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Hilton HHonors Members to Receive Exclusive Live Nation Opportunities after Concert Promoter and Hotel Chain Strike Deal

Live Nation and the Hilton International hotel chain have entered a deal making Hilton the official hotel partner for the concert promoter, according to Billboard. Don't get too excited yet: That doesn't mean you should be booking rooms at whatever city One Direction is playing in that night assuming the group will be staying there too. The deal will result in exclusive performances for members of the HHonors guest program however.
Morrissey Tour Heading to Arenas in Britain and Scotland; Vocalist Aims to Put 2014 Tour Troubles Behind Him

Stop us if you've heard this one before: Morrissey has tour plans for 2015. We've only gotten wind of six dates thus far but they're big ones...the former Smiths frontman will bring his act back home to the UK for a run of arena dates-stopping in Nottingham, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Leeds, Glasgow and Birmingham.
Nathan East—Godsend for Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Daft Punk—Finally Plays Bass for Himself in 2014 with Solo Album, Documentary

Nathan East has filled many roles over the years. Bassist for Eric Clapton. Bassist for Phil Collins. Bassist for Michael Jackson. Bassist for Beyoncé. Bassist for Daft Punk. He found a new gig during 2014: bassist for himself. A new documentary tracks the recording of the Grammy-nominated album and offers a look into one of the industry's most popular musicians.
808 State Member Darren Partington Jailed on Conviction for Heroin/Cocaine Possession with Intent to Distribute

Darren Partington, a member of the influential Manchester electronic music act 808 State, has been convicted of possession of heroine and cocaine with the intent to distribute and will be jailed for 18 months.
The BAFTA Film Awards Original Music Nominees: Predicting The Winner Based on Trends and Politics, from Hans Zimmer to Alexandre Desplat

Music Times takes a shot at predicting the odds for the BAFTA Film Award nominees for Original Music, from Hans Zimmer to Alexandre Desplat, using nothing but hunches and trends.
Steve Ballmer, Taylor Swift, William and Kate and More: The Best of Celebrities Dancing Awkwardly (WATCH)

Steve Ballmer has thrilled the nation with the video of himself dancing to Fergie in concert. Music Times brings you some other classic awkward-dancing clips from Taylor Swift, Prince William and Kate, Michelle Obama and more.
Coachella Twitter Data: Drake and AC/DC Rule Social Media...Ladies Crush on Drizzy, Dudes Crush on Steely Dan?

Both Coachella and Governors Ball got Twitter riled up when the respective music festivals announced their 2015 lineups this week, with many a rant and many a joyous declaration of thanks to the music gods. CrowdFlower, a data-mining and crowdsourcing company out of San Francisco, gathered the numbers on the more local of the two festivals from those tweeting and sent the results out for Music Times to check out.
"The Elvis Influence" Application from Spotify Tracks Any Musician Back to Elvis Presley, Regardless of Genre

Yesterday would have been Elvis Presley's 80th birthday and we just can't get enough of the awesome coverage that folks on the internet have come up with to mark the occasion. Spotify's Insights blog once again uses data gathered by its Echo Nest, this time to create "The Elvis Influence," an application that traces any performer you enter all the way back to Elvis by way of influence. Some performers obviously have longer trails back to The King than others so often, unlike Kevin Bacon, you need more than six steps to get back.
Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line and More Mashed Up into "Bro Country" Mix That's Undeniably Similar Sounding

All genres have combatting subsets, one of which will claim the other isn't "true" or "hardcore" enough. There is no genre where this is more in play than country music, which features constant battles between the fans of more popular mainstream country and those who stick to the "outlaw" country method of operation. It's reached a peak with the rise of the derisively nicknamed "bro country"—your Luke Bryans and Florida Georgia Lines. A songwriter from Nashville, Greg "Sir Mashalot" Todd, has used Pro Tools to make a hybrid song from those acts plus Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Chase Rice and Parmalee just to demonstrate how similar their music is.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Promo Event Will Feature Kings of Leon and Mikky Ekko in Nashville

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition will become available on newsstands around the globe soon enough and apparently the special issue requires more publicity than just its reputation among men. Thus Sports Illustrated has organized the Swimville Fan Festival, a fan event in Nashville that will feature a performance by the hometown Kings of Leon.
VNYL Will Deliver Three LPs to Subscribers Monthly, Netflix-Style, with Option to Buy

Digital music be damned, vinyl is on a comeback. Plenty of reports published previously in Music Times have shed light on the continuing growth of the vinyl format among music listeners and a new company is looking to take advantage of it, by sending subscribers several records a month in the mail, much like how Netflix previously specialized in sending DVD's through the mail. The company, VNYL, just reached its Kickstarter goal this week.
Nashville Has Lost More Than 80 Percent of Its Professional Songwriters since 2000, According to NSAI

Nashville has long nurtured its status as the "Music City," thanks to a wide range of venues and a steady stream of performers exported from the city. When acts such as Jack White, the Black Keys and Carrie Underwood move to the city to be part of the scene, it builds up up the "Music City" vibes even more. But a great feature from The Tennessean demonstrates that things aren't so rosy outside of the ht records. The city has lost more than 80 percent of its professional songwriters during the last 14 years.
Elvis Presley's 8 Most Successful Chart Singles for His 80th Birthday: "Jailhouse Rock," "Hound Dog," "Love Me Tender" and More...What's No. 1?

Elvis Presley spent an astonishing 80 weeks at no. 1 on the pop charts during his career. To celebrate his 80th birthday, Music Times counts down the singles that contributed most to that record, including "Jailhouse Rock," "Hound Dog" and "Love Me tender."
Ranking The Royal Mail's 10 Rock 'n' Roll Inspired Stamps: Led Zeppelin 'IV', Pink Floyd's 'The Division Bell', The Rolling Stones 'Let It Bleed' and More

Just five years ago the UK Postal system introduced a series of ten stamps featuring album art from classic records by British rock bands. Are we behind the times? Yes. Were we around to weigh in on the list when it dropped? No. Now Music Times weighs in on all ten album covers and rank them from 10 to 1 in terms of which serves best as a stamp...both for its aesthetic and its relevance within music culture. Artists include The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.
Coachella Sells Out General Admission Passes in 39 Minutes, Breaking Own Record for Absurd Ticket Moving Time

Yesterday we reported on the theoretical "battle" between Coachella and Governors Ball—the two festivals announced their respective lineups less than a day apart from each other—in terms of lineups but it's clear which still has the most fan appeal. Coachella put tickets up for sale the same day as its lineup announcement and both weekends for the event sold out within 40 minutes, setting a record for the event that typically unloads all of its passes in stupid amounts of time anyhow.
Taylor Swift Tops Albums Chart with '1989' But Comes Up Short of Usher's Record; 'Guardians of The Galaxy' Leads Soundtrack Charge

Taylor Swift may have topped the Albums Sales Charts for the eighth time but her "low" week of 172,000 copies sold means that 1989 will not catch Usher's streak of 200,000-plus sales weeks that he set with Confessions during 2004.
Kickstarter Funds More Music Projects Than Any Other Category during 2014; Neil Young and 'Meow The Jewels' Big Earners

Kickstarter and crowd funding in general had their biggest year ever during 2014 and no subject matter was more popular on crowdfunding's most popular platform than music. More than 4,000 project were successfully backed on the site, more than any other category, including film & video, art and publishing. More than 18 percent of all Kickstarter campaigns finder during 2014 were tied to music.
Sienna Miller Replacing Emma Stone as Sally Bowles for Concluding Run of 'Cabaret' on Broadway

Cabaret has become a revolving door for the stars on Broadway as the last year has seen a decent number of actresses and vocalists handle the role of Sally Bowles, made popular by Liza Minnelli in the 1972 film of the same name. Emma Stone recently announced that she'd be holding onto the role for two weeks past her original contract and former Destiny's Child vocalist Michelle Williams was in the role before that, but reports from Billboard indicate that the next woman to take the role will be Sienna Miller.
Eminem, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Marvin Gaye Recordings Used for Illegal Prison Mixtapes...Universal Music Bringing Lawsuit

No good deed goes unpunished. Or at least no profitable act disguised as a good deed goes unpunished. The Centric Group and Keefe Groups, two of several such institutions cited by Billboard, have been selling "care packages" to families of incarcerated individuals, which can include music mixtapes as part of their appeal. Universal Music is calling these agencies out on it in a new lawsuit, alleging that selling these mixtapes for profit doesn't constitute fair use and the record is owed legal restitution. Among the acts represented on the tapes are Eminem, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Marvin Gaye.
5 Albums That Should Get The 192 kHz Treatment at PonoMusic: Kanye West, Arcade Fire (and Some Underrated Neil Young)

The PonoMusic sales catalogue is up but make sure to check what quality audio you're getting for certain records. Many are available for download but don't actually feature an audio quality any higher than a typical compact disc. Music Times has found a shortlist of albums available at 44.1 kHz that we'd love to see get the full 192 kHz treatment.
Coachella 2015 VS Governors Ball 2015: Music Times Veers Between AC/DC, Deadmau5, East and West Coast for Festival Season

Is there any reason to compare the Coachella 2015 and Governors Ball 2015 lineups? Not really...they're months and thousands of miles apart. They're not competing for attendees. Yet we can't help but feel the two were locked in a battle for best lineup after releasing their respective offerings only a day apart. We compare and declare a victor.
Taylor Swift and '1989' Take Eighth Billboard 200 No. 1 Spot; Nicki Minaj Remains No. 2, 'Into The Woods' Soundtrack Gets Only Sales Increase

It's still cold out there for new music releases after the first full week of album sales during 2015, so it's not surprise that Taylor Swift was still on top of the Billboard 200 when today's numbers came out. It's the eighth week of ten that 1989 has been available where the record ended up on top, which makes it her second most-decorated album yet (Fearless spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks at no. 1 during 2008-'09). It moved 244,000 equivalent albums last week.
New Slipknot Album Already Planned for 2015/2016? Jim Root and Mick Thomson Say Band Ready to Hit Studio Post-Tour

Slipknot fans had to wait more than six years between the release of All Hope Is Gone ands 2014's chart topping .5: The Gray Chapter but the next wait for music from the metal group may be much shorter. A recent interview with Music Radar found guitarists Jim Root and Mick Thomson suggesting that the band would like to get back into the studio as soon as its current tour lets up, meaning a new album could be ready as early as late 2015/early 2016.
New Lead Belly Album Set from Smithsonian Features 15 Unreleased Performances Including 1947 Commentary on Queen Elizabeth's Wedding

Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter has a new compilation coming out later this year in the form of Smithsonian Folkways' Lead Belly: The Complete Collection. If one thing connects the traditionally black music forms of blues and hip-hop, it's that the performers of both tend to have huge back catalogues that ensure we'll never hear everything they've recorded. Thus the new five-disc collection will include 15 songs that never saw proper release, including a much-discussed narrative discussing Queen Elizabeth's 1947 wedding to Prince Philip.
Monster Products Sue Beats By Dre for Allegedly Scamming Company Out of Potential $100 Million-Plus Payout from Apple Deal

Dr. Dre might be the hip-hop billionaire and his name might be on the product line Beats by Dre, but he's not actually capable of designing and building headphones all by himself. The original line of Beats headphones were produced by Monster, best known originally for its high-quality line of audio cables. Now that company and its CEO, Noel Lee, are suing the Beats Audio company for allegedly using shady dealings to cut Monster out of the equation conveniently before being bought up by Apple for a huge amount.
Neil Young's PonoMusic Catalogue Available Online, Actual PonoPlayers Available for Sale at Fry's Electronics Locations Next Week

If you take digital audio quality as seriously as Neil Young does, then your time has finally come: His PonoMusic player will go on sale starting next week, and in the meantime you can peruse the songs and albums available for purchase via the PonoMusic online catalogue.
Governors Ball 2015: Drake, Deadmau5 and The Black Keys Top Lineup; Bjork and Florence + The Machine Also Set to Appear

Governors Ball will once again be claiming Randall's Island in New York City for its fifth rendition and once again, the lineup is bigger than ever. The clear headliners are Drake, EDM figurehead Deadmau5 and rockers The Black Keys, all of whom will be making their first appearances at the festival. Other "sub-headliners" listed include Florence + The Machine, My Morning Jacket and Bjork.
40 Years of 'The Wiz': Music Times Chooses Five Classic Scenes from The Film Adaptation, Starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson

We're not Broadway people but we know a classic when we see it, and The Wiz is classic. The idea of adapting a cinematic masterpiece such as The Wizard of Oz into a new musical—set far from the rural lands of the original in the urban streets of New York City—could have fallen flat but William F. Brown's play was anything but. We hope that the musical gets a Broadway revival (the last attempt, during 2004, was abandoned) but until then the best way to check out The Wiz is via the 1978 film version starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor and more. We've whittled down a short list of our favorite scenes from that film to celebrate the play's 40th anniversary.
Classic Music Artists Who Have Made The Jump to Children's Literature: Paul McCartney, Madonna, David Bowie and More

Danny Brown surprised us, or at least those familiar with his foul mouth, by revealing that he was in the process of writing a Dr. Seuss-style children's book aiming to encourage black girls to appreciate themselves while promoting self-esteem. The emcee is hardly the first established musician to try his hand at children's literature, although usually those handling the pen could also live off their royalties forever so they have time to experiment with new things. Here are seven of the biggest musicians in recent memory that have taken time from their career of performing for adults to wrote for kids.
The Nile Project, An Experimental Band of African Musicians From Along River, Bringing Tour to United States in Early 2015

The Nile Project, an ensemble collecting musicians from all along the Nile River in Africa into one performance group, will come to the United States for a series of concerts and educational symposiums for the first half of 2015.