The band says its bassist needs time to recover, with a return targeted for November's European tour.

Billboard 7m ago

The rapper was dropped from the trek after condemning the violence in Gaza onstage.

Billboard 2h ago

Sheeran performed a solo concert Saturday night. Opener Macklemore was dropped from the tour this week for his "free Palestine" comments, and other supporting acts withdrew in solidarity.

Billboard 3h ago

1 I was reading the new issue of “Mojo” in Apple News+. Yes, it’s available there, but usually I don’t bother, the old acts are still old and over thirty-odd years they’ve written about them already and now all we have is people who weren’t there commenting, and I was. But even worse is the […]

Lefsetz Letter 3h ago

“This has put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet," Sheeran said

Rolling Stone 4h ago

Ed Sheeran addressed the controversy surrounding Macklemore’s removal from his Loop Tour on Saturday night, speaking from the stage at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field during his first concert since the rapper was dropped from the trek.

Variety 4h ago

Will be fine. Back in the early nineties, Jackson Browne was accused of physically abusing Daryl Hannah. What really happened there? We’ll never know. Browne denied it and Hannah never pressed charges.

Lefsetz Letter 4h ago

Nailah Blackman caught up with Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2026.

Billboard 5h ago

Kes caught up with Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2026.

Billboard 5h ago

Lady Lava caught up with Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2026.

Billboard 5h ago

Dion felt the power of love from fans (and they felt it from her) in a heartwarming moment after night three of her Paris concert residency.

Billboard 5h ago

Jessie Woo caught up with Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2026.

Billboard 5h ago

Ayetian caught up with Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2026.

Billboard 6h ago

Moliy caught up with Billboard’s Kyle Denis on the red carpet at the Caribbean Music Awards 2026.

Billboard 6h ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Ed Sheeran’s concert at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night as the singer returned to the stage for the first time since Macklemore was dropped from his Loop Tour following his onstage remarks in support of Palestine.

Variety 6h ago

Aaron Rowe, who was one of the opening acts on Ed Sheeran’s tour before pulling out after Macklemore’s dismissal over his support for Palestine, has now issued an impassioned defense of the singer. “I think you are all focusing on the wrong person here.

Variety 10h ago

Orville Peck made his headlining debut at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night. But it wasn’t the first time the country singer performed at the legendary amphitheater. He performed at the outdoor venue during Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration in 2023.

Variety 11h ago

The title track and first single from Miley Cyrus’ “Bass Persuades” was a classic act of misdirection, we now learn. Released two and a half weeks prior to the album, the song promised a tenth album full of bangers (with an S or Z, take your pick), mildly scolding the young people for not being […]

Variety 11h ago

Band members Luke Silas, Ary Warnaar, Peter Burkman, and James DeVito (left to right). Maybe their next album will be recorded entirely in a windmill? | Image: Joshua Tarn Anamanaguchi, the band consisting of Peter Berkman, James DeVito, Luke Silas, and Ary Warnaar, are most known for their...

The Verge 14h ago

High time to stop kicking the security can down the road, investor tells The Reg

The Register 14h ago

Duo's To Whom It Still Concerns Tour, in support of their third and final album Atlanta, hits the road this November

Rolling Stone 15h ago

Report says estimates focused on GPUs miss the mountains of power, cooling, and networking gear destined for scrap

The Register 15h ago

Twenty years ago, even Madonna faced radio blacklisting for being overtly political. But in our age of streaming, there’s less excuse for not speaking out It must have come as a surprise to Ed Sheeran when all of his support acts withdrew from the remainder of the US leg of his tour.

The Guardian 20h ago

From Waterfox to LibreWolf and Pale Moon, there's a browser for almost every Mozilla dissenter

The Register 21h ago

The Copyright Royalty Judges are asking exactly the right questions about Phonorecords V: rates, inflation, overlapping ownership, arm's-length bargaining and independent participation.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 1d ago

"Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been" tracks the unique fusion of glory, injustice, fleeting opportunity, dashed dreams, resilience, and latter-day recognition that defines her story.

Variety 1d ago

"That’s not how Dropkick Murphys would operate,” frontman says

Rolling Stone 1d ago

NOTE: FACTION TALK IS NOW ON CHANNEL 137 Tune in Saturday September 19th to Faction Talk, channel 137, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz

Lefsetz Letter 1d ago

Sesame Street has a half-century-long tradition of legendary musical guests and innovative adaptations: from Stevie Wonder’s iconic performance in the early ‘70s to Tony Bennett retrofitting his timeless classic “Fly Me to the Moon” to be a story about the show’s worm character Slimy on an...

Variety 1d ago

Devs cheer relief from compatibility headache

The Register 1d ago

The Rust compiler remains unperturbed by the antics of the LLM

The Register 1d ago

The actress starred in Spring Awakening composed by the late musician

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Doug Aitken’s “Lightscape” is a seven-screen, film-based installation that just completed a run at the Shed’s 12,000-sq.-ft. Darla Moore Gallery that completed its run earlier this week, but as part of the venue’s annual invite-only gala on Thursday night, Jamie XX played a live score as the images...

Variety 1d ago

“You really should be focusing on the Zionist lobbies that are trying to silence the voices of people who are shouting about genocide,” Rowe says

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Executive order puts the kibosh on NDAs, limits permitting, and calls for stiffer environmental protections

The Register 1d ago

Slinging coffee and waiting tables ain't just for liberal arts grads any more, say Census Bureau economists

The Register 1d ago

Running multiple Claude sessions at once means less waiting around to hit your usage limit

The Register 1d ago

The T.J. Martell Foundation raised more than $3.2 million for cancer research at its annual New York Honors Gala on Sept. 15 — the most the event has raised in more than two decades.

Variety 1d ago

Brandy Clark returns this weekend with “American Roots,” her first new single in more than three years — and, incidentally her first since the New York Times named her one of the 30 greatest living American songwriters earlier this year.

Variety 1d ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

Agentic exploits for the win (again)

The Register 1d ago

US copyright law sets damages for willful infringement at up to USD $150,000 per work. At that ceiling, the 60,202 recordings would carry a theoretical maximum of just over $9 billion. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

WaterPlum recruiters used bogus coding tests to backdoor jobseekers and raid more than 7,000 crypto wallets

The Register 1d ago

“He just keep releasing all this old stuff and charging people for old pictures that you can find on the internet,” Hagar said of Alex Van Halen. “He’s doing a lot of stuff wrong for the legacy of Van Halen”

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Shogun star Tadanobu Asano stars in latest visual for singer’s first album in seven years and spiritual companion to Sea Change and Morning Phase

Rolling Stone 1d ago

AI, fake uniforms, and mock offices help crooks sell the con

The Register 1d ago

Legacy web apps have guaranteed shelter only through 2029, and Redmond warns modernization can take years

The Register 1d ago

MIDiA Research has previously documented the phenomena that is live podcasting. We’re all aware a podcast can fill an auditorium. What hasn’t yet been tested is where the pull comes from (the format, the host, or the producer?) because until now, most live podcast events have tested only one for...

MIDiA Research Blog 1d ago

The recorded music business in Argentina grew around 70% in 2025 following an almost 200% increase in 2024, but inflation – which was 31.5% in 2025 and 117.8% the previous […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

In the past, the British Royal Mail has already honoured AC/DC, The Who and Spice Girls with special stamp issues – now Duran Duran becomes the latest act to get […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has revised its 2026 U.S. ad spend growth forecast upwards from 9.5% to 12.3%, driven in large part by increased spending through automated, on-platform AI […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Spotify announced yesterday that it’s launching a new program that will give approximately 10,000 emerging independent artists each year resources, community, and support that aims to help them “turn early […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Singer-composer won Tonys and a Grammy for his 2006 rock musical with longtime collaborator Steven Sater

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user

The Register 1d ago

Hotfix covers only Excel 2016 and may still come unstuck around conditional formatting

The Register 1d ago

Iterative workloads caught vendors off guard, but requirements for a clean-slate solution remain unclear

The Register 1d ago

Grand Theft Auto publisher Rockstar Games has unveiled an official soundtrack album for the upcoming GTA VI. Released through Atlantic Records, it’ll feature 34 original tracks. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

BMG and Concord successfully completed their merger early this month. Now more information has emerged about the finances behind the deal, courtesy of alternative asset-management firm Apollo. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

We’ve been covering the recent news from music-fintech startup Notes·fm: its launch of financial accounts for artists using Stripe, for example, and its open music-credits database. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

Lunacy is the company behind audio plugins Cube and Beam, but its latest launch is something different: a browser-based marketplace for a larger collection of plugins. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

British trip-hop group Olive’s 1996 single ‘You’re Not Alone’ is a certified dance classic, and now it’s been remixed by German DJ Marlon Hoffstadt 20 years later. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

As promised earlier this year, streaming service Audiomack has launched its Audiomack Pro subscription for artists globally. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

The only public route to a ticket was a registration window that opened at oasisinet.com on September 14 and closed on September 17. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The Alliance says it was formed in response to two forms of unauthorized use, which it calls Data Piracy and Sync Piracy. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

SoundExchange-affiliated artists will collect royalties for broadcasts in the UAE, while Emirati creators will receive payouts for US airplay. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

The deal allows Symphonic to pull audio files and metadata out of MassiveMusic's catalog infrastructure when a label transfers its releases. Source

Music Business Worldwide 1d ago

US spy-tech firm insists its new UK senior vice president is there to 'build things, not to open doors'

The Register 1d ago

Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds’ family of playlists have traditionally supported emerging artists by putting their tracks in front of listeners who are seeking out new music. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 1d ago

AI, Cyber, SAP and Testing teams caught in latest reshaping of Big Four consultancy's Advisory arm

The Register 1d ago

Surveillance and training drone systems will come through three UK suppliers, though some are built overseas

The Register 1d ago

Whitehall changes a 'big mistake' as anything going in with Business department gets squeezed

The Register 1d ago

At Spotify, we have long believed that great recommendations are about more than predicting the next track.... The post Contexts, Conversations & Connections: Spotify Research at RecSys 2026 appeared first on Spotify Engineering.

Spotify Research 1d ago

The song comes off the pop star’s new album, Day and Night

Rolling Stone 1d ago

When wires and wireless mix, the combination can be electric

The Register 1d ago

The Grammy winning artist released the video a day before her new album, Bass Persuades, arrives

Rolling Stone 2d ago

MIDiA Research finds that 42% of live radio listeners aged 20 to 34 tune in for music discovery, highlighting demand for human curation London, UK – Radio offers qualities that more modern consumption methods (streaming services) often struggle to replicate. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 2d ago

Just a correction Bob, I’m not sure what you were looking at but Macklemore’s ‘Hind’s Hall’ has 48 million streams on spotify. And ‘Hind’s Hall 2’ has 6 million streams. I’m not a macklemore fan at all, but the numbers are the numbers.

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

The LP contains 34 original tracks, six of which were issued as singles on Thursday (September 17). Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

AI-generated 'artists' including Xania Monet will 'perform' live on stage at the first AI Music Awards in Los Angeles in November. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

Gregg Alexander wrote one of the biggest songs of the '90s, then pretty much completely withdrew from public life, opting instead to stay behind-the-scenes and write hits for other people. Here he tells is remarkable story, and explains why he's bring New Radicals back... Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

Corey Kent’s sound brings together his Oklahoma roots with country soul and a rocker’s edge. Earlier this month, he brought that mix to Bloomington, Indiana, for the latest iteration of Spotify Homegrown Live, presented by Hilton, ahead of the release of his new album Heartland Rock and Roll, out...

Spotify 2d ago

Discover Chartmetric Flow, an AI agent built for the music industry that turns complex questions into simple answers, data-driven analysis, research, and strategy in minutes.

How Music Charts 2d ago

Apollo-managed funds and affiliates have acquired what Apollo describes as a "noncontrolling interest" in a subsidiary of BMG that holds the legacy Concord asset-backed securities, backed by a catalog of over 1 million songs Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

The most successful creators are not just creative storytellers – they’re commercially minded entrepreneurs. The most sophisticated operators in this field recognise that launching their own product lines can be a lucrative and reliable revenue stream. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 2d ago

The interface of the Nova plug-in for browsing and loading Nova plug-ins inside your DAW. | Screenshot: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Lunacy, purveyor of fine VST plug-ins like Cube, a synth that you control by moving a ball around a 3D space, has just launched Nova, a platform where creators can...

The Verge 2d ago

Today, Spotify is launching Fresh Finds Forward, a new program that will give approximately 10,000 emerging independent artists each year the resources, community, and support to turn early momentum into long-term growth.

Spotify 2d ago

After teasing a music-related reveal a few days ago, Rockstar has officially announced the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto VI. Called Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, the soundtrack will feature 34 songs, which Rockstar describes as "brand-new, original tracks." Based on the first six singles, which...

The Verge 2d ago

Spotify’s move into direct competition with YouTube continues apace, even if music videos are still officially a ‘beta’ feature on its service. The latest news is the addition of Taylor Swift’s music-video catalogue – 58 videos in total, complete with customised play and pause-button animations.

Music Ally 2d ago

Fever is the live-entertainment tech company that acquired ticketing firm Dice in June 2025, shortly after raising $100m of funding. Now it’s turning to investors again with an even bigger raise. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

UK-based charity Youth Music has hit an impressive milestone: £1m awarded directly to young musicians and creatives from its ‘NextGen Fund’ since it was launched in 2021. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

YouTube has named 16 additional independent artists to its ‘Foundry’ class of 2026 – the latest iteration of its accelerator program for artists. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

The Spotify Partner Program is bigger than ever. This fall, we’re bringing the program to more than 35 new markets, opening the door for eligible creators in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, and beyond to earn more from their work. Following the Spotify Partner Program’s success across the...

Spotify 2d ago

On a Sunday in August 2025, I approached the O2 Forum Kentish Town to see an act I had heard plenty about. On this warm August afternoon, the main attraction was flamboyant, distinctive, petite in size and, by all accounts, electric. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 2d ago

Taylor Swift has long been keenly aware of the power of music videos to help expand the worlds she meticulously builds in her songwriting. Now, for the first time, all 58 of Taylor’s videos are coming to Spotify, giving her fans the opportunity to dive deeper than ever into her catalog.

Spotify 3d ago

Featuring Tom Morello, Chuck D and Idles’ Joe Talbot, the rapper’s new project celebrates the shared ideals of punk and hip-hop – ‘both the voice of the voiceless’ Adam Briggs has never been one for subtlety – in his lyrics, his punchlines or his activism. In person, the man has a huge presence.

The Guardian 3d ago

This fall, Coach is launching “Live Your Story,” a global campaign celebrating self-expression through music, fashion, and culture. And Spotify is helping to bring it to life with the Tabby Tour, an experiential and digital activation making stops at college campuses across the U.S., U.K, Japan,...

Spotify 3d ago

Parents love using Spotify to play music for their families. But parents don’t always share the same taste as their young children—and playing music for your kids shouldn’t have to affect your own recommendations.

Spotify 4d ago

Parents can finally get the kids' music out of Spotify Wrapped and other personalized playlists.

TechCrunch 4d ago

DistroKid dominates AI music distribution while Spotify owns a stake. As streaming integrity standards tighten, its refusal to sign deserves much closer scrutiny.

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 5d ago

Cuando piensas en ver a tu artista favorito en vivo, seguramente hay algunas canciones que esperas que formen parte del setlist. Para los fans de El Bogueto, Spotify lo hizo realidad la semana pasada en El Bogueto Pa’ los OG, una experiencia única creada junto a sus oyentes más fieles.

Spotify 5d ago

When you think about seeing your favorite artist live, there are probably a few songs that you hope make the setlist. For El Bogueto’s fans, Spotify made that dream a reality at last week’s Bogueto Pa’ los OG—a one-of-a-kind event shaped by his most dedicated listeners.

Spotify 5d ago

Former Spotify exec's company releases experimental "singles" that involves users in music making.

TechCrunch 5d ago

I know from our early days how high-pressure road life can be. While big tours often hire therapists, grassroots acts can’t afford it. I’m pleased to back a new scheme that aims to change that When Radiohead started touring, it was hugely exciting, but we got signed when we had been going for five...

The Guardian 5d ago

More than 800 businesses ask PM to make good on pledge, or risk more closures and job losses Hundreds of UK hospitality businesses, backed by celebrity chefs including Angela Hartnett and Heston Blumenthal, have asked Andy Burnham to lay out plans to lower VAT for the sector, urging him to make...

The Guardian 6d ago

The Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space. During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources.

The Verge 6d ago

Today the Picard team is making available a third release candidate for Picard 3. We received good feedback on the previous release candidate 2, thanks to everyone for testing and providing feedback. The final 3.0 release is planned to happen in a few weeks.

MetaBrainz Blog 6d ago