By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - After years of writing songs for the likes of DJ Calvin Harris and band Rudimental, James Newman is finally going to.
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Back in February it was announced he would return to represent the United Kingdom at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
Due to the cancellation all of last year s Eurovision acts have been invited to represent their country in this year s final, which is expected to have social distancing measures and a limited crowd in place.
He s back: The BRIT Award winner, 35, will take to the stage in Rotterdam in The Netherlands on May 22 after the event was cancelled last year due to the pandemic
James will sing a new song for this year s Eurovision after being unable to compete last year with the song My Last Breath.
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Sony Music Publishing UK has announced it has signed hit songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Jackson-Cook to a worldwide deal.
Jackson-Cook is known for his close creative relationship with Rag’N’Bone Man, having co-written and co-produced his new album Life By Misadventure in its entirety.
In the latest midweeks, Rag N Bone Man s Life By Misadventure is in contention to become the biggest first-week seller of 2021. The LP has racked up 34,117 sales to date to close in on the 42,486 copies moved by Foo Fighters 10th studio album Medicine At Midnight in its first week of sale back in January.
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Lily Allen is a former pupil of Millfield School in Street (Image: FilmMagic)
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When is Eurovision 2021? Date and rules for song contest and who is UK entry
It s that time of year again and we all need some light entertainment during this pandemic - so Eurovision is back, with Covid rules of course
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