Independent music venues in the US have still received $0 in government relief

The EPs and stars of Selena: The Series gathered for a virtual ATX panel on Saturday, to reflect on their tribute to music and fashion icon, Selena Quintanilla.

A $16.1 billion federal program set up to provide emergency relief to distressed movie theaters and live venues has started distributing funds, but venue operators say the process has been slow and a key deadline has been missed.

Carrie Underwood and NEEDTOBREATHE brought down the house at the 2021 CMT Music Awards. At the Wednesday night award show, the former "American Idol" champ, 38, teamed up with the rock band to perform their song "I Wanna Remember." For the performance, Underwood dazzled in a sequined pantsuit complete with a large, black belt and matching shoes.

The Front Bottoms have announced their return to the touring circuit with 31 dates across North America later this year, alongside the release of a new track titled ‘Voodoo Magic’.In true Front Bottoms fashion, ‘Voodoo Magic’ sees the band put a summery spin on a tedious topic, as frontman Brian Sella waxes lyrical about his bad luck over a bed of bright lead guitars and energetic percussion.The track also features some musical input from Matt Skiba (of Alkaline Trio and Blink-182 fame), who

coronavirus restrictions lift.It has been predicted that 90 per cent of US venues stand to be lost without government funding, with an estimated 300 already closed in the last 14 months. Venues spent much of last year pleading with the government for support, before Congress passed the #SaveOurStages bill in December to allow shuttered businesses like independent venues to get a $16billion emergency relief grant fund.

Better Noise Music has signed rock band Asking Alexandria to a new record deal, ahead of a new album release later this year.Although a British band, to date they have seen their biggest success in the US – although their 2016 album ‘The Black’ did go to number fifteen on the UK album chart (in the States it went top ten).

Univision’s coverage of the U.S. men’s national team’s 3-2 victory over rival Mexico in the final of the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League on Sunday night tied ABC’s season premiere of Celebrity Family Feud for the night’s top broadcast in primetime.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentMoroccan director Aziz Tazi’s thriller “Night Walk,” featuring a turn by Mickey Rourke, has scored a slew of international sales prior to its U.S.

lying to the FBI about his illegal work on behalf of foreign governments, and for several seditious comments during the 2020 election, appeared over the weekend at QAnon conference in Dallas. Adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory are widely supportive of the military coup in Myanmar and have embraced the treasonous idea that the US military should do the same thing here on behalf of Donald Trump.

the Save Our Stages Act passing into law five months ago.The coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music in 2020 had sparked fears that many venues across the country would have to close permanently, but the passing of the Save Our Stages Act in December – which guarantees independent venues and theatres $16billion (£11.27million) in federal relief grants – raised hopes of a recovery for the live music sector in the US.While it was reported last month that the SBA funding was yet to materialise,

HBO Max Remakes ‘The Great British Bake Off’ In Mexico HBO Max is planning to adapt the UK’s hit cooking competition series The Great British Bake Off in Mexico as The Great Bake Off. A 10-part celebrity version of the show will be produced by WarnerMedia Latin America, in what represents HBO Max’s first original unscripted production in Mexico. The Love Productions show was licensed by BBC Studios and follows WarnerMedia previously making local versions in Argentina and Chile.

Hulu has found its Mike Tyson.

application process is still open to further venues and promoters.Venues will be curating their own special programmes to mark the event, while the online conference #IVWTalks, discussing issues affecting the live music industry, will return.#IVWTalks incorporates ‘Get Schooled’ on Thursday July 15, a full day dedicated to students interested in a career in live music.The event is officially partnered with the National Independent Venue Association, whose formation was sparked by Independent

Former U.S. ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, a key witness in the 2019 House impeachment probe, sued former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and the United States for $1.8 million on Monday.

The apple didn’t fall far from the tree when it comes to Mick Jagger and son Devereaux, the youngest of the Rolling Stones frontman’s eight children.