After celebrating over 40 years together with the same trio line-up, UMe continues the celebration of the Rush catalog with the release of three 40th anniversary expanded editions of the band’s classic 1976 album 2112. On December 16th, 2112 –…
The 85th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, the largest Christmas event in America, announces the 2016 talent lineup for its landmark anniversary celebration. With Olivia Newton-John as Grand Marshal, musical performances will be featured during the parade and national telecast, and…
New band will hit the road Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award winner and Slipknot co-founding member and key songwriter, Joey Jordison has unveiled plans for his long-awaited return in the form of a new musical venture, VIMIC. The band consists…
Dick Clark Productions and ABC have announced that eight-time American Music Award nominee The Weeknd will perform at the 2016 American Music Awards. The news broke via the Facebook page for the American Music Awards, with a superfan getting a…
The annual tree lighting ceremony will feature holiday performances NBC celebrates the lighting of the world’s most famous Christmas tree with Christmas in Rockefeller Center on Wednesday, November 30th from 8-9 pm ET NBC’s Today anchors Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker…
It was a celebration five decades in the making when winners were announced during The 50th Annual CMA Awards live from Nashville on November 2nd. The night’s big winner was Garth Brooks who now holds the record as having the…
When the Kentucky Headhunters released their debut album, Pickin’ On Nashville, in 1989, they pioneered a new southern rock and modern country sound that took over the airwaves for the next decade. With hits like “Dumas Walker,” “Walk Softly On This…
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), a global leader in music publishing, has announced an agreement with the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson to become, effective immediately, the exclusive worldwide publishing administrator for Prince’s entire song catalog. With the agreement, UMPG is…
Dick Clark Productions and ABC, in partnership with T-Mobile, have announced that voting is open for the New Artist of the Year Un-leashed by T-Mobile award at the 2016 American Music Awards. The American Music Awards winners are voted entirely…
The HBO Documentary Films presentation Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) follows the American rock band as they recount their experiences before and after the tragic terrorist attack at their concert in Paris that claimed 89 lives on November…
The singer will perform at the show Beyonce has been confirmed as a performer for tonight’s (Nov 2nd) 50th Annual CMA Awards live from Nashville. ABC’s Good Morning America confirms that the pop star will appear at the show, but not sure…
The special celebrates A Pentatonix Christmas Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum recording artist Pentatonix is poised to host their first-ever holiday network special on Wednesday, December 14th at 8 pm ET/PT on NBC. The one-hour television event will take viewers on…
Kelsea Ballerini, Kelly Clarkson and more are scheduled to perform Some of the music industry’s most well-known names have gathered to ring in the holiday spirit during CMA Country Christmas, a two-hour special hosted for the seventh year by Jennifer…
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show airs December 5th on CBS Multi-Grammy Award winners Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and The Weeknd will perform on The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which will film in Paris for the first time, for broadcast Monday, December…
Capitol Records, one of the world’s preeminent music companies and the first record label established on the West Coast, will launch its 75th Anniversary Celebration in November with an extensive slate of music, film and literary projects that will pay…
From the stage of Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium, Little Big Town, along with Nashville Mayor Megan Barry and Ryman Auditorium General Manager Sally Williams, announced November 1st their upcoming “Little Big Town at the Mother Church” residency. The first ever Ryman…
Platinum-selling Maryland hard rock icons, KIX entered the Billboard Top Music Video Sales chart at #3 with their October 21, 2016 Loud & Proud Records release, Can’t Stop The Show: The Return Of KIX, a two-disc DVD/CD set. It’s the…
George Strait recently announced the November 18th release of Strait Out of the Box: Part 2 exclusively with Walmart. This impressive three disc, 56 track collection features 36 hit singles including 26 No. 1s plus two brand new songs co-written…
SiriusXM has announced that it will launch Bon Jovi Radio, the limited-run channel dedicated to the band’s music. The exclusive channel will culminate with a private performance by Bon Jovi at a secret location in Miami on December 3rd. The…
Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley has released the title track from his critically acclaimed album Black (Capitol Records Nashville). Written by Bentley, Ross Copperman and Ashley Gorley, “Black” has been called one of “the sexiest songs of his career” by the Associated…
Bob Marley & the Wailers were at the peak of their artistic powers when they arrived at the Lyceum London for two shows on July 17 and 18, 1975, having just released Natty Dread the year before and about to…
SESAC, the nation’s most progressive PRO and the only Music Rights Organization in the country, kicked off CMA Week by honoring the songwriters and music publishers behind the year’s most-performed Country and Americana songs at the organization’s Nashville Music Awards…
Kenny Chesney came to Nashville fresh out of college with a headful of dreams and a fistful of songs. He didn’t know how his adventure was going to turn out, but he intended to put his whole heart into it.…
Billboard is excited to announce that Shania Twain and Halsey will be honored for their inimitable contributions to the music industry as part of Billboard’s 11th annual Women in Music event, held December 9th in New York City and airing…
A Pentatonix Christmas – the newest release from Grammy Award winning and multi-platinum recording artist Pentatonix – debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and #1 on the Holiday Albums Chart, selling over 60,000 total equivalent units.…
The singer resigns with Sony Music and launches her own imprint Miranda Lambert has established her own label imprint Vanner Records at Sony Music Nashville and the very first release will be her double album, The Weight Of These Wings due…
Some albums are just flat out essential to own on vinyl, so forget about the housework and turn on your record player. Sound, mastering and album artwork are just a few factors that make vinyl music so special. Below is…
Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling music artist The Weeknd unveiled details behind his first-ever world tour – Starboy: Legend of the Fall 2017 World Tour. Phase one of the North American and European spanning tour will kick off on Friday,…
The Music Universe recently interviewed Vivek J. Tiwary, author of the New York Times best selling graphic novel and soon to be TV series The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story. It is the story of Brian Epstein, the man…
The latest in the hit Country Faith music series, Country Faith Volume 2, will release on November 18th to Christian retail through Word Entertainment, and to mainstream retail and digital outlets through Curb Records. Based on the popular book Country…
Before The Doors took the music scene by storm in 1967, they were the house band at the London Fog, a Sunset Strip dive bar located just footsteps away from the world famous Whisky a Go Go, the future home…
CMT revealed its 2016 “Next Women of Country” roster as part of the campaign to empower and bring awareness to some the most inspiring female vocalists in country music. This year’s list grows with the addition of ten ascending superstars:…
Dick Clark Productions has announced that singer, songwriter and actor Justin Timberlake will receive the “Hollywood Song Award” for his hit single “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” from the upcoming DreamWorks film Trolls at the 20th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Presented by…
Country music’s most famous brand is coming to New York City. Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. has unveiled its plans for Opry City Stage, the Grand Ole Opry’s first “home away from home,” a four-level entertainment complex on historic Broadway in Times…
Dick Clark Productions and ABC have announced several exciting additions to the lineup at the 2016 American Music Awards. Lighting up the AMA stage will be James Bay and Fifth Harmony, as well as special duets from The Chainsmokers and…
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has certified several Kenny G albums Diamond (ten million units sold), multi-platinum, platinum (one million units sold) and gold (500,000 units sold). Kenny, one of the most iconic instrumental musicians of the modern…
SiriusXM has announced its extensive holiday music lineup featuring eight commercial-free channels celebrating the festive season, one to broadcast starting Wednesday, November 2nd. The holiday music channels will offer listeners a variety of traditional holiday songs, classical Christmas carols, country Christmas…
Following the huge success of Röyksopp’s first release outside of the album cycle – the club ready, hit single “Never Ever” featuring Norwegian singer songwriter Susanne Sundfør – the duo release a “Never Ever” three track bundle, which includes a…
Avenged Sevenfold has “surprise-released” The Stage, becoming the first-ever rock band to drop an unannounced album in both digital and physical form. The Stage is the band’s seventh studio album and first for Capitol Records. The Southern California-based quintet (vocalist M. Shadows,…
This House is Not For Sale, the 14th studio album from Grammy Award–winning band Bon Jovi, features a cover image by Jerry Uelsmann, a Florida Artists Hall of Fame inductee, University of Florida professor emeritus and author of multiple books,…
Since he made his Billboard chart debut in 1964, Hank Williams, Jr. has amassed one of the most prolific catalogs in the history of the music business. Curb Records celebrates that legacy with the release of Hank Williams, Jr: A…
On the evening of October 27th, multi-platinum rock band, Avenged Sevenfold, will give a global, 3D /360-degree, live-streamed virtual reality performance in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, Capitol Records and VRLIVE. Fans around…
Burberry has partnered with Elton John to release a limited edition vinyl LP box set of six of his classic albums. Selected by John himself, this unique set of records comprises six remastered albums originally released between 1970 and 2001, including…
This will be Randy Travis’ second performance since 2013 Randy Travis, Charlie Daniels, Ricky Skaggs, Roy Clark, Clint Black, Jason Aldean, Jennifer Nettles, Martina McBride, Thomas Rhett, Chris Stapleton, Elle King, Pentatonix and Dwight Yoakam have all been added as…
RIAA’s top digital country male artist of all time Jason Aldean continues to donate a portion of each ticket sale throughout the year at his annual “Concert for the Cure” benefitting the Susan G. Komen Foundation, with this year’s contribution…
As Legacy Recordings announced its release of Record Store Day Black Friday exclusives, the entire list has now been unveiled. Alice Cooper, The Beach Boys, Eric Church, Extreme, Foreigner, Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Raconteurs, Ramones, The Rolling Stones and more are among…
Dick Clark Productions and ABC have announced that recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Green Day and multi-platinum alternative duo Twenty One Pilots will perform at the 2016 American Music Awards. They join previously announced performers Lady Gaga,…
CMA will present the Pinnacle Award to four-time CMA Entertainer of the Year Kenny Chesney during “The 50th Annual CMA Awards” airing live Wednesday, November 2nd from 8-11 pm ET/PT on the ABC Television Network. The Pinnacle Award recognizes an artist…
Poison has released a 30th anniversary Picture Disc of their debut album, Look What The Cat Dragged In through U Discover Music. The classic album cover features Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, Bobby Dall and C.C. DeVille dressed in drag. The exclusive…
One of the most iconic and best-selling instrumental musicians of all time, Kenny G is set to host the 2016 Musicians Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Concert. The show will take place Wednesday, October 26th at historic Nashville Municipal…