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Date: 11/26/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Elmiene, Good Neighbours and Myles Smith have been nominated for the 2025 BRITs Rising Star award, which will be handed out on 12/5.
ElmieneGood NeighboursMyles SmithBRITs Rising Star Award
Date: 11/21/2024   Section: Blighty Beat
Damian Christian, who has been working in radio for over 35 years, during which time he’s stopped at BBC Radio 1, RCA Records, MCA and Warner Music U.K.’s Atlantic Records. The latter is where he’s spent the past 25 years, and now serves as managing director and president of prom...
Date: 11/07/2024   Section: The B-Side
New and Developing artist Nia Smith
Date: 10/20/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
As the CEO of European Festivals at AEG Presents, James King oversees the strategy, development, and execution of some of the continent’s biggest musical gatherings, including…
AEG PresentsJames KingBST Hyde ParkAll Points EastForwards FestivalRock en Seine
Date: 10/08/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Oasis' 2025 reunion tour has defied all box-office expectations, especially in North America, by selling out nearly instantly. Perhaps as impressive: Noel and Liam Gallagher did it all without the help of booking agents.
OasisLive NationMarcus RussellIgnition ManagementGerry BaradJohn DittmarSam EldridgeSimon MoranSJM ConcertsArthur Fogel
Date: 10/08/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
The dynamic duo who brought Warner Records back to relevancy recount their process to Craig Marks. 
Aaron Bay-SchuckTom CorsonWarner Records
Date: 10/04/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Here, in the first in a series of excerpts from interviews with the industry luminaries who will be featured in the seventh annual edition of Rainmakers, the REPUBLIC CORPS honchos gamely field questions from the persistent Simon Glickman.
Monte LipmanAvery LipmanREPUBLIC CORPSHITS Rainmakers 2024
Date: 09/19/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
In our latest roundup, we present eight more stars of tomorrow from various parts of the biz whose dedication and effort make their superiors look good.
Lexi CuevaAmazon MusicJon MooreDirty HitMelissa YermesSony Music PublishingLuis J Najera Jr.InterscopeSarah Beth GerleczEMPIREMax CacciottiUniversal Music LatinoJessi Vaughn StevensonWarner Chappell MusicJames HadidJET Management 
Date: 09/16/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
After successful A&R stints at Interscope and RCA, Tunji Balogun has been tasked with honoring the legacy of Def Jam Recordings, which celebrates its 40th birthday this year.
Tunji BalogunDef JamLucian GraingeMonte LipmanAvery LipmanImran MajidJustin EshakTyler ArnoldBen AdelsonNatina NimeneMuni LongFridayyCoco JonesLL Cool JBig SeanAlessia Cara
Date: 09/09/2024   Section: Music City
Morgan Wallen gets seven. Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton notch five apiece. But the real swing factor for the 58th Annual Country Music Association Awards is brand-new country force and first-time nominee Post Malone, who pulls in four nominations—in Song, Single, Video and Musical Event&m...
Date: 09/09/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Holly Gleason shines a light on the envelope-pushing nominees for the Country Music Association Awards.
58th Annual Country Music Association AwardsMorgan WallenPost MaloneCody JohnsonLainey WilsonShaboozeyChris StapletonLuke CombsMegan MoroneyJelly Roll
Date: 08/20/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Label co-heads across the industry playing field are making the case that two heads are sometimes better than one.
Interscope Capitol Labels GroupREPUBLIC CORPSWarner RecordsAtlantic Records
Date: 08/16/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
While a logjam of major events ensnares Inglewood over the next several days, the music marches on in San Francisco, London, Japan and Belgium. Take a swig of La Croix and move those legs!
System of a DownDeftonesGolden Gate ParkAnother Planet EntertainmentPukkelpop FestivalSummer SonicAll Points EastDavid Benveniste
Date: 08/08/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
As Warner Music Group boss Robert Kyncl continues to make moves, enormous change is afoot at the company, with WMG Recorded Music chief Max Lousada set to exit at the end of the fiscal year and 10K founder/head Elliot Grainge tapped to take over as CEO of Atlantic.
Date: 07/18/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Rosenblatt's winding path took him from Macy's management trainee to Geffen Records prexy. Michael Sigman takes a deep dive into his remarkable career. 
Eddie RosenblattGeffenNirvanaA&MWarner Bros.Steve Ross
Date: 06/25/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
As co-founder of LaFace Records, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is largely responsible for Atlanta’s ascent to hip-hop and R&B mecca. In celebration of Black Music Month, he agreed to an interview with HITS despite his better judgment.
Kenneth "Babyface" EdmondsLaFace RecordsHITS Black Music Month 2024L.A. ReidAtlanta
Date: 06/19/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Through interviews with the late Rico Wade, fellow Organized Noize member Sleepy Brown, CeeLo Green, Killer Mike and more, we explore the myriad ways in which the Dungeon Family impacted Southern hip-hop.
OutkastDungeon FamilyRico WadeCeeLo GreenSleepy BrownKiller MikeAndré 3000Big BoiBlack Music MonthL.A. Reid
Date: 06/10/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
There’s a vast group of straight allies in commercial country music who are vocal and proud. Our very own Holly Gleason takes a deep dive.
HITS Pride Special 2024LGBTQIA+Orville PeckWillie NelsonTaylor SwiftKid RockJohn RichTravis TrittBrantley GilbertRiley GreenEmmylou HarrisDolly PartonRyan TedderCarrie UnderwoodKacey MusgravesShane McAnallyBrandy ClarkRuPaulTroye SivanMunaKing Princess NokiaMiranda LambertMaren MorrisBrandi CarlileAmanda ShiresNatalie HembyGarth BrooksZach BryanToby KeithJohn OsborneT.J. OsborneTy HerndonLil Nas XBilly Ray CyrusSarah TrahernTyler ChildersPansy DivisionDiaphaneLost DakotasQueer Eye
Date: 03/26/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Having reconfigured his UMG universe, Sir Lucian Grainge is now better positioned to dedicate himself to such challenges as rejiggering the streaming-compensation paradigm, doing battle with TikTok and outlining best practices as...
Sir Lucian GraingeMonte LipmanAvery LipmanJohn JanickTom MarchLillia ParsaJim RoppoTunji BalogunAriana GrandeKacey MusgravesBrandon CreedJason OwenTaylor SwiftMorgan WallenDrakeThe WeekndNoah KahanBillie EilishOlivia RodrigoMichelle AnCindy MabeNir SeroussiZach BryanJimmy IovineSteve Berman
Date: 03/01/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Though nothing has been officially announced, Variety is reporting that a wave of layoffs is underway at UMG as part of its reorganization. Variety's Jem Aswad cites sources in saying that…
Jem AswadBrenda RomanoChris LopesGreg MarellaCara DonattoAmbrosia HealyGabe TesorieroJoe CarozzaNatina Nimene
Date: 02/23/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Glen “Spot” Lockett was best known as the in-house producer and engineer for the  independent punk label SST Records. Read more about his legendary career in our Black History Month issue. 
Glen "Spot" LockettBlack History Month
Date: 12/18/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Prior to taking her job as COO Festivals at AEG Presents in 2017, Melissa Ormond had been out of the live music business for three years. Then Jay Marciano called.
Melissa OrmondAEG Presents
Date: 12/04/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
K-pop group ATEEZ is battling Peter Gabriel for this week’s Official Albums #1. Over on singles, Wham! leads a Christmas chart invasion.
ATEEZPeter GabrielP!nkCherWham!Mariah CareyThe PoguesOfficial Albums Chart
Date: 11/25/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
We conversed with managers Kilo Jalloh (J Hus), SK (Russ Millions), Nadia Khan (Lethal Bizzle) and Sandy Abuah (Knucks) to get their take on the British hip-hop market.
Kilo Jalloh2K ManagementMoe BahJ Hus5K RecordsSony RecordsLibiancaSKFinesse ForevaRuss MillionsNadia KhanLethal BizzleLaughtaWomen in CTRLSandy AbuahKnucksMark HenryDion "Sincere" LizzyTru TribeCentral CeeDaveSkeptaDizzee RascalDigDatLittle SimzStormzyUnknown THeadie One
Date: 11/24/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
AEG Presents U.K. SVP of Global Touring Chris Wareing answers some quick-fire questions about the British hip-hop market from a live perspective.
Chris WareingAEG PresentsLittle SimzKnucksLoyle CarnerSainteSongerCoachellaAll Points EastGods of Rap
Date: 11/23/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Atlantic U.K.'s Dion "Sincere" Lizzy and Austin Daboh discuss the British hip-hop market, their respective ambitions and an exciting new scene bubbling under the radar.
Dion "Sincere" LizzyAustin DabohAtlantic U.K.Burna BoyTion WayneKojey RadicalKnucksFredoSlowthaiMethod MusicMeekz MannyNeighbourhoodMahaliaKSIDaveCentral CeeJ HusDrakeStormzyLittle Simz
Date: 11/21/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
British hip-hop has exploded from the underground over the last decade. Despite this success, however...
DaveCentral CeeNeighbourhoodLive YoursAitchLittle SimzJ HusStormzyD-Block EuropeColumbiaSony Music U.K.DJ SemtexDavid JosephUMG U.K.EGAColin BatsaBlack ButterJason IIeyHeadie OneRelentless RecordsThe OrchardGiggsSkeptaAWALHuman Re SourcesLancey FouxNinesWarner U.K.Tony HarlowAtlantic U.K.Austin DabohDion "Sincere" Lizzy
Date: 11/06/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Barclays Center was abuzz as the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony got underway on Friday. Elton John, Jimmy Page, Chaka Khan, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, Chris Stapleton and...
Elton JohnJimmy PageChaka KhanSheryl CrowWillie NelsonChris StapletonRock & Roll Hall of FameJohn SykesBarclays CenterIce-TRage Against The MachineLink WrayAl Kooper
Date: 11/03/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Our own Holly Gleason offers some insight into the possible contenders in one of Grammy's key categories.
GrammysChris StapletonWillie NelsonMorgan WallenBailey ZimmermanLainey WilsonKane BrownKaitlin BrownAshley McBrydeJordan DavisKelsea BalleriniTyler ChildersParker McCollumZach Bryan
Date: 06/29/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Keith Murphy and the Grammy Award-winning DJ Drama discuss the Philadelphia native's legendary Gangsta Grillz mixtapes, the current state of the art form, obstacles to coming up in the industry and more.
DJ DramaDon CannonTyler The CreatorGangsta GrillzDJ Jazzy JeffYoung JeezyGeneration NowLil Uzi VertJack Harlow
Date: 06/27/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
"The first time I heard Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), I failed to grasp that it was the debut of what would become one of the greatest, most influential groups in hip-hop history."
Wu-Tang ClanRZAInspectah DeckMethod ManODBGhostface KillahRaekwonGZAU-GodMasta Killa
Date: 06/08/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
BST Hyde Park is celebrating 10 years of welcoming the biggest artists in the world to its central London festival. Read what AEG Presents CEO of European Festivals Jim King has to say about it.
AEG PresentsJim KingLana Del ReyElton JohnBilly JoelBLACKPINKP!NKGuns 'N RosesEuropean FestivalsBST Hyde Park
Date: 05/23/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
I.B. Bad on the history of Virgin, Caroline, RED, The Orchard and other entities.
Nat PastorJT MyersSteve BarnettMichelle JubelirerDavid KushnerJacqueline SaturnBTSJiminAgust DSeventeenTomorrow X TogetherTwiceStray KidsNFAlabama ShakesFive Finger Death PunchNCT 127SuperMBrad NavinBad BunnyBizarrapPeso PlumaRichard GottehrerSeymour Stein
Date: 04/17/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
AEG Europe has appointed Lynsey Wollaston vice president and general manager for European Festivals. She joins the company from Vision Nine Group.
AEG EuropeLynsey WollastonJim King
Date: 04/17/2023   Section: Blighty Beat
AEG Europe has appointed Lynsey Wollaston as vice president and general manager for European Festivals. She joins from Vision Nine Group. In her new role, Wollaston will play a key role in developing and supporting the strategic vision for the division alongside the U.S. AEG Presents senior leaders...
Date: 01/31/2023   Section: iGen
MY DECEMBER TO REMEMBER: Part 2 “I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)” 12/9: I know everyone’s been awaiting Part Two of my crazy December, so buckle in! I got back from Denver on the 7th and I had one day to regroup before I set off for a couple more of The 1975 shows in Chicago and ...
Date: 01/30/2023   Section: iGen
MY DECEMBER TO REMEMBER: Part 2 “I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes)” 12/9: I know everyone’s been awaiting Part Two of my crazy December, so buckle in! I got back from Denver on the 7th and I had one day to regroup before I set off for a couple more of The 1975 shows in Chicago and Milwaukee. It...
Date: 01/12/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
The decades between the first glimmer of breakbeat ingenuity and the present dominance of hip-hop art and culture offer a staggering odyssey of creative evolution, verbal and technical dexterity, political resistance, poolside bling, stylistic bravado, cannabis clouds, technological leaps and bounds, tragedy and triumph. Writer Miles Marshall Lewis drops the needle.
Date: 12/08/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
Rhian Jones talks with Sony Music U.K.'s top dog about the company's new digs and new era.
Rhian JonesSony Music U.K.Jason IleyHarry StylesBring Me the HorizonJoy CrookesTravis ScottCat BurnsGeorge EzraElton Jackson
Date: 11/22/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
In our latest roundup, we present eight rising professionals from various parts of the biz whose dedication and effort make their superiors look good.
Becky SakeCapitol Music GroupKendell "Sav" FreemanAristaLauren HolmanVirgin MusicRicky Laubenstein237 GlobalDarlene HallCreate Music GroupRohan KohliWarner Music NashvilleAnn MarkwellThis Fiction ManagementPeter RugoKeelThirty Knots
Date: 08/25/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
Team AEG Presents is recovering from a festive weekend, with another on the way.
AEG PresentsNick CaveTame ImpalaDisclosureThe NationalThe Chemical BrothersGorillazArctic Monkeys88 RisingStromaeJim King
Date: 08/08/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
Part one of this in-depth conversation began with Mo Ostin’s Brooklyn childhood and the family’s move to L.A. and concluded with the development of Warner/Reprise, with stories about Sinatra, the Kennedys, Carl Sandburg and other luminaries enriching the narrative. The second half begins in 1966 with the arrival of the guy who’d be ampersand-close to Mo for the next four decades.
Date: 07/11/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
Oak View Group has named Kim Stone president of UBS Arena in Belmont Park, N.Y., and EVP of OVG East Coast. The first female president of an OVG arena, she starts 8/1.
Oak View GroupKim StoneUBS ArenaTim LeiwekeIrving Azoff
Date: 06/08/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
Stop! Read Part One first, if you haven't already. Wow, you're a fast reader. OK, click the link to continue Keith Murphy's fascinating history.
Mobb DeepJay-ZNasThe Notorious B.I.G.Styles PCardi BNicki MinajProdigyThe LoxWu-Tang ClanWreckage MannerRakimKendrick LamarBig SeanBobby ShmurdaLil YachtyGeorgette ClineBenny the ButcherWestside GunnConway the MachineA Boogie Wit Da HoodieLil Tjay
Date: 05/16/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
As we prepare our Black Music Month special, we present the online debut of musical icon Nile Rodgers' conversation with the Mother of Black Music Month, Dyana Williams.
Nile RodgersChicDyana WilliamsStevie WonderPrinceLuther Vandross
Date: 03/31/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
The CBS exec talks with our own Phil Gallo about the joys and challenges of staging Music's Biggest Night.
Jack SussmanGrammy AwardsCBSJon BatisteBen Winston
Date: 03/01/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
Has any single mass-media music event moved the needle in the past five years like the Dr. Dre-driven Super Bowl halftime spectacular?
Dr. DreSnoop DoggEminemKendrick LamarMary J. Blige50 Cent. N.W.ASuge KnightRudy GiulianiBill BennettDaryl GatesFleetwood MacQueenThe BeatlesMotownTupac ShakurThe Notorious B.I.G.
Date: 12/07/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
In the final piece of our U.K. special, AEG’s Toby Leighton-Pope, Live Nation’s Phil Bowdery, DF Concerts’ Geoff Ellis and Kilimanjaro Live’s Stuart Galbraith discuss the U.K. live sector's continued roller-coaster ride.
AEGToby Leighton-PopeLive NationPhil BowderyGeoff EllisDF ConcertsKilimanjaro LiveStuart Galbraith
Date: 11/29/2021   Section: Blighty Beat
Adele is heading for a second week atop the U.K.’s Official Albums and Singles Chart with 30 (Columbia) and “Easy on Me.” Westlife and Gary Barlow have new albums in the Top 5. At the halfway point, Westlife’s Wild Dreams (East West/Rhino) looks set to debut behind Adele ...
Date: 11/29/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Adele is heading for a second week atop the U.K.’s Official Albums and Singles charts with 30 (Columbia) and “Easy on Me.” Westlife and Gary Barlow have new albums in the Top 5.
AdeleWestlifeGary BarlowDavid BowieRod StewartArrDeeSam FenderOfficial Albums Chart
Date: 11/15/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Taylor Swift and Little Mix are engaged in a fierce battle for the U.K.’s Official Albums #1 on Friday, with fewer than 10 units separating the two. Over on singles, Adele and Ed Sheeran are also in a close competition.
Taylor SwiftLittle MixAdeleEd SheeranRod StewartIdlesThe WantedDamon AlbarnOfficial Albums chart
Date: 11/15/2021   Section: Blighty Beat
Taylor Swift and Little Mix are engaged in a fierce battle for the U.K.’s Official Albums #1 on Friday with less than 10 sales separating the two. Over on singles, Adele and Ed Sheeran are also in a close competition. At the halfway point, Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version) (EMI) is #...
Date: 11/01/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Kenny Chesney’s delayed stadium tour has a new set of dates for 2022 that starts 4/23 at the home of the Tampa Bay Bucs. Dan + Shay, Old Dominion and Carly Pearce will open the shows.
Kenny ChesneyDan + ShayOld DominionCarly Pearce
Date: 06/10/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
The trajectories of the major agencies' music divisions over the last year have formed an unprecedented narrative of struggle and change. As they embark on what looks to be a prosperous new chapter, let’s take a look at what transpired over the last year-plus.
Rob LightCasey WassermanMatt GalleSamantha Kirby YohBrent SmithAdam VoithDavid Zedeck
Date: 06/07/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Live music is coming back with a vengeance. It feels like the first flowering after a brutal winter. Among music-biz entities, perhaps none felt that frost so acutely as the agencies’ music divisions.
Brent SmithMatt GalleAdam VoithSamantha Kirby YohMichael RapinoJay MarcianoAri EmanuelPatrick WhitesellMarty DiamondLee AndersonJackie NalpantPaul MorrisJonathan LevineSam HuntMarc GeigerSara Newkirk SimonKirk SommerLucy DickinsScott ClaytonSara BollwinkelCarolyn YimZach IserAaron Tenenbaum
Date: 03/25/2021   Section: Blighty Beat
AEG Presents’ London festival All Points East has, somewhat optimistically, added a third day to its festival scheduled for the last weekend of August. Foals and Bombay Bicycle Club are among acts on the line-up. Foals will headline on the newly announced Monday, while Jamie xx and Kano will do so on Saturday. Bicep will lead the bill for Sunday’s special Field Day edition. Saturday and Sunday are already sold out; tickets for 8/30 go on sale Friday. Other acts booked for Monday include Caribou, Gang Of Youths, Roisin Murphy, Whitney, Jade Bird, and Tune-Yards. …Read more
Date: 03/25/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
AEG Presents London festival All Points East has optimistically added a third day to its outing scheduled for the last weekend of August. Foals and Bombay Bicycle Club are headlining.
AEG PresentsAll Points EastFoalsBombay Bicycle Club
Date: 03/22/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
The U.K.’s live industry remains in a state of uncertainty as experts are warning against summer holidays abroad, posing questions for this year’s festival and touring season. Brexit brings another set of complications.
FestivalsReading & LeedsAll Points EastStandon CallingIsle of Wight FestivalBloodstock Open AirGlastonbury
Date: 03/19/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
TJ and John Osborne weren’t ready for it. The rock-leaning, hard-playing Brothers Osborne, a massive live favorite, had recorded their October 2020 EMI Nashville release, Skeletons, expressly to be played live for fans, but COVID-19 had upended those plans
Brothers OsborneTJ OsborneJohn OsborneEMI NashvilleGrammyZZ TopKelsea BalleriniHolly Gleason
Date: 01/14/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Our own Holly Gleason chats with Big Loud/Republic's breakout about his big new album and recent challenges.
Morgan WallenHolly GleasonSeth EnglandJoey MoiJason IsbellChris Stapleton
Date: 11/12/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
As Capitol Music Group chieftain Steve Barnett prepares to step down after restoring the storied label to its former glory and retire to the alligator-infested waters of Palm Beach, we revisit the story of his remarkable career, originally published in 2019’s Rainmakers II.
Date: 10/05/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Holly Gleason on the statement made by Maren Morris' powerful new song.
Maren MorrisBlack Lives MatterGeorge Floyd. Ahmaud ArberyBreonna TaylorTrayvon MartinMichael BrownEric GarnerTamir RiceJessie Jo DillonJimmy RobbinsLaura VeltzTeens4Equality
Date: 08/26/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
The song that raised the bar for country music streaming—blowing up at Apple Music with 4.6m, hitting a new country one-day record at Spotify of 2m+ and helping lift Morgan Wallen’s career tally to 3.3b—started out as an afterthought. Holly Gleason tells the story.
Morgan WallenBig LoudSeth EnglandSpotifyApple Musicstreaming records
Date: 07/17/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Acclaimed journalist John Kennedy brings our history of hip-hop into the new era...
black music monthhip-hoplil waynecrunktraprick rosswiz khalifakid cudi
Date: 07/10/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
In another sample from our recent history of hip-hop, journalist John Kennedy traces the rise of 50 Cent and OutKast's southern exposure, among other noteworthy developments of the new millennium.
Date: 07/03/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
We typically see a lot of anodyne quotes from our founding fathers this time of year, but not enough of this one from Benjamin Franklin upon the signing of our storied Declaration: “We must all hang together, or most assuredly, we will all hang separately.”
Date: 07/02/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Miles Marshall Lewis explores the origins of gangsta rap, the arrival of the "hippies," the rise of G-Funk and more in the latest installment of our hip-hop history.
Date: 06/18/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
A conversation with Motown boss/CMG EVP and UMG Task Force Co-Chair Ethiopia Habtemariam.
Date: 05/21/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Garth Brooks, The Weeknd and the combo of James Taylor and Jackson Browne are among the acts that have announced rescheduled tours.
Date: 05/15/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Wine to go, live streaming, downloads. They’re among the ways three clubs—Belly Up, City Winery and Bowery Ballroom—are keeping the lights on while the doors are closed.
Date: 05/13/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Reading and Leeds Festival is the latest U.K. event to be canceled as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The conjoined fests were due to take place across the end-of-August bank-holiday weekend.
Date: 04/28/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
BTS has postponed its Map of the Soul world tour that was scheduled to begin 7/3-4 at London’s Twickenham Stadium before heading to Rotterdam, Berlin and Barcelona. Read on for more postponements and cancellations.
Date: 12/17/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
AEG European Festivals has hired Clare Lusher as the division’s first Marketing and Brand Director. She previously held senior roles at Sony Music and The Walt Disney Co.
Date: 11/25/2019   Section: Blighty Beat
JADE BIRD After hitting #10 on the U.K. charts with her self-titled debut album in April and attracting plenty of support at media and streaming services, Jade Bird has emerged as a key British talent this year. She signed to Glassnote directly in the U.S. at the beginning of 2017, and has spent th...
Date: 11/22/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
Over the last few years, Sony Music U.K. has significantly increased its artist-development might after securing joint-venture deals with some of the hottest labels and executives in the country, which have now grown to represent...
Date: 07/17/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
In the concluding half of his look back at prominent music lawyers through the years, I.B. Bad zeros in on the exploits of Grubman and Branca.
Date: 07/16/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
I.B. Bad on the attorneys who helped shape the music business and the label heads who bargained with them. First of two parts.
Date: 06/25/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
The dictionary definition of the word manager should have Elliot Roberts’ picture alongside it. Roberts, who died on 6/21 at the age of 76, didn’t invent the job, but he performed it with unparalleled loyalty, ferocity, insight and unconditional love.
Date: 03/12/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
Jazz, R&B and gospel continued to evolve against the backdrop of World War II and the postwar years, with Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, The Orioles, Mahalia Jackson and “Wild” Bill Moore among the innovators in their respective genres.
Date: 03/11/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
Once again, we welcome legal eagle and inveterate club-hopper Jeff Leven as he prepares for the Austin marathon.
Date: 03/05/2019   Section: Rumor Mill
The cross-fertilization between black and white musical idioms, which forms the very fabric of our music, can be traced back to certain transformative artists and songs that together tell a captivating story, each a harbinger of where American music came from and where it was headed.
Date: 08/16/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
AEG Presents has named Simon Jones to the newly created post of SVP Live Music International. Jones—who has been with AEG since the construction and launch of the O2 Arena—will head up the promotional operations for AEG Presents U.K., while also working closely with the AEG offices in the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Date: 06/29/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
In the first installment of a wide-ranging, remarkably candid two-part interview with Holly Gleason, Miranda Lambert discusses...
Date: 05/29/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Much head-scratching has followed a post by Dave Brooks on his Amplify site, which makes the highly dubious case for Dana Tomarken’s pending suit regarding MusiCares and the Recording Academy as a battle in the vaunted “Venue Wars.” Irving Azoff has a few points of his own.
Date: 03/13/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
This is the moment every year where the twinge of casual paranoia hits me—this list, this email, this SXSW thing that I’ve done for however long—is it still something I should be doing?
Date: 03/13/2018   Section: Rumor Mill
Russ Solomon, the beloved founder of Tower Records, who revolutionized music retail from the 1970s through the end of the 20th century,died on the evening of 3/4 at his home in Sacramento. The following biographical piece, based on extensive interviews with the great man himself by the brilliant journalist Mike Sigman, originally appeared in the July 2017 special issue, History of the Music Biz Two...
Date: 09/25/2017   Section: Rumor Mill
In his latest dispatch, our behind-the-scenes correspondent separates fact from fiction in the ongoing SONGS saga and in Max Lousada's search for a top exec for his WMG team. Also, starmaker Top Dawg and a promo power trio.
Date: 08/07/2017   Section: Rumor Mill
Presenting another anecdote from The History of the Music Biz Part Two, our latest batch of profiles of industry trailblazers, curated by Michael Sigman. In this installment, Suzanne DePasse describes her first meeting with the brothers Jackson.
Date: 06/08/2017   Section: Rumor Mill
Def Jam boss Steve Bartels was the main attraction at Midem on the French Riviera in Cannes Wednesday (6/7), where he discussed the Island Def Jam split, working with Kanye West and Logic, and his go-to records when moonlighting as a DJ. Read the highlights within...
Date: 05/29/2017   Section: Rumor Mill
Gregg Allman, lead singer and keyboard player of the Allman Brothers Band, died on Saturday, 5/27, at his home in Savannah, Ga.
Date: 05/11/2017   Section: Rumor Mill
The primary subject of this conversation with Music Biz President Jim Donio is the org’s annual convention, taking place for the third straight year in Nashville next week. So it seemed fitting to dispatch our 10-gallon hat-wearing Texas native and Music City habitué Todd Hensley to do the honors.
Date: 03/16/2017   Section: Rumor Mill
So it’s time, it’s time, it’s time. Before I do my usual breathless gushing about the SXSW experience...
Date: 03/09/2017   Section: Rumor Mill
Before I do my usual breathless gushing about the SXSW experience, present a schedule that’s metaphysically impossible to keep and spew a zillion band names, let’s talk about this year’s ethical elephant in the room.
Date: 03/07/2017   Section: Crossover
With March having arrived, it’s starting to actually feel and look like spring. To say the winter has been mild on the East Coast is an understatement. T-shirts and shorts in February? The golf courses looked like a typical day in May. And for all of you college basketball fans, it also signif...
Date: 03/01/2017   Section: Rumor Mill
Most in the business are familiar with the history of Warner Music Group, whose labels deftly balanced art and commerce from the mid-’60s until the company’s idiotic dismantling in the mid-’90s. But the equally significant and colorful story of CBS Records/Sony Music, WMG’s most formidable rival throughout those three decades, has yet to be told in similar detail. What follows is a recounting of the CBS/Sony narrative right up to this historic moment: the beginning of the Rob Stringer era.
Date: 12/26/2016   Section: Rumor Mill
The news that George Michael was dead crashed our Christmas dinner via friends dropping by for thick slices of bouche du Noel, one more pop-culture depth charge with unintended consequences. Because with all the loss this year—Bowie, Prince, Leon Russell, Guy Clark, amongst many—enough is enough, and at 53, George Michael is way too young.
Date: 12/02/2016   Section: Rumor Mill
It’s often been said, not without reason, that if you lived through the 1970s, you don’t remember them. Surprisingly, we’ve somehow managed to dredge up detailed recollections of that wild and woolly decade in this recounting of the sequence of events that led us initially to start the indie promo outfit MusicVision and eventually to launch the left-of-center trade rag HITS.
Date: 11/11/2016   Section: Rumor Mill
The first year after I got fired, I hung out a lot with Irving Azoff, and we contemplated starting a label together. When he finally stopped taking my calls, I made a deal, during the most drug-fueled period of my life, to run the West Coast office of Leber-Krebs...
Date: 09/19/2016   Section: Rumor Mill
British Warner/Chappell digital exec Eric Mackay has been promoted to VP, Digital, Europe, Middle East & Africa and Asia-Pacific, reporting to CEO Jon Platt.
Date: 08/02/2016   Section: Rumor Mill
For Jed Hilly, Americana isn’t just a musical genre or an association; it’s a raison d’etre. Beyond lobbying to get a designated category at the Grammys and persuade Webster to amend their official definition, three years ago, he helped create “Americana Fest” as part of Lincoln Center’s prestigious Summer Concert Series...
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