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      Next Year Will Be Van Warped Tour's Last vans-warped-tour-planning-2018-cross-country-farewell

      Vans Warped Tour Planning For 2018 Cross-Country Farewell

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      Founder Kevin Lyman lets fans know 2018 will be the 24th and final tour, to be followed by a 2019 25th anniversary event
      Philip Merrill
      GRAMMYs
      Nov 16, 2017 - 12:42 pm

      Vans Warped Tour was founded by Goldenvoice's Kevin Lyman in 1995 and has been a summer music centerpiece ever since, featuring hip and indie bands fans love. On Nov. 15 Lyman blogged "All Things Must Come To An End," sharing the sad news that 2018 will be the last year the tour travels cross-country.

      "I am so grateful to have worked with more than 1,700 bands over the last 23 summers," wrote Lyman, who was honored by MusiCares in 2014. "I wish I could thank every band that has played the tour."

      In an exclusive interview with Billboard, Lyman got a start on that long list of thanks, listing many acts like No Doubt and Paramore who were helped by big Vans Warped boosts.

      Last summer fewer kids turned out for the tour dates, and Lyman wants to bring things to a close on a high note while staying true to the Vans Warped brand. "It's still supposed to feel like that backyard party that anyone can go to," he said.

      Lyman said that a 25th-anniversary celebration is planned for 2019, but for fans, the 2018 farewell tour will feel more like a must.

      MusiCares Hits The Road With Vans Warped Tour

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      IFPI Finds Streaming And Ed Sheeran Led 2017 ifpi-global-music-report-streaming-ed-sheeran-top-2017

      IFPI Global Music Report: Streaming, Ed Sheeran Top 2017

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      International recording industry organization reviews a year of continued strong growth, but music still has not recovered its former market strength
      Philip Merrill
      GRAMMYs
      Apr 24, 2018 - 2:52 pm

      On April 24, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) released its Global Music Report 2018, reviewing and tabulating the business fortunes of the recording industry last year worldwide. The music industry grew overall in 2017 by more than 8 percent to $17.3 billion, led by streaming revenues which grew more than 41 percent. "We're not getting complacent," said Warner Music Group CEO of international and global commercial services Stu Bergen at the report's release event in London. "We've fought too hard to get here and, after 15 years of decline, there's still plenty of room to grow." Last year was the third consecutive year of growth for the first time this century.

      Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Perform "Despacito"

      The IFPI report credited Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" as last year's top song followed by Luis Fonsi's "Despacito." While top sellers and the 176 million subscribers paying for premium music accounts make for good news, IFPI chief executive Frances Moore warned that "there is a structural fault in the system" because of the value gap. Combining paid and ad-supported streaming for music, revenues total $5.6 billion with 272 million users overall. On the video side, revenues are $856 million, much less, with more than 1.3 billion users, much more. "Until we fix that structural defect to the market it will always be a struggle," said Moore.

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      The 'value gap', a mismatch between the value that online user upload services extract from music and the revenue that they return, is currently the biggest policy challenge facing the music industry.

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      — IFPI (@IFPI_org) April 24, 2018

      In 32 global markets, digital is now more than half of all revenues. Physical sales and downloads have continued to decline. Without counting video, streaming is 33 percent of all revenues. In 2017, adding video back in bumps that 5 percent up to 38 percent from all digital. If the value gap wasn't holding back fair music revenue for video streams, that video bump would be much more substantial.

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      'Rolling Stone': Penske Media Buys Majority Stake penske-media-acquires-rolling-stone-magazine-majority-stake

      Penske Media Acquires 'Rolling Stone' Magazine Majority Stake

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      The 50-year rock culture classic, reporting on music and important news, sells majority stake to Penske Media Corporation
      Philip Merrill
      GRAMMYs
      Dec 21, 2017 - 12:12 pm

      Following music and culture in the U.S. has often included reading Rolling Stone magazine over the past 50 years, thanks to the publishing success of Jann Wenner. So it came as a surprise last September when Wenner announced he would sell the magazine. Now, it has been announced Penske Media Corporation has acquired 51 percent of the magazine for an estimated $100 million. Wenner will remain on as editorial director.

      Jay Penske, who also owns entertainment business magazine Variety, and PMC look forward to being a big part of what happens next.

      "Our interest in Rolling Stone is driven by its people, its cultural significance and the globally recognized brand that has no peer in its areas of influence," Penske said. "We believe that Penske Media is uniquely qualified to partner with the Wenners to ensure the brand continues to ascend for decades across multiple media platforms."

      The remaining 49 percent of Rolling Stone parent Wenner Media remains held by Singapore's BandLab.

      Apple Acquires Music Recognition Service Shazam

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      The Secret Behind Mariah Carey's Timeless Hit "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

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      A musicologist explains how "All I Want For Christmas Is You" owes its lasting popularity to the way the chords dance, teasing the return to G Major
      Philip Merrill
      GRAMMYs
      Dec 20, 2017 - 4:36 pm

      As of Dec. 18 the Mariah Carey Christmas classic "All I Want For Christmas Is You" landed on the red-hot Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Quartz spoke with "Switched on Pop" podcast host and musicologist Nate Sloan and his co-host Charlie Harding about what could drive this powerful rise, year after year. Sloan says it is suspense of the harmonic kind.

      Because the song "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is written in the key of G Major, return to that "tonic" home base feels like a soothing resolution, Sloan described. Harding simplified the teasing of false cadences that seem like they will resolve but then don't, pointing out, "There are so many points in that chord progression where you think it's going to go back to where it started and instead she keeps dancing around it." This captures the essence of the suspense Sloan identified as the secret of Mariah Carey's Christmas tonic.

      Whatever the reason, more than two decades after its release in 1994 the song is still becoming more popular. As long as Carey's upward trajectory continues, she seems destined to someday pass Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" for the top Christmas spot in total sales. But don't expect that day to come too soon, as Carey has 14 million sales so far, but Crosby has in excess of 50 million.

      Gwen Stefani To Star In Holiday Special

      Donna Summer at the 25th GRAMMY Awards in 1983

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      "Jersey Boys" Director Readies Donna Summer Musical For Broadway

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      "Hot Stuff" will arrive in spring as the director of "Jersey Boys" brings "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" to Broadway
      Philip Merrill
      GRAMMYs
      Dec 20, 2017 - 1:00 pm

      After Donna Summer lit up the disco era in the late '70s, winning a GRAMMY for "Last Dance," her graceful voice continued to thrill and ultimately win five GRAMMYs. Now a Broadway-bound biographical musical — "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" — is wrapping up its La Jolla Playhouse, California warm-up and heading to Broadway in spring 2018.

      La Jolla Playhouse Director Emeritus Des McAnuff and his choreographer from the 2006 musical "Jersey Boys" have crafted a biographical storyline with three different actresses playing Summer, while the narrative frame remains centered on her final concert as a dramatic hub. The production's final performance in La Jolla is Dec. 24 and the show features about 20 of Summer's greatest songs.

      As announced Dec. 19, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York has been booked with a scheduled April 23, 2018, opening for the musical, with previews beginning on March 28.

      It should be a pleasure to see the range of what's to come with "Summer" in spring.

      Barry Gibb To Executive Produce Bee Gees Broadway Musical

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