Maypole cats
5/10/24

May 2024 is shaping up as a month to remember, with K. Dot’s rollicking return, new sets from Billie and Dua, fresh inkings by March and Mabe, fresh starts for Merck and, um, Marks.

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ROBERT KYNCL - SM PROFILE PICTURE 2
5/10/24

WMG delivered a largely upbeat earnings report for its fiscal Q2. Happily, the Bunny, unlike the other two members of the Big 3, reports its results in dollars, not euros or yen, so there’s no pesky currency conversion involved in stitching together this post.


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5/10/24

Concord has filed notice that it is withdrawing from the bidding for Hipgnosis Songs Fund.


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Post Malone Morgan Wallen
5/10/24

In the biggest crossover since Mothra vs. Godzilla, Morgan Wallen and Post Malone have released their new collaboration, “I Had Some Help,” accompanied by a music video.


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TaylorSwiftErasMerch
5/10/24

Parisian Taylor Swift diehards were in the right place at the right time yesterday (5/9) as the artist restarted her box office-busting Eras Tour with the first of four sold-out shows at La Défense Arena.


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kendrick big steppers thorns crop
5/10/24

With an epic rap beef playing out publicly, Kendrick Lamar is winning on the charts, holding #1 with diss tracks at Spotify and Apple Music globally and in the U.S. Does Lamar have more wild cards to play as going rogue pays off?


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Holly Gleason
5/10/24

Our own Holly Gleason has been nominated for seven SoCal Journalism Awards by the Los Angeles Press Club. Her nominated features on The War & Treaty and Tyler Childers appeared in HITS.


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5/10/24

Word out of the 615 is that Tucker Wetmore and Rakiyah Marshall’s Back Blocks Music have selected…


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5/10/24

Craig Marks has made the career-ending decision to join HITS in the role of executive editor at large.


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The Killers Mr. Brightside video frame
5/10/24

U.K. listeners are still looking on the “Mr. Brightside” of life, as The Killers song of that name has overtaken “Wonderwall” by Oasis as the most commercially successful hit to never reach #1.


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WMG Q2 REVENUE UP
NEARLY 7% TO $1.49B
Call it Kyncl culture. (5/10a)
NEAR TRUTHS: INCOMPARABLE
Taylor world is an ecosystem. (5/9a)
THE PRICE IS RIGHT FOR LIVE NATION CONCERT WEEK
25 bucks in their hands (5/9a)
BEEF BRINGS LAMAR BACK TO SPOTLIGHT
No longer keeping his diss-tance. (5/10a)
REPUBLIC GOES 10 FOR 10
Holy mackerel, Monte! (5/9a)
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!