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Live Nation and Ticketmaster Accused of Destroying Documents in Anti-Trust Suit

Destroying documents in an anti-trust suit? That was easy. Back in December of last year, Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster, were sued by Complete Entertainment Resources. for allegedly taking part in unfair and anticompetitive behavior, intentional interference, and antitrust violations. These moves, the lawsuit alleges, were aimed that eliminating and/or minimizing competitors, which included […]

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Dr. Dre to Sue if Physical Abuse Allegation is Aired

Could Dr. Dre’s lawsuit have the dreaded Streisand effect? Dr. Dre has threatened to sue Sony over the production of Michel’le’s biopic, Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le. The movie will follow the life of Dre’s ex-fiancée, Ruthless Records R&B singer Michel’le, and will show the abusive side of the world-famous rapper and producer against […]

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The Music Industry Week in Review

Let’s kick off the Music Industry Week in Review. Kardashian, Kardashian, Kardashian. In a week full of great news like the new Gorillaz album coming soon, SoundCloud’s revenues up 43%, all anyone wanted to do was talk about the Paris robbery. Last week ended on positive news for a certain company. After the rumor that […]

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The Music Industry Week in Review

Let’s kick off the Music Industry Week in Review. Kardashian, Kardashian, Kardashian. In a week full of great news like the new Gorillaz album coming soon, SoundCloud’s revenues up 43%, all anyone wanted to do was talk about the Paris robbery. Last week ended on positive news for a certain company. After the rumor that […]

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Turns Out the Average Age at ‘Oldchella’ Is Actually 38…

Walk the grounds of Desert Trip, aka, ‘Oldchella,’ and you’ll notice something strange.  Lots of people in their 20s and 30s. The guy sitting next to me was a teenager.  He was watching Bob Dylan with his father.  Before Dylan did his encore, the father struck up a conversation with another fifty-something while his son […]

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Turns Out the Average Age at ‘Oldchella’ Is Actually 38…

Walk the grounds of Desert Trip, aka, ‘Oldchella,’ and you’ll notice something strange.  Lots of people in their 20s and 30s. The guy sitting next to me was a teenager.  He was watching Bob Dylan with his father.  Before Dylan did his encore, the father struck up a conversation with another fifty-something while his son […]

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Gorillaz Has Only Two Weeks Left of Recording on Their Fifth Studio Album

Is the new Gorillaz album coming sooner than expected? Reddit user PlacidBurrito posted a photo of himself with Damon Albarn, who told him something very interesting. According to the post, Albarn told him that Gorillaz has only two weeks of recording left to do before their new album is finished. This has been all but […]

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Gorillaz Has Only Two Weeks Left of Recording on Their Fifth Studio Album

Is the new Gorillaz album coming sooner than expected? Reddit user PlacidBurrito posted a photo of himself with Damon Albarn, who told him something very interesting. According to the post, Albarn told him that Gorillaz has only two weeks of recording left to do before their new album is finished. This has been all but […]

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Jay Z To Produce Richard Pryor Biopic

“Marriage is really tough, because you have to deal with feelings…and lawyers.” Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor, better known as simply Richard Pryor, was one of the world’s top comedians during the 70s and the 80s. He was a trailblazer who opened up doors for future black performers in the music industry. Now, Jay Z […]

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Amazon to Launch Amazon Music Unlimited and Echo-Only Music Streaming Service

Amazon is finally pushing into the music business. Amazon has long since been rumored to be preparing to enter the already crowded American music streaming market. However, a new post from German blogger Carsten Knobloch points to a clue hidden deep in the code for the Amazon Music app for the Fire TV media streamer […]

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