Inside the insanely exclusive pop star gift bag
The winners at Sunday’s Grammy Awards won’t just be those who walk away with a gold gramophone. All performers and presenters will receive the ultimate keepsake with special Grammy gift bags, Rachel’s gift bags, and unique assets hand-picked by Rachel Hanowitz. Let’s say it’s enough to fill a suitcase and another oversized bag. (So be […]
‘The Taylor Swift Effect’: Pop Queen Sells Out Super Bowl Commercials Quickly For The NFL
Say what you want about Taylor Swift, but she’s making a ton of money in the NFL – I can’t even hate her. Regardless of the team playing or the location, Super Bowl ad space costs a lot of money, which is why we see networks working so hard to broadcast the big game. And […]
Taylor Swift fans ‘scammed’ by pop star’s merchandise store
A growing number of Taylor Swift's fans are complaining that they were “scammed” by her online merchandise store, with many accusing her record company Universal Music Group of chronic mismanagement of the site. . Store.TaylorSwift.com The store sells gifts, CDs and records, as well as T-shirts and sweaters from the record-breaking Elas tour, but there […]
Frank Farian: Boney M’s mastermind was one of pop’s greatest oddballs | Pop and rock
TProducer Frank Farian's career has had a polarizing impact. For fans of the music he made – and there were a lot of them, as he sold hundreds of millions of records – he was a reliable source of simple pop joy. Like fellow Munich-based artist-turned-producer Giorgio Moroder, Farian is seeking an escape from a […]
Frank Farian, creator of Boney M and Milli Vanilli, dies aged 82 | Pop and rock
Frank Farian, the German singer, songwriter and producer behind Eurodisco hit machine Boney M, pop duo Milli Vanilli and numerous other chart-topping artists, has died at the age of 82, his agency said. The office announced. Born Franz Reuter in Kiln, western Germany, he began his career as a solo musician and enjoyed a string […]