Live Nation Offers $20 ‘All-In’ Tickets for Alanis Morissette, Lil Baby, Jonas Brothers, More

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie has sold her 115-title song catalog to Hipgnosis, the fast-growing music company that has spent more than $2 billion in three years acquiring rights to a vast number of popular songs.McVie, who first joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970, is the writer of many of the long-running group’s biggest hits, including “Don’t Stop,” “You Make Loving Fun,” “Over My Head,” “Songbird,” “Say You Love Me” and others.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs the live-music industry resumes operations while the Covid-19 variant spreads across the globe, Live Nation has issued a “best practices” document to artist teams for its events.According to the document, which was obtained by Variety, all of its shows will require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for entry, and effective October 4, “all employees in the U.S.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLive Nation Entertainment, the world’s largest live-entertainment company, posted strong second-quarter earnings as the concert business cautiously moves ahead amid deep concerns over the spread of the Covid-19 variant and lower-than-sensible vaccination rates in the U.S.Operating income for the quarter was up over $450 million and its adjusted operating income was back in the black as the company “is pacing for growth in 2022, 2023 and beyond.” Its event-related

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDaBaby has been dropped from two more music festivals, despite issuing a second apology on Monday for homophobic comments he made at and after his performance at the Rolling Loud Miami festival on the weekend of July 23.Reps for the iHeartRadio Music Festival and Austin City Limits confirmed that he will no longer be performing at their events.“DaBaby will no longer be performing at the iHeartRadio Music Festival Daytime Stage” and “DaBaby will no longer be

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLegendary songwriter, guitarist and singer Johnny Marr — formerly of the Smiths, the The, Electronic and Modest Mouse and a veteran solo artist as well — has signed a new worldwide album deal with BMG. The deal is an expansion of Marr’s relationship with BMG as a publisher, which includes his three U.K.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRange Media Partners, the fast-growing management company launched last year, has entered into a worldwide distribution agreement with Capitol Music Group and Virgin Music & Artist Label Services.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLive Nation has announced that Cindy Agi has joined its Concerts team as a Global Tour Promoter. In her new role, Agi will be responsible for building relationships with global touring artists and booking major international tours around the globe.Agi was previously the co-head of the hip-hop department at WME and was their first black female partner.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSinead Harnett, Snail Mail, Ambar Lucid, Paris Texas and 23 other acts are members of YouTube Music’s Foundry Class of 2021, which focuses on independent artists.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a clearly provocative move, rapper Da Baby brought out Tory Lanez during his set at the Rolling Loud Miami festival on Sunday night — right after a set by Megan Thee Stallion, who accused Lanez of shooting her in the foot last year.Lanez was brought out onstage during Da Baby’s set wearing an oversized costume, according to livestreamed video footage.

Liz Phair has cancelled her summer tour with Alanis Morissette and Garbage due to “unforeseen circumstances”.The Chicago singer-songwriter, who released her new album ‘Soberish’ last month, was due to head out on tour in August to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Morissette’s landmark third album ‘Jagged Little Pill’.The US tour is set to kick off on August 12, followed by a run of UK and Ireland dates in October which Phair was supposed to be on.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNot surprisingly, there have been all kinds of reactions to Lil Nas X’s latest very unsubtle video, for “Industry Baby.” Like many of his other recent videos and TV appearances, the jail-themed clip includes multiple eye-popping homoerotic scenes, particularly one of Nas and his dancers gyrating naked in the shower.Guest rapper Jack Harlow gets in on the action too, albeit with a female dancer.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWelp, Lil Nas X definitely is not backing down from stirring up controversy.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe shortlist for the U.K.’s prestigious Mercury Prize have been announced, and includes such recent Variety favorites as indie singer-songwriter Arlo Parks (pictured above), alt-R&B outfit Sault, R&B singer Celeste and rock savants Wolf Alice, as well as instrumental vets Mogwai, rapper Ghetts and more.

Live Nation is offering fans $20 “all-in” tickets to a number of top acts, including the Alanis Morissette, Maroon 5 and Pitbull, in efforts to draw concertgoers back, the company said on Thursday. The $20 tickets — which includes taxes and fees — will go on sale for a limited time starting next Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBillie Eilish will celebrate the release of her forthcoming album in style with a tribute concert to her hometown — “Happier Than Ever: a Love Letter to Los Angeles” — filmed at the Hollywood Bowl and accompanied by the L.A. Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.

Nick, Joe, and  Kevin Jonas (virtually) stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday to discuss their book, Blood: A Memoir By the Jonas Brothers, and their new show leading up to the Olympic Games.During their appearance on the late-night show, Joe joked that they didn’t name the memoir Blood because they are all family, but instead because of the recent Social Gloves: Battle of the Platforms event, which saw YouTube and TikTok stars going head-to-head in a series of celebrity

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCTS Eventim, the German-based global ticketing and live-entertainment company, is launching in Asia as, naturally enough, Eventim Live Asia. The new company is run by CEO Jason Miller, who previously led all touring activity for Live Nation Entertainment’s Asia and Middle East offices.

Joe Jonas is ready for a fight! The Jonas Brothers joined Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday's and jokingly teased a future throw down between themselves and the Hemsworth brothers.Nick, Joe and Kevin appeared on the show to promote their upcoming NBC special, and Fallon touched on their forthcoming memoir,, which he said of course refers to the fact that they are brothers.«Actually, that's not the reason,» Joe jokingly chimed in. «We're gonna take note from all the YouTubers that are having these boxing

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJudging by a trailer released early Monday, Lil Nas X is unleashing another salvo in his campaign against haters with his Kanye West-co-produced new single “Industry Baby,” which drops on Friday.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe War on Drugs will release “I Don’t Live Here Anymore,” their first studio album since 2017’s “A Deeper Understanding,” on October 29 on Atlantic Records.