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LCD Soundsystem‘s James Murphy has spoken in support of the campaign to save independent music venues in the US during the coronavirus crisis.The National Independent Venue Association are spearheading efforts to get the bipartisan Save Our Stages Act passed, which would create a $10 billion small business association fund to help those small venues that are struggling or being threatened with closure due to the effects of the pandemic.Murphy joined New York Senator Chuck Schumer and a number of

DEALSTencent Music is in the midst of a deals frenzy. Following its big new agreement with Universal Music, last week the Chinese company also announced it now had a direct deal in place with Kobalt.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterICM Partners has promoted Robert Gibbs to head of contemporary music, it was announced today by CEO Chris Silbermann and head of worldwide concerts Rob Prinz.Gibbs has been with the agency for 14 years and was named partner in 2016. He becomes the first African-American department head of a major agency music department, notes a statement about his new position.“Robert is a fabulous agent, individual and an impactful leader.

Angelique Jackson If you think you’ve seen Dominique Fishback before, that’s because you probably have. Since 2014, Fishback has stolen scenes in films like “The Hate U Give” and starred for two seasons as Darlene on HBO’s “The Deuce,” in addition to appearances on “Blue Bloods,” “The Affair,” “Royal Pains” and “The Americans.”But with Netflix’s “Project Power,” the young performer is fully embracing her own superpower – in the form of her megawatt smile and her even bigger talent.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina’s Tencent Music Entertainment has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Thailand’s GMM Grammy.

Chris Willman Music Writer“It’s shocking that they don’t just stay until they figure it out,” says Audrey Fix Schaefer of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), speaking about Congress adjourning Thursday without taking up federal legislation to relieve businesses hardest hit by the pandemic.

Janet W. Lee Janet Mock, the writer, director and producer of “Pose,” will receive the African American Film Critics Association Adcolor Breakout Creative of the Year Award.

August 11, 2020Harris said she was “honoured” to join Biden on the ticket, saying that she’ll “do what it takes to make him our Commander-in-Chief”..@JoeBiden can unify the American people because he's spent his life fighting for us.

John Legend is a lover man, a family man, a soul man, an EGOT, a film and television producer, and — in a role that certainly has not escaped the attention of the president of the United States, or most anyone else — a political animal.

Cardi B’s new single WAP ft. Megan Thee Stallion goes straight to Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart.

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has sent a message to those complaining about having to wear a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic, telling them to “stop whining and put your god damn mask on.”Countries including the UK, Australia, Vietnam, Mexico, Singapore and parts of the US have introduced face mask mandates to help stop the spread of coronavirus.In an interview with Australia’s Triple M Rock, the Slipknot frontman was asked for his views on those who weren’t sticking to the face mask rules.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticMike Clark, the film critic for USA Today from 1985 until 2009, died July 31 at a Reston, Virginia, hospital from a head injury sustained in a fall at his Virginia home on July 27.

Amber tried to keep them to have a baby.” Comparing Musk with Amber’s ex-husband Johnny Depp, Howell said: “Paige told me that Johnny was either an angel or a saint compared to Elon.”Paige died in May and Howell made the claims in a US libel trial Depp has brought against Heard.Her statement will be evidence in the trial in January.She received subpoenas from Depp’s lawyer after Henriquez testified in the High Court in Depp’s libel trial against The Sun for calling him a “wife-beater”. In Depp’s

Green Day, Mick Jagger, Lorde, Blondie and REM have all signed an open letter to prevent the unauthorised use of their music at political rallies.Jagger, who has previously denounced Donald Trump for playing The Rolling Stones at his rallies, joined forces with the extensive list of artists and the Artists Rights Alliance (ARA) ahead of the US elections.In an open letter penned by the ARA, they demand that the major US national political party committees “establish clear policies requiring

© 2020 SOPA Images CAPE CANAVERAL, UNITED STATES - 2020/05/30: SpaceX founder Elon Musk gestures to the audience after being recognized by U.S. President Donald Trump at NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building following the successful launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.