ZipLINES – The Week in Entertainment News from Around the Web – 12/18/20
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The Week Ending DECEMBER 18, 2020
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The Music Industry is in Dire Need of Economic Help
Remember the days of dancing shoulder to shoulder in a crowded room, only being able to hear the performer on stage. Alcohol spews throughout the audience. People are creating a mosh-pit with their sweaty bodies, but for some reason, you’re excited about it. Tickets range from $10 to more than $300.
Rowdy Rebel Released From Prison
Rowdy Rebel has been released from prison. The 29-year-old born Chad Marshall had been incarcerated since 2016. Per a spokesperson from NYS DOCCS, an Aug. 11, 2020 interview with the Board of Parole saw Rebel receive an open date release from Collins Correctional Facility, with the earliest date being Dec.
Burna Boy Delivers “Way Too Big” Music Video
Burna Boy has shared a music video for his stellar TWICE AS TALL cut, “Way Too Big.” Directed by Meji Alabi of JM films, the accompanying visual sees the Afrofusion star in Lagos and London. “Way Too Big” chronicles Burna Boy’s life events and gathers the elements that ground him as an artist.
EDM.com’s Best of 2020: Music Producers
This year, the team at EDM.com is proud to publish four installments of “Best of 2020” coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. DJing and music production are different. But the difference between the two is like a wallflower-it hides in plain sight, and it is vastly misunderstood.
Rising Singer-Songwriter Tate McRae Signs With Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed rising Canadian singer, songwriter and dancer Tate McRae to a worldwide publishing deal. McRae, 17, has scored hits with “Stupid” and “You Broke Me First,” which has racked up more than 500 million streams worldwide and peaked at No. 3 in the U.K.
Trailblazing country music legend Charley Pride dies at 86
Country music legend Charley Pride, who amassed more than 50 top-10 hits between 1967 and 1987, and won several Grammy Awards, has died. He was 86. The cause was complications from COVID-19, his publicist said in a statement.
Shawn Mendes’ ‘Treat You Better’ Music Video Reaches 2 Billion YouTube Views
Shawn Mendes’ 2016 video for “Treat You Better” has joined an exclusive new club. The clip reached 2 billion YouTube views, joining a list of less than 50 music videos to reach the milestone. Following the song’s lyrics, the vignette finds the then-teenage crooner infuriated at his crush’s toxic relationship, as we watch Mendes’ love interest go through physical and emotional abuse with another guy.
Sony Music Taps Andrew Davis for Global Human Resources Role
During his decade-long stint at the beverage giant, he led the Southeast Asia human resource function while based in Cambodia. Earlier in his career, Davis worked with BET, Yum Brands and Best Buy. At Sony Music, Davis will report to Rob Stringer, chairman, Sony Music Group and Kevin Kelleher, COO, SME.
Stefflon Don: ‘I’m never scared to try things’
I was trying not to be in the lockdown,” rapper Stefflon Don tells me, running a multicoloured claw through back-length, honey-blonde extensions. “Hell no!” When we speak via Zoom in mid-November, Don is in Ghana, where she has flown to escape London, with her mother, son and a close friend in tow.
Spike Lee’s Next Project: A Viagra Musical
Lee and Kwame Kwei-Armah will write the movie musical, about the invention of the little blue pill, which will feature music by Stew Stewart and Heidi Rodewald. Spike Lee has directed films about a Black detective’s quest to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan, a bombing of an Alabama church and the U.S.
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ZipLINES for the Week Ending December 18, 2020.
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Kevin James has over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry in various facets. He has worked as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, on-air radio personality, background actor and film director. Kevin is a Member of the National Writer's Union.