Music Industry Moves: Dice Ticketing Platform Raises $122 Million; Warner Music Strikes Partnership With Twitch

Brian Eno has spoken about Coldplay and The 1975‘s efforts to tackle climate change, while calling for “a revolution” in the music industry’s approach.The renowned musician/producer appeared as a guest on the second season of Fay Milton’s Sounds Like A Plan podcast, which focuses on how the music community is confronting the climate crisis.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBread Charity, a non-profit founded by Mustafa Sheikh (a.k.a. rapper Lil Mussie) with a mission to aid children living in poverty, has launched Bread Studios in Nipsey Hussle’s former middle school, Edwin Markham Middle School, in the Watts area of Los Angeles.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorAfter a year in which audiences couldn’t enjoy the Los Angeles Philharmonic in person due to the pandemic, the orchestra returned with a boisterous gala on Saturday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The evening included performances by Cynthia Erivo, pianist Seong-Jin Cho and a drumline.Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, who was also named music director of the Opéra National de Paris in April, reminisced about his start 12 years ago at the helm of the L.A.

Mayo may not have luck on her side when it comes to football, but when music is involved the county has 27-year-old Lydia Ford flying the red and green flag proudly.

A couple of major industry players are planning to put their spin on music documentaries and scripted content.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicColdplay has extended its deal with Warner Music Group via a new long-term agreement with Parlophone and Atlantic Records, Variety has learned. The news arrives ahead of the UK band’s ninth studio album, the Max Martin-produced “Music Of The Spheres, which is due out on Oct.

After finding fame as the lead singer in iconic girl group Mis-Teeq alongside bandmates Alesha Dixon and Su-Elise Nash 20 years ago, Sabrina Washington has gone on to carve out a successful solo career. From taking part in I’m A Celebrity and releasing her own singles to performing at festivals up and down the country, the 42-year-old has become a star in her own right – and is currently in the studio working on a new album under her own label.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Leading digital distributor Ingrooves will begin delivering music created in Dolby Atmos to DSPs, the company has announced. “We have worked closely with Apple, Amazon Music and TIDAL to develop an easy-to-use system that enables us to deliver Dolby Atmos tracks on behalf of hundreds of Ingrooves-distributed independent labels and artists,” said head of product Elliot Swan.

Just four years ago, in his dorm room at university, Edward Bruce started working towards his dream career. He had a clear vision of what he wanted to achieve and worked hard to get there.

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus has said that the music industry today places “very little” value on songwriters.Speaking in the context of the ongoing streaming rates for musicians and writers, Ulvaeus said the industry placed little value on songwriters thanks to the low returns streaming brings.Speaking to Music Week, he added: “If there are 15 of them [songwriters] and one stream pays $000.something, they have to drive a taxi,” he said, joking that songwriting “teams” that are prevalent in the industry

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPioneering Puerto Rican reggaetón artist Daddy Yankee has signed with WME in all areas. Among many other feats since he first emerged in the 1990s, he recently became the only Latin artist to log over one billion Spotify streams on three tracks, and also has racked up more than 7 billion streams in the last 12 months alone on YouTube — due only in part to “Despacito,” his collaboration with Luis Fonsi.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorWith all the uncertainty around Broadway right now, one thing’s for sure: The Tony Awards this year will be unlike any other. The 2021 ceremony comes just as Broadway has begun its recovery from the extended, unprecedented shutdown necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with theaters across midtown incorporating new safety protocols while keeping a wary eye on variants and breakthrough infections.

Billie Eilish has continued to prove that if she wants to do it - she will. Whether it’s directing all her music videos or changing her look completely.

Argus Capital Corp., the SPAC being run by former CBS executives Joe Ianniello and Marc DeBevoise, has set its IPO pricing. Offering 26,500,000 units to the public at $10 apiece, Argus aims to raise $265 million to acquire businesses in the “tech-driven media landscape.”Starting Wednesday, the special-purpose acquisition company’s IPO units are being listed on the NASDAQ under ARGUU.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorArgus Capital Corp., a special purpose acquisition vehicle backed by Joe Ianniello and other former CBS Corp.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn a day that has been remarkably good for music companies on stock markets, Warner Music Group — which saw its stock climb thanks in part to Universal Music’s lofty IPO — on Tuesday announced the sale of an aggregate of 2,340,000 shares of the company’s common stock by affiliates of Access Industries to Morgan Stanley & Co. as the sole underwriter in the registered public offering of those shares.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorHipgnosis Songs, founded by Merck Mercuriadis and launched on the London Stock Exchange in 2018, is one of the most disruptive upstarts in recent music industry history, spending more than $2 billion acquiring catalogs of hitmakers ranging from the Chainsmokers to half of Neil Young’s work, with a foundation in lesser-known but high-earning songwriters and producers such as Kanye West/Harry Styles collaborator Jeff Bhasker and Eurythmics cofounder Dave