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Belmont’s Mike Curb College Receives $58 Million Donation

On Tuesday evening (April 9), as Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business celebrated a special “Belmont at the Opry” program, the program also revealed a $58 million lead gift from music industry executive and philanthropist Mike Curb and the Mike Curb Foundation, which will fuel a further expansion of the program’s presence on Nashville’s Music Row, with the renovation of existing buildings and the construction of […]

todayApril 10, 2024 2

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Flea Selling ‘Exceptional Architectural’ Home for $6.9 Million

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has listed his “exceptional architectural” home on the market with an asking price of $6.997 million.Located in the upscale Southern California suburb of La Crescenta, the 5.7-acre compound is a marvel to behold.The original home was built in 1952 by acclaimed mid-century modern architect Richard Neutra for his secretary, Dorothy Serulnic, and her husband. That house has two bedrooms, one bathroom and an array […]

todayMarch 28, 2024 2

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Pattie Boyd Sells ‘Layla’ Album Cover Painting for $2.5 Million

Pattie Boyd has sold her private collection of artifacts, which included the original painting from the cover of 1970's Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, as well as various items from her marriages to George Harrison and Eric Clapton.The painting, titled La Jeune Fille au Bouquet and created by Emile Theeodore Frandsen in the mid '50s, was acquired by Clapton directly via the artist's son in 1970. Clapton later gifted it to […]

todayMarch 25, 2024

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BandLab Hits 100 Million Users

BandLab, the free social music creation platform, now reaches 100 million users. There’s not trumpet-blowing for the mobile app’s major milestone. The news is shared by way of a report written by Bloomberg’s Ashley Carman, who caught up with BandLab’s Singapore-based CEO Meng Ru Kuok for a chat on growth and its future. The U.S. accounts for around 30% of BandLab’s users, he said, and is its largest market. Explore […]

todayMarch 22, 2024 1

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Nuno Bettencourt Sells Los Angeles Home for $3.75 Million

Nuno Bettencourt has sold his luxurious Los Angeles home for $3.75 million.The Extreme guitarist originally put the property on the market in October at an asking price of $3.95 million. Though it eventually closed for less than that, the price was still a significant increase from the $2.1 million Bettencourt paid for the home in 2013.Located in the Beachwood Canyon area, the property features dazzling 360-degree views spanning the downtown […]

todayMarch 5, 2024 1

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Freddie Mercury’s London Home on Sale for $38 Million

Freddie Mercury’s London home has been put on sale with an asking price of $38 million – more than 1,000 times the amount paid by the Queen star in 1980.Mercury left Garden Lodge, in the affluent Kensington neighborhood, to his closest friend Mary Austin when he died in 1991. After she auctioned most of the property’s furniture in 2023, along with a range of Mercury’s other possessions, she decided it was time […]

todayFebruary 29, 2024

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Rod Stewart Sells Song Catalog for Almost $100 Million

Rod Stewart has sold the rights to his catalog to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group for close to $100 million."Irving and I are a couple of old-timers and I believe we have a mutual respect and admiration for each other," Stewart said in a statement given to the The Wall Street Journal. "My life's work is in safe hands with him."Other artists who have also sold their catalog to Azoff's company include the […]

todayFebruary 15, 2024

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Talking Heads Reportedly Turned Down $80 Million to Reunite

Talking Heads will not be reuniting, but that hasn’t stopped promoters from trying to get the band back together.According to Billboard, concert giant Live Nation “told the Talking Heads it was willing to pay the band $80 million to headline six to eight festival gigs and headlining slots.”That offer came on the heels of a similar attempt by Goldenvoice president Paul Tollett, who wanted to get the legendary group to […]

todayJanuary 31, 2024 1

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