• Prince plays 'Let's Go Crazy' at Manchester's Academy 1 [WATCH]

    For most of the New Year, Prince has been performing impromptu concerts around England with his band 3rdEyeGirl. Now, footage from his recent concert in Manchester has surfaced, showing Prince and company surrounded by fog, flashing lights and fake flames while they perform "Let's Go Crazy."

  • Daft Punk may have concert plans, and they may involve lasers and national monuments

    The last 12 months have potentially proven Daft Punk to be the current biggest-act-in-music. "Get Lucky" has been a pop culture staple, causing all sorts of videos to go viral. The track itself was one of the best-selling singles of 2013, and the duo's record Random Access Memories was named Album of The Year at the Grammys. And yet there's still been no indication of tour plans for the group. A report from the Rapid City Journal has given hints that plans are in the works however.

  • Beale Street Music Festival reveals 2014 lineup including Foster The People, Kid Rock, Pretty Lights and more

    Beale Street Music Festival, which takes place in at Tom Lee Park in Memphis, TN from May 2-4, has announced its 2014 lineup. The bill is topped by Foster the People, Motörhead, Alabama Shakes, Pretty Lights, Avenged Sevenfold, and Kid Rock. Adding to the eclectic assortment of music are Snoop Dogg AKA Snoop Lion, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, The String Cheese Incident, STS9, Jerry Lee Lewis, Grouplove, Bone Thugs-N-Harmoy, 311, Juicy J, and Wolfmother.

  • Jabberwocky announces additions to 2014 lineup: James Blake, Darkside and more

    Jabberwocky -presented by ATP, Pitchfork and Primavera Sound- has announced additions to its 2014 lineup. The music, art and film festival will take place at the ExCeL Center in London from August 15-16. Joining the lineup are James Blake, Darkside, Sun Kil Moon, Thee Oh Sees, Perfect Pussy, Forest Swords, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, the Bug, Amen Dunes, the Van Pelt, patten, Oso Leone, Joana Serrat and Paus.

  • Songcoin: A cryptocurrency dealing exclusively with music

    There's been a lot of talk about cryptocurrency, or currencies based in digital valuation. Unfortunately, most of that talk has been bad, as agencies like the Silk Road use it to peddle in illegal services, and Mt. Gox recently lost $367 million in Bitcoins to digital theft. Still, there are believers. Kasian Franks, the co-founder of Pimovi, wants to launch a cryptocurrency, Songcoin, that will deal exclusively in music-based transactions.

  • German copyright group GEMA accuses YouTube of singling them out in streaming rights battle

    Have you ever been looking for a free preview of that song or album on YouTube, and then you get that message from the awkward-looking television telling you that the site doesn't have the respective rights or licenses to play the video? Well, we have. Those messages are causing more legal trouble in Germany than just copyright issues. GEMA, whose acronym translates to "Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights" in English, is alleging that YouTube has unfairly singled its organization out for causing those messages to appear.
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