Beyond The Front Row

Beyond The Front Row

BTFR is a live music news series connecting fans with artists, insiders, and the music industry itself BTFR is recorded in front of a live digital audience Tuesday Night's at 9/8p CT and Friday Morning's at 12/11a CT https://www.BTFRshow.com

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September 24, 2020 39 mins
Today on BTFR, we talked everything from BBMA’s nominations to school house rock, Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums Of All Times and everything in between. Things went off the rails… there was even a power failure! The real question is what bands would you love to see battle it out against once another?

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On Today's episode of Beyond The Front Row: Justin Bieber taps Chance the rapper for his new song and music video, HOLY and to say we have thoughts is putting it mildly. The Spice Girls have revised their reunion tour plans, Eminem’s Manager speaks out, we could be seeing, even MORE new Taylor Swift Music, Kygo reinvents a disco classic and we all react LIVE to Gaga’s latest music video, '911'

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SO MUCH BREAKING NEWS SO LITTLE TIME!

Kanye is at it again, on Twitter of course! This time it has to do with his music, and of course he couldn’t end his rant without mentioning none other than Taylor Swift.

Demi Lovato breaks her silence on the cringe worthy tweets and videos that have come out against her now fiancé Max Ehrich and his past obsession with Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and more.

Taylor Swift is set to retu...
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TOPICS:
- Billie Eilish designs logo for Olympics
- Drake & DJ Khaled release 'Popstar' Video ft. Justin Bieber
- Twenty One Pilots, Tyler Joseph, under fire after tweet
- New Music Friday 9/4/20

The boys kick things off and ask the question.... are Twenty One Pilots being cancelled? Twenty One Pilots singer, Tyler Joseph tweeted out an insensitive tweet about using his platform for good and fans are not the happiest. Let’s ...
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We kick this episode off with Racquel’s quick hits…. Ed Sheeran and his wife have welcomed a baby girl, Mariah Carey is releasing a memoir and Cardi wanted who to be in the “WAP” MV?!

Trace has got us on what is coming to Netflix, why UK fans are getting scammed on digital music festival tickets, some major CMA Nomination snubs happened, and we can’t forget about the TikTok sale everyone is waiting for.

Erik has got the breakdown of ...
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Happy New Music Friday!
We kick off this episode with George explaining what Sir Elton John has to say about today's 'top hits' and it’s not what you think it would be! Also, is Taylor Swift’s Folklore continued “promo” to much of sad girl summer?

Jordan has the details on ASAP Rocky and Rhianna interviewing each other for GQ but we feel like the third wheel watching the interview…. You decide if they have a little someth...
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We kick things off with Racquel’s quick hits, having all the info when it comes to what iconic music venue is doing a three-day digital concert, what surprise Halsey has in store for us this Friday (8/28), and Cardi B just launched some very special “WAP” merch, and YES it is waterproof…

Trace tells us why and how The Weeknd is now defending some of his past lyrics, and gamers who have great music taste are about to be a whole lot h...
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It’s new music Friday and there were a ton of new releases that dropped today!

Racquel kicks things off with all things BTS. They dropped their first English single “Dynamite” which has already broken numerous records less than 24 hours of being out. The single brings us total disco vibes and we are here for it!

Jordan fills us in on which of your favorite artists made the most money last year (and how)!

Erik tells us how Taylor Swif...
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Trace kicks things off with his quick hits, Wuhan, China had a massive pool party and not only does it look like the entire city was there, but no masks or social distancing also took place. Katy Perry gave us a tour of her baby's nursery in a clown costume, and it is definitely something that isn’t sitting well with us. The Weeknd is inviting fans for some alone time in Spotify’s latest personal listening experience and can we...
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Cardi B’s OnlyFans, New Music Friday (Drake, Miley, Dua) Lady Gaga at the VMAs and more today on BTFR Show!

We kick things off with quick hits!
Ed Sheeran is reportedly expecting his first child with wife Cherry Seaborn, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend are expecting their third child, and Lady Gaga is performing at the VMA’s.

Jordan breaks down Cardi B joining OnlyFans. It is apparently going to have “exclusive” behind the scenes con...
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Cardi B defends Kylie, Smash Mouth doesn’t give an "f", learn English with BTS, the BLACKPINK and Selena collab is happening and more! Tonight we broke down the top music stories that had us saying “WHAT!”

Trace tells us all about what new music we can expect, including LANY and NICKELBACK! A Jimi Hendrix guitar sold for how much?

Racquel breaks down why Cardi B is defending Kylie Jenner as critics want Kylie edited out of th...
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Have you heard? JAY-Z is opening up the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports and Entertainment! We kicked things off with Trace giving us all of the info about this new school which totally makes us want to go back.


Racquel updates us on the VMA’s and what major performance we can expect that totally involves the Twitterverse going wild. We’ll give you a hint, it has to do with BTS!


George has all the details on what music collaboratio...
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We kicked things off with Trace giving us some major Kpop news. BTS’ new English single is getting the push on American radio that the Kpop Idols finally deserve. Why the push now? We’ll break it down!


George updates us on all things Katy Perry, who recently announced a delayed release date for her new album due to “production issues,” or is it?


Racquel opens the discussion for how live events and award shows will function in the ...
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Our emergency BTFR Briefing: There was SO much announced between Thursday (7/23/20) to today, Friday (7/24/20) that we threw in an extra morning show this week.


Trace broke down Demi Lovato’s engagement and touched on the fact that there was in fact no Kanye album dropped (yet). We hope he is getting the help he needs in this very apparent difficult time.
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George and Erik dissected Logic’s new album and the fact that he had b...
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This week on Beyond The Front Row, Logic signs an exclusive deal with Twitch, Mac Miller’s team is planning something pretty special, Juice Wrld makes history, ONE DIRECTION IS ABOUT TO SAVE 2020 and more!

Racquel breaks down the exclusive seven-figure deal Logic signed with Twitch, and most people are finding the timing of the announcement well, confusing. George, Trace, and Erik weigh in on the gaming deal and let’s just say Racq...
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This week on Beyond The Front Row we had breaking news, reunion tours, and 6ix9ine said what?!

Jax broke down the facts on Megan Thee Stallion. She was shot in the foot this past weekend, and took to social media to set the record straight on what actually happened. Tekashi 6ix9ine has gone dark on social media thanks to his lawyer's advice, but then went on to say he was going to walk around ...
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This week, Erik Zachary was joined by the one and only Fitness Marshall. With the #freebritney movement gaining traction on social media, Caleb Marshall broke down everything in regards to her conservatorship and how she could be using her social media as clues in her cry for help.

Racquel Goldy then joined to break down everything Boy Band - from Harry Styles teaming up with the Calm app to read to us for b...
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This week Erik Zachary is joined by former Saving Abel & Hinder frontman, Jared Weeks who now is curating quite the impressive solo country career. The two talk the ins/outs of working in the industry as a solo independent artist and Jared provides Beyond The Front Row it's first song premiere ever with a performance of his upcoming single, 'Just A Girl'.

Of course, the first half of the show is dedicated to catchin...
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John K joins Erik Zachary on Beyond The Front Row to talk about his music journey, how he's stayed determined through the last 10 years (and the team that has kept him going), his 12 out of 10 philosophy, the CRAZY story of his Great-Grandfather's Trumpet and performs 'If We Never Met' live!

00:01:30 - The conversation begins

00:02:08 - Erik explains why John K is apart of his life soundtrack

00:04:36 - John explains &...
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This week’s episode of BTFR features Rapper and Musician Sammy Adams as well as guest correspondents Racquel Goldy, Nick Major, Trace Hamilton, JRDN.

Sammy Adams joins Erik to talk the industry pressure to continue writing hits, what it's like to continue to play 'All Night Longer' at every show, his thoughts on overexposing yourself as an artist, and the whole Taylor Swift situation.

Headlines kicked off with Racquel Go...
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