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Live music is returning — slowly in some areas, swiftly in others — after the year and a half hiatus brought on by the pandemic.Live Nation is sweetening the deal for some fans, selling $20 tickets for 1,000 upcoming shows across the U.S., the major concert promoter announced Thursday. The …

Penance as spectacle is nothing new. Recall the ancient Greeks, who, in times of calendrical disaster, would torment a human sacrifice, a pharmakós, to bring about purification to the wider community; think of the struggle sessions of China’s Cultural Revolution, in which victims were forced to plea their guilt as …

This story appears in Rolling Stone‘s 2021 Future of Music issue, a special project delving into the next era of the multibillion-dollar hitmaking business. Alongside our reporting, we invited four star artists to share their own predictions on the music industry’s wild next era. Read the other stories here. Try …

The joyful noises of dancing, acting, and music-making can usually be found within the hallways of the Juilliard School. But this week, many of those gifted student artists are taking to the streets as part of ongoing protests — including the prestigious conservatory’s first sit-in in recent memory — over …

As the Small Business Administration slowly begins to roll out funding for its long anticipated Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, it released its first public report on the grant’s status Wednesday, revealing new figures about the rollout status while also underscoring the slow trickle toward approvals applicants have faced. Of the …

Following deals with the Beach Boys and David Crosby, Linda Ronstadt is the latest artist to sell her catalog to Irving Azoff‘s new company Iconic Artists Group. Although Ronstadt is one of the best-selling artists of all time, the fact that she’s not a songwriter makes her deal different from …

You can’t go sit cross-legged with Post Malone in a zen garden anytime soon — but listening to a 60-minute version of his 2019 hit “Circles” could be a close second. On Wednesday, wellness app Calm and Universal Music Group (UMG) will announce a first-of-its-kind partnership that’s resulted in a …

What do Russian metal heads and French autoharpists have in common? They’ve both covered Billie Eilish‘s “Bad Guy” — a song whose original music video recently surpassed one billion views. To celebrate that milestone, and the fact that Eilish’s smash hit is one of the most-covered songs the platform has …

As major record labels drill down on signing and breaking as many artists as possible, CMNTY Culture — a 1-year-old indie label, founded by eight-time Grammy-winning songwriter Philip Lawrence, A&R exec Malik Rasheed, and marketing executive Chief Johnson — wants to do the very opposite. CMNTY’s goal is to cultivate …

Taylor Swift‘s music has been sold — and, once again, it was without her involvement or knowledge, the singer-songwriter says. Last year, music business veteran and mega-manager Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings LLC acquired Big Machine Label Group (BMLG), the record label that released every Swift album through 2017’s Reputation. Braun …