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NEAR TRUTHS:
ROAD SIGNS
Nashville cuts (3/30a)
THE HIGH AND THE HITS LIST
A stratospheric array (3/31a)
UMG EXTENDS GRAINGE'S CONTRACT THROUGH 2028
It's his world; we just live in it. (3/31a)
METALLICA, GUNS, OZZY, MAIDEN, AC/DC, TOOL: POWER TRIP CONFIRMED (UPDATE)
Massive goat will be thrown. (3/30a)
BEACON OF HUMANITY LYOR COHEN TO BE CITY OF HOPE'S SPIRIT OF LIFE HONOREE
Wait... What? (3/30a)
HIP-HOP AT 50
The astonishing first half-century of a world-rocking genre.
K-POP'S NEW ARRIVAL
Who's next to grow the profile of Seoul music?
FESTIVAL SEASON
Are we about to see new attendance records set?
RAINMAKERS: GEORGE SANTOS
He signed Elvis.
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NEAR TRUTHS:
ROAD SIGNS
Nashville cuts (3/30a)
THE HIGH AND THE HITS LIST
A stratospheric array (3/31a)
UMG EXTENDS GRAINGE'S CONTRACT THROUGH 2028
It's his world; we just live in it. (3/31a)
METALLICA, GUNS, OZZY, MAIDEN, AC/DC, TOOL: POWER TRIP CONFIRMED (UPDATE)
Massive goat will be thrown. (3/30a)
BEACON OF HUMANITY LYOR COHEN TO BE CITY OF HOPE'S SPIRIT OF LIFE HONOREE
Wait... What? (3/30a)
HIP-HOP AT 50
The astonishing first half-century of a world-rocking genre.
K-POP'S NEW ARRIVAL
Who's next to grow the profile of Seoul music?
FESTIVAL SEASON
Are we about to see new attendance records set?
RAINMAKERS: GEORGE SANTOS
He signed Elvis.
RUMOR MILL
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UMG has extended the contract of CEO and Chairman Sir Lucian Grainge through 5/1/28. The fearless leader's new compensation package includes a long-term incentive-based $100m bonus and a salary resized to $5m, plus bonuses and additional compensation grants totaling $30m annually.


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Andy Grammer, "I Need a New Money"
If you were expecting another infectious pop ditty from the gifted Giant Soul/S-Curve/Hollywood troubadour, prepare to be surprised. "Money" is a spoken-word plaint about how the economics of our world diminish our humanity, and it imagines a currency based on better values. It's visualized here by Grammer and a cast of patrons in a convenience store, who form a sort of humanist work force. "I am not merely an economic unit," is the refrain. "I am human." With a splashy multimedia rollout, expect "Money" to fuel some serious pop-cultural conversation. That's how you make change.
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