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In the end, 2024 was the year that the U.S. performance rights societies found out what type of valuations they can command when they are put up on the block. As the year comes to a close, a select group of private equity suitors is kicking the tires on yet another performance rights organization, SESAC, […]
Don’t expect new music music from veteran electronic producer Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) any time soon, with the artist revealing that live shows have taken over as his main focus in recent years. Cook, who began his professional musical career as a member of indie rock outfit The Housemartins in the ’80s, has been […]
The Doobie Brothers are readying their 16th studio album, with the group revealing that Michael McDonald will return to perform vocals on the newly announced Walk This Road. News of the band’s forthcoming record was shared during a year-end wrap-up post shared to Facebook on Monday (Dec. 30). “It’s hard to believe another year just […]
Rapper and songwriter BigXthaPlug previously appeared on “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” hitmaker Shaboozey‘s song “Drink Don’t Need No Mix” (from Shaboozey’s album Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going)–but he says he has plenty more country collaborations ahead. In an interview with Complex, BigXthaPlug noted that he has an upcoming country music EP in the […]
Salem Media Group has sold its seven remaining Contemporary Christian-formatted radio stations to the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) for $80 million, the company announced Monday (Dec. 30). The agreement, which is pending approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will add or expand EMF programming to seven U.S. markets, with stations including KLTY-FM in Arlington, […]
Shakira continues to light up Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as her latest single, “Soltera,” rises a spot for its first week atop the tally (dated Jan. 4, 2025). Shakira swells her total to 24 Latin Airplay champs, extending her record for the most among women, dating to the chart’s 1994 inception. The closest female contender, […]
Neil Young has dug deep into his archives for the latest addition to his Fireside Sessions, pulling out “Pardon My Heart” for its first performance in over 50 years. The live rendition was shared to his Neil Young Archives website as part of his Fireside Sessions series, which just days ago resulted in a rare […]
Veteran English rockers The Soft Boys staged an impromptu reunion performance as part of Yo La Tengo’s annual Hanukkah Residency in New York City. The reformation of sorts took place during the fourth night of Yo La Tengo’s yearly holiday event, on Saturday (Dec. 28), which featured Robyn Hitchcock as an opening act. Following a […]
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president, and the president who’s won the most Grammy Awards — […]
It’s official: Wicked has pulled ahead of Mamma Mia! to become the top-grossing film based on a Broadway musical. Wicked has grossed $634.4 million worldwide since it opened on Nov. 22. Mamma Mia! grossed $611.5 million worldwide following its release in June 2008. Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in Wicked, which was directed by […]
