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Dua Lipa

UK Music Video Awards 2018 winners crowned

Florence + the Machine, Dua Lipa (pictured) and Young Fathers were among the winners at the UK Music Video Awards 2018.

By Lucy Doyle 26 Oct 2018
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Blue Lab Beats, Etta Bond among latest Momentum Fund grantees

Jazz duo Blue Lab Beats and R&B singer-songwriter Etta Bond are among the latest acts to receive support from PRS Foundation’s Momentum Music Fund.

By Lucy Doyle 26 Oct 2018
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Home Office urged to reverse visa restrictions for US acts

Music industry groups and MPs are calling for a reversal of new visa restrictions for US and Canadian acts, which they say will force the cancellations of British tours.

By Lucy Doyle 24 Oct 2018
Dan Jarvis, Mayor of the Sheffield City Region

Sheffield mayor announces new Music Board to nurture talent

Mayor Dan Jarvis has partnered with UK Music to establish a Music Board which will nurture talent and safeguard the city's venues.

By Lucy Doyle 24 Oct 2018
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Pirate websites could be blocked without court intervention

The UK government is considering introducing extrajudicial pirate website blocking so that rightsholders will not have to go to the High Court every time they want an illegal site taken down.

By Lucy Doyle 23 Oct 2018
Nadine Shah

Artists to back shared parental leave bill at Westminster

Nadine Shah (pictured), Savages and Elle Exxe are among the artists set to demonstrate outside parliament this Friday in support of the bill which will allow self-employed parents the right to shared parental leave.

By Lucy Doyle 23 Oct 2018
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Grammy songwriter throws weight behind new US copyright law

‘This is the first really significant change in copyright law in decades’: Grammy Award-winning songwriter Paul Williams reacts to the passing of the Music Modernization Act.

By Anita Awbi 23 Oct 2018
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Parents and carers in performing arts face 'career penalty'

A new study into work-life balance in music and the performing arts has found that carers, parents and freelancers are hit with a £3,000 a year 'career penalty'.

By Lucy Doyle 22 Oct 2018
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UK music industry talent honoured at 2018 Gold Badge Awards

The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) have presented the 45th Gold Badge Awards, celebrating exceptional talent in the UK music industry.

By Lucy Doyle 22 Oct 2018
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