Live events company DEAG acquires Italy-based promoter MC² LiveThe 46-year-old company has developed live events and ticketing businesses across Europe
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Join Bandcamp alternative Subvert: Cooperatively Owned and OperatedBandcamp alternative Subvert has signed up 950 artists, 166 labels, and 230 supporters as founding members and is looking for more.
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Ultimate Guide To A Healthy And Successful Career in Music [Exclusive Book Excerpt]Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide To a Healthy And Successful Career in Music will be published later this year, but Hypebot has an exclusive book excerpt.
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How to Save Instagram Songs to Spotify to streamline playlist creationSave Instagram songs to Spotify with this simple trick and streamline your playlist creation across both platforms effortlessly.
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Chris Brown and Drake sued for at least $5m over alleged copyright infringement on ‘No Guidance’'No Guidance' has been streamed more than 1 billion times on Spotify, and viewed more than 480 million times on YouTube
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Guitar Center and Martin Guitars to host “An Afternoon with Chris Martin | The Legacy of Martin & Co.”WHO: Guitar Center and Martin Guitars, hosting “An Afternoon with Chris Martin | The Legacy of Martin & Co.,” featuring Christian Frederick Martin IV, known as “Chris” (the executive chairman of the world-renowned C. F. Martin & Co.), in collaboration/conversation with artist and Martin brand ambassador Craig Thatcher.

WHAT: The event will showcase up to a dozen specially selected Martin Guitars from Chris’s personal collection at the Martin Guitar Museum in Nazareth, PA. Founded in 1833 in New York City, C.F. Martin & Co. has been making the world’s finest acoustic guitars for nearly 200 years. For this special talk in association with the Guitar Center, Chris will be sharing stories about Martin Guitar's deep history with Country Music, as well as personal anecdotes from his 35 years at the helm of this iconic American brand. Audience members will get to hear the priceless instruments played by Martin clinician and singer/songwriter Craig Thatcher, along with Q&A and autograph signing.

A few of Martin guitars that Chris and Craig will be showcasing during the event include Joan Baez 0-45JB, Jimmie Rodgers 000-45JR, Gene Autrey D-45S, Hank Williams D-28HW, D-11E Rock The Vote and many more!

WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, 3:00 p.m. CST

WHERE:           Guitar Center Nashville721 Thompson Ln, Nashville, TN 37204Nashville, TN 37204

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HYBE’s CEO just issued an apology to K-Pop artists, fans and rival labels amid a torrent of controversies from leaked internal documents. What’s going on?Disparaging comments about certain K-pop stars have angered fans, while other revelations have piqued the interest of regulators
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50,000 Oasis tickets CANCELLED, Live Nation endorses resale price capIn the latest proof that concert ticketing is broken more than 50,000 Oasis fans will have the tickets they bought to the band's reunion gigs cancelled. 
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Essential Artist Accounts to claim before you release musicGet your music release off to a strong start by claiming and optimizing your essential artists accounts aon major streaming and music platforms. This guide covers the must-have tools and accounts to boost your track's reach and make a lasting impact from day one.
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DistroKid Union ramps up allegations: ‘No non-union staff’ laid offThe Union representing DistroKid workers has shared added new details and allegations in its fight with the world's largest d.i.y. digital music distributor.
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Concert For Carolina Raises $24.5 million for Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts“Concert For Carolina,” led by Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings and James Taylor, has raised $24,513,185 and counting for Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Taking place this past Saturday at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium, the record-breaking event welcomed 82,193 in-person attendees and is the largest concert ever for the venue. Additionally, the Veeps livestream garnered 7.1 million total views, which came from across all 50 U.S. states and 30 different countries.

“A montage of incredible performances, one-off collaborations, and awe-inspiring selections” (Rolling Stone), “Concert For Carolina” also featured performances from Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Bailey Zimmerman, The Avett Brothers, Scotty McCreery, Chase Rice, Parmalee and Wesko, surprise appearances from Nicole Kidman and Randy Travis and was hosted by ESPN’s Marty Smith and Barstool Sports’ Caleb Pressley. 

Even after the show, the “Concert For Carolina” team is still working to raise as much money as possible for hurricane relief efforts including a special silent auction, which is open now. Auction items include the signed guitar and shirt that Combs used during the show, a meet and greet with Church at an upcoming concert, signed NFL, NBA, NCAA and NASCAR gear, signed instruments, a variety of concert and game tickets, a selection of artwork, Yeti coolers and much more. Full details can be found HERE.

All proceeds from the auction, benefit show and livestream will go to the organizations selected by Combs and Church: Samaritan’s Purse, Manna Food Bank, Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC, Eblen Charities and the organizations supported by Chief Cares. 

“Concert for Carolina” was made possible due to the support and extreme generosity of David and Nicole Tepper and Tepper Sports & Entertainment, Explore Asheville, Biltmore Estate, T-Mobile, Jack Daniel’s, Whataburger, Miller Lite, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Belk, Lowe’s, Atrium Health, Tractor Supply Company, Bank of America, American Airlines, Food Lion, Duke’s Mayo, GE Aerospace, Harris Teeter, Pinnacle Financial Partners, United Healthcare, Bud Light, Preferred Parking, Gildan and AshBritt.  

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The Hipgnosis Songs Fund catalog has just been valued at $2.36bn… around $150m more than HSF’s enterprise value when Blackstone acquired itBlackstone raises nearly $1.5 billion in debt financing via new ABS, based on substantial valuation for Hipgnosis Songs Fund assets
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DistroKid lays off 37 workers, decimating US Artist Relations teamDistroKid put 37 employees on “administrative leave” Friday, just an hour before the union was set to meet with the company to continue contract negotiations, according the DistroKid Union.
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Concord closes $850m Asset-Backed Securities transaction to ‘fuel strategic growth and acquisitions’Transaction was led by Apollo
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Ditto dumps Merlin as TikTok takedown of millions of indie tracks loomsDitto dumps Merlin deal and signs directly with TikTok as this week's takedown of millions of tracks by independent artists used in videos looms.
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