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Who Should Headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2027? Vote!

The Bad Bunny Bowl is in the books. Now, only one question remains: Who should headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2027? Related Did the Bad Bunny Halftime Show Meet Our Expectations? Super Bowl 2026: Bad Bunny Cries, A Party with Los Pleneros, & More Things You Didn’t See on TV Here’s Every Reference You Might […]

Why Sienna Spiro Had ‘So Much Resentment and Anger’ While Recording Breakout Hit ‘Die on This Hill’

Sienna Spiro is headstrong. That much is evident from the title of her breakthrough hit, “Die on This Hill,” a dramatic piano-and-string ballad that gave the British singer-songwriter her first Billboard Hot 100 entry in December. She stumbled upon its chords while attempting to learn Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and lyrics about an unhappy, one-sided relationship […]

Our Early — But Not All That Early — 2027 Grammy Nominations Preview

The 68th annual Grammy Awards were presented just nine days ago, so how can we already be thinking ahead to next year’s awards? Well, even though many execs who flew out to L.A. for the Grammys haven’t even filed their expense reports yet, we’re nearly halfway through the eligibility year for the 69th annual Grammy […]

Peermusic Promotes Jody Farber to CFO as Longtime Finance Chief Retires

Indie music publisher and neighboring rights company Peermusic has made its second senior leadership change of the year, promoting Jody Farber to chief financial officer. The move was announced Tuesday by executive chair Ralph Peer II and CEO Mary Megan Peer. Farber, who joined the company in 2024 as senior vice president of finance and […]

Concert Residencies in Big Cities Are Here to Stay. That’s Great for Artists — What About Fans?

These days, the live music business runs on red-hot fan anticipation, FOMO ticket pricing and careful cost management. The first isn’t new. After COVID, when promoters discovered how much fans would pay to see their favorite performers, tours have been marketed with more sense of event, partly to justify rising prices. At the same time, however, touring costs have spiked […]