VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMSInterview by Holly Gleason
Maddie & Tae impaled country music with their bro-country-skewering “Girl in a Country Song,” the plucky stereotype sendup with the role-reversing video that’s registered over 26 million Vevo views; the song hit #1 and was just certified platinum. They attracted attention from The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly and Letterman.
Coulda been a mere moment, but this pair of songwriters, who got a publishing deal at 15, a record deal to launch Scott Borchetta and Chris Stacey’s Dot Records at 18 and an Academy of Country Music Duo of the Year nomination at 19, are more than one-hit wonders. As the follow-up “Fly” hits the Top 10 and Dierks Bentley’s Sounds of Summer Tour wraps, they launch Start Here this Friday 8/28 with an NPR First Listen, major promotions with every radio chain, a Radio Disney Virtual World Tour flyaway to Epcot and enough street-week activities to drop an 18-year-old. Good thing they’re 19 and just-turned-20; they can do all that and help HITS’ aging Neobilly goddess Holly Gleason cross the road.
