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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…
The song won’t be heard for another century #IfWeCare On November 13th, Louis XIII Cognac premiered “100 Years”- The Song We’ll Only Hear If We Care – a unique musical composition created by Pharrell Williams that will not be released…
Toto has announced a release date for its new greatest hits package 40 Trips Around The Sun and accompanying tour, in celebration of its 40th anniversary. The 17 track album will be released on CD and 2 LP February 9th via…
England Is Mine is a new drama about the early days of Morrissey, the iconic pop star and original front man for the seminal band, The Smiths. Directed by Academy Award and BAFTA-nominee Mark Gill, the film stars Jack Lowden as…
WORLD’S LARGEST FAN-VOTED AWARDS SHOW TO CELEBRATE 45 YEARS OF GIVING FANS THE VERY BEST IN MUSIC Lady Gaga, Nick Jonas and Shawn Mendes have joined the roster of superstar performers for the 2017 American Music Awards. Live from her Joanne…
EYELLUSION ANNOUNCES NEW DIO RETURNS EUROPEAN HOLOGRAM TOUR DATES Live music’s premier hologram production company Eyellusion, has announced new and updated dates for DIO Returns: The World Tour. Originally scheduled to kick off in Helsinki, Finland, the tour featuring Ronnie…
As its 2017 U.S. leg resumes to packed houses and rave reviews, Foo Fighters’ Concrete and Gold Tour has added seven new headline dates to its North American itinerary. Due to popular demand, a second show has been added July…
SUPERSTARS ALICIA KEYS, RICKY MARTIN, P!NK, BLAKE SHELTON, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, AND UNDERWOOD ADDED TO STELLAR LINE-UP GRAMMY Award winners John Legend and Carrie Underwood will co-host GRAMMYs Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special, an all-encompassing retrospective packed with epic moments…
The AMAs are November 19th on ABC Golden Globe Award winning actress Tracee Ellis Ross will host the 2017 American Music Awards. The star of hit ABC comedy series black-ish will take the stage to preside over an evening of…
Seattle’s Walking Papers, featuring Jefferson Angell (The Missionary Position), Benjamin Anderson (both of The Missionary Position) Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season) and will release the moody and carnal WP2, their second…
Stacked Main Stage Lineup Will Also Feature Brothers Osborne, Lee Brice, Dan + Shay, Russell Dickerson, Kip Moore, Chase Rice, Lucie Silvas, Sister Hazel, The Cadillac Three and Tyminski Rock The Ocean, in partnership with Live Nation, has announced the…
Glen Helen Regional Park & Festival Grounds, San Bernadino CA Foo Fighters are returning with their rock and roll marathon CalJam18 on October 5-6, 2018. The 24 hour rock camping party returns to Glen Helen Regional Park and Amphitheater in…
Public Can Continue to Donate by Texting ‘NASHVILLE’ to 41010 or by Purchasing Limited-Edition Merchandise Nashville’s biggest stars united last night for Country Rising, presented by Hilton and Dollar General, raising more than four million dollars to support charitable initiatives for those…
AXS TAKES YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSIC FESTIVALS IN HISTORY AXS TV, the premier destination for classic rock programming, gives viewers an in-depth look at one of the most influential music festivals…
Texoma Shore Earns Shelton 11th Top 10 on Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart Only a year and a half after the release of his last No. 1 album If I’m Honest, Blake Shelton once again visits the peak of Billboard’s Top Country…
To celebrate the holiday season, exclusive music videos feature new hits and traditional holiday classics Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has kicked off the holiday season with the release of its “Rocking and Stockings” content series with multiple Grammy Award-winning…
FRIDAY, MARCH 16 & SATURDAY, MARCH 17 AT 9 PM Country superstar Kenny Chesney has announced that he is adding two Las Vegas shows to the Trip Around The Sun Tour in conjunction with his critically acclaimed new album, Live…
Cole Swindell will hit the road again in January 2018, in support of Down Home Sessions IV EP which releases November 24th. The Warner Bros./Warner Music Nashville recording artist will be returning to some of the cities, towns and venues where he made…
The 2017 American Music Awards are November 19th on ABC Imagine Dragons and Khalid will collaborate for the first time ever on stage at the 2017 American Music Awards. Additionally, platinum-selling solo artist, Niall Horan is set to perform. Also,…
The first round of dates for Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour were announced this morning (Mon, Nov 13th) just days after the ten-time GRAMMY winner performed “…Ready For It?” and “Call It What You Want” from the unanimously critically-acclaimed album,…
Only Solo Female with a Charting Country Debut Single Certified Gold This Year Defying the odds, Carly Pearce earns the No. 1 spot this week on both the Mediabase/Country Aircheck and Billboard Country airplay charts with her blockbuster ballad “Every…
On the heels of a once-in-a-lifetime Wembley Stadium show and a European tour in 2017, Jeff Lynne’s ELO announces its first North American tour in 30 plus years produced by Live Nation. Jeff Lynne’s last extensive U.S. tour with ELO…
Country Rising benefits the hurricane and Las Vegas shooting victims Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Jon Pardi, Chris Stapleton, George Strait and Keith Urban played a star-studded, sold-out fundrasing show…
Album Tops Charts In Eight Countries, Including The U.K. Sam Smith’s sophomore record from Capitol Records, The Thrill Of It All debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 237,000 equivalent album units earned during the week ending November 9th.…
Due to popular demand, Garth Brooks has added additional Nashville dates to The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood. It’s the final North American city on the tour and Brooks will now perform six shows over three weekends at…
The album was finished before Gentry’s death in September Here’s To You, Montgomery Gentry’s long-awaited eighth studio album, will be released February 2, 2018 via Average Joe’s Entertainment. Here’s To You, is a stellar collection of new standout songs from…
D.O.A.: A Right Of Passage, the ground-breaking classic rockumentary about the origin of punk rock, is getting its first-ever HD transfer. The film will be coming to select theaters in mid-November and released as a collector’s edition Blu-ray/DVD package on December…
U2 has explained how the Verified Fan ticketing will work on the group’s upcoming eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour 2018. Questions have been looming how the process works since the tour was announced on November 1st. The system helps combat bots…
Superstar entertainers Reba McEntire, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn have announced they will return to Las Vegas in 2018 for additional shows of their hit country music residency, Together in Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Tickets for twelve…
With a year of sold-out shows and packed houses in the rearview mirror, newly-minted Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson’s Honky Tonk Highway Tour adds more miles and rolls into 2018, leading to more great cities with a year-long…
FLEETWOOD MAC WILL BE HONORED DURING THE ANNUAL MUSICARES TRIBUTE Grammy winners John Legend, Lorde, and Keith Urban will perform at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute concert honoring Fleetwood Mac on Friday, January 26th at Radio City…