Live Nation to Reduce Payments to Artists in 2021

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Comcast’s European broadcaster Sky has taken full control of Love Productions, the producer behind Channel 4 hit The Great British Bake Off.Sky took a 70.41% stake in Love Productions in 2014, and now the pay-TV operator has acquired the remaining 29.59% of shares in the Richard McKerrow-founded outfit, as it continues to build its production empire.Jane Millichip, Sky Studios’ chief commercial officer, said: “Love Productions is a world-class

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMusic and sports — arguably the two forms of mainstream entertainment hardest hit by the pandemic lockdown — will get some succor on Sunday when ESPN will air its first-ever concert: the Eagles’ “Live from the Forum MMXVIII.”For those whose roman-numeral-translation skills are lacking, the concert dates from 2018, when the group was on an extensive North American tour that found core members Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJay-Z’s Made in America festival has been a Labor Day and Philadelphia tradition since 2012, but not surprisingly, it will not be taking place in 2020.An official statement from the festival reads:“2020 is a year like no other. We are in a pivotal time in this nation’s history.

MisterWives have curated a playlist of music by the Black artists who inspired their love of music in the first place.The collection of 20 songs runs the gamut of modern music history, from classic throwbacks by pioneering artists like Sam Cooke ("A Change Is Gonna Come"), Aretha Franklin ("Respect") and Whitney Houston ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody [Who Loves Me]) to urgently of-the-moment releases by Beyoncé ("Black Parade"), Childish Gambino ("This Is America"), Lizzo ("Good As Hell") and

Hit singer Ellie Goulding has announced a concert date for next year in Ireland. 

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn Saturday, June 27, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors will host a program of music and conversation with Black artists and organizers called “Black Power Live.” The event will raise funds for the organizations across the movement for Black lives including Crenshaw Dairy Mart, Trap Heals, Transgender Law Center, Sankofa, and Black Men Build.The event is produced by FORM and Jammcard and will be live from 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.

Country superstar Brad Paisley and rapper Nelly are returning to the stage to headline the world’s first large-scale drive-in concert series.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBTS and its management company Big Hit Entertainment have teamed up to donate $1 million to Crew Nation, Live Nation’s campaign to support live-entertainment personnel impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The group had expected to be on tour for much of this year, so the move is a way to support the people who would have played a huge role in making their shows happen.

SXSW and Coachella canceled globally due to the coronavirus.  In March, Live Nation canceled all of its tours, including those from Billie Eilish, Post Malone, Madonna and Cher.“I wanted to make sure, if we were going to do anything like this, that they had the important stuff worked out,” Paisley said in an interview with the Associated Press on Monday. “My goal would be not to spread this virus to one person.

Tour promoter Live Nation has announced its first-ever drive-in concerts series in the U.S. for July, months after the live music industry has been on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs the coronavirus pandemic has seized up the live-entertainment industry, drive-in concerts have been floated as a safe replacement for audiences jonesing for live music — and Live Nation has announced the first large-scale drive-in concert series in the U.S., beginning in July.The live-entertainment giant on Monday announced “Live from the Drive-In,” a series of nine concerts taking place July 10-12 in Nashville, Tennessee; Maryland Heights, Missouri; and

Brad Paisley will headline shows in all three cities, while fellow country artists Darius Rucker and Jon Pardi will also perform in Nashville at Nissan Stadium. Nelly will perform in Maryland Heights, near St.

coronavirus pandemic. The entertainment company on Monday announced “Live from the Drive-In” — a set of nine shows to take place July 10-12 in Nashville, Tennessee; Maryland Heights, Missouri; and Noblesville, Indiana.

They first laid eyes on each other in the Love Island villa six months ago, and now OK! magazine can exclusively reveal the exciting news that Paige Turley and Finley Tapp have officially moved in together.The couple, who won the winter edition of the show in South Africa, have made a stunning three-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment in Manchester their first home together.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEven for obsessive Rolling Stones fans, the story of founding guitarist Brian Jones’ death nearly 51 years ago has been so clouded with misinformation, controversy and battling agendas that at a certain point one just gives up wondering. An asthmatic with a long history of substance abuse, he drowned in the pool of his lovely home on July 3, 1969, at the age of 27 — just weeks after being ejected from the Stones.