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Mercedes-Benz Gears Up to Offer Dolby Atmos in Select Car Models
Mercedes–Benz is bringing Dolby Atmos sound to a range of its top car models starting in the summer of 2022, the company announced Thursday (Oct. 28). The immersive sound system will be built into the optional Burmester 4D and 3D sound system as well as integrated into the Mercedes-Maybach, followed by the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The configuration will include 31...
Sony Music Surges to $1.85 Billion in Revenue After 43% Rise in Streaming
Sony’s music operations and visual media/platform posted a sharp increase in revenue, growing 17.6% to 271.6 billion yen ($2.467 billion) from 230.87 billion yen ($230.87 billion) in the three months ended Sept. 30. Recorded music and publishing streaming led the way with an extraordinary 44.3% gain to a combined total of 137 billion yen ($1.244...
Megan Thee Stallion Reveals Track List For ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ Collection
Megan Thee Stallion has revealed the 15-song tracklist for her upcoming Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives compilation, which will feature the rare and unreleased tracks “Pipe Up,” “Bae Goals” and “Freakend.” The collection due out on Friday (Oct. 29) will feature freestyles and a handful of unreleased songs from Meg’s archives. The 26 year-old...
Cynthia Erivo & Yo-Yo Ma to Perform at 2021 CARE Impact Awards
Vocal powerhouse Cynthia Erivo, who is just an Oscar away from an EGOT, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree, are slated to perform at the 2021 CARE Impact Awards on Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. ET. Presented by the humanitarian organization CARE, the CARE Impact Awards aim to celebrate “the tenacious spirit of forward-thinking humanitarian leaders in...
Snoop Dogg Teases Dr. Dre Collab For ‘GTA,’ Squashes Eminem Beef: ‘We Truly Respect Each Other’
Snoop is sorry. The Big Dogg offers up a mea culpa to Eminem in an upcoming episode of The Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, in which he explains that he was wrong to suggest that Marshall doesn’t belong in the top 10 of hip-hop’s Mt. Olympus. “I know how to call Marshall and say, man,...
GTA 6: Snoop Dogg swings at Dr Dre, who works on the game’s music
GTA 6 is a game that fascinates and the slightest clue about the game panics the crowds. Today, it is through Snoop Dogg that we have interesting information, since the rapper went to some confidences at the microphone of Rolling Stone, during their podcast Music Now. No matter the NDAs or professional secrets, Snoop Dogg...
DEG Presents’ Eddie Dean on Pacha’s Close, the Long Pandemic & Banking on Halloween
With more than three decades of experience in the live music industry, nightclub owner Eddie Dean has never faced more uncertainty than he did in the last year. The pandemic kept his New York club Schimanski shuttered for 16 months without the ability to pay rent or predict the future of his 800-capacity space. The...
Elton John Remembers Friendship With John Lennon as Highlight ‘Of My Life And My Career’
Elton John’s career reached orbit in the early ‘70s and, based on recent events, it’s never coming down. Consider, Elton’s life story, re-told in the biopic Rocketman, was a box-office hit and a multiple award-winner, taking an Oscar (for best original song), and a brace of Golden Globes. And, after getting cut short by the pandemic,...
Dr. Dre writes music for “new GTA
The Internet is spreading information that the famous performer and producer Dr. Dre is once again partnering with Rockstar Games for the benefit of Grand Theft Auto. On October 11, the American blogger gwil34 posted on his Instagram photo with Dr. Dre… In the comments, it was asked if the new music will be from...
Tommy DeBarge of Switch Dead at 64
Tommy DeBarge of the R&B band Switch died at 64 on Oct. 21, his brother El DeBarge confirmed on social media. TMZ first broke the news. According to his family members, the bassist/vocalist was suffering from kidney and liver failure and died in the hospital. “And so it is that on October 21, 2021, I had...
Olivia Rodrigo Leads 2021 American Music Awards Nominations: Full List
Olivia Rodrigo, little-known just a year ago, is the leading contender for the 2021 American Music Awards. The 18-year old star is nominated for seven awards, one more than The Weeknd. Bad Bunny, Doja Cat and Giveon each received five nods. Taylor Swift extended her record in the artist of the year category by receiving...
Billboard NXT Challenge 1 Recap: Watch The 12 Contestants’ Original Song Clips in Billboard and Samsung Galaxy’s Singing Competition
Billboard and Samsung Galaxy have kicked off Billboard NXT, a first-of-its-kind singing competition designed to discover the next great unsigned artist, by selecting 12 multi-talented artists from across the country based on their performances in a hashtag challenge on TikTok. With the competitors selected and ready to show off their skills, each artist was asked...
BBC Two Freddie Mercury Documentary to Feature New Interviews With Band Members
An upcoming 90-minute BBC documentary, Freddie Mercury: The Final Act, will feature new interviews with the band’s members discussing the final chapter of the late Queen singer’s life. According to Variety, the documentary will feature chats with Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor — bassist John Deacon retired from music in 1997 — as...
Vicarious Visions Will Lose Its Name In Merge With Blizzard Entertainment
Vicarious Visions, the developer behind the recent Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 remaster, is set to lose its name in merging with Blizzard Entertainment. This news comes by way of Polygon, which reports that its sources say Activision Blizzard told Vicarious employees that the company name would...
Mario Party Superstars Review: A Nostalgic Blast That Needs Something More
Mario Party Superstars is ready to reel fans of the hit Nintendo franchise back into its archives. If you did not know, the party game will drop soon with some of the series’ best moments from the Nintendo 64 era. Of course, this means all eyes are on Mario to see how this blast from...
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Says He’ll Receive Minimum Wage Pay Until “Transformational Gender-Related Goals” Are Met
In an open letter released today, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says he’ll be receiving the California minimum wage for salaried employees until the company’s Board of Directors has achieved “transformational gender-related goals.” Kotick laid out those goals in the letter released today, as first reported by Video Games Chronicle, and he claims that his...
Mercedes-Benz Gears Up to Offer Dolby Atmos in Select Car Models
Mercedes–Benz is bringing Dolby Atmos sound to a range of its top car models starting in the summer of 2022, the company announced Thursday (Oct. 28). The immersive sound system will be built into the optional Burmester 4D and 3D sound system as well as integrated into the Mercedes-Maybach, followed by the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The configuration will include 31...
Sony Music Surges to $1.85 Billion in Revenue After 43% Rise in Streaming
Sony’s music operations and visual media/platform posted a sharp increase in revenue, growing 17.6% to 271.6 billion yen ($2.467 billion) from 230.87 billion yen ($230.87 billion) in the three months ended Sept. 30. Recorded music and publishing streaming led the way with an extraordinary 44.3% gain to a combined total of 137 billion yen ($1.244...
Megan Thee Stallion Reveals Track List For ‘Something For Thee Hotties’ Collection
Megan Thee Stallion has revealed the 15-song tracklist for her upcoming Something For Thee Hotties: From Thee Archives compilation, which will feature the rare and unreleased tracks “Pipe Up,” “Bae Goals” and “Freakend.” The collection due out on Friday (Oct. 29) will feature freestyles and a handful of unreleased songs from Meg’s archives. The 26 year-old...
Cynthia Erivo & Yo-Yo Ma to Perform at 2021 CARE Impact Awards
Vocal powerhouse Cynthia Erivo, who is just an Oscar away from an EGOT, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree, are slated to perform at the 2021 CARE Impact Awards on Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. ET. Presented by the humanitarian organization CARE, the CARE Impact Awards aim to celebrate “the tenacious spirit of forward-thinking humanitarian leaders in...
Snoop Dogg Teases Dr. Dre Collab For ‘GTA,’ Squashes Eminem Beef: ‘We Truly Respect Each Other’
Snoop is sorry. The Big Dogg offers up a mea culpa to Eminem in an upcoming episode of The Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, in which he explains that he was wrong to suggest that Marshall doesn’t belong in the top 10 of hip-hop’s Mt. Olympus. “I know how to call Marshall and say, man,...
GTA 6: Snoop Dogg swings at Dr Dre, who works on the game’s music
GTA 6 is a game that fascinates and the slightest clue about the game panics the crowds. Today, it is through Snoop Dogg that we have interesting information, since the rapper went to some confidences at the microphone of Rolling Stone, during their podcast Music Now. No matter the NDAs or professional secrets, Snoop Dogg...
DEG Presents’ Eddie Dean on Pacha’s Close, the Long Pandemic & Banking on Halloween
With more than three decades of experience in the live music industry, nightclub owner Eddie Dean has never faced more uncertainty than he did in the last year. The pandemic kept his New York club Schimanski shuttered for 16 months without the ability to pay rent or predict the future of his 800-capacity space. The...
Elton John Remembers Friendship With John Lennon as Highlight ‘Of My Life And My Career’
Elton John’s career reached orbit in the early ‘70s and, based on recent events, it’s never coming down. Consider, Elton’s life story, re-told in the biopic Rocketman, was a box-office hit and a multiple award-winner, taking an Oscar (for best original song), and a brace of Golden Globes. And, after getting cut short by the pandemic,...
Dr. Dre writes music for “new GTA
The Internet is spreading information that the famous performer and producer Dr. Dre is once again partnering with Rockstar Games for the benefit of Grand Theft Auto. On October 11, the American blogger gwil34 posted on his Instagram photo with Dr. Dre… In the comments, it was asked if the new music will be from...