Partnership celebrates Lennon’s 80th birthday with live virtual events and giveaways In honor of John Lennon’s 80th birthday, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus and the John Lennon Songwriting Contest (JLSC) have announced a partnership with Gibson Gives — the…
Matthew Morrison named official spokesperson Keep Music Alive, the music education non-profit organization, has announced that Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe nominated star Matthew Morrison will serve as the official spokesperson for the Fifth Annual Kids Music Day. Morrison is…
Statement by the Artist Rights Alliance on resuming live performance The Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), the artist-run, nonprofit fighting for songwriters and musicians in the modern music economy, has released an open letter regarding the reopening of concert venues in…
Company also promotes voting engagement among fans and employees Live Nation has announced several initiatives to encourage civic engagement and support access to voting in the 2020 elections. These initiatives include using Live Nation-owned concert venues as polling places, providing…
BTS has made Billboard history Members of the K-pop band BTS are expected to become multimillionaire shareholders of their label, Big Hit Entertainment, as it prepares an initial public offering (IPO) which could top out at $811 million or 962.6…
Thirty concerts featuring 120 musicians will be performed in 15 venues in one city The Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp, in partnership with Nashville’s Music Venue Alliance, has launched Music City Bandwidth presented by Jack Daniel’s to help independent music…
Goal is to preserve independent music venues across the US YouTube Music and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) have announced a partnership with the goal of helping to preserve independent live music venues across the United States through the…
AB2257 passed by Govern Gavin Newsom California’s music community is celebrating as Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2257 (AB2257) into law. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) and Majority Leader Ian C. Calderon (D-Whittier), along with leading artists rights organizations,…
Shops were allowed to list RSD inventory directly online Last week we reported that the vinyl record market is expected to grow over the next five years. Those findings couldn’t be more true as Discogs releases sales data from the…
Collective dedicated to empowering black music creators and professionals The world’s leading society of music creators, the Recording Academy, is proud to announce the creation of its Black Music Collective (BMC), a group of prominent black music creators and professionals…
Announcement made on Big Machine Label Group’s 15 year anniversary On September 1st, 15 years ago, Scott Borchetta opened the doors of a small office on Music Row for a start-up label he named Big Machine Records. With just a…
Twitch currently doesn’t have a license for allow music On Tuesday (Sept 1st), Amazon Music announced that artists can now deliver live concerts, live streaming sessions, and other live content from Twitch directly to the Amazon Music mobile application. Earlier…