EHiusic week For Everyone in the Business of Music JUNE 1 1996 £3.10 Leosong s Hollier h's ail change as RI exitsoverpolicy 4power Live shows MTV Leosong"te chairmancompany Timafter Hollier disagree- has talent drive Mark Levinsonwith majority over the shareholder company's dureLeosong strategy. director Levinson, who movestonewHQ iternational,)-founded budget says thelabel dee Tring 5 A&R hnngs hitsatWEA * The station is proposmg to formalise 21 Fiddlmg Kennedyaboutwith torecorf^abelmana^gTrectLand 26 Dooley heads of A&R in a bid to forge greater Obie again se E~r î) t- FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS onefourth following football 1970'ssingle Englandto hit number song EnglandBack Home. & New World Order In Motion in by 1994's Corne;er UnitedOn You football Reds bythe squad. 1 Sport forces TOTP into Friday slot Fridaynight from night June will 14be for Top the Of re^st The of Pops the slotFriday. eve^iy we ^ek,^ can at least ^ ^ get ^ the ^ ,1^ same and' it hasn't really worked because peo- THE G RAVE AND THE CONSTANT E.P ail over the shop," says executive pro- to Fridays occasionally in the past, as Mark CD • 7" • 12" ducer Rie Biaxill "By moving to 7Pm on one-offs to accommodate the football, the tir "DP TO NO GOOD, WITH NO > ► THE CURE STRIKE DEAL FOR UK TOUR ROYALTIES - p3 ► E> D ► PLACEFLC TO P.O. BoxGO 21, LondonBUT W10 DOWN..." 6BR 1984 A Walk Across The Rooftops 1989 1996 Peace At Last On June lOth, one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the eighties announce their long awaited return. The Blue Nile Feace At Last The new album t NEWSDESK: 0171 921 59 NEWSFILE Deconstmction moves into publishing The Cure strike deal Deconstruction has set up a publishing arm, director.Deconstruction He joins Songs, aller sixwith years Mike at Sefton BMG Music as managing ofPublishing, stratégie developmentlatterly as head David of A&R. Pullan Meanwhile, is promoted head te for UK tour royalties the new position of marketing director. by Catherine Eade week postponedrs datesuntil December,which w„_ a er Ignitionadds PRS Management c Spandau Ballet members in légal row vocalist Robert Smith was taken il 1. self-adm: ■ - ■ ■ Threelaunched former a légal members action of against Spandau songwriter Ballet have Gary Kemp helpingParry nowto changesees PRS the as policiesan allj inof Knopder,Ed Bicknell, has also who struck manages a deal Mariwitl and his Reformation Publishing Company over royalties breakthrough deal with PRS.P European collection societies. 'The i to 57 of their songs. Tony Hadley, Steve Norman and ment^pecifically tailored toThe Cure, und of ibility, a rek- gross,agreed T percentagemade it clear of that the I wouldbox offict pre Johnclaiming Keeble lest issuedroyalties the and writ damages. on Tuesday They iast claim week that an band'sfollowing manager a sériés Chris of meetings Parry. with the is, a thefer toUK stay as longwithin as theit was exisling an efficient Society col ir agreement struck in 1980 entilled each member to a wouldParry be said withdrawing in March thatfrom The PRS Cure for ÎS fee," he says, one-twelfthmoney has been share paid of publishing since 1988. royalties, Kemp's lawyer but that Brian no publication of the MMC investigationks after the triumph for c le Cure's forthcoming Dublin dat( Carr, of Charles Russell, was unavailable for with PRS have ollitintoEt ety will deduct er which the Soci- SwceneyPRS director says the ofdeal membership represents aJohn vote Polydor is releasing reieases the winningEurovision Irish entry winner to this officecert rather takings. than It a percentagehas also pledget of the ofenable confidence it to publish in the a s society and will year's Eurovision Song contest, The Voice by Eimear reduce the time taken to pay royalti other bands can benei theQuinn, 23-year-old on June 3classically-trained and is looking at long-term singer. plans for CourtThe today band will(28) playand Saturdaytwo dates (Jiat ~EarT "Chiis se for future the MMC ruling, b and at Dublin's Point on June ' Blur and v OasisOasis: are theamong battle the acts continues which will be Indies call for cheaper battling it out for the Mercury Music Prize once again, withFoods Creation's The Great (Whafs Escape The two Story) of the Morning first batch Glory? of entries and two-track CD singles f the prize committee has received. Other early entries Indepcndcnt dealers called for the introduction of a includereleased Go! today Dises' (28), eponymous MCA's Océan Gabrieile Colour album,Scene album Companycheaper two-track executives CD at when EMI's 130 first retailcrs régional met Channel record Moseley Shoals, the War Child compilation Help! and meetingA two-tracker in Bristol would last Wcdnesday.help indies compete with multi- the Sony Classics' Sense & Sensibility soundtrack. ples, it was suggested at a Q&A session fielded by a FrithEntries and close his panel on June will 7, select after which a shortlist chairman of 10, Simonwhich EMIpanel UK including marketing EMI manager sales director Tony Harlow Mike McMahon,and trade will be unveiled on July 23. marketingSteve Crâne, manager manager Richard of Grafton.Casablanca Records in Blandford, Dorset, says, "If Woolworths are seUing CD TheTwelve Radio Authoritybid for hasMidlands received 12 licence applications for singleshave to buyfor £2.99, them forhow £3.20? can indies" compete when they the East Midlands régional licence covering Leicester, four-trackMost consumers CD, it was do claimed,not want and half one of theretailer tracks added, on a NottinghamHeart to run youthand Derby. services Bids are by amongChoice, the Kiss applications FM and 'TheHarlow price saidof singles it would is stiU be too difficult high for for children." EMI to single- thatwere lodged by the closing date lastWednesday handedly address the issue, while Grafton added, "We George Michaei's Older album has added to its success in the UK by (21). The winner will be announced in the autumn. glehave but, looked the way at the the possibility chart is structured, of the two-track it would CD be sin-dif- entering the US chart at number six this week and being certified PPL revenue rises 10% The idea is to give value to fans." PPL has posted a 10% increase in gross revenue from EMI is planning to introduce lowcr-price CDs on toppingplatinum 400,000. status inMichael the UK isthis pictured week with (centre) over-the-counter at an album launch sales at £36.5mbe unveiled to £39.8m at next in week'sils latest agm. set ofThe figures, figures, which which are to pendentdevelopment retailers artists, and tailor-made money-off promotions vouchers for inde-con- Hamiltons, London with Virgin Music Group executive vice président coverthe 12 months to the end May 1995, represent a sumers using EMI Channel stores. Nancy Berry and Virgin Music Group chairman and ceo Ken Berry. agmtrebling will of take hcensing place atincome London's over Hôtel the pastlOyears.The Russell on June 6. Manies preachtoaconverted crowd EmapKerrang! Métro publicationplans Las Kerrang!\s Vegas-style to stage itsawards third Q been out a THE MANICS ON TOUR newer, younger crowd by the lack awards ceremony on July 8, based on a Las Vegas laf1* with 0asi£ Promoters: SJM (England), DE Concerts of récognition for old favourites theme. The awards coïncide with the magazine's 15th Booking agent: Scott Thomas at ITB such as Motown Junk. anniversary and 600th issue. BaiTOwlands date on Thi PAtTourtech Robmust Stringerhave been remaidœd, 600 people "There there their first headline she Dates;Lighting: Glasgow Scott Thomas/Art Barrowlands Of (May Darkness 23|; who'd never seen the Manies play Gina goesplatinumThe UK's Eurovision entry, Gina G's Ooh vous, writes Léo Finlay. Middlesbrough Town Hall (24); bcforc."Towards the end, Bradfield per- BP1 Aah...Just A Littie Bit, was certified platinum thatBut the it wassell-out clear crowd from WolverhamptonAcademy (27); London, Ciuic Hall The (25); Forum Manchester (28 & 291: formed two solo acoustic songs îast week. Hootie & The Blowfish have received two Newport Centre (31):NorwichUEA(June Keepincluding Falling a stirringOn My RaindropsHead. It awards: gold for Cracked Rear View and silverfor Pair d the Welsh h 11; Leicester de Montfort University (2t. worked because of the venuc's inti- ThafsWeather Whal Johnson. I Call Music Other 33BPI (double awards platinum), went to: Now! Garhage's Somc light-hearted banter kept the nprovcd radically when the I self-titled début album (platinum) and Dance Zone Level playedanticipation and the by crowd uproariously showed theirbelt- erraood ensured joyful the and sound the keyboard could instant- play- eturned. 7, Boyz Of Swing, In The Mix 96 II and The Best Rock ing out the lyrics. ly Themove set from was the drawn loud heavilyto the lush. from etThen, for the after Manies 70 minutes - and a blim- a Anthems Album In The World...Ever! (gold). the new album Evcrything Must:d like Go ersioneparted. of YouBut Loveeven Us,without the I .dotmusic old friends. ncore, the crowd left very hap From MusicThe latest Week. industry Updated news Mondays On The at Net18.00 GMT. t> [> ^ ► |> GUINNESS ADDS FLAVOURTOITCLIVE FESTIVAL-p5 ► ► ^ ^ httpi//www.dotmu5ic.com MUSIC WEEK JUNE 11996 More MTV live shows power new acts drive sh gS baseTt mi The way it is now, they can Reading Festival g New£5m BBC documentary Virgin Retail backi tracks history of rock n' mil The BBC is te air the first programme in North America, while the BBC bas Dan'dnE^^Strc^-Afo^XlI broadraste^n^opri^d^ng hAeitns^The is promoted by S 0 a h Z1l^aSgo:ut:nBSon SlTTmpii"^ VaXf tme f^trfor reiease on to Ehte iraTacclaim in the States last autumn.