I3AC 1(I3IEAF EDITED BY AIL MIT HELL As part of a three - year renovation project, New York's Madison Square Garden will debut its MSG Signature Collection of food offerings in November and December. Beluga Heights /Warner Bros. singer/ songwriter Jason DerOlo gets an early taste of what's in store - in this case Chef Jean- Georges Vongerichten's Simply Chicken - at an exclusive arena preview. PHOTO:REBECCA TAYLOR/MSG PHOTOS

Gerardo Ortiz was unknown in regional Mexican music until he was discovered on YouTube several years ago. Now the singer/songwriter has logged a major milestone: playing to a I_ t 1 if sold -out house of 7,000 Additional photos Interscope Geffen A &M chairman Jimmy lovine and artist/producer fans -including fellow singer biz online this week at Dr. Dre were welcomed to London on Oct. 4 by Universal Music Lupillo Rivera -at the Nokia billboard.biz. Group International COO Max Hole, who was hosting a meeting of Theatre at L.A. Live in Los o the company's European managing directors. At the city's Savoy To submit your photos Angeles. Relaxing with Ortiz for consideration, please Hotel, lovine and Dre met with the UMGI team, who were also joined (center) before showtime by Rihanna, in Kingdom for a string of concert dates, send images to the United are Sony Music Latin [email protected]. and William, who gave the gathering a preview of new music he's marketing manager Jennifer recording. From left are Hole, lovine and Dre. PHOTO:HAYLEY MADDEN Bull and GM Nir Seroussi. PHOTO. JUSTINO AGUILA - +áy

ASCAP SONGWRITERS RETREAT France's 14th- century Chateau Marouatte, located in the Dordogne region of Perigord Vert, was the site of ASCAP's Songwriters Retreat (Oct.1 -7). With medieval tapestries, stained glass and Gothic furniture as inspirational backdrops, songwriters gathered into groups each day to write and record original songs. Also at their disposal: five workstations decked out with state -of- the -art technology and gear. At the end of the weeklong session, each songwriter left France with six fully realized songs. The ASCAP retreat was sponsored by Cain Foundation, Avid, Gibson and Sennheiser. PHOTOS: ASCAP ABOVE LEFT: Taking a creative break with castle owner /music executive Miles Copeland (kneeling) are retreat participants (from left) ASCAP senior director of membership for pop /rock Marc Emert- Hutner, songwriters Nina Woodford and Dave Bassett, ASCAP VP of membership for pop /rock Sue Drew and songwriters Michelle Bell, Lindsey Ray, Greg Wells, Ellie Goulding, Billboard, Lindy Robbins, Chris DeStefano, Talay Riley, Hillary Lindsey, James Bay, Theron "Neff -U" Feemster, Johntá Austin, Priscilla Renea (kneeling), Mika, Shea Taylor and Martin Johnson. ABOVE RIGHT: Songwriter Billboard, ASCAP's Marc Emert- Hutner and Sue Drew, and tunesmiths Chris DeStefano, Ellie Goulding and Shea Taylor (from left). LEFT: Doing a kitchen hang are (from left) Theron "Neff -U" Feemster, Mika, ASCAP's Sue Drew, Priscilla Renea and ASCAP's Marc Emert- Hutner. RIGHT: Huddling together (from left) are ASCAP's Marc Emert- Hutner; songwriters Ellie Goulding, James Bay, Chris DeStefano and Lindy Robbins; and ASCAP's Sue Drew.

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