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| Date: 10/25/2024 Section: The B-Side In 1986, Kornfeld followed Dennis Arfa to the newly formed QBQ Entertainment, working with Billy Joel, The Beach Boys and Rodney Dangerfield. Today, at IAG, Kornfeld helps oversee a coveted roster of over 500 artists and works directly with Metallica, Def Leppard, Poison, Tesla and digital phenoms The Try Guys, among others. First concert you ever saw. Within one week in 1974, I saw Buddy Rich at the Felt Forum and Deep Purple at MSG. What’s the biggest challenge facing the live-music industry? It’s a toss-up between rising touring costs and continually improving the fan experience. Adam Kornfeld, IAG, Calling All Agents |
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| Date: 10/22/2024 Section: The B-Side Arfa is the EVP and Head of Global Music for Independent Artist Group, and was instrumental in facilitating the merger of APA (Agency for the Performing Arts) and AGI (Artist Group International) that resulted in IAG. Arfa oversees all aspects of the Global Music Division, which includes such artist... Jarred Arfa, IAG, Calling All Agents |
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| Date: 10/11/2024 Section: Rumor Mill This week's stars of tomorrow from various parts of the biz will also find their faces in our latest magazine, which makes an excellent coaster. Dwight Lazarus, Spotify, Paige Maloney, Wasserman Music, Jeff “Gitty Gitelman, Playground Media, Gracie Reichel, The Trenches, James Armstrong, Sony Music Publishing, Emmie Chambers, Primary Wave Music, Mark Taylor, Facet House, Jessie Richard, RIAA |
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| Byline: Craig Marks Date: 09/11/2024 Section: Rumor Mill “We’re celebrating, not dwelling,” Bruce Gillmer says about his company’s approach to the 40th anniversary of the MTV Video Music Awards, set for tonight at UBS Arena. HITS’ Craig Marks gets the scoop from the event’s honcho. MTV Video Music Awards, Bruce Gillmer |
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| Date: 07/25/2024 Section: Rumor Mill Dick Asher, the longtime record executive who held top posts at CBS and PolyGram and who, at CBS, played a key role in curtailing payments to the informal alliance of independent record promoters known as the Network, died on 7/23 at age 92. |
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| Date: 06/13/2024 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. Carolina Boltiansky, Best Friends Music, Rob Wadlington, Red Bull Records, Diane Tran, Three Six Zero, James Janocha, Primary Wave, Nicole Dupuis, EMPIRE, Jose Abreu, Sony Music Entertainment, Jessica Breslow, KMGMT, Leo Arango, Leal Asesores |
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| Date: 12/07/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Journey and Def Leppard will co-headline a stadium tour next summer that will hit 23 ballparks and gridirons, beginning 7/6 with Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Journey, Def Leppard, Steve Miller Band, AEG Presents |
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| Date: 10/10/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Verve Label Group is feeling particularly animated about revered Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi’s new album, A Symphonic Celebration, which features his music from the Studio Ghibli films of the great Hayao Miyazaki. It has topped the classical charts and... |
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| Date: 05/26/2023 Section: Blighty Beat Lewis Capaldi has the biggest opening week of his career with Broken by Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (EMI) shifting 95k sales in the U.K. Over on singles, Lana Del Rey has today's highest new entry. Broken by Desire To Be Heavenly Sent tops the U.K. Official Albums Chart while claiming the title ... |
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| Date: 05/26/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Lewis Capaldi has the biggest opening week of his career, with Broken by Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (EMI) shifting 95k in sales in the U.K. Over on singles, Lana Del Rey has today's highest new entry. Lewis Capaldi, Lana Del Rey, Sleep Token, Def Leppard, Harry Styles, Beyoncé, Ghost, Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding, Official Albums Chart |
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| Date: 05/25/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Among the first law firms to create a branded-media practice, Greenberg Traurig has emerged as a dominant player in the digital space with the largest worldwide practice in this area. The firm is led by Global Entertainment & Media Chairman Bobby Rosenbloum. Greenberg Traurig, Bobby Rosenbloum, Jay Cooper, Jess Rosen, Jeff Biederman, Lawrence Kanusher, Jared Welsh, Charmaine Smith, Matthew Rosengart, Jeffrey Smith, Steve Plinio, Paul Schindler, Jonathan Koby, Jake Phillips, Katy Perry, Jerry Seinfeld, Recording Academy, Jimmy Buffet, Kenny Chesney, Kacey Musgraves |
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| Byline: Jason Berk Date: 05/23/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Jobriath was a rock visionary—and a queer trailblazer long before such folks were heralded in the mainstream. Jobriath, David Bowie, Queen, Jerry Brandt, Marc Bolan |
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| Date: 05/22/2023 Section: Blighty Beat Lewis Capaldi is outselling the entire U.K. Official Albums Top 20 combined with his second set at today’s halfway point. Over on singles, Lana Del Rey has the highest new entry. At the midweek mark, Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent (EMI) has shifted 68k sales. The set could very well bec... |
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| Date: 05/22/2023 Section: Rumor Mill At today’s halfway point, Lewis Capaldi is outselling the entire U.K. Official Albums Top 20 combined with his second set. Over on singles, Lana Del Rey has the highest new entry. Lewis Capaldi, Lana Del Rey, Def Leppard, Sleep Token, Ghost, Yes, Paul Simon, Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding, Jazzy, Official Albums Chart |
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| Date: 05/19/2023 Section: Rumor Mill New arrivals arrive by the boatload this Flipover Friday, with Dave Matthews at the helm of iTunes and Summer Walker leading the way at Apple Music. Dave Matthews Band, Summer Walker, Lewis Capaldi, Def Leppard, Brandy Clark, Jimin, Bad Bunny, iTunes, Apple Music |
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| Date: 03/15/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Live Nation has a string of summer shows and tours on its schedule, enough to keep concert lovers busy for months, from massive stadium runs to Sin City residencies. Beyoncé, KISS, Live Nation, Logic, Juicy J, Willie Nelson, Michael Rapino, Snoop Dogg, Guns N Roses, Madonna, Shania Twain, Beck, Phoenix, HARDY, NAV, Lil Wayne, Lizzo, Chris Stapleton, Peter Gabriel, SZA, Drake, 21 Savage, Stevie Nicks, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Blink-182 |
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| Date: 12/08/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe, who sold 1.3m tickets on their North American stadium tour this summer, are going global next year, hitting Europe and Latin America along with a half-dozen U.S. appearances. Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper, Live Nation |
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| Date: 10/27/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee have released a joint statement addressing original Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars' decision to quit touring with the band. |
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| Byline: I.B. Bad Date: 06/10/2022 Section: Rumor Mill I.B. Bad offers an update on the ongoing catalog wars. Pink Floyd, Merck Mercuriadis, Justin Timberlake, Larry Mestel, Josh Gruss, Round Hill, KKR, Moelis, America, Def Leppard, Paul Rodgers, Martina McBride, Alice in Chains, Lucky Wilbury, Bob Dylan, The Traveling Wilburys, Henry Mancini |
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| Date: 06/03/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Harry Styles repeats at #1 on the HITS Top 50 as Harry's House (Columbia) pulls 154k in its second week. Rimas' Bad Bunny scores another six-figure week, with Un Verano Sin Ti at #2. Def Leppard, Tate McRae and Kate Bush debut... ...Go to the HITS Top 50 Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, Columbia, Rimas, HITS Top 50, Harry's House, Un Verano Sin Ti, Kate Bush, Tate McRae |
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| Date: 06/03/2022 Section: Blighty Beat Liam Gallagher has secured his fourth #1 on the Official Albums Chart as the U.K. charts are full of tidbits related to Harry Styles, Queen and Kate Bush. Gallagher’s C’Mon You Know (Warner) becomes his 11th #1 album across his career, with more than 70k chart sales shifted in its openi... |
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| Date: 06/03/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Liam Gallagher has secured his fourth #1 on the Official Albums Chart alongside showings by Harry Styles, Queen and Kate Bush. Liam Gallagher, Official Albums Chart, Harry Styles, Queen, Def Leppard, Tate McRae, Kate Bush |
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| Date: 06/02/2022 Section: Rumor Mill In a light release week, UMe’s Def Leppard scores the biggest debut and a Top 10 bow with Diamond Star Halos, while RCA’s Tate McRae comes in at #13 with her debut set, i used to think i could fly, and Harry Styles’ Harry’s House (Columbia) looks like it'll stay on top. Top 20, UMe, Def Leppard, RCA, Tate McRae, Harry Styles, Columbia, Bad Bunny, Rimas |
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| Date: 05/30/2022 Section: Blighty Beat Liam Gallagher is on course to tie his brother Noel with 11 U.K. #1 albums while Harry Styles is eyeing a ninth consecutive week at #1 at singles. Gallagher’s third solo studio album, C’Mon You Know (Warner), is #1 on the Official Albums Chart at the midweek mark. He’s hit #1 seve... |
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| Date: 05/30/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Liam Gallagher is on course to tie his brother Noel with 11 U.K. #1 albums, while Harry Styles is eyeing a ninth consecutive week at #1 at singles. |
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| Date: 05/27/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Diamond Star Halos (Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/Republic), Def Leppard’s first studio album in seven years and 12th overall, tops the iTunes chart this Flipover Friday. The debut from RCA’s Tate McRae is the top new arrival at Apple Music. Def Leppard, Tate McRae, Top Gun: Maverick, Wilco, Eminem, Liam Gallagher, Apple Music, iTunes |
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| Date: 05/18/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Merch companies Bravado and Epic Rights—the former of which acquired the latter in 2019—are centralizing their licensing rosters. Epic Rights SVP Global Licensing Lisa Streff will oversee strategy for both. |
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| Date: 04/13/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Jesper Poulsen is now General Manager of Bravado, Universal Music Group's merch and brand management company announced on Wednesday. |
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| Date: 03/28/2022 Section: Rumor Mill As the news of Taylor Hawkins’ death broke, more and more people paid tribute via social media. Among them were Weezer, Pearl Jam and the First Lady. |
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| Date: 03/02/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Primary Wave chief Larry Mestel has been appointed to the National Music Publishers’ Association’s Board of Directors. Larry Mestel, Primary Wave, David Israelite, NMPA |
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| Date: 02/28/2022 Section: Rumor Mill It’s fitting that Larry Mestel began his career under the tutelage of a legend—Island Records founder Chris Blackwell—because, as the architect of Primary Wave Music, he’s made his mark inventively overseeing the catalogs of legends. Larry Mestel, Primary Wave Music, Chris Blackwell, Island Records, Alain Levy, PolyGram, Arista Records, Virgin Records |
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| Date: 01/31/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Primary Wave Music is pouring a little sugar on its partnership with Def Leppard: It's acquiring an additional stake in the band’s music-publishing catalog and royalty income stream from recordings. |
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| Date: 12/07/2021 Section: Rumor Mill Bret Michaels is putting his various career interests in the hands of UTA. Brett Michaels, UTA |
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| Date: 08/25/2021 Section: Rumor Mill Def Leppard will celebrate the 40th anniversary of High 'n' Dry with a livestream event on Saturday. Def Leppard |
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| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 07/15/2021 Section: Rumor Mill Caroline Jones isn’t afraid of talented people. Signed to Jimmy Buffett’s Mailboat Records, she’s toured with Buffett, Zac Brown and Kenny Chesney, who sang on her recent single “Gulf Coast Girl,” as did Lukas Nelson. Her labelmates include Chris Isaak, the late Jesse Winchester and Walter Becker, Def Leppard and, yes, Mark Twain, but she more than holds her own on the roster. Caroline Jones, Jimmy Buffett, Mailboat Records, Zac Brown, Kenny Chesney, Lukas Nelson, Chris Isaak, Jesse Winchester, Walter Becker, Def Leppard, Mark Twain, Ric Wake, Shania Twain, Blackbird, Mac McAnally, Mike Ramos, Keith Urban, The Trenwiths |
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| Byline: I.B. Bad Date: 03/01/2021 Section: Rumor Mill I.B. Bad assesses the future of the live landscape. Michael Rapino, Jay Marciano, Rob Light, Scooter Braun, Casey Wasserman, Boris Johnson, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Queen and Adam Lambert, Motley Crue, Poison, Ariana Grande, Andrea Bocelli, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Kenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, Old Dominion, Joan Jett, Judas Priest, ZZ Top |
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| Date: 10/22/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Primary Wave has inked a major new deal with pop legends The Four Seasons, the multi-decade hitmakers who inspired the Broadway monster Jersey Boys. The 10-year, multimillion-dollar strategic partnership brings the catalog of Frankie Valli and his group... Primary Wave, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Bob Gaudio, Larry Mestel |
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| Date: 07/02/2020 Section: Rumor Mill With the Green Day/Weezer/Fall Out Boy stadium shows rescheduled, the 2021 summer calendar for large-scale postponed shows is coming into focus. |
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| Date: 05/08/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Alanis Morisette, Rage Against the Machine and Michael Buble are among the latest artists to move concert dates to 2021. Here’s a roundup of major tours that have adjusted their dates over the last week. |
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| Date: 04/01/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Cancellations and postponements have dominated the concert news for a month, but what about the major stadium, arena and amphitheater tours that are still on the books for the summer? Let’s take a look at what the concert calendar looks like now. |
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| Byline: Phil Gallo Date: 02/11/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Streaming has been a blessing for the catalog business. It’s opened doors for more direct marketing to fans, allowed labels to more quickly capitalize on cultural moments, visual media syncs and tours, and made the marketing of music possible without new product. |
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| Date: 12/17/2019 Section: Pub Crawling Read Part 1 here Jon Platt's Sony/ATV, which earned Publisher of the Year at BMI and ASCAP Pop, BMI R&B/Hip-Hop and the triple crown of Latin Music Publisher at ASCAP, BMI And SESAC, enjoyed gangbusters songwriter revenue from culture-shifting unicorn Lil Nas X as well as superstars Ed Shee... |
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| Date: 12/11/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Def Leppard has returned to Sony/ATV Music Publishing, signing a global administration deal with Jon Platt’s company. |
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| Date: 12/04/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Rock legends Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Poison and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts will hit the road together next summer for a massive co-headlining tour. The Stadium Tour, produced by Live Nation, is set to steamroll through America... |
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| Date: 09/27/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Backstage at the star-studded iHeartRadio Music Festival, Brad Gerstner, Team iHeart's Rich Bressler, John Sykes, Tom Poleman and Pittman join RCA superstar Miley Cyrus and the label's Jessie Maldonado shortly before putting everything on red. |
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| Date: 09/12/2019 Section: Rumor Mill In the wake of their Hella Mega tour announcement, Green Day will make their return to the iHeartRadio Music Festival on 9/20-21 at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas. The pop/punk stalwarts join a typically eclectic lineup that includes... |
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| Date: 09/02/2019 Section: Rumor Mill The rollout of our special issue on Music's Hottest Law Firms hits the home stretch with Greenberg Traurig’s Entertainment & Media Practice, where Founding Chairman Joel Katz (at left in photo) leads a formidable team. |
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| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 07/03/2019 Section: Music City By Holly Gleason You don’t need to talk to Morgan Wallen about The Voice, where Adam Levine stole him from Usher. Or bring up Florida Georgia Line, who shared his first smash, “Up Down.” Nor is it necessary to talk about the Jason Aldean #1 “You Make It Easy,” co-writt... |
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| Date: 06/04/2019 Section: Rumor Mill The 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival (9/20-21) will boast a typically eclectic lineup of performers that includes Halsey, Chance the Rapper, Miley Cyrus, Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Juice WRLD, Maren Morris, Camila Cabello, Def Leppard and H.E.R. |
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| Date: 04/26/2019 Section: Rumor Mill HBO will premiere the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Saturday night. The show features performances from inductees Stevie Nicks, The Cure, Def Leppard, The Zombies and Roxy Music, while Janet Jackson and two members of Radiohead also stop by. There’s additional star power in the array of presenters... |
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| Byline: Phil Gallo Date: 03/26/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Chairman/President Joel Peresman paid us no mind as we kept stage-whispering the names Todd Rundgren and Warren Zevon, but he did politely answer our questions. |
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| Date: 03/13/2019 Section: Rumor Mill The artists who will induct the members of the 2019 class into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame— including a couple who’ve been inducted themselves—make for some intriguing pairings... |
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| Date: 01/22/2019 Section: Rumor Mill UMG-owned merchandising powerhouse Bravado has significantly expanded its offerings with the acquisition of boutique merch-and-branding company Epic Rights. |
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| Date: 12/13/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks and Roxy Music have made it into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the first time their names have appeared on the ballot. They’ll be joined by The Cure, Janet Jackson, Radiohead and The Zombies in the class of 2019. |
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| Date: 12/07/2018 Section: Rumor Mill The 1975 are the first British band to hit #1 with their first three albums since Arctic Monkeys did the same in 2009. Over on singles, Ariana Grande has set a new streaming record. |
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| Date: 10/12/2018 Section: Rumor Mill “I wonder if we’ll be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week,” Joe Elliott muses as the Def Leppard frontman and his band mates pose with a gold-record plaque for Mirror Ball – Live & More before the second of two sold-out shows with Journey at the Forum Sunday night. “I wonder if they serve blintzes in the Forum Club,” says preoccupied Mailboat Records topper Harold Sulman (holding plaque). "I'm sure Shelli put it on the menu." Shown missing Burnstein & Mensch, Mutt Lange and Irwin Steinberg are... |
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| Date: 10/12/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Universal Music’s catalog department, UMe, has hit our inbox with a string of announcements that range from a Neil Diamond box set to a purple Marvin Gaye slab of vinyl to multiple Def Leppard collections. |
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| Date: 10/10/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Todd Rundgren, John Prine and Devo are on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot for the first time. Joining those neglected greats are three other worthy first-timers—Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks and Def Leppard—and… |
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| Date: 09/19/2018 Section: Rumor Mill SiriusXM announced new programming for their Volume channel that will examine the world of music through the confessional experiences of celebrity musical guests... |
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| Date: 03/07/2018 Section: Rumor Mill UMe is going the limited edition route with its vinyl releases this Record Store Day, keeping most printings under 3,000 copies. The vaults have been raided for new records from… |
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| Date: 01/26/2018 Section: Rumor Mill DCD2/Island’s Fall Out Boy has bowed at #1 on the Top 50 Chart with 127k for their seventh studio album, MANIA. It outpaces The Greatest Showman soundtrack, which moves to #2 with 112k in its seventh week out. |
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| Date: 01/19/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Def Leppard finally embraced the digital generation at the crack of midnight today, putting their entire catalog on streaming and download services for the first time; four of the albums are in iTunes Top 30. The release coincides with the announcement of a 58-date tour with Journey. |
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| Date: 12/13/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Spotify is providing artists with a year-end wrap that delivers insights into listening habits. Stats like: Weezer was played in 61 countries; Noah Cyrus has 28 million fans; and Def Leppard songs filled 6 million listening hours. |
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| Date: 11/18/2017 Section: Rumor Mill AC/DC co-founder and guitarist Malcolm Young died Saturday at home with his family by his side, having suffered from dementia for the past three years. He was 64. |
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| Date: 08/11/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Calvin Harris has secured his eighth #1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart as “Feels” (Columbia) ends the latest reign of “Despacito” (Polydor) at the helm. Over on albums, fans are honoring the late Glen Campbell with his final studio album, Adios (UMC), reaching a new peak of #2 today. |
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| Date: 08/07/2017 Section: Blighty Beat It’s a tight chart battle this week for the #1 Official Singles spot in the U.K. as Calvin Harris' “Feels” (Columbia) sits behind “Despacito” (Polydor) by just 500 combined sales at halfway stage. Over on albums, Def Leppard’s 30th anniversary reissue of Hyste... |
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| Date: 08/07/2017 Section: Rumor Mill It’s a tight chart battle this week for the #1 Official Singles spot in the U.K. as Calvin Harris' “Feels” (Columbia) sits behind “Despacito” (Polydor) by just 500 combined sales at halfway stage. Over on albums, Def Leppard’s 30th anniversary reissue of Hysteria (UMC/Virgin) is the highest new midweek entry at #5. |
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| Date: 05/26/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Harry Anger, a former EVP at Polygram and Motown’s Chief Operating Officer who helped revitalize the label during the New Jack Swing era of the early 1990s, died 5/20 at his home in Las Vegas after a 20-plus year battle with leukemia. He was 84. |
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| Date: 01/19/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Howard Kaufman, one of the music industry’s smartest and well-loved managers, died Wednesday. He was 79. |
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| Byline: Dennis Lavinthal with Bud Scoppa 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. |
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| Date: 11/18/2016 Section: Rumor Mill As they tell it, Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch’s story is equal parts Zelig and This Is Spinal Tap, as they stumble upon one great band after another, while nimbly reinventing themselves whenever the winds of change threaten to blow them off the rails into irrelevance. |
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| Date: 11/13/2016 Section: The B-Side WHAT IT IS: This West Tennessee-native is in the studio now, both writing and producing and putting the finishing touches on his debut album—set for release in 2017. Lay, a former college basketball player, draws inspiration for his autobiographical songs from growing up in a small town and pl... |
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| Byline: Dennis Lavinthal with Bud Scoppa 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... |
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| Date: 07/11/2016 Section: Rumor Mill Broken Bow's Jason Aldean has developed into one of country music’s emblematic superstars, with 15 #1 singles and six albums that have all been certified platinum. And for some reason, he agreed to sit for an interview with us, as part of our Nashville Spotlight special print issue. |
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| Date: 01/11/2016 Section: Rumor Mill Visionary rock artist David Bowie has died of cancer; he was 69. |
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| Date: 11/12/2015 Section: Blighty Beat A legendary U.S. King is sitting at #1 on the midweek U.K. Official Albums Chart, as If I Can Dream (RCA/Legacy Recordings), a set of orchestral reworkings of Elvis’ biggest hits, looks destined to award the late singer with his 12th chart-topping album in Blighty. Adele is firmly hanging on ... |
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| Date: 11/06/2015 Section: Rumor Mill Thanks to an unprecedented series of events, three Country acts dominate the charts this week. Chris Stapleton’s career-defining moment on last week’s CMA Awards rocketed his Traveller (Mercury Nashville)—which was released in May—to #1 honors. |
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| Date: 11/03/2015 Section: Rumor Mill At midweek, Now 56 looks likely to take the #1 spot on both the album and SPS charts this Friday. Wednesday night’s CMA Awards may be prove to be a wild card, as Carrie Underwood hosts and performs. Can her Storyteller album, in its second week, benefit enough from the show to overtake Now for #1? Here’s how it looks at midweek. |
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| Date: 11/02/2015 Section: Rumor Mill A legendary U.S. King is sitting at #1 on the midweek U.K. Official Albums Chart, as If I Can Dream (RCA/Legacy Recordings), a set of orchestral reworkings of Elvis’ biggest hits, looks destined to award the late singer with his 12th chart-topping album in Blighty. Adele is firmly hanging on to the Official Singles Chart top spot... |
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| Date: 11/02/2015 Section: Rumor Mill Capitol's 5 Seconds of Summer has topped the HITS Album Sales Chart with 180k and the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart with 195k for Sounds Good Feels Good, the follow-up to their breakout, self-titled debut. |
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| Date: 10/31/2015 Section: Rumor Mill NOW/UMe's hit-aggregating Now 56 leads the week's pack of new releases; here's how the latest batch of debuts is shaping up, based on very early reads... |
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| Date: 07/07/2015 Section: Rumor Mill The Wall Street Journal called him “the King of the Road,” the L.A. Times deemed him “the People’s Superstar” and The Dallas Morning News recently weighed in with “two parts Mick Jagger, one part Bruce Springsteen, one part Billy Graham.” Mostly, Kenny Chesney chronicles coming of age... |
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| Date: 10/24/2013 Section: Rumor Mill YOUR TOP 15 (PLUS TWO): As expected, Katy Perry will debut at #1, giving Steve Barnett’s Capitol Records its first #1 since the exec took the helm late last year. The bow of Perry’s PRISM will best by about 100k her previous release, Teenage Dream, which opened with 192k in August of 20... |
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| Date: 07/26/2013 Section: Rumor Mill MIKE SHIPLEY, a Grammy-winning producer-engineer who worked on records by Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Van Halen, AC/DC, The Cars, Tom Petty, Faith Hill, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Maroon 5, Kelly Clarkson and countless other acts, died today, according to multiple reports; a cause of death has ye... |
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| Date: 06/27/2013 Section: Rumor Mill PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Primary Wave Music's Adam Lowenberg will add GM duties at Primary Wave Talent Management to his purview, it was announced today; he's been Chief Marketing Officer at the company for the past five years. As CMO he's planned marketing strategies for management an... |
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| Date: 01/18/2013 Section: Rumor Mill CH-CH-CH-CHANGES: Elliot Kendall, UMe Director of Radio and Tour Promotion, has departed the label after 12 years. You can reach him at powerjive@att.net or (424) 832-6044. Said Kendall: "It's been an amazing non-stop Indiana Jones/James Bond thrill ride during my years at UMe, working directly with legends and icons such as Soundgarden, Rob Zombie, KISS, Ringo Starr, The Who, Def Leppard, Eric Clapton, Alice Cooper, Steve Winwood, Glenn Frey, Jimmy Cliff and many others—in addition to creating extended brand partnerships with Fender and Gibson Musical Instruments. Tomorrow waits with a hungry gaze and I look forward to new adventures and creating more excitement" (1/18p) |
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| Date: 10/30/2012 Section: Rumor Mill KID ROCK CRUMBLES: Kid Rock’s music suddenly appeared on iTunes last night, leaving only AC/DC, Garth Brooks, Def Leppard and Tool among the major holdouts on Apple’s online retailer. As recently as last year, Rock was quoted, "I have trouble with the way iTunes says everybody's mus... |
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| Date: 02/12/2012 Section: Rumor Mill PRIMARY WAVE PARTY ROLL CALL: The party, which was held at the tony SLS Hotel on La Cienega, started just as the Whitney news was breaking and various bits of misinformation were flooding in (e.g., “Clive’s party’s been canceled”). All the PW hitters were on hand, of course,... |
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| Date: 01/17/2012 Section: Rumor Mill MARKETING FREE AGENT: Longtime label marketing exec Emily Cagan has left her post as Director of Marketing/Product Management at UMe, where she spearheaded catalog and new album campaigns for Elton John, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Rick Springfield, Bryan Adams, Styx and Nine Inch Nails, among others. She was also an integral part of the Now marketing and development team and recently worked on new releases by Alice Cooper (his best-selling debut ever) and Chris Cornell’s live album. Reach her at emilyjcagan@gmail.com or (818) 919 4155. (1/17p) |
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| Date: 08/24/2011 Section: Rumor Mill APPLE SLICES: iTunes has signed a deal with Columbia and band management for the early Aerosmith catalog, the N.Y. Post reports. The Columbia recordings, released between 1973 and 1987, will go up in the store on Sept. 6. Aerosmith has had its later, Geffen-released material available on iTun... |
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| Date: 06/14/2011 Section: Rumor Mill The battle of the pop divas turned out to be no contest.XL/Columbia Grammy front-runner Adele returns to the top spot on the HITS Album chart after a two-week absence, besting Lady Gaga, as 21 sells another 114k, sending the album soaring over 2.2 million to spend its tenth week at #1.Gaga is follow... |
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| Date: 06/09/2011 Section: Rumor Mill Amazon.com Widgets As expected, Adele and Lady Gaga are locked in a battle for #1 on next week's chart. Should Adele prevail, this will be her 10th week at the top. Interestingly, two pairs of titles right below are also fighting it out for chart position. Regardless of ranking, Tech N9ne wil... |
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| Date: 06/08/2011 Section: Rumor Mill Next week’s battle is shaping up as a duel between reigning champ Lady Gaga and Adele for the #1 spot on the HITS Album chart, but the real story is in the details.For the first time in at least half a decade, sales totals have creeped up in year-over-year comparisons. OK, so it’s only 1... |
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| Date: 04/27/2011 Section: Rumor Mill LEPPARD SPOTS: The new Def Leppard album, Mirrorball, Live and More, will come out on Jimmy Buffett's Mailboat Records as a two-CD and bonus DVD set exclusively with Wal Mart and Sam's in the U.S. and Canada on June 7. The package contains 24 songs, recorded live over the last few years, with all their hits, plus three new songs and a 50-minute DVD featuring backstage footage of the band as well as performances of four of their biggest hits. The entire package will also be available digitally at iTunes on the same day. (4/27p) |
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| Date: 11/17/2010 Section: Rumor Mill STILL HOLDING OUT: With The Beatles now in the iTunes Store, the list of high-level holdouts may have lost its biggest name, but there are still some biggies who continue to just say no to Steve Jobs. We’re referring to (in alphabetical order) AC/DC, Garth Brooks, Def Leppard, Kid Rock, Bob Seger and Tool. You guys are hard-ass. (11/17a) |
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| Date: 09/22/2010 Section: Rumor Mill It’s Color Wars this week as Atlantic’s Best New Artist Grammy winners Zac Brown Band and A&M/Octone’s Maroon 5 battle for #1 on next week’s HITS Top 50.The results are based on reports from those music retailers and distributors who haven’t shifted over to manufact... |
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| Date: 08/16/2010 Section: Rumor Mill VIVA CLIVE VEGAS: Clive Davis and Carlos Santana will be in Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Wednesday night (8/18) to introduce the legendary musician’s new album, Guitar Heaven…The Greatest Guitar Classics of All-Time, which hits stores Sept. 21. The afternoon presentati... |
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| Date: 06/17/2009 Section: Rumor Mill Performances from Taylor Swift bookended Tuesday night’s CMT Awards in Nashville, as T-Pain joined her in an unlikely opening duet, and she rocked out in the closing “Pour Some Sugar on Me” backed by her CMT Crossroads co-stars Def Leppard. In between, Swift picked up a pair of awa... |
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| Date: 05/06/2008 Section: Rumor Mill For Madonna, it’s once more with feeling.The Material Gal’s final studio recording for Warner Bros., Hard Candy, debuts at #1 on this week’s HITS Album Sales chart, with 282k for the critically-acclaimed disc.That was enough to turn back last week’s diva, as Mariah Carey̵... |
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| Date: 05/02/2008 Section: Rumor Mill Hard Candy is sweet indeed. Madonna’s final studio album for Warner Bros. before embarking on her deal with promoter Live Nation will debut at #1 on next week’s HITS Album Sales chart with a total of between 270-290k. She’s easily the topper in a three-way battle of the dueling div... |
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