They wrote the caption, “We can’t wait to perform for you all at home,” which accompanied the Instagram TV video of the group, hilariously unprepared, practicing and filming the announcement online from their individual homes, where they are currently in lockdown.

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Tickets for the performance, titled ‘Live From London’, are on sale now at £10 per person, and the show will air around the world – find the full list of timezones at the end of this post. According to TicketMaster, the set will contain hits such as ‘Charlemagne’, ‘I Can’t Stand It’ and ‘Your Girlfriend’, as well as many more.

Not only will this be an incredible opportunity to see the band play live, but with the Melody VR app, viewers can virtually join the band on stage and get a 360° view of the show using virtual reality headsets. This follows virtual shows from the likes of Fontaines D.C., Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, and Tom Grennan at the famous venue.

Melody VR CEO Anthony Matchett said, “MelodyVR’s mission is to use our innovative technology to make sure artists can keep staging amazing shows and fans can continue to experience and enjoy the live music that they love.”

Having previously held the successful Wireless festival online, Melody VR decided to take more shows online during the Covid-19 pandemic. Matchett continued, “Live From O2 Academy Brixton is another exciting venture in partnership with Live Nation. Virtual shows are here to complement and support live entertainment, and we are proud to be working with the rest of the industry to ensure that live music doesn’t stop.”

Blossoms have had a busy year releasing and promoting their latest album ‘Foolish Loving Spaces’, which came out back in March 2020. They have a tour coming up in March of next year in lieu of the cancellations currently caused by Covid-19, and they recently shared a new Christmas single ‘It’s Going To Be a Cold Winter’. At the start of November, the documentary ‘Back To Stockport’ came out, showcasing their gig at Stockport County FC’s Edgeley Park in 2019.

Here is the full list of times for the ‘Live In London’ gig:

03/12/2020 – UK (GMT) – 8.30pm
03/12 – Europe and Republic of Ireland (CET) – 9.30pm
03/12 – USA West (PST) – 12.30pm
03/12 – USA East (EST) – 3.30pm
04/12 – Australasia (AUD) – 7.30am

The deal promises “a truly next-generation music service” as they plan to offer a combined streaming and immersive live music service. Ultimately the intention is to bring together Napster’s library of more than 90 million tracks with MelodyVR’s catalogue of live performances.

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“I spent two days in the studio and nothing was really happening. In the end, I sat down on the piano, played these three chords and I wrote a little song. The song that changed my life.” Can you guess which tune @mabel is referring to? Watch her performance in 360° video on our app to find out

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MelodyVR say, “It’s incredibly exciting to be unifying complementary platforms and fantastic audiences, rooted in a love of music and a deep desire to offer the very best experience to artists, fans, the wider music community and brands.”

Recently, MelodyVR hosted ‘Wireless Connect’, a virtual, ‘360°’ version of the well-loved urban music festival. Their live performance credits range from Nelly, in the series ‘Live from LA’, to Panic! At the Disco at the London O2 Academy. Coming up, live music fans can enjoy a new collaboration with London’s iconic venue, Brixton Academy.

The way MelodyVR works is that it established safe studios in London and LA for these socially distanced gigs, and fans then paid to watch on their app, using VR headsets. You can even select where you’re ‘standing’ in the crowd.

Napster has had a complicated history. In the 1990s it was an illegal downloading platform, but lawsuits from the likes of Dr Dre and Metallica ensured that it filed for bankruptcy in 2002. Since then, it has been owned by Roxio, the electronics company Best Buy and most recently, the streaming service Rhapsody.

CEO of MelodyVR, Anthony Matchett, says that “For music fans today, live and recorded music are intrinsically linked. We are as keen to see our favourite artists perform live as we are to listen to their albums. Our purchase of Napster, one of the music industry’s original disruptors, is born out of our wish to deliver the world’s foremost music experience, available seamlessly across audio and visual media and in turn presenting a truly next-generation music service.”

The CEO of Napster, Bill Patrizio, had this to add: “This is a tremendous outcome for two organizations with complementary platforms and loyal audiences, and we could not be more excited to be moving forward as one company.”

MelodyVR sees this as an opportunity for greater connection between fans and artists in the future. Additionally, they expect to share more and more of what goes on behind the scenes and what it’s like to be an artist, therefore opening the music world up to music lovers from the comfort of their own homes.