Whatever might be debated about the inaugural Rock in Rio USA — an uneven lineup and fuzzy attendance numbers are among the contested issues — no one could argue that the two-weekend gathering in Las Vegas wasn’t as comfortable as any ever produced. That was especially true of the pricey VIP area (single-day pass: $498),…

Reality Star/rapper Flavor Flav was arrested early Thursday morning in Las Vegas for a DUI and alleged drug possession….

Bruce Lundvall, former CEO of Blue Note Records and a key figure in jazz music, died May 19 at the age of 79. Blue Note president Don Was remembers Lundvall’s life and legacy….

That’s it, everyone: David Letterman has retired following his final episode of the “Late Show”. The show closed with Foo Fighters performing “Everlong” beneath footage and images documenting some of Letterman’s most iconic moments. “Thank you, and goodnight,” he said….

Twenty One Pilots is soaring to a likely No. 1 debut on next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart. Industry forecasters suggest the duo’s new set, Blurryface, could move over 120,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 24….

Somehow, Verge managed to get a copy of the top-secret contract between music-streaming service Spotify and Sony, the major record label that owns music by Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Mariah Carey and One Direction. The terms may have changed since both companies signed this 42-page deal on January 18th, 2011, but the big news is the big…

The co-creator of the technology that became Google Maps this week unveiled Weav Music, a new music engine that lets artists create different versions of the same song that can adjust to the tempo of whatever the listener is doing….

Lipton Tea, a joint venture between Pepsi and Unilever, is entering the festival business: on October 24, the beverage brand will host its first Be More Tea Festival in North Charleston, South Carolina’s Riverfront Park. Passion Pit, The Roots, Walk The Moon and St. Lucia are the first confirmed artists, with more bookings to be announced…

Spotify’s much-anticipated press conference in New York yesterday brought an avalanche of announcements – revamping the platform to such a degree that Daniel Ek dubbed it ‘New Spotify’….

Trans World Entertainment continues its winning ways, posting a profit of $194,000, or one cent per diluted share, on sales of nearly $78 million, in its first quarter ended May 2. That’s an improvement on the $386,000 in red ink it posted in the corresponding quarter for the year before, when revenue was $87.2 million….