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Music Industry Coalition Warns EU Proposal Could Cost U.S. Artists $300 Million in Royalties
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (189+ words) WASHINGTON, D.C. (CelebrityAccess) – A coalition of major music industry organizations is urging the U.S. Trade Representative to oppose a proposal being considered by the European Commission that could put nearly $300 million in annual royalties for American artists and rights holders at…...
Bleecker Bell To Open as Greenwich Village’s First New Music Club in Nearly 20 Years
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (301+ words) NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — The team behind Café Wha?, Groove, and Village Presents is opening a new live music venue in New York City’s Greenwich Village this fall. Called Bleecker Bell, the 200-capacity club will be located at 163 Bleecker St. and…...
Music Industry Unites Behind New AI Labels for Sound Recordings
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (545+ words) NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — A coalition of the music industry’s biggest organizations has announced a new voluntary labeling system designed to help fans understand how generative artificial intelligence was used to create a recording. The organizations said the goal is to…...
Primary Wave Finalizes Acquisition of Kobalt
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (207+ words) NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — Primary Wave Music has completed its acquisition of Kobalt Music, closing one of the largest independent music publishing deals in recent years and creating a combined company valued at approximately $7 billion. The transaction, first announced in March,…...
Geese And Cameron Winter Sign With weekday mgmt
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (219+ words) NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — Brooklyn indie rock band Geese and frontman Cameron Winter have signed with Tyler Richman of weekday mgmt, giving both the band and Winter’s solo career a new management team. Richman takes over after the band parted ways…...
Belfast Rappers Kneecap Cleared To Serve Defamation Suite To Canadian Indigenous Leader
3+ day, 32+ min ago (171+ words) DUBLIN (CelebrityAccess) – Irish-language hip-hop pioneers Kneecap have cleared a major international legal hurdle. Ireland’s High Court has granted the Belfast trio permission to serve defamation proceedings in Canada against Grand Chief Harvey Yesno, a prominent Indigenous leader from the Eabametoong…...
Primary Wave Music Partners With Mick Jones Of Foreigner
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (324+ words) With more than 80 million albums sold across the globe, FOREIGNER is considered to be one of the most popular rock acts in the world. The Grammy nominated rock band’s repertoire includes 9 studio albums – 7 of which hit the Top 30 on the…...
Primary Wave Music And The Luther Vandross Estate Announce Collaboration With Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (198+ words) Reginald Hudlin echoed Marcus’ thoughts saying, “When Marcus and I talked about doing a tribute to the Luther, I didn’t want to hear singers trying to sing like him. I wanted to hear his voice, and have dancers express the…...
2026 Emmy Nominations: The Pitt Leads With 25 Nods, Hacks Sets Comedy Record
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (475+ words) LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) – The Television Academy announced the nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on Wednesday, with HBO Max’s The Pitt emerging as the most nominated program of the year with 25 nominations, while the final season of Hacks made Emmy…...
Lee Abrams: The Dangerous Addiction To The Rule Book… And Does Rod Stewart Matter?
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (252+ words) The problem is that these rules WERE valid at one point in time which is why they became rules in the first place. But we’re moving SO fast these days that many of the rules are becoming more obsolete by…...