The decision reopens the question of how much of the material that Udio has designated confidential will stay off the public docket. Source
"i love you all more than words can ever possibly say," the pop star wrote.
The Darcos bill would reverse the burden of proof in AI copyright disputes in France Source
New agreement with Zhang and his Planet Culture label extends across music, live business and strategic development. Source
Taylor Swift will become the first Hal David Starlight Award recipient to graduate to full membership status in the SHOF.
Meanwhile, 13 schools in Wales affected by separate attack
"I Knew It, I Knew You" is now the biggest country song of 2026 on one platform, based on first-day listens.
Monica Corton, a music publishing veteran and the founder of Go To Eleven Entertainment, talks about AI — and to the industry’s one great hope for deciding who actually gets paid when machines make music… Source
Orbital broadband biz will miss its July 30 deadline to have 1,616 spacecraft in place
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Billboard Brasil sat the singer-songwriter down with the legendary athletes.
The fifth Descendants film, starring Kylie Cantrall & Malia Baker, arrives July 16 on Disney Channel & next day on Disney+.
Check out which artist's tunes U.S. teammates Miles Robinson, Mark McKenzie, Matt Turner, Max Arfsten and Matt Freese are playing.
The first-of-its-kind collab was announced after the fest celebrated its 16th anniversary over the weekend with sets from Lorde, A$AP Rocky, Stray Kids, Jennie and more.
The songwriter was found dead in a double stabbing on June 5.
Following a sold-out acoustic show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden last Thursday and a tour announcement the next day, Phoebe Bridgers has added more dates to “The Lost Tour” for 2026.
After a trial claimed chatbot saved staff 43 minutes a day, NHS England has decided it's time to supersize the experiment
The Grammy-winner was killed in a stabbing in East London last Friday, with an investigation still ongoing
Joining Charli XCX on the fall tour will be singer-songwriter underscores, with tour stops in Brooklyn, Washington DC, Austin and Los Angeles
Joey Bada$$ sits down with U.S. Men’s National Team defender Miles Robinson for Billboard’s World Cup cover to talk about the the intersection of music and sports, handling pressure on the world stage, and what the World Cup means ahead of the tournament in the U.S.
Miasma worm shapeshifts, but cloud secret-scouting remains the goal
UK-based startup Cantilever has raised £250k of pre-seed funding from a group of 20 independent labels and individuals from those companies.
The American Federation of Musicians claim the two companies licensed recordings made by its members to Suno and Udio without crediting the musicians. Source
The singer/actress is offering a limited number of $20 tickets for the arena swing slated to kick off on Sept. 11 in Philadelphia.
The Paris Commitment urges governments, tech firms and cultural industries to ensure human creators remain protected and fairly remunerated in the AI era. Source
The Supreme Court’s solo foray into copyright this term, Cox v. Sony, has shaken up the landscape of secondary liability. In its wake, a growing chorus of voices have noted that direct liability under copyright law needs a fresh look, particularly the doctrine of volitional conduct.
US-based musicians’ union the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has launched a lawsuit against UMG and WMG over their AI deals.
Charli xcx is going back on tour this fall to promote her upcoming seventh studio album, “Music, Fashion, Film.” The 12-date North American arena tour kicks off in Philadelphia, Penn. on Sept. 11 and includes two nights at both Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
The podcast starring modern Native and Indigenous artists including The Halluci Nation, THRONE, Raye Zaragoza, Shawnee Kish, Aysanabee, Fawn Wood, and more premieres June 22
No new features to be submitted to main branch, existing code removed in 6 months if new proposal not created and accepted
News follows UMG's recent rejection of a $64 billion takeover bid from Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Source
Zuckercorp says surveillance-for-hire vendor was still running phishing operations after federal court told it to knock it off
Spotify has already begun adding footage from live events, including a Dua Lipa show in Mexico City, Bloomberg reported. Source
Guns N’ Roses will return to India for two concerts in November, touching down in Bengaluru and Guwahati as part of the Asia leg of their ongoing world tour. The shows, produced and promoted by BookMyShow Live, will take place at Nice Grounds in Bengaluru on Nov.
Last week, Abbey Road REDD Labs presented its latest showcase of music-tech startups at SXSW London, in a ‘Studio Four’ event.
The victor of the next season of “The Voice” already has a major gig booked. Whoever wins Season 30 of the NBC singing competition will get to perform on the main stage at the Governors Ball music festival in 2027, thanks to a partnership between Live Nation Studios, the festival and “The Voice.”...
London’s Roundhouse venue in Camden is well known for its concerts, but its work as a youth-arts charity is just as key of its business.
Global Talent visa program aims to draw in dissatisfied scientists from countries including the US
Suno argued that granting the labels' request would deny the company a timely ruling on whether training its AI model on copyrighted music is fair use. Source
Acting in games – voice but also motion-capture and likeness – is a growing opportunity for actors. Tupac Shakur included, despite being dead.
Policy-holders increasingly turn fender benders into much more by sprinkling in their favorite AI chatbots, Aviva says
Universal Music Group agreed to divest (sell) Downtown Music subsidiary Curve Royalty Systems. Now we know the buyers.
Two of the companies working on the infrastructure of digital music-marketing have announced a partnership: Feature·fm and SonoSuite.
The British music industry is mourning one of its most important pillars. Kanya King CBE, founder and CEO of the MOBO awards, died last week.
Whitehall says Work Assistant will help jobseekers apply around the clock – provided employers don't mind machine-written applications
When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product'
International artist Samuel has released “Samuelito,” a four-track album merging Latin rhythm, reggaeton energy, and the performance-driven aesthetic he developed during his career in Korea.
It always has been, but Microsoft didn’t realize it
The reworked Moulin Rouge musical number also featured Lea Michele, Dylan Mulvaney, June Squibb, and Shoshana Bean
At Spotify, our commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community is year-round. Through GLOW, our global music program, we celebrate and amplify the contributions of queer creators—because when artists are free to be themselves, more voices are heard, more stories are told, and culture moves forward.
Virgin Music Group agrees to sell Curve Royalty Systems to Jamen Capital and Merlin in a deal designed to preserve the company’s independence. Virgin Music Group has agreed to the sale of Curve Royalty Systems to Jamen Capital and Merlin, laying the groundwork for Curve Royalty Systems to operate...
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The US Trade Representative opens an investigation into Vietnam a month after designating it as a “Priority Foreign Country” over its failure to deter online piracy. The U.S.
The sale was the dedicated venue window for 10 dates that Dion added at Paris La Défense Arena in May 2027. Source
Every show now is an AI show, and that included this year's Computex
The performance comes two days after Dylan broke out the Basement Tapes super obscurity “Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby” for the first time since recording it 59 yers ago
One hates to prioritize one artform over another… really, one does. But after seeing Ariana Grande’s opening show on her “Eternal Sunshine Tour” at the Oakland Arena Saturday night, it is tempting to want to send the multi-hyphenate talent a message, if you had the means to get one through, and it...
Morgan Wallen’s second show in Pittsburgh over the weekend was cancelled due to the threat of bad weather, leaving fans disgruntled when the storm didn’t roll in.
It was anything but June gloom when the Gotham Television Awards kicked off the month in New York City. Winners and honorees included Chase Infiniti, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kerry Washington, “I Love LA” and “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.” In London, Variety launched its London...
Judge withdraws $1 million breach of contract lawsuit against Chuck Redd, citing Washington, D.C.’s anti-SLAPP protections
Singer debuts her latest You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love track during surprise set at Primavera Sound
If you thought driverless cars were bad, imagine a 200,000 ton container ship
Years into a major IT overhaul, MPs say the department still lacks reliable view of what is happening across the asylum system
Ofqual says smart glasses, hidden earpieces, and AI tools are creating a new generation of cheating headaches
After a six-and-a-half-year layoff between tours, Ariana Grande has made a long-awaited return to the concert stage, with her “Eternal Sunshine” tour kicking off at the Oakland Arena Saturday night. Variety was on hand for the show and has the full setlist, below. Click here to read our full...
One of pop’s best-kept secrets of 2026 out, as the news is out that Olivia Rodrigo and the Cure’s Robert Smith have a full-on duet on her forthcoming album, which is less than a week away from release.
Charlie Puth took to his Instagram Story to announce that he’s sick and must cancel his Saturday show in Orlando, Fla. “I am so devastated to do this, but I have to cancel tonight’s show,” Puth wrote. “I’ve been sick for the last few days and am now being instructed to rest or else risk […]
"2 Late," "Wrong Number," and "Mint Car" among the rarities at Robert Smith and company's first concert since Nov. 2024
At the second and final 'Songs that Shaped Us' concert, Springsteen covered Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Eddie Floyd, and Southside Johnny before wrapping up with one of his own songs
Benn refuses to be pigeon holed. | Image: Benn Jordan Benn Jordan may have initially gained notoriety for his music as Flashbulb and later, reviewing synths and effects pedals on YouTube under Benn and Gear. But about five years ago, Benn decided to take his YouTube channel in a different...
Philip Bailey details the adulterous one-night stand that inspired “Reasons” in an exclusive clip from Questlove’s new documentary
Totally different attack from the break-in last month. Oh so that's OK then
Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary – and with Garth Brooks having now moved 200 million albums – why not celebrate the nation and the artist together? As the country mainstay reportedly explores a blockbuster catalog sale, “An Evening with Garth Brooks” recently did just that.
The major labels are anticipating big things, in terms of revenue and otherwise, from their Suno and Udio agreements. But according to a new AFM lawsuit, they’ve also “failed to share in the settlement proceeds and future revenue with those same artists whose music was copied” by the AI audio...
Madonna announces the release of “Confessions II – The Film,” directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase, on YouTube on June 8 at 11 AM ET. Today (June 5), Madonna announced online that she will release “Confessions II – The Film” on YouTube on June 8 at 11 AM ET. Directed by David Toro and […]
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1 So I’m listening to this podcast episode about Doc McGhee’s 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival and I’m getting extremely frustrated. Because the narrator was leaving out the most salient point, that Doc was doing this as a give back to the government for not going to jail on smuggling charges.
The bill awaits Gov. Hochul's signature after passing the state legislature
When 'Chatty Spider' morphs into tech services cosplay spider
Are we about to learn Udio’s definitive “training number”? Perhaps, as a federal judge has vacated an earlier motion concerning the AI music platform’s purportedly confidential data.
Florida Senator Rick Scott sends a letter urging Raymond James Stadium in Tampa to reconsider platforming the antisemitic rapper now known as Ye. On Thursday, Florida Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to the Tampa Sports Authority Board of Directors over Kanye West’s upcoming concert at Raymond...
RIAA Honors’ Artist of a Lifetime Tallies the Most Albums in Gold & Platinum History at 200M, And Stands as the Only Artist to Ever Earn 10 Diamond Album Certifications WASHINGTON, DC – The Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) partnered with the National Archives Foundation to present...
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As mainstream rap shows signs of slowing, the search for hip-hop's next leaders has intensified. The answer may not come from where the industry has typically looked.
Average tour earnings down 45%, with nearly three-fifths of musicians saying touring in Europe is no longer viable More than a quarter of British musicians have lost all their work in the European Union since 2021, according to new research.
Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic sensation continues dancing past its competition to become Lionsgate’s highest-grossing movie of all time. The summer box office is already heating up, and Michael Jackson continues to sizzle on the big screen.
Universal Music Group has been making a number of moves in south-east Asia recently. The latest is a partnership with S1 in Thailand.
News publishers take fight over copyright of embedded content to Fifth Circuit — The Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments this week in a dispute between a local news publisher and an online news aggregator over alleged public display of news articles on the aggregator’s app.
Thai pop has been quickly gaining worldwide momentum, thanks to fandom culture as a growth driver. With an expected T-pop label collective revenue of Bt11 bil (£250 mil) for 2026 and 13Bt (£295 mil) projected for 2029, the genre has been upsurging, recovering from pandemic levels with the help of...
After a round of testing with selected users, Threads has launched a music stickers feature which allows creators to include 30-second song clips in both posts and replies through streaming services.
In mid-May, Amazon Prime Video launched the first season of their new show Off Campus, which instantly became a global hit. The series reached 36 mil viewers in its first 12 days, becoming the platform’s third biggest debut series ever.
Our latest Sandbox explores the under-16 youth social media bans, first introduced by Australia this past December. A growing number of countries have followed suit, with Indonesia, Brazil, and, as of June 1, Malaysia all now requiring social media platforms to implement similar age verification...
Taco Bell has been supporting hungry artists on tour for 20 years now via its ‘Feed The Beat’ initiative, which began in 2006.
22 years after its founding, ticketing platform Tickets.ie has abruptly shut down – leaving some organizers unable to access revenue from their newly concluded festivals. Unsurprisingly, Dublin-headquartered Tickets.ie’s demise initially entered the media spotlight in Ireland.
That didn’t take long: Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has officially offloaded its Universal Music Group (UMG) stock, and the major label itself has purchased about 14.2 million of the shares.
Disrupting the UBS AI in Entertainment Summit in Santa Monica this week was the Human Artistry Campaign, who contracted a plane to circle over Santa Monica with the words “Say No To Suno.” Trucks in the city carried multiple mobile billboards with the same sentiment.
Following ample criticism from on-demand music and video platforms, the Canadian government has walked back its controversial “streaming tax.” Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Marc Miller just recently announced the regulatory pivot as well as a fresh funding package for the sectors.
Concord announces a partnership with Lito Music, marking a strategic step in the company’s expansion into the global Latin music market. Leading independent music company Concord has announced a partnership with Lito MC Cassidy’s Lito Music, marking a strategic step in the company’s continued...
ABBA co-founder and CISAC president Björn Ulvaeus opened CISAC’s event in Paris celebrating its 100th anniversary, providing a statement on AI. CISAC, the global network representing over 5 million creators of music, audio-visual, drama, literature, and visual arts, celebrated its 100th anniversary...
“The Biggest Hits on Spotify Right Now Are a Blast From the Past – From Gen Z to Boomers, listeners across generations are increasingly embracing throwbacks” https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/spotify-streaming-hits-nostalgia-old-972818d5 Apple News+: https://apple.news/AwwVLXJvzStGa8lsYCnjWtw...
The copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Travis Scott, SZA, and Future over their 2023 track “Telekinesis” has been voluntarily dismissed. Victory Boyd, the Roc Nation-signed artist who sued Travis Scott, SZA, and Future for alleged copyright infringement over their 2023 track...
Ticketmaster hits pause on the sale of Celine Dion tickets after identifying “suspicious activity” that prevented real fans from securing their seats. Celine Dion’s comeback shows have fans chomping at the bit to get tickets, with the Canadian superstar slated to perform 26 shows at the La Defense...
John Summit expands his extensive touring schedule with four European headline dates this month, after kicking off his debut residency at [UNVRS]. On Thursday, dance music powerhouse John Summit expanded his busy touring schedule with four European headline dates this month in Paris, Amsterdam,...
Legendary concert promoter Jim Koplik is the president of Connecticut and the Upstate New York Region for Live Nation. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jim-koplik/id1316200737?i=1000771141122...
The genie in the story has been waiting centuries for this moment, for the deliciously fiendish opportunity to allegorize generative AI. LLMs need not be malevolent, they need only their definitional inhumanity, and with it the coiled potential for unintended consequences if the intention we mean...
Event’s Fifth Edition Highlights Unifying Power of Music, in Partnership with Billboard WASHINGTON, DC – Common ground can be hard to find in DC, but music often changes that tune.
K-pop has had a banner year, with the genre earning multiple Grammy nominations,along with the massive success of Kpop Demon Hunters . As K-pop’s dedicated fans dominate the global stage, they are often seen as the definition of “superfans”, with artists and labels chasing similar levels of fa...
On this week’s podcast episode, Elliot Easton, guitarist for The Cars and Creedence Clearwater Revisited, takes us through his journey with the band and beyond.
Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer Peabo Bryson, known for his Disney duets in “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the Beast” in the ‘90s, has passed away. Peabo Bryson, the R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets from “Beauty and the Beast” (with Celine Dion) and...
Garth Brooks is reportedly exploring his options for the sale of his extensive music catalog in a deal that could be worth a whopping $2 billion. On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that country music star Garth Brooks is looking into selling his vast music catalog, with valuations ranging...
The infrastructure of entertainment consumption has never felt more feudalistic. Distribution, discovery, and monetisation increasingly operate through a small number of platforms that shape how audiences find, consume, and pay for content. Source
The rise of generative AI in music raises significant legal and logistical challenges for music supervisors, including issues of authorship, rights management, and increased piracy risks, complicating traditional licensing processes.
Hack your DAW. | Image: Ableton Ableton already has Max for Live, which allows users to build MIDI effects, synths, and samplers for its digital audio workstation (DAW). But now with its Extensions SDK, features can be added to Ableton Live with common JavaScript.
After months of testing, Meta has announced three new paid subscriptions: Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus, and WhatsApp Plus. Features will vary according to platform.