On the heels of the announcement that the iTunes Festival, a live music event held annually in London, will be extended to a week of shows in the US for the first time at this year’s SXSW music festival, Apple has now announced that 90s rock act Soundgarden will join the lineup. The band, featuring […]
Rock band U2 will perform their Oscar-nominated song, “Ordinary Love” for a global audience at the Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. U2’s exclusive Oscar show performance will be the first time the band will perform the song live on Sunday, March 2. “Ordinary Love” was written by the group for Mandela: […]
Tony Award -winning singer, songwriter and actress Idina Menzel will, for the first time, perform the Oscar-nominated song “Let it Go” for a global television audience at the Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will air on Sunday, March 2, live on ABC. “Let it […]
Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are set to reteam with their 50/50 director Jonathan Levine for an untitled Christmas comedy, says The Hollywood Reporter. The Sony Pictures release will start shooting this summer. According to the trade, “the film revolves around three childhood best friends who reunite in New York City for their annual tradition […]
Avid Technology congratulated its many award-winning and nominated customers at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for their outstanding achievements in the recording arts. At the ceremony on January 26 in Los Angeles, the preeminent peer-recognized awards for music excellence were bestowed on numerous artists, producers and engineers who use Avid audio solutions. Avid audio professionals […]
During Bank of America’s (Product) RED promotion on iTunes, over 3 million copies of U2’s newest single were downloaded, according to an announcement. Over 1 million of those went out during the first hour after an ad promoting the deal ran during the Super Bowl. As a result of the initiative, over $3 million should […]
Following the Super Bowl, 20th Century Fox debuted this new “Musician Early” preview for Rio 2 featuring halftime performer Bruno Mars. Opening in theaters on April 11, the sequel is voiced by Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jemaine Clement, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, and Jamie Foxx. Andy Garcia, Rita Moreno, Mars […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science On Tuesday night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors voted to rescind the Original Song nomination for Alone Yet Not Alone (music by Bruce Broughton and lyric by Dennis Spiegel). The decision was prompted by the discovery that Broughton, a former Governor […]
The Dr Dre-owned Spotify competitor Beats Music has gone live in the United States, with the app appearing in the App Store. The long-awaited streaming music offering launch also signals the future closure of the MOG service, shuttering on April 15th, though it appears that MOG subscribers will not get directly migrated over to Beats […]
Beats Music has announced the pending launch of an online and mobile streaming music service. Beats Music will be available to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone devices for $9.99 per month. The subscription fee grants users unlimited access to 20 million tracks, including streaming and downloads for offline playback. Beats Music will offer dozens of […]
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