The most famous football anthems revealed

The singing of football anthems while watching your favorite team play is an age-old British tradition. Many songs are sung because the original singers had links to the clubs, or for some, the lyrics to the song stand out for…

Thomas Rhett announces full band livestream

Tickets & VIP packages available On the heels of earning his 17th career No. 1 hit while simultaneously topping Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart, ACM “Entertainer of the Year” Thomas Rhett continues to ramp up the momentum for his upcoming…

Julia Michaels releases ‘All Your Exes’

Highly-anticipated full length album arrives April 30th GRAMMY Award-nominated multi-platinum singer and songwriter Julia Michaels unleashes a new song, “All Your Exes,” via Republic Records. She also surprised fans with the announcement that her long-awaited full-length album debut will arrive…

Peter Frampton releases David Bowie tribute

“Loving The Alien” appears on Frampton Forgets The Words The Peter Frampton Band’s tribute to David Bowie’s “Loving The Alien” is the latest track to be revealed off their forthcoming album Frampton Forgets the Words. The performance video features personal photos…

Rita Wilson releases first of three new EPs

Rita Wilson releases first of three new EPs

The entire trilogy will be released by end of summer Rita Wilson has shared her new EP Trilogy 1, available now. Trilogy 1 is the first in a three-EP series slated for release over the next several months, continuing Wilson’s…

Eric Church releases ‘Break It Kind Of Guy’

Eric Church releases ‘Break It Kind Of Guy’

Final instant grat track from upcoming three-part project Since first revealing that he was working on new music in early 2020, reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Eric Church has slowly peeled back the curtain to reveal his forthcoming Heart…

Moby announces ‘Reprise’

Moby announces ‘Reprise’

Re-imagined songs from catalog due May 28th Moby has announced that his new album Reprise will be available on CD and 2 LP on May 28th on Deutsche Grammophon. Reprise sees Moby revisiting and reimagining musical highlights from his 30-year…

Maddie & Tae release ‘Woman You Got’

Single impacts country radio April 19th Maddie & Tae have released “Woman You Got.” The new track, written by Maddie & Tae’s Maddie Font and Taylor Kerr along with Laura Veltz and Mark Holman, is light-hearted fun as the singers…

Sounders FC honor Jimi Hendrix with new jersey

Sounders FC honor Jimi Hendrix with new jersey

Part of Major League Soccer and adidas’ “Community Kit” launches, the Rave Green’s design celebrates the life and career of Seattle-born legend Jimi Hendrix Seattle Sounders FC has unveiled its new secondary kit for the 2021-2022 Major League Soccer seasons,…

Queen ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ certified diamond

RIAA certifies it for more than 10 million sales/streams equivalent More than four decades after its release, Queen’s iconic “Bohemian Rhapsody” continues to reach new milestones. The iconic song has been officially certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of…

SiriusXM launches Disney Hits

SiriusXM launches Disney Hits

Singer and actress Sofia Carson to be first celebrity guest host of Be Our Guest 4 The Day SiriusXM launches Disney Hits, a new, first-of-its-kind music channel available on SiriusXM as of today (Thurs, March 25th). SiriusXM’s Disney Hits channel…

SXSW announces 2022 dates

SXSW announces 2022 dates

Festival returns to Austin for 10 days South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals has announced that the dates for next year will be March 11-20, 2022 in Austin, TX. The news comes the week the event wrapped its first-ever…

Taylor Swift preps Maren Morris collaboration

Taylor Swift preps Maren Morris collaboration

Swift enlists Morris to sing backup on unreleased song Taylor Swift is set to release the first of six vault tracks from her forthcoming Fearless (Taylor’s Version), a re-recorded version of her 2008 sophomore album due April 9th via Republic Records.…

ECHO releasing second David Bowie series poster

Bowie 1980 available March 26th ECHO has announced the second print in the David Bowie Poster Series by artist Ken Taylor, entitled Bowie 1980. Taylor’s striking piece is based on the “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” era of Bowie’s career.…

BMG partners with KKR to acquire music rights

BMG partners with KKR to acquire music rights

Compelling solution for artists and songwriters seeking to realize and grow the value of their music assets Global music company BMG and global investment firm KKR have announced they will join forces to pursue recorded music, music publishing and other…

Nile Rodgers becomes first voice-interactive digital portrait

UK media start-up Forever launches world’s first voice-interactive digital portrait, featuring music legend Nile Rodgers. Forever has unveiled In the Room with Nile Rodgers, making history as the world’s first voice-interactive portrait. Developed in association with Universal Music UK and…

BJ Thomas diagnosed with stage four lung cancer

Thomas is hopeful for a full recovery GRAMMY, CMA, and Dove award-winning pop, country, and gospel singer B.J. Thomas has revealed that his doctors have diagnosed him as having Stage 4 lung cancer. Thomas is receiving treatment in a local…

CRS Finale: Get to know these 12 artists

CRS Finale: Get to know these 12 artists

Last month during Country Radio Seminar (CRS), Matt Bailey and I conducted more than a dozen interviews as social media extras for The Music Universe Podcast. We thought our interview coverage was done at that point. Well, a month later,…

Lionel Richie & Snoop Dogg among exclusive NFT content

Crypto.com launching new platform Crypto.com has announced Crypto.com/NFT, a platform launching this Friday, March 26th dedicated to delivering unique content from popular artists, musicians, athletes, and sports. Poised to be the world’s largest and most user-friendly NFT platform, the site…

mySongbird partners with UMG

mySongbird partners with UMG

mySongbird acquires rights for hundreds of concerts and music documentaries mySongbird, a unique streaming platform for live and classic concert performances and music documentaries, has announced its contract with multi-faceted content studio, Mercury Studios — established in 2020 by Universal…

Royal Blood headlining Roblox’s 2021 Bloxy Awards

Royal Blood headlining Roblox’s 2021 Bloxy Awards

The UK rock band will appear as avatars for a premiere performance Roblox has announced that the British rock duo, Royal Blood, will perform a three-song virtual concert during the 2021 Bloxy Awards. The Bloxy Awards, Roblox’s celebration of the…

Thomas Rhett scores 17th No 1

Single continues Rhett’s record with 11 consecutive chart toppers Reigning ACM “Entertainer of the Year” and 4x current nominee Thomas Rhett has earned his 17th No. 1 single with “What’s Your Country Song” as the song summits Billboard’s Hot Country…

LiveXLive expands Music Lives 2021

LiveXLive expands Music Lives 2021

More than 20 new artists added for 72 hour non-stop event LiveXLive Media has announced that the fan favorite global streaming music festival Music Lives will expand to over 72 hours of non-stop music featuring more than 120 artists. Music…

Linda Ronstadt sells catalog to Irving Azoff

Ronstadt is latest artist to sell catalog Linda Ronstadt has sold her recorded music assets to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group. Iconic will team with Ronstadt, her longtime manager John Boyland and personal assistant Janet Stark to preserve her legacy…