The five-minute clip is the first time the virtual reality technology has been used inside a Broadway theater (but not the first time for Broadway altogether, as Andrew Lloyd Webber is quick to point out). Source: Yahoo Music Link: Watch 'The Lion King's' 360-Degree Music Video for "Circle of Life"
“I don’t think anyone could have predicted that Uber would now be worth close to $100 billion,” Carter, who manages John Legend, tells THR about the company’s success, which was far from assured when it first launched in 2010. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Mogul Troy Carter: Why I Invested in Uber (Guest Column)
As part of the agreement, UMPG will administer and represent the studio’s future soundtracks, scores and catalog of related music publishing rights across all media. Source: Yahoo Music Link: STX Signs Exclusive, Worldwide Agreement With Universal Music Publishing Group
Missy Elliott said she was cleaning her house, days after performing with Katy Perry at the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show, when Pharrell called and urged her again to join him in the studio. “Who turns down Pharrell?” the rapper said in a new interview with i-D. “He flew me to L.A. and he put me… Source: RollingStone Link: Missy […]
The Hangout Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama fired the opening salvo of the 2016 festival season, announcing a stacked lineup featuring the Weeknd, Florence and the Machine and Calvin Harris as headliners. The eclectic array of artists set to take one of the festival’s beachside stages also includes Alabama Shakes, Ellie Goulding, Cage the Elephant, Haim, Lenny… Source: RollingStone Link: The […]
Former One Direction member Zayn Malik has given his first interview as a solo artist, discusses his new music and reasons for quitting One Direction at length. “A big part of why I left the band is I made the realization that it wasn’t actually about [being the biggest] anymore,” he told Fader about quitting… Source: RollingStone Link: Zayn […]
Concert calendars throughout Europe continue to shift this week, while musicians and booking agents struggle with major security concerns raised by the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. But for Rosanne Cash, who performed 25 years ago at the Bataclan, where nearly 100 music fans were killed during a massacre at last weekend’s Eagles of Death Metal… Source: RollingStone Link: Rosanne […]
Evanescence’s Amy Lee turns U2’s anthemic, arena rock ballad “With or Without You” into a haunting, minimalist rock tune in the latest installment of her covers series. Lee’s take on the U2 classic follows her inaugural cover of Portishead’s “It’s a Fire.” On her latest, Lee turns the massive rock song into… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Bebe Neuwirth is going back to school — the Emmy and Tony winner will be artistic adviser at the Manhattan School of Music's new bachelor's degree program in musical theater. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Bebe Neuwirth to join faculty of Manhattan School of Music
The summer of 2009 was supposed to be a glorious time for the Beastie Boys. Their new album Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 was in the can and scheduled for a September 15th release date, and they were booked at festivals all across America in the months leading up to… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Beastie […]