NBC Takes Top Honors Sunday Night with SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALLDecember 17, 2018NBC (7:30-11pm) (14.811 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 4.5, #1) continued its reign on Sunday with its mix of 'Football Night in America #1' (5.987 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.4, #6), 'Football Night in America #2' (10.170 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 2.9, #4), 'Football Night in America #3' (13.675 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 4.1, #3) and 'Sunday Night Football' (15.967 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 4.9, #2).
VIDEO: YouTube Shares Trailer for Season 2 of RYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TELEVISIONDecember 17, 2018RYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TELEVISION*, a meta comedy skewering Hollywood and police procedurals, returns for Season 2 on January 30, 2019 on YouTube Premium. The show stars Hansen, as a ridiculous version of himself, who joins an LAPD task force partnering actors with homicide detectives so they can use their “actor skills” to help solve murders. In Season 2, Ryan's back, but after Detective Mathers, Ryan's partner from the first season (Samira Wiley), gets sidelined, rogue cop Vince Vincente (Avon Barksdale Wood Harris) steps in as Ryan's new partner. Together the two will have to buddy up to solve an array of puzzling crimes.
The Country Music Association Announces New International Artist Touring Series, 'Introducing Nashville'December 17, 2018The Country Music Association has announced its new international artist-focused touring series, aptly titled Introducing Nashville, which launches in March of 2019 in Australia and New Zealand featuring Brandy Clark, Devin Dawson, Lindsay Ell and Tenille Townes (Australia leg only) followed by an industry event in Tokyo, Japan including Frankie Ballard. Tickets for Australia and New Zealand are on sale here.
Lonesome Shack to Release 'Desert Dreams' LPDecember 17, 2018With a sound that is raw, expressive, and strange, Lonesome Shack's music is part hill country blues, part urban folk rock, and owes as much to Alan Wilson's Canned Heat as it does to Junior Kimbrough.
SOFI TUKKER Extend Publishing Deal With Third Side MusicDecember 17, 2018New York-based, two time Grammy-nominated duo Sofi Tukker are set to extend their publishing deal with Third Side Music. With the musicians' impressive arsenal of synch success via prominent placements in Apple's iPhone X launch, Orange is the New Black, ads for Jimmy Choo, ABC's Deception, NBC's World of Dance, and many more with the help of Third Side Music, the publisher is excited to continue their success together.
Dua Lipa Announces New Single for ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL FilmDecember 17, 2018Global pop singing sensation and 2019 double Grammy nominee Dua Lipa, will co-write and perform a new single, 'Swan Song,' for Twentieth Century Fox's ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, the epic action-adventure from producers James Cameron and Jon Landau (AVATAR) and director Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY). The film will be released in the US on February 14.
elrow Launches 2019 NYC ResidencyDecember 17, 2018elrow continues its New York residency in 2019 and announces its biggest indoor festival in North America ever to take place on February 23 at Avant Gardner. For this winter fiesta, elrow expands into 2 rooms, with over 10 hours of music, featuring more artists. elrow, one of the world's leading event production companies, with six generations of experience promoting unforgettable spectacles, will reveal a new worldwide theme for this event on January 7. “We've enthusiastically extended the hours so that we can open at 7:30pm to welcome and entertain those who can't stay with us all night,” says Michael Julian, elrow's Special Advisor. “We also wanted to create a longer elrow experience for the NY fans and the guests traveling to this show from all over the world. It will be another sold out elrow as we transform Avant Gardner into a massive 2-room fiesta, the biggest elrow indoor show to ever come to North America.”
COLD CAVE Announces Tour with Adult. and SextileDecember 17, 2018COLD CAVE will head out on tour with renown electronic Detroit duo Adult. and Los Angeles post-punk group Sextile in February and March 2019. The legendary Psychic TV will be joining as a very special guest for the Brooklyn Steel date.
GRABBITZ Releases New Single 'Information Overload' with Pierce FultonDecember 17, 2018GRABBITZ releases his debut single on Ultra Records “Information Overload” with Pierce Fulton. As an artist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter, Buffalo-born GRABBITZ sustains an unfiltered vision and presents a new paradigm for pop music augmented by organic musicality, dynamic sound design, vivid lyricism, and intimate attention to detail. On “Information Overload,” he teams with VT-based producer Pierce Fulton on a driving pop-laden single that reflects the state of things today due to social media.
In The Valley Below Announce Tour Supporting Albert Hammond Jr.December 17, 2018 Art-rock duo In The Valley Below have announced a 2019 Spring U.S. tour supporting Albert Hammond Jr.; a full list of tour dates can be found below. The band recently pushed back the release of their sophomore album The Pink Chateau on Bright Antenna Records to 2019, and have been creating a massive, mysterious new project since.
The Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival to Present 33 International MoviesDecember 17, 2018The upcoming 29th annual The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival will present movies from around the world, opening with PAPA, a heart-warming movie about an adopted son searching for his biological parents, and featuring an all-star cast including Ann-Margret, Frankie Avalon, Mischa Barton, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Vincent Pastore, David Proval, Eric Roberts and Paul Sorvino.
Live Nation Appoints Brittany Flores To President Of Miami – U.S. ConcertsDecember 17, 2018Today, Live Nation Entertainment, the world's leading live entertainment company, announced Brittany Flores as President of Miami – U.S. Concerts. In her new position Flores will oversee the booking, marketing, and business operations for Live Nation in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Jacksonville.
ALABAMA Announces '50th Anniversary Tour'December 17, 2018 Genre-defining country supergroup ALABAMA will celebrate five decades of music next year. Today the iconic band announced the first leg of dates for their '50th Anniversary Tour,' sweeping the United States in 2019 with nearly 30 live concerts already on the books.
PBS to Air MARGARET: THE REBEL PRINCESSDecember 17, 2018MARGARET: THE REBEL PRINCESS, an insightful new two-part biography of Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth's beautiful and rebellious younger sister, will premiere on Sundays, February 10 and 17, 2019, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS.