Veteran music executive Joie Manda, who departed his role as executive vp at Interscope Geffen A&M last December, has launched a new independent full-service music company out of Los Angeles, it was announced today. According to a release, the company – dubbed Encore Recordings – will apply Manda’s “entrepreneurial spirit, forward thinking, and passion for […]

Jared Leto is currently in promotion mode for House of Gucci, but he’s considering his next steps for his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars, once the movie’s press tour is over. During his Tuesday night (Nov. 16) appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Leto revealed that he had a surge of inspiration and

A new lawsuit against Travis Scott, Live Nation and others over the deadly Astroworld music festival is seeking $750 million on behalf of more than 125 more victims, bringing the total number of individuals who have filed suit to more than 400. More than 170 cases have been filed over Astroworld, which left 10 dead

It was a spring day in Rome when Lady Gaga’s sense of reality started to slip. For nine months while preparing for and shooting House of Gucci, Gaga stayed in character as Patrizia Reggiani, who married and ultimately ordered the 1995 murder of Gucci heir Maurizio Gucci. She spoke in a Northern Italian accent even when

Watch the full-length documentary that explores Nathy Peluso’s artistic journey as she explains why she couldn’t be anything but an artist.

BTS’ “Butter” holds at No. 1 on Billboard‘s weekly Hot Trending Songs chart (dated Nov. 20), powered by Twitter, for a third consecutive week on top. “Butter,” released on HYBE/BigHit Music/Columbia, reigns with 7.2 million Twitter mentions (up 2%) in the tracking week, which ran from Friday Nov. 5 through Thursday, Nov. 11. Billboard‘s Hot

On the Billboard x VersusGame matchups for Billboard‘s charts dated Nov. 20, it was Adele vs. The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber, and Post Malone and The Weeknd vs., well, everyone else. As announced last month, Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge

Tom Morello announced the upcoming release of his second solo album of 2021 on Wednesday (Nov. 17), The Atlas Underground Flood. The sister album to October’s The Atlas Underground Fire is slated to drop on Dec. 3 via Mom + Pop Music and feature a long list of collaborators, including: Nathaniel Rateliff, Jim James, IDLES,

Metallica are giving fans a deep, deep dive on their history with a new career-spanning portal, The Metallica Black Box, that the band said will feature “memorabilia, photographs, sketches, clothing and footage straight from our personal collections, hoarded over the last 40 years.” In a statement on the Black Box site, the band added, “We’ve