Universal Music Group Advises Employees Not to Attend SXSW Due to Coronavirus Concerns (EXCLUSIVE)

Puppy love! Selena Gomez’s squad just got a little bigger thanks her to newest dog Daisy.

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.

“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.

On Thursday (March 12), the organizers of Los Angeles Pride announced what would have come as a shock just three weeks earlier: all of the planned celebrations around L.A. Pride's 50th anniversary are postponed. But as anyone who's been paying attention to the flood of event cancelations and postponements amid the global coronavirus pandemic knows, moves like this are beginning to feel common, if not inevitable.

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

Ciara is hitting the pause button on her upcoming travels. E! News has learned that the Grammy winner has postponed her concert in Texas.

By Anita Bennett

Ciara has postponed an upcoming concert in Texas over fears about the coronavirus.The 34-year-old singer, who is pregnant, was scheduled to perform at the grand opening of the USO Fort Hood on March 19.“With the continued spread of the coronavirus throughout the U.S., as a pregnant woman, my doctors have advised me to limit travel and large group gatherings,” Ciara said in a statement, according to the Associated Press.

Ciara has canceled her March 19 concert in Texas after her doctors advised her not to travel amid the Coronavirus outbreak.

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

They join major companies such as Netflix and Facebook to pull out of the event

AT&T’s WarnerMedia is no longer participating in SXSW 2020 in Austin, Texas, joining a growing list of companies cancelling plans to attend the annual fest over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.