Amid concern over the Delta coronavirus variant, a mega-concert in Central Park to celebrate New York City’s reopening will go forward as planned next month, with performers including The Killers, Journey, LL Cool J, Jennifer Hudson, Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joined music industry legend Clive Davis, who […]

A growing number of live entertainment businesses have received good news from the Small Business Administration (SBA). As of today (July 27), more than 10,000 independent venues, promoters, talent representatives and more have been notified of their successful applications for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG). The companies, which were some of the hardest hit by the pandemic, have

Korea’s SM Entertainment — the label behind SuperM, NCT, Super Junior, Exo and more global superstars — is on the hunt for English-speaking aspiring K-pop stars, with online auditions for 2021 SM Talent Show Vol.2 opening this week, Billboard can announce. Online auditions will start Thursday (July 29) at 11 a.m. ET for male English speakers anywhere

Collaborations are an important part of Latin music, and Spanglish fusions are taking over as of late. Many mainstream artists have teamed up with Latin music’s hottest names to drop bilingual tracks. Some artists totally get in the mood by singing the entire song or parts of it in Spanish. Most recently, Shawn Mendes sings

Mark Hoppus picked up his bass guitar during a Twitch stream on Monday (July 26), marking the first time he’s played in public since his cancer diagnosis earlier this year. The Blink-182 singer-bassist, whose been undergoing chemotherapy for the past three months, told fans, “Not only is this the first time that I’ve tried to play

R. Kelly’s lawyers said Monday (July 26) they would fight prosecutors’ bid to tell jurors about allegations beyond the actual charges at his upcoming federal sex trafficking trial. “This is nothing more than a veiled effort to pile on to further shape the public’s perception in this case, ignoring that Mr. Kelly is presumed innocent until proven

Lori McKenna, one of country music’s most revered songwriters, has sold her catalog to Concord Music Publishing, which will work in partnership with Creative Nation and Pulse Music Group going forward on her music. McKenna has won three Grammy Awards for best country song — for Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush,” Tim McGraw’s “Humble and

Hard rock vocalist Mike Howe, who served two stints in Seattle thrashers Metal Church in the late 1980s and again in the 2000s, has died at age 55. The long-running band announced the news in a Facebook tribute, writing, “It is with our deepest regrets that we must announce the passing of our brother, our

Fox has revealed its fall premiere dates including the return of medical drama 911, hit competition series The Masked Singer and the 33rd season of The Simpsons. Other shows include aspirational new dramedy The Big Leap, the provocative soap Our Kind of People and new reality series Alter Ego. Here are Fox’s fall 2021 premiere dates: MONDAY, SEPT. 20 8-9 P.M.      

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the home of Howard Stern, said on Tuesday that it added self-paying subscribers in its satellite radio and Pandora units during the second quarter and raised its financial forecast for the full year 2021. The company added 118,000 net self-pay subscribers in its Pandora music streaming business, ending the second quarter