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Justin Bieber won two awards at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in LA on 2 April. Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Selena Gomez also picked up gongs.
Music powerhouse Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is bidding to buy part of Warner Music Group Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could combine under one roof the world’s third-largest recorded-music company with the biggest concert promoter, artist-management firm and events-ticketing operation. Live Nation is interested in Warner’s recorded-music operation, not its music publishing division, according to the people familiar with the matter. It’s not clear how much Live Nation offered, or how aggressively it may participate in further rounds of bidding. Warner Music and Live Nation declined to comment. Live Nation’s Front Line Management Group… Read more »
The Wonder Years & Fireworks announce US tour with Such Gold, Make Do Mend & Living with Lions. Pennsylvania’s The Wonder Years released their latest album, The Upsides, in January 2010. The album landed the band on the Billboard charts and earned them a spot with Hopeless Records.
Peer-to-peer music sharing, the type of service which helped create the digital music industry, is at an all time low. According to research group NPD Group, the shuttering of Limewire’s music file sharing service has led to a similar decline in the usage of such services throughout the U.S. The number has gone from a high of 16 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007 to just nine percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, right after Limewire shut down its file-sharing services due to a court order, when a federal judge sided with the Recording Industry Association of America… Read more »
Josh might be fighting off a cold, but that doesn’t mean he’s not ready to bring you music from around the world. Miles Kane, The Milk, Liam Gallagher, and more are rocking First Person.
Good Charlotte is heading out on tour with Forever The Sickest Kids, This Century and Runner Runner.
idobi Radio will be checking in with the band at their hometown show at the 9:30 Club. Stay tuned for the interview.
Very often, the songwriter of a band will find himself writing songs and covering topics that do not fit in to the theme or feel of his current band’s sound.
Sparks The Rescue will join The Dangerous Summer as direct support on the “2011 American Tour,” heading out across the U.S. this spring. This nationwide run will kick off in New York, NY on March 15 and run through the end of April.
Bitch Slap Radio Live Tonight at 10:30 Pm Est! Everything from Tits, to ass, with the vagina in the middle! Jackie D from Jackiedoesit.com will be in studio to tell us allll about her lesbian love!
