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Blackstone Trims Recognition Catalog With $200 Million Sale to Sony Music

Blackstone, the owner of around $4 billion in music assets including through Recognition Music Group, has sold a portion of the Recognition portfolio to Sony Music Group for more than $200 million, according to sources. The deal, which has not been previously reported, includes mostly publishing assets and a smattering of master recording royalty income streams to songs including some by […]

HARDY Talks ‘McArthur’ Collab With Morgan Wallen, Eric Church & Tim McGraw and If More Is Coming: ‘I Would Love to Expand on This Concept’ (Exclusive)

The last week of January mysterious, intriguing posts popped up on HARDY, Tim McGraw, Morgan Wallen and Eric Church’s social media, each with a different first name and shared McArthur last name against a grainy background, birth and (except for Wallen’s) death dates and a red squiggly line like an EKG heartbeat. Fans and journalists […]

Mark Ronson to Receive Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at The BRITs 2026

British-born producer and musician Mark Ronson is set to be honored with a very special BRIT Award. Related Mark Ronson Celebrates ‘Night People’ at New York Hot Spot Chez Nous Mark Ronson Remembers Quincy Jones in Heartfelt Tribute Mark Ronson Recruits Slash, Dave Grohl, Jack Black to Boost Foreigner’s 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Bid: […]

William ‘Billy Bass’ Nelson, Parliament-Funkadelic Co-Founder Dies at 75: ‘Rest in Eternal Peace and Funk’

William “Billy Bass” Nelson, the founding bassist for the George Clinton-led funk acid rock collective Parliament-Funkadelic has died at age 75. According to a post from Clinton’s Facebook account, Nelson died on Saturday (Jan. 31) of undisclosed causes. “Rest in eternal peace and Funk,” read the brief statement, which contained no further information on Nelson’s […]

Tim McGraw Is Taking The Chicks & Lady A on His Pawn Shop Guitar Tour: ‘I Dare You to Find More Hits in 1 Show’

Tim McGraw is bringing his electrifying stageshow to audiences once again in 2026, when the three-time Grammy winner launches his 2026 Pawn Shop Guitar Tour this summer, promoted by Live Nation. The 33-date tour, which begins July 9 in Bethel, N.Y., will include three exclusive stadium shows at Hersheypark Stadium (Hershey, Pa.), Fenway Park (Boston) […]

Michael Bearden to Return as Oscars’ Music Director

Musician Michael Bearden will serve as music director of The Oscars for the second year in a row, it was announced on Tuesday (Feb. 3). The Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 15, at The Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Bearden — a keyboardist, arranger, conductor and composer — received a Primetime Emmy nomination […]