Recognition

28/01/2025

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Thanks to Private Eye Magazine for drawing our attention to this disgraceful fact.

27/01/2025

Today marks the start of Independent Venue Week - here's why it matters: https://www.kerrang.com/why-independent-venue-week-matters-enter-shikari-as-decemmber-falls-music-venue-trust via

This week is Independent Venue Week – the 12th annual celebration of our grassroots community and indie venues on both sides of the Atlantic. As it kicks off in earnest, we speak to the artists, promoters and IVW organisers to find out why these small spaces are so vital to the future of…

14/01/2025

The 50 (fifty!) most anticipated films of 2025 - that's a lot of films! https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/most-anticipated-movies-2025-1235188893/eddington-2025-1235207848/ #2025

From superhero movies (of course!) to summer blockbusters, big-name dramas and the second half of 'Wicked' — your essential moviegoing guide to 2025.

24/12/2024

Season's Greetings from the Recognition team. Have a great festive season & we'll see you in 2025! 🎄 ☃️

14/06/2024

Cracking read this: The Curious Case Of The Underselling Arena Tours https://www.stereogum.com/2267170/arena-tour-ticket-sales-black-keys-jlo/columns/sounding-board/

22/12/2022

Season's Greetings from Team Recognition! Enjoy the break & see you in 2023 😀 🎄 ⛄

19/08/2022

Interesting read - why are people in their 30s giving up on music?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/16/bring-that-beat-back-why-are-people-in-their-30s-giving-up-on-music

It would have been unimaginable in our 20s, but these days more and more friends are disengaging from a passion we once shared. Surely this is premature?

03/05/2022

Great to see Koko is back! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61179023

The club, where Madonna played her first UK gig was gutted by fire. Now it's rewriting the rules of live music.

20/04/2022

Great article (and comments!) - looking forward to reading the book! https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/16/pop-stars-spotlight-bob-geldof-robbie-williams-lisa-maffia

Musicians from Bob Geldof to Robbie Williams and Lisa Maffia reveal what they did – and how they felt – after the hits dried up and the crowds vanished

13/04/2022

04/01/2022

But what would The Beatles catalogue be worth https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhochberg/2021/12/30/beatles-for-sale--what-would-lennon-mccartney-songs-fetch-today/

Dick James, the Beatles’ original music publisher, gets an icy reception in a scene in Peter Jackson’s Get Back documentary.

22/12/2021

Season's Greetings from all the team at Recognition - we made it through 2021, let's hope 2022 is more normal! #2021 #2022

11/10/2021

Why lyric videos are having a design renaissance: https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/9-15-august-2021/lyric-video-design/ via Design Week

27/09/2021

Interesting! What the Hell Is Synesthesia and Why Does Every Musician Seem to Have It? https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/229-what-the-hell-is-synesthesia-and-why-does-every-musician-seem-to-have-it/ via Pitchfork

21/09/2021

Merck Mercuriadis' open letter to the music industry - "I want to take the songwriter from the bottom of the economic equation, where they currently sit, to the very top of it." https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/merck-mercuriadis-none-of-us-should-be-able-to-sleep-in-good-conscience-at-night-until-the-true-value-of-the-songwriters-contributions-to-this-business-are-recognized/

20/09/2021

Exciting news via our sister company Acknowledgement Ltd about good friends Centtrip!

We're really excited to see Centtrip USA open for business! Find out more about the offering here https://www.centtrip.com/news/centtrip-usa-opens-for-business & check out the new USA website designed and built by us! https://www.centtrip.com/usa/

17/09/2021

We loved the stage show and the film is amazing! Featuring great songs from The Feeling's Dan Gillespie & Tom Macrae catch it on Amazon Prime Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhpTZeG4eg

Inspired by true events, Everybody's Talking About Jamie follows Jamie New (Max Harwood), a teenager from Sheffield, who dreams of life on stage. While his c...

07/09/2021

Interesting tech-legal battle here - what do you think? DNS resolver hits out at Sony Music’s web-blocking injunction https://completemusicupdate.com/article/dns-resolver-hits-out-at-sony-musics-web-blocking-injunction/ via Complete Music Update

A not-for-profit DNS resolver called Quad9 has appealed a web-blocking injunction secured against it by Sony Music in Germany. The organisation says that, while it doesn’t condone copyright infringement, it strongly believes that a DNS resolver like itself “is the wrong place to try to apply leg...