HAYLEY SIGRIST

By Hayley Sigrist Public Service Broadcasting will give the inside track at The Great Escape on how they have developed their offbeat ideas into Top 40 records and live propositions. The band's J. Willgoose, Esq. will be joined on-stage by members of his live, label and management team, and will also discuss how he’s accessed vital funding opportunities including PRS Foundation’s Momentum Music Fund and International Showcase Fund.  Hosted by PPL, PRS for Music and the PRS for Music Foundation, the panel, entitled Creating a Unique Sound and Show, will be held in the Old Courtroom at 12.30pm on Friday, May 20.  "British music continues to thrive on both a local and international scale, and it’s vital that new and upcoming artists, songwriters and performers have the opportunity to reach their true potential and be as ambitious as they’d like to be," said Willgoose. "We’ve had some great support from the PRS Momentum Music Fund as well as other grants, and I ...

By Hayley Sigrist The Stone Roses' first single in 21 years is leading the way on this week’s Official Trending Chart. The Manchester band are No.4 in the midweek Official Single Chart with comeback track All For One and will seal their first Top 40 hit in 17 years this Friday (May 20). The band’s last Top 10 single was Love Spreads, which reached No.2 back in 1994. The second highest new entry of the week and another strong contender for a Top 10 entry is the Gareth Malone-led Invictus Games Choir with their theme song for this years games Flesh And Blood.  Two of the newest tracks in this week's Top 20 are New Girl from X-Factors Reggie ‘N’ Bollie and David Guetta's theme for Euro 2016 This One's For You, which features Zara Larsson. Both songs looking likely to debut inside the UK Top 40 this week. Two entries from last weekend's Eurovision Song Contest have also appeared in this week's Official Trending Chart. The UK's entry by Joe and Jake, ...