Ticket resellers often charge well above face value, and Mumford & Sons and Elton John are speaking out against the practice. As Billboard reports, Mumford & Sons shared a post entitled “To all our Fans Around the World: Help Us to Stop the Ticket Touts,” which urges fans to join them in the fight. “Many tickets… Source: RollingStone Link: Mumford […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A panel of copyright judges on Wednesday raised the amount Internet music streaming services like Pandora must pay to record labels next year and beyond. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Judges hike rates for music streamers; Pandora shares jump
(Reuters) – Internet radio companies such as Pandora Media Inc will have to pay more in royalties next year to musicians after the three-judge U.S. Copyright Royalty Board increased the rates for ad-supported streaming by 21.4 percent. The Copyright Royalty Board said on Wednesday that Internet radio operators will now have to pay 17 cents […]
A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$ and more will join forces to honor the late Steven “A$AP Yams” Rodriguez on January 18th at New York’s Terminal 5. The tribute concert — titled Yams Day — takes place on the anniversary of Yams’ death. Yams had been the founder of Harlem hip-hop collective A$AP Mob…. Source: RollingStone Link: A$AP […]
Coheed and Cambria’s singer Claudio Sanchez kept it simple and a little eerie in his take on Adele’s “Hello.” With just a guitar and a microphone, Sanchez performed a sparse, intimate version of the booming ballad. The “Hello” cover was premiered on Conan O’Brien’s Team CoCo site. While singing the song,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
A previously unreleased Aaliyah song will feature on Timbaland’s King Stays King, a 16-track mixtape that the producer is releasing online for free on Christmas Day. It will also contain songs featuring Young Thug, Rich Homie Quan, Mila J and Blaze, according to OnSmash. It will be available via My Mixtapez. “It’s been… Source: RollingStone Link: Rare […]
The music industry has had a historic 12 months as the streaming wars heated up and album sales reached record-breaking highs thanks to Adele after years of diminishing returns. As the business itself faced incredible changes, breaking artists and veteran musicians alike experimented with their sounds, doing everything from throwing back to the Seventies… Source: RollingStone Link: Readers' Poll: […]
Coming to the end of a banner year that included two record releases, a Grammy nod and a fall tour with Darius Rucker, Cam visited The Today Show yesterday morning, performing “Burning House” with help from a four-piece backup band and some simulated flames. Although not her debut single, “Burning House”… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Motörhead released their 22nd studio LP Bad Magic in August, and on Wednesday, Lemmy Kilmister and crew unleashed their video for “When the Sky Comes Looking for You” featuring a cold-blooded biker who calmly kills with a sneer and a snap. The video opens with a hitchhiking teenager felled for the crime… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Motorhead's […]
Just one day after revealing that Dierks Bentley will be replacing Blake Shelton as reigning Entertainer of the Year Luke Bryan’s co-host of the 51st annual ACM Awards, the Academy of Country Music has revealed the all-star lineup for the three-day Party for a Cause Festival in 2016. As ACM Awards week… Source: RollingStone Link: Carrie […]