Going on tour can certainly be an exciting prospect, but becomes even more so if you know people are going to actually turn up at your shows. As with so many things in the music biz, properly publicizing your event and reaching out to fans is key ensuring your time…
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Watch BTS Recreate The Beatles On Ed Sullivan With Stephen Colbert
K-Pop icons BTS stopped by the Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week which included a recreation of the Beatles famed appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show with BTS dressed in Fab Four style suits and Colbert as Ed Sullivan. photo: BTS performs on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert…
Facebook Adds Ticketing Powered By Eventbrite
Facebook has added ticketing to its Events platform, powered by Eventbrite, Ticketing On Facebook allows anyone with a Facebook Page to ‘Create Tickets’ in the initial event setup. U.S. roll out begins today. "700 million people use Facebook Events each month," Pat Poels, SVP of Platform at Eventbrite, "and partnering…
Midem Adds Marsha Vlasic , Rebecca León Keynotes
Midem has added keynotes with Rebeca León, themanager of Juanes, Rosalía, J. Balvin and Marsha Vlasic, agent to Neil Young, Elvis Costello, PJ Harvey for its 53rd conference, June 4-7 in Cannes. León, CEO and Co-Founder of Lionfish Entertainment and Vlasic, President of Artists Group International, will join a list…
NME, Uncut Acquired By BandLab Technologies
Top UK music sites NME and Uncut have been sold to Singapore-headquartered BandLab Technologies. The music tech company’s lead product is a social music creation platform. After 66 years, NME stopped printing its weekly magazine in March of 2018, but continued to publish online at NME.com. Both titles, acquired from…
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PledgeMusic Lost Almost $11 Million In The Last 3 Years
Two copies of a PledgeMusic presentation apparently designed to attract investors show that the crowdfunder lost nearly $11 million dollars between 2016 and 2018, despite generating more than $77 million in revenue during the same period. Weird Al Yankovic sold $1.45 million worth of music and merchandise using the platform,…
How Spotify Pre-Saves Can Boost An Album Release
With the streaming age in full swing, pre-saves have booted out pre-sales and become a great way to get fans access to your music first, and give you a play count boost when your album finally drops. In this piece Christine Elise Occhino walks us through how to utilize the…
YouTubNow Offline As Music Industry Scores Two Wins vs Stream Rippers
After months of court delays and losses to overseas based streaming ripping sites, the music industry is finally notching some wins. Ripping MP3’s from YouTube, Spotify and other streamers is believed to be the #1 source of music piracy. YouTubNow As for Thursday morning, notorious YouTube stream ripping site YouTubNow…
Project Music Showcases 14 Top Music Tech Startups
Nashville’s Project Music, a year long accelerator program for music tech startups, named its 2019 class this spring. Now in its 5th year, the 14 startups, which come from across the country, benefit from a year of support and a music industry immersion which connects them to industry leaders alongside…