Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This…
Live Nation Entertainment is investing £9.5 million (approx. USD $12.7 million) in the Brighton Hippodrome, which has been vacant since 2006. Its Academy Music Group (AMG) subsidiary has signed an agreement to operate the Grade II*-listed venue on Middle Street. The investment forms part of a wider redevelopment representing a total of £25 million (approx….
The presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of failing to deliver on his food security emergency declaration, pointing to new data that shows Nigeria has slipped even deeper into the global hunger rankings despite three years of agricultural interventions. In a statement…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This…
By Jacob Ajom The latest FIFA rankings for national teams shows that Nigeria’s Super Eagles have dropped one place to 45th. The drop is a direct reflection of the state of football in Nigeria. This has intensified concerns about their faltering bid to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The fall marks Nigeria’s lowest…
Niger has announced new restrictions on where citizens of five European countries can obtain visas to enter the country, in what authorities describe as a reciprocal measure against the “difficulties” faced by Nigeriens seeking European visas. According to an internal note, Foreign Minister Bakary Sangaré stated that, as of now, entry visas to Niger for…
South African opposition leader, Julius Malema, has cautioned the continent against loans from Brentwood organisations and others, warning that such moves can undermine Africa. Malema spoke on Sunday in Enugu as a keynote speaker during the opening ceremony of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference. According to the outspoken South African, such…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs. This week, Live Nation Entertainment struck a USD $646…
