Shortlist Announces 2007 Nominees
The Shortlist Organization has revealed the Long List of nominees for the sixth annual Shortlist Music Prize, a peer-selected award that recognizes the most creative and adventurous albums of the year. Â The 61 nominees were selected by a panel of nine Listmakers: recording artists Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), Ronnie Vannucci (the Killers), Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall, Panic! at the Disco, Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), Sufjan Stevens,...
Ultra Music Fest Reports Strong Pre-Sales
Billboard is reporting strong pre-sales for the ninth annual Ultra Music Festival to be held on March 23-24 event at Miami’s Bicentennial Parkright. More than 150 bands and DJs are confirmed for this year’s festival, including the Cure, Paul van Dyk, Shiny Toy Guns, Miss Kittin, Tiësto and Brazilian Girls, to name a few. “It’s a little bit more mainstream,” states Russell Faibish, the rotund co-founder...