The Directorate of Film, Music, and Media, Ministry of Education and Culture, in collaboration with the Karmawibhangga Indonesia Exotic Foundation (EKI) held the Indonesian Musical Festival (FMI) on 20-21 August 2022.
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Sheila On 7's drummer, Brian Kresna Putro, decided to leave the band. This news was confirmed by Sheila On 7’s management which stated that from 6 April 2022, Brian is no longer a part of Sheila On 7
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Justin Bieber’s “Justice World Tour” will be held in Indonesia on 3 November 2022. Despite having been waiting for the star's concert for 11 years, fans criticised the concert plan. Why?
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Bandung is known as a city with a diverse variety of music. Therefore, this time, Collabonation carries "Building Strong Band Character and Identity" as its theme
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To celebrate International Women’s Day, Google Indonesia launched the #YukBukaSuara campaign. Google also collaborated with Indonesia female metal trio Voice of Baceprot, known for its plenty of musical achievements
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Dua Lipa, Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran are facing copyright lawsuits. Dua Lipa is hit with two copyright lawsuits over her 2020 hit “Levitating”. Last week, Florida-based reggae band Artikal Sound System sued the singer
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Musik Bagus in collaboration with digital asset marketplace Meteor on 22 February released a NFT collection with Glenn Fredly illustration as its theme. Musik Bagus is the record label owned by late Glenn Fredly
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Indonesian entertainer and trans icon Dorce Gamalama who is known as one of the modern pioneers for trans visibility passed away today (16 February) at 58. This news was confirmed by her best friend, Hetty Soendjaya
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British singer-songwriter Sting has sold his entire music catalogue to Universal Music Group (UMG). The music catalogue includes hits like “Roxanne”, “Every Breath You Take” and “Message in a Bottle”
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New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music introduced the first-ever university course on Taylor Swift where students will learn about Swift’s musical career through political and cultural lenses
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Indonesian classical composer and pianist Ananda Sukarlan recently auctioned off two piano pieces as NFT. With the auction, Ananda became the first ever Asian classical composer to register his works as NFTs
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2021 marks the revival of music CDs. According to MRC’s year-end report, presented in collaboration with Billboard, sales of CDs were up 1.1% to 40.6 million units in 2021
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Hitmaker John Legend recently sold his music catalogue to KKR-BMG, as confirmed by Variety. According to a regulatory filing, under this deal, the singer/songwriter sold both the copyrights and the rights to receive royalties from his music from late 2004 through early last year. This includes his most popular songs “All of Me” and “Ordinary People”.
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Sri Lanka recently registered sasando with the World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation (WIPO).
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On 23 August 2021, Spencer Elden, a man whose photo was used for the cover of Nirvana’s album “Nevermind” filed a lawsuit
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Late British rock star David Bowie's entire music catalogue for six decades was purchased by Warner Music Group (WGM) on Monday (3 January).
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UNESCO added 43 new inscriptions to its intangible cultural heritage list during the sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
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UNESCO at the sixteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage that is currently held in Paris added gamelan to its intangible cultural heritage list
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