Author: Amanda Collins

Another Planet Entertainment and Teragram Presents have tapped Jordan Anderson as senior talent buyer for The Bellwether in Los Angeles. Anderson will oversee programming for the 1,500-capacity Main Room, the in-house restaurant stage at The Virginian, the Looking Glass patio lounge and the newly opened 600-capacity room Camille’s. She will also contribute to bookings at Teragram Presents’ downtown L.A. venues — the Teragram Ballroom and Moroccan Lounge — while supporting Another Planet’s wider roster across the state. Anderson arrives from the Troubadour, where she set a record in 2024 with more than 300 shows in a single year, spotlighting artists…

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards was the top-rated entertainment program of the night, hitting a six-year viewership high. The show was seen by more than 5.5 million viewers, between its broadcast on CBS, simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+. This marked the first time the VMAs have aired on CBS, which could use a major pop music franchise. CBS will lose the Grammy Awards, which it has aired since 1973, after the upcoming 68th Grammy Awards telecast on Feb. 1. (In October 2024, The Recording Academy announced a new 10-year global deal for The Grammys to be exclusively…

New Zealand-based American/Spanish Artist and Songwriter Anderson Rocio shares her brand new single Grand Scheme, a hauntingly beautiful alt-pop/rock gem with a dramatic touch.  Grand Scheme is a high-concept, theatrical rebellion against the exploitative systems that fuel the entertainment industry, a message flawlessly conveyed through her gorgeous, expressive vocals that captured my attention from the start. Accompanying her passionate vocal delivery we have a theatrical production with lush piano keys, ominous harmonies, killer beats and rhythms that come together to create a dramatic and heartfelt atmosphere. Accompanying the release we have a striking music video, directed by Ann Marie Pace, that…

Accomplished steel guitar player and producer Robby Turner, who has played with artists including Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen and Chris Stapleton, died Thursday, Sept. 4, at age 63. Turner’s son Bobby Turner confirmed the passing of his father on social media, writing, “We’re sad, but we know he’s walking without any help, and he’s no longer in pain.” Known as the “Man of Steel,” Turner played on projects including the 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws, from Jennings, Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser, which spawned the Jennings/Nelson hit “Good Hearted Woman” and became the first country album to…

The Last Dinner Party have announced their return to Australia for January 2026. The five-date capital city run will see the UK-based baroque pop quintet touring in support of their second studio album From The Pyre, which is set for release next month on Friday, October 17th. The band’s complete Australian tour itinerary, as well as pre-sale and ticketing information, can be found below. The band first toured Australia in July of 2024. They were originally announced on the line-up for that year’s Splendour In The Grass, but the Byron Bay festival was shockingly cancelled just a matter of weeks…

Baroness have confirmed the death of founding drummer Allen Blickle, aged 42.“It breaks my heart to have to share the news that my dear friend, creative partner and former bandmate Allen Blickle passed away a few days ago,” Baroness frontman John Dyer Baizley wrote in a statement on social media. “I’m still in shock that he’s gone. We ask for understanding as his family and this band process his passing and grieve his loss. Allen, I love you and miss you. I treasure every moment we shared.” Baizley’s confirmation comes a day after rumours began circulating of Allen Blickle’s death.…

Baker Boy has shared the fourth single from his forthcoming second studio album Djandjay, ‘Thick Skin’. He enlisted what he has described as a “Blak choir” of acclaimed female Indigenous vocalists to feature on the track – namely Thelma Plum, Emma Donovan, Kee’ahn and Jada Weazel. In a press statement, Baker Boy explained that he wrote the song following the Indigenous Voice referendum. “It wasn’t anger at the result, as much,” he said. “I think it was [more] the way mob became a topic of conversation, and mottos like ‘if you don’t know, vote no’ encouraging ignorance. It highlighted the…

Wolf Alice guitarist Joff Oddie has announced that he will be missing the band’s upcoming North American tour, due to the impending birth of his first child. The Mercury Prize-winning act have a number of dates lined up for the rest of the year, having recently made their comeback with the epic single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ and fourth album, ‘The Clearing’. The North American tour begins at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta on September 10, before playing 10 more dates across the US and Canada for the duration of September. The rock group will then travel across mainland Europe in…

There’s a hurricane in the sunken pit at Manning Bar, scored by one of the gnarliest breakdowns I’ve ever heard in my life. Jason Butler from Letlive is orchestrating its path of destruction, as debris revolves in an anti-clockwise direction. He takes his shoes off with a wily grin and perches himself on the crowd barrier with arms outstretched. Silhouetted by the deep purple stage lights, the grin turns to a cheeky, knowing smile as he eyes off the crowd and lines up his target. He dives in and is immediately swallowed by the tempest and for a moment we…

US collecting society SoundExchange has appealed a recent ruling which said it couldn’t pursue legal proceedings on behalf of its artist and record label members whenever there is a dispute over the compulsory licence it administers. That ruling, as part of a legal battle between SoundExchange and satellite radio company Sirius XM, was “erroneous” and based on a “flawed interpretation” of the US Copyright Act, and should therefore be overturned by the Second Circuit Appeals Court, the society says.It needs the appeals court to reverse the lower court ruling so that it can continue with its litigation against Sirius, which -…