Category: Music
This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings, and all the fun stuff in between. This week: Miley Cyrus becomes the latest celebrity sued over an Instagram image of themselves, Taylor Swift …
Marcus Mumford looks like he’s on a tropical vacation—even though he’s just at home in Los Angeles. This is partly because Mumford is sitting against a background of bamboo blinds that filter the light, and it’s partly because he has the relaxed air of leaving his cares behind. Credit for …
After last night’s Emmy Awards ceremony, Better Call Saul can lay claim to a remarkable achievement: 46 Emmy nominations and zero wins over the course of its six-season run. Forty. Six. Forty-six chances to recognize one of the best shows on television for its remarkable achievements, and 46 failures to …
Grammy Award-winning folk songwriter Janis Ian has canceled the remaining stops on her fall farewell tour. Ian contracted laryngitis earlier this year, forcing her to postpone performances originally scheduled for this spring. Recently, she learned that her case of laryngitis left scarring in the folds of her vocal cords, which …
Megadeth unveiled the track “We’ll Be Back” from their upcoming album The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! a few months ago, but they played it live for the very first time during a show earlier this week. The thrashers are currently out on the road with Five Finger Death Punch, The …
The #iVoted Festival is back to help increase voter turnout for the 2022 midterm elections. In addition to the namesake livestream festival taking place on November 8 with over 400 artists, #iVoted has also partnered with AEG Presents to give away concert tickets to Tegan and Sara, Santigold, Rina Sawayama, …
Grady Champion, who served as Dimebag Darrell‘s guitar tech throughout his touring career, will be joining Pantera on their reunion tour. He announced the news through a lengthy caption on his social media. Zakk Wylde will play guitar for Pantera throughout the reunion tour, which kicks off this later year …
Kid Rock probably thinks he made some sort of grand statement about ending racism in his new music video for “Never Quit,” a track from his most recent album Bad Reputation. The message rings entirely hollow, however, when the artist delivering it takes pride in flying the Confederate flag and palled around …
Adam Sandler has announced a 15-city US standup tour for Fall 2022, and just like his prior outings including the 2018 standup comeback special “100% Fresh” and 2019’s “100% Fresher Tour,” tickets to his new comedy set are bound to double as a musical performance as well. Get tickets here, …
Lindsey Stirling is dashing into the Christmas season with the “Snow Waltz Tour,” and gifting tickets to a loved one as an early holiday treat would pull all of the right heartstrings. The violinist has become a fixture of Christmastime concerts with her combination of cutting-edge performances that include dance, …
The pandemic impacted lives around the world in different ways. For Blag Dahlia, the contumacious singer of storied punk band The Dwarves, it’s been incredibly prolific. “I kind of had an explosion of creativity,” he says. “I just made a bunch of creative shit because that’s what I do. I …
{ e.preventDefault(); }); ]]> Skip to main content “I’m so f—ing sick I can’t get out of bed,” Lovato wrote on their Instagram Stories. Demi Lovato took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday (Sept. 13) to share that the current tour in support of their album Holy Fvck will be their …
Michelle Branch filed for divorce from Patrick Carney earlier this summer, but the two aren’t parting ways just yet. As Page Six reports, the couple recently filed an order of reconciliation. Branch and Carney paused their divorce for six months, during which time they “may participate in counseling services to …
Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon in 1980, has been denied parole for the 12th time, Rolling Stone reports. Chapman shot Lennon outside the artist’s New York City apartment on December 8th, 1980 and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. He was sentenced to 20 years to life at New …
With age brings reflection, and while Led Zeppelin‘s works are some of the most critically hailed in music history, Robert Plant admits in a new Rolling Stone interview that he feels a little embarrassed at times at how much he delved into the mystical world of hobbits for inspiration. Plant …
Michelle Branch was the guest on an upcoming episode of Tamron Hall Show. During her appearance, she performed a new song and sat down for an in-depth interview about her since-dropped domestic assault charges for slapping her husband Patrick Carney of the Black Keys, her upcoming album The Trouble With …
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Agony In The Garden has just released the title track off his soon to be released album “Will of Fire”, which is now available worldwide. Agony In The Garden’s inception occurred on April of 2013 as a one man band with singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist Mack Perry writing and recording all of …
Dee Snider dropped a twitter-bomb at right-wing politicians and supporters early this morning (Friday, Aug. 26.) The fiery tweet was directed at Q-Anon and Trump followers who play and sing-along to Twisted Sister‘s hit song “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” “We’re Not Gonna Take It” is a popular choice for elected/wanna-be elected officials …
If you’ve ever wanted to watch Ryan Reynolds or Rob McElhenney get a colonoscopy, now’s your chance. Both stars have shared footage of themselves undergoing the procedure as part of the colon cancer awareness initiative Lead From Behind. As the Welcome to Wrexham duo explain, Reynolds joked with McElhenney that he would …
Spotify is the king of music streaming — but its lead is dwindling. YouTube generated over $6 billion to the music industry in the 12 months ended June 2022, the company announced Tuesday (Sept. 13). That was a 50% increase from the last figure YouTube reported, $4 billion over a …
As promised, Megan Thee Stallion has dropped her new single “Pressurelicious,” which features guest vocals from Future. Megan has been teasing the track since last month, but she officially announced the release date and single art yesterday on her social media channels. The track was produced by HitKidd and arrived …
For a band to play 150 shows in a year, they’ve got to have stamina. Also, touring musicians have to be lucky. In order make at least 150 shows in a year, a band needs to play one concert (roughly) every two-and-a-half days. That means dodging illnesses, tour bus breakdowns, personality conflicts, …
MoviePass is gearing up to make its big relaunch in beta form on Labor Day (September 5th), Insider reports. In preparation, the movie ticket subscription service, which was reacquired by founder Stacy Spikes back in February, will open a waitlist on its website on Thursday, August 25th, at 9:00 a.m. …
Latto continues to speak out against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The “Big Energy” rapper has joined forces with Planned Parenthood for a public service announcement urging people to join the fight for abortion rights and access. “We already know who’s going to be hurt the …
This article originally ran in 2014, but we’re dusting it off for GZA’s birthday on August 22nd. Wu-Tang Clan is also on tour through the fall; grab tickets here. Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the abstract. …
Boingo and Batman and Big Mess, oh my! Danny Elfman has announced a pair of Halloween 2022 performances, with career-spanning sets going down at The Hollywood Bowl Friday, October 28th and Saturday, October 29th. The concerts are titled “Danny Elfman: From Boingo to Batman to Big Mess and Beyond!” They’re set to include all …
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Comments made by country singer Jason Aldean‘s wife, Brittany, are coming under fire after she posted a transphobic joke on Instagram. “I’d really like to thank my parents for not changing my gender when I went through my tomboy phase. I love this girly life,” Brittany wrote earlier this week, …
