2020 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Rescheduled For November

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The 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony has been rescheduled for later in the year, falling in line with numerous events that have been rescheduled as the COVID-19 novel coronavirus continues to spread.

The event, which had been slated for May 2 in Cleveland, Ohio, will now be held Nov. 7. in Cleveland’s Public Auditorium; this year’s honorees including Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G., Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, and T-Rex.

The Ahmet Ertegun Award will be presented to Irving Azoff and Jon Landau.

The show will be broadcast on HBO beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

Music Health Alliance Offers COVID-19/Tornado Relief Resource Database

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Music Health Alliance has developed a COVID-19/Tornado Relief Plan & Database of Solutions based on the immediate needs of the music community that fall within their mission. The Alliance is also providing direct cost assistance for music professionals with the following immediate needs: health insurance monthly premiums, medication, food, and COVID-19 testing/doctor visits for the uninsured and under-insured. Their help is free to any member of the music industry.Music Health Alliance is uniquely positioned to provide direct services, resources and grants to the music community in an effective way during this most challenging of times. Their entire staff has been tasked with finding solutions to face the challenges and uncharted territory of COVID-19 as the threat to health and the financial devastation to the music community is unfolding daily.  The organization is working around the clock to filter fact from fiction, assimilate this information in a usable way, and to identify, provide resources and assist the most vulnerable in the industry at this critical time.

Summer Olympics Rescheduled For 2021

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It has been announced that the Olympic Games Tokyo, which had been slated to take place in July, are being rescheduled in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The International Olympic Committee said in a statement that the games “be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020, but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community.”

This marks the first time the Olympic Games have ever been postponed, though other Olympics were canceled in 1916, 1940 and 1944, due to war.

Jake Owen Celebrates Eighth No. 1 Single With "Homemade"

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Jake Owen. Photo: Robby Klein

Jake Owen is celebrating his eighth career No. 1 as his single “Homemade” reached No. 1 on country radio this week, topping both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Airplay chart. The song is also No. 1 on the Billboard and Mediabase country charts in Canada.

The single was penned by Bobby Pinson, Drew Parker, Jared Mullins and Ben Goldsmith, and marks the third single from Owen’s Big Loud Records album Greetings From…Jake.

“Homemade” follows Greetings From…Jake’s Gold-certified chart-topper “I Was Jack (You Were Diane)” and Platinum-certified, Top 5 single “Down to the Honkytonk.”

Garth Reschedules Stadium Dates In Cincinnati, Charlotte

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Garth Brooks has rescheduled his upcoming stadium concerts in Charlotte and Cincinnati.

Brooks’ Bank of America Stadium show in Charlotte was scheduled for May 2, and will now be held June 13, and all tickets will be honored. During the on sale, Brooks sold 74,000 tickets to this show in 90 minutes, making it the largest paid crowd in the history of Bank of America stadium.

The Paul Brown Stadium date in Cincinnati was scheduled for May 16, and will now be June 27, and all tickets will be honored for that date as well. Brooks set the all-time record for entertainment in Cincinnati with this show with a sell-out of 70,000 seats in 75 minutes. This will mark Brooks’ first time playing at Paul Brown Stadium and the only Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia date on The Stadium Tour.

“Like so many people right now, I just want to get back to what I do. Knowing these shows are eventually going to happen makes me happy,” said Brooks about the change.

Like many artists who are self-quarantined to help stop the current spread of the novel coronavirus, Brooks and Trisha Yearwood joined forces for a livestream concert on Facebook Live. The event brought in 3.4 million viewers, enough that it overloaded Facebook Live, causing the site to crash several times during the show.

Brooks and Yearwood offered covers of hits for James Taylor (“Fire and Rain,” “Sweet Baby James”), Linda Ronstadt (“Long, Long Time”), as well as duets including their own “Whiskey to Wine” and a cover of George Jones and Tammy Wynette’s “Golden Ring.”

During the event, Yearwood and Brooks offered a cover of the Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper hit “Shallow,” from the movie A Star Is Born. See the clip below:

Sara Evans To Release Covers Album ‘Copy That’ In May

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Sara Evans will release Copy That, an album of cover songs, on May 15. Evans co-produced the album with Jarrad K, whoknown for work with Ruston Kelly, Weezer, and more.

The project also includes collaborations with Old Crow Medicine Show, as well as work with Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet on a cover of the Kenny Loggins/Stevie Nicks duet “Whenever I Call You Friend.” Elsewhere on the project, she covers Dexy Midnight Runners’ 1983 chart-topper “Come On Eileen,” and The Knacks’ “My Sharona.”

  1. “If I Can’t Have You” (available March 20)
  2. “Don’t Get Me Wrong”
  3. “Come On Eileen”
  4. “Crazy Love”
  5. “Whenever I Call You Friend” feat. Phillip Sweet (available May 1)
  6. “It’s Too Late”
  7. “Monday Morning”
  8. “All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye“
  9. “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” feat. Old Crow Medicine Show (available April 3)
  10. “6th Avenue Heartache”
  11. “My Sharona”
  12. “She’s Got You”
  13. “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” (available April 17)

Weekly Register: Luke Combs Holds Top Two Country Albums Spots

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Luke Combs. Photo: Jim Wright

Luke Combs continues to top the country albums chart this week, according to Nielsen Soundscan. He holds on to the top two spots. The top five country albums this week are:

Top Country Albums (total consumption)
1. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get: 22K
2. Luke Combs, This One’s For You: 17.7K
3. Morgan Wallen, If I Know Me: 14K
4. Blake Shelton, Fully Loaded: God’s Country:11.6K
5. Kane Brown, Experiment: 10.5K

Country On-Demand Audio Streaming Chart
1. Dan+Shay ft. Justin Bieber, “10,000 Hours”: 8 million streams
2. Maren Morris, “The Bones”: 7 million streams
3. Diplo and Julia Michaels, “Heartless”: 6.3 million streams
4. Old Dominion, “One Man Band”: 6.1 million streams
5. Gabby Barrett, “I Hope”: 6 million streams

Industry Ink: Music Row Ambassadors, Willie Nelson, Pandora

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Music Row Ambassadors Raise Over $95K

Pictured (L-R): Alex Heddle of Big Machine Music, Andrew Cohen of Cohencidence Projects, Jordan Turri Andrews of ALSAC/ St. Jude, Dane Schmit of Sony/ATV, Beth Brinker of ASCAP, Courtney Crist of Mojo Music and Media, Jessica Turri of ALSAC/ St. Jude, Sara Grosdidier, and Josh Tomlinson of BMI.


The Music Row Ambassadors for St. Jude held their annual “Mangia For St. Jude” event Feb. 26-27, and raised a record $95,660 for the hospital. This year’s dinner sold out instantly, sparking the need to add an additional evening with hundreds attending from the Nashville area. Title sponsors for the annual event included Curb Word I Entertainment and Futureshirts.
 

Willie Nelson Reschedules Album Release

Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, has rescheduled the release of Willie Nelson‘s upcoming 70th solo studio album First Rose Of Spring from April 24 to Friday, July 3.
 

Pandora Launches Live Songs Station

Pandora has launched a Top Live Songs station, which is led by Fleetwood Mac with a live version of Stevie Nicks’ “Landslide.” Other artists on the station include George Strait, Garth Brooks, Eagles, Coldplay and more.

For King & Country Reschedule Spring Tour Dates

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for King & Country have announced rescheduled tour dates for their upcoming burn the ships | The 2020 Spring Encore tour. The tour will now start June 4 in Tyler Texas, and wrap June 24 in Mobile, Alabama. All previously purchased tickets for the original dates will be honored. Refunds will also be available within the next week.

The rescheduled dates to the burn the ships | The 2020 Spring Encore are below:
6/4/20 — Tyler, TX @ The Oil Palace
6/5/20 — Tulsa, OK @ Mabee Center
6/6/20 — Evansville, IN @ Ford Center
6/7/20 — Toledo, OH @ Huntington Center
6/9/20 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Petersen Events Center
6/11/20 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
6/12/20 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
6/13/20 — Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum
6/14/20 — Fort Wayne, IN @ Allen County War Memorial Coliseum
6/18/20 — Binghamton, NY @ Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena
6/19/20 — Hershey, PA @ Giant Center
6/20/20 — Springfield, MA @ MassMutual Center
6/21/20 — Salem, VA @ Salem Civic Center
6/23/20 — Johnson City, TN @ Freedom Hall
6/24/20 — Mobile, AL @ Mobile Civic Center Arena

Copperman, Osborne, Wiseman Take Top Three On MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart

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Ross Copperman takes the No. 1 position on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart for the third week, with co-writer credits on “Catch” (Brett Young), “Nobody But You” (Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani), and “What She Wants Tonight” (Luke Bryan).

Josh Osborne moves up one slot to the No. 2 position with “Cheatin’ Songs” (Midland), “Nobody But You” (Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani), “One Man Band” (Old Dominion), and “Hard To Forget” and “Kinfolks” (Sam Hunt). Craig Wiseman shifts down to No. 3 with “Chasin’ You” (Morgan Wallen) and “Here And Now” (Kenny Chesney).

Jimmy Robbins (No. 4) and Jon Nite (No. 5) round out the top five on the MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart.

The weekly MusicRow Top Songwriter Chart, published every week, uses algorithms based upon song activity according to airplay, digital downloaded track sales and streams. This unique and exclusive addition to the MusicRow portfolio is the only songwriter chart of its kind.

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