Ashley King

Avicii’s Parents Will Inherit the DJ’s $25 Million Fortune

December 20, 2018

Avicii in London, 2011 (photo: Shawn Tron CC 2.0) EDM artist Avicii took his own life earlier this year in April after a protracted period of burnout, depression, and alcoholism. Unfortunately, Tim... Read More...

Instagram Is Boosting Music Interactivity and Sharing With ‘Questions In Live’

Ashley King

December 20, 2018

photo: Phil Desforges Instagram has rolled out a series of new features for its Stories format, making it easier to share music recommendations and set up countdown timers. Music is now getting a deeper inte... Read More...

Travis Scott Is Reportedly Close to Playing the Super Bowl — But Jay-Z Is Trying to Talk Him Out of It

Ashley King

December 20, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, venue for Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta. It looks like Travis Scott is close to joining Maroon 5 on stage for this year's Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show. Earlier reports stated that more t... Read More...

Sweden’s ‘Man-Free’ Music Festival Declared Illegal and Discriminatory

Ashley King

December 19, 2018

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photo: David Calderón The Statement Festival is a self-described "man-free" music festival exclusively for "women, transgender, and non-binary people only." The event was held back in August in Sweden, but S... Read More...

U.S. Department of Justice Bans Bump Stocks Used in the Route 91 Las Vegas Massacre

Ashley King

December 19, 2018

A year and a handful of months after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the government is finally banning bump stocks. The U.S. Department of Justice has now declared that any weapons modified with a bump stock wi... Read More...

The Experiment Grows: MelodyVR to Power a Realtime VR Concert With Liam Payne

Ashley King

December 18, 2018

MelodyVR is hosting an exclusive concert for anyone who owns an Oculus Go or Samsung Gear VR headset. Liam Payne of One Direction fame is playing a small gig for a select audience in London. But the real ac... Read More...

Ed Sheeran Tops the 2018 Touring List With $432.4 Million In Receipts — Easily Beating Out Taylor Swift

Ashley King

December 18, 2018

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Move over Taylor Swift; there's a new top-grossing performer for 2018. Ed Sheeran has surpassed Swift to become the highest grossing touring artist in a single year. Nine of the other top ten performers on P... Read More...

Fortnite Faces Legal Action for Stealing the ‘Carlton Dance’ from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Ashley King

December 18, 2018

Epic Games is in trouble again over the depiction of a popular dance within its Fortnite game. The actor who portrayed Carlton on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air has sued both Epic and 2K Games for featuring his... Read More...

Apple Music Is Expanding Into Nashville — And Revitalizing an Old Sock Factory In the Process

Ashley King

December 18, 2018

Apple Music is officially expanding into Nashville with a new lease on an old sock factory just south of downtown. Apple has just signed a lease for the May Hosiery factory in Wedgewood-Houston, a former ind... Read More...

After Skipping Last Year’s Event, Gibson Guitar Returns to NAMM 2019

Ashley King

December 18, 2018

Gibson at NAMM 2015: What financial problems? Gibson's bankruptcy and restructuring prevented the iconic guitar company from appearing at NAMM last year. However, it now looks like the company will be attendi... Read More...

Half-a Dozen Performers Have Rejected Super Bowl Halftime Offers, Report Says

Ashley King

December 17, 2018

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Maroon 5 could be stuck with a toxic gig. The NFL may be having trouble landing a contract with the next performer for the Super Bowl Halftime show. A new report suggests that the NFL's stance on player prot... Read More...

YouTube Subscriber Counts Are Dropping as Site-Wide Spam Clean-Up Continues

Ashley King

December 14, 2018

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YouTube is performing a massive clean-up of spam accounts, which the company says may result in a decrease of subscriber counts. An official post on the YouTube product forum announced the sweep as part of r... Read More...

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