UMe Head Of Promotion Jamie Hartley Exits
The layoffs at UMG hit UMe Head Of Promotion Jamie Hartley, who exits after 9 years. Text/call Jamie at 805-889-3244 or Jamie.Hartley.805@gmail.com.
Week of 3/4
ALT HAPPY BIRTHDAY wishes today (3/8) to McClusky & Associates Project Manager & Vice President Samantha St Leger.
Cage The Elephant Announce New Album And 45-Date Summer Tour
Cage The Elephant announce their forthcoming sixth studio album, Neon Pill, will drop May 17th via RCA Records. Concurrently, Cage The Elephant has revealed a 45-date North American summer tour. The new album finds the Kentucky-bred six piece—brothers Matthew Shultz [vocals] and Brad Shultz [guitar], Daniel Tichenor [bass], Jared Champion [drums], Nick Bockrath [lead guitar], and Matthan Minster [guitar, keys, backing vocals] forging new musical ground. "To me, Neon Pill is the first record where we were consistently uninfluenced, and I mean that in a positive way,” says Matt Schultz. "Everything is undoubtedly expressed through having settled into finding our
KKRX/Lawton, OK Flips To Alternative
Mollman Media flipped Urban AC simulcast KKRX/Lawton, OK to Alternative as “The New X93.7.”on March 1st at 12pm under PD Ryan Beam, who can be reached at Ryan@MollmanMedia.com. The station is being consulted by longtime Alternative Paul Kriegler and is streaming online at 937XLawton.com.
Jennifer Zeller Exits Interscope After 27 Years
Layoffs at Interscope Records include VP/Co-Head Alternative, Rock and Head Of Video Promotion Jennifer Zeller, who exits after 27 years. Text/call Jenn at 917-279-3462 or jenniferedenzeller@me.com.
Layoffs At Republic Records
Republic VP/Rock Formats Drew Hauser exits after 7 years. Drew previously spent over 2 years at Epic and 18 years at Wind-Up. Text/call Drew at (917) 488-9593 or drew.hauser@gmail.com.
blink-182, The Killers, Dave Mathews Band To Headline Oceans Calling Festival
Oceans Calling Festival 2024 will be headlined by blink-182, The Killers, and Dave Matthews Band on September 27-29 in Ocean City, MD. The lineup includes Cage The Elephant, Sublime, 311, The Revivalists, The Offspring, Young The Giant, Grouplove, The Hives, and more. Oceans Calling 2024 Presale begins February 29th at 10a (ET) at www.oceanscallingfestival.com.
Layoffs At Atlantic/Elektra Records
SVP/Alternative & Rock Formats Ron Poore exits Atlantic Records after 21 years. Text/call Ron at 201-446-3828 or ronpoore1@gmail.com. VP/Alternative Promotion Ed Brennan exits Atlantic Records after 8 ½ years. Text/call Ed at 646-413-3338 or edbrennanfrombrooklyn@gmail.com. VP/Promotion & Radio Marketing Sherry Alaghehband exits Atlantic Records after 12 years. Text/call Sherry at 248-250-2866 or Sherryalaghehband@gmail.com. SVP/Promotion Myra Dehais exits after almost 13 years at Elektra/3EE. Text/call Myra at 818-472-6060 or myra.dehais@gmail.com. Promotion Coordinator Summer Horvath exits Atlantic records after 4 ½ years. Text/call Summer at 702-525-3064 or sleehorvath12@gmail.com.
Famous Firsts #Happens On Monday
Happy Monday! Hope you had an amazin’ weekend! Can’t wait to see you this week at #Happens 2024 Las Vegas. Registration opens this Wednesday, February 28th at 6pm at Backstage Bar & Billiards. Find the full schedule HERE. We kickoff the first day of the week with Miranda Daniels from WRIS (THE RESISTANCE 106.7)/Madison sharing Famous Firsts. Great memories! Some great memories in the last batch of Nielsen January ‘24 PPM 6+ Ratings. WROX (96X)/Norfolk increases from 2.2-2.6, WOLT (INDY 103.3)/Indianapolis leaps 3.4-4.1, WOKV-HD2 (X99.5)/Jacksonville jumps 1.1-1.4, and WMRQ (RADIO 104.1)/Hartford posts up 4.0-4.1. Kings Of Leon “Mustang” revs up
