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Joey Ramone co-wrote some of Ramones' best-known songs including “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “Judy Is a Punk,” “Beat on the Brat,” “Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?“ and “Rock n’ Roll High School.”

Fans are up in arms over $5000 platinum tickets for Springsteen's upcoming tour, but manager Jon Landau says most seats are in the mid-$200 range: ”a fair price to see someone universally regarded as among the very greatest artists of his generation.”

“It feels good to have ownership of the label I was part of at the beginning of my career and as one of the founding members,“ Snoop said in a statement.

“Spotify is betting that what used to be known as the music industry is in fact dead but that maybe the company can make money in the ‘audio industry,‘“ Butler writes. “But that shift involves decisions that disappoint even people jaded by years of experience with the recording business.“

In an open letter on his website that seems to have been taken down, Neil wrote “They can have Rogan or Young. Not both.“

”I’m glad that all my recordings can stay where they belong,” says Bob.

Though its fate seemed up in the air earlier this week, Chicago indie label Bloodshot Records has been acquired by investment company Exceleration Music...

Back in June, Black Dice announced new album ’Mod Prog Sic,’ which would be the first release on FourFour Records, the new label started by DFA Records founding partner Jonathan Galkin. This week, Galkin talked about the new label and his exit from DFA...

The $297 million deal makes Square, the financial services company owned by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, TIDAL's controlling shareholder.

Streaming service Soundcloud has announced what they're calling “fan-powered royalties,“ where “independent artists can get paid more because of their dedicated fans“...