Music Industry Moves: Phish Raises Over $3.5 Million for Flood Recovery; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Donates $1 Million to Jackson State Football

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It’s been 17 years since Sean “Puff Daddy/ Diddy/ Love” Combs made a solo album, and he’s more than made up for lost time with “The Love Album: Off the Grid.” In the conversation below, he describes the album as a “Super Bowl of R&B,” and the list of guests bears out that title: everyone from the Weeknd and Justin Bieber to Summer Walker and H.E.R. to Babyface and Mary J. Blige make featured appearances, but it sounds like a Puff album every step of the way.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Sean “Puff Daddy/Diddy” Combs’ decision to give artists and songwriters the publishing rights that he owns on songs from his 1990s powerhouse label Bad Boy, confirmed last week, was surprising, to put it mildly, and possibly unprecedented in its scale. At a time when music catalogs are routinely selling for nine figures and awareness of publishing’s value is at an all-time high, the decision to reassign his rights on those songs — many of which were hits — to the artists and songwriters is highly unusual, even for a man whose net worth was estimated by Forbes last year to be nearly a billion dollars.

BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Macmanus has claimed that there is a “tidal wave” of sexual abuse cases throughout the music industry that have yet to come to light.The broadcaster described the music business as “a boys’ club” which was “kind of rigged against women” when speaking to a House of Commons committee, and claimed that many women have yet to come forward with their stories out of fear for their careers.“There needs to be some sort of a shift in women feeling like they’re able to speak out without their careers being compromised, [but] I don’t know how that can happen,” the DJ said when speaking to the Women and Equalities Committee (via BBC News).“I feel like there are a lot of revelations that have not been exposed… It’s infuriating, the amount of women who have stories of sexual assault that just kind of buried them and carried them. It’s just unbelievable.”She continued: “So I do think if something were to happen, like if one person was to speak that had enough profile where it got media attention, I think there could be a kind of tidal wave of it.

Borderland Festival returns to the 633-acre Knox Farm State Park in East Aurora, NY just 16 miles south of Buffalo.And they’re bringing in some of the best jam bands in the game to bring the long weekend to life.The Trey Anastasio Band, Goose, moe., Dawes and the NYS Dead Coalition are just a few of the biggest acts on the bill.They’ll be joined by the Infamous Stringdusters, Sammy Rae and The Friends, Neal Francis, Mighty Poplar and Karina Rykman.In total, 25 singers, songwriters and bands will take the stage at the Borderland Music Festival.If you want to see them all live, it isn’t too late to grab your tickets.At the time of publication, single-day general admission passes start at $111 before fees on Vivid Seats.Need to be a part of the jam band heavy fest this weekend?Here’s everything you need to know and more about Borderland.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all the best prices on single-day tickets for the 2023 Borderland Music Festival can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Thania Garcia Jennifer Lopez has signed a new recording and publishing deal with BMG to release her ninth studio album, “This Is Me…Now.“ Lopez announced the project nearly a year ago and said it would be released in 2023, although a release date has yet to be confirmed. It will be the singer’s first full-length effort in nine years and is a nod to her third studio album, “This Is Me… Then.” Similarly, the tracklist includes present-day versions of her songs like “Dear Ben.” The 13-song set is produced by J.Lo, Rogét Chahayed, Angel Lopez, and Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, and was recorded between 2022 and 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: Nick Angel, Sarah Bridge, Iain Cooke and Catherine Grieves, four of the UK’s most esteemed film and TV music supervisors, have banded together to launch 45 RPM, a music supervision collective that will be a “one-stop shop” for creatives. 

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are addressing the character letters they wrote on behalf of Danny Masterson.

Jaden Thompson Ryan Murphy has taken to Instagram to announce the creation of the Ryan Murphy Productions Assistance Fund to support the cast and crew of any Ryan Murphy show, past or present, during the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Murphy is the creator behind a myriad of popular shows including “Glee,” “American Horror Story,” “American Crime Story,” “Pose,” “Hollywood” and more. To provide financial assistance to his entertainment industry colleagues who are currently out of work, the veteran showrunner and producer jumpstarted the fund with an out-of-pocket donation of $500,000.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Quentin Tarantino’s reputed “final” film will get a $20.2 million subsidy from the state of California, the state’s film commission announced Friday. The film has been rumored to center on the life of Pauline Kael, with a working title of “The Movie Critic.” It is among 16 films to be awarded state tax credits in the latest allocation. California awards $330 million per year in state subsidies for film and TV shows in order to keep production in the state.

Good Morning Britain's Kate Garraway admitted that she "truly feels for" King Charles after a difficult year as the UK marks one year since the sad death of the Queen.The TV presenter, 56, discussed "everything that has happened" between Charles' warring two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, all while dealing with grief from the passing of the late Queen, during Friday's episode of GMB. On September 8, 2022, the world faced a devastating blow when it was announced that the Queen had died at the age of 96. Her record-breaking reign of over 70 years is the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female head of state in history.

Fox scored a record audience with its broadcast of Colorado’s win against TCU on Saturday.

Gogglebox star Izzi Warner said 'it's unbelievable' as she and co-star Sophie Sandiford were flooded with messages. It followed the show's triumph at the National Television Awards.

Thania Garcia Universal Music Greater China (UMGC) has appointed Timothy Xu as its new chairman and CEO of the Greater China division. He will be responsible for the music company’s operations across mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, effective immediately.

Bad Boy has made good. Adding yet another accolade to his collection of wins, mega magnate Sean “Diddy” Combs, 53, is poised to receive the distinguished Global Icon Award at MTV’s 2023 Video Music Awards on September 12. “He’s a legend in hip hop, a multi-industry mogul, and now… the GLOBAL ICON at this year’s VMAs,” MTV tweeted Tuesday, announcing the “Bad Boys For Life” lyricist’s forthcoming honors.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is being honored in a big way.

Spirited Away fans have attempted to get tickets for the film’s stage adaptation in London.Based on Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 Studio Ghibli classic, the stage version originally debuted in Japan in February 2022. Last month, it was announced the production would have its European premiere at the London Coliseum from April 30, 2024, running for 12 weeks.Pre-sale tickets for those who signed up for priority booking went on sale today (September 5) at 10am BST.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Sean “Diddy” Combs, the entrepreneur, executive, Bad Boy Records founder and artist, is set to receive the Global Icon Award and perform at MTV’s 2023 VMAs, airing live from New Jersey’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, September 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Sean “Diddy” Combs will be honored with the Global Icon Award and perform at next month’s VMAs, which will air live on Tuesday, September 12 at 8 PM ET/PT from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music In a rare move apparently themed for Labor Day, Bad Boy Records founder Sean “Diddy” Combs has “decided to reassign his Bad Boy publishing rights back to all Bad Boy artists and writers who helped build Bad Boy into the powerhouse it is today,” a source close to the situation confirmed to Variety on Monday. The artists in question include the Notorious B.I.G.’s estate, Faith Evans, Ma$e, the Lox, 112 and “many more” unspecified creators.

Sugababes star Keisha Buchanan has said the harshness she faced in the music industry, where female artists have a “magnifying glass on their relationships”, has been “gut-wrenching”. Keisha, 38, was a teenager when she became one of the original members of the Sugababes with Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy.The trio spoke to Channel 4 News about what it was like to become pop stars at such a young age and discussed whether the industry is still predominantly run by men.