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Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Payments Will Start Arriving Next Week

Two weeks after the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) portal successfully reopened, officials at the Small Business Administration say that the first round of awards will be distributed next week. There are three distinct 14-day periods during which SVOG funds will be awarded. Priority One applicants that lost 90% or more of their revenue from April to December of […]

Dan + Shay Reschedule Arena Headlining Tour, Add New Dates

Dan + Shay will resume their headlining arena tour Sept. 9 at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C. The pair, who have won the Grammy Award for best country duo/group performance three years running, have rescheduled dates that were postponed due to COVID-19, as well as added in some new stops, including Oct. 15 […]

Old Dominion Singer Matthew Ramsey Hospitalized Ahead of Tour

Old Dominion lead singer Matthew Ramsey is in the hospital just before the country band is set to hit the road for their 2021 tour. The band’s socials shared an update on Ramsey’s condition after he appears to have fallen from a ladder while trying to change a lightbulb. “How many OD members does it take […]

Halsey Is Songwriter of the Year at 2021 BMI Pop Awards

Halsey was named songwriter of the year at the 2021 BMI Pop Awards. The singer/songwriter wrote four of the year’s most performed songs: “Nightmare,” “Graveyard,” “Be Kind” and “You Should Be Sad.” “Be Kind” is a collaboration with fellow BMI songwriter and hitmaker Marshmello. Halsey took song of the year at the 2020 BMI Pop Awards […]

What’s Your Favorite J. Cole Album? Vote!

With J. Cole’s sixth studio album The Off-Season on the way this Friday, Billboard wants to know: What’s your favorite Cole album yet? The highly anticipated album comes three years after Cole’s last album, KOD – an acronym for Kids on Drugs, King Overdosed and Kill Our Demons. KOD debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making it the artist’s fifth album to debut atop […]