert Jansch, Craig Johnson, Danny Keane, Dylan, Elvis Costello, Foo Fighters, Gavin Monaghan, Island Records, Jeff Buckley, Joe Strummer, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Mercury Rev, Ravi Shankar, Robert Plant, Ry Cooder, RYAN ADAMS, Sam Martin, San Remo label, Scott Matthews, Sukvinder Singh Namdhari, the Beatles, the Smiths, Tom Waits
Blazing a trail for the Black Country's music scene, Wolverhampton wonder-boy Scott Matthews provided us with a truly spell-binding session. Scott Matthews is a music fan. Raised on a stout diet of classics: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Dylan, Joni Mitchell, he tried his hand at the punk-funk route (for a ... More RTV Newsflash
Elbow to release next album in 2010
Published By newsdesk On Monday, April 13th 2009. Under Biography, Releases Tags: Craig Potter, Elbow, Guy Garvey, Irshad Ashraf, Island Records, Mark Potter, Pete Turner, Richard Hawley, Richard Jupp, Ugly Man Record, Universal, V2 Records
ELBOW have revealed that their fifth studio album won't be released until September 2010. The Mercury Music winners said they have been writing songs on the road while they continue to promote their 2008 album The Seldom Seen Kid. The band's guitarist Mark Potter said: "We never thought we'd still ... More RTV Newsflash
Island Records 50th anniversary book
Published By newsdesk On Wednesday, April 1st 2009. Under Books, Music News Tags: Adrian Boot, and latterly Amy Winehouse, Andy Earl, Anton Corbijn, Aswad, BAABA MAAL, Bob Marley, CAT STEVENS, Chris Blackwell, Chris Salewicz, David Katz, DJ Shadow, Fairport Convention, FREE, Gered Mankowitz, Grace Jones, Island Records, Jean-Paul Goude, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Boyd, Joe Strummer, John Martyn, Jon Savage, KEANE, Keith Morris, King Sunny Ade, Lawrence Watson, Lloyd Bradley, Maria Mochnacz, Marianne Faithfull, Melissa Etheridge, Neville Garrick, Nick Drake, Paul Morley, Paul Weller, PJ Harvey, Portishead, Portishead and Florence & The Machine., Pulp, Richard Williams, Robert Palmer, Robin Denselow, Roxy Music, Sandy Denny, Scott Matthews, Sean O’Hagan, Sly & Robbie, Steel Pulse, Sugababes, Sylvia Patterson, Talvin Singh, the B52s, The Feeling, The Fratellis, the Rolling Stones, The Slits, Third World, TOM TOM CLUB, Tom Waits, TOOTS & THE MAYTALS, Traffic, Tricky, u2, Vivien Goldman
2009 is the 50th anniversary of the founding of Island Records, arguably the most prestigious record label in the history of British music. To mark this milestone the label is entering into the world of book publishing. May 21st ’09 will see the publication of 'KEEP ON RUNNING – THE ... More RTV Newsflash