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6 Music protest for March 27

The Save 6 Music Facebook group is to stage a protest outside BBC Broadcasting House on Saturday March 27 at 12pm to voice its opposition to plans to close the digital radio station.
Radio 2 launches spring schedule

Radio 2 has taken a significant step towards introducing more speech-based programming, as recommended by the BBC Trust, with the launch of a new spring schedule full of comedy and documentaries.
Kobalt signs Greg Wells for global deal

Grammy-nominated record producer, songwriter, mixer and musician Greg Wells has signed a worldwide deal with independent publisher Kobalt Music Group.
Cruz tops US chart but Sade slips

It is a case of swings and roundabouts for UK acts on the US charts, with an established British act being toppled from the album summit and a new UK act dramatically claiming the singles crown, as predicted here last week.
Green Day Rock Band arrives in June

The Green Day edition of the Rock Band video game will be released on June 8.

Another excellent evening of celebrating the UK's finest recording professionals at the 2010 MPG Producer awards held at the Cafe de Paris London 11.02.00 with MPG Producer of the Year this year being won by the excellent Pual Epworth (Florence and the machine) Paul also picks up the BRITS best producer award 2010. The Deep sponsored 'Break-through Producer' award goes to Producer Paul Savage for his work based at his own studios Chem 19 beating equally talented nominees Carl Bown and Jason Boshoff on the night. Congratualtions to http://www.transgressiveproducers.com. A great night of celebration and real community spirit with huge thanks to the excellent professional sponsors involved. See pro sound news europe article here. You can join the MPG here See full 2010 list of winners and nominees here. Press coverage here.