Noel Gallagher on the new global release date for albums
Noel Gallagher has shared his thoughts on the new global release date for albums, saying: "The world's gone ****ing mad on it."
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From tomorrow (July 10), new albums and singles will be released at 00.01 local time on Fridays in 45 major music markets including the UK and US. The global Friday release date was announced earlier this year and has been welcomed by the IFPI, which represents some 1,300 record labels worldwide, as well as the FIM, which represents musicians' unions and associations globally.
However, in a recent interview with NME.COM, Gallagher appeared rather less impressed by the move to a global release date for albums. "****ing hell, the world's gone ****ing mad on it," he replied when asked about so-called 'New Music Fridays'.
Speculating as to how the new global release date may have been devised, Gallagher added: "Some ****er has focused group that in a room somewhere to maximise some amount of record sales: 'If we have it on a Friday, then by the time it gets to Monday we'll already have sold a million albums - if one is Taylor Swift, presumably."
He then said of the new global release date: "Unfortunately it won't make $hit albums any better, will it? They'll still sound $hit on a ****ing Friday."
Eh? Whatever the rea$on for a global release date, I only see benefits for musicians and fans around the world -- everyone getting to enjoy the music at the same time instead of waiting for it to come to their country
