• New business models could emerge from musicians’ livestream performances

    New business models could emerge from musicians’ livestream performances

    In mid-March, as more Americans were ordered to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a sense of foreboding started to creep up on British rocker Yungblud. His US tour — set to kick off in April at the Coachella music concert in Indio, Calif. — had just been canceled, and his Asia …
  • Erykah Badu is charging $2 for home concert

    Erykah Badu is charging $2 for home concert

    Erykah Badu is finally getting to play her dream stage while under quarantine at her home in Dallas, Texas. She kicked off her “Quarantine Concert Series: Apocalypse One” two weeks ago, charging fans $1 per ticket to watch her and her band perform songs from her bedroom. “I’m the laziest artist in the world. My …
  • Justin Bieber postpones all 2020 tour dates due to coronavirus crisis

    Justin Bieber postpones all 2020 tour dates due to coronavirus crisis

    Justin Bieber’s 2020 Changes tour has been postponed due to the growing coronavirus crisis. The 45-date stadium and arena trek was due to kick off on May 14 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle and follow Bieber’s first album in nearly five years, released on Feb. 14, and his first tour in nearly three. It is …
  • Everything you need to know about iHeart ‘Living Room Concert for America’

    Everything you need to know about iHeart ‘Living Room Concert for America’

    You’ll be able to feel the love tonight — via a live-streamed benefit concert hosted by Elton John. The hour-long “iHeartRadio Living Room Concert for America” kicked off on Fox at 9 p.m. It will raise funds for two charities helping victims of the coronavirus and first responders working on the front lines of the …
  • Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood to perform live concert special on CBS

    Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood to perform live concert special on CBS

    The live-stream home concerts that have become more of a phenomenon during the coronavirus crisis are now crossing over to prime-time TV. In what is being described as an outgrowth of the kind of web shows that Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood have already done, CBS has scheduled an hour-long special, “Garth & Trisha Live!,” …
  • Elton John to host coronavirus benefit concert with remote performances

    Elton John to host coronavirus benefit concert with remote performances

    The Rocket Man is set for take off! Superstar Elton John will host a star-studded benefit special Sunday night on FOX, honoring the health care heroes and first responders battling the coronavirus pandemic. The “iHeart Living Room Concert for America” will feature remote performances from Alicia Keys, Backstreet Boys, Billie Eilish, Green Day’s Billie Joe …
  • Lewis Capaldi responds to critics following Scotland performance

    Lewis Capaldi responds to critics following Scotland performance

    Lewis Capaldi has responded to critics — including Piers Morgan — who spoke out against him for going ahead with a planned concert in Aberdeen despite growing concerns over the Coronavirus pandemic. The 23-year-old “Someone You Loved” singer gave a concert in his home country of Scotland on Sunday night. A spokesman for the pop …
  • Harry Styles singed ‘Fine Line’ songs in an intimate Tiny Desk Concert

    Harry Styles singed ‘Fine Line’ songs in an intimate Tiny Desk Concert

    Harry Styles stopped by NPR for an intimate Tiny Desk Concert, performing four tracks from his new album, “Fine Line.” Wearing a powder blue knit sweater with a baby chicken on it, Styles launched into “Cherry.” He then discussed the background of “Watermelon Sugar”: On his day off from his 2017 tour in Nashville, he …