Guardian Music — Nelly Furtado has highlighted why music’s value gap needs fixing. She has called for fair treatment for artists from YouTube in words that resonate across the music industry globally (Music Blog, theguardian.com, 2 May). We applaud her eloque... more info

Guardian Music — The Canadian singer joins Debbie Harry and Nikki Sixx’s in call for YouTube to increase its payments to musicians Related: Nikki Sixx launches campaign to get YouTube to ‘do the right thing’ over music royalties I am a Canadian si... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — FOUR BY FATE, the band featuring John Regan, Tod Howarth, Rob Affuso and Patrick James Gasperini, will release its debut album, "Relentless", on June 3 via Amazing Record Co. The seeds for the group's formation were planted in 1986 when Regan and Ho... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this month, Dev Hynes performed two Blood Orange & Friends benefit shows at Harlem’s Apollo Theater, joined by Solange Knowles, Nelly Furtado, Despot, and others, with all the proceeds going to support the Opus 118 Harlem School Of Music. H... more info

Stereogum — Dev Hynes performed at two Blood Orange & Friends benefit shows at the Apollo Theater in Harlem yesterday, with all the proceeds from the event going to the Opus 118 Harlem School Of Music. As the “& Friends” part suggests, the night was full of ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield St. Vincent / Nelly Furtado, tUnE-yArDs, Dev Hynes / finale In "Contemporary Color," a copresentation of Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Mr. Byrne has organized collaborations among 10 elite co... more info

Stereogum — David Byrne had this idea to combine live musicians with color guard, the weird military tradition of dancing with flags and guns. He’s calling it Contemporary Color, and a few performances this summer will feature Byrne along with people like St. ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for David Byrne's 'Contemporary Color' show at Barclays Center with Nelly Furtado, How to Dress Well, Dev Hynes, Kelis, St. Vincent, tUnE-yArDs and Nico Muhly + Ira Glass go on sale today at 10AM. Tickets for the Primal... more info

People.com — "When we work together, he challenges me," the "I'm Like a Bird" singer tells PEOPLE more info

E! Online — Too late to apologize, indeed. Timbaland—a rapper and producer known for his collaborations with Justin Timberlake, OneRepublic, Missy Elliott and Nelly Furtado—is now a single man.... more info