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John Legend Sells Music Catalog to BMG and KKR
John Legend is taking “All of Me” to another level, selling his signature song as part of a larger portfolio of compositions which were acquired last year by BMG and global investment firm KKR, Billboard has confirmed. As first reported by Bloomberg, the EGOT recipient sold both his personal share of the copyrights to his compositions as well as the recorded music royalties for his music dated 2004 thru early 2021 to the partnering companies for an undisclosed sum back in September. A UCC regulatory filing indicated that DL Music IP LP, an affiliate of KKR Credit Advisors, and BMG Rights Management each purchased a 50% stake in the Legend catalog. BMG and KKR have not formally announced the acquisition, and financial details of the sale are not yet known. Both companies declined requests t...
Muse Teases New Single ‘Won’t Stand Down’ With Haunting Cover Art
Muse is gearing up to release a brand new single to kick off the new year. On Friday (Jan. 7), the English rock band shared the official cover art and release date for their forthcoming track, titled “Won’t Stand Down,” to their social media pages. The haunting image features a floating figure in a black cape, face hidden by a white mask with markings. Below the figure are 10 faceless disciples, all in hooded black capes. “WON’T STAND DOWN. Our new single, released next week on Thursday January 13th,” the group shared via social media, along with links to pre-save the single on Spotify, Apple and Deezer. Explore Explore Muse See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news A snippet of the track was teased during an Instagram Live on Muse’s account, with singer Matt Be...
Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Lingerie Brand Will Open Retail Stores in 2022
Rihanna announced on Friday (Jan. 7) that her Savage x Fenty lingerie brand will open its own brick-and-mortar stores this year. “2022, we coming in HOT! we bout to bring you a whole new #SavageXFenty experience with the launch of our brick-and-mortar retail stores!” she tweeted with an animation of what said stores would look like. It appears they’ll be featuring colorful wallpapers highlighting the rainbow assortment of lingerie, sleepwear and loungewear. Rihanna, 33, also listed out the first five locations of the Savage x Fenty stores: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. “Can’t believe it’s actually that time, and I can’t wait for you to have this experience irl,” she continued. Explore Explore Rihanna See latest videos, charts and news See latest v...
VIDEO: Burna Boy – B. D’OR ft Wizkid
Spaceship Entertainment presents the official music video for “Ballon D’or” by Nigerian finest artistes Burna Boy featuring Wizkid. African Giant, Burna Boy drops new music video for his track “Ballon D’or” (B. D’OR) for short, he featured Starboy Wizkid. In the “B. D’or” new visual Burna Boy and Wizkid are on a boat cruise, speed boat riding and lots of girls on the boat all dancing, having fun and enjoying the moment. Burna Boy and Wizkid strong dynamic makes the new visual an interesting one. The music video is a production of Priorgold Picture. Watch, enjoy and share Burna Boy ft Wizkid – “B. D’or” below. [embedded content]
Rexxie – Wallet ft Seyi Vibez & DJ 4Kerty (Visualizer)
Check out Rexxie’s new visualizer for his released track “Wallet“. Rexxie drops a new visualizer for his record titled “Wallet” featuring Seyi Vibez and DJ 4kerty. The music producer Rexxie, Seyi Vibez and DJ 4Kerty are all up and grinding in the music studio to deliver a good piece and a clean shot visual. Shot by Banx. Watch, enjoy and share Rexxie – “Wallet” ft Seyi Vibez & DJ 4Kerty below. [embedded content]
STEVE STEVENS Opens Up About His COVID-19 Battle
During an appearance on yesterday’s (Thursday, January 6) episode of SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, Billy Idol‘s longtime guitarist Steve Stevens spoke about his recent battle with COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. “My wife and I, we’ve been so careful,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And I think now with this omicron [coronavirus variant], it’s just so virulent, and we managed to get it. But not too bad… There was, like, one day that I kind of felt a little bit tired, a little fatigued. “What had happened was we did a benefit show in Los Angeles that Dave Navarro [JANE’S ADDICTION] and Billy Morrison [Billy Idol] did — ‘Above Ground’ — [in late Decembe...
TRIVIUM’s MATT HEAFY And TESTAMENT’s CHUCK BILLY Collaborate On New Song ‘Behold Our Power’
TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy has collaborated with TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy on a new song called “Behold Our Power”. The track, which was released under Heafy‘s name via his YouTube channel, was apparently written as the theme song for the 2022 installment of Poland’s Mystic Festival. The event, which is scheduled to take place in June, will be headlined by JUDAS PRIEST, OPETH and MERCYFUL FATE. TRIVIUM‘s tenth album, “In The Court Of The Dragon”, was released last October via longtime label Roadrunner Records. The record was produced and mixed by Josh Wilbur and recorded in the fall of 2020 at Full Sail University in Orlando. The album cover is an original oil painting by French artist Mathieu Nozieres. Last fall, TRIVIUM completed a U.S. tour ...
TRIUMPH Gets Offers To Play Every Year, Says MIKE LEVINE
In a recent interview with “The Daily Derringer Podcast”, bassist Mike Levine of Canadian rock legends TRIUMPH was asked if the band’s 2008 reunion shows in Sweden Rock Festival and Rocklahoma were meant to be a warm-up for a more extensive tour if they were always intended to be the group’s final gigs. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “There was bad blood going on between [guitarist/vocalist] Rik [Emmett] and [drummer] Gil [Moore] and I. And we decided it had to stop because we had too much love for each other over the years. And it just made no sense that we couldn’t keep playing, or least be friends. So we decided, ‘What a good idea. Let’s go play some shows.’ So we got the call from Sweden saying, ‘Would you ...
SLASH: ‘A Lot Of Different Issues’ Prevented IZZY STRADLIN From Taking Part In GUNS N’ ROSES Reunion
GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash says that “there were a lot of different issues” that prevented Izzy Stradlin from being involved with the band’s reunion tour. While GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Not In This Lifetime” trek features the “classic era” lineup of Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and singer Axl Rose — with the occasional guest appearance by drummer Steven Adler — Stradlin has not taken part in any shows on the tour, with unconfirmed reports claiming that he turned down a five-figure fee to play with GUNS N’ ROSES at the April 2016 reunion shows. Now, in a new interview with Classic Rock magazine, Slash has offered more information on the circumstances that led to Izzy‘s absence from the trek. When Classic Rock writer Paul Ellio...
Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” Was the Most Popular Song of 2021, Report Finds
Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” was the most-streamed song and the most-heard song on the radio in 2021, according to a new report from Billboard and MRC Data. The report, which surveyed music consumption trends over the past year, found that overall music consumption grew 11.3% from the previous year, with a 12.6% boost in on-demand audio streaming. Researchers attributed that increase to major albums from artists such as Adele, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift. They also credited TikTok with exposing listeners to new music, as well as reviving old favorite songs. Country singer Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album nabbed the title of the most-streamed LP of 2021 with 3.226 million equivalent album units, most of which came from online streaming. Spanning 30 tracks, Dangerous is the ...
Electronic Music Pulls the Strings of The Weeknd’s “Dawn FM” Album—With Production From Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia
After the release of his hotly anticipated Dawn FM album, it’s clear The Weeknd‘s penchant for dance music is more voracious than ever. The Weeknd has long championed electronic dance music, collaborating with the likes of Gesaffelstein, Daft Punk, and Disclosure, among others. However, Dawn FM twists the knife into this curiosity by presenting the most dance-forward album of his career. And it’s also his most creative yet. The album plays out like a radio station during a late-night drive in the 80s, featuring sultry interludes from Jim Carrey and Quincy Jones. But despite its escapist narrative and lovelorn motifs, at its core, the phantasmagoric Dawn FM was designed for dance parties. The proof is in the pudding. The Weeknd joined forces with disco-pop extraordina...
Ray Volpe Announces Collabs With Marshmello, Adventure Club, NGHTMRE, More
Ray Volpe is primed for a monster year. Taking to social media on January 6th, the young bass music production virtuoso has announced a myriad of high-profile collabs in the works. Volpe’s hard drive is apparently mouthwatering, chock full of unreleased music with the likes of Marshmello, NGHTMRE, Adventure Club and more. One of the tracks, he added, is dropping later this month. Marshmello dropped the curtain on his unreleased collab with Volpe at the 2021 edition of Lollapalooza, where he kicked off his headlining performance with the dubstep banger. Needless to say, fans of Volpe are safe to look forward to a prolific year of genre-defying electronic music. And after signing with famed dubstep imprint Disciple in 2021, it seems his leap into the upper echelon of bass music wi...
