Morgan Wallen Surprise Drops ‘Abbey Road Sessions’ | Countrytown

More Morgan Wallen Morgan Wallen has celebrated the first anniversary of One Thing At A Time (released on 3 March 2023) by surprise-releasing a series of Abbey Road Sessions live videos. Recording and filming for the Abbey Road Sessions took place in December, with Wallen performing five songs from One Thing At A Time – Thinkin’ Bout Me, Sunrise, Everything I Love, I Wrote The Bookand I Deserve A Drink – as well as the previously unreleased Lies, Lies, Lies and a cover of Nothing But Thieves‘ Whistling Graveyard. You can watch all the videos from Wallen’s Abbey Road Sessions…
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Apple fined $2 billion by EU over music streaming competition

LONDON (AP) — The European Union leveled its first antitrust penalty against Apple on Monday, fining the US tech giant nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service by forbidding rivals like Spotify from telling users how they could pay for cheaper subscriptions outside of iPhone apps. Apple muzzled streaming services from telling users about payment options available through their websites, which would avoid the 30% fee charged when people pay through apps downloaded with the iOS App Store, said the European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm and top antitrust enforcer. “This is illegal. And it…
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Evening of Celtic Music and Dance set for March 23 | News, Sports, Jobs

Pittsburgh’s Bealtaine, featuring (from left) Bill Buchko, Dylan Rooke, Conor Freeland, George White and Andy Morrison, will be featured at the Minerva Area Chamber of Commerce’s 11th annual Evening of Celtic Music and Dance March 23 at the Roxy Theater in Minerva. (Submitted photo) MINERVA – The Minerva Area Chamber of Commerce will offer its 11th annual Evening of Celtic Music and Dance in the Roxy Theater Saturday, March 23, at 7 pm The event will feature the music of Ireland and Scotland, from traditional to contemporary, performed on Uilleann pipes, bouzouki, fiddle, penny whistle, guitar,…
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Justin Timberlake Confirms New NSYNC Song in Album Tracklist

Justin Timberlake is releasing more NSYNC music. The singer and Spotify unveiled the tracklist for Timberlake’s new album Everything I Thought It Was on Monday, which features 18 songs including a song with NSYNC. “Paradise” will mark the boy band’s second new song following their reunion for the single “Better Place” — their first song together in over two decades — for the film Trolls Band Together. Timberlake has been teasing another reunion with NSYNC leading up to the album’s release. During an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show in January, the singer hinted, “We’ve been in the studio, so…
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Billboard, Music Business Worldwide, Variety, Music Ally, Digital Music News, and other outlets covering the music business, music marketing, and music tech are increasingly putting some or all of their content behind a paywall. But Hypebot’s coverage of the New Music Business, Music Tech, and Indie Musicians is always 100% free. This is not a criticism of these platforms. They are doing what they must to survive in the face of the same obstacles that will see more than a third of all US newspapers go out of business before the end of 2025. But Hypebot, launched 19 years ago…
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Hipgnosis Song Fund’s portfolio value reaches new low

Tue 5 March 2024 14:32, UK The value of Hipgnosis Song Fund’s portfolio reached a new low on March 4th, following a difficult year for the company which owns the rights to material by artists such as Neil Young and Ed Sheeran. The business, registered on London’s FTSE 250 and founded by Nile Rodgers with Merck Mercuriadis, has published a review which estimates the value of its assets between £1.8 billion and £2.06 billion. The latest filing, carried out by advisor Shot Tower, represents a decrease in the company’s portfolio of 26% compared with the last quarter. Billboards state that…
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The Black Crowes Drop ‘Wanting and Waiting’ Music Video

The clip for the Happiness Bastards single is the band’s first music video in 16 years The Black Crowes have dropped a new music video for, “Wanting and Waiting,” the first single from the rock outfit’s first album in 15 years, Happiness Bastardsout March 15. Directed by Christopher Acosta, the visuals match the punchy rock and roll energy of “Wanting and Waiting.” It pairs a spirited performance with an overlay of animation — illustrated lyrics, skulls, and of course a murder of crowds in full flight as the Black Crowes rip through “Wanting and Waiting.” The “Wanting and Waiting” clip…
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Casey Barnes To Drop New Song ‘Mayday’ Before CMC Rocks | Countrytown

More Casey Barnes Casey Barnes has announced his first release for 2024, a “massive festival type anthem” called Mayday. The track was announced Yesterday (March 4) in a post that Barnes shared on Facebook, confirming that fans can expect to stream Mayday next Tuesday (March 12). Touching on the single’s backstory, Barnes explained that the seeds for it were sewn towards the end of 2023, when he was in Nashville to work on his upcoming fifth studio album (which is yet to be announced, but apparently will be “VERY soon” ). During the trip, he was presented with the opportunity…
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