CONCORD LABEL GROUP has named TOM BECCI as the new Chief Executive of the label group as of AUGUST 14th. He will oversee CONCORD’s recorded music division, including frontline label and catalog operations, be based in LOS ANGELES, and report to CONCORD CEO BOB VALENTINE.BECCI was most recently at RED LIGHT MANAGEMENT, where he spent the last seven years working with founder CORAN CAPSHAW in several areas, including organizational structure, new business opportunities and artist contract .
Several sources, including the NEW YORK POST and THE WASHINGTON POST are reporting that DON GERONIMO (MIKE SORCE) was fired after a morning broadcast on iHEARTMEDIA s Classic Rock WBIG (BIG 100)/WASHINGTON DC for making disparaging remarks about a female TV anchor from the COMMANDER s training camp in ASHBURN on THURSDAY (7/27). While hosting THE DON GERONIMO SHOW on BIG 100, GERONIMO, referred to WUSA-TV sports anchor SHARLA MCBRIDE as “Barbie girl” as she arrived to cover .
The NEW YORK POST is reporting the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer SINEAD O CONNOR is dead at the age of 56. There are no details released yet on the cause of death, but the Irish songstress lost her 17-year-old son in JANUARY of this year to suicide (NET NEWS 1/10). She was hospitalized shortly after. Her management team later released a statement saying that she would be canceling all of her shows for the rest of the year.The singer struggled publicly with her grief on
On the second night of his just-launched "Highway Desperado Tour," Country artist JASON ADEAN suffered heat exhaustion during his concert on SATURDAY night (7/15) at XFINITY THEATRE in HARTFORD, CT. Witnesses say he ran off stage 20 minutes into the show and never came back. LIVE NATION, which runs the XFINITY THEATRE, confirmed the story when a representative for ALDEAN told them, "He experienced a heat stroke and will be rescheduling the concert."XFINITY THEATER also .
ELTON JOHN ended a five decade run of live shows with the final performance of the 333-date FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD concert at TELE2 ARENA in STOCKHOLM on SATURDAY NIGHT (7/8). This tour, wiich kicked off in 2018, is the highest-grossing tour of all time. More than 6.25 million fans joined him on the “journey” ahead of the final show.According to HUFFPOST, "JOHN told fans on SATURDAY that he would never be touring again but remained open to the possibility of doing .