Random music news for Saturday, June 13, 2020
First, a message from Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg has a word for Donald Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/gjxfL9GDjf — XXL Magazine (@XXL)
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HMV
Canada’s Sunrise Records just got bigger by buying a big American company.
Doug Putnam, the owner of Canada’s Sunrise Records, is certainly ambitious. After buying the leases of more than 70 HMV
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Random music news for Thursday, January 16, 2020
It was eleven years ago today that Sully Sullivan landed that airliner in the Hudson River. Moving to music news
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Random music news for Monday, January 6, 2020
In Las Vegas for CES. Watch this space for more stuff like this. Meanwhile, here’s music news for January 6,
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Random music news for Thursday, October 24, 2019
If I hear the term “quid pro quo” again today, I think my brain will explode. There will be none
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Random music news for Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss. Music news, however, keeps changing. Here’s what I’ve got for October 22,
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The next phase of Canada’s rescue plan for HMV UK has begun with the opening of a new superstore
At the height of its powers, HMV had more than 300 stores in the UK. That all came apart a
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Now that a Canadian is in charge, HMV UK is about to get bigger.
The reason HMV still exists in the UK is because the financially-distressed chain was rescued by Doug Putnam, the head
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Canadian company to help British indie acts break through in the UK
Remember how Canada’s Sunrise Records bought what was left of the bankrupt HMV chain in the UK? The next stage
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We finally know the fate of HMV’s former flagship store in Toronto. It’s going to pot. Literally.
When HMV came to Canada back in the 80s, it immediately set out to build a flagship store along the
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Random music news for Thursday, March 7, 2019
Go home, winter. You’re drunk. Time for a look at music news for March 7, 2019. The Prodigy’s Keith Flint
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