Last Thursday, the first BPI Independent/International committee meeting of 2010 took place at the BPI office in Westminster. These are normally held once a month (although January is often missed because of MIDEM), and they are generally open to any BPI independent member who wishes to attend. Cons... [More]

With Tuesday 16th February just over a week away, the BRITs 30th Anniversary show is now completely sold out. Our ticketing team are already turning down requests from music industry types and with the public sale of seats it’s a similar story.

Ticketmaster and See Tickets are given an allocation for the Balcony area to sell to the public. The first few days of sales after the Nominations Launch party are held exclusively for those millions of people who hold a MasterCard. After that, all payment methods are accepted. [More]

My MIDEM this year didn’t start until Sunday evening, as other commitments made an earlier arrival not possible. However, Easyjet Flight # 3103 from Stansted duly deposited me at Nice airport mid afternoon and - courtesy of the Nice/Cannes express bus - I had my delegate registration ID round my neck, and was on the British Music @ MIDEM stand within a couple of hours. Although the ‘exhibition day’ was nearly over, there was still plenty of activity and bustling evidence of the increased number of UK delegates that we had at this year’s MIDEM. [More]