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For the fortunate few who have ventured into space and gazed back at Earth, the vision of individual countries as one single planet has been a humbling experience – so its perhaps no surprise that Scotlands space sector shares a similar humanitarian outlook with its mission to shape a better world, explains Andrew Collier   It must have been the unlikeliest of Scottish pub conversations: a meeting over a drink between a space systems engineer and a human rights and media specialist. Bu...

A orchestral Daft Punk tribute is scheduled to take place in Manchester Cathedral this summer. In light of the split, Manchester-based Kaleidoscope Orchestra has announced for plans for two back-to-back shows on the 20th August this year, with candlelit, orchestral renditions of some of Daft Punks best-loved hits taking place in Manchester Cathedral. The event will be socially distanced, and tickets can be purchased for £55 here. Read about how the French duos ability to constantly reinvent el...

Harry Styles Performance to Open Grammy Awards (EXCLUSIVE) K-pop sensations BTS are also set to take the stage on March 14. Cynthia Littleton, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Sunday’s Grammy Awards telecast is set to open with a performance by Harry Styles, who is nominated for three awards on music’s biggest night. “You don’t want to miss the top of the show,” Jack Sussman, CBS’ executive VP of specials, music and live events, tells Variety. “It’s going to be music coming at...

The group announced their split last week

Daft Punk album sales have increased 2,650% after the duos split. Since announcing their split, Rolling Stones analtyic provider, Alpha Data, reports that streams for Daft Punk’s catalog soared nearly 500% on Monday compared to Sunday, with song sales up 1,335%, and digital album sales up 2,650%. Their most recent album, Random Access Memories, was the best-selling dance music album on vinyl of the decade. ‘Homework’ features some of Daft Punk’s most iconic tracks, including ‘Da Fun...

As Rolling Stone reports (citing Alpha Data), streams of Daft Punk’s music were up by nearly 500 per cent on Monday compared to Sunday (February 21) as song sales increased by 1,335 per cent and digital album sales were up by 2,650 per cent. Advertisement Daft Punk’s second studio album ‘Discovery’, which features such songs as ‘One More Time’, ‘Digital Love’ and ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’, was the most popular among music listeners this week. The 2001 LP was stre...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Which Taylor Swift Love Story Does Radio Love? Top 40, AC, Country Formats Are Split Between Old and New Chris Willman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The general consensus on Taylor Swift’s fresh remake of her 2008 smash “Love Story” is that the old and new versions are virtually indistinguishable to the non-audiophile, non-Swiftie layman. Which is exactly as she intended it: In her attempt to push the original Big Machine renditions to the botto...

RS Charts: Morgan Wallens Dangerous Number One Again Despite Racial Slur RS Charts: Morgan Wallens Dangerous Number One Again Despite Racial Slur Country singers music continued to stream and sell even as parts of the music industry removed their support Elias Leight, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Dangerous: The Double Album spent its fifth consecutive week at Number One on the Rolling StoneTop 200 Albums chart. Wallen has prevailed the last two weeks even after a video of him using a raci...

Rolling Stone Jason Isbell Is Donating His Morgan Wallen Royalties to the NAACP Wallen, who was rebuked for using a racial slur last week, recorded Isbell’s song “Cover Me Up” for his ‘Dangerous’ album By Taylor Hill/Getty Images for The Ally Coalition One of the most streamed songs on Morgan Wallen’s four-week Number One album Dangerous: The Double Album is “Cover Me Up,” Wallen’s version of Jason Isbell’s signature song about getting sober and the healing...

Morgan Wallens Sales Skyrocket After Racial Slur Controversy Morgan Wallens Sales Skyrocket After Racial Slur Controversy Despite being removed from playlists, Wallens streams did not dip on Wednesday. His digital album sales also rose 1,220 percent Emily Blake, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Despite the country music industry’s swift withdrawal of support for Morgan Wallen after a video of him surfaced Tuesday night using a racial slur — a breakneck fall from grace that has included muc...