Celebrity Life
Five Months Later, Only 31 of 13,619 Music Venues Have Gotten Their Grants Approved
Only 0.2% of qualifying venues have gotten approval from the Small Business Administration so far
Coachella Announces Dates for April 2022
After a two-year hiatus, one of the world's largest music festivals will come back next year
After Delays and Snafus, Music Venues Tenuously Seeing Next Steps Toward Relief
"I’m still holding my breath," one indie concert promoter whose grant was approved says. "It took six months for this to happen, and when you have to wait that long, you lose that much trust"
Spotify Is Making a Pledge to Mentor and Market Indie Artists
The streaming service will design marketing campaigns for emerging artists under its new Fresh Finds program. Wallice, Unusual Demont, Julia Wolf, and EKKSTACY make up the freshmen class
How a Band Becomes a Happy Meal
The marketing execs of McDonald's walk through their collaborations with musicians like BTS, who inspired a new McDonald's meal and merch line out May 26th
Quincy Jones Is Backing a New NFT Marketplace for the Average Music Fan
Jones, Whitney Houston, TLC, Doja Cat, John Legend, and more will release collections on the environmentally friendlier OneOf platform, which is scheduled to launch in June
Rockstar Games and CircoLoco Are Starting a Record Label
The developer of massively popular games like Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption is partnering with the influential dance party promoter
Maybe Touring Can Return Without the Toxic Work Culture
Optimized Touring, founded by a music manager, is the latest new company to offer physical and mental health services to typically overworked artists and concert crews
Watch Techstars Music’s Demo Day Exclusively on ‘Rolling Stone’
The seed accelerator showcased its latest class of music-tech startups, all of which bring ambitious new ideas to the global entertainment business
5G Could Be the Future of Concerts. No, Really
A new partnership between Verizon, Capitol Music Group and Motown Records centers on 5G, the tech that could — if all goes well — power the next generation of livestreams, holograms, NFTs, and self-driving cars
Techstars Music to Demo Its 2021 Accelerator Class on ‘Rolling Stone’
The startup accelerator will showcase its new class of promising music, media, and tech companies exclusively on Rolling Stone's Twitch channel
DistroKid Says It Puts Out Nearly 40 Percent of the World’s New Music
The growing DIY service, used by stars like Arizona Zervas, is offering new features to better the royalty-splitting experience