Main dining area in Lainey Wilson’s Bell Bottoms Up

Lainey Wilson’s Bell Bottoms Up will host its first-ever New Year’s Eve celebration.

The three-story venue features two live music stages, a frozen daiquiri bar, dance floor space and rooftop patio access. The dueling piano bar, Bayou Keys, is also accepting New Year’s Eve reservations for $100 per seat that include full access to Bell Bottoms Up.

General Access Tickets are $50. Additionally, Platinum Passes, which offer expedited access to all of TC Restaurant Group’s downtown Nashville establishments like Casa Rosa, Luke’s 32 Bridge, Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar, Morgan Wallen’s This Bar and Bell Bottoms Up, are available for are $250. Platinum Pass entry is contingent on venue capacity.

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Pictured (L-R, back Row): River House Artists’ Lynn Oliver-Cline, Lance Houston and Zebb Luster. (L-R, front row): River House Artists’ Kayla Adkins, Julia Minichiello, Odyssey Entertainment’s Nicole Kasper and Abby Coleman.

Pop artist Julia Minichiello has signed an artist development and distribution deal with River House Artists.

Hailing from Canton, Massachusetts, the 23 year old has been making waves in Nashville. With a degree in marketing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Minichiello blends her musical talent with strategic marketing skills. She saw her breakthrough moment when she won the #Sing2gether TikTok contest hosted by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment with her performance of “Girl on Fire.” This earned her a performance slot at the Sing 2 premiere in Los Angeles and led to a guest appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

Her influences consist of artists such as Gracie Abrams, Lewis Capaldi and Noah Kahan. With her genre-bending style, alongside her vocal power, her music has resonated with her over 290,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram.

“Julia’s artistry and vocal ability blow away our entire team,” shares River House Artists’ Zebb Luster. “She truly has the total package! Her refreshing sound is something that stands out and something the young generation of music listeners need. We are blessed to be a part of her journey.”

In addition to her new signing, Minichiello also released her debut song “Always Know The Exits” today (Dec. 6). Co-written alongside Lukas Scott and Sara Bares, the tune combines clever lyricism with irresistible pop melodies. The song connects to anyone who has ever gone through the complexities of love, showcasing the tension between the want to connect and the need to protect oneself.

“My favorite thing is when a song calls out such specific thoughts and emotions that I’ve always felt alone in experiencing, which makes me feel so seen. I hope ‘always know the exits’ is exactly that for people,” says Minichiello. “I also want to give a huge shoutout to Sara Bares and Lukas Scott for helping make this song everything it is. We initially weren’t completely sold on the song when we wrote the beginning, and it had a different production vibe. Once we found people connected with a very stripped and organic version that I posted on social media, we quickly realized that the lyrics should be the main focus, and we turned it into something we loved.”

Minichiello is managed by Odyssey Entertainment Group.

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC)’s Distributor Unmatched Recordings Portal (DURP) has now surpassed 100 partners.

These partners serve customers in over 20 countries, and include music distributors Believe, CD Baby, DistroKid, Empire, ONErpm, The Orchard and TuneCore.

Since its launch, the DURP has sought to provide The MLC with an efficient and effective way to identify independent, self-administered songwriters who are not yet receiving their digital audio mechanical royalties. Distributor partners receive access to a portion of The MLC’s public data that pertains specifically to sound recordings they have distributed to help them identify their customers who own those recordings, and may also be entitled to receive a share of the unmatched mechanical royalties The MLC has accumulated for the songs embodied in those recordings. Participating distributors can then notify their customers about the unclaimed royalties associated with their sound recordings and potentially encourage them to become members and register their songs with The MLC, so that they can receive the unmatched royalties associated with their work.

Distributors that provide publishing administration services can also offer these additional services to their customers, enabling those customers to engage their distributor to collect their mechanical royalties from The MLC on their behalf.

Through the DURP, millions of dollars in previously unmatched royalties have been identified and distributed to these songwriters.

“Surpassing 100 distributor partners worldwide is a testament to the value the DURP provides to independent creators and their distributors,” says Dae Bogan, Head of Third-Party Partnerships, The MLC. “By simplifying the process of identifying and claiming unmatched royalties, we’re helping ensure every dollar reaches its rightful owner.”

“The DURP is a first-of-its-kind initiative that was born out of Dae’s well-known and long-held passion for serving and empowering independent music creators,” adds Kris Ahrend, CEO, The MLC. “This initiative is a great example of The MLC’s willingness to collaborate with other companies in the industry to find new and innovative ways to fulfill our mission of ensuring that songwriters and their partners receive the digital audio mechanical royalties they have earned.”

Dasha.

MTV Push has named Dasha as their Global Push Artist for December.

The singer-songwriter released her debut country album, What Happens Now?, earlier this year. The project received praise for its relatability, storytelling and raw emotion. Featured on the album is the viral hit “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)”, amassing more than 10 billion views on TikTok and receiving Platinum certification in the U.S., along with 17 other countries.

Dasha’s global success has come from her honest and pure approach to making music. This year, she was awarded the People’s Choice Country Award for Female Song of 2024, and has been nominated for numerous other awards.

As part of the MTV Push program, Dasha sat down with MTV to discuss her artistry, musical influences and journey so far, including a performance of her hit “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’),” which will premier today (Dec. 6) at 5 p.m. EST. Dasha also performed “Bye Bye Bye” off the deluxe edition off What Happens Now?, which will go live at 12 p.m. EST today.

“Being here with MTV Push and this whole year under my belt, it’s been so fast-paced but it feels good,” shared Dasha. “I feel like I’ve kind of learned how to balance that a bit more. I’m still learning, trust me, but I’m just, I feel more confident in who I am and more genuine than I ever have in myself and I think that’s the secret to, you know, being a long-lasting artist.”

Made by MTV’s Music & Talent US & International teams, MTV Push draws fans across the globe to a new music artist every month through live performances, exclusive broadcast premieres of music videos, interviews, video content and more. Previous MTV Push artists have included Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Khalid, Doja Cat, Brockhampton, H.E.R., Lil Tecca, Jack Harlow, Yungblud, Bazzi, Chloe x Halle, SZA, Jorja Smith, Lauv, among many others.