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Music News
By Crazy John Kerecz
Well this month I have another four music entertainment news related items for you. I hope they are at least half as interesting for you to read as they were for me to pick them out for you!
Kanye West & Lady Gaga's North American tour cancelled
A U.S. and Canada tour by Kanye West and Lady Gaga has been canceled with no reason given just weeks after the rap star came under public fire for humiliating country star Taylor Swift at an awards ceremony.
West came under fire after an outburst at the MTV Video Music wards when he grabbed the microphone as country teen star Taylor Swift was responding to her best female video award to say that R&B star Beyonce should have won Swift's trophy.
The Grammy winner has since apologized to Swift and expressed regret twice on the Web and in a TV appearance on "The Jay Leno Show" for his behavior that drew boos from the crowd and prompted a ban of his music by some radio stations in California and Florida.
YouTube strikes New deal with Warner Music
YouTube said yesterday that music videos from Warner Music Group will return to the video site after a nine-month dispute over splitting ad revenue.
YouTube typically gives content owners most of the revenue in ad-sharing deals. Under the new arrangement, Warner will get an even larger share than before because it is also bearing the burden of selling ads, which Warner will contract to an outside agency.
The deal also means YouTube has partnerships with all four major recording labels - Warner, Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony and EMI Group - and their respective publishing divisions.
Warner had pulled its music from YouTube in December, saying the payments it received did not fairly compensate the company or its artists and songwriters.
Old dogs, old tricks: Seventysomething rockers are still going out on the road
More than half a century after they first emerged, rock musicians born before the outbreak of the Second World War are still rolling on.
Many of the septuagenarians have survived rock'n'roll's wildest years, when drink and drugs were the staples of life on the road. But they'll have some way to go to match blues legend David "Honeyboy" Edwards, who still performs at age 94.
Others that are still out there kicking are Ian Hunter, Singer, 70, Willie Nelson, Country and western singer, 76, Jerry Lee Lewis, Singer, songwriter and pianist, 73, Spencer Davis, Musician, 70, Leonard Cohen, Singer, 75, Ginger Baker, Drummer, 70 and John Mayall, Guitarist, 75.
Underground Artist Railroad seeks to bridge the past, present and future with tour from Atlanta to New York
Atlanta-based public relations firm DGPR gears up for its Underground Artist Railroad tour. The journey begins in Atlanta when 10 artists board Amtrak trains for a 17-hour trek to the Big Apple. Atlanta, Ga.- Offering aspiring southern artists the opportunity to showcase their talents for major label A&Rs, magazine editors and celebrity bloggers in New York City, Themed after Harriet Tubman's historic Underground Railroad system where she bravely led countless slaves to freedom in the North, the Underground Artist Railroad seeks to liberate minds, educate artists on the music industry and make an undeniable mark in history via an artist showcase. For more info go tohttp://www.dgprinc.com
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