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Will Live Nation & Ticketmaster Really Get Broken Up?

Back in May 2024, when then-Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the U.S. Department of Justice had filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, he didn’t exactly mince words: “It is time to break it up.”  And now two years later, after a coalition of states decisively won that case, they’re asking the judge […]

Taylor Swift, RAYE & More 2026 Songwriters Hall Of Fame Record Setters

When Taylor Swift is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at its annual awards gala at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on June 11, she’ll set a couple of records. At 36, she’ll be the youngest woman ever ushered into the SHOF, which inducted its first class of songwriters in 1970. She’ll also […]

Billboard’s 2026 Country Power Players Revealed

The Neal Agency’s Austin Neal leads the annual list honoring the top executives driving the success of the genre now across multiple industry sectors. Related After Slow-Burn Rise, Riley Green Is Red Hot: ‘If This Had Happened To Me When I Was 22, It Would Have Been Mayhem’ Suspect in Taylor Swift Vienna Concert Attack Plot […]

Carín León’s Manager Jorge Juárez on the ‘Significant Cultural Moment’ of History-Making Sphere Shows

Last November, when Carín León announced a series of shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas — a coveted venue where he is set to become the first Latin artist to headline — the regional Mexican singer-songwriter and his manager, Jorge Juárez, finally unveiled a secret that had been kept under wraps for a year, and an idea that had started even earlier.  “We thought of it three years before we announced it,” Juárez says. “We said, ‘Okay, maybe we won’t be ready next year, but in […]