1. Beyonce, Madonna, Mary J. Blige Appear at 'Sound of Change' Concert for Women's Rights

    June 03, 2013 6:32 AM EDT The Sound of Change Live concert, held at London’s Twickenham Stadium on June 1, was both noble and mysterious. With the aim of aiding Chime For Change: a global campaign for improved education, health and justice for women and girls worldwide, ...

  2. Exclusive: Tim McGraw Stars in the Premiere of Vevo's 'Turn Up The Music And Drive'

    May 31, 2013 10:00 AM EDT When Tim McGraw decided to name his latest album (and first for Big Machine) Two Lanes of Freedom , his second-year sponsors Pennzoil couldn’t have been more thrilled. Not only did the title’s car analogy match seamlessly with the motor oil’s ne ...

  3. Blake Shelton's Oklahoma Tornado Benefit Concert Raises $6 Million

    May 31, 2013 6:50 AM EDT Organizers of a televised benefit concert say they raised more than $6 million in pledges and ticket sales to help people in Oklahoma trying to recover after a deadly tornado last week. A spokeswoman for the United Way of Central Oklahoma report ...

  4. It's Official: Mariah Carey Exits 'American Idol'

    May 30, 2013 6:33 PM EDT Mariah Carey is leaving "American Idol" after a one-season stint on the show. The singer made it official on Thursday afternoon by re-tweeting a message from her longtime PR firm PMK-BNC that read, "W/ global success of “#Beautifu ...

  5. Hot Tours: Bon Jovi Scores Big Box Office Numbers, Springsteen Rolls to No. 2

    May 30, 2013 6:03 PM EDT Bon Jovi tops this week’s Hot Tours tally with box office grosses reported from the final 19 venues on the band’s initial jaunt through North America along with a pair of shows in South Africa. Total ticket sales revenue from all 21 performances ...

  6. APA Names Former WME Partner Steve Hauser Senior VP

    May 30, 2013 4:56 PM EDT APA has appointed former WME partner Steve Hauser as senior VP. Hauser -- who brings with him such clients as Darius Rucker, the Charlie Daniels Band, Clint Black and Chris Cagle -- will focus on building APA’s Nashville roster. "I am beyon ...

  7. Jones Beach Theater Gets $20 Million Renovation Following Superstorm Sandy Damage

    May 30, 2013 3:40 PM EDT New York's popular Nikon at Jones Beach Theater is re-opening after extensive damage caused by Superstorm Sandy knocked it out of commission in Oct. 2012. Live Nation Entertainment today announced that the Wantagh, Long Island venue underwe ...

  8. Exclusive: Pop Tarts Books Demi Lovato, Owl City, Austin Mahone, More For Second Live Nation Concert Series

    May 30, 2013 2:08 PM EDT Kellogg’s Pop Tarts and Live Nation are re-teaming for Crazy Good Summer, a concert series that has been expanded from two to three shows this year. Confirmed performers include Owl City and Hot Chelle Rae, who will co-headline the first event i ...

  9. Bon Jovi Waives Performance Fee, Lowering Ticket Costs for Beleagured Spanish Fans

    May 30, 2013 10:35 AM EDT U.S. rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his band are waiving their performance fee for a concert in Madrid as a gesture to their Spanish fans hit hard by the country's severe economic crisis. El Mundo newspaper and other media outlets said Thursday ...

  10. Timberlake to Headline iTunes Festival in September, Joins Jessie J, Thirty Seconds to Mars

    May 30, 2013 10:29 AM EDT Justin Timberlake will be the headliner when the iTunes festival kicks off in September in London. The superstar is among the acts slated for the annual music series, which will be held each night that month and streamed on Apple devices like th ...

  11. Emails Reflect AEG's Fears about Michael Jackson's Health

    May 29, 2013 10:30 PM EDT LOS ANGELES — Jurors hearing a lawsuit against concert giant AEG Live LLC have been shown emails in which top company executives expressed fears about Michael Jackson's health and the amount of time they had to get the singer prepared for h ...

  12. Red Bull Music Academy's Adam Shore: The Man Who Helped Bring Giorgio Moroder, Brian Eno and 234 Other Musicians to NYC

    May 29, 2013 1:46 PM EDT Adam Shore is absurdly busy. The independent music promoter and manager is in the midst of coordinating 38 events in 26 days with some 236 performing artists for this month's Red Bull Music Academy . Phalanxes of promoters, producers, manag ...

  13. AEG Live's Paul Gongaware Testifies About Negotiating Deal for Michael Jackson’s Doctor

    May 28, 2013 8:41 PM EDT LOS ANGELES — A top executive of the company that was producing Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” tour has acknowledged he negotiated a deal for the doctor that the pop star had chosen to accompany him. But AEG Live executive Paul Gongaware testifi ...

  14. SkyLight, Non-Profit Seeking to Support Female EDM Execs, Launches

    May 28, 2013 6:32 PM EDT Founded by artist manager Stephanie LaFera and Billboard contributor Kerri Mason, SkyLight will seek to support aspiring female entrepreneurs, set on working within dance music, by providing connections to a mentorship program, networking opport ...

  15. Nine Inch Nails Signs To Columbia, Will Release New Album in 2013

    May 28, 2013 5:12 PM EDT Reunited industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails have signed a new deal with Columbia Records, which will release the group's eighth studio album later this year. The announcement arrives three months after band mastermind Trent Reznor officiall ...

  16. Arts & Crafts’ Jeffrey Remedios on Label's Tenth Anniversary, the ‘Nostalgia Vortex,' Stars' Pillow Cases

    May 28, 2013 4:30 PM EDT A lot has happened in the ten years since Jeffrey Remedios and his friend Kevin Drew put out Broken Social Scene’s You Forget It In People on their Toronto-based Arts & Crafts label. What was once a small, DIY indie has evolved into a manag ...

  17. Arty Becomes First EDM Artist To Use Vyclone During Performance

    May 28, 2013 2:18 PM EDT This past Friday (May 24), Arty, a trance DJ,added a new technological twist to his show at Marquee Las Vegas. He became the first EDM artists to put start-up social video app, Vyclone at the center of his performance. Here, Arty used his phone ...

  18. Nokia Music Expands Artist Partnerships With Cher Lloyd, Ed Sheeran Promotions

    May 28, 2013 12:32 PM EDT Nokia Music has teamed with Cher Lloyd for an extensive social media promotion, dubbed #CherLLoyalty, through which fans can win tickets and meet-and-greets to the singer’s concerts from May 30 to June 2. The daily tweet-to-reveal program will l ...

  19. Pink's Australian Tour Adds Record 18th Show at Rod Laver Arena

    May 27, 2013 4:10 AM EDT Pink’s upcoming tour of Australia is officially a record-breaker. The pop superstar’s “The Truth About Love Tour” of Australia has swelled to 46 arena shows, including a record-busting 18th date at Melbourne’s 15,000 capacity Rod Laver Arena. Th ...

  20. 'Katy Perry: Part of Me' Directors Tackling Electric Daisy Carnival Documentary

    May 24, 2013 4:35 PM EDT Directors Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, the team behind Katy Perry: Part of Me and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never , will direct the concert documentary EDC 2013: You Are the Headliner . Insomniac, creator of the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC), i ...

  21. Kris Chen of XL Recordings On The Roll-Out of Vampire Weekend’s (Second) No. 1 Album

    May 24, 2013 4:19 PM EDT This week – and for the second time in their career -- Vampire Weekend topped the Billboard 200 chart with their acclaimed new album “M odern Vampires of the City,” which sold an impressive 134,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Their ...

  22. Rolling Stones Western Swing Tops Hot Tours Chart

    May 24, 2013 1:44 PM EDT The Rolling Stones earn top honors on the weekly Hot Tours chart with $34 million in reported box office revenue from the first five cities on the 2013 leg of the 50 & Counting Tour.  The tour, celebrating the legendary rock band's 50th ...

  23. International Music Summit Wrap: U.S.’s Influence on Dance Music, IMS Voting, Judy Weinstein Honored

    May 24, 2013 1:13 PM EDT The International Music Summit wrapped up earlier today in Ibiza after its third and final day of panels. Before the conference-goers went to hear Maya Jane Coles DJ the first of many official after parties, they heard speakers continue conversa ...

  24. Kid Rock, Rolling Stones, Ticketmaster's Jared Smith on Scalping, Summer Tours

    May 24, 2013 7:33 AM EDT Kid Rock is a scalper. The 42-year-old Grammy winner, who is launching a summer tour where most tickets are priced at $20, said he's scalping about 1,000 tickets from each show to make up for the cheaper regular price. Kid Rock Takes ' ...

  25. Muse to Perform at 'World War Z' Film Premiere In London

    May 23, 2013 9:16 PM EDT Muse, whose music is being used in Paramount's "World War Z," will perform for 15,000 fans after the premiere of the film on June 2 in London. In an unprecedented marriage of a full-scale concert and a film premiere, Muse will per ...

  26. International Music Summit Kicks-Off in Ibiza With Shelly Finkel, Patrick Moxey, Marc Geiger, More

    May 23, 2013 2:50 PM EDT The International Music Summit, a industry confab for professionals and musicians working in electronic dance music, wrapped up its second of three days of panels and presentations in Ibiza with a host of EDM business executives that included SF ...

  27. Universal Music Digital Head Rob Wells Gives Keynote on Asian Market At Singapore's Music Matters

    May 22, 2013 11:17 PM EDT Music Matters, Asia’s premiere music conference, kicked off its 2013 edition with a music industry heavyweight: Universal Music Group president of global digital business Rob Wells who was interviewed by Ralph Simon, Chairman Emeritus & foun ...

  28. Business Matters: Why are Live Nation and Pandora Shares Outperforming the Market?

    May 22, 2013 6:16 PM EDT Stock markets have had a great run in 2013, but shares of Live Nation and Pandora have fared even better. Live Nation shares are up 46% this year. Pandora shares are up an incredible 78%.   Some of the companies' gains can be attributed to ...

  29. CBGB Festival Announces Dates, Expanded Film Offerings for Second Year

    May 22, 2013 2:02 PM EDT The CBGB Music and Film Festival is set to return to New York this October 9-13, it was announced today. In addition to the 150 venues that the fest says are taking part in the music aspect of the fest, the organizers have greatly expanded its f ...

  30. Blake Shelton Organizing NBC Benefit Concert for Oklahoma Tornado Victims

    May 22, 2013 12:00 AM EDT Blake Shelton and NBC have begun to organize a benefit concert for the victims of the Oklahoma tornado that have left thousands homeless, killed at least 24 people and decimated the city of Moore. "We'll know more about it in the n ...

  31. No Background Check on Michael Jackson's Doctor, Says Lawyer

    May 21, 2013 9:47 PM EDT AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physicia ...

  32. AEG Lawyer Revises Testimony Related to Michael Jackson 'This Is It' Tour Contract

    May 21, 2013 6:21 PM EDT A corporate lawyer for concert giant AEG Live LLC on Tuesday revised his testimony and said the tour director of Michael Jackson’s ill-fated “This Is It” concerts had a signed contract. AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that he ha ...

  33. Oklahoma Music Business Largely OK After Tornado; Mobilizing for Benefits

    May 21, 2013 4:50 PM EDT While Oklahoma’s ties to the music industry are deep, the immediate impact yesterday’s devastating tornado on the business seems to be minimal, according to people Billboard.biz spoke with today. That said, shows down the line could well be impa ...

  34. Jared Smith Named President of Ticketmaster North America

    May 21, 2013 11:09 AM EDT Live Nation's massive subsidiary Ticketmaster announced today the appointment of Jared Smith as president of Ticketmaster North America. Smith has been with Ticketmaster since 2003, initially overseeing venues in Georgia and Illinois before ...

  35. Backbeat: Backstage at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards

    May 20, 2013 7:19 PM EDT LAS VEGAS – Being backstage at any televised awards show is a crazy, surreal scene, and last night’s Billboard Music Awards lived up to that standard in fine fashion: Jabbawockeez and countless other dancers charging through, giant lion statues ...

  36. AEG Spent $24 Million On Jackson Concerts Says Witness

    May 20, 2013 3:48 PM EDT LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An accounting executive for AEG Live LLC testified on Monday that the company spent $24 million producing Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" concerts. The tally involved expenses compiled through October ...

  37. Bruno Mars Manager Brandon Creed on Mars' 'Incredible' Upcoming Tour

    May 20, 2013 1:37 PM EDT After Bruno Mars kicked off the Billboard Music Awards Sunday night with an electrifying performance of his new single "Treasure," Mars' manager Brandon Creed stopped by Billboard's Backstage live stream to speak with Billboa ...

  38. Irving Azoff Backstage at the BBMAs: 'Wish You Could Move the Show to the Fall' (Video)

    May 20, 2013 12:50 PM EDT Former Live Nation chairman Irving Azoff, who still manages such stars as Christina Aguilera -- a performer at last night's Billboard Music Awards -- stopped by the backstage area to speak with Billboard editorial director Bill Werde, who a ...

  39. Morning Fix: Taylor Swift Dominates BBMAs; Yahoo! Buys Tumblr; Prince and Kobalt Partner

    May 20, 2013 8:12 AM EDT Get the Morning Fix Delivered To Your Inbox HERE TAYLOR SWIFT, GOTYE AND RIHANNA WIN BIG AT BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS Taylor Swift and her 3.7 million-selling Red dominated the 2013 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 19), taking home eight ...

  40. Alan Jackson Returns to Australia for Arena, Festival Dates

    May 20, 2013 7:17 AM EDT Alan Jackson’s last tour of Australia was a surprise blockbuster. It’s no surprise he’s coming back for more. The country star will embark on a multi-date tour of Australia this September and October, playing six arena and outdoor shows up and d ...

  41. Live Nation, Lushington Form Touring Joint Venture For Singapore, Hong Kong

    May 20, 2013 2:48 AM EDT Live Nation Entertainment is stepping-up its activities in Asia through a joint venture with Lushington Entertainments. The new Live Nation Lushington JV will promote live concerts in Hong Kong and Singapore, two of the most established touring ...

  42. Madonna Humbly Accepts Top Touring Artist Trophy at Billboard Music Awards

    May 19, 2013 11:30 PM EDT Thanks to the worldwide success of her MDNA Tour, Madonna was honored as the Top Touring Artist at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, held on Sunday night (May 19) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Taylor Swift, Gotye and Rihanna Win Big ...

  43. Taylor Swift Takes Early Lead at Billboard Music Awards

    May 19, 2013 7:30 PM EDT There may be a blue carpet out front, but the Billboard Music Awards already has "Red" all over it. Taylor Swift has jumped out with six awards, including Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist, in a pre-telecast announcement f ...

  44. Billboard Music Awards: Watch the Cambio Blue Carpet Show Live 5/19 6:30 pm ET

    May 19, 2013 4:30 PM EDT All eyes will be on the 2013 Billboard Music Awards' blue carpet when the stars arrive at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday (May 19) for the big event - and you can watch live video of it HERE from 6:30pm ET/3:30pm PT until t ...

  45. Great GoogaMooga Festival Cancelled Sunday

    May 19, 2013 1:11 PM EDT Brooklyn's Great GoogaMooga festival cancelled its final day Sunday as the weather in New York City took a turn for the worse. "NYC Parks Dept, Prospect Park Alliance & #Googamooga have canceled today's event in the interest o ...

  46. Taylor Swift Leads The Pack on Hot Tours

    May 17, 2013 5:37 PM EDT Taylor Swift is tops among the weekly tally of Hot Tours, leading the pack with $15.7 million in ticket sales revenue from 11 recent performances on her Red Tour. Included is the first stadium date on the North American tour leg that launched ba ...

  47. Music Matters 2013 Preview: YouTube and the Online Video Phenomenon; Keynotes By Johnny Wright, Rob Wells, Frances Moore

    May 17, 2013 3:05 PM EDT The focus of the 2013 Digital & Music Matters is unequivocally on YouTube and the online video phenomenon. The Asia Pacific entertainment event, held May 20-25 at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, will be broadcast live on YouTube, inclu ...

  48. President Obama Hosting White House Concert Honoring Carole King With Billy Joel, Gloria Estefan, Emeli Sande

    May 17, 2013 1:11 PM EDT President Barack Obama is putting on a show at the White House next week for singer-songwriter Carole King. She is the first woman to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress. The White House says Obama will prese ...

  49. MTV, VH1, CMT Partner With Pizza Hut for Coverage of Hangout Music Festival

    May 17, 2013 9:00 AM EDT Viacom networks MTV, VH1 and CMT are teaming up with Hangout Music Festival, a three-day concert series in Gulf Shores, Ala., for multi-platform news coverage that will air across the three flagship networks as well as MTV2, MTV Hits, MTV Jams, ...

  50. Superfly’s Plans To Improve This Weekend’s GoogaMooga Festival

    May 17, 2013 6:29 AM EDT The Great GoogaMooga is back for seconds. Superfly Present’s food-and-music festival is returning to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park tonight after an inaugural year that made more headlines for its problems than its successes—namely, bringing together ...

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