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2026
Voice-Swap Joins DDEX, Eyes ‘Consent and Authorization Metadata’ Contributions as AI Vocals Become ‘Part of Real Production and Commercial Workflows’original ↗
25 Sept 2026
Too Cozy? Nearly Half of Live Nation’s Amphitheaters and Stadiums Are Owned by Municipalities and Funded by Taxpayers, Vanderbilt Study Revealsoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2026
Chartmetric’s Data Reveals Some Interesting New Realities About the Global Music Market In 2026original ↗
25 Sept 2026
The ‘Frankenstein’ Reggaeton Suit Isn’t Finished — Plaintiffs Return Fire Following Summary Judgment Setback, Say Bad Bunny’s ‘Motion for Reconsideration Was a Red Herring’original ↗
25 Sept 2026
25 Sept 2026
Qobuz Rolls Out Tags to Flag AI-Generated Music: ‘Musical Discovery Must Remain Guided by Human Choices’original ↗
25 Sept 2026
What’s Behind Your Algorithm? Spotify Expands Its ‘Taste Profile’ Recommendation Algorithm Tweaks to the USoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2026
Partisan Takes a Majority Stake in Alex Sheridan’s OTM Music, Formally Debuts ‘An Expanded Independent Publishing Operation’original ↗
24 Sept 2026
More Trouble for the Beach Boys’ ‘Comeback Tour’ As Late September Dates Abruptly Canceledoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2026
Site-Blocking Push Continues With ‘Operation Lumen’ — Nearly 300 Stream-Ripping Domains Targeted in Brazil and Peruoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
UMG and Lady Gaga Demand $230,000+ in Legal Fees from Lost International — As Surf Brand Kicks Off Ninth Circuit Appeal Following ‘Mayhem’ Trademark Suit Dismissaloriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
Build Them (Globally), And They Will Come: Coliseo GNP Seguros Opens 30,000 Cap Stadium In Guadalajara, Plus Peachtree Entertainment’s New Lexington Venue Debutsoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
Sphere and Disguise Announce Multi-Year Technology Partnership to Further Advance Immersive Live Entertainmentoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
23 Sept 2026
Primary Wave Inks Catalog and NIL Partnership Deal With the Estate of ‘Addicted to Love’ Singer-Songwriter Robert Palmeroriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
‘Couchella’ Continues—YouTube and Coachella’s Goldenvoice Ink a Serious Long-Term Agreementoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
23 Sept 2026
Calvin Harris Just Broke an All-Time Attendance Record in São Paulo—But the Stage is What Most People Are Talking Aboutoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
23 Sept 2026
Federal Judge Confirms Order Granting StubHub’s Arbitration Push in Conflict-of-Interest Suitoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
Italy’s Sanremo Music Festival Places Strict Limits on the Use of AI: ‘Songs Must Be an Expression of Human Creativity’original ↗
22 Sept 2026
Play the New ‘Apple Music Hall’ in London, Walk Out with a Spatial Audio Recording, Broadcast-Ready Mix, and a Multi-Camera Videooriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
Suno Blasts Latest UMG/Sony Lawsuit As ‘Fundamentally Flawed on Both the Facts and the Law’original ↗
22 Sept 2026
Dolly Parton Estate Already In Crisis: Manager Files Lawsuit Against Fired Nephew Who Headed Security for Twenty Yearsoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
22 Sept 2026
21 Sept 2026
Warner Chappell Co-Chair and COO Carianne Marshall Steps Down ‘As the Company Streamlines Its Leadership Structure’ — CEO Guy Moot to Become ‘Sole Chair’ on October 1storiginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
21 Sept 2026
South Korea’s KOMCA Quietly Reverses Its Stance on AI, Reimplementing a Zero-Tolerance Policy Amid Pushbackoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
CRB Requests ‘Additional Information’ About the Proposed Phono V Settlement — Questions Cover ‘Missing Inflation Data,’ ‘Overlapping’ Label-Publisher Ownership, and Moreoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Latest Music Industry Hires: WMG, MSG, Country Radio Broadcasters, University of Miami, Mom+Pop, ROAM, Yamaha, Believe, iHeartMedia, Moreoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
21 Sept 2026
Ed Sheeran Offers First On-Stage Comments as Loop Tour Hits Philly (Sans Macklemore and the Gang)original ↗
21 Sept 2026
Music’s Big Week in Congress: AM Radio, Online Ticketing, and International Music Tourism Bills Move Forwardoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2026
Suno Faces Another Copyright Suit from Universal Music and Sony Music Despite Its Recent Licensing Deals: ‘v6 Is Not a Fresh Start; It Is the Fruit of the Same Poisoned Tree’original ↗
18 Sept 2026
Oasis Live ‘27 Fan Registration Window Quickly Closes — Unique Access Codes Set to Release Next Week Ahead of September 25th Onsaleoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
18 Sept 2026
SoundExchange and the UAE’s MusicNation Expand Their Partnership With ‘A Groundbreaking Reciprocal Agreement’original ↗
18 Sept 2026
‘MAIN Event’ Ticketing Bill Passes the House 36-0—But Why is Live Nation Backing the Very Anti-Bot Law the FTC Is Using to Sue It?original ↗
18 Sept 2026
Atlantic/WMG Floors It With ‘Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album’—Morgan Wallen, Rauw Alejandro, PinkPantheress, Keith Richards All Deliver Fresh Tracksoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
Fever Scores $250 Million Equity Raise, Says Its Revenue Has ‘More Than Tripled’ During the Past Three Yearsoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
Two Years Later, Congress Sends the ‘American Music Tourism Act’ to the President’s Desk — NIVA Applauds the ‘First National Strategy for Music Tourism’original ↗
18 Sept 2026
Suno Faces Yet Another Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged November 2025 Data Breach — Plus a Separate Complaint for Allegedly Violating the Americans with Disabilities Actoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
17 Sept 2026
Spotify Wants to Blow You Up: ‘Fresh Finds Forward’ to Support 10,000 Emerging Indie Artistsoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
Notes.fm Raises $5 Million Funded by Artists & Industry Leaders, Ari Emanuel, Benny Blanco, Zach Bryan, Moreoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
Macklemore Challenges Robert Kraft to Match His $1 Million Donation to Support Palestinian People; Kraft Reveals That He and Ed Sheeran Have Already Donated Four Times That Amountoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2026
17 Sept 2026
17 Sept 2026
MNRK Acquires ‘Complete’ Black Label Society Catalog, Eyes ‘New Projects That Fuse Traditional Heavy Metal With Contemporary Sounds’original ↗
16 Sept 2026
16 Sept 2026
16 Sept 2026
Blinding Talent Founder Mark Adams on Artist Management Consultancy and What Artist Development Really Means in 2026original ↗
16 Sept 2026
Are Phone-Free Events Suddenly Surging? MILA Lounge in Miami Announces Monthly Phone-Free Night, Citing Growing Demandoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
Cyril Vetter Formally Opposes the Major Labels’ ‘Off Base’ Supreme Court Appeal Amid High-Stakes Copyright Recapture Showdownoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
Kennedy Center Situation Goes From Bad to Worse: Board Calls for Another Shutdown as Building Slowly Collapsesoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
16 Sept 2026
Belgian Government Officially Approves Live Nation’s Pukkelpop Acquisition — With Strict ‘Operational Independence’ Requirementsoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
Ed Sheeran Breaks Silence on Macklemore’s Removal From His Tour—’Those Who Come to My Shows Do Not Expect a Political Forum’original ↗
15 Sept 2026
Multiple Supporting Acts Quickly Withdraw From Ed Sheeran’s Tour After Singer’s Statement Following Macklemore’s Oustingoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
Santa Monica’s Inaugural Ocean Way Festival Abruptly Canceled In the Aftermath of Hurricane Marieoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
Universal Music Sues DistroKid for Copyright Infringement and Deceptive Trade Practices, Says the Distributor ‘Is Flooding Platforms With AI-Generated Slop’original ↗
15 Sept 2026
‘Music Software Label’ A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya Raises $5.5 Million, Aims to Develop ‘The Next Great Consumer Music App’original ↗
15 Sept 2026
Kennedy Center Faces Imminent Shutdown Amid ‘Fiscal Collapse’—Building Deemed ‘Unsafe for Continued Occupancy’ After Ceiling Partially Collapsesoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
ElevenLabs Launches Its ‘Best Music Model Yet’ in v2.5 — While Emphasizing That Universal Music’s Walled Garden ‘Deal Is Separate’original ↗
14 Sept 2026
14 Sept 2026
Hybe-Owned BigHit Music Launches Global Auditions to Find the Next Mega Boy Band Sensationoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
Macklemore Nixed from Ed Sheeran’s Tour Following Politically Driven Set; Rapper Blames Robert Kraft for the Removaloriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
Why Charli XCX Isn’t Coming to a Venue Near You: ‘Touring is Really Emotionally and Physically Hard for Me’original ↗
14 Sept 2026
Samsung Fires Back Against Dua Lipa’s Copyright and Trademark Infringement Suit, Aggressively Pushing to Dismiss the $15 Million Actionoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026