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Backbeat: Magnum Party With Natasha Bedingfield Kicks Off Billboard Awards Weekend at Body English
May 19, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | bbma2012 | Branding | Rock & Pop
As Billboard’s second annual Battle of the Bands wound down last night (May 18), Magnum Ice Cream kept the Billboard Music Awards energy revved up with its private party—featuring Natasha Bedingfield—at Hard Rock Hotel club Body English. » Full Story

Patent Pending Win Battle of the the Bands, Will Perform on Billboard Music Awards
May 19, 2012 – Touring | Legal & Management | TV & Film | Rock & Pop
With pop-punk hooks, fist pumps aplenty and some fancy footwork, Patent Pending, an impossibly high energy "rag-tag bunch jerks" from Long Island, NY, earned a golden ticket to perform at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (May 20, ABC at 8:00 p.m. EDT) after besting five other acts to win the Battle of the Bands showdown. » Full Story

Watch the Billboard Battle of the Bands (Live Stream)
May 18, 2012 – Touring | bbma2012 | Indies
The Billboard Battle of the Bands begins at 8 pm (PT) with six of the country's best and most talented unsigned acts as voted on by Billboard readers. Check out the live stream right here. » Full Story

Live Nation Ticket Sales Up 25% YTD; Diverse Touring Line-Up Drives Numbers, $4 Beers Await Fans
May 18, 2012 – Touring | Legal & Management | Branding | Rock & Pop | Country | R&B/Hip-Hop
Live Nation Ticket Sales are up 25% year-to-date thanks in part to a strong lineup of tours that touches on virtually every genre: Roger Waters, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Radiohead, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley, Nickelback, Aerosmith, Toby Keith, Tom Petty and others are helping the world’s largest promoter and amphitheater operator rebound after an industry downturn in 2010. Plus, there's the $4 beers... » Full Story

Business Matters: Bono Will Make Maybe $10 Million, Not $1.5 Billion, From Facebook's IPO
May 18, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Legal & Management | Digital & Mobile
Contrary to widespread reports in the media, Bono is not about to rake in $1.5 billion on Facebook's IPO today. He is a managing director for a private equity firm -- Elevation Partners -- and may be set to make around $10 million on the sale. Elsewhere, Amanada Palmer's Kickstarter hits $750K, and Nathan Hubbard takes to Twitter to talk Ticketmaster fees. » Full Story

Donna Summer - In Memoriam: There Will Always Be a You
May 18, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Global | Legal & Management | Retail | Rock & Pop | R&B/Hip-Hop
Michael Paoletta for ten years was Billboard's esteemed dance/electronic music editor. He not only interviewed Donna Summer (and her producer Giorgio Moroder) on several occasions, but grew up with and was inspired by Summer's seminal music, meteoric success and sustained stardom. As such, there may be no better person to help put her greatness and loss in perspective. » Full Story

Van Halen Postpone Over 30 Tour Dates without Explanation
May 17, 2012 – Touring | Rock & Pop
Van Halen's 2012 reunion has hit a snag -- the final three months and 31 dates of the group's North American reunion run have been abruptly postponed. Although the band has yet to release an official statement or explanation for the postponement, a rep for the group confirms the unexpected touring news. » Full Story

Live Nation Finalizes Settlement In Decade-Long Ticket Pricing Lawsuit
May 17, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Legal & Management
A long-running dispute over whether Live Nation and former parent Clear Channel engaged in anticompetitive conduct in the promotion and pricing of live music concerts could be headed for some resolution as lawyers for the company and a class of nationwide plaintiffs told a California federal court that they were finalizing a global settlement agreement that would lead to the dismissal of various claims that span back a decade. » Full Story

Fool's Gold Launches 'The Goldmine,' Premium Digital Subscription Service
May 17, 2012 – Touring | Indies | Digital & Mobile | Branding
Brooklyn-based independent label Fool's Gold announced today it is launching a premium digital subscription service called The Goldmine. The new service will provide access to new Fool's Gold music as high quality 320 mp3 / WAV downloads, plus extras, including: back catalog selections, exclusive content (remixes, a cappella tracks, DJ sets), merch discounts, priority access to events, and “other surprises the Fool's Gold braintrust decides to cook up.” » Full Story

Norah Jones Agent Joe Brauner Joins WME
May 16, 2012 – Touring
Joe Brauner has joined WME as an agent in the music department, bringing with him longtime clients Norah Jones and Amos Lee. Brauner was previously a music agent at CAA. » Full Story

Nas, Missy Elliott, Wiz Khalifa Headline Rock The Bells; Bone Thugs to Reunite
May 16, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | R&B/Hip-Hop
The annual hip-hop summit Rock The Bells revealed its lineup on Wednesday (May 16), and while Nas, Kid Cudi and Wiz Khalifa top the 2012 bill, the big news is the promised special performances by Missy Elliott and the reunited Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. » Full Story

Yep Roc Label To Celebrate 15 Years With 3-Day Concert With Nick Lowe, Robyn Hitchcock, Jon Doe, Others
May 16, 2012 – Touring | Indies | Branding | Rock & Pop | Country
The indie label Yep Roc Records announced it will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a three-night birthday party in October at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, N.C. featurung artists from throughout the label's history, including Nick Lowe, Robyn Hitchcock and John Doe. Yep Rock is also offering "Premiere Fan" bundles, which includes access to a Yep Roc recording session with Chris Stamey and Scott McCaughey. » Full Story

AEG Live Predicting Big Sales for Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez/Enrique Iglesias, 'American Idol' Tours
May 16, 2012 – Touring | TV & Film | Rock & Pop | Latin
AEG LIVE President/CEO Randy Phillips says his company is looking at a strong 2012, based on tours already on sale and those teed up for later in the year. Highlights include Enrique Iglesias with Jennifer Lopez, and Wisin & Yandel, American Idols Live!, Kenny Chesney with Tim McGraw and Justin Bieber for a tour that begins in the fall. » Full Story

Barry Manilow On Highest Charting Since the 1970s, Dick Clark's Friendship, How to Write Hits
May 16, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels
Barry Manilow has had a long and successful career as a songwriter, putting 25 tracks on the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 since the 1970s, and he spoke to Billboard about his chart successes, friendship with the late Dick Clark, his charity work, and how to write a hit song. » Full Story

Backbeat: Chris Perez Charms Fans, Features New Music During Grammy Museum Showcase
May 16, 2012 – Touring | Backbeat | Legal & Management | Latin
Grammy award-winner, and widower of the late Selena, Chris Perez performed new music at the Grammy Museum and spoke about his plans for the future during a showcase attended by industry execs and fans who won tickets to see his intimate show. » Full Story

Shooter Jennings, AEG and Paradigm Execs to Talk Touring at Billboard Country Music Summit Panels
May 16, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Legal & Management | Country
A pair of sessions will examine the role of touring in the country music business at the 3rd Annual Billboard Country Music Summit, June 4-5 at the newly-renovated Cannery Ballroom in Nashville. The list of panelists includes Live Nation's Brian O'Connell, TMG/AEG's Ali Harnell, singer/songwriter Shooter Jennings, Ryman Auditorium's Sally Williams, WME's Rob Beckham, Paradigm's Curt Motley and CAA's Marc Dennis. » Full Story

Black Sabbath's Bill Ward Pulls Out of Reunion Gigs Over Contract Terms
May 16, 2012 – Touring | Global | Legal & Management | Rock & Pop
Bill Ward will not be joining Black Sabbath for this year's performances, the band's original drummer confirmed in a letter to fans on his website. The lengthy, emotional note said that he had only been asked to participate "minimally" and on a trial basis. He said he didn't want to "risk not being able to play Download or Lollapalooza" festivals. » Full Story

Web Trends: Jay-Z Backs Barack Obama's Support of Gay Marriage
May 15, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Indies | Rock & Pop | Dance | Country | R&B/Hip-Hop
See what else is trending in music today including Jay-Z follows Barack Obama in supporting gay marriage, Bonnaroo announce schedule, and a new album from Beach House. » Full Story

HMV Looks to Grow Ticketing Division by Partnering With Ticketmaster U.K.
May 15, 2012 – Touring | Retail
Troubled U.K. entertainment retailer HMV has teamed with the British arm of Ticketmaster as it looks to expand its ticketing operations. » Full Story

Whitney Houston to be Honored at Billboard Music Awards With Tribute by Jordin Sparks & John Legend
May 15, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | bbma2012
Whitney Houston will be honored with the Billboard Millennium Award in a tribute performed by Jordin Sparks and John Legend at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday (May 20), it was announced Tuesday. Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, and sister-in-law, Pat Houston, will make a special appearance to accept the award in her honor. » Full Story

Will.I.Am, Giorgio Moroder, Danny Tenaglia Added as International Music Summit Speakers
May 15, 2012 – Touring | Global | Dance
Will.I.Am is the latest big name to be added to the International Music Summit's impressive and growing list of keynote speakers, while Giorgio Moroder will also be on hand and Danny Tenaglia will be video confererencing in from Manhattan to speak about his career. » Full Story

Ultra Music Co-Founder to Debut UR1 Festival During Miami's Art Basel 2012
May 15, 2012 – Touring | Indies | Dance
UR1 Music Festival is going to try to shake up the concept of what a festival can be when it debuts this December 8-9 in Miami, bring the music and art community together for two days during Miami's Art Basel 2012. » Full Story

Meet EDM's Power Trio: Atlantic's Craig Kallman, Astralwerks' Glenn Mendlinger, Interscope's Dave Rene
May 15, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Indies | Retail | Branding | Dance
Since the decline of "electronica" in the late 1990s, EDM has been an indie label's business. But now that it's big again, the majors are back -- but infiltrating a scene that prides itself on its independence can be tricky business. Meet the three major players who've pulled it off: Atlantic's Craig Kallman, Astralwerks' Glenn Mendlinger and Interscope's Dave Rene. » Full Story

Lady Gaga Denied Permit For Indonesia Stadium Concert Following Protests
May 15, 2012 – Touring | Global | Legal & Management | Rock & Pop
Lady Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out stadium show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers, who said her sexy clothes and dance moves will corrupt the youth. A national police spokesman said Tuesday that the permit for her June 3 "Born This Way Ball" concert has been denied. » Full Story

CBGB Founder's Biopic to Star Alan Rickman as Hilly Kristal
May 14, 2012 – Touring | TV & Film
Alan Rickman has signed on to play the legendary owner and founder of CBGB in Randall Miller and Jody Savin’s project revolving around the seminal New York rock club. » Full Story

Coachella 2013 Returning For Two Weekends With Increased Ticket Prices
May 14, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Indies | Branding | Rock & Pop | Dance | R&B/Hip-Hop
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will once again dip into two separate weekends in 2013, after successfully debuting the six-day model -- with the same lineup for each weekend -- in 2012. There will also be an increase in ticket prices with a three-day general admission wristband selling for $349. » Full Story

Katy Perry Set to Perform at Billboard Music Awards
May 14, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | bbma2012
Katy Perry is the latest addition to a growing list of superstar performers taking the stage at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, which airs live May 20 on ABC at 8 p.m. ET from the MGM Grand Arena. » Full Story

Jay-Z on the Budweiser 'Made in America' Fest, Putting New Music On Hold
May 14, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Branding | Rock & Pop | R&B/Hip-Hop
After announcing his new Budweiser and Live Nation sponsored festival in Philadelphia, Jay-Z took time to speak to Billboard about creating the fest, Jack White's "insanity," and putting new music on hold to hang out with Blue Ivy Carter. » Full Story

Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood to Perform at CMT Awards
May 14, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Country
Carrie Underwood, who leads all CMT Awards nominees with five nominations, will be joined by Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, the Zac Brown Band, and Little Big Town at the 11th annual show June 6 in Nashville. » Full Story

Jay-Z Headlining, Curating Live Nation's 'Budweiser Made In America' Music Fest in Philly
May 13, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Branding
Jay-Z and Budweiser are expected to announce Monday their partnership to bring a two-day music festival, “Budweiser Made In America,” to Philadelphia over Labor Day Weekend. Jay-Z will headline as well as curate the lineup for the event, which is produced by Live Nation » Full Story

Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bassist With Booker T. and the MGs, Stax, Dead at 70
May 13, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Legal & Management | TV & Film | Rock & Pop | R&B/Hip-Hop
Bass player and songwriter Donald "Duck" Dunn, a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers as well as a studio musician for the legendary Stax studios who played with countless musicians including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Jerry Lee Lewis and later in Los Angeles Rod Stewart, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and others, has died in Tokyo. He was 70. » Full Story

Business Matters: Doing More With Less - A Key Theme at NARM 2012
May 11, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Legal & Management | Indies | Digital & Mobile | Retail
The theme at NARM’s Music Biz 2012 conference was forced austerity. “We’re doing more with less,” one major label executive said when asked how his company was doing. Also, investors and analysts have reacted positively to Live Nation’s first quarter earnings. The company’s shares rose 6.6% Thursday and another 0.7% Friday. And MP3tunes.com has filed for bankruptcy, but that won’t stop EMI from proceeding with its lawsuit against the company, according to CNET. » Full Story

Billboard's 40 Under 40: Cast Your Nominations Here!
May 11, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Publishing | Global | Indies | TV & Film | Digital & Mobile | Retail | Branding | Rock & Pop | R&B/Hip-Hop
Who do you think are the rising young executives under forty years old who are driving the music business forward? Billboard's new Power Players special feature "40 Under 40" will identify these individuals -- and we invite our readers to offer their nominations online here. Make your voice heard here. » Full Story

Web Trends: Against Me! Singer Comes Out as Transgender
May 10, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Indies | TV & Film | Rock & Pop | Country | R&B/Hip-Hop
See what else is trending in music including reporting on Tom Gabel's transgender identity annoucement, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker's Emergency Surgery and up-and-coming MC Kitty Pryde. » Full Story

Live Nation's Q1 Report: Ticket Sales, Net Loss Up
May 10, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Global | Digital & Mobile | Branding
Through April 30, 2012, Live Nation concert ticket sales are up 23% over the same period in the prior year, with North America up 25% and International up 19%, according to financial reports disclosed Wednesday. Live Nation’s growing stake in the robust North American concert business helped boost ticket sales by more than 30% for the period. » Full Story

Jamaica's Reggae Film Festival Tells Island's Rich Music Story
May 10, 2012 – Touring | Global | Legal & Management | TV & Film | Branding
While it’s unlikely any of the movies presented at the 5th Annual Reggae Film Festival will attract the widespread interest generated by director Kevin McDonald’s “Marley” doc, films such as "Studio Drummie One," "Showtime!" and "Sing Your Song" are just as significant in chronicling the multifaceted narrative that is Jamaica's popular music history. » Full Story

Live Nation 1Q Loss Expands; Revenue Ticks Up
May 9, 2012 – Touring
Concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday that its first-quarter net loss expanded even as revenue ticked higher, as it did not repeat an income tax windfall from a year ago. The net loss in the three months to March 31 grew to $69.2 million, or 37 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $48.5 million, or 27 cents per share, a year ago. » Full Story

Business Matters: @NARM - Ready or Not, Brands and Music Are BFFs
May 9, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Digital & Mobile | Retail | Branding
Brands are getting more involved with music. That may not always be a good thing, but it’s a trend that isn’t going to reverse course. “Bands and Brands 2012: Who’s in Charge?” may have been one of the most important panels at NARM, a conference typically associated with retailers and record labels. And one metric stands out in Live Nation’s first-quarter results released Wednesday: revenue per concert. Revenue from concerts declined 0.1% to $448.7 million from $449.3 million in the first quarter of 2011. » Full Story

Inaugural Women's Music Summit With Meshell Ndegeocello, Kaki King, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Marnie Stern Announced
May 9, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Branding
The Music Masters Camp Series has announced it is adding a Women’s Music Summit to its musician programs with a roster that includes Kaki King, Meshell Ndegeocello, Melissa Auf der Maur and Marnie Stern. The inaugural event is slated for August 27-31 at the Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY. » Full Story

Coachella Gets 30,000 Fans to 'Live Click' Around Festival, Automatically Link to Social Media
May 9, 2012 – Touring | Digital & Mobile
Coachella got a little technological boost from 30,000 of its own attendees, as the festival's wristbands included a radio-frequency identification (or RFID) enabled device that allowed the wearer to check in and update their status on Facebook at various checkpoints around the festival grounds » Full Story

Live Nation Buys EDM Entertainment Company Cream Holdings Ltd, Owner of Creamfields Festivals
May 9, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Legal & Management | Dance
Live Nation today acquired Cream Holdings Limited, a pillar of the EDM entertainment scene, which also gives Live Nation the exclusive rights to Creamfields Festivals, which have been held all over the world since the company's launch in 1998. » Full Story

Pete Tong on Ibiza's International Music Summit & Keeping The EDM House In Order
May 9, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Global | Retail | Dance
Long-standing BBC Radio 1 DJ, Pete Tong has been at the forefront of electronic dance music (EDM) for over twenty years. Speaking exclusively to Billboard.biz, Tong discussed how IMS has grown, why the explosion of dance music in North America is set to last and how EDM patrons "can't be doing illegal s--t" if they want to attract big money sponsors and investment. » Full Story

Vince Gill On Going Indie
May 9, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Legal & Management | Indies | Country
For the first time in nearly 30 years, Vince Gill, the Country Music Hall of Fame member doesn't have a record deal. He got signed by a label in 1983 and had been on the MCA Records roster since 1989. » Full Story

Lady Antebellum Teams With Lipton Tea & Honey For New TV Spot
May 8, 2012 – Touring | Branding | Country
Lady Antebellum debuted a new 30-second TV spot for Lipton Tea & Honey, a flavor created in partnership by Pepsi and Unilever. In the CGI-laden spot, created with ad agency DDB, the band lights up -- literally -- with the drink’s “100% natural” ingredients just before it performs hit single “We Owned The Night” to a sold-out crowd. It's just one piece of Lipton’s biggest musical marketing push to date. » Full Story

CBGB Music Festival & Conference Coming to NYC
May 8, 2012 – Touring | Indies | Rock & Pop
Although CBGB officially closed its famed New York location in 2006, the shuttered club has continued through CBGB fashions and radio. Now, the first ever CBGB festival will take place July 5-8 at venues across the city. » Full Story

Galactic, Funky METERS, Skrillex; Cloud 9's Mark Brown on A Decade of Jam Cruises
May 7, 2012 – Touring
It's the tenth anniversary of Jam Cruise, and Jam Cruise founder and Cloud 9 Adventures managing partner Mark Brown spoke with Billboard.biz about the eleventh installment of Jam Cruise, the issues involved with bringing a five day festival and 3,000 fans along on a ship, and the growth of the music cruise industry over the past decade. Holy Ship! EDM-based cruise, which featured artists such as Skrillex, Diplo, Rusko and more. » Full Story

Shakira Lines Up $30 Million Deal With Live Nation (Report)
May 7, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels
Shakira is taking cues from Madonna and Jay-Z: she'll forgo standard music-industry convention and issue her records through Live Nation and her former label, Sony, the New York Post reports. » Full Story

Backbeat: Five Finger Death Punch To Headline Tresspass America Tour
May 7, 2012 – Touring | Backbeat | Record Labels
U.K. magazine Metal Hammer is sponsoring the inaugural Trespass America tour, which was announced April 24 at a press conference held at Hollywood’s Key Club. Headlined by rising metal act Five Finger Death Punch the summer tour contains 25 dates. » Full Story

More Tributes To Beastie Boy Adam Yauch: Eminem, Chuck D, Jay-Z, Madonna, Others
May 6, 2012 – Touring | Record Labels | Legal & Management | Rock & Pop | R&B/Hip-Hop
As sad news of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's passing spread across the globe, tributes from both music superstars and the music industry he so influenced and inspired continued to pour forth. Here Eminem, Chuck D, Jay-Z, Madonna, Q-Tip, Def Jam's Joie Manda, Santigold and others expressed their condolences and gratitude to the great MCA. » Full Story

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