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After its disastrous £36million half-year profit loses HMV are making a bid to boost custom by announcing that they plan to up their stock of vinyl in shops around the UK and online. Speaking to NME, HMV’s official spokes person said, ‘A lot of customers have been asking us to increase the amount of racking we dedicate to music … read more»

Oh no, things aren’t looking good for entertainment retail outlet, HMV who have admitted that their future is looking uncertain after they suffered £36million half-year losses. It was revealed at the beginning of this year that the chain would shut 60 stores to try and help their financial woes however even after taking those measures … read more»

HMV are swiftly joining the ranks of r large chains that are starting to think online might just be where it’s at. After a 15% slump in annual sales this year, HMV have announced that they will launch an online on-demand service, ‘HMVon-demand’ where customers can buy/download films directly from their website. It’s taken HMV … read more»

Adele has announced that she will be adding an extra date to the London leg of her tour that will take place this summer. The September tour was announced on Tuesday ahead of her Brit performance of album track, Someone Like You, which saw sales of her album boost and the live version of it is sitting at number 1 in the iTunes chart. The … read more»

The Boxer Rebellion have made their US debut with their album, The Cold Still, on the Letterman show going out to around 4 million viewers. The London alternative rock band did pretty well on the Letterman stage with Dave holding up their album to the audience afterwards. The band, who should not be confused with the peasant uprising that … read more»

We have two pairs of tickets to give away for this Saturday’s Mighty Mouse gig at The Jazz Cafe. The show which is part of the HMV Next Big Thing gigs was curated by Mighty Mouse and will also feature performances from David E Sugar, Sound of Rum, Hervé and a special guest. The HMV Next Big Thing gigs kick off this Friday (4th Feb) and … read more»

Two of our Who’s Jack magazine cover stars have teamed up together, Tinie Tempah and Ellie Goulding are releasing Wonderman on the 7th March. This is the 5th single from Tinie’s critically acclaimed Platinum selling album, Disc-Overy so we are sure many of you would have heard it already, however if not you can see the video to … read more»

It’s nearly that time of the year again when HMV’s Next Big Thing tour takes over some of our favourite London venues and just in case you haven’t already booked your tickets Who’s Jack thought we’d compile this handy list of the best bits from each day of the 9 day event… 4th Feb: James Blake play at … read more»

HMV is the latest record shop to fall victim to a decline in music sales and is being forced to shut 60 of it’s UK stores. The shops will be shut down within the next twelve months after shares in the company fell dramatically and their Christmas sales fell by 10%. The chief executive of HMV, Simon Fox, blamed bad weather and challenging … read more»

Slow Club, the great two some that we covered some time ago back in August (read it here) have announced that they will be releasing their second much anticipated album in May 2011 and will be dusting that off with a sprinkling of UK touring. Tour cities are listed below but no firm dates are in yet. This tour will see Slow Club playing to … read more»