The Marty Supreme actor linked up with Khaled at MSG with the NBA Finals game 3.

Billboard 15m ago

Pulse Music Group's Co-CEOs take us back through a series of near-misses across the streets, studios, and open houses of Los Angeles – before their paths finally collided over a half-shared chicken parmigiana... Source

Music Business Worldwide 35m ago

Founded in 2013 by Irving Azoff, GMR represents just over 175 songwriters and their publishers Source

Music Business Worldwide 36m ago

A complete rundown of the most immportant events across the music business.

Billboard 39m ago

This is partner content. Pop stars and real-life friends Maisie Peters and Holly Humberstone take a moment out of their hectic schedules — including album releases and world tours — to sit down in London and have an open and honest conversation about mental health and therapy.

Billboard 39m ago

The 8 and Vernon are diving into the theme of "wasted youth" on the mini-album due out on June 29.

Billboard 39m ago

The move extends the preexisting strategic relationship between Winter and Because Music, first formed in 2005.

Billboard 41m ago

The new record marks the DJ and producer's eighth full-length effort.

Billboard 45m ago

Group teases upcoming LP with title track and "See Out Loud," and set tour dates

Rolling Stone 56m ago

The artist is expected to return to the road for his July show in Illinois.

Billboard 1h ago

The love doctor is in.

Billboard 1h ago

The rapper performed the halftime show for game three in New York City.

Billboard 1h ago

Lopez also said she could see doing Broadway in the future and talked about how hard it was t send her twins off to college.

Billboard 1h ago

Golden Globe winner and Grammy nominee Teyana Taylor will be saluted as Icon of the Year at the 2026 BET Awards. Taylor will receive the special prize during the BET Awards telecast on Sunday, June 28. The show, broadcast live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, will be hosted by Druski.

Variety 1h ago

The bond sale is split into two tranches of €500 million each, UMG said on Tuesday (June 9). Source

Music Business Worldwide 1h ago

The rapper will perform at Stade de France on Sept. 10 and at SoFi Stadium on Oct. 23

Rolling Stone 2h ago

Graph database biz says on-prem, air-gapped intel stack gives governments a no-kill-switch option

The Register 2h ago

The Document Foundation accuses newly launched Euro-Office of undermining digital sovereignty by defaulting to Microsoft's OOXML document format

The Register 3h ago

Last month, RADAR U.K. artist Skye Newman took the stage in East London for a special performance celebrating the release of her debut album, SE9. Nearly 1,000 of the singer-songwriter’s top fans filled the historic Hackney Church for an unforgettable night.

Spotify 3h ago

Former Beatles’ The Boys of Dungeon Lane is the artist’s 22nd Top 10 Billboard 200 hit since the Fab Four split

Rolling Stone 4h ago

Virgin Music Group will serve as Seeker's global distribution partner for its catalog of recordings and new project releases. Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

None of those justifications 'withstand scrutiny,' the labels told the court Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

Geese, Oklou and label of the year Partisan were among the big winners at the Libera Awards, presented by Merlin and the Foundation for Independent Music, with support from the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM).

Variety 4h ago

Following his performance at the Roots Picnic earlier this month and his three upcoming Yankee Stadium shows, Jay-Z and Roc Nation have announced retrospective “Jay-Z 30” shows in Paris on Thursday, September 10, 2026, and Los Angeles on Friday, October 23.

Variety 4h ago

Pressure to deploy wins out over security as four in five orgs confess to breaches from vulnerable apps

The Register 4h ago

'Our new brand is about celebrating the enduring power of songwriting and giving it a clear voice, a lasting home, and a stronger future,' said UMPG Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

Encrypted messaging app warns device-level checks could be repurposed for censorship

The Register 5h ago

Video is the new (old) battleground for streaming services in 2026: a space, unlike audio, where they can safely negotiate exclusives with big artists. Spotify’s latest partnership is with K-Pop group Le Sserafim, following the recent concert it hosted for them in Seoul.

Music Ally 5h ago

There is plenty of news coming out of US live association NIVA’s annual conference this week. Starting with the launch of the ‘Fix the Tix Fan Action Center’.

Music Ally 5h ago

Berklee College of Music has published a new report exploring “how music is discovered, licensed, created, and used across today’s social media video ecosystem”, as well as the role of video in musicians’ careers, and AI. An important note: this isn’t just a survey of musicians.

Music Ally 5h ago

Apple kicked off its WWDC event yesterday – its annual conference for developers – with the traditional keynote debuting its next raft of software updates and services. Want to know what’s new in Apple Music when the iOS 27 update drops later this year?

Music Ally 5h ago

Once upon a time, making a World Cup song was easy. Herd the squad into a studio, make sure they can’t sway in time with each other OR the music, and job done. Nowadays it’s a different world.

Music Ally 5h ago

Google paid researcher a tidy $55K bounty for its discovery

The Register 6h ago

94% of US music-streamers say they like or love their streaming service, and 90% describe it as good, very good or excellent value for money, according a report published by the trade association for, ahem, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube and other streaming services.

Music Ally 6h ago

Authorities say the breach only exposed public chat rooms, but alleged attacker claims to have accessed far more data

The Register 6h ago

All backers support the Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts (ORCA), forming the round during an ORCA discussion on the future of independent music. Source

Music Business Worldwide 6h ago

The award was presented at Northeastern's seventh annual Global Leadership Summit on June 4 Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

IBM spin-off's top brass bag six-figure stock awards

The Register 7h ago

The ChatGPT maker said it has not decided on the timing yet, adding that "there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company." Source

Music Business Worldwide 7h ago

Prochain arrêt: Gare du Bork! French capital city train does the tech can-can

The Register 8h ago

Two years on from ransomware attack, hospitals are still trying to identify and warn patients

The Register 9h ago

Parliamentary committee says £45B savings claim risks undermining public sector tech reform rather than helping it

The Register 9h ago

The Osbournes announced the development of an AI avatar of the Prince of Darkness earlier this year

Rolling Stone 10h ago

What if you could use your knowledge of upcoming release schedules, quiet insider chats with artist teams, your skill at reading Chartmetric data – or anything else in the music business that you were pretty certain about – to place bets?

Music Ally 12h ago

What’s the best way to decommission secondary ticketing scams? Demand refunds, call out resale platforms, and contact lawmakers, according to Fix the Tix, which has launched a “Fan Action Center” designed to help shortchanged customers.

Digital Music News 13h ago

Jewish leaders in Tampa Bay are pushing back against the Tampa Sports Authority’s decision to book and allow two concerts by Kanye West to go forward. The Tampa Jewish Federation has condemned the Tampa Sports Authority’s (TSA) decision to book (and double down on) two shows by Ye, the rapper...

Digital Music News 13h ago

The Sept. 26 show will also feature Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Margo Price, and Jesse Welles

Rolling Stone 14h ago

Tracking 1,000+ people through the ups and downs of their relationships

The Pudding 14h ago

The star performed “Bodega Baddie” and “Bodak Yellow” during the hard-hitting set

Rolling Stone 14h ago

L'etat, c'est AI

The Register 16h ago

The public deserves to know how many recordings Suno used to train its models – at least according to the non-Warner majors, which are pushing back against Suno’s demand to keep the much-discussed tally and different data under wraps.

Digital Music News 17h ago

But will it work? Apple presentations are not the must see TV they were in the Steve Jobs era, if for no other reason than the lack of…one more thing… But those presentations were live, ever since Covid, Apple prerecords, which eliminates mistakes, but sucks the life out of the presentation.

Lefsetz Letter 18h ago

Apple Intelligence stumbled through 2024 and 2025. It's starting to look respectable

The Register 18h ago

Toy giant MGA wants to block any debate over how “OMG” ended up in its doll line’s name, but the judge signaled Monday he'll allow it

Rolling Stone 19h ago

When an unsolicited job offer sounds too good to be true …

The Register 20h ago

In the acclaimed revival of “Brigadoon” now playing at Pasadena Playhouse, Tyne Daly is by far the marquee name, as the “Cagney & Lacey” star appears as the Widow Lundie, a role that got a gender switch from the character’s original incarnation as a Mr. Lundie.

Variety 20h ago

The new features ignore the argument that if parents wanted to spend more time on their kids, they wouldn't have supplied them with an iPad or iPhone in the first place

The Register 20h ago

Two former top antitrust attorneys at the U.S. Department of Justice who were central to its case against Live Nation and Ticketmaster had strong words for the department following its abrupt settlement with the company just one week after the trial — which saw the DOJ and over 30 states accusing...

Variety 20h ago

Last month, Spotify hosted PURE FLOWERS LIVE, a special event celebrating the release of LE SSERAFIM’s second studio album, ‘PUREFLOW’, pt. 1. Held at the Seosomun Shrine History Museum in Seoul, the show gave 300 of the K-Pop group’s top fans a chance to experience the new songs live before the...

Spotify 21h ago

Stage Tour, the new rhythm game being created as a spiritual successor to Guitar Hero and Rock Band, will feature a slew of artists revealed over the weekend.

Digital Music News 21h ago

Cage the Elephant, Mod Sun, New Translations, and more Nashville-based alt bands descended on Broadway for the anti-CMA Fest

Rolling Stone 21h ago

Charli XCX has announced the “Music, Fashion, Film Tour,” headlining arenas across North America through September and October. Today, Charli XCX has announced the “Music, Fashion, Film Tour,” promoted by Live Nation.

Digital Music News 21h ago

WWDC announcements earned tempered praise from analysts, with an emphasis on the word 'if'

The Register 21h ago

The AI boom may not be a technology story at all—it may be a forecasting story. As trillions flow into data centers, power infrastructure, and transmission lines, the real risk is not whether AI works, but whether demand arrives before the capital structure collapses.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 22h ago

A tribute to B.B. King’s “Lucille Talks Back” for its 50th anniversary is coming to Memphis alongside the all-star remake of the original 1975 album. A landmark tribute to one of blues music’s most transcendent and overlooked recordings is coming: an all-star remake of B.B.

Digital Music News 22h ago

1 Klaus Meine is intelligent and articulate. So if you listen to the “Wind of Change” podcast, and I recommend that you do, they eventually confront Klaus Meine regarding the CIA’s theoretical participation in the creation of the Scorpions song.

Lefsetz Letter 22h ago

Plus fireside chat recognizing 250 years of American music, special performance of songs from FROZEN by Caroline Bowman (Elsa in North American Touring Production) and surprise appearance by Mickey Mouse in patriotic attire WASHINGTON, DC – Accolades continued for the newly-minted RIAA Honors’...

RIAA 23h ago

Chicago’s 1901 Project, a plan to redevelop the area surrounding the United Center to create a mixed-use entertainment hub, has broken ground. Last week, Chicago’s 1901 Project broke ground with a $7 billion plan to redevelop the area surrounding the United Center to create a massive mixed-use...

Digital Music News 23h ago

Gotham lights up this week with a gaggle of major music industry events, including A2IM Indie Week, the Music Investor Conference, and New York Music Month. And that’s just scratching the surface on a panoply of workshops, shindigs, and awards ceremonies dotting the city.

Digital Music News 23h ago

Spotify wants to add another feature to its repertoire: live concerts. The company is reportedly in talks with promoters to secure licensing rights, though this is an ultra-competitive arena (and it has been for years).

Digital Music News 23h ago

Ariana Grande has earned her 10th single to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as “Hate That I Made You Love Me” bows atop the chart. The song marks her eighth debut at No. 1 on the singles chart and ties her with Taylor Swift for the most among women. Grande produced and […]

Variety 1d ago

The deal was announced on Monday (June 8) at UMGC's inaugural China Summit in Beijing. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Brandon Curiel, who goes by the stage name Brandon Bill$, had sued DaBaby back in February 2022 over the bowling alley brawl

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Scumbags, including a Qilin ransomware affiliate, began hitting this hole May 7

The Register 1d ago

Sandboxed LLM dev environments lead the show, but accessibility may be the real prize

The Register 1d ago

PARTNER CONTENT: Driving Grid Modernization and Energy Transition in Malaysia Through Advanced AI and Smart Infrastructure Solutions

The Register 1d ago

What, you think any old liquid-cooled bodysuit would be acceptable to pair with such a fashionable outer layer?

The Register 1d ago

Meanwhile, 13 schools in Wales affected by separate attack

The Register 1d ago

Review: 'Wonka' — A Shockingly Good Modern Musical My low expectations for Paul King's 2023 film were blown out of the water I think that you ...

Medium 1d ago

Warp is looking for a social-first creative to join our team in London, helping bring our Artists’ stories to life across digital platforms. You’ll be a creative all rounder and […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

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.

Variety 1d ago

The Grammy winner was killed in a stabbing in East London on June 5, with an investigation still ongoing

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Sega unveiled some new cast additions for their upcoming action-adventure game, “Stranger Than Heaven,” including the late Tupac Shakur. At Summer Game Fest 2026 last week, Sega of America and RGG Studio unveiled new cast additions for their highly anticipated upcoming action-adventure game,...

Digital Music News 1d ago

UK-based startup Cantilever has raised £250k of pre-seed funding from a group of 20 independent labels and individuals from those companies.

Music Ally 1d ago

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.

Copyhype 1d ago

US-based musicians’ union the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has launched a lawsuit against UMG and WMG over their AI deals.

Music Ally 1d ago

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.

Variety 1d ago

SACEM is once again calling for the passage of France’s Darcos Bill (Bill No. 2634), under which it would be up to AI developers to prove “in any civil dispute” that their models weren’t trained on protected works.

Digital Music News 1d ago

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.

Variety 1d ago

Last week, Abbey Road REDD Labs presented its latest showcase of music-tech startups at SXSW London, in a ‘Studio Four’ event.

Music Ally 1d ago

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.”...

Variety 1d ago

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.

Music Ally 1d ago

Stevie Nicks has donated $3 million to the University of Southern California’s medical school to recognize the doctor who helped care for her voice. The incomparable Stevie Nicks has donated $3 million to the University of Southern California’s medical school in recognition of the doctor who has...

Digital Music News 1d ago

Acting in games – voice but also motion-capture and likeness – is a growing opportunity for actors. Tupac Shakur included, despite being dead.

Music Ally 1d ago

Universal Music Group agreed to divest (sell) Downtown Music subsidiary Curve Royalty Systems. Now we know the buyers.

Music Ally 1d ago

Two of the companies working on the infrastructure of digital music-marketing have announced a partnership: Feature·fm and SonoSuite.

Music Ally 1d ago

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.

Spotify 1d ago

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...

Digital Music News 1d ago

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.

Digital Music News 1d ago

Parachord is a one-person hobby project. I build all of it for fun and love: the desktop app, the Android app, the iOS app (I just started) and Achordion, the companion website to it all. All of it is open-source, none of it earns money, and I pay for all...

Parachord Blog 1d ago

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.

Digital Music News 1d ago

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...

The Verge 3d ago

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.

Digital Music News 3d ago

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...

Digital Music News 3d ago

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 […]

Digital Music News 3d ago

Tune in June 6th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Lefsetz Letter 3d ago

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.

Lefsetz Letter 3d ago

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.

Digital Music News 3d ago

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...

Digital Music News 4d ago

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...

RIAA 4d ago

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.

How Music Charts 4d ago

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.

The Guardian 4d ago

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.

Copyhype 4d ago

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...

furia log 4d ago

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.

RIAA 5d ago

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...

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago

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.

Music 3.0 Music Industry Blog 5d ago

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

MIDiA Research Blog 6d ago

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.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 6d ago