Newton Faulkner signs worldwide services deal with Cooking Vinyl 22 Jan 2025
Cooking Vinyl are proud to announce the signing of the maverick and groundbreaking musician Newton Faulkner – Cooking Vinyl will release his anticipated 8th studio album in Q3 2025, alongside a full headline touring schedule and festivals into 2026. Newton Faulkner has achieved remarkable milestones, including his double-platinum debut _Hand Built By Robots_ topping the UK charts and two UK No. 1 albums. A dynamic live performer, he has played Glastonbury an impressive 13 times and sold-out tours across the UK and globally, including in Germany, Australia, and the Netherlands, to name a few.
“I am crazy excited to be signed to Cooking Vinyl. I can’t wait to see what we can do together. It's been my longest gap between releases, and one of the reasons for this was waiting to find the right team.” - Newton Faulkner
“Newton and Cooking Vinyl are a perfect match. We both have great pedigree and combining our approach to his audience will result in a stronger and more successful global campaign” Rob Collins, Cooking Vinyl
“When an artist has been around for a long time, you need to find a team who are willing to think creatively and outside the box, which is something I think Cooking Vinyl does really well. We’re excited to present Newton in a new light with this record and show a different side to him, both on stage and on record.”- Lottie Faulkner, Manager
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THE HEADLINES
Spotify's Sulinna Ong: The playlist power broker who makes or breaks new artists (see Features)
Ticket inflation is getting worse, so where does all the money go? (see Features)
What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today (see Features)
What Spotify took from us by giving us everything (see Features)
Luminate 2024 year-end music report: Global audio streaming grows 14%, driven by ex-US markets (see Reports)
Labour’s AI plan could be good for British people – except the creatives (see Opinion)
BPI: AI proposals risk 'destroying the UK's status as a creative superpower' (see News)
Australia: Just six homegrown singles and three albums made the 2024 Top 100 (see International)
Chartmetric’s Year in Music: Music data milestone highlights for 2024 (see Reports)
UK festivals face 'really tough' year due to fewer headline acts and rising costs (see Features)
Music industry hails proposals to crack down on ticket touting (see News)
Milestone or Millstone? Was 2024 really a good year for UK recorded music? (see Comment)
Dice CEO Phil Hutcheon on fighting dynamic pricing in the ticketing industry (see Features)