One of the largest record labels in the world, Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced it intends to purchase Believe SA, a French digital music company. Among the many companies Believe owns includes a controlling stake in Nuclear Blast Records (acquired in 2018) and its offshoot Blood Blast Distribution, as well as Tunecore a Brooklyn, New York–based digital music distribution, publishing and licensing service founded in 2006. Tunecore distributes music through online retailers such as iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Beatport. According to the press release you can read below, Warner “would provide Believe with strategic support and financial stability to help the development and growth of the Company, including by accelerating its expansion into new geographies.” Nuclear Blast founded in 1987 in Germany, is home to some of the greatest bands in Metal such as, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, C.O.C., Nightwish, Sepultura, Sabaton, In Flames, Lamb of God (Europe), and countless others. In addition to their legendary main brand known for Rock, Pop, Country, and Dance music, WMG owns a ton of sub labels boasting some of the biggest names in Hard Rock, Metal and Punk like 10K Projects, 300 Entertainment (Highly Suspect, Waterparks), Asylum, Atlantic (Shinedown, Halestorm) Big Beat, Elektra Entertainment (formerly: Metallica, Slipknot & Paramore – current: twenty one pilots, Brandi Carlile, Sturgill Simpson) Erato, First Night, Fueled By Ramen (Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, A Day To Remember), Nonesuch, Parlophone (Iron Maiden), Reprise (Lamb of God in the USA, Deftones, Disturbed, Crosses), Rhino (boxed sets, vinyl and CD reissues, and countless legacy releases), Roadrunner (Gojira, Turnstile, Motionless In White, Trivium, newly signed Deafheaven, Coheed and Cambria, Stone Sour), Sire, Spinnin’, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. WMG’s music publishing arm, Warner Chappell Music, as well as artist management and services divisions. If the sale goes through, it remains to be seen what shape the deal would have and what impact is might have for Nuclear Blast and Tunecore. Stay tuned for more news on this story.Continue reading
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A Day To Remember Share New Single, Announces New Album
A Day To Remember have returned with news of their new album, You’re Welcome, their first new album in five years since Bad Vibrations (ADTR Records/Epitaph). Set for release on March 5th, You’re Welcome marks the platinum-selling band’s debut album for Fueled By Ramen. Listen to the bands’ first single, “Brick Wall” – available today on all streaming platforms, right now, and pre-order the album at the link below. Continue reading
A Day To Remember Shares Animated Video For New Song ‘Mindreader’
A Day To Remember has released a new video for their brand new single ‘Mindreader’! The song is avaialble on all DSPs right now! The track comes from their upcoming album, You’re Welcome, due later in 2020 via their new label Fueled By Ramen. Check it out! Continue reading
FESTIVAL REVIEW: Vans Warped Tour – Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View
Do you remember where you were the first time you ever went to Vans Warped Tour? A lot of us do! This year’s final farewell to twenty-five years of amazing music and shared experiences came to a close with some of our favorite Warped Tour artists, old and new, and it was a heartfelt goodbye. Ghost Cult Magazine got a chance to cover the Mountain View, California Warped Tour to celebrate with the most nostalgic of performers. Continue reading
PREVIEW: The Final Vans Warped Tour Event Starts Today
The final Warped Tour event, or at least the final one for now, begins in a few hours in San Manuel, California. Paying respects on the twenty-five-year history for the festival Kevin Lyman build and nurtured, the final two-day celebration will showcase of the tour’s iconic culture. Fifty bands will play on dozens of stages and returning big-name bands are fan favorites like Bad Religion, Circa Survive, Frank Iero, Less Than Jake, Save Ferris, Simple Plan, Sleeping With Sirens, The Offspring, The Starting Line, Thrice, We The Kings, and more!
Bad Religion, Circa Survive, Frank Iero, Less Than Jake, Save Ferris, The Offspring and more Booked For Vans Warped Tour 2019
In grand style, Vans Warped Tour will not only honor their twenty-five-year history, but they will also put a face on their bold future of all live music events with their bi-coastal 25th Anniversary events that celebrate the final showcase of the tour’s iconic culture. The unique music experience will stop in three locations including Cleveland, Ohio, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Mountain View, California and caps off 25 years of history of the Vans Warped Tour. Fifty bands will play on dozens of stages and returning big name bands are fan favorites like Bad Religion, Circa Survive, Frank Iero, Less Than Jake, Save Ferris, Simple Plan, Sleeping With Sirens, The Offspring, The Starting Line, Thrice, We The Kings, and more! Each stop on the tour will have distinctly different lineups from across genres. Tickets on sale day at the link below. Continue reading
Panic! At The Disco To Perform Live On New Year’s Eve
Modern rockers Panic! At The Disco will appear on national television tonight in the US as part of NBC’s New Year’s Eve Game Night with Andy Cohen, airing live tonight on NBC at 1 0:00 PM / 9:00 PM CST. The band will perform their new single, ‘Victorious’ live and join a cast of guest stars such as guests John Stamos, Bob Saget, Bob Harper, Chris Parnell, Whitney Cummings, Sasheer Zapata and more for the live telecast. ‘Victorious’ comes off of the new Panic! At The Disco album Death Of A Bachelor (Fueled By Ramen) due out on January 16th. Pre-orders are live at this link. The band has booked three shows around their release in London, New York and Los Angeles. All are sold out.
Panic! At The Disco, special record release shows:
Jan 12: 02 Academy Brixton, London UK
Jan 14: Le Poisson Rogue, New York, NY
Jan 19: The Tower Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
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