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Random music news for Saturday, June 13, 2020

June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Australia, Concerts, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dashboard Confessional, Festivals, Garth Brooks, HMV, Rage Against the Machine, Sunrise Records, TikTok

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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Canada’s Sunrise Records just got bigger by buying a big American company.

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments For Your Entertainment, HMV, Sunrise Records

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, October 24, 2019

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Baby Shark, Doug Pu, Fender, Flea, Guitars, HMV, Kurt Cobain, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Rappers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sexual Harassment, Sunrise Records, Twitter, Vinyl

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

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beyonce, Doug Putnam, Elton John, Headphones, Headstones, HMV, Mick Hucknall, Podcastaing, Radio, RAIN, Simply Red, Spotify, Steely Dan, Sunrise Records, Trent Reznor, Tupac Shakur, Walter Becker, Watchmen

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

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Doug Putnam, HMV, Sunrise Records

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.

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments Doug Putnam, HMV, Sunrise Records

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

August 21, 2019August 20, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments HMV, Sunrise Records

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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Random music news for Monday, February 11, 2019

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Apple, Bourbon, David Bowie, Dinosaur Jr., Fortnite, Gucci, HMV, Jeff Bezos, John Mellencamp, Kanye, Sunrise Records

I still can’t get over this Jeff Bezos vs. The National Enquirer thing, especially when you distill it down to

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More news and speculation about what might happen with Sunrise Records and HMV UK

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment HMV, Sunrise Records

The music retail world began a rebuild this week when Sunrise Records of Ancaster, Ontario, came to the rescue of

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What we know about Sunrise Records’ takeover of HMV UK

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Doug Putnam, HMV UK, Sunrise Records

After negotiating throughout the night, Sunrise Records CEO Doug Putnam signed a deal to purchase HMV UK at 5:30 am

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Canada’s Sunrise Records buys all of HMV UK

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Doug Putnam, HMV UK, Sunrise Records

Some twenty-four hours after we heard that Sunrise Records’ CEO Doug Putnam put in an offer to buy the remains

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