Mastercard Releases Music Single as Part of Sonic Branding Initiative

Little Dragon are releasing a new album: New Me, Same Us comes out on March 27 (via Ninja Tune). Check out the LP’s first track, “Hold On,” below.

Bad Bunny has penned a song in honor of the late Kobe Bryant.

Manchester United fans have been making the same joke about Alexis Sanchez following the latest update regarding his future at the club.

Shania Twain spoke with Billboard on the red carpet at the 2020 Grammy Awards, discussing what she loves most about her Las Vegas residency, which other artists she’s seen live while in Vegas, and what she thought of Halsey channeling some of her looks in her latest music video.Asked what is most different about doing a residency in Vegas versus playing other live shows, Twain tells Billboard that by doing a residency, she gets the best technology, lighting, sound, and consistency.

Another bite of ‘Future Nostalgia’ is on the way.

GÖTEBORG, Sweden: “All the Sins”’ Finnish co-writers and creators Mika Ronkainen and Merja Aakko, winners of last year’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for outstanding Nordic screenplay, are developing for MRK Matila Röhr Productions an adoption drama set between Finland and Guatemala.

When Allegiant Stadium debuts in the summer of 2020, it will not just be the home field of the newly rechristened Las Vegas Raiders NFL team.

Steve Dixon, the producer of Aerosmith’s Las Vegas residency, Deuces Are Wild, had a vision for the band’s 50-show run at the Park Theater on the grounds of the MGM Park hotel: see the band like never before, hear the band like never before. The 5,200-seat theater is a fraction of the size of the arenas Aerosmith has played for over four decades.

Residency producers should look to Mexico when it comes to marketing and promotion. 

Grammy award-winning Regional Mexican group Los Tigres del Norte is confirmed for an exclusive panel conversation at the 2020 LatinFest+ by Billboard and Telemundo, taking place from April 20 to 23 in Las Vegas. Registration for 2020 LatinFest+ is already open at http://latinfestplus.com Los Tigres will discuss, among other topics, the making of their acclaimed Netflix

Dungen have announced Live, a new live album recorded in their native Sweden back in 2015. Live was produced by previous collaborator Matthias Glavå, and features 13 entirely instrumental tracks from the group. Listen to “B1,” the first offering from the new record, below. Live is out March 13 via Mexican Summer.

Also this year the visit to Gay Pride Parades and CSD Events all over the world was at the top of our Gay Travel Bucket List. We are proud that we went hand in hand with our rainbow flag to a total of six Gay Pride parades in 2019. From Canada, the USA and Sweden to Amsterdam, we support the LGBTQ + community in their struggle for equality and acceptance and continue the LGBTQ+ history of the numerous lesbian, gay, trans and queer activists.

Eminem has just surprise released a new album called Music to Be Murdered By. Listen below. The new album features a verse from the late Juice WRLD. Black Thought, Q-Tip, Ed Sheeran, Young M.A, Anderson .Paak, and others also appear. Dr. Dre is credited on production throughout.

Synth-pop icons, the Pet Shop Boys have unleashed their latest earworm “Monkey Business,” which will feature on their upcoming album, Hotspot, out January 24th.

Repeat shoplifters are to be banned from Kilmarnock town centre as police launch a new bail initiative amid a rise in thefts.