U.K. superstars Ed Sheeran and Coldplay joined forces Tuesday night (Oct. 12) to perform each other’s hits at the band’s new album launch event. Held at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, the British rock band celebrated the upcoming release of their Max Martin-produced ninth studio album Music of the Spheres, due Friday via Parlophone/Atlantic Records. They enlisted the help […]

Following reports last week that investment firm Blackstone was entering a new $1 billion partnership with Merck Mercuriadis, the companies made an official announcement on Tuesday (Oct. 12) announcing the deal. Through the new partnership, funds managed by Blackstone will contribute $1 billion to acquire music rights and manage catalogs in tandem with Hipgnosis Song Management

Musicians across the world are mourning the death of Paddy Moloney, who, as founder and leader of The Chieftains, brought traditional Irish music to all corners of the globe. The Irish Traditional Music Archive announced Moloney’s death Tuesday (Oct. 12). No cause was given. Moloney, 83, founded The Chieftains in 1962, and in the subsequent

One day after Jamie Lynn Spears revealed her upcoming memoir, big sister Britney Spears had some words of her own about planning to release a book. The Zoey 101 actress announced Monday that she would be publishing her book, titled Things I Should Have Said, on Jan. 18, 2022, via Worthy Publishing. Under the description of the book on the

Since March, when Virgin Group founder Richard Branson announced the launch of the Business Leaders Against the Death Penalty campaign at South by Southwest’s virtual festival, the project has been building support among international businesses and now counts nearly 150 signatories from multiple countries, including executives from Facebook and Salesforce, who are calling for the

Meek Mill has been paying close attention to Netflix’s viral new series Squid Game, and the rapper recently shared his analysis of it. Squid Game, which is on track to become the streamer’s most-watched series ever, features 456 contestants with impoverished backgrounds competing in children’s games with deadly stakes and a massive cash prize on the table. While the

Elton John makes a record return to the Billboard Hot 100’s top 40, as “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix),” with Dua Lipa, jumps from No. 46 to No. 32 on the chart dated Oct. 16, 2021. With the climb, which sparks John’s first top 40 Hot 100 hit since “Written in the Stars,” with LeAnn Rimes,

Kacey Musgraves’ fifth studio album star-crossed has been deemed ineligible for the country album of the year Grammy at next year’s awards show, but do you think it should compete in the country category or not? Cindy Mabe, president of Universal Music Group Nashville, wrote a letter to Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr., obtained by Billboard, expressing

BABYMETAL released a video titled “The One – Stairway to Living Legend” on Monday on their YouTube channel. The six-minute video, set to the group’s anthem “The One,” sees SU-METAL and MOAMETAL climbing a long staircase leading up through the clouds, leaving Earth to become “living legends” of the Metal Galaxy they have pioneered over

Adele’s new era is drawing closer, and as such, the singer is letting her fans know exactly when her long-awaited comeback single “Easy On Me” will be released. On Tuesday (Oct. 12), the “Hello” singer posted a new promotional photo for the single on Twitter — which features her stunning facial profile in black-and-white —