Business Frame Weekly – Trevor Nelson leads new Google and YouTube campaign to celebrate the impact of Black British music / Dave Stewart announces ‘Eurythmics Songbook: Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary’

Stocks opened lower on Wall Street on Tuesday, as investors waited for Apple's highly anticipated fall event to kick off and counted down to Wednesday's key inflation data report.

UPS CEO Carol Tome said the costs incurred by the company for the new Teamsters contract are less than the ”$30 billion in new money” touted by the union, as the company aims to sell investors on the agreement.

In what he described as "the start of sweeping, historic effort," IRS commissioner Danny Werfel announced a plan to focus more tax enforcement efforts on the wealthy and those who abuse the law.

In this newsletter:

• Rufus Wainwright duets with Jake Shears and honours Jeff Buckley at Royal Albert Hall
• Mercury Prize 2023: Here are the bookies’ odds for favourites to win
• Dave Stewart announces ‘Eurythmics Songbook: Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary’ UK and European tour
• Bruce Springsteen being treated for peptic ulcer disease symptoms, postpones all September shows
• Trevor Nelson leads new Google and YouTube campaign to celebrate the impact of Black British music
• Noel Gallagher given six month driving ban – despite never learning how to drive

September 12, 2023

Rufus Wainwright duets with Jake Shears and honours Jeff Buckley at Royal Albert Hall

Rufus Wainwright performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall this week for the BBC Proms – honouring Jeff Buckley as well duetting with Jake Shears as he played his classic albums ‘Want One’ and ‘Want Two’ in full.

Mercury Prize 2023: Here are the bookies’ odds for favourites to win

The latest bookies’ odds for the winner of the 2023 Mercury Prize ahead of this week’s ceremony have been released, with Loyle Carner, Young Fathers and Jockstrap among the favourites.

Dave Stewart announces ‘Eurythmics Songbook: Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary’ UK and European tour

Dave Stewart has announced a UK and European tour featuring Eurythmics‘ greatest hits. Entitled ‘Eurythmics Songbook: Sweet Dreams 40th Anniversary Tour’, this will see Stewart hit the road with an female band for a series of shows which will mark 40 years since the band’s breakthrough album ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)’.

Bruce Springsteen being treated for peptic ulcer disease symptoms, postpones all September shows

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced the cancellation of their September shows as Springsteen is being treated for illness.Today (September 7), Springsteen took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to break the news, sharing a statement on the social media platform. “Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have postponed all performances currently scheduled for September 2023, beginning with tomorrow’s (September 8) show scheduled for the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, N.Y,” the statement begins.

Trevor Nelson leads new Google and YouTube campaign to celebrate the impact of Black British music

Google has announced UNION BLACK: Sounds Of A Nation, a campaign led by Trevor Nelson to celebrate the impact of Black British music. In August, YouTube launched its FIFTY DEEP campaign to celebrate hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, which continues in London this week with a Future Insiders one-day summit and a Legacy Party, celebrating the UK’s contribution to hip-hop music.

Noel Gallagher given six month driving ban – despite never learning how to drive

Noel Gallagher has been issued a six month driving ban – despite never actually learning how to drive. According to an update by the Evening Standard, the Britpop icon uses a £120,000 chauffeur-driven Range Rover to commute, and famously gave up on getting his own licence in the mid-’90s, while Oasis were at the peak of their fame.

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