This Week In Music: SXSW Says The Show Will Go On, Offers Tips On Hand-Washing

If you need to mentally transport yourself during your self-imposed quarantine, you might want to keep this new live set from Liv.e on loop. The Texas artist, who now resides in Los Angeles, took the time amid the madness in the world to record a live set at home that includes a cover of Steve Kuhn's "Thoughts of a Gentleman," two songs off of her upcoming project ("She Stay Conflicted, I Hope He Understands" and "LazyEaterBetsOnHerLikeness"), and a new song with Maxo.

Luck Reunion announced on Wednesday (March 18) that it will be holding its first-ever virtual concert in place of its annual Texas-based event due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

“Charm City Kings” won over many critics in its Sundance premiere earlier this year, and likely would have been doing the same in Texas this week if it were showing, as planned, at the canceled South by Southwest Film Festival.

Showing his support! Mike Johnson thinks Peter Weber “did the right thing” as his season of The Bachelor came to an end.

By Peter Debruge, Variety.com

Last summer, even before the public had gotten a chance to see it, humans-hunting-humans thriller “The Hunt” became a target for pundits on both sides of the gun control debate, when a pair of mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, prompted critics to consider the media’s role in glorifying violence. In response, Universal ripped director Craig Zobel’s movie from its original Sept.

"We had to find a way to make sure the show would go on in order to support the emerging artist community"

Disease outbreak was not covered by the event's various insurance policies

NEW YORK -- Grammy-winning singer Ciara is the latest musician to postpone a concert because of the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

In today’s film news roundup, a pair of long-running film festivals in San Francisco and Cleveland are moving ahead and Warner Bros.’ Fred Hampton biopic gets additional backing and Dule Hill gets cast.

Sony, Universal and Warner Music are asking their employees not to attend the upcoming 2020 South By Southwest Festival.

Universal Music Group has advised its employees not to attend the upcoming South By Southwest music festival and conference in Austin, Texas, due to the growing concern over the caronavirus, a source close to the situation confirms to Variety.

With more than 40,000 people signing a petition to cancel Austin’s upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) festival and conference amid growing fears over coronavirus, a divide is emerging between major corporation participants ⁠-- which are dropping out daily ⁠-- and the community of showcasing artists and talent bookers, many of whom are crossing their fingers for things to go as planned. Texas

The last time Robert Durst was on trial for murder, he testified that he had dismembered his elderly neighbor’s body, put it in garbage bags and tossed them in the Gulf of Mexico. He was still acquitted and set free, with Texas jurors in 2003 accepting his testimony that Morris Black had died in a struggle over a gun.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The last time Robert Durst was on trial for murder, he testified that he had dismembered his elderly neighbor’s body, put it in garbage bags and tossed them in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Anita Bennett