Iron Maiden is setting aside the parchment and heading to the NFT space. Funko and The Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX) have partnered to release a collection of Digital Pop! NFTs of Iron Maiden’s mascot, Eddie, Billboard can exclusively report. According to Funko, Iron Maiden, who recently released 17th studio album Senjutsu, is the first musical […]

Rolling Stone is exploring the fast-moving world of TikTok with a new podcast venture. From today (Sept. 22), Rolling Stone partners with Westwood One on Don’t Let This Flop, a weekly deep-dive on all things TikTok for the CUMULUS Podcast Network. “Some of these stories will be silly; some will be more serious. All will

Matthew West, Cory Asbury and Capitol CMG Publishing will be recognized at the 2021 ASCAP Christian Music Awards. The two-day social media event begins Wednesday (Sept. 22).  ASCAP named West songwriter of the year for the fourth time. West has writing credits on Jeremy Camp’s “Keep Me in the Moment,” which reached No. 1 on the Christian Airplay chart in July

Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, Daddy Yankee is confirmed for the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Week, where he will discuss his 25-year career that launched reggaetón around the world. In addition to the second installment of The Superstar Q&A, the Puerto Rican hitmaker is also set to perform for a Billboard En Vivo concert that night

Billie Eilish just took her merch to a whole new level. The “My Future” singer announced this week that she’s teamed up with Nike for her own line of 100% vegan Nike gym shoes. “I am SO excited to finally share my two air jordan silhouettes with you!! i’ve always loved @jumpman23  and it was such an

Mudvayne and Incubus both announced on Tuesday (Sept. 21) that they were dropping off the lineups of upcoming festivals due to COVID cases in their camps. In the case of make-up metalers Mudvayne, it was after singer Chad Gray and some others in their crew tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the band to bail on

Mondo.NYC – the music business, technology and emerging artists conference launched in 2016 by former CMJ Music Marathon principals Bobby Haber and Joanne Abbot Green – will hold an in-person event this year following a purely virtual summit in 2020. That makes it one of the first music conferences to host live attendees since the

The Rolling Stones played their first-ever show without longtime drummer Charlie Watts on Monday night (Sept. 20), dedicating the private event at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts to their late friend and time-keeper. “It’s a bit of a poignant night for us,” emotional singer Mick Jagger told the intimate audience of 300 at the show

St. Vincent is so busy right now, across multiple projects, and looking effortlessly cool while doing it, she ought to be a saint. The indie icon (born Annie Clark) dropped a new album, Daddy’s Home in May, her first since 2017. Around that time, the singer and guitarist made a rare appearance on SNL, and live

There are few things riskier on reality TV than to perform one of the judges’ songs. Get it wrong, there’s nowhere to hide. And to get it right, well, you need to go above and beyond. On Tuesday night’s (Sept. 21) episode of NBC’s The Voice, Gymani rolled the dice. The 23-year-old Georgia native performed