Raye is set to headline BST Hyde Park in London this coming summer with special guest Sienna Spiro. The singer — who just won the U.K.’s prestigious Mercury Prize for her latest album, “This Music May Contain Hope” — will play the festival on Saturday, July 10.
'It helps me stretch what I can do in the current age of AI coding, and keeps my curiosity alive'
Flash the cash, flush the cache
Institute for Driverless Transport wants answers on jobs impact and what happens if the supplier bails
Australia's Thornhill hand-picked a bill featuring Stand Atlantic, Alpha Wolf and US acts SACE6 and Varials for the beachside event in February.
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The abbreviation looks almost too plain to explain. R&B stands for rhythm and blues, a genre name shortened to three characters, and yet the name tells you surprisingly little about what comes out of the speakers.
Nobody noticed for years, at which point the boss realized they had to cover up their poor decision
The outdoor concert series grows to 12 nights on the Opera House Forecourt and will again raise money for Australian music charity Support Act.
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Gaming is really, really different than anything else that’s out there. It’s not like film and TV synchronisation licensing. The post is from Music Ally.
Attribution may become one of the most useful bridges between human creativity and AI music. At its simplest, it gives us a way to see which compositions, recordings, performances and creative choices helped shape an AI-generated result.
Wants more local AI, without Big Tech getting open access to everything
A Hollywood-backed nonprofit, alongside the Music Artists Coalition and other groups, filed an amicus brief in the New York Times’ case against OpenAI and Microsoft.
Wu-Tang Clan will perform the halftime show at Ford Field during the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving game on November 26, produced by Eminem and his manager.
Dolly Parton’s niece, the sister of the star’s ousted nephew and security guard, was reportedly fired by the state late last month. It’s the latest chapter in a growing power battle at the Dolly estate.
Ben Lee, Missy Higgins and Budjerah are among the artists backing the month-long push, which asks fans to make their support for local music public.
An entertainment manager for decades, Erlichman also worked with The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.
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Marty Erlichman, the entertainment manager who discovered Barbra Streisand and managed her for more than six decades, died on Saturday of age-related causes. He was 97.
Yet machine-made patches ‘often get rewritten’
They'll take the halftime performance slot at the Nov. 26 Lions-Bears game, while Antonio Cipriano will perform the national anthem.
Watch the PHL Eagles take on the WAS Commanders on Sunday, Nov. 1.
The pop star marked the occasion with a Halloween tribute to one of the city's most infamous viral sensations.
Hilary Duff is reflecting on being so “done” playing Lizzie McGuire after the 2003 movie concluded the two-season Disney Channel show that made her a star.
The rock band's The Black Parade reached the top slot with its 20th anniversary reissue, beating out Olivia Rodrigo
My Chemical Romance has scored its first-ever No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as “The Black Parade” surges from No. 139 to the top of the chart, 20 years after its initial release.
Male solo artists dominate, though three female solo artists and two groups have also achieved the feat.
Donning wigs and costumes, the trippy-pop band lit up Brooklyn's Barclays Center as part of their ¿Dónde Es El After? World Tour.
The Black Parade’s 20-year-wait to reach No. 1 is the longest ever for an album.
Most owners buy AI for speed and discover the checking cost later. A competent person can verify the output cheaply and still say no.
The originator of Detroit techno, Atkins was a founding member of the pioneering electronic music duo Cybotron and released the influential "No UFO's" under his Model 500 moniker
Harry Styles’ record-setting 30-night residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden came to a close over the weekend, with a pair of Styles’ recurring “Harryween” concerts that saw the star, his band and much of the audience dressed for the occasion — in his case as 1970s-era Elvis Presley on the...
Picard 3.0.4 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. This release fixes crashes on macOS with some language settings as well as a potential crash when updating the plugin list.
By a startling coincidence, so is its arch-rival Vi
Legacy public switched telephone network service is to be retired on January 31, 2027
The singer-songwriter plays one song from her latest album, Daughter from Hell, and another from its deluxe version
The singer ended his record-breaking Together, Together residency with a special Halloween show where he also covered "Psycho Killer" dressed as a New York City rat
So, in talking about the marvel that was Phoebe Bridgers’ opening night at L.A.’s Intuit Dome Friday night, which part of the show do you talk about first?
Best practices are crowded on purpose. The upside sits with whoever moves before they're proven safe. Here's how you can be that person.
Singer hospitalized in Germany following unspecified medical issue; band is currently scheduled to resume tour next week
Experimental orbital datacenter prototype puts its TPU to work producing poetry
No lies detected. | Photo: Onda Vic Mensa is one of those people who has done so many things that it's hard to remember where you were first introduced to him. Was it his debut mixtape Innanetape, which finally hit the major streaming services for the first time in September?
"He is up there by his house and walking around in his slippers," actor says of his longtime friend. "He deserves it."
Labeled in black on black - controls for a galactic hyper-hearse or ill-advised Windows theme?
A lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession
London's Oxford Street signage shows its underwear to passing tourists
How a $6.9B bet on Mellanox made Nvidia bigger than Cisco, and the world's most valuable company to boot
Bill Maher opened his new episode of “Real Time” Friday night by addressing Trump’s 1,300-word social media tirade against him following their White House dinner earlier this month, with the comic comparing the president to Taylor Swift.
The cheer squad sued the band and the concert promoter last week, asking for damages and a trial
Singer performs "Isn't She Lovely," his X Factor audition song at age 16, for penultimate MSG concert of 30-night residency
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Netflix trailer: A mediocre name for a phenomenal series. Then again, it’s translated from Hebrew, it was probably better in its initial iteration. What surprised me was “A Body That Works” was hiding in plain sight, i.e.
See how AI agents can help solo entrepreneurs delegate work, build tools and operate with the capabilities of a much larger team.
Dwayne Johnson, Alicia Silverstone, Regina Hall, Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, Rachel McAdams, and more will also feature in the film
As technology and AI make professional content easier to produce, the real competitive advantage is shifting from production quality to having something genuinely worth saying.
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and Grand Ole Opry member Chris Young has signed with UTA for global representation in all areas. The signing comes as Young approaches nearly two decades in the country music spotlight.
Your business can’t scale if every decision depends on you. These five leadership shifts will help you reclaim your time and build a stronger team.
Akai teased its new MPC Sample Key on Instagram earlier this week, and said it plans to open-source its software so the modding community can hack it to their hearts' delight.
Independent contractors offer flexibility and specialized expertise, but the savings come with trade-offs.
Suno is charging ahead with its Mechanical Licensing Collective subpoena, and the MLC now has until Monday to formally oppose a related motion to compel. The involved parties just recently disclosed that quick-moving schedule, including the November 2nd response cutoff for the MLC.
SPOILER ALERT: This story reveals major details about Peter Berg’s new real-life World War II film “The Mosquito Bowl.” When British actor Tom Francis signed with his U.S. agents at CAA, he made his aspirations very clear.
The couple, who started dating in 2021 and married in 2023, split over the summer
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A$AP Rocky arrives in Fortnite on November 1, drawn in anime style and sailing alongside One Piece’s Straw Hats in Fortnite Treasure Hunters. A$AP Rocky arrives in Fortnite next month, drawn in anime style and sailing alongside One Piece’s Straw Hats on a battleship of his own.
Ticketmaster is launching an integration with CashorTrade that allows verified tickets to be resold on the latter’s marketplace at face value or below. Bots are crashing shows and fans are left destitute after their favorite artist comes to town.
The breakout 'Ghosts' star shares his advice on beating imposter syndrome, taking big swings and putting heart at the center of your work.
Becoming AI-native takes one quarter, one revenue process and no new software: Here's the 90-day plan you can run without a transformation budget.
The Backstreet Boys are expanding their entertainment legacy into competitive gaming with a celebrity-owned team and a search for players to represent it.
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At its peak today, the rally added around USD $4.8 billion (EUR €4.3bn) to UMG's market capitalization. Source
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$220 million? For all of you? Yeah, we can probably dig that up ...
With Aerosmith, fans might not want to miss a thing, but they most especially did not want to miss — if at all possible — the band’s two all-star-guest-augmented shows at the Hollywood Bowl this week, the first of which was Thursday night.
Meta delays rollout of updated commercial terms amid publishers’ collective pushback — “Last Thursday, a number of publisher trade bodies around the world published letters to Meta pushing back on its terms, and urged lawmakers to take action.
We are delighted to give you a first preview at the agenda for the marketing summit of Music Ally Marketing Week! The post is from Music Ally.
Harry Styles plays the last of his 30 nights at Madison Square Garden on 31 October, and Spotify is marking the occasion with a free dance party elsewhere in New York the same evening. The post is from Music Ally.
BigXthaPlug releases his fourth studio album Better Over Time on 30 October, and the rollout has included one of the more inventive feature reveals we’ve seen this year.
Reddit is the latest platform to lean further into recommendations. Its homepage is being split into two feeds: “For You”, which will be the default and will show posts from communities people don’t follow, and “Following”, which sticks to the subreddits they’ve joined.
In May, Spotify announced its plans to launch an AI tool “allowing fans to create covers and remixes” but – sensibly having learned from past missed-deadlines for its hi-res music debut – didn’t tie itself to a specific launch date. The post is from Music Ally.
High-single-digit funding rounds for music-tech startups are familiar, but less so for labels. Audio Chateau Records is bucking that trend by trousering a Series A round of up to $9m. The post is from Music Ally.
Well, not just music startups, as we’ll explain. Securing deals with music rightsholders is a huge part of any music startup’s workload, but so is attracting investors and advisors. A new platform called Duets Network wants to help with that. The post is from Music Ally.
This week saw the annual Youth Music Awards, where the UK-based charity celebrated emerging musicians as well as projects that work with young people and music around the country. The post is from Music Ally.
Forget quitting playing games (with my heart). Pop veterans Backstreet Boys are very much not quitting playing games: they’re recruiting professional gamers as part of a move into the esports industry. The post is from Music Ally.
At first glance, some of the numbers in Roblox’s quarterly financials don’t look good at all when you compare them to Q3 a year ago. The post is from Music Ally.
Universal Music Group’s quarterly financial earnings-call yesterday saw boss Sir Lucian Grainge sounding the latest alarm around AI music. He cited Deezer’s latest figures showing more than 90,000 fully AI-generated tracks are being uploaded to streaming services every day.
Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of October 30th, 2026. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to noah@digitalmusicnews.com.
At MIDiA, we have been pointing to the rise of the Global South for many years, so it is good to see that the message is catching on. And it’s not a moment too late, considering that Global South markets have been the main drivers of subscriber growth throughout this decade. Source
Spotify is reportedly preparing to roll out its long-awaited AI cover and remix tool – possibly at a $5-per-month price point in the States – early next year. That potential launch timetable surfaced in a Financial Times report, which cited anonymous and purportedly well-informed sources.
The updates are currently scheduled to apply to commercial accounts across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads, and WhatsApp from November 20. Source
Suno also wants an Apple witness to testify about Apple’s current licensing talks with both majors and streaming fraud on Apple Music. Source
The Kansas City matinee will not go ahead, and fans who bought tickets will be refunded automatically to their original method of payment. Source
The following MBW op/ed comes from Mag Rodriguez, Founder/CEO, of superfan-focused platform EVEN. Source
Suno has unveiled a tool that lets users create songs from inside AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. The tool, Suno MCP, is in beta and was announced in Suno’s release notes on Wednesday (October 28).
Spotify plans to launch its AI-powered covers and remixes tool in the first quarter of 2027. That’s according to the Financial Times, which reported the timeline on Friday (October 30), citing people familiar with the plans.
A Delaware judge has ordered Faith Evans to pay over $12.5 million in Biggie’s estate profits to his mother’s Voletta Wallace Revocable Trust. On Tuesday, October 27, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J.
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris alleges that the estate’s executor John Branca is receiving excessive payments given his failure to meet court-ordered deadlines.
SiriusXM has reported a revenue dip, a net income boost, and a subscriber uptick for Q3 2026, when its core satellite radio service’s average listening time grew by 5%. The Pandora parent disclosed its third-quarter financials today, and admittedly, the breakdown is free of fireworks.
The legendary guitarist has a new album, “Live at Ronnie Scott’s.” Audio: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lee-ritenour/id1316200737?i=1000798684274 Amazon:...
The Federal Trade Commission has demanded a full jury trial against Live Nation in its BOTS Act lawsuit against the ticketing and live events giant. After the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) successfully maintained its case against Live Nation despite the live events giant’s attempts to dismiss it,...
Amid an intensifying subpoena clash with Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music, DistroKid now has until November 6th to respond to a demand for documents concerning its AI-detection data. As some will recognize from our prior coverage, that opposition deadline was previously November 4th.
The auctioning of the guitar that George Michael played in the iconic “Faith” music video has led to significant drama among the family of the artist’s late assistant.
iHeartRadio announces the launch of Lite Mode, designed to give app users the ability to easily toggle between full features and “just essentials.” On Thursday, iHeartRadio announced the launch of “Lite Mode,” a new app feature designed to give users the ability to easily toggle between...
Post Malone and Olivia Rodrigo have similar streaming numbers but very different touring years. The gap comes down to what happens after someone presses play. Artists and industry voices share what it takes to build a fanbase that shows up and sticks around.
Adjusted EBITDA came in at €729 million ($838.7m), a margin of 21.5%, down from 22.0% in Q3 2025 but up on the 20.5% margin it posted in the prior quarter (Q2 2026) Source
Post Malone and Olivia Rodrigo have similar streaming numbers but very different touring years. The gap comes down to what happens after someone presses play. Artists and industry voices share what it takes to build a fanbase that shows up and sticks around.
Arijit Singh fans who couldn’t get hold of tickets to watch him perform in their city during his 2027 tour have a chance to catch the singer live this year […] The post is from Music Ally.
Universal Music Group (UMG) has reported a double-digit revenue increase – and a more than 20% paid-streaming spike – for Q3 2026. But amid continued share-price woes, CEO Lucian Grainge says the structure of the company’s “DSP agreements has to change.” UMG shed light on its third-quarter results...
The demise of gatekeepers was part of the internet’s founding mythology – but, in reality, we quickly learned that they were going nowhere. However, the human ones were cast aside as algorithms took their place. Source
In the role, Silvertown will oversee Create's legal and business affairs functions and partner with the executive team on strategic transactions, investments, and partnerships. Source
A scene needs taste, somewhere to put it, and money to keep it going. At ADE last week, the sessions I was part of kept returning to one question: how do you scale all three without losing what made them worth having? “Beyond the Feed” with Bessie-Mae Armitage, Quentin Chambers, and Michail Stan...
At Music Tectonics, Merck Mercuriadis outlined a new model for artist ownership, management and financing that could change who controls the music business—and who gets paid.
Earlier this week we reported on artist Sam Fender promising to cut ticket prices and ditch the ‘premium standing’ zone for his upcoming stadium concerts in the UK. Now the tour is making headlines of another kind – for bot disruption. The post is from Music Ally.
Independent licensing agency Merlin is celebrating the 10th anniversary of opening its office in Japan with some new stats. Merlin says that its payouts to Japanese members have grown by nearly 60% in the last five years. The post is from Music Ally.
As John Lewis reports a 96% rise in searches for CD players, music fans share their reasons for ditching streaming CDs appear to be having a resurgence.
Picard 3.0.3 is a maintenance release for Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations.This release fixes a crash when switching color themes, a crash when loading a release from an ISRC lookup, metadata issues in the Album Pane when multiple files match a track, and problems...
Audio Chateau Records’ founder Jared Gutstadt is about to close a $9 million Series A financing round while welcoming strategic advisor Poo Bear. Audio Chateau Records (ACR), the music and creator company founded by longtime media and entertainment entrepreneur and Jingle Punks founder Jared...
NOW THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT! What kind of crazy f*cked up world do we live in where Bryan Adams writes the best protest song of the Trump era? At a time where you only get a second or two to hook people, I got this song immediately. It’s like Adams channeled his eighties […]
The MPC Sample Key looks like the MPC Sample just with keys instead of pads. | Image: Akai The MPC Sample Key isn't even formally announced yet, but Akai is already showing off what the modding community is cooking up through vibe coding.
Meta’s Q3 earnings revealed strong revenue growth coming from its core business and “major milestones… toward delivering personal superintelligence for everyone”. Beneath that is a more turbulent picture, however: low user growth, potential ad saturation of its existing audiences, and costly...
Long ago I designed a team collaboration system called eRoom. It was like Slack, but if you propelled Slack backwards in time and somehow it picked up more features and flexibility as it went (but fewer emoji).
Chartmetric and Base for Music have teamed up on a new playbook exploring how artists and music professionals can turn music data into more effective marketing strategies.
Songwriters celebrate a Supreme Court ruling affirming earlier victories for Cyril Vetter in the Middle District of Louisiana and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding copyright recapture under statutory termination.