The collection includes a Jinu doll and six HUNTR/X-inspired figures who also sing.

Billboard Pro 2m ago

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The lead single from Lost Weekend tops the Adult Alternative Airplay chart.

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This week's column features the Neal Agency partnering with WIN and more music industry promotions and hires at Mediabase, UTA, Oak View Group and more.

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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will not take place next year, festival organizers announced on Friday. On Friday, August 21, organizers of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival made the difficult announcement that the event will not take place in 2027.

Digital Music News 27m ago

While the controversy over the new category is understandable, we shouldn’t overlook its possibilities.

Billboard 28m ago

It’s the star’s third leader from his album The Way I Am.

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The genre is growing faster than the wider industry, bringing renewed attention to the scene.

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Joe and Donell Jones delivered a nostalgic clash of R&B titans on Aug. 20.

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After beating a seemingly frivolous copyright lawsuit, Bad Bunny is stuck covering his own legal costs to the tune of nearly half a million dollars. Lo siento, Bad Bunny!

Digital Music News 50m ago

XS Nightclub will reopen this fall at Wynn Las Vegas with a reimagined experience and a four-night celebration featuring an iconic lineup of artists. XS Nightclub, currently undergoing an extensive redesign, will reopen this fall at Wynn Las Vegas with a completely reimagined experience designed to...

Digital Music News 1h ago

Peermusic has signed a worldwide publishing deal with My Morning Jacket and frontman Jim James, as announced by Jamie Cerreta, President of U.S. and Canada.

Variety 1h ago

Lady Gaga has defeated a trademark infringement suit filed by a surfboard brand, as a judge dismisses the case, citing insufficient evidence. On Tuesday, a judge dismissed the trademark infringement lawsuit filed against Lady Gaga by a surfboard brand over her Mayhem album title and accompanying...

Digital Music News 1h ago

The meaning behind his stage name ALL’N — both a play on “all in,” meaning to give it your all, and “olin,” a shortened form of “violin” — are important clues to understanding his music.

Billboard 1h ago

The música mexicana festival was scheduled for Aug. 29 at PayPal Park following the event’s L.A. debut in July.

Billboard 1h ago

Just like that, the Sony Music v. Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) social media infringement battle has drawn to an abrupt close – though the footwear retailer’s wider copyright clash with the majors isn’t quite finished.

Digital Music News 1h ago

The music executive, whose roster includes Lil Baby, Quavo, and JT, is reportedly being monitored in the ICU

Rolling Stone 2h ago

Quality Control co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas is currently in the hospital receiving medical care after suffering a heart attack. A rep for Thomas confirmed to Variety that the hip-hop mogul is recovering from the medical incident.

Variety 2h ago

She joined UMG in 2021 from Regent Street Records, the independent label and publisher she founded in 2014, having spent 15 years as a touring musician. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2h ago

Universal Music Poland also entered a strategic deal with Kayax's separate management business, Kayax Management, which is not part of the acquisition. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2h ago

The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source

Music Business Worldwide 2h ago

The song by the Nashville band arrives with a new video showcasing the undeniable charisma of frontperson Oliver Pierce

Rolling Stone 2h ago

EJAE has been named as the honoree of Gyopo’s 8th annual Chuseok Benefit. The Oscar winner and Grammy award winning songwriter will be presented with the award on Sept. 27 in Los Angeles. Gyopo organizes free arts and culture programs in Los Angeles.

Variety 2h ago

"Reimagined" version of 2025 album, out August 28, also features contributions from Panda Bear, A.G. Cook, Blood Orange, Julien Baker, Faye Webster, and many more

Rolling Stone 3h ago

Ukrainian hacktivists exploiting the bugs, but TrueConf's reach stretches well beyond home turf

The Register 4h ago

Billionaire walks back earnings call optimism as orbital test approaches

The Register 4h ago

Organizers for Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival have announced that the festival will be taking a “much-needed” year off in 2027. The annual festival, which takes place in Manchester, TN, has been plagued by severe weather over the past couple of years, leading to its cancelation in 2025 just a day...

Variety 4h ago

After months of simmering West Coast tension, the veteran MC makes his feelings about Kendrick clear on his new album, with a little help from his biggest rival

Rolling Stone 4h ago

Toronto org says it wasn’t the only one to be affected by the third-party software vulnerability

The Register 4h ago

After a 2023 fight between singer Mike Montali and guitarist Jonathan Bonilla, the two met to clear the air. "Just me and him sitting in a diner in Queens, yelling at each other," Montali says

Rolling Stone 4h ago

The soundtrack for Apple TV’s “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age” has been released, featuring music by Hans Zimmer and fellow composers Kara Talve and Anže Rozman. The score was written by Zimmer, Talve and Rozman of Bleeding Fingers Music and performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Variety 4h ago

"It’s someone else’s story. It’s someone else’s idea of what it is, and it’s mainly driven by an agenda. And that’s really the issue we’ve been having as a family – not having Michael’s voice being heard," actor says

Rolling Stone 4h ago

Sorry Bonnaroovians: The beloved Manchester, Tennessee, festival won’t be held next summer

Rolling Stone 5h ago

It’s sometimes easy to forget what a massively successful artist Sam Smith is: five Grammys, an estimated 65 million albums sold and nearly 60 billion streams, a James Bond theme and multiple No. 1 singles all over the globe across a dozen-year career.

Variety 5h ago

Malicious updates turned routine builds into a delivery system for infostealer malware

The Register 5h ago

Mercury Research blames costly memory and scarce GPUs for 20% processor shipment slide

The Register 6h ago

The Cramps were one of the greatest and strangest bands to emerge from the punk-rock generation — which is truly saying something. By fusing rockabilly with humor and imagery inspired by vintage horror movies, they helped to pioneer the sound sometimes called psychobilly — a gloriously twisted take...

Variety 6h ago

CTO promises architectural overhaul following second outage of the month

The Register 7h ago

Seller's demos show a browser-in-the-middle attack adding credentials seconds after authentication

The Register 8h ago

Functionality not all there yet, but at least Redmond's latest and greatest appears a bit more like its predecessor

The Register 9h ago

Redmond says the cloud identity bug is already fixed, but isn't saying who exploited it or how widely

The Register 10h ago

CableLabs wants hardware makers to embrace a workaround that keeps legacy kit connected

The Register 11h ago

One remains a pillar of Linux, while the other keeps the BeOS dream alive

The Register 12h ago

The trio brought their Burning Up Tour: All Over Again to the New York City venue on Thursday night

Rolling Stone 12h ago

Network slicing offers a prioritized experience for those prepared to pay for a premium monthly plan

The Register 12h ago

The band was forced to cancel shows after a medical emergency that left Paris in an induced coma

Rolling Stone 13h ago

The Mac Miller estate will release The Divine Feminine (10th Anniversary) in October, featuring three new songs

Rolling Stone 13h ago

After imagining explosions, blackouts, and daring escapes, this techie decided the best thing to do was just not doing the job

The Register 13h ago

Secure Workload Software has five nasty flaws and even SaaS users have updates to install

The Register 14h ago

Jay-Z’s efforts to appeal the dismissal of his defamation suit against attorney Tony Buzbee are met with a skeptical appeals court. In 2024, Houston-based attorney Tony Buzbee filed a short-lived lawsuit against rap mogul Jay-Z accusing him of raping a 13-year-old Jane Doe alongside Sean “Diddy”...

Digital Music News 14h ago

Shake a stick in this business, and you’ll quickly find a contentious lawsuit involving social media music licensing. Great for the lawyers, as they say, but is there a better way? Sadly, that’s a critical question for a growing number of major brands.

Digital Music News 15h ago

Jaafar Jackson says the second “Michael” film will address the child abuse allegations that the star faced by challenging the “agenda” behind them. The sequel to Lionsgate’s wildly successful Michael film is moonwalking ever closer to production, and actor Jaafar Jackson—Michael’s real-life nephew,...

Digital Music News 15h ago

13 months after unveiling plans “to greatly expand” its patent portfolio under a Liquidax Capital joint venture, Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially licensed the AI-focused IP to both Udio and GRAI.

Digital Music News 15h ago

Apple Music reveals more information on its upcoming AI labeling system, due to launch “later this year.” Apple Music unveiled more information about its upcoming move to label tracks created using artificial intelligence in an email sent out to the music industry on Thursday.

Digital Music News 15h ago

Cloudy AI is Chinese giant’s ‘most certain’ path to growth as e-commerce slows

The Register 15h ago

As Apple Music subscriptions increasingly come from bundled offerings, Apple quietly raises the prices of its Apple One Family and Premier bundled tiers. Apple Music just saw a price increase last month, and now, two Apple One bundled plans are receiving price increases worldwide. In the U.S., the...

Digital Music News 15h ago

FKA twigs wins the first stage of her trademark infringement legal row against indie group The Twigs, which has been simmering for more than a decade. FKA twigs has won the first stage of the trademark infringement trial against indie duo The Twigs. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Jed S.

Digital Music News 16h ago

Policies and code of conduct breached

The Register 17h ago

On the heels of Universal Music’s latest stock buyback, Spotify has set aside a cool $1.5 billion to repurchase its own shares – for a planned overall capital deployment in excess of $2.2 billion when factoring for the remaining portion of an existing tranche.

Digital Music News 18h ago

Don’t sign with a major label. Unless you make broad-based pop or mainstream hip-hop (country is a world unto itself, with its own rules). That’s all they’re interested in. They’re equivalent to NASA.

Lefsetz Letter 19h ago

Yes, the foam can have that big of an impact on your music. If you put the open Beyer pads on a closed headphone of theirs, they'll fit just fine, but ...

Medium 19h ago

Don't click on that State Department meeting invite

The Register 20h ago

Corporate customers can look forward to easier management of agents in Google Cloud

The Register 20h ago

Ariana Grande has once again spoken out against the Trump administration for using one of her songs in a post on social media, this time for setting “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)” as the soundtrack for a post on the Team Trump TikTok account.

Variety 20h ago

Mr. Old Crow Medicine Show. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ketch-secor/id1316200737?i=1000784556039 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/9bcdc303-3f23-406f-8b02-a53d831acf3d/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-ketch-secor

Lefsetz Letter 20h ago

The Hollies have officially called it a day. And perhaps, like many, you didn’t even realize a version of that classic rock band was still performing. Yet the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted group had endured in some form and continued to tour since 1962 — including two members who go back...

Variety 22h ago

With an eye on expanding its reach in India’s quick-growing entertainment sector, KKR has taken a minority stake in Mumbai-headquartered ticketing platform and promoter BookMyShow.

Digital Music News 22h ago

The viral story of a runaway pig in West Hollywood turned out to have a Hollywood ending. This past weekend, a video showed a piglet running through the streets of West Hollywood. Jamaal Harrison, who filmed the video, is seen chasing the pig as he yells, “There’s a pig in West Hollywood!” He later...

Variety 23h ago

The company's Board of Directors approved the increase, which Spotify confirmed in a press release on Thursday (August 20). Source

Music Business Worldwide 23h ago

v 1.27 expands generics to support methods

The Register 23h ago

The move was announced in a message to industry partners from Apple on Thursday (August 20), obtained by MBW. Source

Music Business Worldwide 23h ago

Licenses, secured by Udio and GRAI, will support the development of licensed AI services including covers, remixes, and "a wide range of interactive music experiences" Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The ruling matters because Grande has not named a single defendant in the case, listing them as John Doe 1 and John Does 2 through 100. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

With Private Safety Processing, AI biz promises discreet, automated prompt surveillance

The Register 1d ago

The band's corporation, Hyde Lane, is asking the court for treble damages, restitution, Netflix's profits and attorneys' fees, and has demanded a jury trial. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

T-shirts and tote bags make up the majority of merch sold by musicians in India, so it’s refreshing that neither of those items feature in the first official collection from […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Marquee TV partners with Quincy Jones’ Qwest TV to expand its music film offering with landmark performances across jazz and global music. Marquee TV, the global streaming service for dance, opera, theatre, and contemporary music, has announced a strategic content partnership with Qwest TV, the...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Data center opposition enters a national political phase as ratepayer costs, transmission lines, moratoriums, polling, and electoral pressure reshape America’s AI infrastructure debate.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 1d ago

Suno is introducing deliberate friction to pump the brakes on the AI-powered superabundance it helped create. By implementing download caps (per Variety ), the company is putting guardrails around how much music users can output. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

It’s loud, brash, and unlike anything else. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Is Amp Crash a guitar amp or a guitar pedal? Yes. Death By Audio's latest is, in fact, both. While it's in a guitar pedal enclosure, Amp Crash is actually a tiny 3-watt amp hooked up to a 2-inch speaker.

The Verge 1d ago

British singer-songwriter Raye released her second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope, in March 2026. Lead single ‘Where Is My Husband!’ dropped over half a year prior to the album - a move that seemed like a gamble on paper, but ultimately built massive anticipation.

Music Ally 1d ago

The artist, in a moment of quiet contemplation. | Photo by Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge The pianist sits before her instrument. She carefully extends a front paw, pressing gingerly on a key. She presses again, and again.

The Verge 1d ago

On this week’s episode, Tour managers and artist teams: see why logistics without leadership burns an artist’s budget, with FOH engineer Ryan Goldbacher.

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog 1d ago

Patreon announces 30 new features coming to the platform, designed to address the “failure” of the current internet for creators and fans alike. The news follows mass layoffs at the company last month.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Last week, consultancy firm Midia Research shared its newest forecasts for the growth of the music industry. The big number? It predicts the global recorded music industry will be worth […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Since Tuesday, people in Mumbai have chanced upon graffiti in English and Hindi that asks if they’re “still procrastinating?” and then tells them to “stop scrolling” and “call Mr. Faarigh […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Global investment firm KKR has signed an agreement to acquire a minority stake in Indian live entertainment and ticketing platform BookMyShow, for an undisclosed sum. The funds will be used […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Nine months after launching, Quantizr, billed as an AI-powered “financial command center for live entertainment,” has secured a $5 million seed raise. The Park City, Utah-headquartered startup formally disclosed its multimillion-dollar round, led by Exactuals backer TTV Capital, this afternoon.

Digital Music News 1d ago

A judge has approved Ariana Grande’s request to subpoena information that will help reveal the identities of the hackers who allegedly leaked unreleased music and recording session footage.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Helienne Lindvall, David Lowery, and Blake Morgan ask a fundamental Phonorecords V question: when a private settlement becomes an industry-wide statutory rate, what record allows the Copyright Royalty Judges to independently determine that the bargain remains reasonable?

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 1d ago

Christian metal band Demon Hunter has filed a trademark lawsuit in federal court against Netflix over its wildly successful film Kpop Demon Hunters. Demon Hunter, a Christian metal band that’s been on the scene for about 25 years, has filed a trademark lawsuit in federal court against Netflix over...

Digital Music News 1d ago

TikTok announces a partnership with All Things Go Music Festival tied to its Music on Stage competition, offering creators major performance slots. On Tuesday, All Things Go Music Festival and TikTok Live announced a new partnership tied to TikTok’s global live music competition, Music on Stage.

Digital Music News 1d ago

1 This was not the best song on the album, but it’s the one that hit the radio first. This was unexpected. We never thought we’d get another Crosby, Stills & Nash album. And here it was. In June 1977. 1977… The late seventies were about hedonism. Not as bad as the eighties, when greed […]

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

And I thought no one was supposed to be above the law. That’s how society works. Cross the line and you might get fined, assuming you’re caught and someone has enough money, power and wherewithal to hold you to account. But what if you act in plain sight? Thumb your nose at the system, believe […]

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

The deal gives KKR a position in the business whose live division, BookMyShow Live, has staged concerts in India by Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Travis Scott, Guns N' Roses and Post Malone. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

The National Republican Senate Committee is waking up to the data center backlash. Not only will that dog not hunt, it's got major fleas.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 2d ago

The partnership gives fans new ways to create with major-label music while routing compensation back to UMG artists and rightsholders. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

TL;DR: The growth of ListenBrainz has caught up with us, and our limited team is working on replacing central parts of our infrastructure. In the meantime, many features are unstable. We are victims of our success.

MetaBrainz Blog 2d ago

YouTube is increasingly becoming more and more important to artists, producers, songwriters, and podcasters, as the service is now the most watched platform in the world (yes, even more than Netflix).

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog 2d ago

AI companies are now required to make model outputs detectable as AI-generated under Article 50 of the EU AI Act – or, in other words, watermarked. The major AI companies have all signed the additional voluntary Code of Practice . Source

MIDiA Research Blog 2d ago

The growth of the listenership of regional language music apart from Punjabi — which has enjoyed nationwide popularity for more than a decade — has been among the most significant […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 3d ago

What an artist wears can say as much about them as what they listen to. That’s the idea behind Spotify’s collaboration with Depop, which brings together six artists, their personal wardrobes, and an exclusive playlist.

Spotify 3d ago

The right soundtrack can help you make the most of every mile. But each run calls for something different: a high-energy push through intervals, familiar favorites to stay in your groove, or new music to keep your regular route feeling fresh.

Spotify 3d ago

The Eight Mile Music Companies challenge the Phonorecords V Subpart B settlement as a nine-year rate freeze disguised by inflation adjustments—and question whether vertically integrated buyers and sellers should determine the statutory price imposed on everyone else.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 3d ago

I was a function of loss, and a solution of the shapes of thoughts. I retraced what you drew me until you could no longer tell the difference between you and me and nothing.

furia log 3d ago

A great playlist does more than line up songs: it sets a mood, reflects a point of view, tells a story. We keep giving playlist makers more ways to tell that story, from custom cover art and playlist descriptions to tools for customizing transitions between tracks.

Spotify 4d ago

In every possible universe? | Image: Backwoodz Studioz "Breakups are… tough." It's the opening lines of an interlude toward the end of DOOMED! Called "It Happens in Every Universe." It's also basically the thesis of the entire record.

The Verge 4d ago

They’re far more powerful and fun than their bargain price suggests. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge When I'm asked what to buy if you want to get into making electronic music, I often recommend Elektron's budget-minded Model:Samples and Model:Cycles grooveboxes.

The Verge 6d ago

They’re the Lennon–McCartney of overanalyzing pop music. | Image: Daniel Randall As if you needed more reason to love Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" beyond its pop perfection, it is also, according to lore, the genesis for Switched on Pop, one of the best music podcasts out there.

The Verge 6d ago