Richard Grenell is now a member of Live Nation Entertainment’s Board of Directors. On Tuesday, the organization, currently under investigation by the Department of Justice, announced the addition of the Trump-appointed Kennedy Center President to its Board. “The power of live performances to bring people together while boosting local economies …
Read More »Welcome to Rusowsky's Playground of Sound
For a few years now, the artist and producer Rusowsky has found himself at the center of Madrid’s music scene, coming up with several other underground acts in the mischievous avant-garde collective Rusia IDK. Rusowsky and his peers, including Ralphie Choo and TRISTÁN!, have drawn the attention of established Spanish …
Read More »Lady Gaga Nears EGOT Status After Sports Emmy Win
Lady Gaga is now only one Tony Award away from an EGOT. Last night, the singer was awarded a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction for singing “Hold My Hand” ahead of the Super Bowl in New Orleans earlier this year. The performance was notable as Lady Gaga used the …
Read More »Harrison Ford Talked Miley Cyrus Out of Filming 'Something Beautiful' in a Forest
Harrison Ford may have played a role in the creative direction of Something Beautiful. In a new interview for The Zane Lowe Showon Apple Music 1, Miley Cyrus shared that the iconic actor made a suggestion about her film, which she ended up following. Cyrus explained that the pair of …
Read More »Salt-N-Pepa Accuse UMG of Holding Music 'Hostage' as Duo Fights for Master Rights
Salt-N-Pepa wants the rights to their music’s masters. On Monday, the rap duo — Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton — sued Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the label of violating the Copyright Act by not allowing the musicians to reclaim control of their music’s intellectual property 35 years …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor's Version)' Featured on 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Taylor Swift‘s “Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor’s Version)” was unexpectedly featured in the most recent episode of the Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale. The 2017 single, off Swift’s LP Reputation, has been rerecorded and revamped, showcasing a new vocal take from the pop singer. Swift’s song appears in …
Read More »Watch Shakira's Intimate Performance of 'Antología' on 'Fallon'
Shakira appeared on The Tonight Show to showcase her song “Antología,” offering an emotive performance in the midst of the late-night show audience. The Colombian musician revisited the 1996 song in an intimate, sing-along style, accompanied by her live band. “Antología” appeared on Shakira’s breakthrough album Pies Descalzos. The stripped …
Read More »Lotti Golden's 'Motor-Cycle' Was a Counterculture Oddity. It's Finally Getting Its Due
Lotti Golden wasn’t about to miss her big chance. At the age of 17, while still a senior at Canarsie High School in Brooklyn, she’d landed a staff songwriting job with Saturday Music, a song publisher in midtown Manhattan. But Golden had bigger ambitions. So, when her boss, Bob Crewe, …
Read More »Sean Combs Hired Former FBI Agent to Polygraph Staff, Ex-Assistant Testifies
Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs hired a former FBI agent to give lie-detector tests to his staff after some of his money and possessions went missing, his former assistant testified Tuesday in the mogul’s sex-trafficking trial. In his second day of testimony, David James alleged that …
Read More »Yusuf/Cat Stevens Schedules Book Tour for Upcoming Memoir 'Cat on the Road to Findout'
Yusuf/Cat Stevensis bringing his long-awaited memoir, Cat on the Road to Findout, on tour. The musician will discuss the project and perform stripped-down songs at intimate live events on the Cat On The Road To Findout—An Evening Of Tales, Tunes, And Other Mysteries book tour. “Having passed through the exhaustingly …
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