Three years of silence ended with one song. Scottish pop trio Chvrches have released “Roses,” their first single in three years, and signed with Futures Music Group, Variety reported in its Music Industry Moves column.
The band plays two U.K. shows next month, in London and in their hometown of Glasgow. The return to recording follows singer Lauren Mayberry’s solo album on Island last year.
The new label
Futures Music Group was founded in 2024 by Derek Davies of Neon Gold and Dave Wallace of Avenue A. It is an independent label collective, separate from both companies. Its pitch is “transparent deal structures [and] integrated technology partnerships,” with deals designed to align incentives with artists and to favor long-term partnership and participation over traditional ownership. Lykke Li, Mt. Joy, Cavetown, Phantogram and the Knocks are on the roster.
Elsewhere in the same column
Madison Square Garden Entertainment named Josephine Vaccarello its president. She oversees all entertainment bookings, non-Knicks and non-Rangers sports bookings, and the productions business, which includes the Radio City Rockettes and their Christmas Spectacular. She keeps her role booking residencies and touring acts at Sphere and was most recently the company’s EVP of live. Jim Dolan, MSG’s executive chairman and CEO, praised her “nearly thirty-year career with MSG.”
Primary Wave Music partnered with the estate of Robert Palmer, covering his publishing and recording catalog and a share in his name, image and likeness rights. The catalog includes “Addicted to Love” from 1985, “Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” and “Simply Irresistible.” Palmer died in 2003, shortly after releasing his final album, “Drive.”
U.K. garage producer MPH signed with DisOrder/Capitol Records, which releases his album “Here, Forever” on November 20. His U.S. tour opens October 2 in Portland, Oregon.
ASCAP named Jackson Wagener Senior Vice President and Head of General Licensing, effective January 1, 2027. He has spent 12 years at the organization.
