3.1.15 One more month to TOH!! More news!
Mar 1, 2015 1:49:40 GMT -5
Post by Q3 on Mar 1, 2015 1:49:40 GMT -5
One more month!!
3.1.15 by Q3
We only have one month to go!!!
And the big question is – what will the TOH colors be?
2010 FYE/Glam Nation Tour – Black leather and glitter (and blue glowsticks)
2012 Trespassing – Black and yellow
2014-2015 Queen + Adam Lambert Tour – Gold metal, black leather, cherry red and leopard print.
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Glamberts who r tryin 2 plan looks for this @queenwillrock tour: color palette is GOLD metal, black leather, cherry red, and leopard print.
9:05 PM - 18 Jun 2014
Glamberts who r tryin 2 plan looks for this @queenwillrock tour: color palette is GOLD metal, black leather, cherry red, and leopard print.
9:05 PM - 18 Jun 2014
So let me make a bold guess – one of the TOH colors will be BLACK!
Music Recommendation from Adam
Q3: “I like this!”
New Global Music Release Day --- Friday!
This change is expected to change not only the on-sale dates but also the chart dates – all over the world.
And it means that you are going to have to buy your copy of “The Original High” on a Friday this summer rather than a Tuesday.
Industry Sets Friday as Global Record Release Day
By Andrew Flanagan | February 26, 2015 8:42 AM EST
Industry Sets Friday as Global Record Release Day
After seven months of semi-public back-and-forth, a conversation instigated in part by Aussie piracy and Beyonce's surprise release in December of 2013 has resulted in the global recording industry accepting Friday as the release date for new albums. As reported in August, the shift will take place this summer.
According to a statement from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents labels worldwide, a study found that a majority of consumers who bother to care which day new music comes out prefer to hear it on Fridays and Saturdays.
"Music fans live in the digital world of today," wrote IFPI head Frances Moore. "Their love for new music doesn't recognise national borders. They want music when it's available on the internet -- not when it's ready to be released in their country. An aligned global release day puts an end to the frustration of not being able to access releases in their country when the music is available in another country."
IFPI Holds Meeting on Global Friday Street Date, U.S. Opposition Mounts
The proposal wasn't met with hosannas from every corner of the industry, however. While most agreed that a globally agreed-upon day for new music was best, there was some consternation over the choice of Friday. "The only justification for a Friday release date would be if it resulted in a net increase in sales," Entertainment Retailers Association Kim Bayley said in early October. (Sales weren't central to the IFPI's justifications for the move, though combating piracy could be considered the same thing.)
Just this week, Beggars Group chairman Martin Mills said: "I fear this move will also lead to a market in which the mainstream dominates, and the niche, which can be tomorrow's mainstream, is further marginalized. I fear it will further cement the dominance of the few -- and that is exactly what it is intended to do."
Rich Bengloff, head of the American Association of Independent Music, released this statement on the news: "A2IM supports the concept of a global street date but, for a variety of business reasons as spelled out in our previous comments, there are a number of business hurdles that make Fridays less optimal for the United States marketplace, and independents in particular. That said, as part of the worldwide music community, A2IM will endeavor to make the transition as smooth as possible for our members and our commerce partners and a success for our artists' fans."
The Department of Record Stores, an affiliation of independent record stores in the U.S. and Canada -- had proposed the world adopt the current U.S. release day, Tuesday, arguing that easing the transition for the top two music markets in the world (North America and the U.K.) would save costs for smaller operators in the business.
Regardless of the opposition, Friday it is. A press release of quotes in support of the change from a long list of industry leaders -- RIAA head Cary Sherman, Concord president and CEO Glen Barros, outspoken Orchard founder Scott Cohen, Rdio CEO Anthony Bay and representatives from Sweden, Spain, Italy, Australia, Germany and France's trade bodies -- clearly shows there's little room to turn this car around.
Link: www.billboard.com/articles/business/6487289/friday-global-record-release-day-ifpi
Billboard's Charts Department Responds to New Global Street Date
By Ed Christman | February 26, 2015 4:00 PM EST
Now that the major record labels have officially announced that they are moving to a Friday release day, the time for debating the logistics behind what the move could entail is over -- it's time to make some decisions.
Industry Sets Friday as Global Record Release Day
With the move to a Friday street date, the IFPI and the RIAA expect the Billboard charts, powered by Nielsen Music, and the U.K charts, produced by the Official Charts Company, to change their reporting dates in order to accommodate the move.
As it is now in the U.S., the chart-eligible sales week runs from Monday through Sunday at midnight, with most retailers electronically transmitting their sales data feeds from the Sunday/Monday overnight through early Tuesday. Nielsen Music and Billboard then process and review the data for an early Wednesday release of sales charts on Nielsen's client platforms and a Thursday morning release of all charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, on billboard.com.
So in the U.S. the questions become: Will the seven-day chart week now end on Wednesday night or Thursday night? And how will that shift affect the official chart release dates for Nielsen and Billboard?
"The announcement today by the IFPI is not a surprise and is something that Billboard has been discussing with Nielsen Music and industry leaders for months in relation to how a Friday global release date will affect chart processing," says Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard's vp of Charts and Data Development. "We will make an informed decision on these matters in the coming months, well in advance of the release date shift."
"We have been working with Billboard and key industry players for some time on this important initiative and will continue to provide the most timely, accurate and complete measurement of music consumption," said David Bakula, svp of Industry Insights for Nielsen Entertainment.
Across the pond, the Official Charts Company told The Guardian that the "exact details [of its adoption of the new release day] are to be decided."
"Radio 1 said it had nothing further to add to the Official Charts Company statement. Insiders indicated that a decision had yet to be made on whether the show would move or remain in its current timeslot."
Link: www.billboard.com/articles/business/6487329/billboards-charts-dept-friday-global-street-date?utm_source=twitter
The Original High – What do we know?
2.28.15 by Q3
So we have some bits.
Album title: The Original High
Album release date: Summer 2015
Genre: Pop
First single: ______________, release date: April 2015
Tracklist (not in order, number of tracks is unknown)
1. The Original High, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
2. TBD – first single, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
3. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
4. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
5. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
6. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
7. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
8. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
9. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
10. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
11. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
12. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
13. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
14. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
15. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
16. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
17. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
18. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
19. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
20. TBD, written by Adam Lambert and ________________
Personnel
Credits:
Executive Producers: Max Martin and Shellback
Vocals: Adam Lambert
Collaborators who might have worked on a track that ended up on the album
U.K. singer-songwriter Joe Janiak (source Billboard March 20, 2014)
Swedish singer and songwriter Tove Lo (source Billboard March 20, 2014)
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