Sting will star in his own musical. Mirvish Productions, a Canadian theatrical production company, has announced Sting will star in the Canadian premiere of his musical, The Last Ship. Based on the singer’s 1991 album The Soul Cages, the musical tells…
Category archives: Music industry
Just How Rampant is Chart Manipulation in South Korea?
Despite unveiling ‘chart freezing,’ the South Korean music industry still has to deal with widespread chart manipulation efforts from major labels and entertainment companies. Earlier today, J.Y. Park made a stunning revelation on social me…
‘F-ck It, We’ll Take the Bet’: The Gold Rush To Sign the Next Rap God
Why the music industry is throwing money into hip-hop at a speed and scale that could spell danger
Latest Industry: ‘Super Touts,’ Concord + ICE, CD Baby, Live Nation, Country Thunder Music Fest, Flighthouse, More…
50 ‘super touts’ control the ticket resale market. Jorge Díaz Largo, former Vice President of Product and Marketing at secondary ticketing platform Ticketbiz, has claimed fifty “industrial-level” touts control the entire ticket resale market. Speaking…
Drake-Backed Green Tea Startup Lures More Musicians to Wellness Trend
MatchaBar, a Brooklyn tea startup, is the latest example of music and wellness culture intersecting
Latest Industry: Pussy Riot, Vivendi, Spotify Ad Studio, Imani Media Group, Mandy More, Odunsi, More…
Pussy Riot activists run onto the field at the World Cup. Controversial Russian punk rock/activist band Pussy Riot has claimed responsibility for people running onto Luzhniki Stadium during the final match of the World Cup. In a statement, the group a…
Australian Industries Want to Impose Quotas on Streaming Services
Quotas, according to APRA AMCOS and SPA, will help develop local Australian artists. But, why are they forcing streaming services to spend money to do it? Australia’s music, TV, and film industries have teamed up to lobby the Commonwealth government f…
Latest Industry: Lady Gaga, Spotify, Duran Duran, Sprint, YouTube, Triller, BBRMG, More…
Lady Gaga founds Haus Beauty. Lady Gaga has quietly launched a new startup. Dubbed Haus Beauty, the company has the support of an influential Silicon Valley VC firm – Lightspeed Venture Partners. CEO Ben Jones runs the startup, currently in ‘stealth …
Latest Industry: Spotify, Nielsen, Pandora, Childish Gambino, Viacom, Ruby Tuesday, AIF, More…
Spotify reveals its gender and race diversity findings. Spotify has released its latest Diversity Data Report. Among the findings, females make up 38.7% of employees, up 3.8% over 2016’s numbers. The company’s Board of Directors has 33% female repres…
‘Fraud From the Start’: A Music Festival Is Canceled and Accused of Deceit – Again
XO Festival, canceled days before it was set to begin, is being called a second Fyre Festival