Willie Nelson News

The Steps Beyond Foundation, Steps on Broadway's non-profit arm which connects artists and community through dialogue, performance, and artistic collaboration, will present two dynamic evenings of dance, June 1-2, at New York Live Arts. Moving Pieces,a benefit performance, will raise funds for their Performance Lab Series and Artists Talks, dance scholarships and community programs at the Hudson Guild and Henry Street Settlement.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today completed the astonishing feat of having published or co-published the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. each week for an entire year.

Dan Owen has today released his brand new single 'What Is A Man'. The song is the latest to be taken from his forthcoming debut album Stay Awake With Me, out on August 17ththrough Atlantic Records. The song has launched with great support from Spotify who feature the track in their 'New Music Friday' playlist today.

Reservoir announces the acquisition of a global stake in the historic catalog of the late American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael. The deals, conducted with Carmichael's heirs, see Reservoir adding nearly 500 Carmichael titles to its multi-genre portfolio, dating as far back as the 1920s.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its worldwide deal with songwriter and musician Geoff Warburton, one of Shawn Mendes' main collaborators.

On Saturday, June 2nd, William Shatner's Priceline.com Hollywood Charity Horse Show, Sponsored by Wells Fargo, which has become one of Los Angeles' most highly anticipated celebrity-driven charity events, will return for another year, helping raise critical funding for Los Angeles-area organizations.

Songwriter and vocalist Kat Edmonson's Old Fashioned Gal is out now on Spinnerette Records. Listen HERE. Her tour supporting the full length continues through the summer with major tour stops throughout the U.S.; see below for a list of dates.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing UK has been crowned Publisher of the Year at the 2018 Music Week Awards.

Today, Lincoln Center announced the 2018 season of Midsummer Night Swing, bringing people from all walks of life together to experience an array of sounds and dance styles from Tuesday, June 26 to Saturday, July 14, 2018. This iconic New York social dance party will feature 15 nights under the stars, with outdoor dance lessons and live performances paying tribute to the histories of Lindy hop, swing, mambo, salsa, blues, and more, while welcoming newcomers and dance pros alike to experience the joy of social dance.

Centenary Stage Company's annual Summer Jamfest returns to the Lackland Performing Arts Center.  This year's Jamfest features Lee Rocker of The Stray Cats on Saturday, July 14 at 8PM; the George Gee Swing Orchestra on Saturday, July 21 at 8PM; Hair running July 27 through August 5 and YESSONGS: THE CONCERT on Saturday, August 11 at 8PM. All performances will be held in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ.

The Acting Company presents a one-night-only benefit reading of The Night of the Iguana, Tennessee Williams' feverishly poetic 1961 drama, at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues), on Monday, June 11. Directed by Michael Wilson, the acclaimed Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winner, the performance reunites much of the cast and creative team from last season's critically acclaimed production at the American Repertory Theatre. 

Amas Musical Theatre(Donna Trinkoff, Artistic Producer) and The Amas Musical Theatre Lab will present further staged readings of Play It by Heart, a new musical, with music by David Spangler, Jerry Taylorand Marty Dodson, lyrics byDavid Spangler, Jerry Taylor,R.T. Robinson, and Marty Dodson, and book byWilly Holtzman. Directed by Daniel Goldsteinwith music direction by Andrew Wilder, the readings (by invitation only) will be held on Thursday, May 17 at 1pm and 5pm at Opry City Stage (48th/49th& Broadway).

The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will mark the opening of its new major exhibition, Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s, with a lively concentration of programs highlighting the cultural and artistic explosion forged in the 1970s by two distinctly creative cities: Austin and Nashville.

Sony/ATV Nashville has added four new team members to its creative staff. Dane Schmidt joins Sony/ATV as Creative Director, Katie Kerkhover joins as Creative Manager, Stephen Denninger joins as Creative Coordinator, and Laura Castillo joins as A&R Assistant.

BWW:UK caught up with Luke Thomas, musical director of new theatre show Nashville Live to chat about the upcoming tour.

Netflix has announced two new cast members joining season three of their smash-hit original series Stranger Things. Cary Elwes has been cast as a guest performer in the role of 'Mayor Kleine and Jake Busey joins as 'Bruce'

ANTI- is proud to announce the release of ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO, the anticipated new album from 2x GRAMMY® Award-nominated acoustic band The Milk Carton Kids. The LP is available for pre-order beginning today. ALL THE THINGS THAT I DID AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T DO arrives everywhere on Friday, June 29.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed a global sub-publishing agreement with independent publishing and record company ABIAH.

Anderson East will continue his extensive “Encore World Tour 2018” this fall including his debut headline show at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium with special guest Brent Cobb on September 28.  Additional dates include Santa Cruz's The Catalyst, New Orleans' Joy Theater, Richmond's The National and Baltimore's Soundstage. Tickets go on-sale this Friday, April 20 at 10:00am local time. See below for complete details.

The intimate, indoor Event Gallery at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts will host An Evening with Jimmy Webb on Saturday, November 3 at 8:00 p.m. and Judy Collins: Holiday & Hits on Friday, December 14th at 8:00 p.m. Reserved seating tickets will go on-sale to the general public on Friday, April 20th at 10:00 a.m. at www.BethelWoodsCenter.org.