The music biz has stepped on the gas with the arrival of Billie’s latest LP, a supercharged Post/Morgan collab, a 180 from Childish and a high-octane ACM Awards. Meanwhile, newly hired HITS loser Jonathan Cohen finds himself stuck in reverse.
The Grammy Awards have set a 2/2/2025 date for their 67th annual edition, which will emanate from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. CBS will once again broadcast Music's Biggest Night live.
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, the rapturously received new album from Billie Eilish, finds the 22-year-old star charting new musical and thematic territory. She did not, however, expect that territory to include an appearance on the Contents page of a certain disreputable trade rag.
At a time when ticket prices are constantly on the rise, guarantees for artists headlining big, brand-name festivals such as Bottlerock, Outside Lands, Lollapalooza and others have more than doubled since the COVID years to $2m-plus.
Hozier’s massive “Too Sweet” is his biggest song since the powerhouse “Take Me to Church” turned heads a decade ago, but the Irish troubadour has been making consistently compelling music the whole time.
Dolly Parton is going orchestral with a new concert franchise, Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs in Symphony, which will launch 3/20/2025 with the Nashville Symphony in Music City.
Two recent fests in Pasadena have Karen Glauber nostalgic for a time when “hip” was a state of mind rather than an orthopedic issue. In her new Post Toasted column, she rhapsodizes about Cruel World, which boasted storied ’80s bands Duran Duran, Ministry, Dreamcar and her beloved Simple Minds. KG and Jim Kerr go way back.
Columbia’s Koe Wetzel is off to a hot start with his latest single, “Sweet Dreams,” which hit the Top 25 at Apple Music in its opening weekend.
Late soul legend Otis Redding's music catalog will be administered by Sony Music Publishing as part of a new deal announced ahead of the premiere of the Max documentary STAX: Soulsville, U.S.A.
Billie Eilish seems primed to replace Taylor Swift at #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart and is also contending for the top slot on the Official Singles Chart.
OH, TANNENBAUM! ANOTHER GREAT CAREER HITS THE SKIDS
Another talented journalist trapped in the career cul de sac (5/20a)
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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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