• Lithuanian President Responds To Ten Walls' Homophobic Comments

    Normally heads of states do not bother themselves with drama in the music community, but when they lead a country of about 3 million and it involves one of your more prominent musical exports, they have to pay attention. Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite spoke to journalists in Villnius and among other things, spoke about the recent homophobic comments Lithuanian DJ/producer Ten Walls made on his personal Facebook, saying it will be an opportunity for the country to begin a substantive conversation on intolerance in the country's society.

  • Spring Awakening 2015 Live Stream: Festival Announces Twitch Partnership

    Summer means good weather and a new festival every weekend. Chicago's Spring Awakening is preparing to open its doors in just over 24 hours and it has announced something special for those not in town or unable to score tickets. SAMF has partnered with T-Mobile and Twitch to host a festival live stream on the video streaming service. The three days will be aired on Twitch starting at 5 p.m. Central Time featuring some of the biggest names in electronic music like Tiësto, Zedd, Martin Garrix, Hardwell, Jamie Jones and new addition to the lineup Jack Ü.

  • Ornette Coleman, Saxophonist and Free Jazz Icon, Dead at Age 85

    Ornette Coleman, one of the most influential figures in jazz history, has died at the age of 85 from cardiac arrest, according to The New York Times. The saxophonist would make jazz history at the end of the '50s and during the early '60s with his audio experiments, which would form the foundation of what many now call "free jazz."

  • Is "New Romantics" The Next Taylor Swift Single? Singer Responds

    Taylor Swift has responded to rumors that "New Romantics," one of the three bonus tracks from the deluxe version of 1989, would also be the next single for the performer. Apparently a fan story on Tumblr suggested that Swift had recently wrapped up filming a music video for the track.

  • Carrie Underwood Wins 3 CMT Music Awards; Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean Place

    A good way to win a CMT Music Award might be to just stick Carrie Underwood in your video and run with it...nearly every nomination including the American Idol winner took home a prize on Wednesday night. Underwood herself won for Video of The Year with "Something In The Water" and Female Video of The Year for the same song, while her appearance helped Miranda Lambert to win the Collaborative Video of The Year with "Somethin' Bad." Underwood was also nominated for Female Video for her clip "Little Toy Guns," and alas, she couldn't win twice.

  • Katy Perry's 'Dark Horse' Hits 1 Billion Views on Vevo, Second to What?

    Katy Perry put a notch in her belt over at Vevo as the video for "Dark Horse" tallied its one billionth view this week. The total places Perry's hit behind only Justin Bieber's "Baby" on the video-streaming site, and making it only the second video in Vevo's history to gather views in the 10-digit range.

  • Florence + The Machine Take Top of Billboard 200; Taylor Swift + A$AP Rocky Stick Around

    Florence + The Machine booked its first no. 1 effort on the Billboard 200 as mouthful How Big How Blue How Beautiful took the top spot with more than 137,000 equivalent album sales. Although only pure album sales were tracked at the time of the band's last release, Ceremonials, Billboard suggests that this was also the band's biggest sales weeks in terms of pure records as well.

  • B.B. King's Children Claim Second Will Exists, Among Poisoning Rumors

    One would have hoped that B.B. King would have gotten more attention following his death in May, at least in terms of album sales and renewed interest. Instead, we've gotten clashes over control of the blues legend's estate, allegations of murder, and now four of King's children have claimed that a second will exists.

  • Governors Ball Shares 2015 Video Recap, 2016 Dates, Ticket Info

    The mud has barely dried on Randall's Island after a very busy and successful festival weekend and Governors Ball is already back with new information about the 2016 edition, including dates and ticket information. In addition, Gov Ball has released a short but sweet after movie for this past weekend's festivities.
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