• WATCH: "Do They Know It's Christmas" 2014 Video: Bono, One Direction, Sam Smith Rework '80s Classic for Ebola as Band Aid Thirty

    Just weeks after being announced, Band Aid Thirty's "Do They Know It's Christmas" has arrived. Over the weekend, UK music juggernauts such as One Direction, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Bono, Chris Martin and Ed Sheeran teamed up with Bob Geldof to record a new version of the classic holiday anthem to help the Ebola crisis in Africa, and just 36 hours later the music video premiered on The X Factor.

  • SFX Entertainment Heading toward Major Restructuring Following Festival Season, According to Robert Sillerman

    Robert F.X. Sillerman told Billboard in an interview that his EDM-centric company SFX Entertainment would be going under some restructuring when the festival season concludes. We admit we have wondered in the past if there was any structure at all over at SFX or whether the company was just consuming any EDM-based products it could get its hands on, from festivals to the Beatport platform.

  • Stream Usher's 'Clueless' without Buying Honey Nut Cheerios at Walmart [LISTEN]

    As we reported earlier, Usher has released the single "Clueless" in a campaign with Honey Nut Cheerios and Walmart, where a few select fans would find the song stashed away at the bottom of a Honey Nut Cheerios box at one of the many thousands of Walmarts across the United States. Inevitably, someone was going to get lucky and happen across "Clueless" as they were pouring out a bowl of heart-healthy breakfast.The next step, as you might expect, in the Internet age would be to upload "Clueless" onto the Web so everyone can hear it without having to dig through thousands of Cheerios boxes. We have saved you the trouble and brought you the audio sans cereal.

  • Justin Bieber Worked with Skrillex and Diplo for New Album, DJ SKEE Tells Fans What to Expect [LISTEN]

    EDM kings Skrillex and Diplo reportedly worked with Justin Bieber, producing a new album by the pop star and giving it an electronic makeover. DJ SKEE broke the news on his Weekend Update show for Dash Radio, saying some disc jockeys sat in on an exclusive listening event of the album."It's supposed to be really, really dope, crossing over a few different formats," SKEE says in the video below, via YourEDM. "They're saying a lot of people who aren't feeling Bieber or wouldn't necessarily like that record are going to be caught off guard by that. So, shout out to Skrillex and Diplo for just killing the game."The two artists, known as Jack U, have been talking about their collaborations with other acts lately, saying that they have been in the studio with Usher, Madonna, Nicki Minaj and A$AP Ferg, who have all hit the duo up for collaboration. The two are also getting ready for their New Year's Eve extravaganza at Madison Square Garden.

  • Lollapalooza South America Announces Lineups For 2015 Festivals In Argentina, Brazil & Chile

    Lollapalooza has announced the lineups for its three South American festivals coming this spring in 2015 as reported by Billboard. The three festivals will take place on consecutive weekends in March in Santiago, Chile on March 14-15 in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 21-22 and on March 28-29 in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The lineups fill feature many of the same headliners like Jack White, Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Foster The People, Smashing Pumpkins, Major Lazer and Robert Plant, but there are plenty more local and international acts that join the festival on each date.

  • Migos Reportedly Involved In Altercation With Chief Keef's GBE Crew In Washington DC

    According to reports, last night after Migos' show in Washington DC at a club, Stadium, there was an altercation between Migos and Chief Keef's Glory Boyz Entertainment crew. The altercation was described according to a source from Allhiphop.com as a "bloodbath" and ended up with Chief Keef holding Migos member Quavo's chain. He posted the picture to Instagram, though he quickly took it down. It is unsure who in the crew took the picture.

  • YouTube Subscription Service Music Key to Launch Today

    YouTube's new subscription music service, Music Key, is set to launch today, Nov. 17. The service will allow paying customers access to licensed music videos without the hassle of advertisements. Users will even be able to watch music videos without an Internet connection.MTV News points out that, like Spotify's pay model, users will pay a monthly fee of $7.99 — $9.99 after the promotional offer expires — for the service.It has been a long road for YouTube's streaming experiment, the company has been working on the project for more than a year. Many of the major labels signed licensing agreements early on with the music video giant, but indie labels were not as eager. Trade organizations representing the indies said that the deal was unfair because they were being offered less money than the major labels.Last week, the two parties reached an agreement, giving YouTube the last piece of the puzzle.
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