A love for QVC! The shopping channel has upped its cool factor by acting as a lucrative platform for artists to sell their music direct to fans, helping the war on illegal downloads.

When SEG artist Billy Ocean recently appeared on QVC to announce the release of his

William Orbit got burnt out working for Madonna. But a sampler of Katie Melua songs set his producing juices flowing again. They make an oddly harmonious couple.

In a mastering studio at Abbey Road, Katie Melua has her bum in the air and her arms in a bin. “Found it,”

SEG is very proud to announce the addition of William Orbit to the roster. A composer, record producer, and artist in his own right, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna's album 'Ray of Light', which received four Grammy Awards, sold 4 million copies in the U.S., and

SEG is excited to announce management of dance act Leftfield. Reports last week that Leftfield are to return to the live arena this summer can be confirmed. Leftfield are to headline Rockness in June, with a further five headline festival shows to be announced in the coming weeks.

Call it the Michael Jackson clause. Music business movers and shakers are working on industry-wide guidelines allowing record labels to suspend self-harming artists until they get adequate treatment.

Tales of heroin-hooked rock stars and anorexic starlets are as old as