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Adele's agent, Lucy Dickins, will receive the UK's Music Industry Trusts Award. Dickins is global head of contemporary music and touring at WME.

Distribution companies have become a huge growth area for major labels — in part, because they handle so many crucial functions for artists.

This week: the Newport Pride Center opens its doors, a Billy Joel tribute in Providence, sea glass festival, PVD Porchfest, and more.

Seven Things To Do include blues and rock singer Dana Fuchs, Billy Joel tribute, mystery novels, Broadway musical, "Soul of Spring" and more.

Sony Music Group chairman Rob Stringer said on Tuesday (May 23) that the company is focused on the fight against low-quality content — which he called ”the…

Sony Music's chairman talked AI and blasted "poor quality" streaming content during an investor presentation on Tuesday.

Summer officially starts on Wednesday, June 21, but COOL SUMMER NIGHTS, the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)'s line-up of summer concerts, kick off on June 9. COOL SUMMER NIGHTS concerts are made possible in part by The Providence Tourism Council (PTC). B101 is the media sponsor of the COOL SUMMER NIGHTS concerts.

Sir Lucian Grainge (pictured with popstar Taylor Swift) could land as much as £80m in a new pay deal - on top of his £4m base salary.

Bob Dylan's "Rough and Rowdy Ways" Out Now, news, music news, Ireland

David Bowie ended a nearly decade-long hiatus on March 8, 2013, with 'The Next Day.'