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Juice Wrld attends the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on August 20, 2018 in New York City.

Chicago rapper Juice Wrld’s posthumous album posts best sales week of 2020

July 20, 2020 at 12:07 p.m.

Just a week after Pop Smoke's posthumous debut topped charts, Juice Wrld's own after-death album "Legends Never Die" will take its place at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart....

Killer Mike, left, and El-P, right, of Run The Jewels pose for a photo prior to the DirecTV Super Saturday Night, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 in Atlanta.

Killer Mike and El-P of Run the Jewels on rap and rebellion: ‘Police shouldn’t have an aircraft carrier’

June 24, 2020 at 12:27 p.m.

No one knew what to expect when rapper Killer Mike, activist and one half of Run the Jewels, appeared at a news conference with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on...

The sun sets over the Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals have been canceled for 2020 due to coronavirus concerns. Riverside County's public health officer signed an order Wednesday, June 10, 2020, to cancel the popular festivals this year outside Palm Springs, Calif.

Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals officially canceled for 2020

June 11, 2020 at 3:46 p.m.

An October re-scheduling for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2020 seemed optimistic in the face of COVID-19. Now it's official — the festival will not take place...

People run up to the second entry gate at the opening of Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019.

Artists, live industry brace for a year without concerts: ‘Is there is a better place for spreading disease?’

April 18, 2020 at 12:37 p.m.

Just two weeks ago, Pollstar projected that in its most pessimistic scenario for the post-COVID-19 concert industry, shows would resume in less than a year with industry losses around $9...

Ticketmaster to offer fans refunds for concerts postponed due to coronavirus pandemic

April 18, 2020 at 1:12 p.m.

The ticket retailer Ticketmaster is finalizing plans to issue refunds for up to 18,000 postponed events in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parent company Live Nation announced that refunds...

Concert industry could lose $9 billion this year due to the coronavirus pandemic

April 6, 2020 at 8:59 p.m.

Just a month ago, the live music industry was in a cautious wait-and-see mode about the impact of COVID-19. What everyone wouldn't give to go back there now. A report...

Ne-Yo performs at the Latin American Music Awards on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

On Instagram Live, hip-hop/R&B hitmakers wage good-natured battle, and fans go wild

April 4, 2020 at 11:39 a.m.

As the world implodes from coronavirus and no one's left the house in a month, music fans in staggering numbers have found comfort by tuning in to Instagram Live and...

Amid growing coronavirus concerns, residents are torn over Coachella festival coming to their California town

March 8, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

At the Empire Polo Club in Indio, six weeks before the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is set to kick off, the peaked white tents are going up across...

As coronavirus prompts cries to cancel SXSW festival, a ‘general fear’ sweeps concert industry

March 5, 2020 at 5:11 p.m.

Last week, organizers announced that the Korea Times Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl was being postponed "due to current travel restrictions in Asia" over fears of COVID-19, the strain...

As coronavirus prompts cries to cancel Austin’s SXSW festival, a ‘general fear’ sweeps concert industry

March 4, 2020 at 10:13 p.m.

Last week, organizers announced that the Korea Times Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl was being postponed "due to current travel restrictions in Asia" over fears of COVID-19, the strain...

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