Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day has announced that they will perform at Chicago’s Wrigley Field for the first time in their career on August 24th as part of the Revolution Radio tour, with special…
Interscope Records’ La La Land: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — which features songs from the original musical film, La La Land, from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label and starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling — has leapt to #1 in pure…
Favored Nations Entertainment will release the all-female compilation, She Rocks, Vol. 1 digitally on January 20th with the physical CD available on February 4th. The compilation will be celebrated at the 2017 “She Rocks Awards,” taking place this Friday (Jan…
This is the band’s fourth performance at the awards ceremony Metallica has “something very unique and special planned” for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12th. The band has been invited to perform for the first time in three…
U2 has added four additional dates to the European leg of its The Joshua Tree 2017 Tour. The dates were added due to overwhelming demand after Monday’s (Jan 16th) public on sale. The four shoes are second shows added to Twickenham,…
NOW That’s What I Call Music!, the world’s best-selling multi-artist album series, is pleased to announce the simultaneous release of this year’s first two NOW collections — NOW That’s What I Call Music! 61 and NOW That’s What I Call 90s…
Joining the star-studded tribute to Randy Travis on February 8th will be Wynonna, Jeff Foxworthy, Alison Krauss, Ben Haggard, Neal McCoy and Phil Vassar. Tickets for the highly anticipated event are on sale now at all Ticketmaster locations and the…
Time Inc.’s Essence, the preeminent brand for African-American women, will host its highly anticipated eighth annual “Black Women in Music”—an official GRAMMY Week event—on Thursday, February 9th in Los Angeles. The invitation-only soiree will salute the year’s extraordinary GRAMMY nominees…
In June, French collecting agency ADAMI released a report on the global market for neighboring rights in collective management, a market the agency believes will grow quickly in the near future. While the market may be increasing, the rate of…
RIAA’s top digital country male artist of all time Jason Aldean makes plans to return to the road as he announces details for his Jason Aldean: They Don’t Know Tour, launching in Toledo, OH, on April 27th. Named after the…
Fresh off winning their fan voted Classic Rock Magazine Album of the Year award, Def Leppard announce they will return to the road this spring for a three month run across North America. The Live Nation promoted outing will storm…
“Weird Al” Yankovic, rock music’s legendary satirist, is partnering with Legacy Recordings and PledgeMusic for the release of Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic, a career-spanning box set. The ultimate tribute to one of the most prolific…
The website is the world’s largest physical media collection Discogs celebrates an important milestone in reaching eight million releases via the sites 326,000 contributors over the weekend. Born in 2000, it has taken the world’s largest database of physical music…
Bon Jovi is recruiting 31 local artists to open for them during their 2017 This House Is Not For Sale Tour. Jon Bon Jovi made the announcement during a Facebook Live Q&A event on Tuesday (Jan 10th). “It’s getting harder and…
2017 is already shaping up as a banner year in the life and career of American music icon Loretta Lynn, whose album, Full Circle, has received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Album. As part of its 50th anniversary commemoration,…
Due to a scheduling conflict, there has been a date change for two upcoming dates on Green Day’s 2017 Revolution Radio Tour. The revised dates are as follows: 9/8 Austin, TX -Austin360 Amphitheatre 9/9 San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center On Monday…
Three of today’s most innovative minds are lending their expertise to select the final three winning entries for “Elton John: The Cut supported by YouTube” – a global competition to create the official music videos for three of the singer’s…
Monday night (Jan 9th) saw Nashville’s mother church, The Ryman, welcome the second annual “The BIG 98 Presents: Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots’ Million Dollar Show For St. Jude.” The show, which sold-out almost immediately at on-sale, benefited St. Jude…
U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Chance The Rapper, Lorde, Cage The Elephant and more are set for the 2017 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival June 8th through 11th in Manchester, TN. U2 was the first band announced on…
Hank Williams Jr. wants all his rowdy friends to join him in 2017 as the country music icon reveals his first round of U.S. tour dates. Kickin’ the party off at Peppermill Concert Hall in Nevada on February 3rd, the…
The concert is a taste of his 2017 acoustic tour GRAMMY-winning guitarist Peter Frampton comes alive as you’ve never seen or heard him before, in the premiere of the concert film Peter Frampton Raw: An Acoustic Show, airing Sunday, January…
The 1975 has announced that that they will headline New York City’s fabled Madison Square Garden on June 1st. An artist ticket pre-sale for the show begins January 10th at 10 am ET. Tickets will be available to the general…
Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day has announced the Revolution Radio summer tour, kicking off on August 1st in Auburn, WA and hitting amphitheaters, stadiums, and arenas across the country. UK based band Catfish and…
The Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Recordings and Atlantic Records have revealed the track listing for the 2017 GRAMMY Nominees album. Set for release on January 20th in stores and via digital retailers, the latest installment of the best-selling series — now…
Foreigner and Cheap Trick are celebrating the 40th anniversary since the release of their debut albums this year with a joint tour. Set to launch in Syracuse, NY on July 11th, Live Nation will present the tour with special guest Jason…
Brad Paisley is quite the showman. In his first live concert DVD, Life Amplified World Tour: Live From WVU, Paisley pleases the West Virginia University crowd. Shot with 20 cameras in front of over 20,000 people on the WVU campus, the…
Live Nation has announced that U2 will return to select stadiums this year with U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the band’s classic album. Each show will include a performance of The Joshua…
With 16 career No. 1s to their name, superstar vocal group Rascal Flatts are continuing their reputation for infectious anthems, as USA TODAY offered the exclusive first listen of their new single, “Yours If You Want It,” highlighting the “sure-fire smash”…
In the midst of his record breaking Madison Square Garden residency, where he announced his 41st consecutive show this week, Billy Joel is taking his show on the road to stadiums this summer. For the first time ever, Joel will…
The Country Radio Broadcasters have announced Zac Brown as the recipient of the CRS 2017 Artist Humanitarian Award and former Chairman and CEO of Greater Media, Peter Smyth, as the recipient of the CRS 2017 Tom Rivers Humanitarian Award, to…
AXS TV presents Bruce Springsteen in the popular 2003 concert film Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band: Live in Barcelona, premiering on Sunday, January 15th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. The unforgettable event marked the first time ever…
New Video Reveals Mobile Game Collaboration with Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Fans of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, the free-to-play Final Fantasy mobile game, are in for a surprise this month as internationally acclaimed recording artist and actress Ariana Grande will lend…
You can sit front and center for a private U2 dress rehearsal complete with a front row, backstage and VIP experience rolled into one. This is one of the many awards for donating to the (RED) campaign through Omaze as…
CMT has announced “NASHCHAT” the first-ever social interactive fan hangout and conversation companion to the hit series Nashville, across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat including a Facebook Live chat that will debut immediately following the two-hour premiere of Nashville with star…
After 40 consecutive sell out shows, The Madison Square Garden Company has announced an unprecedented 41st consecutive show by MSG franchise Billy Joel on May 25th. The May show is part of his residency at The World’s Most Famous Arena…
Befitting of his own creative odyssey and a fresh start to the year, five-time GRAMMY nominee Hunter Hayes will debut “All For You,” an original song featured in Paramount Pictures’ forthcoming feature film Monster Trucks, on ABC’s Good Morning America on…
A Pentatonix Christmas, the third holiday album from the Grammy Award winning group Pentatonix, remains at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart. This is the second time the quintet has topped the chart (their self-titled album debuted #1 in 2015). The…
On January 13th, the Newseum will unveil its newest exhibit, “Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics,” created in partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Opening just a week before the inauguration of Donald Trump,…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member and rock music legend, John Fogerty, marks his debut at Wynn Las Vegas as he brings his acclaimed show, John Fogerty: Fortunate Son In Concert, to the Encore Theater for ten intimate performances…
February 10th sees the release of the latest special limited David Bowie 7″ picture disc, the 40th anniversary edition of Sound And Vision via Parlophone. Originally released in the UK on February 11th, 1977, Sound And Vision was taken from the groundbreaking album…
50 years ago today (Jan 4th) in 1967, The Doors broke through to the other side for the first time with its eponymous debut on Elektra Records. The Doors would go on to sell millions of copies and made stars…
Nashville-based indie pop/rock band Colony House will be releasing their second album Only The Lonely on January 13th on Descendant/RCA Records on CD and LP. The band will be performing their single “You & I” on Late Night with Seth Meyers…
The 2017 NAMM Show is just around the corner, and with it, top musical acts are scheduled to rock The NAMM Nissan Grand Plaza stage. This year will bring a variety of artists from across the sonic spectrum, with each…
Tickets go on sale January 4th at 11 am PST Radiohead, Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are set to headline 2017 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. The event takes place April 14-16 and April 21-23 at the Empire Polo Club…
Two of the most successful and critically-acclaimed rock bands Chicago and The Doobie Brothers – who have sold more than 150 million records combined – have announced their co-headlining North American summer tour. The 30+ date trek kicks off off…
Riding on the success of the wildly popular CEO 7 model, Martin continues its CEO Series with the introduction of the CEO 8.2 that is offered with and without electronics. The world-renown Custom Shop continues its limited edition series with…
Joining the star-studded tribute to Randy Travis on February 8th will be Travis Tritt, Kane Brown, James Dupre, Scotty McCreery, Joe Nichols, Collin Raye, The Bellamy Brothers and Ricky Traywick. The event, titled 1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time: A…
50 years to the day of the release of their debut album, January 4th will be proclaimed “Day Of The Doors” in the city of Los Angeles. The proclamation will be made Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin during a…
The guitar will be unveiled at NAMM 2017 Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid is being honored with his own tribute ESP guitar. The LTD Cult ’86 is a tribute to the guitar that helped put Reid and the band on…
Welcome to the The Music Universe Year in Review. In our inaugural edition, I will recap some of the more highlighted moments from our website and discuss what’s to come in 2017. We appreciate all of our readers because without you, we wouldn’t…