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LONDON, 5th November 2008 -- Kylie Minogue, whose single ‘2 Hearts’ is released digitally today, launches her very own cross platform social network - Kylie Konnect - KylieKonnect.com.

Kylie’s record label, Parlophone, teamed up with New Visions Mobile to create the application which will allow fans to create their profile, upload images and blogs and connect with other Kylie fans across the globe via their mobile or web browser in a seamless user experience.    » read more »

LONDON, Monday 5th November 2007: For the first time all six of Radiohead’s Parlophone studio albums (Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, and Hail To The Thief) plus live album (I Might Be Wrong) will be available together in a specially packaged box set from December 10th, featuring original artwork in exclusive digipack sleeves, which is available for pre-order as of today from RadioheadStore.com.    » read more »

Lily Allen, Athlete and Supergrass artwork to appear on chip & PIN cards

LONDON, 30 October 2007 -- Selected EMI artists are coming together and offering young fans an alternative way to get their hands on their album covers – through chip and PIN cards.

In an exclusive and first of its kind deal with NatWest and EMI Music UK & Ireland, label artists including Lily Allen, Athlete, The Thrills and Supergrass are allowing their album artwork to be used on chip and PIN cards for teenagers.    » read more »

30 October 2007 -- The B-52’s, pioneering dance-rock stars, are exploding on the scene once again with the February 26th, 2008 release of Funplex, the band’s first studio album in 16 years and the first with the Astralwerks label.

The influential band – who bridged a gap between punk and new wave with a sound that was uniquely their own – along with producer Steve Osborne (New Order, Happy Mondays, Doves, KT Tunstall) have created an new album as cutting edge, distinctive and danceable as their self-titled debut album and hit single Rock Lobster were in 1979.    » read more »

* MusicStation to launch in South Africa with Vodafone affiliate network Vodacom, bringing legal subscription based digital music downloads within reach of over 24.6 million mobile users for the first time
* Consumers have access to over a million tracks from Universal Music Group, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, EMI Music and Warner Music Group and independent labels
* MusicStation available on new and existing Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets

- Fans now have on-demand access to EMI’s entire digital audio and video catalogue
- EMI is third major label to offer ad-supported music through imeem

LONDON, Monday 29 October 2007 -- EMI Music and The Cliff Richard Organisation today announced an innovative pricing model to mark the download release of Cliff’s latest album Love, The Album. From today Cliff Richard fans will be able to pre-order the album - which includes special bonus material - from the newly launched LoveCliffRichard.com, ahead of release on 12th November. Over a period of two weeks, the website will collect download pre-orders for the new release, with the price of the album dropping the more fans place orders.    » read more »

Monday October 29, 2007 -- It was certainly Silverchair’s night at this year’s ARIA Awards. Their 5 ARIA Award wins from 5 nominations (and a 6th for Best Video) ensured that not only have they beat the record held by any artist for the most ARIA Awards - at an overall total of 20 - but they have helped to show the strength of the EMI local artist roster, with EMI picking up more ARIA Award wins on the night than all other companies combined.    » read more »

Hollywood, California, October 25, 2007 – Apple Corps Ltd.’s eagerly anticipated DVD release of The Beatles’ second feature film Help! on November 6 (November 5 ROW) will be accompanied by several high-profile television, radio and online promotions. AOL Music, Yahoo! Music, MSN.com, Clear Channel Online, Amazon.com, Sundance Channel, QVC, and public television affiliates are among the DVD’s major promotional partners.

Saturday, October 27: Sundance Channel exclusively premieres Help! at 10pm ET/PT, with repeated airings scheduled through November.    » read more »

LONDON, 24 October 2007 -- DJdownload.com, the UK’s leading digital dance music store, has signed a deal with EMI Music to bring the major label’s extensive recordings to music fans for the first time via its site.    » read more »

- Album due out Feb. 5 featuring a new song by Norah Jones, music by Cat Power, Otis Redding, Ruth Brown, Mavis Staples, Amos Lee, Cassandra Wilson & selections from Ry Cooder's score
- Film Is Wong’s English-Language Debut Starring Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz & Natalie Portman

Special ‘Live In Your Living Room’ 5.1 surround sound re-recording of pioneering electronic album + DVD of performance + 3D Stereoscopy edition

Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 18, 2007 -- Capitol Records Nashville artists kicked off the country music awards show season showing that they are not only talented artists but equally talented as songwriters. The 2007 ASCAP Country Music Awards and the 2007 NSAI Awards were given to songwriters and artists who have created some of the most memorable songs this year.

Dierks Bentley was a triple winner at the ASCAP awards - his songs Every Mile A Memory, Long Trip Alone and Settle for a Slowdown were three of the “Most Performed Country Songs of 2007.”    » read more »

First single Kingdom, released 8th October

18 October 2007 -- The inimitable Dave Gahan makes a dynamic return on 22nd October with Hourglass - his eagerly awaited second solo album. Best known as the iconic frontman of Depeche Mode, he continues his impressive career with a blazing new side-project, which follows his critically acclaimed solo debut Paper Monsters.    » read more »

22 October 2007, Harbour Plaza Hotel, Hong Kong – Mobile music company Omnifone, today announces the first roll out of its award-winning unlimited music downloads service, MusicStation, in Asia-Pacific with Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited’s mobile operation 3 Hong Kong.

Highlights:
* Award-winning MusicStation service arrives in Asia-Pacific, one of the world’s fastest growing digital music markets
* 3 MusicStation offers subscribers unlimited music direct to 3 Hong Kong mobiles for just HK$12 per week* (less than US$1.55 / €1.20)    » read more »