YOUTUBE is expanding its free livestream coverage of the COACHELLA music festival – which takes place APRIL 14th-16th and the 21st-23rd – while offering Premium subscribers a chance to take a peek backstage as artists prepare for their sets, among other new features.For the first time, YOUTUBE will run six livestreams on both weekends, double the number of last year. YOUTUBE is also bringing back a feature it launched at last year’s iteration – integration with .
iHEARTMEDIA Top 40 WHTZ (Z100)/NEW YORK radio personality ELVIS DURAN was attacked by what he called a "sicko" woman on the streets of NEW YORK CITY on MONDAY. DURAN explained on his morning show yesterday that he was turning onto 14th St. at 6th Ave. when the aggressor approached him.“Her fist comes toward my face, and it’s holding, like, a sharp object, and she tries to cut my face,” he told listeners. “I put my arm up, and I stopped her from doing it, .
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP s Board Of Directors extended the contract of SIR LUCIAN GRAINGE for five years to remain Chairman/CEO until MAY 1st, 2028. His new five-year deal mixes together components of cash and equity-based compensation (his previous deal was reportedly cash-only package) with his current annual salary of $5 million reduced by two-thirds, according to MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE.Subject to performance incentives, he will also be eligible for an annual bonus with a target of $10 .
The 2023 iHEARTRADIO MUSIC AWARDS, which took place MONDAY night (3/27) at LOS ANGELES DOLBY THEATRE, the 10th annual iteration of the event, was hosted by LENNY KRAVITZ and televised live on FOX ENTERTAINMENT, with HARRY STYLES named Artist Of The Year, while INNOVATOR AWARD winner TAYLOR SWIFT s "Anti-Hero" was Song Of The YearSWIFT received the 2023 iHEARTRADIO INNOVATOR AWARD from PHOEBE BRIDGERS, who introduced her with the comment, "We re lucky to grow up in a TAYLOR .
JEFF BECK, a guitar innovator who was inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME in 1992 as a member of the YARDBIRDS, and again in 2009 on his own, passed away yesterday at the age of 78 after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis.Considered one of rock’s true virtuosos and one of its most innovative instrumentalists, he is not just a rock guitarist, but incorporates elements of jazz and fusion both on his own and with collaborators such as JAN HAMMER. His rather quixotic career .