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The Black Promoters Collective to Embark on The Millennium Tour 2025
by Josh Sharpe - November 20, 2024 The Black Promoters Collective (BPC), one of the leading Black-owned live entertainment powerhouses, has announced 'The Millennium Tour 2025,' a 24-city tour launching in spring 2025....
Thomas Dolby Adds Extra London Show This August
by Josh Sharpe - August 20, 2024 Already selling-out the city’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire later this month, Dolby has now added a second date in the capital. Billed as ‘Thomas Dolby… The Encore!’, the electronic pioneer will be taking the stage at Islington’s O2 Academy on 24th August....
40th Anniversary Edition of Thomas Dolby's 'The Flat Earth' Coming This Month
by Josh Sharpe - June 17, 2024 In celebration of 40 years of The Flat Earth, BMG is releasing an expanded, 40th Anniversary Edition of the album. As well as the complete tracklisting from the original record, the special release of the anniversary edition includes live tracks, rare mixes and alternate versions of songs from the i...
Totally Tubular Festival Adjusts Lineup for Summer 2024
by Josh Sharpe - June 06, 2024 The 80’s New Wave tour TOTALLY TUBULAR FESTIVAL kicks off Tuesday, June 25 in Seattle, WA and the tour organizers have announced a line-up change: “You can’t have a Totally Tubular Festival without The Tubes, so we’ve just added the iconic band from San Francisco to the lineup.” ...
Hip-Hop Heavyweights Saba & No ID Release New Single 'head.rap'
by Josh Sharpe - April 26, 2024 RIAA gold-selling Chicago rap virtuoso and Pivot Gang leader Saba and GRAMMY® Award-winning super-producer No ID drop their latest collaborative single entitled head.rap. RIAA gold-selling Chicago rap virtuoso and Pivot Gang leader Saba and GRAMMY® Award-winning super-producer No ID drop their late...
Thomas Dolby Sets UK Tour Dates This Summer With Support From Martin McAloon
by Michael Major - March 08, 2024 Confirming appearances at Newcastle O2 City Hall (16th August), Manchester's O2 Ritz (17th August) and London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire (22nd August), the shows will provide a rare opportunity to see the celebrated musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and professor, revisiting his inspiring ...
Jermaine Dupri and So So Def Recordings Inks Multi-Year Deal with Create Music Group
by Michael Major - February 07, 2024 The new partnership will bring the legendary label and all its recordings, publishing, as well as its historic So So Def Recordings back catalog to Create Music Group. In addition, the new collaboration will launch new music and new artists under the direction of GRAMMY Award-winning producer, hall ...
Totally Tubular Festival to Debut Summer 2024: Everything to Know About the 80's New Wave Tour
by Michael Major - January 04, 2024 Experience the nostalgia of the 80s with iconic music and performances from your favorite New Wave artists. The artists performing on the 2024 tour include THOMAS DOLBY, THOMPSON TWINS' TOM BAILEY, MODERN ENGLISH, MEN WITHOUT HATS, THE ROMANTICS, BOW WOW WOW, TOMMY TUTONE (select markets), and THE P...
Los Angeles' Own Asm Bopster Releases New Mixtape Sir CEO
by Michael Major - October 20, 2023 LOS ANGELES’ OWN ASM BOPSTER releases new mixtape 'Sir CEO'! Get the latest music from ASM BOPSTER in his highly anticipated mixtape. The track caught like wildfire in the West Coast from club scene to radio stations alike; making fans out of P Diddy and Christian Combs, Bow Wow and more....
Neil Hamburger to Release New Album 'Seasonal Depression Suite'
by Michael Major - August 21, 2023 Over the past two decades, Turkington’s conception of the rotten existence of “America’s Funnyman” Neil Hamburger has evolved in unexpected ways. On 2019’s Still Dwelling project, Turkington first collaborated with arranger/producer Erik Paparozzi, whose sensibilities aligned perfectly with Turkingt...
Jermaine Dupri and Curren$y to Play Concert at Webster Hall
by Michael Major - April 24, 2023 Grammy® Award-winning producer, songwriter, and rapper Jermaine Dupri, and New Orleans-based rapper and founder of Jet Life Recordings, Curren$y, recently announced they will showcase a live performance of their highly anticipated EP For Motivational Use Only at New York’s infamous Webster Hall on T...
Jermaine Dupri and Curren$y Announce Upcoming Concert at the Eastern in Atlanta
by Michael Major - March 30, 2023 Following the release of their debut single “Essence Fest,” Grammy® Award-winning producer, songwriter, and rapper, Jermaine Dupri, and New Orleans-based rapper and founder of Jet Life Recordings, Curren$y, announced their upcoming concert at The Eastern in Atlanta, GA on April 7th in support of the...
Jermaine Dupri Makes a Guest Appearance on MARIAH CAREY: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL Special
by Michael Major - December 20, 2022 Grammy Award-winning songwriter, superproducer, visionary, and CEO of So So Def Jermaine Dupri makes a guest appearance on CBS’s MARIAH CAREY: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!, a new two-hour primetime concert special. Additional special guest appearances include Drew Barrymore, Billy Porter, Slick Rick, and...
Chingy's Newest Single 'Can't Blame Me' Now Available to Pre-Save
by Michael Major - August 16, 2022 “Can’t Blame Me,” written by Chingy and produced by Fresco Kane (Mariah Carey, Stevie Stone), the track can now be pre-saved. 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of Chingy's smash single 'Right Thurr' and recently, the track landed in Netflix's Don't Look Up, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawren...
Taylor Swift, BTS & More Win Billboard Music Award - Full List of Winners!
by Michael Major - May 16, 2022 Host Sean “Diddy” Combs was joined by today’s Billboard chart-topping artists for exhilarating performances, empowering moments, and historic wins. Eight on-air awards were given out, in addition to the earlier non-broadcast categories, and Olivia Rodrigo took home the most trophies of the night wit...
Non-Televised Award Winners Announced for 2022 Billboard Music Awards
by Marissa Tomeo - May 15, 2022 Ahead of tonight’s “2022 Billboard Music Awards” (BBMAs), MRC and NBC announced the first group of winners. The BBMAs honor the year’s top performing artists on the Billboard Charts in 62 categories across all genres of music. ...
2022 Billboard Music Awards Nominations Announced
by Michael Major - April 08, 2022 MRC and NBC today announced the finalists for the “2022 Billboard Music Awards” (BBMA), which honor the year’s most successful artists in 62 categories across all genres of music. Nominees include Adele, Taylor Swift, Doja Cat, The Weeknd, and more. Plus, the film soundtracks for In the Heights, Enc...
VIDEO: Dubba-AA Taps Bow Wow For 'Hold You Down' Single
by Michael Major - November 09, 2021 The visual, directed by IkeyTV, takes viewers on a journey through Dubba-AA's eyes as he tells the story of the ups and downs you face when building with the one you love....
Ronna Reason Announces Debut Self-Titled EP
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 Today, LA-based Ronna Reason has unleashed her impassioned debut single/video “Panic Town,” armed with post-punk electro flair. The new song comes alongside the announcement of her self-titled EP due out March 19 on the newly launched Damaged Disco label....
Prog Rock Visionaries SONTAAG Release New Single 'BEYOND FOREVER'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 18, 2020 International rock collective Sontaag, whose eponymous debut album is a multi-generic collision of progressive space opera, cinematic ambience and sci-fi storytelling that arrived to significant critical acclaim in 2014, are set to return into 2020’s dystopian new normal. ...
Justin Tomlinson Appointed as Associate Director of Digital Marketing at RCA
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 21, 2019 RCA Inspiration has appointed Justin Tomlinson as Associate Director of Digital Marketing. Tomlinson will lead strategic implementation of digital marketing campaigns for all RCAI artists, and ensure marketing campaigns support all promotion and consumption efforts. Through the role, Tomlinson contr...
South African Artist Anna Wolf Wins Grand Prize in 2019 Unsigned Only Music Competition
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 05, 2019 The Unsigned Only Music Competition is pleased to announce its 2019 winners. Unsigned Only is open to artists who are unsigned to a major record label, and over the years has become an important source for discovering new talent. Since Unsigned Only's inception in 2012, five Grand Prize winners have...
UK Post-Punk Band The Tea Set Release Singles Compilation, Share Video For New Song
by Tori Hartshorn - June 20, 2019 The Tea Set were what you would call a classic art school band, all music as art experiment, where mistakes and wrong chords were part of the process. They were creative, noisy, theatrical, clothed in thrift store chic, and WAY ahead of their time. But now it seems the music world has finally manage...
WE tv Releases Sneak Peak of POWER, INFLUENCE AND HIP-HOP: THE REMARKABLE RISE OF SO SO DEF
by Kaitlin Milligan - June 18, 2019 The prolific career of hip hop mogul Jermaine Dupri and his indelible influence on music over the last 26 years is explored in 'Power, Influence and Hip-Hop: The Remarkable Rise of So So Def' debuting Thursday, July 18 on WE tv. In addition, Dupri will celebrate the world premiere of the documentary...
Afro Bros & Sean Kingston Deliver Summer Cross-Genre Track HOW MANY TIMES
by Tori Hartshorn - May 31, 2019 Following last year's massive hit 'X' by Nicky Jam & J Balvin, for whom they did the productional work, Dutch DJ/producer duo Afro Bros now teams up with legendary Jamaican artist Sean Kingston for new single 'How Many Times'. The chorus drops us into a sunny, tropical rhythm with pitch-shifting, wo... |