Art of Play added that it hopes "someday we can all laugh about this misunderstanding."

Billboard 12m ago

As a frail Love played what could be his final Beach Boys concert, in Nashville on Sunday, Jardine was taking the stage in Cerritos, California, with ex-bandmates Bruce Johnston and David Marks

Rolling Stone 14m ago

It was packed with superstars, including The Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand and two albums by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.

Billboard 57m ago

Just over two weeks before The Register’s Washington dinner with HPE and NVIDIA, the questions on the table are the ones that decide the architecture.

The Register 57m ago

What are artists really signing away when they opt into an AI settlement? Join Jen Jacobsen, George Zelcs, Gwendolyn Seale, Tim Kappel and moderator Chris Castle at Artist Rights Symposium V on October 19 at the University of Georgia for a discussion of AI copyright licensing, hidden...

MUSIC • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY 58m ago

“Reparto music has a sound that’s incredibly catchy — it’s tropical, full of flavor. I feel it’s a musically complete genre,” says Bebeshito, one of the leaders of the resurgence.

Billboard 1h ago

'Learn More' shortcut to local setup reportedly patched server-side, leaving users with more involved workarounds

The Register 1h ago

Kelly Clarkson does not seem to be winning the war she haphazardly declared against a Brooklyn novelty store. But the mere fact of its existence is proof that Clarkson is providing the public a service, of sorts.

Variety 1h ago

Britney Spears has posted a previously unreleased collaboration with Justin Timberlake titled “She’ll Never Be Me,” originally recorded for her 2001 album “Britney,” as a preview of the album’s 25 th anniversary edition, out on Nov. 6.

Variety 1h ago

Techies at 'Russia's Google' work around the clock as users await access to funds and network connectivity falls to 30% of normal

The Register 2h ago

The 84-year-old pop singer was slated to perform a run of four U.K. shows from Tuesday (Oct. 13) through next Monday (Oct. 19).

Billboard 2h ago

Julión Álvarez looks back on nearly 20 years of his career, major Billboard chart milestones, and what it means to still have fans showing up in a big way.

Billboard 2h ago

University alleged cloud software couldn't meet its needs after years of delays to financial systems overhaul

The Register 2h ago

In September, UMG sued distributer DistroKid over the latter’s “illegal, deceptive, and unlawful practices” – with two specific and fairly blockbuster accusations at the lawsuit’s heart: that DistroKid is “flooding” streaming services with “AI-generated slop”; and that it is also committing...

Music Ally 3h ago

Rockstar Games is slowly drip-feeding a ravenous fanbase small nuggets of Grand Theft Auto VI before its launch on 19 November. The company has often led with music in this teasing process, and it has now launched a site where fans can get a blast of the radio stations and songs that will be...

Music Ally 3h ago

We’re used to reading about novel ways of recruiting people en masse from another company, but a “reverse acqui-hire deal” was a new one to us. You’ll be aware of an acqui-hire deal, where one company – usually a major corporation – buys another outright in order to absorb the entirety of their...

Music Ally 3h ago

Netflix is allegedly about to cut 850 jobs as early as next week, according to media industry reporting service Puck. If that’s true – Netflix has not commented – that’s about 5% of its global workforce, which currently stands at about 17,000.

Music Ally 3h ago

Office documents in Copilot? Absolutely! Using Copilot to make Outlook themes? Nah…

The Register 3h ago

"This man's music is one of my biggest influences," the 21-year-old singer said of the 77-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer.

Billboard 3h ago

Union urges Mayor to halt driverless taxi rollout as City Hall report raises questions about safety, congestion, and who's actually in charge

The Register 3h ago

The song will be featured on the upcoming 25th anniversary edition of Britney, due out on Nov. 6.

Billboard 4h ago

25 years after taking flight, a surviving packet from the world's most impractical network has attracted a $4,000 bid

The Register 4h ago

The Verge reported that independent artists had been posting on social media about their music being taken down without notice. Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

The complaint alleges that Luxottica's brands set their social media videos to Warner-controlled music without a license and without paying Warner. Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

Walker signed a joint deal with Interscope and Atlanta-based label and management company LVRN in 2017. Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

The new label's first three signings are Atlanta artists Casper Bluff, Nechie, and Dracc. Source

Music Business Worldwide 4h ago

This week on The Kettle, we discuss some arrests and how Mythos' mathematical expertise has led to a second exploited bug that no human would have found

The Register 5h ago

How a micro JavaScript runtime uses native OS webviews to shrink the desktop footprint.

The Register 6h ago

Hi everyone! Sorry if we react slowly this week, that’s because our brains are all slowed down digesting all of the chocolate! Which long term readers will know means we are in Barcelona at our yearly summit all week.

MetaBrainz Blog 6h ago

Nothing this old should scale this well. Yet here these words are

The Register 6h ago

Want a lightweight GUI OS for an old PC? Try this first

The Register 7h ago

“So you’re not only rude, you’re also a liar,” the singer wrote in response to Art of Play’s claims

Rolling Stone 8h ago

The Canadian rock band will play seven Australian dates in October 2027 with Don Broco.

Billboard 8h ago

While three bosses looked on, our hero made a very expensive mistake

The Register 8h ago

When the Beach Boys played Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium Sunday night, no major announcements were made from the stage, but the sense of import for fans on hand was palpable, with many believing they might be witnessing Mike Love’s last show leading the touring edition of the group.

Variety 10h ago

The singer closed with a parting shot: “Your store is really cool. Unfortunately, you aren’t.”

Billboard 11h ago

Stamos shared a candid update about The Beach Boys singer on social media before their performance in Nashville Sunday night (Oct. 11) after the band returns after a three-month break.

Billboard 12h ago

After Kelly Clarkson took to X on Saturday to share her experience “being treated like Julia Roberts” in “Pretty Woman” during a visit to Art of Play, a novelty shop in Brooklyn, the local business is responding to her claims, saying it has received “widespread outrage” since and explaining that...

Variety 17h ago

Following many Beach Boys fans and followers expressing concern for Mike Love after seeing footage from the group’s Saturday night show in Cincinnati, John Stamos has stepped in with a statement acknowledging that Love is in poor health as they are doing these shows and suggesting that his longtime...

Variety 18h ago

Taylor Swift is fond of the number 13, but here’s betting she also considers the numeral 100 lucky, too. She can now celebrate having 100 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, for all of her albums combined, further extending a record among solo artists that will be difficult for anyone to...

Variety 19h ago

The Neighbourhood’s Jesse Rutherford also performs “Sweater Weather” at Sombr’s Kia Forum gig

Rolling Stone 20h ago

In return to Vegas after cancer battle, singer cuts short the second show in Westgate residency, cancels the third due to illness

Rolling Stone 23h ago

Picard 3.0.2 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. This releases fixes a crash in the Setup Wizard if Picard was packaged with the automatic update check disabled and several color theme related fixes.

MetaBrainz Blog 1d ago

“He’s been going through some health issues,” John Stamos told the crowd at the start of the show. “We’re all here to support him and give him as much love as we can”

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Band plays five-song set during the encore for first performance since 2019

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'make OT device operator screens lie'

The Register 1d ago

And you'll trust agents to do that for the same reason you no longer worry about automatic transmissions

The Register 1d ago

Korean boffins use oxygen to stop crystals forming in the wrong places, aiming to get tech to commercial sector by 2030

The Register 1d ago

No one is saying what caused Journey drummer Deen Castronovo to have been assisted off stage after two songs and admitted to a Tulsa hospital Thursday night. What they were saying, though, was that he had recovered from whatever hit him and was ready to resume action.

Variety 1d ago

Both songs are from the Spanish singer-songwriter’s highly praised album, Lux

Rolling Stone 1d ago

To the question of whether Rosalía would be dancing during her “Saturday Night Live” appearance or not, that depends on how you’re looking at it. The acclaimed singer stood in place, perfectly still, during her first number, “Reliquia” — but appeared to be standing en pointe for the entire...

Variety 1d ago

Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year at the World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday, capping a prolific run that includes “Project Hail Mary,” “The Drama,” “The Bad Guys 2” and “Masters of the Universe.” The British composer has now won three times at the Ghent-based ceremony, taking...

Variety 1d ago

Artists are taking to social media to complain that DistroKid has unceremoniously removed their work without notice. Now DistroKid has confirmed to The Verge that the takedowns are a direct response to claims made by UMG.

The Verge 1d ago

Following a long-anticipated return to the stage Thursday night, Barry Manilow put an early halt to Friday’s concert and has canceled his Saturday show at the International Theater at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.

Variety 1d ago

Tinashe performs "Nobody Wanna Dance Anymore" and "Melatonin" from her new LP Popstar during her friend Charli's headlining set

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Sunmi is an undeniable force in K-pop. She first made her debut as a member of the Wonder Girls back in 2007, one of the first K-pop acts to really break through in the West. The English version of their single "Nobody" was the first K-pop song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 in October 2009.

The Verge 2d ago

Singer, who denied rape accusation, cancels four gigs following alleged incident that occurred Thursday in Vancouver

Rolling Stone 2d ago

Attackers abusing rare Cyrillic and Latin letters to impersonate popular websites

The Register 2d ago

EU executive branch is building a sovereign backup with Element, not replacing Teams. Not yet anyway

The Register 2d ago

Source attribution matters to 79% of respondents – handy for a company licensing its Q&A archive to model builders

The Register 2d ago

The first version of Microsoft-Decision-1 is based on Qwen3.5-9B, but the next will sport homegrown tech, Redmond reassures

The Register 2d ago

Tune in Saturday October 10th to Faction Talk, channel 137, 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 2d ago

The track is the latest offering from newly launched record label Sick

Rolling Stone 2d ago

Before stereos, before computers. before the internet… There were cars. And they changed every year and we knew not only the bodies, but what was under the hood. You were your car, assuming you were old enough to drive.

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

People didn’t love Donald Trump in 2024. But they did hate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Meanwhile, we constantly have to hear about Harris possibly running again, makes me tear out what little hair I have left, she is an inauthentic loser who couldn’t even get one delegate back in the 2020 primary...

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier

The Register 2d ago

San Francisco’s Pier 80 came alive last month as fans packed the dance floor for this year’s Portola Music Festival. If you missed any of the fun or just want an encore, you can now watch select sets and performances from the event in our Portola video hub from artists including Chloé Caillet,...

Spotify 2d ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

October 10 is World Mental Health Day, but for many podcast creators, wellness is a year-round pursuit. Listeners turn to their shows for accessible self-care tools, alongside inspiring stories of resilience, growth, and community.

Spotify 3d ago

If you’re a fan of SOCIAL MEDIA TITANS BEEF, prepare to record your direct-to-camera ragebait hot take: Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has banned ads from ByteDance from running on its platforms in the US, as well as some other territories, including Canada, Japan and Thailand.

Music Ally 3d ago

When Jack White played a show at BleauLive Theater in Las Vegas on October 2, 2026, the show’s poster was also available for sale – as a board game. All 350 copies of Jack White: Las Vegas Frenzy sold out immediately, but more go on sale online today – at price that means it’s maybe unlikely to be...

Music Ally 3d ago

Part of Suno’s licensing deal with Warner Music Group last November involved acquiring concert-discovery platform Songkick. It felt like a strange quirk at the time – what does an AI music-generating platform have to do with live gigs?

Music Ally 3d ago

Spotify has been feeling confident recently about its internally-built tools – for instance its bespoke “large taste model” to better recommend music, and its Studio platform that can build bespoke podcasts for users.

Music Ally 3d ago

It’s comforting to remember that music isn’t merely a thing that exists in a series of breathless AI press releases – it’s also a nice thing that makes people feel nice.

Music Ally 3d ago

You’ll doubtlessly have heard the news, and so – as decreed by the super-est mind of our times – Music Ally will be referring to AI as “Super Intelligence” for the foreseeable future. Or until it crashes the stock market, whatever. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 3d ago

Fair Use Analysis in ‘Thomson Reuters’ Should Have Generative AI Defendants Worried — “Defendants will keep saying Thomson Reuters is not a generative AI case. That is true, and it also doesn’t matter.

Copyhype 3d ago

The ban also covers campaigns from third-party advertisers that direct users in those markets to TikTok or to other ByteDance-owned services. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the deal's terms are similar to those of Rogan's previous Spotify agreement. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

James Johnston is a country singer-songwriter from Australia who started putting out his music independently in 2021 before signing to Warner Music Australia ahead of his second album, Where You’ll Find Me.

Music Ally 3d ago

There have been some exciting new launches in the world of music marketing tools and tech this week. Here’s what caught our eye: The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 3d ago

Releasing two singles on the same day is a bold way to open an album campaign. It doubles the content, but it also raises the risk of the tracks competing for DSP slots, radio spins and fan attention.

Music Ally 3d ago

It’s Advertising Week in New York, and both Meta and TikTok have announced new advertising features that move them further into the world of agentic AI. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 3d ago

I've expended a lot of time and emotional energy, over the last couple years, on designing a query-language for expressing data algorithms and writing the reference implementation of its engine.

furia log 3d ago

In the role, Chua will lead the AI music company's live music operations, which include concert discovery platform Songkick. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

Like you’ve never heard him before… Richard has a new album, “After Hours.” Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/richard-marx/id1316200737?i=1000793843006...

Lefsetz Letter 3d ago

Sources told Billboard that the rapper did not submit any songs from Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour to the Recording Academy. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

The NMPA announced Moot's appointment a week after he became sole chair of Warner Chappell on October 1. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

It’s been a busy year at Indian music distribution, publishing and marketing company Madverse Music Group’s HQ. In January, it entered into a partnership with Kobalt; in June, it announced […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 3d ago

Picard 3.0.1 is a maintenance release for the recently released Picard 3.0 with fixes for reported issues and updated translations. In particular this release fixes issues on newer macOS Tahoe and Golden Gate, a possible crash when updating from Picard 2.x and the picard-cli utility in the Windows...

MetaBrainz Blog 4d ago

Narrative audio is on an upward curve. Several forces are converging to sustain it: writers and performers of real standing choosing the format, a hunger for lean-in listening, and technology that is reimagining what an audio story can sound like. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 4d ago

For a long time, talking about the music industry meant talking primarily about artists, producers, labels, venues, and songs. While they remain a fundamental part of the industry, music today is also driven by an ever-growing network of voices that listen closely, introduce it to new audiences,...

Spotify 4d ago

Durante mucho tiempo, hablar de la industria musical era hablar, sobre todo, de artistas, productores, sellos, escenarios y canciones. Y aunque ellos siguen siendo parte fundamental, hoy la música también se mueve gracias a una red cada vez más amplia de voces que la escuchan con atención, la...

Spotify 4d ago

Shapers was created to recognize the creators who are helping shape Colombia’s music ecosystem through different formats, perspectives, and communities.

Spotify 4d ago

Shapers nace para reconocer a los creadores que están impulsando el ecosistema musical colombiano desde diferentes formatos, perspectivas y comunidades.

Spotify 4d ago

The Joe Rogan Experience is the world’s most popular podcast, and with 18 million followers has been the most-followed show on Spotify since our partnership with Joe Rogan began in 2020.

Spotify 4d ago

Is live music approaching a golden era of innovation? At a concert, the merchandise queue asks a slightly absurd question: how much of the show would you miss for merch? A committed fan is ready to spend, yet the experience makes them choose between buying and watching. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 4d ago

Teenage Engineering founder and CEO Jesper Kouthoofd told Highsnobiety that it plans to stop making synths. And yes, that includes the iconic OP-1, which put the company on the map. TE isn't just a music gear maker; it's also a sought-after design firm.

The Verge 4d ago

KATSEYE's 'Pinky up', BLACKPINK's 'JUMP,' and LE SSERAFIM's 'CELEBRATION' all share something new: hard techno. K-pop's trademark EDM sound is giving way to something grittier — and insiders say it's just getting started

How Music Charts 4d ago

Nuevo urbano is a sound—and culture—all its own. With genre-blurring beats and strong sense of community, the scene has gained momentum in recent years, along with a loyal fanbase in its home country of Spain and beyond.

Spotify 4d ago

Much controversy surrounds the continued spread of Meta’s AI glasses. With cameras that can record entire interactions, an AI virtual assistant to analyse them live, and small speakers to unobtrusively share those findings with the wearer, its uses are potentially both promising and predatory.

MIDiA Research Blog 4d ago

As the attention economy fractures traditional media consumption habits, Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) risk losing reach among young viewers. According to Ofcom , three-quarters of 16–24-year-olds report that they get their news from social media platforms. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 5d ago

Today at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest gathering of people who love books, we announced that audiobooks on Spotify are going global. By the end of 2026, listeners in more than 180 markets will be able to find their next great book on Spotify, right alongside the music and podcasts...

Spotify 5d ago

Exclusive: 10-year sponsorship extension at a 50% premium on last agreement crowns bonanza year for live venue O2 has struck a record deal thought to be in the region of £200m to retain the naming rights to the London venue the O2 in the largest renewal of its kind in UK history.

The Guardian 5d ago

O fandom transforma o ato de ouvir música em comunidade. Molda a descoberta, influencia o que viraliza e faz as pessoas voltarem sempre. É essa a ideia por trás do Spotify Superfans Experience, ou SFX: nossa primeira experiência global ao vivo para fãs, marcada para os dias 23 e 24 de janeiro de...

Spotify 5d ago

The AstroLab is very difficult to play in this position. | Image: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge Arturia's AstroLab series was already amongst the best stage keyboards out there.

The Verge 5d ago