Chrysalis Records to House New Music Again As a Frontline Label
Bulletin YOUR DAILY ENTERTAINMENT NEWS UPDATE FEBRUARY 26, 2020 Page 1 of 14 INSIDE Chrysalis Records to House • K-Pop Music New Music Again as a Frontline Label Festival in LA Postponed Over BY RICHARD SMIRKE Coronavirus Fears • Bob Iger Leaving Chrysalis Records, one of the U.K.’s seminal indepen- throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, including Jethro Tull, Disney, Bob Chapek dent labels, is to be relaunched as a frontline label, Procol Harum, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Huey Lewis and Named New CEO releasing new music for the first time in more than the News, Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, Sinead O’Connor, two decades. The Specials and numerous others. • FBI Indicts Man for The London-based label’s first signing is Brit The label was sold to EMI in 1991 who continued Ticketfly Hack That Compromised 27M Award-winning British singer-songwriter Laura Mar- to run it as a standalone imprint, achieving huge do- Accounts ling, formerly of Virgin EMI, whose last album, 2017’s mestic success with British pop star Robbie Williams, Semper Femina, was released independently through before being folded into EMI Records. • AIRE Radio Kobalt’s label services division. Lascelles’ first reign at Chrysalis ran from 1994 to Networks Signs J Alvarez to Newly- Her first album for the newly reborn Chrysalis 2011, when it was sold to BMG. Warner subsequently Created Marketing Records will be released later this year in partnership bought the business as part of the deal for Parlophone Platform, Artistas360 with Partisan Records as a co-branded global release. Records. Lascelles and Robin Millar’s Blue Raincoat Further signings will be announced in the coming Music company acquired the mothballed label in • Ryman Hospitality’s months, Chrysalis CEO tells Bill- 2016, returning it to independent ownership.
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