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…
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Chuck Schumer’s Press Secretary Denies Working With Fyre Festival Fraudster Billy McFarland
Chuck Schumer’s press secretary is facing scrutiny for his connection with Fyre Festival con artist Billy McFarland. Both Netflix and Hulu have released searing documentaries detailing the Fyre Festival scam. But it’s a scene from Netflix’s Fyre: The …
DAEG Acquires Remaining 24.9% Stake to Fully Own MyTicket
DEAG has acquired online ticketing firm MyTicket and made a deal with SecuTix. European live music promoter Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft (DEAG) has confirmed a major move. The Berlin company has acquired the remaining 24.9% shares in MyTic…
Fyre Festival Cofounder Ja Rule Says He Had No Idea the Festival Was a Fraud
Fyre Festival cofounder Billy McFarland is in prison for 6 years on financial fraud charges. But what about the other cofounder, Ja Rule? Just days after a pair of documentaries examining the Fyre Festival have been released, festival cofounder Ja Rul…
Despite Serious Controversy, Gladys Knight Agrees to Sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl LIII
Gladys Knight has agreed to sing at Super Bowl LIII. Gladys Knight will face a very bright spotlight ahead of the kickoff for the upcoming Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, Georgia. The seven-time Grammy winner has just agreed to sing the national anthem fo…
Live Music Industry Promoters and Execs Team Up to Launch FEAT
Will FEAT successfully curb ticket scalping across Europe? According to a new report, Viagogo and StubHub have now complied with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority’s demands. The announcement came as the midnight deadline passed. Both ticketin…
Hulu’s Fyre Festival Documentary Beats Netflix’s Fyre Festival Documentary to the Punch
If you like disaster festival documentaries, you’re in luck. The Fyre Festival is one of the biggest live event disasters the music industry has ever witnessed. Now, both Hulu and Netflix have separately shot documentaries on the implosion. And they s…
LiveXLive Confirms Streaming Partnership with iHeartMedia
Does LiveXLive’s partnership with iHeartMedia signal a far broader partnership in the near future? LiveXLive Media has confirmed a major partnership. The digital media company has announced a partnership with iHeartMedia. The former will livestream th…
Maroon 5 Confirms Its Super Bowl Halftime Gig — Despite 85,000 Signing a Petition Against It
Maroon 5 has confirmed that they will headline the Super Bowl halftime show this February in Atlanta. The group has reportedly struggled to find artists to appear alongside them after the NFL’s controversial stance on players’ rights. Travis Scott and…
Paradigm, CAA, ICM Face Federal Subpoenas In Connection With the Fyre Festival Bankruptcy
The post-Fyre Festival stink keeps getting worse. Now, major booking agencies are being subpoenaed. Major talent and booking agencies are now getting ensnared into bankruptcy proceedings tied to the failed Fyre Festival of 2017. The flopped festival,…