• 2015 MTV VMAs Ratings Down 3 Million Viewers from 2014

    The 2015 MTV VMAs may have enlisted a superstar host in Miley Cyrus and some of summer's biggest music stars such as The Weeknd, Demi Lovato and Nicki Minaj for big performances, but the show still couldn't hold solid ratings. Today (Sept. 1), the numbers are out for the annual music award show, and there was a major dip in viewers from last year.

  • Shazam Reports Higher Revenue, Loses, User Growth In 2014

    When it comes music apps, there are few as ubiquitous as Shazam. Since its humble beginnings in 1999, the music identification service has grown into world renowned app with over one hundred million users and elevated itself to "unicorn" status as a private tech company with a $1 billion dollar valuation. However to achieve all of that, the company has been hemorrhaging money. According to its 2014 filings, Shazam reported an increase in revenue, but an even higher losses. Despite the bad news, its users and daily searches jumped a considerable amount.

  • Dead Weather First Live Performance in 5 Years Set for 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert'

    The Dead Weather said the band led by Jack White wouldn't be touring behind its upcoming release Dodge And Burn, but now it appears the band will break its five-year hiatus from the live stage to perform for the second week of Stephen Colbert's tenure as host of 'The Late Show.' That same week will feature a collaboration between Run the Jewels and TV on the Radio.

  • SNL Season 41 Musical Guests: Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and The Weeknd Announced

    Saturday Night Live season 41 has had the hosts for the first three episodes on lock for weeks now, but the musical guests have just been announced. Today (Sept. 1), just a month before the show's premiere date, SNL announced that Miley Cyrus, The Weeknd and Demi Lovato will be providing musical entertainment this October.

  • Prince Says "It's a Bad Time For Music," Cites Lack of Creativity

    Prince has always been critical of the music industry, but usually that criticism is directed at labels and the bureaucratic, political machine that runs the industry, not the artists themselves. Now he's turned his eye to artists though and in an interview with 'The New York Post' he cited his concerns about the lack of creativity in pop music today as why "it's a bad time for music."

  • Insomniac Announces Bay Area Dreamstate Festival In Early 2016

    Insomniac Events has announced the expansion of its new trance festival Dreamstate to the Bay Area in the first few months of 2016. Details are scarce, but the news will get be enough to get Bay Area trance fans excited after seeing the buzz around the Los Angeles edition.

  • Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj VMA Beef Was Real According to MTV

    The MTV VMAs are known for staging a "surprise" event or two for the sake of ratings and post-show buzz, but that was not the case on Sunday night (Aug. 30) when Nicki Minaj called out host Miley Cyrus. The network has confirmed that the beef between two of music's biggest, most controversial stars is 100 percent real.

  • CHVRCHES' Lauren Mayberry Slams Internet Trolls, Industry Sexism

    Lauren Mayberry, front woman of synth pop trio CHVRCHES, unabashedly condemned internet trolls in her recent interview on the Channel 4 News. Mayberry's response to the glaringly sexist comments and misogynistic response from her choice of wardrobe in the band's recently released music video for Every Open Eye's "Leave A Trace,"
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