"I’m the original apple B school girl," she wrote in her lengthy post.

Billboard 14m ago

Plus, Greta Van Fleet debuts in the top 10.

Billboard 18m ago

Taylor Swift got some of the old gang back together for her first full-band performance since the Eras Tour, delivering a four-song set to a black-tie audience Saturday night at the Academy Museum 6th Annual Gala.

Variety 1h ago

Thinking about joining MGM+? Here's the best way to score access for free.

Billboard 1h ago

As anyone who’s seen her in concert knows, Charli xcx is usually laser-focused on her current material and rarely looks back for more than a couple of songs.

Variety 1h ago

Jesús Ortiz Paz says live footage captured in Mexico City disappeared after the band’s director’s vehicle was burglarized.

Billboard 1h ago

The pop superstar also debuted “The Fate of Ophelia” live and performed other hits at the event.

Billboard 1h ago

Singer's four-song set at star-studded event also featured "Blank Space," "Love Story," and "I Knew It, I Knew You"

Rolling Stone 2h ago

At the first show of his Lights of Autumn European tour, Dylan played Newman's classic "Louisiana 1927," Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues," and a radically re-worked "Tangled Up In Blue"

Rolling Stone 3h ago

The pop superstar also performed her Toy Story 5 hit 'I Knew It, I Knew You' at the L.A. event.

Billboard 3h ago

Singer also brings out guests PinkPantheress and the Dare at Kia Forum show

Rolling Stone 4h ago

The History of Concrete documentarian has been quietly filming singer's historic Together, Together residency since August

Rolling Stone 6h ago

Livestream the Texans take on the Jaguars live from London on Oct. 18.

Billboard 8h ago

The rapper addressed backlash over his guest verse on Kid Rock’s new faith-based album, pointing to the pair’s decades-long friendship

Billboard 11h ago

Pop quiz: somebody left a command shell logged in. What do you do?

The Register 11h ago

"Just choosing to make music," rapper says of appearing on "Heal My Faith" off Rock's faith-based LP

Rolling Stone 23h ago

The country star’s two-hour conversation with the Oscar-winning actor was uploaded to YouTube on Oct. 16.

Billboard 23h ago

Harry Styles has invited one of the buzziest documentary filmmakers on the market behind the curtain of his historic Madison Square Garden residency. John Wilson, the director behind indie box-office surprise “The History of Concrete” and HBO’s “How To with John Wilson,” has been rolling cameras on...

Variety 1d ago

The third and final leg of the metal legends’ 50th-anniversary trek launches in April.

Billboard 1d ago

The mood was typically celebratory at Harry Styles’ residency show at New York’s Madison Square Garden Friday night, but Harry Styles was not about to let the second anniversary of the death of former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne go unremarked upon — or, to the shock of fans, unsung about.

Variety 1d ago

Miley Cyrus paid tribute to her late godmother and country icon Dolly Parton onstage at the Hollywood Bowl Friday as she performed her first major show in years.

Variety 1d ago

Heavy metal legends were "planning on taking a break" next year, but will instead play final 16 shows of their 50th anniversary tour

Rolling Stone 1d ago

50 Cent is having trouble logging in to our Zoom. Multiple links have been sent his way — three, by my count — to no avail. The imbroglio is excusable given the early hour and the number of different directions he’s currently being pulled, with 40 projects spread across 12 different networks, not...

Variety 1d ago

The track will appear on the British girl group's debut EP Say What You See, co-written and executive produced by PinkPantheress, out Nov. 13

Rolling Stone 1d ago

'Hold my beer, have fun getting into your offices'

The Register 1d ago

Would you like personalized shopping recommendations based on that conversation you just had?

The Register 1d ago

After she descended from a B-stage in the middle of the stands at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night, Miley Cyrus sat hunched over on the main stage, visibly sapped by the 200-foot trek back to the spotlight. “You guys gave me so much energy, but you also took a little energy out of me, […]

Variety 1d ago

ClearSpace UK aims to be operational in 2029 with public's suggestion etched on the side of the spacecraft

The Register 1d ago

The singer debuted the unreleased song "What Is Enough" in honor of his former One Direction bandmate

Rolling Stone 1d ago

Miley Cyrus kicked off her “Miley: Bass Persuades – Live at the Hollywood Bowl” shows on Friday night at the famed Los Angeles venue, giving her first headlining performance in years.

Variety 1d ago

"Hugo has always been at the center of the Neptunes' success and is equally responsible for the duo’s special place in the industry," a new court filing says

Rolling Stone 1d ago

They handle 71.5% of Vercel gateway tokens and nearly a quarter of estimated spending

The Register 1d ago

Warner Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, has signed an exclusive worldwide administration agreement with veteran New Jersey rock band My Chemical Romance.

Variety 1d ago

Somehow, the word mania still seems wrong to apply to anything about Ella Langley, whose entire appeal is predicated on a kind of laid-back country modesty. But by any commercial standard, if the term fits, wear it.

Variety 1d ago

Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, who got to hear the album for the first time thanks to Pablo Torre Finds Out. | Getty Images Wu-Tang's Once Upon A Time in Shaolin album has, for the most part, been extremely difficult to listen to, but you can now hear two snippets of the album thanks to the...

The Verge 1d ago

El Reg digs its claws into HP's N1X-powered OmniBook Ultra 16

The Register 1d ago

You're building servers 'wrong,' says Ryan Dahl as Cloudflare gobbles his Deno startup

The Register 1d ago

The future is private, the present is plunder

The Register 1d ago

The track, which the rapper first premiered onstage in 2022, arrives ahead of his Don’t Be Dumb “extension” Disc 2

Rolling Stone 2d ago

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

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

26.10 is here, with not-quite-ready kernel 7.3 and speech-to-text recognition

The Register 2d ago

So, tune in Saturday October 17h 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 2d ago

Bogus AI-generated citations keep turning up in court documents, but lawyers could at least run those docs through this legal citation checker

The Register 2d ago

Legacy protocol is going to be axed, and enforcement by default will highlight how migration is going

The Register 2d ago

SPONSORED POST: As AI hunger soars, NTT Global Data Centers finds it's permits, not parts, that could cap the datacenter boom

The Register 2d ago

The inevitable election-themed cyberattacks are whirring again, as the feds issue PSA about the ones to watch out for

The Register 2d ago

Anja Kotar is a Slovenian-born singer, songwriter and producer based in California. She trained as a classical pianist and has been releasing music independently since 2017 – these days through Venice Music.

Music Ally 2d ago

Google has published Frightgeist, its annual round-up of what people are searching for ahead of Halloween. It’s pitched at retailers deciding what to stock, but it’s just as handy for anyone planning spooky season content around an artist. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

After testing the water on Instagram, Meta is bringing its ‘Your Algorithm’ tool to Facebook, which means users can now tell the app in their own words what they’d like to see more (or less) of in Feed and Reels.

Music Ally 2d ago

Tinashe is the latest artist to appear in Brooklyn Coffee Shop, Pooja Tripathi’s hit Instagram micro-drama. In it, a pair of deeply unimpressed baristas, Thyme and Cale, serve up attitude to a rotating cast of customers. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

Legal eagles still plodding along with some operations, but paper and e-notices delayed until further notice

The Register 2d ago

‘Legitimising larceny’: Global music giants blast Albanese AI copyright plan — “ICMP director general John Phelan told The Australian Financial Review that Australia was just the latest in a series of countries in the ‘crosshairs’ of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his arch rival at...

Copyhype 2d ago

Another reason for Donald Trump to hate British regulation

The Register 2d ago

Australia’s government is currently devising its future policies on AI, training and copyright. We recently reported on labels body ARIA’s boss Annabelle Herd’s testimony at a select-committee hearing as part of that process. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

“Spotify won’t label AI music. We tried to detect it ourselves,” is the headline of a blog post announcing a new report from the Duke Sanford Tech Policy Program. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

It’s a busy week in the US ticketing sector. And by that we mean it’s a very busy week for lawyers in the US ticketing sector. Today alone brings three stories of a legal nature. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

With the phrase ‘pervert glasses’ having become common parlance in the media and online, the rollout of Meta and its partners’ smart specs hasn’t been going entirely to plan. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

A new study by the Pew Research Center has found that 36% of American adults say they are part of online communities, although that rises to 48% for 18-29 year-olds. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

We’re used to reporting on Midia Research’s music predictions, but it’s also using its crystal ball to squint at the podcasting market. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

Browser maker using trusted hardware to protect conversations with GLM 5.3 Flash

The Register 2d ago

How bright is the global music industry’s future? 198.1 billion dollars bright, according to the latest edition of the ‘Music In The Air’ report from Goldman Sachs. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

PCS says outsourcer still stuck in design phase while retirees wait for McCloud corrections

The Register 2d ago

The year of Corporate Compliance on the Linux desktop is here

The Register 2d ago

Core devs revert up to 10 features, push release to November, and blame better tooling rather than vibe coding

The Register 2d ago

UK school admits data protection bungle as children's data at risk

The Register 2d ago

It’s been a while since Warner Music India announced a strategic partnership — the last, in June, was with Bengali-language media conglomerate SVF Entertainment — or catalogue acquisition, and now […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

In July, the Indian edition of global electronic music festival DGTL announced that it would be returning in 2026. The sixth instalment of the two-city event, which will feature the […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

Indian non-profit Anahad Foundation, which has worked with and documented the music of more than 10,000 folk artists across 23 of the country’s states over the past 13 years, has […] The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 2d ago

Some of the most exciting artists in K-Music still have their biggest moments ahead. With Spotify CLOSER, we’re spotlighting Korean artists who are making a splash, bringing fans everywhere closer to their artistry and stories through a series of exclusive performances and conversations on Spotify.

Spotify 2d ago

The plaintiffs are seeking a preliminary injunction against the District's RESALE Act, which is set to apply from January 1, 2027. Source

Music Business Worldwide 2d ago

Alissa Pollack is President, Mediabase and Global Marketing, RCS Worldwide/iHeart Media. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alissa-pollack/id1316200737?i=1000796472161...

Lefsetz Letter 2d ago

Warner Chappell will oversee the catalog's global rights administration, copyright protection, and sync licensing across film, television, and video games. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

If the FTC wins, ticketing companies that run their own resale marketplaces could be held liable for reselling tickets they knew, or should have known. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

Auguri Productions is the Paris-based artist development and concert production company co-founded by Charles Bensmaine. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

While nepotism has always been rife in the music industry, today’s wave of nepo babies in pop appears more sustained and more impactful than ever. But does the streaming data reflect their advantage? We analyzed Spotify numbers for Gracie Abrams, Stella Lefty, and more.

How Music Charts 3d ago

This client-only series takes a deeper look at the key themes shaping MIDiA’s 2026–2033 global music forecasts report and what they mean for the future of the music business. The growing maturity of the streaming music market brings with it increased sophistication and need for attention to deta...

MIDiA Research Blog 3d ago

The ruling does not put a number on what Corcoran owes, but representatives for Chance say he is likely to forfeit up to $1.5 million in management fees. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

The role is newly created at the company, which oversees HYBE's business in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

Under the Act, music tourism covers travel to attend a festival, a concert, or another live musical performance or music-related special event. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

Last month we wrote about a debate breaking out in South Korea after an AI-generated song called ‘Forest of the Heart’ appeared in the lower reaches of streaming service Melon’s Top 100 chart. The post is from Music Ally.

Music Ally 3d ago

Artists understand their audiences largely through their actions. Following, liking, subscribing, opening an email, buying merch, buying a ticket, waiting in line – each of these efforts creates attachment and signals a different level of commitment. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 3d ago

Tyler, The Creator’s creativity knows no bounds: he’s a chart-topping musician, an actor, a boundary-breaking producer, a fashion designer. Now he’s joining the ranks of artists to take over the iconic FC Barcelona jersey, with his GOLF logo worn by the team for El Clásico on October 25 at Spotify...

Spotify 3d ago

Pipeline is the $200 million-backed financing platform for the music and creative industries that launched in January through Matt Spetzler's investment firm Jamen Capital. Source

Music Business Worldwide 3d ago

London, UK – Podcast platforms now collectively have almost a billion monthly users (965.4 million gross users in Q4 2025), according to a new report, “ Podcast market shares 2025 ”, by MIDiA Research. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 3d ago

Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora, and Google have filed their rate proposals in Phonorecords V Source

Music Business Worldwide 4d ago

YouTube is adding a "Made with AI" label to tracks that were "altered or fully generated" using AI, with a similar approach to its existing process for applying AI labels to videos.

The Verge 4d ago

There's an entire cottage industry of iPod mods out there, but Sprout Pi and Sprout Pico are two of the few full motherboard replacements that combine many of the most popular mods into a single upgrade. Both versions add Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB-C, a microSD card slot, FLAC playback, and more.

The Verge 4d ago

It’s that time of year again! The holiday season has kicked off on Spotify, and that can only mean one thing: Our Spotify Singles: Holiday Collection is here. Each year, we ask artists to take a holiday favorite and make it their own.

Spotify 4d ago

With its skits, anecdotes, and punchlines, comedy lends itself well to short-form video. Now that streaming services have built the vertical feed infrastructure, they can leverage original, premium, short-form comedy to draw in new audiences for vertical TV. Source

MIDiA Research Blog 4d ago

When you have time, spend it well—with a podcast you love. That’s the idea behind our new Podcasts on Spotify campaign, celebrating the shows and creators that make a spare moment worth pressing play.

Spotify 4d ago

What has thrills, chills, and something for every book lover? It’s the wonderfully wicked world of horror audiobooks. With spooky season underway, we asked Spotify’s Katie del Rosario, Associate Director, Audiobooks Editorial, and Lena Yang, Senior Editor, Audiobooks, to walk us through some of the...

Spotify 4d ago

Exclusive: Investigation finds racial inequality in live music industry rife and many genres labelled ‘high risk’ despite lack of evidence Black and south Asian music events in London face disproportionate cancellations, restrictions and licensing barriers compared with white events, according to a...

The Guardian 4d ago

I’m going for 75 minutes until I am 90! Living the dream!!! Peter Noone ____________________________________________ Great write-up on Mike Love. Mike was my boss for 23 years, including when I met you at the Vilar in 2019. You’ve hit the nail on the head – Mike really loves performing for the...

Lefsetz Letter 4d ago

Apple Music's iconic red app icon has reportedly been replaced with a black-and-white version in the latest iOS 27.2 beta, 9to5Mac reports. The eighth note on the icon also appears to have a slightly sharper angle than the original.

The Verge 4d ago

1 He’s always been nice to me. There’s an assumption that our musical heroes are just like you and me. They’re not. And they’re not like movie stars, not like politicians, not like any other performers, because they are their music, and their music speaks to us in a way no other medium does.

Lefsetz Letter 5d 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 6d 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 6d ago