Music Midtown Festival.On Sept. 15-17, the three-day extravaganza is bringing big name stars like Billie Eilish, The 1975, Pink, Guns N’ Roses and Lil Baby to Atlanta, GA’s Piedmont Park.Other acts on the impressive bill include Pitbull, Incubus, Flume, Niall Horan and The Rose.Want to jump in on this star-studded edition of Music Midtown?It’s not too late.At the time of publication, the cheapest three-day general admission pass we could find was $184 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $111 before fees.Sound good to you?If that’s the case, we’ve got all the details you’re looking for and more about the 2023 Music Midtown Music Festival right here.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best single and multi-day passes for the 2023 Music Midtown Festival can be found below.(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.
Universal Music ordered to hand over R Kelly royalties to pay fines and restitution
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his conviction in the New York courts back in 2021, where the former musician was found guilty of running of a criminal enterprise in order to sexually and physically abuse women and teenagers.Responding to this week’s court order, Kelly’s current legal rep, Jennifer Bonjean, stressed that her client is appealing this conviction – and another one that resulted from a separate trial in Chicago – and that when the appeals courts “reverse Mr Kelly’s convictions, we will seek the return of every cent that has been wrongfully taken from him”.Prosecutors began legal action last year to seize funds from Kelly in order to pay off fines that were part of the sentence in the New York case. They initially went after monies that were sitting in Kelly’s prison inmate account.
The musician’s debts then increased when he was ordered to pay restitution to some of the victims who testified during the New York trial.Attention then turned to income generated by Kelly’s music, managed by his former label Sony Music on the recordings side and former publisher Universal Music Publishing when it comes to income from his songs.The prosecutors weren’t the only people going after Kelly’s Sony royalties. Another of the musician’s victims – Heather Williams – is seeking to claim the $4 million in damages she was awarded in a civil lawsuit in 2020.
And an entity called Midwest Commercial Funding is seeking to recover another $3.5 million debt.However, it seems that the monies due to Kelly from Universal are sufficient to cover the fines and restitution in New York. District judge Ann Donnelly signed an order instructing Universal to pay $520,549 to the New York prosecutors on Wednesday.Bonjean’s full statement on this week’s ruling reads: “We
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Watch previously unseen footage of One Direction covering Kelly Clarkson on ‘The X Factor’
One Direction‘s formation during The X Factor has been revealed.Yesterday (August 30), The X Factor UK published a video containing 30 minutes worth of previously unseen footage from the boyband’s time on the show, including the quintet covering a Kelly Clarkson song for judge Simon Cowell.In the footage, One Direction are seen practising Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn’, and later on in the clip, put on a special performance for Simon Cowell to see if they would have made it to the live finals of The X Factor.Below, watch One Direction cover Kelly Clarkson’s ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ for Simon Cowell before being told that they’d made it through to the finals.One Direction formed in 2010 during The X Factor UK as all five members auditioned as solo acts but were grouped together by Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger. Zayn Malik left One Direction in 2015 to focus on a solo career, and the boyband announced an indefinite hiatus in 2016.Speaking with Zane Lowe in a new interview for Apple Music 1 earlier this year, Niall Horan revealed that while “all members” of the group – including Zayn Malik – speak regularly, a conversation around a possible reunion reunion just hasn’t happened.“It’s just like the conversation hasn’t happened,” he shared.
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R. Kelly’s Royalties To Go To Sex Abuse Victims, Judge Rules: Report
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Jack Antonoff Signs Management and Joint Venture With Jamie Oborne, Inks With Dirty Hit Records and Universal Music Publishing (EXCLUSIVE)
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