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More LA Fire Relief: Guitar Center Offers to Replace Instruments and Gear for Affected Musicians and Music Education Programs

January 13, 2025

Guitar Center offers to replace instruments and gear destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires for musicians and music education programs. Guitar Center is offering to replace instruments and gear for musicians... Read More...

TikTok Live Fest Kicks Off This Week in London, With Zara Larsson Headlining

Ashley King

January 12, 2025

TikTok’s Global Live Fest kicks off this week in London, with headliner Zara Larsson and host Jason Derulo. Zara Larsson has been announced as this year’s headliner for TikTok’s second annual Global Live Fes... Read More...

Mandy Moore Sharing a GoFundMe Sparks Backlash Despite Tragic Situation

Ashley King

January 12, 2025

Mandy Moore says ‘kindly F off’ to those criticizing her for sharing a GoFundMe for her in-laws. They lost their home to the wildfires in Los Angeles. Singer and actress Mandy Moore is not apologizing for sh... Read More...

FireAid benefit concert in the making at Intuit Dome

Developing: ‘FireAid’ Benefit Concert Being Organized by Live Nation, AEG, Azoff Company at Intuit Dome

Ashley King

January 12, 2025

The LA wildfires have killed 24 people in the Los Angeles area and burned thousands of acres in Los Angeles county. Firefighters are struggling to make headway against the blazes as Santa Ana wins are forecas... Read More...

The NAMM Foundation Donates $50,000 to LA Wildfire Relief—Seeking Contributions

Ashley King

January 12, 2025

The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) says the upcoming NAMM Show 2025 is slated to go forward as planned on January 21-25. Supporting organization The NAMM Foundation has established a wildfire ... Read More...

$1 Million ‘Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort’ Launched By Recording Academy, MusiCares

Ashley King

January 9, 2025

The Recording Academy and MusiCares launch the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort with a pledge of $1 million as wildfires continue to ravage the LA area. As the fires blazing throughout Los Angeles and beyond c... Read More...

Los angeles wildfires cause major cancellations

Wildfire Cancellations Roll In — Kia Forum, Intuit Dome & More Cancel Shows Amid Historic Fires

Ashley King

January 9, 2025

Historic wind-blown wild fires are raging across Los Angeles, prompting the cancellation of several live shows at the Kia Forum, Intuit Dome, and more. Five people have died and more than 180,000 people are ... Read More...

Post Malone Gives $20,000 Tip to Struggling Houston Bartender on Christmas Eve

Ashley King

January 6, 2025

Post Malone was in Houston for Beyoncé’s halftime show and made someone else’s day. During a visit to The Railyard with Shaboozey, Posty left a $20,000 tip for the bartender. The Railyard regulars picked up ... Read More...

Bourbon Street music returns after drunk driver plowed through crowd on new year's eve

Music Returns to Bourbon Street Just One Day After the New Year’s Tragedy

Ashley King

January 3, 2025

Just a day after the New Year’s Day tragedy that killed 14 people and injured dozens more, music returns to Bourbon Street. After the New Year’s Day truck attack in New Orleans’ French Quarter that killed 14... Read More...

Drummer metal band Voraath killed by drunk driver

Drummer of Rising Metal Band Voraath and Three Others Killed by Drunk Driver on New Year’s Eve

Ashley King

January 3, 2025

The drummer of rising North Carolina metal band Voraath was killed along with three others by a drunk driver on New Year’s Eve. Joshua Nassaru Ward, the drummer of rising North Carolina death metal band Vora... Read More...

Trump Urges Supreme Court to Delay TikTok Ban Until He’s President—Here’s the Filing

Ashley King

December 29, 2024

President-elect Trump has asked the Supreme Court to allow him to negotiate a deal to save TikTok—preventing the ban from going into place on January 19. Trump’s legal team filed an amicus brief with the cou... Read More...

Charges Dropped Against Man Arrested as Diddy’s Drug Mule in Miami

Ashley King

December 18, 2024

Charges against the man arrested at Miami-Dade airport for allegedly being Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ drug mule have been dropped. Brendan Paul completed a pretrial diversion program—resulting in the charges being d... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Nile Rodgers Becomes the Latest High-Profile Musician to Publicly Support AI

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After Bandcamp’s Takedown, Boy George Partners with Warner Music/ADA to Release ‘We Will Dance Again’ as Tel Aviv Shows Quickly Sell Out

Suno Files Subpoena Demands Against Apple As Major Label Legal War Intensifies