April 11, 2025| News| Barb Dye
Photo: The late Rubby Perez | By N’Dea Nancy Bragg, USA Today | At least 44 people are dead as the... Read More → At Least 44 Dead (UPDATE: 221), 146 Injured After Jet Set Nightclub Roof Collapse
April 3, 2025| News| Barb Dye
The Woman Who Killed Tejano Music Icon Selena in 1995 Has Been Denied Parole | By the Associated Press, CNN |... Read More → Music Crimes: Woman Who Killed Selena Denied Parole // US Revokes Visas of Mexican Band Members // Eugene Henley, Jr., Charged // Ángel Del Villar Found Guilty of Doing Business with Cartel-Linked Promoter
April 3, 2025| Music-Related Business, News| Barb Dye
By Roisin O’Connor, The Independent | British pop singer Dua Lipa has won a lawsuit that claimed she... Read More → Dua Lipa Wins ‘Levitating’ Copyright Case With a Little Help From Ed Sheeran
March 27, 2025| News| Barb Dye
By Tom Beattie, Irish Star | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received 125 complaints in... Read More → Kendrick Lamar and Serena Williams Super Bowl complaints sent to Feds
Photo: UK Subs | By Marina Dunbar, The Guardian } Three members of the pioneering band were detained and... Read More → British punk rock band UK Subs Denied Entry into the US // FKA twigs Reschedules NA Tour Dates, Citing Visa Issues
COMBO’s 2025 Songwriting Contest has started and will end May 31st, 2025, so get your songs ready now.... Read More → COMBO’s Songwriting Contest is Half-way Through – Get your song entered!
March 27, 2025| In Memoriam, News| Barb Dye
By Jacob Factor, KDVR-TV News | Denver Botanic Gardens’ CEO of nearly 20 years, Brian Vogt, has died,... Read More → Denver Botanic Gardens announces death of CEO Brian Vogt, 66 // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths (including brief on Eric Ryan)
March 20, 2025| News| Barb Dye
Photo: Previous winner Lisa Selle | COMBO’s 2025 Songwriting Contest has started and will end May 31st,... Read More → COMBO’s Songwriting Contest Has Started – Get your song entered!
Story by Bryony Gooch, The Independent | Deja Vu – Band on stage when fire started more likely from... Read More → North Macedonia Fire: Everything we know about nightclub blaze in Kocani town
Photo: Armonia 10 (Paul is in pink suit, seated right) AP / The Independent | Peru’s president has... Read More → After Murder of Band’s Singer on His Hijacked Tour Bus, South American Country Declares State of Emergency Amid Crime Wave
When we wrote you last, we told you the good news about the Tank receiving a grant from the National... Read More → The Tank Gets Screwed – Maybe – By the Rescinding of Grant Funds
Photo: Student French Horn Player with Former Marine Band Player | By Scott Pelley, CBS NewsThe United States... Read More → DEI Order Forces Cancellation of Concert with Students // ’60 Minutes’ Profiles Collateral Damage Of Trump’s War On DEI: Students Of Color Were Denied Chance To Play With U.S. Marine Band
March 6, 2025| News, Reports| Barb Dye
Photo: Brian May || “For those about to rock… best try another genre”: New stats show that bands are... Read More → “For those about to rock… best try another genre” // “It’s already too late.” // and Bands Calling It Quits – And Others Who Live On & Tour
February 27, 2025| News| Barb Dye
By Michael Andor Brodeur, The Washington Post | There is perhaps no band closer to the president’s ear... Read More → Following Executive Orders, ‘The President’s Own’ Marine Band Scraps Concert // It’s Official: The 2025 CMT Awards Have Been Canceled
February 20, 2025| Events, News| Barb Dye
We want to thank Ms. Kirsten Texler of Audacious Management for setting this program up for us! Jake Wolf is... Read More → Next COMBO Town Hall: Jake Wolf of Wolf Academy on Music Outreach for Kids
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