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Karol G brought her Tropicoqueta energy to the NFL stage in Brazil, where she headlined the halftime show on Friday night (Sept. 5) during the season opener between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers. The Colombian superstar’s performance was streamed live on the NFL’s YouTube channel from ...

Our guest on this week’s episode of How I Learned to Scream is Shadow of Intent‘s Ben Duerr. The deathcore vocalist first heard extreme vocals at around eight years old (he was born in 1994) when his dad put Headbanger’s Ball on TV and Lamb of God‘s “Laid to Rest” music ...

BMG has appointed Monti Olson to lead its music publishing operations as executive vice president of publishing, North America, marking his return to the company after previously serving from 2018 to 2022. “It’s good to be home!” he said in the Berlin-based company’s announcement. In his new role, Olson will ...

The masked mystery band President are back with their latest song “Destroy Me” as we inch closer to their debut EP release and we’ve got the video and lyrics for the song for you. Back in July, President announced that they would serve up their first release, an EP titled ...

As lawmakers return to Washington, D.C. from their August recess this week, there are a handful of pending bills being closely watched by the music industry. These pieces of federal legislation could affect artists, consumers and companies across many different areas of the business, including songwriting, licensing, tourism, royalties, ticketing ...

“Being grateful is the first ingredient to the formula of my life. When you start being grateful for things, life starts giving you more things to be grateful for.” Saving Abel‘s Jared Weeks joined Loudwire Nights on Tuesday (Sept. 2) to dive into his band’s new music as well as open ...

As opposition to the $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Virgin Music Group heats up, Downtown CEO Pieter van Rijn says the controversial deal has attracted more attention because of the buyer’s owner, Universal Music Group (UMG), than it has for the benefits musicians would enjoy from the ...

Imagine leaving a rock band before they got famous? That’s what happened to all of these musicians. No one in rock history has come to symbolize an opportunity missed quite like Pete Best. Left behind by the Beatles before they became international stars, his name always seems to pop up ...

Jonas Brothers are maximizing the news cycle around their 20th-anniversary Greetings From Your Hometown Tour, which launched less than a month ago but has generated dozens of headlines about surprise guests, unexpected reunions and two brother trios joining forces. The latest big news from the tour came at Sunday’s stop ...

On Friday (Aug. 29), Taylor Momsen joined Loudwire Nights to dive into the Pretty Reckless‘ latest song, “For I Am Death,” as well as celebrate their worldwide tour with AC/DC. Listen to the full conversation in the player near the end of this article. “I know they invented rock and roll, ...