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Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, The Who, Neil Young & Roger Waters playing mega show at Coachella grounds
UPDATE: The fest is announced and called Desert Trip! Here’s the flyer: Gird your loins, ladies and gentlemen; the mother of all cash grabs is going to descend upon the hallowed grounds of Indio, California this October in all its geriatric glory. Rumors of a 3-day mega-festival of classic rock titans has been circulating all over the […]
Bowery Ballroom & Mercury Lounge now use Ticketfly (and still will when AEG buys Bowery Presents)
Bowery Presents’ venues switched from Ticketweb to its owner Ticketmaster a long time ago, but two of their venues, Bowery Ballroom and Mercury Lounge, will soon switch to Ticketfly, reports Billboard. Ticketfly, which was bought by Pandora last year, is also the ticket seller for SummerStage, Baby’s All Right, The Bell House, Port Chester’s Capitol […]
Live Nation acquires Governors Ball
Live Nation is in the final stages of buying a controlling stake in Founders Entertainment, producers of Governors Ball, Billboard reports. That would mean both Live Nation and rivals AEG/Goldenvoice (who are producing Panorama) would both have festivals at NYC’s Randall’s Island this summer: A festival arms race of sorts has been playing out out […]
celeb chef and 'Chopped' judge Chris Santos partnering with Metal Blade for new label 'Blacklight Media'
Celebrity chef Chris Santos, who most of America knows as a judge on Food Network show Chopped and is also proprietor of NYC restaurants Vandal, The Staton Social and Beauty & Essex is moving into a new business endeavor. Pa…
Kanye West's "never for sale" album 'The Life of Pablo' has been illegally downloaded over half a million times (duh)
What is the price of taking your album off sale, only having it available on one of the pricier streaming sites? Unsurprisingly, rampant illegal downloading…
Ghost won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance
Swedish occult rockers Ghost won the Grammy for Best Metal Performance, beating famous (and longer-running) metal bands Slipknot, Lamb of God, August Burns Red and …
Beck & surviving Nirvana members covered Bowie's "The Man Who Sold the World" at Grammys pre-party (video)
Last night Clive Davis threw his annual Grammys pre-party, and as part of the festivities, Beck joined the surviving members of Nirvana (Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear), to cover David Bowie song “The Man Who Sold the World,” which was also covered by Nirvana famously on MTV Unplugged…
The Grammys honoring David Bowie w/ "experiential tribute" performed by Lady Gaga
(photo via Lady Gaga’s Facebook)
The 2016 Grammy Awards are almost upon us and if you were wondering whether there would be a tribute to the late David Bowie, there will, and it’s being performed by…
streaming now counts toward gold & platinum LP certification
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced that they would now include streaming sales in the calculation of Gold and Platinum albums…
streaming service Rdio shutting down on December 22
Rdio, the streaming service that was recently acquired by Pandora, will be switching off December 22 at approximately 5 PM. They sent this email to subscribers:
Over the course of five years, Rdio has grown to become a global community of music lovers — a place to discover, listen, and collect…
