A music industry power shift is taking place in Britain, where rock and pop stars have formed a new coalition to try to gain control and ownership of their work from record labels.

By BARRY GORDON IT all started to go wrong when Nash's microphone stand collapsed during the opening song. Then she attempted to sing. Imagine petulant teenager Lauren Cooper impersonating a frog. In short, her voice was shot to bits.

Pop starlet Kate Nash will begin the Saturday night at Glastonbury Extravaganza on August 8 and 9. Her first single, Caroline's A Victim/Birds, was released through Moshi Moshi last February and its success led to her being signed to the Polydor offshoot Fiction Records.

A TEENAGE singer songwriter dubbed 'the next Kate Nash' plays Birmingham's Rainbow pub in Deritend on Monday. Jose Vanders became an internet phenomenon when celebrity American blogger Perez Hilton mentioned her on his site.

The last run of tickets to England's Glastonbury performing arts festival are to go on sale this week, organizers said. Tickets that cost about $310 apiece plus applicable fees are to go on sale Wednesday at HMV stores in England, Scotland and Wales, the BBC said.