01 May 2013

Play Hard

David Guetta feat. Ne-Yo & Akon

Parlophone

WE SAY

The staggering numbers attached to the runaway success story that is David Guetta still raise eyebrows. 42 million Facebook likes; six videos with more than 100 million VEVO views apiece; 3.5 million sales of fifth album Nothing But The Beat; 25 million singles sales from just that one record including seven UK top 10 singles and 1 million sales for Titanium alone. So why not release a ninth - yes, ninth - single when big numbers are your stock in trade? Play Hard, with its hook borrowed from Alice Deejay's Better Off Alone and guest vocals from Neyo & Akon rounds out a project with a lifespan of two years and counting. After two headline shows at Miami's Ultra Festival, Guetta returns to Europe in June to support Rihanna on her UK and Paris dates. Video.

London gig: June 15 and 16 - Rihanna support, Twickenham Stadium

CONTACTS

Record Label: Holly Williams, Parlophone - +44 (0)20 7752 5307
Publishing: What A Publishing - +44 (0)20 3445 0034
Online: James Mack, Listen Up - +44 (0)20 7253 0089
Press: Paul Guimaraes, Parlophone - +44 (0)20 7752 5267
Live: Maria May, CAA
TV: Vic Sindermann, Parlophone - +44 (0)20 7752 5241
Radio: Dave Rajan & Tina Skinner, Parlophone
Regional radio: Jason Bailey, Parlophone +44 (0)20 7752 5315 / Martin Finn, Parlophone +44 (0) 20 7752 5313
Legal: Raneet Ahuja, Parlophone
Management: Caroline Prothero

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