UnitedMasters, a music distribution platform for independent artists founded by industry veteran Steve Stoute, announced a $50 million Series B investment led by Apple with follow-on investm…
For the second time in just over six months, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer stood at a nightclub in his home borough of Brooklyn and stumped for independent music venues. Where last …
Hundreds of members of the international music industry have signed an open letter to record labels titled "Pay Songwriters," calling for better financial treatment from the record labels th…
Just under a year ago, Live Nation, the world's largest live-entertainment company, launched Crew Nation, a charitable fund to which it contributed an initial $5 million donation, to h…
Tonight, we come together " virtually " for the Grammy Awards, "Music's Biggest Night," and do our best to celebrate the music of the worst year of so many people's lives. It's finally sprin…
The Grammy Awards considered some 800 people for the "In Memoriam" segment of the 2021 show, first-time executive producer Ben Winston tells Variety. While it was not unexpected that a large…
Live Nation has taken a timeline provided by the British government as an all-clear for the summer festival season, selling some 170,000 tickets this week to three major U.K. summer festival…
In its earnings reports for the last quarter and full year of 2020, the year of the pandemic, Live Nation shows remarkable optimism for the projected return of live entertainment. Despite a …
BMI has announced that Sandye Taylor is joining the company as Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer.  She will report to the performing rights organization's Presiden…
Universal Music Group has announced the launch of Virgin Music Label & Artist Services, a "new global network delivering premium and flexible artist and label services to the industry's …
As the pandemic raged on last fall, it was no surprise when veteran folk singer Arlo Guthrie called off his plans for future live performances. After suffering a series of strokes over the p…
Diana Ross, who cofounded the Supremes with Mary Wilson when both were in their early teens, paid tribute to her friend and longtime bandmate in a brief Twitter post on Tuesday. "I just woke…
Just days after Triller and Universal Music Group essentially declared war on each other, UMG has unveiled a global agreement with TikTok "that delivers equitable compensation for recording …
As expected, Bruce Springsteen's rumored Jeep commercial was the big highlight of this year's Super Bowl ad haul, with The Boss making his first-ever appearance in a commercial. His music, h…
Clive Davis… talk show host? Well, not exactly. But this year's version of his annual exclusive pre-Grammy party " now taking place virtually and in two parts, the first of which was Satur…
In a letter to President Biden on Tuesday, major live-entertainment organizations " AEG, Bandit Lites, Broadway League, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Inter…
Three Long Island-based ticket brokers agreed to pay around $3.7 million to settle alleged violations of the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, the Department of Justice and Federal Trad…
As anyone who follows her on Twitter knows, Bette Midler is no fan of now-former President Trump. And as anyone who's seen any of the dozens of political satire videos created by Meidas Touc…
Lady Gaga delivered a rendition of the national anthem at Joe Biden's inauguration that was both respectful, and very Lady Gaga. Dressed in a tight black long-sleeved shirt embellished a gol…
Bruce Springsteen, the Foo Fighters, John Legend, Eva Longoria and and Kerry Washington will be among the celebrities at Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20. The Foo Fighters, Legend and Spr…
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, Duran Duran, Ian Hunter, Boy George, Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, Adam Lambert, Peter Frampton, Andra Day and many more will perform at "Just for One Day,"…
Even in the current golden age of innovative television, the popular British crime drama "Peaky Blinders" has set a daring standard for its use of music, with original songs by Nick Cave, La…
Concert and film producer Blackbird Presents announced today that industry veteran Joe Litvag has joined the company as a partner and president of live entertainment. In this newly created p…
As Morrissey took the stage on the opening night of his residency at Broadway's Lunt Fontanne Theatre, the first words he spoke were the week-long run's catchphrase, an homage to both himsel…
In first-quarter 2019 earnings released today, Live Nation Entertainment's revenue was up 17% to $1.7 billion, with an operating loss of $24 million and what the company says it is highest f…