Halsey becomes the first artist to rank at Nos. 1 and 2 simultaneously on Billboard’s Pop Songs radio airplay chart in nearly five years, as “Without Me” spends a fourth week at No. 1 and “Eastside,” with Benny Blanco and Khalid, rises 3-2. Halsey is the first act to claim the top two on Pop […]
On Tuesday, February 19th, Darius Rucker is slated to receive the Harry Chapin Memorial Humanitarian Award from the Music Business Association at the Music Biz 2019 Awards & Hall of Fame Dinner. The Hootie & the Blowfish frontman and Grammy winning artist and has long supported MUSC Children’s Hospital in his hometown Charelston, South Carolina. […]
On Tuesday, February 19th, Ozzy Osbourne has unfortunately canceled an additional string of dates on his No More Tours 2 outing as he continues to recuperate from pneumonia. On Tuesday morning, Osbourne’s spokesperson released a statement from the rocker’s wife/manager, Sharon Osbourne stating, “Ozzy recently developed pneumonia and has spent some time in hospital. Thankfully […]
Some of the past year’s most influential chart-topping, award-winning songwriters will be on hand to provide inspiration to the next generation of aspiring music creators at this year’s ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO, May 2 – 4 in Los Angeles. Panels and panelists for the 14th annual ASCAP EXPO will include Ariana Grande’s Thank U, […]
Some of the past year’s most influential chart-topping, award-winning songwriters will be on hand to provide inspiration to the next generation of aspiring music creators at this year’s ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO, May 2 – 4 in Los Angeles. Panels and panelists for the 14th annual ASCAP EXPO will include Ariana Grande’s Thank U, […]
1949 – Ricky Nelson joined the cast of his parents’ radio show. 1958 – Buddy Holly’s album “Buddy Holly” was released by Coral Records. This was his first official solo album. 1964 – The Beach Boys recorded “Don’t Worry Baby”. 1969 – “Goodbye Cream” opened in Baltimore. The film was of Cream’s November 26, 1968 […]
Linkin Park is gearing up to decide if or how to continue without one of rock’s most identifiable voices, the late Chester Bennington. But in a recent interview, co-vocalist of the band Mike Shinoda, says the band is open to the idea of continuing, though what form that takes has yet to be decided. “We […]
Some of the past year’s most influential chart-topping, award-winning songwriters will be on hand to provide inspiration to the next generation of aspiring music creators at this year’s ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO, May 2 – 4 in Los Angeles. Panels and panelists for the 14th annual ASCAP EXPO will include Ariana Grande’s Thank U, […]
Yesterday, February 18th, Yoko Ono turned 86, and to celebrate the occasion, she has announced that her third collaborative LP with John Lennon, 1969’s Wedding Album, will be reissued in the next few weeks. The album will be out via Secretly Canadian and Chimera Music as part of the ongoing Yoko Ono Reissue Project on […]
Dave Grohl recently weighed in on the future of rock music, and, according to him, the future is Billie Eilish. In a recent interview with the Foo Fighter, he compared Eilish to his old band and pointed to her as evidence that rock and roll is not dead. “My daughters are obsessed with Billie Eilish,” […]