The awards show airs live on May 17 on ABC. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift to Debut "Bad Blood" Music Video

Sony Music has pulled music by more than half a dozen artists, including Adele, Hozier, Miguel, Kelly Clarkson and Passion Pit, from SoundCloud, after the companies reportedly failed to broker a payment plan. A source recently told Billboard that a “lack of monetization opportunities” was the reason for the removals. Other artists… Source: RollingStone Link: Sony […]

Four months after Eddie Murphy revealed he was plunging into reggae music with a new song called “Oh Jah Jah,” the positive reaction to the song – “Oh Jah Jah” topped iTunes’ reggae charts – has propelled the legendary comedian to share a music video for his roots track. In the simple Richard Gumbs III-directed music… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Eddie […]

Sam Hunt has an inner softie that comes out when asked about his brand-new single, “House Party.” “The reason I wanted to put it out is, my friends who have little brothers or sisters, or kids of their own — that’s the one song that ages four to 12 like the… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in Manhattan rejected appeals by a music licensing group and music publishers that could have forced Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc to pay higher royalties and have access to fewer songs. In a case closely watched in the music industry, the 2nd U.S. […]

The bizarre, gory history of outlandish metal band Gwar will be told in an authorized new book titled Let There Be Gwar. The 350-page hardcover book will be stuffed with firsthand accounts of the group’s members plus never-before-seen photographs dating back to the mid-Eighties. The tome will also provide readers with an in-depth journey… Source: RollingStone Link: Gwar to […]

We’re into the second round of the NBA Playoffs, and since we’ve already rated each team in terms of overall likeability, it now seems we should assess the survivors in the most careful, analytical way possible: by comparing them to classic rock bands. You say hip-hop is the music of today’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Steph […]

Singer Errol Brown, who fronted the pop and disco group Hot Chocolate from the late Sixties through the early Eighties, has died. He co-wrote and sang the 1975 hit “You Sexy Thing,” which got a second life from placement in The Full Monty, and 1973 single “Brother Louie,” which serves… Source: RollingStone Link: Hot Chocolate […]

Two years ago, Snoop Dogg was reincarnated, changing his name to Snoop Lion and traveling to Jamaica to record a reggae-heavy LP. The 43-year-old has since returned to both his home country and standard pseudonym, but his pursuit of low-end bliss continues: After collaborating with appropriately-named producer Dâm-Funk on appropriately-titled EP… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Snoop […]

Look at what the Nashville cat dragged in.  Nearly 30 years after writing “Every Rose Has its Thorn” in a Dallas laundromat, Poison frontman Bret Michaels has released True Grit, a full-fledged country album featuring new songs, stripped-down Poison hits and rootsy recordings from his previous solo records. Included in the… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]