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Five Day Forecast – w/c 28 Feb 2011
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 28 February 2011
Good morning! Did you all stay up and watch the Oscars? An alarming number of people seem to have done. Still, that did mean that I could pop Twitter open this morning and experience the entire ceremony in about five minutes, which is the best way to do it, I reckon. The big lesson of the evening seems to be that stuttering is better than mumbling. So, c-c-c-c-congratulations to Colin Firth and commmssssrrrnns to Jeff Bridges. Is that awards season over now? I hope so. There’s plenty of other stuff going on, look…
01: Proud2 launch at the O2 Dome. The Proud Group, best known for operating Camden’s Proud Gallery, is taking over the running of the club under London’s Dome, previously the Fabric-managed Matter. The club venue in AEG Live’s The O2 complex will become Proud2, hosting weekend club nights and circus-themed productions – something between Manumission and a Vegas cabaret, I think. Maybe with some La Clique-style nonsense thrown in for good measure. I guess we’ll all find out at the launch party on Thursday.
02: VAT loophole to be raised in parliament. Tory Lord Ralph Lucas plans to raise the issue of the Channel Islands VAT-dodge in parliament tomorrow. He will ask the government to clarify just how big the mail order industry that employs the slightly bizarre tax arrangement has become, and how much tax is lost to the government as a result of its existence. Treasury officials have been rather vague in the past regarding the extent of the VAT dodge party, so it’s hoped that Lucas’s parliamentary questions will force some clarity on that front.
03: MusicTank – It Started With A Click: How to Spawn A Viral Hit. Viral marketing, and engaging fans through social media networks, will be the focus of the next Music Tank event, taking place at the University Of Westminster in London on Thursday. Joining the debate are Matt Smith from marketing agency and viral video experts The Viral Factory, blogger and film-maker Dan Nixon, Darren Hemmings from the digital marketing unit of [PIAS], Beggars’ digital marketing man David Emery and Rob Gotlieb, marketing man for MUZU.
04: New releases. What’s out this week? Oh, a whole load of stuff, that’s what. If you want the big mainstream stuff, you can have your Jessie J and Claire Maguire albums. Or you could get the excellent ‘Lights And Offerings’ by Mirrors, or even the new albums by The Death Set, Rainbow Arabia, The Get Up Kids, Nu:Tone, or Buck 65. For shorter releases, try the new singles from Dum Dum Girls, Gold Panda and Trophy Wife.
05: Gigs. Justin Bieber is in town, kids! Well, he’s in Birmingham at the end of the week. THE Justin Bieber, though. So, you could go and see him at the start of his UK tour, or you could see the amazing Janelle Monáe at The Roundhouse tomorrow night, or the fantastic Seerauber Jenny at various dates around the country. Your choice. Also on offer are Jack Beats, who will be hosting their first Fabric residency on Friday, Plan B, Mumford & Sons, Rusko, Fujiya & Miyagi, The Decemberists, The Good Natured and Sparks’ co-headline tour of libraries, and even Liam Gallagher’s Beady Eye.
If you fancy something to listen to while you read the rest of today’s CMU Daily, may I recommend this playlist of ten tracks put together by Glasvegas guitarist Rab Allan? And if you want more music news and analysis after you’d read it, maybe you could download the latest CMU podcast from iTunes or SoundCloud.
Andy Malt
Editor, CMU
