Hipgnosis, one of the companies that buys musicians back catalogues, can't afford to pay dividends to investors.
Paywall free link:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/oct/16/hipgnosis-songs-fund-scraps-dividend-royalty-payments-share-price
Been meaning to update.
Didn't get the originals band. I hadn't heard so I sent a message and got an apologetic reply the next day. Wonder if they would have sent anything unprompted?
Anyway, I had a play with the covers band (last Wednesday) and they asked me to join during the audition! So that was nice π
I once spoke to Jeffery Archer on the phone. I called his number (which had been printed in the Class War newspaper along with other public figures who had raised their ire) thinking he would have 'people' to answer it, but it was himself.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67098882
No band on Maddona's current tour. It's obviously not a budget issue, and she has toured with a band before.
Is this going to set a precedent?
βDoing that show was the biggest f**king mistake in the world. Knighthoods were made, Bono got it made, and it was a waste of f**king time. It was the end of rock βnβ roll"
Adam Ant.