Former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters is calling on Maroon 5 to take a knee at their Super Bowl Halftime performance. The musician posted a video of him taking a knee last year along with a plea for solidarity. “My colleagues Maroon 5, Travis Scott, a…
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Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson Will Oversee the Upcoming Beatles Documentary ‘Let It Be’
Director Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings and Hobbit fame will be directing a new documentary about the Beatles. The film has no official title right now. But it’s being referred to as Let It Be due to the source material. Jackson will take 55 hours…
YouTube Music Finally Adds Sonos Speaker Integration
YouTube Music is finally available on Sonos speakers through the Sonos app. Anyone with a YouTube Music Premium or YouTube Premium subscription can now play their songs, albums, and playlists on a Sonos smart speaker. YouTube Music offers several diffe…
Maroon 5 Cancels Its Super Bowl Halftime Press Conference as Boycott Petition Crosses 112,000
Maroon 5 is still going ahead with its Super Bowl Halftime Show, but the group has canceled its gaggle with reporters. The NFL announced the cancellation earlier this morning amidst a growing level of protest. Instead of the usual press conference wi…
PledgeMusic Cofounder Benji Rogers Returns to Help Clean Up the Payments Mess
PledgeMusic has been giving artists the run around for months about payments. Now co-founder Benji Rogers is returning to help straighten out the mess. Rogers announced yesterday that he is returning to the company he helped found on a voluntary basis….
Warner Music Group Dials Into Turkey With a Dogan Group Partnership
Warner Music Group has officially announced a deal with Istanbul-based Doğan Group. The group owns Doğan Music Company, which is the largest independent record label in Turkey. DMC will work to distribute Warner Music’s physical products in Turkey and …
Apple Is Prepping a Netflix-Style Video Streaming Service — and Potentially Bundling Music Into It
According to a new report, Apple’s rumored streaming TV service will be launching later this spring. The report cites several unnamed sources and is primarily about Amazon’s efforts to scale back some of its video content. The report states that Apple …
Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Musical Is Headed to Broadway
Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill is headed to Broadway. Producers for the show say it will open next fall, but no specific date or theater was given. The production had one previous 10-week, sold-out run at the American Repertory Theater in Cambr…
Mariah Carey Facing Pressure from Activists to Drop Saudi Arabia Support
Mariah Carey is facing pressure from activists to cancel her upcoming performance in Saudi Arabia. Carey joins a long list of celebrities who have been asked to boycott the country over its human rights violations. Back in December, Enrique Iglesias, J…
John Mayer Is Bringing His Instagram Talk Show Back For Season 2
John Mayer launched a new talk show exclusively through Instagram last year, and now the show is returning for its second season. The 45-minute show is called ‘Current Mood with John Mayer,’ and is filmed entirely using an iPhone in Mayer’s living room…