A lifelong road warrior widely acclaimed for his powerful “cannon of a voice” (Green Bay Press-Gazette), Randy Houser has logged thousands of miles – and played to millions of fans – during the past two years touring as direct support…
HarperCollins Español announces it has acquired rights to publish the book Her Name Was Dolores by entertainment mogul Pete Salgado and Gabriel Vázquez. This book was the inspiration for the upcoming Univision’s TV series under the same title. It covers Salgado’s…
This will be the singer/actress’ third TV series Reba McEntire is returning to television in an hourlong “Southern Gothic soap opera” created by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry for ABC. Deadline reports that Cherry has written the pilot to the untitled series…
Universal Music Enterprises will release all eight of Rihanna’s studio albums as The Studio Album Vinyl Box on December 16th. The 15 LP set includes five titles never previously available on vinyl including Music Of The Sun (2005), Rated R (2009), Loud…
Multi-platinum-selling artists, multiple Grammy Award-winners and music icons, Lionel Richie and very special guest Mariah Carey have announced that they will tour together for the first time ever on the All The Hits Tour. Produced by Live Nation, the 35-show date…
Los Angeles has a rich history of rock and roll. Inside Metal: Pioneers of L.A. Hard Rock and Metal delivers candid interviews with some icons of rock that give fans a more in depth look at the scene. The two volume title includes interviews with Lars Ulrich (Metallica),…
The impressive lineup of performers continues to grow for Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund on Tuesday, December 13th at 8 pm EST. Hank Williams Jr., Cyndi Lauper, Alabama, Don McLean, Ronnie Dunn, Jamey Johnson and…
Due to popular demand, Garth Brooks has added another show to Edmonton, AB. The concert will be Saturday, February 25th at 7 pm at Rogers Place. This will be the first time in 21 years that Garth Brooks has played Edmonton,…
In celebration of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s 50th anniversary of their songwriting partnership, Elton John, supported by YouTube, is giving undiscovered creative talent from all over the world the chance to create official music videos for three iconic songs:…
Metallica will headline a Jimmy Kimmel Block Party on Wednesday, December 14th. The band made the announcement late last week on its website. “We’ve been invited to shut down a few streets and throw a massive block party with Jimmy…
Taylor Swift has teamed with Zayn Malik for “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” for the Fifty Shades Darker film and soundtrack. The song is the the first single from the project, due on February 10, 2017, the same day the film opens…
2016 CMA Pinnacle Award winner Kenny Chesney and CMA are combining resources to aid families devastated by recent wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The wildfires were responsible for 14 deaths and more than 2,400 homes and business that were damaged or…
Billboard once again named Republic Records the music industry’s “Top Label” on the publication’s year-end charts. The label accomplishes the best overall performance across the Billboard 200 albums chart and Billboard Hot 100 songs chart combined. List of Republic’s #1 Billboard…
Late January 2017 sees the deluxe edition release of Fresh Cream, the debut album by British, blues boom, power trio, Cream. The 3 CD/Blu-ray Audio set comes housed in a gatefold sleeve within a rigid slipcase and includes a 64-page hardback book,…
Garth Brooks has broken his ticket sales record in Edmonton, AB. He set his previous record August 10-12, 1996 at Northlands Coliseum with 50,871 tickets sold. Today, Brooks has sold over 51,000 tickets for Rogers Place and tickets are still selling.…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have announced the first dates of their 40th Anniversary Tour. Petty announced the tour on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (Thur, Dec 8th), and on SiriusXM’s Tom Petty Radio this morning (Fri, Dec 9th).…
President of HBO Programming, Casey Bloys, has announced that The Defiant Ones, a four-part documentary telling the stories of record producer Jimmy Iovine and producer and rapper Dr. Dre, will debut on HBO in 2017. Director Allen Hughes (Menace II Society)…
Several famous names have been added to the growing list of celebrities set to perform during Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund on Tuesday, December 13th at 8 pm EST. Chris Stapleton, Chris Young, Big &…
The staggering success of iHeartMedia’s nationally syndicated The Bobby Bones Show’s St. Jude Radiothon last week, has sparked Garth Brooks to donate $20 from the sale of every copy sold of his Target exclusive boxed-set The Ultimate Collection until December 25th.…
A part of rock ‘n roll history will be auctioned on New Year’s Day when one of Jimi Hendrix’s treasured wah-wah pedals and an amplifier he used to record hit songs go up for auction at J. Levine Auction &…
Niall Horan, Lukas Graham, Shawn Mendes, Emeli Sande and Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink and Ty Dolla $ign join the biggest celebration of the year, performing from the Billboard Hollywood Party on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan…
On February 8, 2017, the stars will gather for a tribute to one of country music’s finest, Randy Travis. The event, titled 1 Night. 1 Place. 1 Time.: A Heroes & Friends Tribute to Randy Travis, will feature performances from…
The Official Hip Hop Hall of Fame initiates its #21DaysOfGiving VIP & Fan Memberships and End of year Donation fundraising campaign, in celebration of the newly designed Hip Hop Hall of Fame + Museum & Hotel Entertainment Complex that will…
Get into the spirit of the season with AXS TV, as the network presents a day of beloved holiday standards performed by some of music’s biggest names, in this special Christmas Day programming lineup. The day begins at 8 am…
Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) and King Crimson has died at the age of 69. Lake passed away on Wednesday (Dec 7th) from a “stubborn battle with cancer,” his manager Stewart Young says. “Yesterday, December 7th, I…
Madame Tussauds, the world‐famous wax attraction, has announced that it will open its first music-themed attraction at Nashville’s Opry Mills in spring 2017. The location will feature wax figures of Johnny Cash, Taylor Swift, Reba, Beyonce, Carrie Underwood, Minnie Pearl…
Metallica will perform an intimate show at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday, December 15th. The band made the announcement on Wednesday (Dec 7th) as they prepare a trip to the Southland for media appearances in support of Hardwired…To…
Dolly Parton and a number of her friends, including Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers and Alison Krauss, are set to perform during Smoky Mountains Rise: A Benefit for the My People Fund on Tuesday, December 13th at 8 pm (EST) on…
Alan Jackson is taking his 25-plus years of hits and fan-favorites on the road in the new year, as he embarks on his 2017 Honky Tonk Highway Tour. Lee Ann Womack will be the special guest on select shows. Jackson’s…
Classic rock songs, soul, pop, country; and even heavy metal plays; the casino DJ will often get bombarded with request for special numbers to set the players in the perfect mood to win lady luck at the spinning wheels. Yes,…
The “metal” in Metallica’s name is back! After an eight year gap in between studio albums, the band has proven it can still write and perform heavy metal like it once did. Fans got a taste of new music in…
MTV2 is bringing back MTV’s classic Hottest MCs franchise with MTV2 Presents: Hottest MCs in the Game 2016, airing on Friday, December 16th at 11 pm ET The half-hour special will be hosted by Charlamagne tha God, host of MTV2’s Uncommon Sense and…
Leave it to the No Shoes Nation! When word hit that the man Los Angeles Times deemed “The People’s Superstar” would play Gillette Stadium August 25th, the pre-onsale buzz was so strong that Kenny Chesney agreed to a second date.…
The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood is coming to Albany, NY for the first time in 20 years. This will be last stop in the state of New York. The concert will be Saturday, March 11th at 7 pm…
Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne announces a June 2017 full band tour in Ireland, Scotland and England. The tour begins on June 12th at Vicar Street in Dublin, Ireland for four nights, and includes a Royal Albert Hall show in London, England.…
The Recording Academy welcomes the class of nominees for the 59th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Top nominees are Beyoncé (9), Drake (8), Rihanna (8), Kanye West (8), and Chance The Rapper (7). Selected from nearly 22,000 submissions across 84 categories, the…
Nominations will be announced early next year Dick Clark Productions and ABC have announced that the 2017 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) is set to return to ABC and will be broadcast live on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 8 pm ET. The…
The always witty Vince Gill and the reliably wry Lyle Lovett are reuniting for a nine city tour that will take place March 2017. After teaming up for a series of concerts in 2015 and 2016, Gill and Lovett saw…
All proceeds are going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Recently, the Goo Goo Dolls’ John Rzeznik and Robby Takac visited St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, which is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood…
Nearly 20 years after taking country music by storm as a 15-year-old sensation with her hits “Down Came a Blackbird” and “I Wanna Fall In Love,” singer-songwriter Lila McCann is launching a PledgeMusic campaign centered on her highly anticipated upcoming…
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. has announced that it has acquired 51% in Secret Sounds Group, the Australian company led by Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco, which owns and produces two of Australia’s leading festivals: Splendour in the Grass (located in Byron…
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2017 marks the continued expansion of the iconic annual New Year’s Eve tradition with coverage from New Orleans, Louisiana in its first-ever Central Time Zone countdown. The live segments will include exclusive…
Garth Brooks has an unrivaled hold on the Top 10 Country Album Chart, as his recently released The Ultimate Collection, Christmas Together and Gunslinger (Pearl Records, Inc.) were the top three best-selling albums respectively on BuzzAngle this week, while The Ultimate Hits made…
Staggering demand saw tickets to multiple dates of Bobby Bones’ recently announced Funny & Alone Stand Up-Comedy Tour sell out in minutes on Friday (December 2nd), prompting Bones to add more dates to the nationwide tour. Shows in Bakersfield, CA,…
The Recording Academy’s GRAMMY Recordings and Atlantic Records will release the 2017 GRAMMY Nominees album on January 20, 2017, in stores and via digital retailers. The latest installment of the best-selling series — now in its 23rd year – features…
The resurgent Guns N’ Roses and their massively successful Not In This Lifetime Tour continue to show no signs of slowing down as the legendary band storms into 2017 with more than 30 stadium shows lined up across Europe and…
More than 40 years after its debut, Chicago II still sounds like nothing else. Released in 1970, Chicago’s second album brims with confidence and inspiration as it draws on everything from orchestral music to heavy rock. Although it never affected…
The Pixies’ second album Doolittle is getting an upgrade. 4AD Records is releasing the 1989 album on Blu-ray Pure Audio on December 9th. The disc will contain the album in both high definition (96 kHz/24 bit) 5.1 surround sound and as…
With new single “Next to You” released next week, Tyler Hilton has made his first appearance in American television drama Pitch. Tyler, who plays a Noah, a charming and quick-witted billionaire computer nerd, first appeared on the Fox TV show…
As country superstar Keith Urban closes out a historic year with the Australian/New Zealand leg of his ripCORD World Tour 2016, three of his previously acclaimed albums – Golden Road, Get Closer and Fuse – make their vinyl debut on…