The festival wrapped its music programme on June 5.

Billboard 23m ago

The cheapest way to get NBA finals tickets? Try a third-party site promo code, to pick up a rare discount on Knicks vs. Spurs stubs.

Billboard 37m ago

Philip Bailey details the adulterous one-night stand that inspired "Reasons" in an exclusive clip from Questlove's new documentary

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Lasers shoot out of private parts, Benedict Cumberbatch's dancing earns Madonna's respect, the artist "might be" touring and other revelations from her conversation with Anderson Cooper

Rolling Stone 1h ago

Plus, Maná's drumkit lands at The Met, and Hamilton, RaiNao and other Latin artists join YouTube Foundry’s 2026 class.

Billboard 1h ago

“The crew that made Toy Story 5 did not know about this secret until last week,” Thomas Jordan said Friday of "I Knew It, I Knew You"

Rolling Stone 2h ago

On Friday night, Madonna and a dedicated legion of her fans descended upon the iconic Beacon Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the premiere of “Confessions II – The Film.” The screening was followed by a Q&A with the queen of pop herself, alongside directing duo TORSO, otherwise known as...

Variety 3h ago

"When Electric Callboy sent us the track, it immediately put a grin on our faces," the Offspring frontman said.

Billboard 8h ago

Totally different attack from the break-in last month. Oh so that's OK then

The Register 8h ago

Newcomer Stella Lefty also won over the overflowing crowd.

Billboard 10h ago

"This is the most nervous I've been for a show in a while," the festival headliner confessed.

Billboard 10h ago

"No matter what I ever would say or do or feel about things, there's no way I would disrespect our veterans," Robinson said.

Billboard 10h ago

Warning: The footage may make you a little weepy, too

Rolling Stone 16h ago

The singer/rapper posted a snippet of her new song over a mean X post Minaj posted back in February.

Billboard 16h 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 16h 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 17h ago

The bill awaits Gov. Hochul's signature after passing the state legislature

The Register 17h ago

Also up north this week: Billboard Canada reveals its music managers to watch, and Diljit Dosanjh meets students enrolled in a university course dedicated to him.

Billboard 17h ago

The rapper-turned-podcaster suggested that her flow on her song "Hostage" reminded him of Drake's flow on "Shabang."

Billboard 17h ago

When 'Chatty Spider' morphs into tech services cosplay spider

The Register 18h ago

Across four documentaries — the Oscar- and Grammy-winning “Summer of Soul,” “Sly Lives,” “Ladies and Gentlemen, 50 Years of Saturday Night Live Music” and the new “Earth, Wind & Fire (to Be Celestial vs.

Variety 19h ago

Madonna has announced that she will release “Confessions II – The Film” on YouTube on June 8 at 11 a.m. ET. The film, directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase (Torso), is set to have its world premiere on Friday night at New York City’s Beacon Theatre as part of the Tribeca Film Festival.

Variety 20h ago

Taylor Swift has released the music video for her latest single, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the country-inflected original song she contributed to “Toy Story 5.” The video is entirely made up of footage from “Toy Story” and focuses on Jessie, who inspired the song and is featured on the track’s cover...

Variety 20h ago

Judge said he’d “have trouble sleeping” if he dismissed the lawsuit so soon after reviving it

Rolling Stone 21h ago

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...

Variety 21h ago

“I do not support any candidate, nor have I authorized the use of my image in any campaign,” the singer said

Rolling Stone 22h 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 22h ago

Good luck, sys admins

The Register 22h ago

Business is back to normal in the orbital station, but one of two newly discovered leaks is still unrepaired

The Register 22h ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 23h ago

El Jelali first joined WMG in 2023 as Head of A&R at Atlantic Records Benelux, where he worked with artists including Diamond-certified Roxy Dekker. Source

Music Business Worldwide 23h ago

“This is a song of Woody’s that could have been written yesterday,” Springsteen said before playing “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” with Rosanne Cash, “whether it’s Minnesota or Delaney Hall”

Rolling Stone 1d ago

DoE wants to keep 13 coal-fired power generators going at the same time as funding nuclear research

The Register 1d ago

PARTNER CONTENT: Integrating AI into the iEPMS platform to achieve a 98% quality review accuracy rate and slash report generation times, leveraging experience from 240,000 global projects

The Register 1d ago

“Toy Story 5” VFX supervisor Thomas Jordan has been keeping a secret for months. During a SXSW London panel on Friday, he revealed that he’s known about Taylor Swift’s song for the animated film since February.

Variety 1d ago

The 12-month program is open to applicants aged 16 to 18 who are permanent residents or citizens of New Zealand. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

“West’s remarks are vile and a slap in the face to our state’s Jewish community,” Rick Scott wrote in a letter to the Tampa Sports Authority

Rolling Stone 1d ago

PARTNER CONTENT: Leveraging multi-modal LLMs and agent technology to automate signaling analysis and shift core network O&M from experience to knowledge-driven

The Register 1d 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 1d ago

After performing intimate pop-up shows across the country — and one set at Madison Square Garden — the singer-songwriter will embark on her first solo tour in three years this fall

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Most orgs remain trapped between flashy demos and real-world deployment, despite 75% saying adoption is racing ahead

The Register 1d ago

Only the most hardcore fans at the kickoff of Dylan’s summer tour in Troutdale, Oregon, recognized “Baby, Won’t You Be Me Baby” from the expanded Basement Tapes box set

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Following a sold-out acoustic show at New York City’s Madison Square Garden Thursday night where she unveiled eight new songs, Phoebe Bridgers has revealed details of “The Lost Tour” for 2026.

Variety 1d 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 1d ago

SQL Server licenses can now be consumed in the rival cloud's DBaaS

The Register 1d ago

'The music world has lost one of its most fearless champions.' Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Universal Music Group has been making a number of moves in south-east Asia recently. The latest is a partnership with S1 in Thailand.

Music Ally 1d ago

Those receiving aid in the famine-threatened, war-torn territory told support will remain

The Register 1d 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 1d ago

Who needs one big CPU when you could have dozens of little ones?

The Register 1d ago

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...

Music Ally 1d ago

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.

Music Ally 1d ago

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.

Music Ally 1d ago

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...

Music Ally 1d ago

Taco Bell has been supporting hungry artists on tour for 20 years now via its ‘Feed The Beat’ initiative, which began in 2006.

Music Ally 1d ago

Instagram has confirmed the details of what people will be getting in the $3.99-a-month Instagram Plus tier.

Music Ally 1d ago

Forecasts earnings well ahead of expectations, even as it taps credit facilities to lock in memory supply

The Register 1d ago

Tidal’s latest D2C move is a feature enabling artists to sell albums or individual tracks to their fans via its Tidal Upload offering.

Music Ally 1d ago

Cost model designed to protect against low-cost bid bias, claims rival

The Register 1d ago

Music-rights tech firm Chordal continues to build momentum for its ‘InstantClear’ pre-clearance licensing system.

Music Ally 1d ago

It can be tough out there touring in 2026, but two new tools from Bandsintown and Laylo are aiming to help artists fill venues.

Music Ally 1d ago

How do you write a micro-drama script? TikTok wants to educate more of its creators on how to write episodic shows for its app.

Music Ally 1d ago

Blue Badge holders exposed to each other after BCC function proves too complex

The Register 1d ago

Collecting-societies body Cisac has been taking a prominent role in the AI policy debates. Its latest contribution is a declaration.

Music Ally 1d ago

Regulator says NCA's aging tech drags down productivity, forces officers to juggle hardware and do manual workarounds

The Register 1d ago

Comms watchdog says up to 83% of tests fail the 'good performance' threshold

The Register 1d ago

On 14 May, Mumbai joined nine cities across the world in hosting Spotify’s Equal Day. The event—named after Spotify’s global initiative to fuel equality in the music industry—was held in […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

When the nominations for this year’s Grammy Awards were announced in November 2025, releases by Indian acts made up half of the six nods in the Best Global Music Album […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Indian music industry professional and former executive VP at Saregama, Rashna Pochkhanawala, has founded PaRa Music, an “AI-powered” company. But the venture won’t involve AI artists or music. Instead, the […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Bulletproof vests and armored vehicles were not in the job description

The Register 1d ago

“It’s weird not having a phone, isn’t it?” said Phoebe Bridgers to the 18,000-or so strong audience who’d willingly had their devices locked up for Thursday night’s special acoustic concert at Madison Square Garden. “I love it. I appreciate you allowing this to be an internet-free zone.” She added...

Variety 1d ago

Jessie and her owner are reunited, in the apparent scenario laid out in Taylor Swift’s new “Toy Story 5” song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” which debuted on digital services Thursday night.

Variety 1d ago

The height of the music festival season has just begun, and a bunch of them have already taken place all over the New England region.

Medium 1d ago

Sorry, Vanilla Ice. The “Freedom 250” concerts scheduled for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. have been officially canceled by President Donald J. Trump, after almost all of the artists bailed.

Variety 1d ago

The plea for caution comes the same week it beat AI archrival OpenAI to filing for an IPO

The Register 1d ago

A familiar tactic popularized by chaotic crime crew Lapsus$

The Register 1d ago

“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...

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

Its location in the skies was significant – directly over the UBS AI in Entertainment Summit at the Shutters on the Beach hotel, where Suno CEO Mikey Shulman was among the speakers. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

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...

Lefsetz Letter 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

The deal expands Concord’s presence in Latin music Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Who controls the machinery of copyright in the United States, and what happens to music if that control shifts? Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The measures were announced by Marc Miller, Canada's Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

Franzoni joined WCM in 2016 and rose through the ranks in the A&R team Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

Founded in 2021, mprs – pronounced 'Empress' – was spun out of artist management and services company mtheory when Universal Music Group acquired mtheory's label division Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 3d 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 3d ago

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.

The Verge 4d ago

After months of testing, Meta has announced three new paid subscriptions: Instagram Plus, Facebook Plus, and WhatsApp Plus. Features will vary according to platform.

MIDiA Research Blog 4d ago

Today I’m talking with Harvey Mason Jr., who is CEO of the Recording Academy — that’s the outfit that puts on the Grammy Awards. I last talked to Harvey in 2024, when it was obvious that generative AI would upend the music industry, but still not exactly clear how that would happen.

The Verge 5d ago

The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution prohibits the federal government from taking private property for public use without just compensation, embracing a principle at least as old as Cicero, who wrote in his 44 BCE book On Duties, “he who will administer a commonwealth must especially see to...

Copyhype 5d ago

Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People won the Freedom to Publish Award while Meta and Mark Zuckerberg personally are defendants in multiple copyright lawsuits alleging Zuckerberg directed Facebook/Meta employees to use pirated books via BitTorrent to train AI systems.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 5d ago

Even the cover revels in a low-bit digital aesthetic. | Image: Saddle Creek / Feeble Little Horse From the opening moments of bitknot, it's obvious that Feeble Little Horse has found an entirely new gear.

The Verge 5d ago

We have released Picard 3 beta 4. The recently released beta 3 did crash on macOS and when running the picard-plugins command line tool, both has been fixed in this. In addition beta 4 fixes display issues in the new log view.

MetaBrainz Blog 6d ago