The 57th Ivor Novello Awards are tonight, and it looks like Adele is going to trounce everyone in sight. (Full list of winners below)

Named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, ‘The Ivors’ were once described by Sir Paul McCartney as ‘the greatest award a musician could receive’.

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The 2012 Sony Radio Academy Awards is tonight. The winners will be announced at an über plush gala ceremony at Grosvenor House, in London’s exclusive Mayfair.

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Universal Music Group has launched it’s very own internal dance music label PM:AM Recordings.

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It’s finally here… The Great Escape‘s (TGE) annual festivities are upon us!

It covers all types of music, it’s always in May, it’s always 3 days, there’s over 300 new artists playing in over 30 venues and it’s by the seaside. The best bit is that my ticket cost £9.90 return from London Victoria. BOOM!

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Sainsbury’s has launched a new music download service to up its online entertainment skills. Sainsbury’s Entertainment website provides customers with access to over 2.3 million downloads including tracks and albums alike. And by GEORGE it’s cheap. (apparently)

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The High Court has ordered five leading British internet service providers to block access to file-sharing website The Pirate Bay.

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New original song by the Hudson Taylor boys. Pure talent.

Filmed in Dublin by the awesome Andrew Jordan.

Hit them up on Facebook & Twitter. This is the calm before the storm.

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Communion Music – forerunners of the ‘nu-folk’ movement and home to such popular artists as Gotye, Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Howard and Treetop Flyers – is 2 years old today.

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This is pretty big news. Oakley Capital Private Equity, the company that also owns Timeout, has tabled an offer to back the £40m management buyout of HMV’s live music arm.

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Strap yourself in kids, The Music Week Awards 2012 are this Thursday April 26th at The Brewery in London.

Time to celebrate the industry’s achievements… see below for a list of the finalists:

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