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Leonard Cohen Estate Sells Publishing Catalog
Leonard Cohen’s estate has sold the entirety of his songwriting catalog—some 278 songs—to Hipgnosis Songs Fund for an undisclosed sum, Rolling Stone reports and Pitchfork can confirm. The sale includes the “songwriter’s share” of 127 songs in Cohen’s “Stranger Music” catalog, which includes everything published from the start of his career through 2000—such as “Hallelujah” and “First We Take Manhattan”—as well as an additional 84 derivative works. The firm also acquired everything in his “Old Ideas” catalog, which includes the copyrights, “publisher’s share,” and “songwriter’s share” of every Cohen song written from 2001 until his death in 2016. Hipgnosis was founded by former artist manager Merck Mercuriadis and Chic’s Nile Rodgers. The firm has acquired several major publishing cat...
Watch Charli XCX Perform “Beg For You” on SNL
Charli XCX was the musical guest on this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, performing “Beg For You” and “Baby” from her upcoming album Crash. She was also featured in a sketch as a singing meatball growing out of Sarah Sherman’s armpit. The episode was hosted by Oscar Isaac. Watch her performance of “Beg For You” below. Since announcing her next album Crash last fall, Charli has shared “Good Ones,” “New Shapes,” “Beg for You,” and “Baby” from the record. Last month, she released another remix of “Beg for You” with Vernon from the K-pop group Seventeen and A. G. Cook, after Perfume Genius updated “Good Ones” in December. Crash arrives on March 18. Back in December, Charli XCX was scheduled to perform on SNL—with guest appearances from Caroline Polachek and Christine and the Queens—but ...
‘Do The Right Thing Here’: Primary Wave Supports Morris Day in Prince Estate Feud
Days after the Prince estate sparked outrage by moving to block longtime collaborator Morris Day from using his band name “The Time,” the people who will soon take over control of the estate say they fully support Day’s right to keep using his name. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The controversial move, which prompted Day to complain on social media that the estate was “taking my name away from me,” was instigated by Comerica — a bank that has been serving as the court-appointed administrator of Prince’s assets during a years-long legal battle. But those proceedings are nearly complete and set to wrap up later this year, and the groups of heirs that will soon take control of the estate are now speaking out in Day’s favor. Primary Wave, a promi...
Camila Cabello Performs ‘Bam Bam’ for the First Time on ‘The Late Late Show’
Camila Cabello brought “Bam Bam” live to television for the first time on The Late Late Show with James Corden. “Bam Bam” live had Cabello singing and dancing atop a bar, to the cheers of the crowd, and strumming along to the verse of the single that Ed Sheeran sings (he wasn’t present for the show). The feel-good performance arrived alongside the March 4 release of Cabello’s new song. In a new interview with Zane Lowe, in which she discussed the song’s lyrics and her personal life, the singer said that what she was “trying to get across in the verse is just that things change and things take really unexpected terms.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news “Bam Bam” is on her upcoming album Familia, due out April 8. Watch Cabello’s live debut of “Bam Bam” below. [embedded content]...
Hipgnosis Buys Leonard Cohen Song Catalog
Hipgnosis Song Management has acquired rights to the entire song catalog of Songwriter Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Leonard Cohen. The deal gives the company 100% ownership of Cohen’s songwriter’s share of all 278 songs and derivatives written over the course of his life. A renowned songwriter, poet, novelist and performer, Cohen is best known for penning one of the most frequently covered songs of all time: “Hallelujah,” which is included in the Hipgnosis deal. Among its over 300 estimated renditions, some of the most famous cuts of the track include those by the likes of Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright and Pentatonix. Cohen’s catalog is often characterized in two distinct groupings: Stranger Music (known as all Cohen releases up to the year 2000) and Old Ideas (rel...
‘King Richard,’ ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’ Top American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards
Pamela Martin’s editing of King Richard, and Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum for Tick, Tick … Boom!, topped American Cinema Editors’ 72nd ACE Eddie Awards, winning the categories for dramatic feature and comedy feature, respectively, Saturday (March 5) at the Theater at the ACE Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. Organizers planned for a reduced capacity in-person event while following COVID-19 safety protocols, and an after-party followed at Clifton’s. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Martin topped a field of nominees, including Úna Ní Dhonghaíle for Belfast, Joe Walker for Dune, Tom Cross and Elliot Graham for No Time to Die and Peter Sciberras for The Power of the Dog. In the best edited comedic feature category, Kerstein and Wei...
Watch: JUDAS PRIEST Kicks Off Rescheduled ’50 Heavy Metal Years’ North American Tour Dates In Peoria, Illinois
JUDAS PRIEST kicked off the rescheduled “50 Heavy Metal Years” North American tour dates last night (Friday, March 4) at Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. The band’s setlist was as follows: 01. One Shot At Glory 02. Lightning Strike 03. You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ 04. Freewheel Burning 05. Turbo Lover 06. Hell Patrol 07. The Sentinel 08. A Touch Of Evil 09. Rocka Rolla 10. Victim Of Changes 11. Desert Plains 12. Blood Red Skies 13. Invader 14. Painkiller Encore: 15. The Hellion / Electric Eye 16. Hell Bent For Leather 17. Breaking The Law 18. Living After Midnight Fan-filmed video and photos are available below. The tour will conclude on April 13 at FirstOntario Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Support on the trek is coming from QUEENSRŸCHE. JUD...
MIKE PORTNOY Attends DREAM THEATER Concert In New York City, Gets Shoutout From JAMES LABRIE
Ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy attended the group’s concert last night (Friday, March 4) at Beacon Theatre in New York City. It is believed to the first time Portnoy witnessed his former bandmates perform live since his exit from the iconic progressive metal outfit more than 11 years ago. According to DREAM THEATER fans who attended last night’s show, singer James LaBrie gave Portnoy a shoutout from the stage and Mike waved. Several fans also took pictures of Portnoy at the venue, with Mike and his wife reportedly watching the performance from near the Beacon Theatre soundboard. Earlier today, Portnoy shared a few backstage photos from last night’s concert and he included the following message: “After 36 years, I finally got to see my 1st DREAM THEATER show l...
Popular Ukrainian Underground Heavy Metal Merchandise Shop KOLOVOROT Heavily Damaged In Russia’s Attack
Kolovorot, the cult Ukrainian underground heavy metal merchandise shop which is situated in historical part of Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city, was heavily damaged during a barrage of Russian air and rocket attacks earlier this week. On Friday (March 4), the organizers of Ukraine’s Metal East Nove Kolo heavy metal festival uploaded photos of the destruction at the store and included the following message: “Here is Kolovorot shop in Kharkiv. The cult Ukrainian place of underground merch, the place from which Metal East: Nove Kolo is mostly organized. It is the very small part of the results of Russian invasion in Ukraine. “We are all in Ukraine now. We continue to fight for our land. “We ask bands which have played at our festival, bands with which w...
MESHUGGAH’s TOMAS HAAKE On ‘Immutable’ Album: ‘We Definitely Took Our Time With This One’
MESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake spoke to Valentino Petrarca of the WSOU radio station about the band’s upcoming ninth studio album, “Immutable”. Due on April 1 via Atomic Fire, the follow-up to 2016’s “The Violent Sleep Of Reason” was recorded at Sweetspot Studios in Halmstad, Sweden; mixed by Rickard Bengtsson and Staffan Karlsson; and mastered by multiple Grammy Award winner Vlado Meller (METALLICA, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN). Visionary artist Luminokaya once again created the stunning cover artwork. “We’re pretty stoked how it came out,” Tomas said. “We definitely took our time with this one. And compared to most other albums we’ve done, those have always kind of been very stressful —...
Leonard Cohen’s Estate Sells His Catalog of Music
Leonard Cohen’s estate has sold the rights to his catalog of music. According to Variety, Hipgnosis Song Management purchased Cohen’s complete catalog for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms of the deal, Hipgnosis received songwriting rights to the 211 songs composed by Cohen from the beginning of his career through 2000, and total ownership of the 67 songs he wrote between 2001 until his death in 2016. All told, that amounts to a total of 278 songs — including Cohen’s best known works like “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne,” and “Bird on a Wire.” “To now be the custodians and managers of Leonard Cohen’s incomparable songs is a wonderful yet very serious responsibility that we approach with excitement and fully understand the importance of,” Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis said in a statement.&nb...
Cruel Santino ft Amaarae – Born Again
Nigerian Alte-singer Cruel Santino unveils his new song titled “Born Again”, out now. Osayaba Andrew Ize-Iyamu, better known by his stage name Cruel Santino drops a brand new single titled “Born Again” featuring Amaarae. The new record “Born Again” is an impressive track off his just-released studio album called “Subaru Boys: Final Heaven“. It is a solid twenty-one tracks body of work with collaboration with different music artists. However, “Born Again” should be added to your playlist. Listen and share Cruel Santino ft Amaarae – “Born Again” below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cruel_Santino_-_Born_Again_ft_Amaarae__NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download
