Loudwire Music Awards Partner With Apple Music For Streaming, Anthrax, Nothing More Join Bill

Loudwire Music Awards

LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS has added APPLE MUSIC as its official streaming partner, and added ANTHRAX and NOTHING MORE to a lineup that includes ICE-T & BODY COUNT, HALESTORM, STARSET and POWER TRIP, as well as special guest ROB HALFORD. Tickets for the rock 'n' roll concert event on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24th, at THE NOVO in downtown LOS ANGELES are on-sale now at: LOUDWIREAWARDS.COM.

Commented ANTHRAX's CHARLIE BENANTE, "All of us in ANTHRAX are honored to be included in this year's LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS, both as nominees in the Best Live Band category, and with a special performance at the show. The LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS is a celebration of our music, and the support that LOUDWIRE has given to all of us in hard rock, metal and thrash is really appreciated.  We take pride in our live show as it's always a chance for us to connect with the audience, and we hope to bring the LOUDWIRE AWARDS to a metalized frenzy with the special live set we're planning."

Added NOTHING MORE's JONNY HAWKINS, "LOUDWIRE is on the forefront of rock, always sharing news about the best things in our genre, so we're honored that they asked us to do this show... Can't wait!"

The LOUDWIRE MUSIC AWARDS will be curating exclusive playlists on APPLE MUSIC to spotlight the top hard rock and heavy metal released this year, and APPLE MUSIC will be featuring these playlists in support of the following awards categories: Heavy Metal Song Of The Year, Hard Rock Song Of The Year and Breakthrough Band. For the above categories, the fans will determine the winners by the total number of times they stream the songs.

Said TOWNSQUARE MEDIA Director Of Live Events JOSH BERNSTEIN, "Thanks to APPLE MUSIC, the international hard rock and heavy metal community can vote for these incredible artists in an entirely new way. Supporting their favorites and discovering new talent through playlists curated by Loudwire's highly trusted editorial team."

Starting today, LOUDWIRE.COM readers are able to vote in multiple awards categories, including Album and Artist of the Year at: LOUDWIREAWARDS.COM.

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