Cancelled shows and tours by usually reliable marquee artists like Christina Aguilera, the Eagles, U2 (due to Bono’s back surgery), Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair, Rhianna, John Mayer, Limp Bizkit, and the Go-Go’s seem to belie the fact that the live music business is taking a beating this summer. Multi-act [...]

Music Matters launched the official program for Asia Pacific’s must attend music industry event.Daniel Ek, Spotify’s visionary CEO & Founder will be subject of the opening keynote interview with multi-Grammy winner, Jason Mraz, performing an exclusive interview and performance session as this year’s conference Grand Finale. All this is before the launch of “Music Matters Live [...]

Americans have made a switch when it comes to listening to their music – they’ve traded portability over quality. From 2000 to 2009, Americans reduced their overall spending on home stereo components by more than a third, to roughly $960 million, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (News – Alert), a trade group. Spending on [...]

Country music landmark The Grand Ole Opry House has been flooded with several feet of water, forcing managers to seek alternate space for upcoming shows. The Opry House is part of the large Gaylord Opryland Hotel complex in Nashville. They took on water Monday from the Cumberland River, which flooded due to heavy rains that have [...]

Apparently it is a tough time to be an Arizona resident! LA Weekly, published to their music blog a list of the “Top Musicians Who Cannot Tour Arizona Without Proving They’re “Legal”. You know it has gotten bad when this has become an issue! Who is on the list? You might be surprised. 1. [...]