Well, sort of. Morrissey has announced that he is prepared to “offer for sale all of his business interests in ‘The Smiths’ to any interested party/investor.” This looks like an appeal to one
Read MoreThe renovated El Mocambo is a wonderful place. And it took $30 million to make it that way–and therein lies the problem, Owner Michael Wekerle, the Dragon’s Den guy, bought it, fixed it
Read MoreAfter two failed attempts to stage a music festival for the young, rich, and stupid–the first of which got him sent to jail for fraud–Billy McFarland has decided to put Fyre Fest up
Read MoreThe El Mocambo (est. 1948 on Spadina in Toronto) has gone through numerous incarnations, the most momentous being is purchase and massive renovation (~$30 million) by businessman Michael Wekerle. Since its reopening, I’ve
Read MoreDavid Gilmour has his wish: He no longer has to deal with Roger Waters now that Pink Floyd’s catalogue has been purchased by Sony for US$400 million. I’m surprised that the sale price
Read MoreQueen–Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, and the estate of Freddie Mercury, have apparently reached a deal to sell almost everything Queen to Sony Music Entertainment. The transaction, which has been in negotiations
Read MoreEven though the market for buying song catalogues has slowed down, there are still some artists in play. One of the biggest still out there is Queen. According to Bloomberg, Sony Music is
Read MoreFor the past couple of years, companies with names like Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, and Concord (plus the publishing arms of record labels) have been buying up the song catalogues of successful artists. (I’ve
Read MoreDigital Music News claims to have a major scoop: the sale of Spotify to an unspecified buyer for $14 billion US. News will supposedly break next Wednesday the Wall Street Journal. The story
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