• Florida Georgia Line is featured on RollingStone.com in an exclusive interview about encounters with Cher, bus parties and their album.
• Kings of Leon is prepping sixth album, Mechanical Bull, due out Sept. 24. Lead single “Supersoaker”will be released July 17.
• Nashville’s Third Man Records will release the vinyl version of Jay Z’s Magna Carta: Holy Grail. The project’s unique marketing and distribution strategies made international headlines.
• The Recording Academy® is continuing its “Give Fans the Credit” campaign to ensure music creators are credited for their work on digitally released recordings. An online petition for fans to sign and a microsite with further info is available at givefansthecredit.com.
• A new restaurant and a new bar are open in the Music Row area. Popular New York pizza outfit Two Boots, combining Cajun and Italian influences, debuted in midtown in the former location of The Great Escape. And craft brew bar Hops & Crafts opened in the Gulch in the space previously occupied by Sweet CeCe’s.
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