Ashley King

Are NFTs Coming to YouTube? Here’s the CEO’s Letter to Creators

January 25, 2022

Photo Credit: Szabo Viktor Are NFTs coming to YouTube? YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki hints about that possibility in her letter to creators. Wojcicki pens an annual letter to creators to talk about YouTube's is... Read More...

Governors Ball 2022 Lineup – J. Cole, Halsey, and Kid Cudi to Headline

Ashley King

January 25, 2022

Photo Credit: Governors Ball The Governors Ball 2022 lineup has been revealed for the June 10-12 music festival in Queens, NY. Kid Cudi, Halsey, and J. Cole will headline the three-day festival. Other artis... Read More...

Eric Clapton Claims YouTube Uses ‘Subliminal Advertising’ to Brainwash People

Ashley King

January 25, 2022

Photo Credit: Majvdl / CC by 3.0 In a recent interview, Eric Clapton claims YouTube brainwashes the masses with subliminal advertising. Clapton appeared on The Real Music Observer channel on YouTube. The cha... Read More...

Cardi B Wins Million Dollar Defamation Lawsuit vs. YouTuber

Ashley King

January 25, 2022

Photo Credit: Frank Schwichtenberg/ CC by 4.0 Cardi B has won a million-dollar defamation lawsuit against a YouTuber. Cardi B sued Latasha Kebe in 2019 over what she called a "malicious campaign" to tarnish ... Read More...

Neil Young Threatens to Remove His Music from Spotify Over Joe Rogan ‘Misinformation’: “They Can Have Rogan or Young. Not Both.”

Ashley King

January 25, 2022

Photo Credit: Matthew Harris / CC by 2.0 Neil Young asked his managers to delete his music from Spotify over Joe Rogan's vaccine misinformation. In a now-deleted letter posted to his website, Young told his ... Read More...

Reservoir Acquires Publishing & Recorded Music Catalog of Country Star Travis Tritt

Ashley King

January 25, 2022

Photo Credit: Velocity PR Reservoir Media has acquired the publishing and recorded music catalog of country singer-songwriter Travis Tritt. The deal inked with Tritt includes shares of Tritt's entire body of... Read More...

New Apple Patent Hints at Voice-Activated Noise Cancellation

Ashley King

January 24, 2022

Photo Credit: Hamza Nouasria A new Apple patent suggests future versions of AirPods could turn noise cancellation on and off by command. The patent itself is defined as an "interrupt for noise-canceling audi... Read More...

When We Were Young Festival Adds a Third Date After Double Weekend Sells Out (Updated)

Ashley King

January 24, 2022

When We Were Young – the nostalgic Las Vegas punk rock festival – is adding a third date featuring the same lineup. The festival will take place in October 2022 and be headlined by My Chemical Romance and Pa... Read More...

Meat Loaf Reportedly Died of COVID — Friends Ask to Remember the Musician

Ashley King

January 23, 2022

Photo Credit: Peter Meecham Rock ballad extraordinaire Meat Loaf has passed away. According to reports, the singer was ill with COVID-19. The performer's family announced Meat Loaf's death on social media ea... Read More...

Ozzy Osbourne’s CryptoBatz Project Shares Scam Link — Thousands Stolen From Unsuspecting Fans

Ashley King

January 23, 2022

The Ozzy Osbourne NFT collection 'CryptoBatz' is off to a bad start after scammers hijacked previously shared links. The NFT collection is a series of 9,666 digital bats with a unique mutation feature. Digit... Read More...

Boston Calling 2022 Lineup Finalized – RATM Dropped, Metallica and the Strokes Join Foo Fighters to Headline

Ashley King

January 23, 2022

Photo Credit: Boston Calling The three-day Boston Calling festival in Allston, Massachusetts, has announced its full lineup. Rage Against the Machine was the previously announced headliner, but Metallica and... Read More...

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Boston Calling 2022 Lineup Finalized – RATM Dropped, Metallica and the Strokes Join Foo Fighters to Headline

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