EXCLUSIVE: Media mogul Jose ‘Pepe’ Bastón is looking to ramp up his interests in the U.S. after signing with Allied Management Group, the company founded by former NBCU exec John Pollak and actor Wilmer Valderrama.
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John Lydon has accused Jedward of “nicking” his hairstyle, but says he still “loves them very much”.You might be wondering to yourself now if Jedward’s distinctive hairstyle is really all that similar to Lydon’s own, but apparently he’s not the only person to have noticed some kind of similarity. In fact, some people apparently think that similarity could be genetic.“Let me clear this up once and for all”, he told the Irish Sun. “No, I’m not Jedward’s dad, but I am a Jedhead, and if I ever meet the lads all I want to ask is ‘why did you nick my hair?’”His affection for Jedward seems to have been compounded by the twins losing their mother to leukaemia in 2019.
He went on: “I was really devastated for the boys. Especially after what they said about their sadness that their mum would miss their weddings and the births of their children. My heart went out to them.
I’m supposed to be tough but I want Jedward to know, Johnny Rotten loves them very much”.“I know what it’s like for Jedward because I have had professional knockers all my life”, he went on. “I’d just like to know what have Jedward ever done that was so wrong? Their only crime is they robbed my hair. I’d like to ask them about that”.Lydon – along with his band Public Image Ltd – are hoping to represent Ireland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, of course.
And if he does get to chat with the pair, he could also get some tips from Jedward about that too. They have represented their country at Eurovision not once but twice – with the song ‘Lipstick’ in 2011 and ‘Waterline’ in 2012. Although they came eighth and then nineteenth, so perhaps they wouldn’t have any particularly useful advice.These comments about Jedward are much more positive that Lydon’s recent
.EXCLUSIVE: Media mogul Jose ‘Pepe’ Bastón is looking to ramp up his interests in the U.S. after signing with Allied Management Group, the company founded by former NBCU exec John Pollak and actor Wilmer Valderrama.
Ireland will be competing in the Eurovision Song Contest this year without the services of John Lydon, after the former Sex Pistols singer failed last night in his bid to represent the country.
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CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge’s confirmation that a big old rejig of the way streaming monies are allocated to individual tracks by the digital platforms each month is a key priority for the biggest music rights company in the world, plus Dr Dre’s legal run-in with US Congress member Marjorie Taylor Greene.SECTION TIMES01: Lucian Grainge (00:06:51)02: Dr Dre (00:32:03)(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free automatically each week through any of these services…Acast | Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | audioBoom | CastBox | Deezer | Google Podcasts | iHeart | Mixcloud | RSS | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneInSTORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK• Universal boss says streaming needs to shift to an “artist-centric” model• Dr Dre sets lawyers on Marjorie Taylor Greene over copyright infringement• Marjorie Taylor Green responds to Dr DreALSO MENTIONED• Public Image Ltd vying to represent Ireland at Eurovision• Eurovision hopeful John Lydon brands competition “disgusting”MORE FROM CMU• Upcoming CMU webinars• Buy MMF and CMU Insights’ Dissecting The Digital Dollar book on Amazon• Sign up to receive the CMU Daily news bulletin• Listen to the full Setlist theme tune
down to the final six being considered to represent Ireland at this year’s Contest in May, with the final decision set to be announced next month.Speaking to RTE’s Radio 1 about Eurovision, Lydon said: “It’s absolutely awful, the songs. The whole thing of it is disgusting to me. I’m a songwriter, I perform live, and these shows just come across as so dreadfully phoney to me.
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