PPL Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

APPOINTMENTSLisa Boateng has joined PR agency Huxley as a publicist. She was previously at We Care A Lot PR. “I am extremely pleased and excited to join a company like Huxley, with a team that pride themselves on being creative, socially conscious and putting their artists first”, she says.UK record industry collecting society PPL has promoted Chloe Rowlatt to Head Of International.

DEALSReef have signed a deal with Absolute Label Services for the release of their new album ‘Shoot Me Your Ace’, with the firm providing distribution, marketing and project management services. “After a period of lockdown, it is great to start coming out the other side and release some great albums – and this is a great album”, says Absolute MD Henry Semmence.

BENEE has shared an emotive new single titled ‘Doesn’t Matter’, marking her first new solo material since her debut album dropped last year.Released today (October 28), ‘Doesn’t Matter’ is a pensive slow-burner that sees the singer-songwriter bare her soul with raw, honest musings on her mental health. Over a bed of warbly shoegaze guitars and a notably dry, pared-back drum beat, she sings: “Maybe I’m consumed by my mental / Does it hurt me? / Maybe, oh well / If I medicate would it help me? /