Universal Music Group Debuts Virgin Music Label & Artist Services Africa

Universal Music Group Debuts Virgin Music Label & Artist Services Africa

About five months following Warner Music Group’s acquisition of African distribution and rights-management company Africori, Universal Music Group (UMG) has launched Virgin Music Label & Artist Services in Africa. UMG, which rolled out the revamped […]

Harry Styles, An Icon, Was Simply Too Famous To Play Elvis, Another Icon

Harry Styles, An Icon, Was Simply Too Famous To Play Elvis, Another Icon

Did you know Harry Styles’s first-ever recorded song was apparently a cover of Elvis Presley’s version of “The Girl of My Best Friend?” The “Watermelon Sugar” singer grew up listening to The King as a […]

R&B nearly man Ural Thomas: ‘My best shot is to just live and be what I am’ | R&B

Ural Thomas playing live at SXSW 2022 in Austin, Texas.

As Ural Thomas freely admits, he is not a man overburdened with ambition. “I’m not trying to compete with anyone, or trying to be better,” he shrugs, on a video call from his home town […]

AMON AMARTH: Making Of ‘The Great Heathen Army’ Album Part One (Video)

AMON AMARTH: Making Of 'The Great Heathen Army' Album Part One (Video)

The first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of “The Great Heathen Army”, the twelfth studio album from Swedish melodic death metallers AMON AMARTH, can be seen below. The LP […]

Becky G will perform at the MLB’s Extra Innings concert

Becky G celebrates the release of her new record

Becky G is bringing more sabor to the ballfields this summer. The Mexican descent star is set to perform on July 16 at Major League Baseball’s MGM Rewards All-Star Saturday Extra Innings concert. The 25-year-old […]

‘Stranger Things’ lands Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ in the U.S. Top 10 : NPR

'Stranger Things' lands Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' in the U.S. Top 10 : NPR

English singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush poses at her family’s home in London in September 1978, seven years before the release of “Running Up That Hill.” Chris Moorhouse/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris Moorhouse/Getty […]

Flogging Molly Announce New Album Anthem, Unveil “The Croppy Boy ’98”

Flogging Molly - Anthem cover

Celtic punkers Flogging Molly have announced their seventh album, Anthem, marking their first new studio LP in five years. Ahead of its September 9th release, the band has unveiled the album’s second single, “The Croppy […]

Cardi B Responds to Claim About Her Putting Older Singles on Next Album

Cardi B Responds to Claim About Her Putting Older Singles on Next Album

Cardi B is responding to criticism about an album that isn’t even out yet.  The rapper confirmed via an appearance on the Playboy-housed Centerfold platform—where she’s a creative director and founding member—that both the Megan Thee Stallion-featuring “WAP” […]

YES Legend JON ANDERSON And THE PAUL GREEN ROCK ACADEMY Release Music Video For New Song ‘So Limitless’

JON ANDERSON To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of YES's 'Close To The Edge' Album On Summer 2022 Tour

Legendary YES vocalist/songwriter Jon Anderson will play select shows with The Paul Green Rock Academy in summer 2022. Jon and the ensemble will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of YES‘s classic album […]

Skylar Grey Sold Catalog Including “Love the Way You Lie” to Afford Divorce

Skylar Grey Sold Catalog Including “Love the Way You Lie” to Afford Divorce

Singer-songwriter Skylar Grey has revealed she was forced to sell her song catalog, including Eminem and Rihanna’s “Love the Way You Lie,” to help pay for her divorce. In an interview with Variety on her new self-titled […]

Watch: MAX And IGOR CAVALERA Perform SEPULTURA Classics At Nashville Stop Of ‘Return Beneath Arise’ Tour

Watch: MAX And IGOR CAVALERA Perform SEPULTURA Classics At Nashville Stop Of 'Return Beneath Arise' Tour

Former SEPULTURA members Max Cavalera and Igor “Iggor” Cavalera performed at the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee on May 26. The show was part of their 2022 “Return Beneath Arise” tour, which kicked off on […]