By Chris Willman
01.04.2020 - 22:09 / usmagazine.com
Was Jeffrey Epstein murdered? That was the question on many people’s minds — including one of his accusers, Michelle Licata — after the disgraced financier was found dead in his jail cell in August 2019.
“I think he had too much to live for,” Licata says in a sneak peek of the upcoming REELZ documentary Jeffrey Epstein: A Monster’s Victims Tell All. “He had money. He had connections.”
Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, had a similar theory, even though the New York City medical examiner’s office
By Chris Willman
Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Angel Olsen, Margo Price, Jessie Reyez, Finneas, the Secret Sisters, Soccer Mommy, Norah Jones, Justin Moore, Jeff Tweedy and Kim Petras are some of the artists performing this weekend.
In just the last two weeks, Stageit bought in $884,000, versus a half-million for all of 2019. That's a strong sign that, after 11 little-noticed years, coronavirus shut-downs have made musicians wake up to another way to play and get paid.
By Chris Willman
Melissa Rivers doesn't plan to watch . The 52-year-old daughter of the late Joan Rivers stopped by the podcast and revealed why she won't watch the scripted Amazon series.
Orville Peck will take to three different social media platforms tonight to chat with fans, perform music — including a new song that drops tomorrow — and call some special friends. It goes down at 9 p.m. ET/6 PT on Twitch, Instagram and YouTube.
R&B star Lucky Daye stopped by Genius to perform his broken-hearted ballad, “Love You Too Much,” from his Grammy-nominated album, Painted. The song is produced by DJ Camper and has racked up over 5 million YouTube views since its release in September 2019.
Here are 8 things the show should do with season 2 and 3 to make it a little easier to stomach (and believe). Netflix, if you're reading this, you're welcome for the free ideas!
Well, it's Friday evening (March 27), and on a night we'd usually be breaking out our dancing shoes for the club or packing our bags to head to a festival, we find ourselves at home on the computer, unable to leave the house and slightly unsure of how we're going to pass the time this weekend. But the world of dance music has always maintained a spirit of optimism, so even amid
An Elvis Costello appearance “from his underground lair” in the UK and Dierks Bentley broadcasting live from the U.S. of A. lead the list of performance live-streams happening for music lovers Friday. Costello performs at 3:30 ET, and Bentley goes on at 9 ET.
Dave Matthews is definitely the elephant in the room — or maybe the 800-pound marching ant? — when it comes to Thursday’s music live-streams. Tonight is the night he performs a half-hour solo show online as the premiere of a new Verizon-sponsored series, “Pay It Forward Live,” that will be broadcast each week to promote the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s efforts to help out small businesses in distress.
If you’re a big music fan, there’s a good chance you’ve seen more live music in the last week or two than you have in months. That’s if we put “live” in quotes, anyhow, and allow it to apply to the sudden phenomenon of pop-up web concerts that have replaced the local venue experience in the brief time since every stadium, theater and club in the country got shut down due to the pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping Latin artists from bringing their fans the best entertainment while staying at home.For example, Alejandro Sanz and Juanes had a major connection with their fans on YouTube with a free online concert after they canceled their show in Colombia, drawing more than 100,000 viewers in minutes.
Jennifer Hudson is the titan among the intimate live-stream concerts happening Wednesday, with a performance she’ll be broadcasting from her home as part of Global Citizen’s “Together at Home” series. It takes place at 4 p.m. ET/1 PT on her Instagram Live channel.
The pace of fresh music live-streams is slowing down just a little mid-week, but Tuesday brings promising performances in store from Chloe x Halle, Kiana Ledé, “The Voice” alumna Meghan Linsey and her duo partner Tyler Cain, and a DJ set from Diplo, among others.
This past weekend, it was possible to rave worldwide without leaving your house -- which was excellent for the millions of us who are basically not allowed to leave our houses right now.
Since recent events have forced concerts, festivals, tours and all public events to be cancelled or postponed, and isolation and social distancing became a serious reality for most of us, artists have been putting their minds to what they can do to keep fans occupied and entertained.
Christine and the Queens represent the country of France in leading a listing of Monday’s live-streamed music performances, while a pair of country music queens, Brandy Clark and Ashley McBryde, get their own turns at serenading fans in this new world of web-only concerts.