The New York stars of Dominican descent performed at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano as part of their joint Mejor Tarde Que Nunca Tour 2026.
"Come out and just do what the f--- you do, which is pretty damn entertaining," Hagar said.
Gigs in Chicago (the tour's opening night show), Boston, and Brooklyn removed from schedule after they were added to itinerary due to initial demand
Hosted by Rei Ami and Ken Jeong, the new TV special is part of Shark Week starting on July 26.
Pinkie promise gains 200-plus new participants and precisely zero enforcement
So, how are those commercial replacements working out for you, NASA?
Musgraves has not publicly addressed the changes, and no explanation has been posted to her official social media accounts.
Both releases nod to the guitar tone Armstrong has used across decades of Green Day songs.
"I'm doing everything within my power to feel better and continue playing great shows for great fans when I've got a complete clean bill of health," the Poison rocker wrote.
Springsteen played "Streets of Minneapolis" Friday (July 24) after receiving the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science and Sports.
Williams sang Rilo Kiley's "Silver Lining" with Lewis and Bleachers' "I Wanna Get Better" with Antonoff during her set in Newport, R.I.
The gods themselves get mostly shoved out of the picture in “The Odyssey,” as has been noted by some filmgoers who wished Zeus or Poseidon got in on the action instead of just being talked about.
Each HUNTR/X member gets her own ramen flavor as part of the Nongshim collaboration.
"My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare," singer wrote Saturday in response to post
The experience inspired the masked country singer’s upcoming album, Mule.
Singer also plays surprise set at his curated Wisconsin festival, Vernon's first full set of Bon Iver music in nearly three years
There was good news and bad news about Roxette’s enduring popularity this week. The good news was, the group’s 1990 smash “It Must Have Been Love” was announced as having officially joined YouTube’s Billion Views Club.
Katy Perry has blasted the White House for using her 2010 hit song “Firework” in a TikTok post depicting footage of military strikes. The video, posted to the official White House TikTok account on Thursday, times the song’s lyrics — “boom, boom, boom” — to clips of bomb explosions with the caption...
David Guetta, Linkin Park, Sia, the Ramones, Grandmaster Flash and posthumously Waylon Jennings also among the artists being honored next year
Turns out, agents just want the same things as humans: easily-readable code, explicit contracts, and helpful feedback
Building bot-free alternatives may require lefties, libertarians, and culture warriors to share code
But so does this customer
How the words we teach English language learners changed
“Stoner R&B” is not an insult: It’s the opposite, a loose term to describe a sprawling genre of music that includes everything from Dijon and Frank Ocean to Brent Faiyaz and Jhene Aiko.
Nearly two years after announcing plans to develop a gen AI licensing framework, GEMA has launched PLAI, billed as today’s “first complete music dataset for simple AI training.” The Berlin-based society reached out to DMN with word of “PLAI by GEMA” as well as the “curated and individually...
In June 2024, the singer said that doctors had found a tumor in his esophagus and he would have to undergo treatment
And as a bonus, it doesn't require data retention
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Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of July 24th, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to noah@digitalmusicnews.com.
Messages between the singer and Celeste Rivas Hernandez were shared in court, along with descriptions of child sex abuse material allegedly found on D4vd's phone
Patreon sent a “painful” memo to staff regarding the layoff of 20% of its workforce, or about 93 people, as the platform responds to market changes. Patreon CEO Jack Conte sent a memo to employees on Thursday announcing the layoff of 20% of its workforce, affecting 93 employees.
Ahead of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner, Spotify joined leaders from across the media and political landscape to honor America’s journalists and the tradition of the annual gathering.
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TikTok celebrates the launch of Charli XCX’s new album with an exclusive in-app fan experience, signaling a shift away from streaming platforms. Charli XCX’s highly anticipated new album, Music, Fashion, Film, is getting the TikTok treatment with an exclusive in-app fan experience to celebrate the...
A mediados de los 2000, el emo pasó de ser una escena underground a convertirse en un fenómeno cultural que llevó a bandas como Fall Out Boy (y accesorios como los guantes sin dedos) al mainstream.
Can you guess who didn't sign on to the group letter?
Singer D4vd faces damning DNA evidence tying him to the remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez as his murder trial heats up. Singer D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, is facing charges and a trial for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, allegedly to cover up his sexual...
One mass-scalping revelation later, the StubHub regulatory scrutiny is intensifying. Now, the company is facing a congressional investigation centering on CEO Eric Baker’s alleged stake in and involvement with a fund dealing in resale tickets.
Chris Brown pleaded guilty to brawling at a London nightclub in 2023, in which he hit a music producer on the head with a bottle. On Friday, Chris Brown pleaded guilty to brawling at a London nightclub in 2023, an altercation in which he hit a music producer on the head with a bottle. The […]
Casey Wasserman is in talks to sell his stake in the company to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners, which already owns a majority stake. The Team, the talent agency formerly known as Wasserman, which renamed itself after its founder Casey Wasserman was forced to step down amid the...
Netflix almost pulled the streamer’s recent documentary “Michael Jackson: The Verdict” a week before its release for fear of reprisal, Variety has learned.
Dickinson surprised guests at Fandom's Comic-Con party to cover Mott the Hoople’s “All the Young Dudes”
The actress compared it to “This Town,” the debut solo single from Horan from the early post-One Direction days
It’s no secret that Charli xcx is a cinephile, so it wasn’t a shock when the avant-garde pop star revealed that her latest album would feature iconic horror auteur David Cronenberg — especially considering its title is “Music, Fashion, Film.” But what is surprising is just how impactful his...
When two-time Grammy nominee Asake partnered with Spotify for a special one-night-only concert at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane last month, the goal was simple: create an unforgettable night for the Nigerian artist’s top fans, friends, and family.
Git is aptly named: it isn’t easy – but there are alternatives
Feature launches a day after lawsuit alleges chatbot advice contributed to near-fatal embolism
An inmate at the low-security federal prison in New Jersey allegedly taunted Sean Combs, who reportedly lashed out at the man, according to multiple reports
AI music transcription company Klangio is the dataset's first customer. Source
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source
PARTNER CONTENT: Focusing on 5G deployment, AI integration, and ICT talent development to drive the nation's digital transformation
The private-equity firm already owns around 60% of the business and is set to buy out founder Casey Wasserman's remaining stake. Source
Two license plate readers torched in Georgia amid backlash against the surveillance network
The two rockers covered the Seventies deep cut during White’s show in Chicago
Robert Garcia, the oversight committee's Ranking Member, issued a letter to StubHub CEO Eric Baker on Friday (July 24). Source
Makes agreement under nose of Oracle, which gets its own $7 billion defense deal
MBW's World Leaders series meets Phil Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Latin America-focused Move Concerts Source
They may not make the music or mastermind the marketing campaigns, but — duh! — the music business wouldn’t and couldn’t exist without lawyers. The best of them oversee the mega-million deals and catalog sales of superstars, protect the creative work of human beings against AI and other entities...
In the mid-aughts, emo transformed from a fringe underground scene into a cultural phenomenon, launching bands like Fall Out Boy (and accessories like fingerless gloves) into the mainstream.
Replacement Raptors head for liftoff without a static fire test
Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray in the U.K. in relation to a “vicious and unprovoked” attack at a London nightclub in 2023. His co-defendant, Omololu Akinlolu, also pleaded guilty. The U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service (similar in function to the District Attorney) described Akinlolu, a...
Membership platform Patreon is shedding 20% of its workforce in a new round of layoffs. 93 people will be losing their jobs as part of the cuts, which were confirmed by CEO Jack Conte in a blog post.
Music-streaming service Qobuz recently announced that it had 1.2 million monthly active users, with its revenues having grown by 45.7% in 2025. Now it has rolled out a redesign and some new features.
It’s just over a month until Daisy Chain Fields, the California festival devised by Olivia Rodrigo with an all-women lineup that she announced in June.
TikTok wants to be involved with as many major-album rollouts as possible in 2026. Today it’s launching two more in-app activations focusing on the new albums from Tyla and Charli XCX.
Another day, another Big Tech giant being slapped on the wrist by European regulators. It’s Google’s turn, again, to be on the naughty step – to the tune of €890m (a cool $1.01bn at current exchange rates).
Policy targets online scammers, sextortionists, and potentially their immediate families
The game has already drawn more than 3.5m visits and generated more than 23m in-game performances. Source
India’s paid music streaming subscriber base could grow to between 28 million and 30 million by 2028, up from an estimated 14 million as of December 2025, according to the EY and the Indian Music Industry (IMI) “How India Listens, Streams and Pays for Music” report, released Friday in Mumbai.
Advert gets the chop, but the silent app installation mechanism remains untouched
Proposed cybersecurity legislation may force a cull of high-risk network technology, costing tens of billions
Supplier says the Horizon-era pause only stops it chasing work from new government customers
The initial reaction to the Spotify-Kalshi controversy over Malcolm Todd’s “Earrings” is easy to understand. “Music prediction markets are dangerous. Streaming charts can be gamed. Shut the whole thing down before it gets worse!” Nobody in music should dismiss that concern.
Bon Jovi’s penultimate show of their Madison Square Garden residency came to an early end on Thursday night after frontman Jon Bon Jovi revealed he was suffering from a sinus infection.
Indian AI video-generation platform Atlabs•ai has launched three new music video agents that have specifically been trained for indie artists, kids’ rhymes, and faith music. The Gurugram-headquartered startup was founded […] The post is from Music Ally.
Meet Music Festival Tycoon, a Roblox game from Live Nation and Livewire that’s been announced this week, but went live quietly earlier.
Like in other parts of the world, Apple Music has increased its prices in India. The monthly rate of an individual subscription has risen from Rs99 (approx. $1) to Rs139 […] The post is from Music Ally.
Google and YouTube executive to join the UK collection society on October 12 Source
The cut will apply to nearly 32,000 businesses, with the typical pub estimated to save £1,100 (around USD $1,475) in the next financial year. Source
Earlier this week, Apple Music dropped the unexpected industry bombshell by quietly surpassing Spotify’s subscriber count in the US. But Spotify may also want to keep an eye on another fast-surging DSP: YouTube Music. ‘YouTube’ and ‘artist-friendly’ are rarely used in the same sentence.
Indian hip-hop label and artist management company Kalamkaar Music has ventured into IP creation with the new reality web series talent hunt Legacy. Kalamkaar, which was co-founded by entrepreneur Ankit […] The post is from Music Ally.
A new Roblox experience from Live Nation and Livewire lets players build their own music festivals, featuring CORTIS as the first headlining artist. Music Festival Tycoon, a new Roblox experience from Live Nation and Livewire, lets players build and grow their own in-game music festivals—and it’s...
Latin music artists will unite at Miami’s Kaseya Center on August 16 for a benefit concert and national telethon supporting Venezuelan communities affected by the devastating earthquakes in June.
Madison Square Garden’s controversial surveillance cameras were not at full capacity at Taylor Swift’s wedding, with the majority of security staff forcibly locked out of the network during the event according to a new report.
Versions of Amy Winehouse and hundreds of other musicians are generating millions for beleaguered UK venues. But what is the emotional toll for the imitators, and are they pushing out original artists?
A federal judge has officially rejected Capitol Christian Music Group’s motion to dismiss a breach of contract lawsuit filed by Reach Records. Now, the case, centering on an acquisition deal turned sour, is scheduled to receive a trial next year. Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr.
Despite growing modestly from 2024, UK recorded music exports last year topped £800 million for the first time on record. That’s according to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which today identified £800.3 million (currently $1.07 billion) worth of recorded exports for 2025.
As the FCC considers loosening or removing caps on broadcast TV and radio station ownership in the U.S., Beasley Media and others are speaking out against the restrictions. Meanwhile, the musicFIRST Coalition remains adamant that the limits should be left in place.
They should show this in schools. To illustrate how you can survive marching to the beat of your own drummer. Until you don’t. I’d never even heard of this movie, but a reader recommended it and after the Thai show we watched was just too weird to continue, I pulled it up. Now the story […]
The Weeknd’s recent French stadium run alone drew over 500,000 fans, exceeding the total attendance of a typical North American arena tour. The Weeknd is absolutely killing it in France.
Financial details emerge as a preliminary hearing involving singer D4vd kicks off to determine whether the murder case will proceed to trial. A preliminary hearing regarding David Anthony Burke, better known as singer D4vd, began on Tuesday (July 21) to determine whether the case over the murder of...
The latest filing draws heavily on Anthropic's internal records, obtained through discovery, to support claims the publishers first brought in October 2023. Source
Bob Cavallo managed the Lovin’ Spoonful, Earth, Wind & Fire, Little Feat, Seal and more. And he finished his career running Disney’s music business! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bob-cavallo/id1316200737?i=1000778014175...
Former Skechers and Nike exec will be based in Los Angeles Source
To some people, Suno is an AI-music generator that could democratise the art of music-making so that billions of people can do it
There’s a big milestone in UK labels body the BPI’s latest export figures, but also a concerning slowdown in growth.
There are plenty of music distributors who are fair, transparent and positive partners for their artist clients. And there are others who are… not so much.
There are some new joint-ventures afoot in the UK music industry this week, courtesy of sync agency Nothing Standard and independent label Some Action. The partners in question? UMG and Reservoir Media respectively.
Are people dropping off your social feeds? Arguably many of us might not realise immediately, with a growing stream of AI slop and influencer videos being injected into those feeds by the platforms instead.
Song copyright protection for musicians who record ideas with a voice memo at 3am proves nothing in a dispute. That original moment completely unverifiable.
The Beach Boys have abruptly cancelled a bunch of scheduled summer performances, including multiple state fair appearances. The Beach Boys had a busy summer planned, but the band suddenly cancelled dozens of appearances, including multiple planned stops at state fairs.
Google releases its Q2 financials, featuring major gains for its cloud services and a spike in ad revenue for YouTube, thanks in part to FIFA. On Wednesday, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, released its second quarter 2026 financials, with results exceeding expectations as cloud revenue increased...
Johnny Cash’s personal archive will be housed at Belmont University in a partnership with the Cash family and the John R. Cash Revocable Trust. A collection from Johnny Cash’s personal archive will be permanently housed at Belmont University.
From: Wendy Waldman Subject: Re: Social Media Is the New Rock and Roll Date: July 21, 2026 at 10:46:15?PM MDT I love TT. Been following it a long time. First post I did on it was years ago of my cat’s first new year, with a re-write of Dylan’s “If Dogs Run Free” I think […]
For the longest time music was placed into pre-determined buckets that pretty much worked. Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock, EDM, Latin, Country, K-Pop, R&B/Soul, Indie/Alternative and Classical have been the buckets that dominated music all over the world.
Software instantiates moral systems, and the ultimate goal of moral systems is to facilitate the expression and reception of love among us. Most systems intermediate between us, by their nature, and thus can either amplify love we entrust to them, or dissipate love that we are forced to surrender.
Here's a checklist for potential pitfalls in generative AI licensing agreements, emphasizing the importance of understanding clauses that could undermine creators' rights and lead to unintended consequences.
Social feeds are saturated with content – both original and AI-powered. In this competitive attention landscape, brand activations and traditional advertising are struggling to cut through. Simply getting a brand name out in the market is no longer enough to build loyalty. Source
What happens when a familiar, everyday space becomes a stage for music, conversation, and community? That’s the idea behind Greasy Tunes, Spotify’s multi-week residency in Nairobi that brings Kenya’s listening culture off the playlist and into the real world.
How do new music genres come to life? By combining Chartmetric's listener data with Splice's creator insights, this report traces the complete lifecycle of genre evolution – from the first production session to mainstream success.
Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to Beyoncé's Say My Name, and Harry Styles' As It Was.
As the world’s biggest soccer tournament unfolded across North America this summer, fans turned to Spotify to soundtrack every match. A record-breaking official anthem, fan-adopted favorites, and a surge in playlist creation made the 2026 tournament the most musical—and most streamed—yet.
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