Reveals New Teaser and First Episode Description for Final Season of Nashville On the heels of record ratings growth, CMT has announced a multi-platform winter slate of original programming including the premiere dates for new docu-series Music City, from the…
Lee Brice, Billy Currington And Cole Swindell Will Also Descend On Northerly Island June 22-24 Declared “Chicago’s biggest weekend for country music” by Chicago Tribune, Country LakeShake is returning for a fourth year with its biggest lineup yet on June…
Enjoy popular tracks for your Christmas festivities Now that Thanksgiving is over, Christmas is in full swing! Many begin celebrating on or before Thanksgiving, but we at The Music Universe, like to start after Turkey Day. We may report Christmas…
SHOW HOST RYAN SEACREST AND JENNY MCCARTHY RETURN TO LIVE BROADCAST FROM TIMES SQUARE Ryan Seacrest will return to host television’s largest live broadcast New Year’s celebration, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018, again joined by…
Ciara to Host and Solange to Receive American Express Impact Award at Billboard Women in Music Awards Taking Place November 30th in Los Angeles Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, Ciara, will host Billboard’s annual Women in Music dinner and…
The tour adds 12 new dates with new special guests Following his induction into the Grand Ole Opry and the release of his acclaimed seventh album, Losing Sleep, 2017 has undoubtedly been a career-defining year for Chris Young. 2018 is…
Ticketmaster, the global ticket marketplace leader that provides 480 million tickets to fans across 29 countries, has polled British fans from its database of 85 million live entertainment fans around the world to discover the most popular live events in…
This is the longest streak for a country artists atop of the Billboard Comedy Albums Chart Toby Keith has a lot to celebrate as this holiday season starts with his latest album, The Bus Songs, holding at No. 1 on…
Old School Favorites Still Dominate the Rest of the Holiday Charts The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has announced its Top Holiday Songs for 2017. According to the performing rights organization’s analysis of streaming and terrestrial radio…
American Express Card Members Exclusive Pre-sale November 30th at 10 am through December 3rd at 10 am Live Nation is thrilled to announce Imagine Dragons Live in Shanghai at the Mercedes-Benz Arena. The Grammy Award-winning band is set to perform…
The Home Run Hitting Contest is available online Following the release of the long-awaited documentary Let’s Play Two that immortalized Pearl Jam’s sold-out August 2016 shows from Wrigley Field comes the Let’s Play Two Baseball Game named “Home Run Hitting Contest.” Designed…
CMA Country Christmas Re-Airs Saturday, December 23rd at 8/7c on the ABC Television Network ABC’s annual telecast of CMA Country Christmas surged over its year-ago telecast by 19% in Total Viewers (8.2 million vs. 6.9 million) and by 20% in Adults…
THE GROUP PARTNERS WITH STARBUCKS AND SPOTIFY FOR ‘GIVE GOOD’ CAMPAIGN In February of this year, Metallica announced the formation of their All Within My Hands Foundation, which is dedicated to assisting and enriching the lives of the members of…
One of the Music Industry’s Biggest and Most Buzzed About Annual Events Moves to NBC with New Multi-Year Deal NBC and Dick Clark Productions (DCP) have announced that the network has acquired the rights to broadcast the immensely popular Billboard…
Adkins has served 12 USO tours to date Trace Adkins and SiriusXM host Eddie Trunk have been tapped to co-host “America Saltues You And Wall Street Rocks Presents: Guitar Legends for Heroes” on Wednesday, November 29th at Terminal 5 in…
The Recording Academy welcomes this year’s class of GRAMMY nominees. Already a 21-time GRAMMY winner, JAY-Z leads with eight nominations, followed by Kendrick Lamar (7), Bruno Mars (6), Childish Gambino (5), Khalid (5), No I.D. (5), and SZA (5). Selected…
With 104,000 Total Consumption, Album’s Entry Marks McGraw’s 16th and Hill’s 4th #1 on Top Country Albums Chart Tim McGraw and Faith Hill celebrate the No. 1 debut of their first album together The Rest of Our Life. Amassing 104,000…
Cole Swindell, the platinum-selling ten-time No. 1 hit singer/songwriter, will wrap up his sold out fourth annual Down Home Tour at the end of January and will launch right in to his first career headlining tour, the Reason To Drink…
Performance to Air Live on AT&T AUDIENCE Network and Livestream on DIRECTV NOW AT&T is bringing in global music superstar Jennifer Lopez to headline the DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night concert on February 3rd, the night before the Big Game.…
LINEUP INCLUDES HEADLINING ACT AND HOST KIRK FRANKLIN, MARVIN SAPP, TAMELA MANN, TYE TRIBETT AND MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED Iconic gospel artist Kirk Franklin, in a unique partnership with Live Nation Urban, is set to host and headline the inaugural…
Rooted in the southern storytelling of country music with the modern punch of rock and roll, Hallelujah Nights (Arista Nashville) serves as LANCO’s coming-of-age debut album, out January 19th. Equal parts nostalgic and forward-thinking, lead singer Brandon Lancaster wrote all eleven songs…
The episode takes in Nashville and airs Dec 6th CMT has announced critically-acclaimed pop singer/songwriter Kesha will join Grammy Award-winning Americana band Old Crow Medicine Show for an all-new CMT Crossroads collaboration premiering Wednesday, December 6th at 10 pm ET The…
Nineties country singer Neal McCoy has released a new controversial single, “Take A Knee… My Ass,” that is garnering a lot of national and international attention. The song is a response to the National Anthem protests that started last year…
RIMES TO GIVE CHRISTMAS TREES TO ONE FAMILY AND TWELVE FIRST RESPONDERS OR VOLUNTEERS Two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist LeAnn Rimes brings together American Red Cross and The Salvation Army to help two communities in need: Lake Jackson, TX and Naples,…
The country singer shows his patriotism with “Take A Knee…My Ass” Country singer Neal McCoy has a message to all of the National Anthem protestors… “Take A Knee, My Ass.” The singer recorded the song, written by his friend Dan…
ADDITIONALLY #1 ON SOUNDSCAN TOP CURRENT JAZZ ALBUMS & TOP TRADITIONAL JAZZ ALBUMS CHARTS This week, the new record from British soul legend Seal, Standards [Republic Records], is the No. 1 jazz album in the country! Today (Nov 21st), Standards…
The Eagles – Don Henley, Joe Walsh & Timothy B. Schmit, with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey – have set initial tour dates for 2018, beginning March 14th in Chicago, Illinois through July 28th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with additional concerts…
Lead Singer Brandon Lancaster Becomes Only Country Artist In Over a Decade to Perform and Pen First Chart-Topping Hit Alone Sony Music Nashville’s breakthrough band LANCO earns their first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart this week with the…
Grab the closest cup of Mountain Dew — Chris Janson’s beverage of choice — for a toast to the Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville recording artist on his second career No. 1 single “Fix A Drink.” Janson takes the “clever kiss-off…
Pandora Artist to Watch 2018 Reigns Atop Canadian Mediabase & Billboard Country Airplay Charts Leading into the holiday season, Carly Pearce has a lot to be thankful for surrounding her momentous breakthrough year. On Friday night (Nov 17th), her Big…
The following is provided by Alex Heiche, CEO and founder of Sound Royalties, a company working to transform the way that music professionals fund their creativity. A lifetime member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Association International…
ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE FIRST TICKETS NOW UNTIL TOMORROW The season’s about to get merrier for Bonnaroo fans. A pre-sale for the 2018 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival kicks off Friday, November 24th at 10 am ET. First-time attendees…
Don McLean, one of America’s greatest singer-songwriters, will continue to bring his music to stages across the world stage in 2018 with the announcement of concerts in Ireland, United Kingdom, and, of course, the United States. In addition, McLean will…
ALBUM PRE-ORDER WILL LAUNCH NOVEMBER 24TH, OFFERING FANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE 60TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS The Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Recordings and RCA Records will release the 2018 GRAMMY Nominees album on January 12th in stores and via digital…
There is no doubt that digital music downloads are still on the way down. As of last summer, music downloads had fallen by almost a quarter (23.9%), totaling 404.9 million, according to Nielsen Soundscan’s H1 2016 data. That’s due in…
The 2017 American Music Awards, the world’s largest fan-voted awards show where music enthusiasts watch their favorite artists and pop culture icons come together to honor idols, newcomers and record-breakers in the contemporary music scene, celebrated 45 years of music…
The country star suffered from intestinal issues since 2016 Following a lengthy struggle to regain his health, country music legend Mel Tillis passed away early Sunday morning (Nov 19th) at the Munroe Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. Tillis battled…
The guitarist stepped down from the band in 2014 AC/DC founding member Malcom Young has died after suffering from dementia. The 64 year old rhythm guitarist, who founded the legendary rock band with his brother Angus, passed away earlier today…
Columbia Records has announced the upcoming release of Barbra Streisand’s The Music…The Mem’ries…the Magic! album to debut on December 8th. On November 22nd, Netflix will premiere a concert special that was filmed on the last stop of the iconic superstar’s…
UPCOMING CONCERTS MARK THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE ACCLAIMED SYMPHONIC SERIES Live Nation Urban and TCG Entertainment have announced a series of A Night of Symphonic Hip Hop, featuring Wyclef Jean. The series kicks off in Omaha, NE on January 19th…
Merry holiday moments from Disney theme parks around the world and a star-studded cast of entertainers will launch a “25 Days of Christmas” countdown when The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration airs Thursday, November 30th from 9–11 pm EST…
The 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting takes place Nov 30th The Beach Boys, Wynonna, and three-time Emmy Award winners, The Texas Tenors will perform at the 2017 National Christmas Tree Lighting taking place November 30th on the Ellipse at President’s…
Rock the Bells Radio to launch in early 2018 SiriusXM has announced that entertainment icon and Grammy Award-winner LL Cool J will present his own classic hip-hop channel, Rock the Bells Radio exclusively on SiriusXM. The channel, expected to launch…
Brooks wraps the three year North American run in Music City Garth Brooks has sold over 100,000 tickets in Nashville and tickets are still selling. This is the 17th city on the three year North American leg of The Garth…
Pearce mixes country and pop for strong 13 track debut When I first heard Carly Pearce’s “Every Little Thing” on the radio, I heard an alluring voice that captured my attention. While I tend to shy away from most pop-sounding…
OVER FIVE MILLION FANS ATTENDED ACROSS 31 COUNTRIES Coldplay completed their massive sold out A Head Full Of Dreams Tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last night (Wed, Nov 15th), making it the most successful worldwide outing of their career. Produced…
COLLABORATION MARKS THE FIRST TIME THE TWO POWERHOUSE SINGERS WILL EVER PERFORM TOGETHER Kelly Clarkson and P!NK will perform together for the very first time to open the 2017 American Music Awards, Dick Clark Productions and ABC have unveiled. The show…
The album includes “Shitty Golfer” and “Wacky Tobaccy” Singer, songwriter, and entertainer Toby Keith’s latest album, The Bus Songs, holds No. 1 on Billboard’s Comedy Albums Chart for the ninth consecutive week. The streak continues a record-breaking run atop the…
Los Angeles hard rockers Heaven & Earth are keeping rock alive with their fourth studio album, Hard To Kill, which was released on October 6th via Quarto Valley Records. Hard To Kill features Joe Retta (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica), Stuart Smith…
ANN WILSON’S CHRISTMAS WITH A HEART Include Performances by Michael Bublé, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, Jennifer Nettles, Chris Isaak, & Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Among Others AXS TV will have viewers rockin’ around the Christmas tree this December, as the network presents Ann…