The Weeknd and Justin Bieber among artists investing in animated concert-streaming company Wave

The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, and J Balvin among artists investing in animated concert-streaming company Wave The 30-year-old Blinding Lights hitmaker – real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye – has already had a successful partnership with the up-and-coming company with The Weeknd Exprience which aired on TikTok on August 7 The event was Wave’s biggest project so … Read more

Little Mix make a dig at Simon Cowell as they vow to support new artists on their talent show

The stars of Little Mix took wipe at Simon Cowell, as they suggested that weren’t as supported as much as they would’ve liked after appearing on The X Factor. Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards shot to fame after winning the ITV talent show, fronted by Simon, back in 2011. And as … Read more

Kanye West says ALL artists should own their copyrights

Kanye West took to Twitter on Sunday to share his vision about what record deals should look like going forward amid his own ongoing legal battle to obtain rights to his music. In a series of tweets titled ‘NEW RECORDING AND PUBLISHING DEAL GUIDELINES,’ the rapper listed seven guidelines that labels should follow.  The first guideline, … Read more

Artists share some of the most outrageous times people have haggled with them

The customer’s not always right! Professionals reveal VERY cheeky messages from clients who want things for free Artists have revealed the most shameless requests they’ve had from customers Bored Panda compiled some of most toe-curling interactions artists have had  One conversation saw a potential client claim a nail technician ‘isn’t even good’  Another included someone … Read more

Artists transform an abandoned Stalin-era Russian gulag by painting murals of its lost residents

Artists have tried to breathe new life into ghost town built on Stalin’s orders in Siberia. The spooky Gulag outpost of Kadykchan was officially closed after the fall of the Soviet Union and a coal mine explosion in 1996 which killed six. Now it has been repopulated by pictures of its lost residents in a … Read more

Facebook set to add official music videos from artists to take on YouTube 

Facebook set to add licensed music videos from artists like Beyonce and Katy Perry in a bid to take on YouTube Facebook is set to add official music videos to its Facebook Watch section The move lets the site compete with YouTube, as well as push more ads Users can share, comment and react to … Read more

Court artist’s sketch of Johnny Depp appearing in the High Court is ridiculed on Twitter

You had one job! Court artist’s dubious sketch of Johnny Depp inside the High Court is ridiculed – as critics point out ‘It’s not like you don’t know what he looks like’ High Court trial has seen both Johnny Depp and Amber Heard appear  Hollywood legend, 57, is suing The Sun for labelling him a … Read more

Halsey launches Black Creators Fund to help promote work of Black artists in wake of BLM protests

Halsey launches Black Creators Fund to help promote the work of Black artists in wake of BLM protests By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 02:51 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 05:07 BST, 12 June 2020 She’s been taking part in protests in Los Angeles over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and is … Read more

Blue pigment popular with Renaissance artists gets ‘sick’ 

A pigment that was popular with Renaissance artists develops a wasting disease over time that causes blue parts of historical masterpieces to turn grey, scientists say. The costly pigment ‘ultramarine’, made from a dazzling blue metamorphic rock, catalyses its own chemical reaction that reduces colour intensity. This affects legendary paintings including Johannes Vermeer’s ‘A Young … Read more

Navy veteran turned photographer takes portraits of families and artists during Sacramento lockdown

There are families headed by single mothers and fathers, those that encompass generations, longtime couples and solitary artists living in RVs, trailers, tiny pads and well-kept houses in Northern California.    These black-and-white portraits show the reality of lockdown in and around the state’s capital, Sacramento. For photographer Rachelle Steele that was the plan. A military … Read more