Weekly wrap-up
Week of August 24, 2026
515 stories No issue this week
Everything the desk filed August 24 to 30, 2026, best-covered first. No issue went out this week, so this page is the whole of it.
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ObituaryCountry
Dolly Parton has died at 80
The country music icon, songwriter and philanthropist has died at 80.
Confirmed26 outlets
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FestivalsPop
Olivia Rodrigo's first Daisy Chain Fields festival ends with $20 million raised
Melinda French Gates matched the $10 million total onstage in Irvine, and Stevie Nicks closed the night on Landslide.
Confirmed8 outlets
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ObituaryRock
Actor and singer Tim Curry dies at 80
Curry was best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Confirmed7 outlets
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ToursHip-hop
J. Cole cancels a Sacramento tour date after a crew member dies in a crash
Jarlath Parkinson, 66, was hauling gear from Seattle when his big rig overturned on Interstate 5 in Yolo County.
Confirmed6 outlets
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FestivalsPop
KATSEYE drop off the Daisy Chain Fields festival after an ankle injury
Devon Again takes the Saturday slot at Olivia Rodrigo's Irvine event, which went on to raise $20 million for ten organisations.
Confirmed6 outlets
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BusinessIndie
Cameron Winter's Carnegie Hall concert film opens in theaters November 20
The Paul Thomas Anderson-directed, Benny Safdie-produced film runs a 35mm North American tour this fall.
Confirmed6 outlets
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ReleasesPop
Prince's estate releases Timeless, a ten-song album of vault recordings
Material reaching from a 1977 demo to a live take from his last tour, and one critic calling the result flat.
Confirmed5 outlets
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ReleasesRock
U2 cover the Pogues song Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah for a Shane MacGowan tribute
The Edge calls the late frontman a man of contradictions on a charity record due November 13.
Confirmed5 outlets
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LegalHip-hop
Duane Keffe D Davis found guilty of rapper Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder
It is the first conviction in a case that ran for almost 30 years, and he asked to appeal within minutes of the verdict.
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BusinessRock
Brady Corbet to film David Byrne's Baltimore concerts in 70mm
The Brutalist director shot the run on 8 perf and 15 perf stock, and the singer says he had not grasped what that would do.
Confirmed5 outlets
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ReleasesR&B
Erykah Badu and The Alchemist release the 16-track album Before The World Blows
Eighteen months of sessions between Dallas and Los Angeles, with Steve Lacy, Earl Sweatshirt, Thundercat and Kamasi Washington guesting.
Confirmed5 outlets
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Business
Australia's ARIA bans wholly AI-generated tracks from its official charts
The updated Code of Practice takes effect August 28, though AI-assisted songs stay eligible.
Confirmed5 outlets
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ToursPop
KATSEYE's Sophia Laforteza sits out the European leg of the Wildworld tour
She misses every UK and European date through September 17, leaving four members to open in Dublin.
Confirmed4 outlets
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Lineup changeMetal
Bad Wolves guitarist AJ Rebollo quits over the band's Dolly Parton cover
He later walked the criticism back after it emerged Parton had blessed the Jolene recording before she died.
Confirmed4 outlets
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Lineup changeRock
The Who rehearse with drummer Zak Starkey after their bitter split
Roger Daltrey told a Las Vegas crowd the session was aimed at European dates.
Confirmed4 outlets
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ReleasesHip-hop
Beastie Boys' Mike D discusses his first solo album, Thank You
He opens up about the joys and insecurities of writing it, and grieving Adam Yauch.
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ChartsCountry
Five Dolly Parton songs enter the Billboard Global 200 after her death
Luminate logged 79.7 million on-demand audio streams worldwide on August 26, and Ultimate Dolly Parton re-entered the album chart at No. 5.
Confirmed4 outlets
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ReunionsRock
Soundgarden's surviving members will reunite for the NFL season opener halftime show
The surviving members will play their first major show since reconciling with Chris Cornell's widow.
Confirmed4 outlets
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ReunionsRock
shame announce a hiatus after the last Cutthroat shows
The South London five-piece promise a fifth record and call the break a see you later.
Confirmed3 outlets
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ReleasesRock
Andrew W.K. surprise-releases the jazz album Temptation to Exist
Ten instrumental pieces, played almost entirely by him, and his first record since 2021.
Confirmed3 outlets
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ReleasesIndie
Mac DeMarco puts four tour-only CD albums on streaming at once
Forty-seven songs handed out on discs at gigs, most of them titled with the dates they were recorded.
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ReleasesPop
underscores returns with the A/B single Unlimited Love before an arena support run
April Harper Grey pairs a live-set favourite with a Frost Children remix, then joins Charli xcx from September 11.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Ice Spice and Lil Yachty release the single Out My Face (My Baby)
The video splits into two halves at a beat switch, with cameos from Karrahboo and the Concrete Boys.
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BreakupsR&B
Soul singer Gladys Knight says she will ease into fewer performances
Her husband and manager William McDowell denies a dementia diagnosis and says a medical evaluation is coming.
Confirmed3 outlets
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ToursPop
Harry Styles opens a 30-night Madison Square Garden concert residency
The run to October 31 closes the US leg of Together, Together, with fans telling NPR resale seats hit about $1,200.
Confirmed3 outlets
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ToursR&B
Kehlani pauses tour after hospital visit
Two shows are sidelined, with the tour expected to resume in Virginia.
Confirmed3 outlets
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Releases
Passing The Cup Of Sorrows is William Basinski's new solo piano album
His first solo full-length in six years arrives as a single 40-minute piece.
Confirmed3 outlets
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ReleasesHip-hop
Erykah Badu and The Alchemist share details on joint album Before The World Blows
The 16-track record marks Badu's first full project in 11 years, out this Friday.
Confirmed3 outlets
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ReleasesRock
Interpol release new album This Mirror Weighs A Ton
It arrives almost 24 years to the day after their debut Turn On The Bright Lights.
Confirmed3 outlets
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Business
Luminate introduces global framework to track AI-generated music
The tool will flag AI-made songs and artists worldwide, with labels reaching CONNECT later this year.
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LegalRock
Musician Yves Tumor denies sexual assault claims made by multiple women
The artist born Sean Lee Bowie says he has witnesses and will take legal action over posts that spread from Reddit to X.
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ReleasesPop
Olivia Rodrigo releases new song 'Serena Joy'
The one-off single takes its name from a character in The Handmaid's Tale and arrives ahead of her Daisy Chain Fields festival.
Confirmed3 outlets
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BusinessCountry
Tennessee moves to name Nashville's airport for the country singer Dolly Parton
Governor Bill Lee and the airport authority take the renaming proposal to a board meeting on September 17.
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ReleasesPop
Angele announces the album Instinct with Justice and Caroline Polachek
Une seule vie arrives as the second preview, shot on 16mm in the south of France.
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BusinessR&B
Gladys Knight will cut back her concerts after health concerns from fans
The 82-year-old singer says she is transitioning, following reports of missed cues at some shows.
Confirmed2 outlets
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ToursRock
Fontaines D.C. book a 2026 UK and European arena tour
The 20-date run opens in Lisbon on 21 October, and two Slane Castle shows with Hayley Williams follow in June 2027.
Confirmed2 outlets
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ReleasesCountry
CMAT releases a four-track live EP from her St Anne's Park show
The Dublin concert drew 20,000 people in May, and a green vinyl pressing is capped at 500 copies.
Confirmed2 outlets
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ReunionsElectronic
Maribou State announce hiatus after finishing their Hallucinating Love tour
They told Mixmag they need real time away to recover, physically and mentally.
Confirmed2 outlets
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FestivalsElectronic
Electric Picnic festival boss defends crowd handling after a collapse
Armand Van Helden's set was pulled before he reached the stage, and Melvin Benn called calls for change bonkers.
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FestivalsRock
Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs pulls out of the Daisy Chain Fields festival
A family emergency kept her on the East Coast, and she was one of three billed special guests.
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FestivalsIndie
Neighbourhood Weekender 2027 line-up: Paul Heaton, Reytons and Courteeners headline
Rick Astley plays his home town, and a Hacienda Presents takeover joins the Sunday bill in Warrington.
Confirmed1 outlet
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AwardsCountry
Nashville airport will be renamed for the country singer Dolly Parton
A petition passed 168,000 signatures and Governor Bill Lee announced the plan five days after her death.
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BreakupsCountry
Ray Wylie Hubbard says Reel 2 Reel 4 Real is likely his last album
His 20th studio record brings in Mike Campbell, his son Lucas and mixer Gurf Morlix, and chases an old roots-rock sound.
Confirmed1 outlet
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Business
Spotify promotes Joe Hadley to lead its music content and partnerships
J.J. Italiano takes over editorial and reports to him under the new structure.
Confirmed1 outlet
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ReleasesElectronic
Floating Points surprise-releases Mere Mortals, a ballet album about Pandora
Sam Shepherd reads the myth as curiosity rather than punishment, and ends it with hope circling a dead planet.
Confirmed1 outlet
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BusinessElectronic
Sub Focus gives a pound a ticket to Save Our Scene and the grassroots venue levy
Two arena shows in March 2027 will route money back to the rooms the drum and bass producer came up in.
Confirmed1 outlet
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ToursRock
Supergrass book a 2027 UK tour of hits and deep cuts
It is their first UK headline run since the 2025 dates marking 30 years of I Should Coco.
Confirmed1 outlet
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ReleasesIndie
Starsailor reissue their debut album Love Is Here for its 25th year
Parlophone puts out the remaster on October 2 with a disc of BBC sessions, and the band play the record in full on tour.
Confirmed1 outlet
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ReleasesIndie
Radio Free Alice announce a debut album and talk up supporting Geese
Noah Learmonth calls What's In Between a coming of age record, and remembers sharing a stage with Cameron Winter in Australia.
Confirmed1 outlet
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BusinessMetal
Jack Osbourne says the Ozzy Osbourne film will not be an art house biopic
The script is finished, the team is approaching directors, and someone is already in mind to play the singer.
Confirmed1 outlet
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LegalHip-hop
Jermaine Dupri drops his 18 million dollar royalty suit against Sony Music
So So Def filed a voluntary dismissal before the label had answered the complaint.
Developing3 outlets
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ReleasesHip-hop
CZARFACE make an album with Tom Hardy, who raps as Frankie Pulitzer
The 15-track record arrived on Silver Age with Busta Rhymes, Method Man and El-P guesting.
Developing3 outlets
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ToursHip-hop
Gazprom Arena says Kanye West's October dates have no signed contract
The promoter disputes that and says the shows are still on, while reporting puts the fee at $10 million either way.
Developing3 outlets
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ReleasesHip-hop
Cardi B releases the AH HA music video after a costly New York shoot
Directed by Botha Churchboy, the clip landed on August 28 after the rapper called the roughly $1 million shoot a nightmare.
Developing3 outlets
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Business
SoundCloud lets artists sell music directly from their profiles
The new buy button sends zero percent back to SoundCloud, launching this fall.
Developing3 outlets
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LegalHip-hop
BigXthaPlug arrested on DUI and weapons charges in Texas
The arrest caused him to miss a scheduled performance.
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BusinessHip-hop
Quality Control label boss Pierre "P" Thomas is recovering from a heart attack
His daughter Journey posted a family photo and thanked God, weeks after false reports of his death circulated.
Developing2 outlets
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ToursHip-hop
Rick Ross scraps the final North Carolina dates of his Port of Miami tour
Tanger Center and Blumenthal Arts pulled both shows, and 50 Cent was quick to pile on.
Developing2 outlets
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LegalHip-hop
Rapper ColdheartedAC charged over an $8.1 million stolen check scheme
A 25-count federal indictment names Ada William Obayuwana and two co-defendants across three Southern California counties.
Developing2 outlets
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FestivalsRock
One dead and five hurt as a sign falls at Big Church Festival
Sussex Police named the man who died as Robert Guanco, a pastor from Eastbourne, and the sold-out event was called off.
Developing2 outlets
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LegalPop
Sam Smith wishes they had written back to Tom Petty about Stay With Me
Petty and Jeff Lynne were added as co-writers in 2015 after publishers flagged the two choruses.
Developing2 outlets
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ReleasesHip-hop
Young Thug's Slime Language 3 lands after a missed midnight album drop
The 41-track Young Stoner Life compilation brings in Future, Veeze, Travis Scott, Lil Baby and Cash Cobain.
Developing2 outlets
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BusinessElectronic
Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore score the ski documentary Threshold
Three pieces are out ahead of the November 20 release of the full soundtrack.
Developing2 outlets
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LegalHip-hop
Rapper The Game loses another court appeal over a 7.13 million judgment
Priscilla Rainey's collection campaign now points at the rapper's new album.
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ToursRock
Dinosaur Jr. book a 2027 winter tour with Starcrawler supporting
The 17-date North American run opens at Brooklyn Steel in February.
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ReleasesRock
Peter Gabriel shares the song Looking for the Happy from his album o/i
Another full-moon release, eight and a half minutes long, from a record Real World has not dated.
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BusinessElectronic
Avicii's full final DJ set is released ten years after the Ibiza show
A single GoPro take from Ushuaia, published by his estate and Pophouse, that never leaves the decks.
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ReleasesRock
Turnstile release the album Never Enough: Versions with Elton John and dozens more
Twenty-two rebuilds of a 2025 record, handed to guests running from death metal to Broadway-sized pop.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Lancey Foux releases the album THE TIME OF OUR LIVES
The 21-track record comes through Human Re Sources and RCA, with one guest and a long list of producers.
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ToursRock
Fontaines D.C. book 20 headline dates across 14 countries
The run takes in some of the band's largest headline shows and follows festival sets at Reading, Leeds and Electric Picnic.
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ReleasesElectronic
Trentemøller sets a self-titled album with vocals on every track
Jonas Bjerre of Mew sings on the first single, and the record lands 13 November.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Headie One drops the 10-track mixtape MMM
The tape came out of Monday Music Marathon studio sessions the rapper opened to fans earlier this year.
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ReleasesR&B
Toronto duo Majid Jordan release the album Two Roads
The R&B pair keep pushing modern soul toward lush electronics and off-centre production.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Dahi puts Kendrick Lamar and Amber Mark on the single How To Pray
The track sits on the producer's album Black Boy (Alternative), released the same day.
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ReleasesR&B
Sy'Rai Smith releases her debut EP Cold War, eight tracks on Hitmaker
Brandy's daughter, 24, gathers a decade of standalone singles into a first full project with a guest from Shakespeare!
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LegalR&B
Cassie asks a judge to end Clayton Howard's $35 million trafficking suit
Her lawyers say the complaint describes Sean Combs as the one in control, and dispute a chlamydia allegation.
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ReleasesRock
Disgusting Sisters release Not Cool from their first album
It was the first song the duo ever wrote together, and the album arrives 30 October on Source Records.
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BusinessRock
David Byrne turns his latest live show into a concert film
Who Is The Sky? was shot at the Hippodrome in Baltimore, and it follows Stop Making Sense and American Utopia in his catalogue.
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ReleasesRock
Protomartyr share Feed the Sewer, a second single from Hotel Usona
Joe Casey says the song is about artificial intelligence; Dave Fridmann produced the album, out September 25 on Domino.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Ken Carson and ApolloRed1 aim a diss song at Nine Vicious on Cartunez
9 bitches names the former YSL rapper outright after he took shots at the Opium label and its co-founder.
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ReleasesRock
Pearl Jam's Ten turns 35, and Clash puts the album back inside 1991
Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament built the band out of Mother Love Bone's collapse before Eddie Vedder mailed in his lyrics.
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ReleasesRock
Silver Gore release the single Don't Tell Your Friends on Island Records
Ava Gore and Ethan P. Flynn follow their Dogs In Heaven EP with a song about masking around people who think they know you.
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ReleasesRock
Radio Free Alice set October 30 for the debut album What's In Between
Atlantic releases the Melbourne band's first LP after a Bermondsey pop-up drew more than 500 people on six hours' notice.
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BusinessHip-hop
Jay-Z talks through his albums with Rick Rubin in a documentary series
HBO premieres the first two episodes of Jay-Z in 8 on September 18, and MUBI has been confirmed to carry it too.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Lil Baby and Kodak Black join Yung Miami's 'Spend Dat' remix track
The pair join the remix of her summer smash.
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ObituaryLatin
Uruguayan singer Ruben Rada dies at 83
Rada was a key figure in Rio de la Plata music and culture.
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ReleasesIndie
Jasper Llewellyn of caroline puts out his first solo single, 'For The Teacher'
The post-rock collective's member steps out with 'For The Teacher,' out via Rough Trade.
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ReleasesPop
Beyonce reveals cover art and tracklist for B'Day 20th anniversary edition
The four-LP deluxe set, out September 4, includes a 60-page booklet and previously unreleased B-sides.
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ToursR&B
Ravyn Lenae postpones North American tour dates
The run was set to support her album Blue Island; all purchased tickets will be refunded.
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ReleasesIndie
Michael Nau announces new album Popfly
The indie songwriter, known for Page France and Cotton Jones, shares the title track ahead of an October 23 release.
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BusinessHip-hop
Snoop Dogg biopic casts Camron Jones as Tupac Shakur
Lauren London also joins the cast as Snoop's late mother, ahead of the film's August 2027 release.
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ReleasesRock
Greg Freeman shares new song 'Cahokia'
The track previews his upcoming album All Set The Bone, produced by John Congleton and following last year's Burnover.
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ReleasesIndie
Friendly Fires return with first new music in seven years
The St Albans duo share 'Lose All Your Friends,' their first song since 2019's Inflorescent.
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ReleasesRock
The Beatles unveil unheard 'Day Tripper' demo for Rubber Soul reissue
The working tape captures Paul McCartney and John Lennon composing at Lennon's Surrey home, laughing between takes.
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BusinessElectronic
Salford venue The White Hotel will reopen under the name BASTION in 2027
New owners behind The Bag Factory will relaunch the building under a new name after the club's January closure.
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ToursPop
Barry Manilow pauses Las Vegas residency
He canceled his remaining August and September Westgate shows after a grueling summer tour, with the run resuming October 8.
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ReleasesElectronic
Boy Harsher returned with the single 'Tough Luck (When You Don't Call)'
The synthpop duo previews new music while working on their feature-film debut.
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LegalHip-hop
Judge cuts 17 claims but rapper 6ix9ine still faces 14 from Yailin
Aileen Cannon left the abuse, privacy, explicit-content and property allegations alive, with an answer due in September.
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ToursCountry
Garth Brooks adds Orlando as fifth stop on Blame It All On My Roots tour
The two-night Kia Center run continues the tour's fast-selling expansion.
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ToursRock
Geese honour Dolly Parton and air Disco across two sold-out Glasgow gigs
Cameron Winter played Here You Come Again from his phone hours after her death was announced, before the band's Reading and Leeds sets.
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ReleasesIndie
untitled (halo) announce self-titled debut album
The LA band shares the single 'aimee lou wood freestyle.'
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ReleasesIndie
Sarah Meth details debut album Something Shameful
'Don't Touch Me You're My Hero' arrives with a video featuring members of Shame and Sorry.
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ReleasesMetal
Mastodon release ninth album Marrow Deep
The Atlanta band announced the record barely a month before its release.
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ToursCountry
Grand Ole Opry dedicates a Saturday night concert to Dolly Parton
Carly Pearce, Kathy Mattea and a surprise Jelly Roll walk-on closed the Aug. 29 bill with 9 to 5.
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ToursMetal
Bad Wolves lose Skillet tour slot after fans harass the band's singer
Singer Killboi says the band was let go as openers after fans targeted her online.
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ReleasesIndie
(untitled) halo turn LA sprawl into the song aimee lou wood freestyle
The track opens the quartet's self-titled debut, due 6 November on Dirty Hit.
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BusinessCountry
Dollywood plans new attractions honouring the singer Dolly Parton
A Dream Maker character, memory kiosks and a walking tour are in development.
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LegalHip-hop
Rapper Famous Dex arrested on domestic battery charges
The alleged victim has described her injuries following the arrest.
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ToursMetal
Corrosion of Conformity are hitting the road with The Sword this fall for a US tour
The co-headlining run kicks off November 2 in Buffalo.
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LegalHip-hop
MO3 murder trial opens in Dallas with testimony from the rapper's mother
Prosecutors say Kewon White was paid to carry out the killing on Interstate 35E in November 2020.
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ReleasesRock
Johnny Marr shares It's Time from the album The Age Of Everything
It is the third preview after Spin and Ophelia, and the video uses footage from Castlefield Bowl in July.
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ReleasesR&B
Amy Winehouse's Back to Black gets a three-disc 20th anniversary reissue
The October 23 set adds B-sides and demos plus a 2007 Paradiso show, with a Tears Dry demo out as the first single.
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ReleasesElectronic
Jeremiah Chiu of SML is prepping a new album titled Edge Conditions
Lead single 'Plastic Mind / Elastic Machines' features bandmate Booker Stardrum.
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ReleasesPop
Mariah Carey kicks off 25th anniversary celebration of Glitter
Rochelle Jordan joins her for a new take on 'Didn't Mean To Turn You On.'
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ReleasesRock
Queens of the Stone Age announce ninth album Perfecth
The record is out October 30, previewed by 'Insignificant Other.'
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ReleasesIndie
Julia Jacklin performs atop a skyscraper in new video for 'The Hardest Thing'
The single previews her album The Gem, out September 25 via 4AD.
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ReleasesIndie
Big Thief's new triple album, Horsepower, premiered live at a Nashville show
The 29-song album was performed in full at the Ryman with guests including Lucinda Williams and Gillian Welch.
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ToursR&B
Jessie Reyez announces A Little Vengeance Tour
It's her biggest tour yet, and part of the proceeds benefit the Jessie Reyez Fund for women in live music.
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FestivalsHip-hop
Police seize over 700 pounds of drugs at the Gathering of the Juggalos festival
Officers ran 305 traffic stops with 12 K9 units in Camden County, Missouri, and arrested four people.
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LegalRock
Guitarist Saul Adamczewski accused of assault and abuse by two women
The Insecure Men and former Fat White Family musician faces allegations shared on social media.
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ReleasesR&B
Heidi Tann previews her album Silk n' Soul with the single Coffee On Your Sleeves
Saxophonist Tony Exum Jr. plays on it, and SoulTracks has made it a choice cut.
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ReleasesR&B
The Kinsman Dazz Band bring in Eddie B. Sands Jr. for their latest video
SoulTracks made Look At What You've Done its video of the month for September.
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Business
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic over song lyrics
The complaint calls it one of the largest ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.
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ReleasesPop
Singer Mariah Carey says new music is coming next year
She confirmed it to a fan in Beverly Hills, under a year after Here For It All reached No. 7.
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ChartsHip-hop
Drake becomes the first artist past 140 billion Spotify streams
Taylor Swift sits second on 130 billion, and ICEMAN is one of three albums he has put out this year.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Lil Wayne makes another Green Bay Packers song with the single Special Ops
Manny G, Swede and Ethan First produced it, and it first turned up in a uniform promo.
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ReleasesRock
Viagra Boys are writing a new album they call emotional and eclectic
A year of studio demos follows Viagr Aboys, and the Stockholm building they recorded it in is due for demolition.
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BusinessCountry
Country singer Alan Jackson opens a distillery and museum in Nashville
The Silverbelly site at 121 3rd Avenue South opened in June, and almost nobody noticed.
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FestivalsHip-hop
Rapper Loyle Carner hits out at J.K. Rowling and the far right at Reading festival
He introduced one song as being in direct opposition to the far right and asked the crowd to cheer the NHS.
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ToursHip-hop
Rapper Tyler, The Creator says his first All Points East crowd was dead
He became the first artist to headline the London festival on two consecutive days, and brought out A$AP Rocky.
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ToursIndie
Manchester band Courteeners play to 30,000 at Wythenshawe Park, their biggest crowd
The Vaccines played their debut album in full, and Liam Fray told Manchester he had never dreamed of a gig this size.
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LegalHip-hop
Rapper Lefty Gunplay booked on an assault charge after a Missouri show
He was taken into Greene County Jail on Saturday morning, hours after playing Regency Live in Springfield.
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ReleasesRock
Keo say the rough edges on Put A Smile On For Me are deliberate
The London four-piece recorded live in one room with the amps bleeding into the drum mics, out September 25.
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ReunionsIndie
Pete Doherty says Babyshambles are armed and dangerous after the reunion tour
A live album from KOKO lands on October 9, and The Libertines have finally agreed a plan for the next record.
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ReleasesR&B
The Womack Sisters cut their self-titled debut album to tape, live
BG, Zeimani and Kucha are the granddaughters of Sam Cooke and the daughters of Womack & Womack.
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FestivalsPop
Lola Young plays a last-minute secret set at the Reading festival
Announced hours ahead, the 3.15pm slot on The Grid was her debut at the site and ended on Messy.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Chris Patrick, the 2026 XXL Freshman, shares the single Check Me
A 2025 freestyle on Kai Cenat's stream put the rapper in front of a much larger audience.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Lackvill keeps the menace short and blunt on the new single New Level
The track landed on August 28 with no album attached to it.
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ReleasesIndie
Rex Orange County plays the unreleased song Elvis with Turnstile's Brendan Yates
A Village Underground warm-up came first, then a guest turn on Boredom during Tyler, The Creator's headline set.
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ToursPop
Maisie Peters on the album Florescence and her first O2 headline show in 2027
She played Reading's main stage for the first time in five years and joked about filling the arena with horses.
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ReleasesPop
Olivia Rodrigo sings Landslide with Stevie Nicks at her own festival
Alanis Morissette and Sarah McLachlan also came out, and two songs were dedicated to Dolly Parton.
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FestivalsPop
Singer RAYE headlines the Reading festival for the first time in her career
Escapism opened, sisters Amma and Absolutely joined for Joy, and Where Is My Husband? closed the night.
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BreakupsHip-hop
Reed Dollaz walks away from battle rap and names his price to come back
He put his price at nothing under $20,000 a battle and said the passion has gone.
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Appeals court says rapper Bankroll Freddie's lyrics were fair evidence
The Eighth Circuit let his marijuana and firearms convictions stand, and he is serving 12.5 years.
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Rapper Dave brings out James Blake, Central Cee and Kano at Reading festival
His first time back at the top of the bill since 2022 closed a world tour with three guests and a string section.
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EST Gee shares the singles YA DIGG and YOU KNOW IT before his new album
EST SkiMike, 86Snot, EST Spit and EST4Nikk fill out the two tracks, which arrived on August 28.
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Ayra Starr to headline the NFL London halftime show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
The Nigerian singer plays the Eagles against the Jaguars on October 11, weeks after her third album landed.
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Slayyyter wheels singer Sombr to the Reading festival stage on a stretcher
The two stopped to drop and do press-ups on the walk from an ambulance to the main stage.
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Royal Blood call their fifth album Dead Company relentless and brutal
Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher spoke backstage at Reading after a secret set, two years since their last run of shows.
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Faye Webster joins Turnstile for I Care at the All Points East festival
The Baltimore band also played their Stone Roses cover and walked on to a Dolly Parton duet.
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ChartsMetal
System Of A Down land their first diamond single with Chop Suey!
The RIAA also lifted Toxicity to 7x platinum and certified five more of the album's tracks gold on August 28.
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Fear Factory release Roboticist, their first single with singer Milo Silvestro
The band timed it to the moment Skynet becomes self-aware in Terminator lore, and no album is announced yet.
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The Olivia Tremor Control share the song Advice From The Oceans
It is the third preview of The Same Place, the Elephant 6 band's first album in 27 years.
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Wacko, the New Orleans rapper on UTP's Nolia Clap, has died
Damon Grison shared a writing credit on the 2004 single that reached No. 31 on the Hot 100.
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Travis Scott signals producer Mike Dean is back for his next album
He reposted studio footage with Dean and Anthony Kilhoffer, and wrote that an album is on the way.
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Madeon remixes Ninajirachi's song iPod Touch, his first remix in 14 years
He built the rework from his earliest FL Studio projects and added a verse of his own to it.
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Alabama Shakes return with I Must Be Dreaming, their first album in a decade
Brittany Howard, Zack Cockrell and Heath Fogg cut it as a three-piece, and Rolling Stone calls it a grown up record.
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Cardinals say their next album is heading somewhere darker
The Cork band told NME at Reading that they are writing between tours and prefer club rooms to festival stages.
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MNEK shares the Muscle Marys.. video and reveals the BULLDOZER!! tracklist
The album is due September 18, his first since 2018's Language, and the single deals with body image.
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DC The Don returns with the single Yellow, featuring Sajkeena and midwxst
The track lands on his DC FRIDAYS 3 project and marks another reunion with the underground rapper midwxst.
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Warner Chappell and Sony Music Publishing sue Anthropic over song copyrights
The complaint names chief executive Dario Amodei and co-founder Benjamin Mann, and seeks up to $150,000 for each work.
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Sombr brings out The Cranberries for Zombie at Electric Picnic festival
Noel and Mike Hogan joined the singer at Stradbally Hall, six months after a Linger duet in Dublin.
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Perrie Edwards reported to have left the label Sony Music and Modest Management
The Sun says she turned down a second solo album at Columbia and has signed with Various Artists Management.
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Yung Miami's Spend Dat single gets an international remix with Davido and Vybz Kartel
Shenseea rounds out the guest list on the second rework of the song, released the same day as a Lil Baby version.
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Skepta gives three Fork & Knife songs their first airing at Reading festival
Pandora's Box, Aloe Vera and Innocent Smile went to the crowd first, and two sacked security guards joined him for Toxic.
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Florence + The Machine close the Everybody Scream tour at Reading festival
Welch asked both crowds to put their phones away, and IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen joined her on One Of The Greats.
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Geese pull one of Reading festival's wildest crowds to The Gallery tent
Cameron Winter warned the soaked crowd not to drink the water coming through the tent roof.
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Fontaines D.C. headline the Reading and Leeds festivals and debut Happy For You
Technical problems cut three songs at Reading, so the new track from Dopamine Chamber waited until Bramham Park.
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Charli XCX headlines Reading festival with a Music, Fashion, Film set
It was her first full UK show of the new album era, and a Leeds main stage debut followed the next night.
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The Roots' Game Theory turns 20, the Def Jam album that changed their course
Angus Batey writes that the record should have made them stars and instead forced the band to adapt to survive.
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Dawn Richard shares the chuuuuurch video before her album Creole Culture
Zebretta Johnson directed the half-animated clip, which features Jelly Joseph, ahead of the October 9 release.
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Rob49 and Sexyy Red reunite on the In the Club music video
It is the first single from his coming project Life of the Party, a year after the pair cut So Sexyy.
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Jazz singer Mads Mathias returns to London for two Soho shows in October
The Danish saxophonist plays PizzaExpress Live on Dean Street on October 3, his first British date since 2018.
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Nicole Dash Jones turns to indie pop on the single LOSER
The British singer, now living in Los Angeles, made it the title track of an album due in December.
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Young Thug's Eaters puts Travis Scott, Future and Yeat on one song
It is one of three Slime Language 3 cuts singled out early, alongside Snakes On My Collar and Club Outside.
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Daniel Donato's live album Ryman to Robert's runs past three hours
The guitarist and his band Cosmic Country taped a Ryman Auditorium set and a late-night honky-tonk jam on the same 2025 night.
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Aretha Franklin's sons are still fighting over the soul singer's estate
More than 1,400 filings in, the brothers remain split over song copyrights, storage units and their eldest brother's care.
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Country singer ERNEST steps off the road to work on his health
He was opening for Ella Langley through September 12 and had Thomas Rhett dates lined up from October 1.
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BEAUZ member Johan Yang needs nine staples after fainting on a flight
The DJ hit his head on the cabin floor eight hours into an overnight flight, and his brother is playing their next show alone.
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Clutch return with the single The Drifter Returns from their 14th album
Neil Fallon says running their own label lets the Maryland band sit on a record until it feels finished.
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Goodwill's Rewind record store opens in North Carolina on September 4
The Matthews shop stocks vinyl, CDs, cassettes and DVDs, and puts a listening room and retro arcade games on the floor.
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Wisin and Ivy Queen open La Universidad del Perreo with the track Hasta abajo
The album lands September 4 with Trebol Clan, Jowell, Randy, Don Chezina and Kapo among the guests.
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Seattle R&B singer Jaymin previews the STATIC EP with the song Rollin
Sango and Chase N. Cashe produced the track, which turns a Gucci Mane hook into a late-night question.
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Zak Starkey looks set to return as the drummer for The Who
SPIN reports another turn in a relationship that broke down twice last year.
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Pretty Lights grows the Yahn Dawn festival to three days in Colorado
A Trip Thru Time runs September 18 to 20 at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista.
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Katseye and Phoebe Bridgers take the top two US album chart spots
Wild sold 145,000 copies in its first week; Lost Weekend sold 83,000.
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Danz CM teases a new project with two songs and a synth turn
Bontempi Pop 3 and A Violent Power follow February's ambient album MYTHS.
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Kendall Street Company share Don't Wanna Be Gone from a new album
Yodeling Astroman, out October 23, tells folk tales from an alien's point of view.
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Eli Derby follows his cover-song start with the EP LOVESHY
The Maryland singer began playing drums in church at two and now runs his own label.
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Jacob Hackworth sets his debut EP What Took You So Long for October 23
The seven songs follow the breakup that pushed him toward Nashville.
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Tank sets his 12th album EXPERIENCE for September 25
The single Yes has climbed to No. 10 on Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay chart.
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SongwritingWith:Soldiers sets an album of veterans' songs for November 6
The Power of Being Heard carries 24 veteran voices across 15 tracks.
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DJ LeeLee, aged five, awaits a Guinness ruling on her festival DJ set
The kindergartner played 51 minutes at Awaken Music Festival in Utah.
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Daniele Luppi and Michael Kiwanuka build an album from Italian film music
Wilma cuts up 1970s library recordings into a new story, out October 9 on Verve.
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Aluminum announce the album Iconoclast HaHa and share Killing Time
The San Francisco four-piece recorded through Marshall stacks in Oakland.
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Nashville concert series Live On The Green returns in 2027
Guster and Grace Potter play an October launch party at Ascend Amphitheater.
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Entheos share the single Undone ahead of the album Empty On The Inside
Chaney Crabb says the band finally chased the industrial sound they had wanted.
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Cledus T. Judd says Sony Music ordered his Ella Langley parody pulled
The country comic's Meet Her had run for two weeks before the takedown request.
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Festival Escenario screens ten free rock documentaries in Buenos Aires
The seventh edition runs August 30 to September 6 across several city cinemas.
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Honky Tonk Fest sets its 2026 lineup for a November date near Austin
Rattlesnake Milk, Summer Dean and The Deslondes play Star Hill Ranch on two stages.
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Haute & Freddy follow their debut album with the single Touch Touch
Michelle Buzz and Lance Shipp came to the duo from years of writing for other people.
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Fontaines D.C. book a 19-date European arena tour for autumn 2026
Chalk support the run, which opens in Lisbon and ends at London's O2.
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Halsey releases her first concert film, The Girl in the Tower
The 75-minute set was shot across a European festival run and premiered on YouTube.
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BusinessCountry
Anna Rae signs with Joan Of Arc Music for management
Cindy Mabe's company takes on the singer as her debut single arrives.
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CAN'T STOP TALKING share the single Cool People Are Arseholes
The East London four-piece take aim at manufactured personality.
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Universal Music and Sony add stream-ripping claims to their Suno suit
A judge let the allegation in but refused to expand the list of infringed tracks.
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Aqualine turn self-frustration into the new single Stupid Brain
The five-piece from Guildford and Brighton produced the track themselves.
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UK report puts Brexit touring losses for musicians at 208 million pounds
British performances in the EU fell 21% between 2019 and 2024, with 2,490 jobs gone.
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The Linda Lindas share a Victorian ghost video for Everybody Told Me
The song sits on Gotta Get Out, the band's third album, out now.
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Las Vegas Songwriters Festival wraps its second year at Mandalay Bay
Around 40 writers played four stages over the weekend, hosted by Matt Warren.
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Luke Bryan reveals the track list for his ninth album, SIGNS
The 11-song record arrives September 18 through MCA.
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HYUKOH share a video for the eight-minute song KoK
Song Seoyoon set the clip during a sports day at an arts high school.
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Four Tet releases his full Alexandra Palace set as a live album
The 57-track recording is out through Apple Music alone.
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U2 record the Shane MacGowan song Yeah, Yeah for a tribute album
The cover opens 20th Century Paddy, out November 13 on Rubyworks.
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Royal Blood play a surprise Reading festival set in The Gallery tent
The Brighton duo drew a full tent at 2pm and opened with Out Of The Black.
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HXG keep the rage rap energy up on their new song Versus
The Opium duo of Meechie and Beno! put out the track on August 28.
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Trentemøller announces a self-titled album and shares the single Terrified
Jonas Bjerre of Mew sings on the lead track and directed its video.
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Gently Tender set their second album This Was Once Fields for October 16
Frontman Sam Fryer wrote the single Don't Sleep about a late night ride across London.
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Cloud 9 festival adds Loukeman, Lis Dalton and LukeAnthonyBarry for 2026
Three days of electronic music and eco-art at No.9 Gardens, with saunas and cold plunges between sets.
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CMA sets the Music Teachers of Excellence ceremony lineup for October 7
Sierra Hull, Marcus King and Preservation Hall Jazz Band play the tenth edition in Nashville.
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Americana singer-songwriter Anna Graves makes her Grand Ole Opry debut
Her first time in the circle came in the Opry 100 series, days before a 17-city headline run.
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Billy Strings books a 2027 winter tour ending with a night at the Ryman
Ten February shows across three cities, with Asheville taking five of them.
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Elton John covers Turnstile's song Seein' Stars for their versions album
Piano and pop sheen over a hardcore band's most melodic single, with Brendan Yates trading verses.
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Kelly Rowland will headline the AIDS Walk Atlanta music festival on September 26
The 35th edition of the charity event brings a 5K run and a bill at Piedmont Park.
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Dinosaur Jr. add 2027 tour dates as the album There Near arrives
The run picks back up in Brooklyn in February and ends in Boston, with one Canadian date in Toronto.
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AZ Chike and Tyler, The Creator share the single Look Like My Mama
The South Central rapper takes the lead and Tyler drops back into underground rap behind him.
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Kendall Street Company set the eighth album Yodeling Astroman for October
Fifteen folk tales narrated by a character who turned up in deep space just after the big bang.
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Kenny Chesney spends a fourth week at number one on MusicRow's radio chart
The single sits at nine on Billboard Country Airplay as a new song lands ahead of his next album.
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GRiZ releases the song Sunshine four years after playing it live
A dubstep and saxophone track that first surfaced at his own Wisconsin camping festival in 2022.
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Kaskade and Wooli push further into dubstep on the single Hear Me Now
Dutch singer MAXINE holds the middle of a track that lands a week before their first back-to-back set.
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Chris Lake, Chris Lorenzo and Kenny Beats turn CAKE into the house single Long Jacket
A tech house cover of a 2001 alt-rock hit that spent a year as the most-wanted unnamed ID in their sets.
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Seven Lions and Kill The Noise return to Monstercat with the single I Need
Their eighth track together, built as a deliberate sequel to a 2017 song on the same label.
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CHRIS STASSY debuts a new name with the house single U know me
One letter changed, sixteen years kept: the Dutch producer formerly billed as Chris Stussy explains himself.
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Fontaines D.C. book 20 tour dates across 14 countries for the autumn
The run opens in Lisbon five days after Dopamine Chamber lands and finishes at the O2 Arena.
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Cascada returns with the single ALIVE, 21 years on from Everytime We Touch
Natalie Horler builds a peaktime drop out of a song about coming up for air.
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Lalah Hathaway shares Can't Let Go and announces the album Made In Chicago
Nine songs built from an image of the singer in a leather coat looking out at Lake Michigan.
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Riley Downing of The Deslondes releases the album Landfill Poetry
Songs about being poor in rural Missouri, out on John Prine's Oh Boy Records.
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BreakupsCountry
Fruition will stop touring after a final run into January 2027
The Portland Americana five-piece put the decision down to costs that keep rising while guarantees stay flat.
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Hayley Williams sets tattoo pop-up shops around her solo tour dates
Flash designs at 37 studios across three continents, with 40 percent of proceeds going to the Ally Coalition.
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Duane Davis is convicted of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
A Las Vegas jury took under three hours, days after a detective testified he was told to hold off arresting Davis in 2009.
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Carnifex announce the album More Than Misery for November 6
The deathcore band recorded with Whitechapel's Zach Householder and set the title track loose with a video.
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Madra Salach book their first North American tour dates for November
Five shows for the Irish alt-folk six-piece, ending with a Canadian debut at the Garrison in Toronto.
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Night Lovell releases the eleven-track album MY BLOOD AS THE INK
The Canadian rapper keeps to the gothic sound and gory imagery his audience grew up on.
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Young Thug says the YSL album Slime Language 3 is close after a few changes
The compilation missed its own midnight date, and Thugger has not named a new one.
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Adanowsky brings a two-persona concert to Buenos Aires on November 4
Adan Jodorowsky puts the albums El idolo and Amador on one stage at La Trastienda.
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JENNIE releases the three-track EP Fallen Angel after her biggest solo shows
The BLACKPINK singer follows last year's Ruby with a short, inward-facing record; the CD adds three more songs.
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Sturgill Simpson plays a surprise Nashville club gig as Johnny Blue Skies
A small-room warm-up for next month's arena run, with a Talking Heads cover in the set.
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Charlotte rapper Boohavinn releases the album ROTY
Eleven tracks, no guest verses, and a title that reads as a claim on rookie of the year.
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The music company BMG says organic revenue grew 8.1% in the first half
Its merger with Concord is now expected to close in the third quarter.
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Jay Worthy, LNDN DRGS and George Clinton release the album Generation P
Snoop Dogg, Larry June, Ty Dolla $ign, Curren$y and Del the Funky Homosapien all turn up.
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Warner Music Austria strikes a distribution deal with Tonherd
ADA Central Europe is part of the arrangement, and the Vienna label's studio opens up to Warner's local roster.
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Busta Rhymes releases the single This Woman with D'Angelo over a J Dilla beat
Both collaborators have died, making the track a posthumous meeting of the three.
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Miki Howard cuts the single Together We're A Good Thing with Bruner and Jones
SoulTracks made the midtempo record its song of the month, calling the pairing three Grammy nominees deep.
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Tamia returns with the single Forever And A Day
Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony, who record together as Louis York, wrote and produced it.
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Vory returns with the 10-track album DONDADA
Domani, 2 Chainz, Fredo Bang, Trae The Truth and Dame Atlas appear on the record.
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A shelved KC and The Sunshine Band song returns as a NYNE collaboration
Love Goes Up and Down appeared in the 1986 film Knights of the City and was never officially released.
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LEMFRECK opens a new chapter with the single I KNEW, ahead of CRYOGENICS
The Newport artist's mixtape lands 25 September through Noctown, built around a radio concept called NOCTOWN FM.
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Dave Blunts puts out the Ulysses EP
The five-track project drew HotNewHipHop's lowest reader rating of the week at 1.5 out of 5.
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Pulp document their London comeback shows on a live album
Live! was recorded at the O2 last summer and comes out on Rough Trade, with a concert film to follow.
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E-40 drops Turning My Money Over, billed as a quadruple album
Forty songs in four ten-track parts, with Too $hort, Killer Mike, Larry June and Anderson .Paak among the guests.
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Superstar Pride returns with the single First Day Out
The Painting Pictures rapper is back home after three years in jail on a first-degree murder charge.
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Nardo Wick returns as an independent artist with Is Dat Right?
The Jacksonville rapper's first single since leaving his label deal landed on 28 August.
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Benjiflow returns with the single Tears In The Club
The North London artist's debut album follows this autumn, after years of credits with Wretch 32 and Avelino.
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Rakim, Kurupt and Masta Killa share a single before The Godbody LP
The joint album arrives on 18 September, with Ghostface Killah, Snoop Dogg and KRS-One across its tracklist.
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Josh Homme says arena rules are really about controlling fun
The Queens Of The Stone Age frontman expanded on his complaint after lighting a cigarette on stage in defiance of a Ford Field smoking ban.
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Rob49 and Sexyy Red team up again on the single IN THE CLUB
The two have made a habit of these, and HotNewHipHop calls this the clearest version of the sound they share.
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Charleston rapper Trim shares the single Get Hit
The South Carolina MC follows Coconut Water with a cut listed under her project FIRST PRINCESS.
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YNW Melly releases the album Collect Call II while awaiting a retrial
The rapper has been in custody since 2019, with no verdict yet in his double murder case.
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Kasabian headline the first Thursday night in Leeds Festival history
Serge Pizzorno called the slot history from the stage, closing a night opened by Arkayla and The Lathums.
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Lucy Park shares her THREAD 27 EP in full
The title is her age, and the opening song BLUE SASHIKO takes its name from Japanese embroidery.
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Porij will support Sports Team on their UK tour
The Manchester four-piece play all eight September dates before DIY Alive 2026 at EartH Hackney on 3 October.
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BusinessLatin
The Latin Rock House, San Francisco, is now a protected music landmark
Owner Richard Segovia has kept a mural of more than 87 musicians going as the Mission District priced out the people it honours.
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Reservoir's PopIndia buys the Vincey Productions catalog
The deal adds YouTube channels with 10 million subscribers between them, and comes with a publishing signing for the producer 30KEY!
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Chloe Slater takes on online abuse with the single I've Never Felt So Hated
Her debut album Riot Youth follows on 9 October, and Bonnie MacRae directed the video.
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Saxophonist Miguel Zenon and pianist Luis Perdomo release El Arte del Bolero Vol. 3
The duo cut the third volume at Van Gelder Studios after Vol. 2 won a Latin jazz Grammy.
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Ramones documentary gets a 4K restoration and a digital release
Magnolia Pictures brings End of the Century back to cinemas later this year.
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Tricky FM closes the Twin Star Fantasy singles run with Apartment
Hana Freed shot the video at a county fair, and Cherub Dream Records puts the album out on 29 September.
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Aemia sign to the label Artist House with the single Nowhere To Hide
JT Daly produced the Persian-Canadian duo's first song for the label, and singer Mia Ravangar directed its video.
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Gretchen Parlato releases the album The Wise Ones on Edition Records
Her third record for the label was cut in Los Angeles in 2025, with Robert Glasper and Mark Guiliana in the band.
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Anyx releases Starlink, a debut album from the former Anchoress singer
Anna Lucia Nissen took the title from mistaking the branded satellites for stars.
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Ne-Yo enlists three country singers for the Ms. Tundra remix videos
Mike Clark Jr., Tonio Armani and 803Fresh each take a turn on the line dance cut from his July album Highway 79.
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AZ Chike and Tyler, the Creator restage two films in the Look Like My Mama video
The clip opens at NRFTW High School, naming the album No Rest For The Wicked and a September 18 date.
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Frost Children remix Underscores' The Peace and share a song called Unlimited Love
Pitchfork notes the new track appears to sample a guitar line from Do It, and the artwork teases something called after-U.
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Ciara shares the Yes music video featuring Akeem Ali
She put the song out a month ago to mark ten years of marriage to Russell Wilson, and Maya Table directed the clip.
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BusinessHip-hop
Snoop Dogg biopic casts Algee Smith as Warren G and Tre Hale as Suge Knight
Craig Brewer directs the Universal film, with production due around Los Angeles in mid-September and a 2027 release.
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Superstar Pride, out of jail, releases a First Day Out song and video
The Mississippi rapper had been held since 2023 on a first-degree murder charge, and what prompted his release is unclear.
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Judge lets UMG and Sony accuse Suno of stream ripping their records
The same August 18 order refused the labels' bid to add 61,026 recordings to the 560 already in suit.
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Kany Garcia and Carin Leon reunite on the single El sombrero y la camisa
Their 2023 team-up Te lo agradezco was nominated for song of the year at the Latin Grammys.
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Leon Bridges issues part two of his Happiness Anytime EP series
Four more songs and a choreographed video for Talk It Over arrive before the full album on September 25.
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Melvin Riley of Ready For The World releases a 19-track album called NO AI
The Flint singer frames the double set as a defence of human playing, and it has reached the iTunes R&B top 10.
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Jack Freeman opens his Mahogany album with the single Me and You
Bryan-Michael Cox and Donnie Scantz produced the track, which chops up Glenn Lewis' Never Too Late.
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Authentic Brands takes a majority stake in the IP of rapper Drake's OVO
Vince Holding Corp. picks up the operating business and will run design, product and the 12 flagship stores.
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WAMCon 2026 brings producers and engineers to Nashville's Ocean Way Studios
The one-day Women's Audio Mission conference lands October 30 with Grammy winners Gena Johnson and Shani Gandhi mentoring.
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Sony Music Publishing takes Publisher of the Year at the BMI R&B awards
It represented 27 of the year's most-performed songs, up from 23, as Kendrick Lamar took songwriter of the year.
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Drake White brings his Benefit For The Brain concert back to the Ryman
The November 16 show raises money for veterans' mental health and stroke recovery, seven years after his own stroke on stage.
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Tomorrow X Together book Steal The Wind tour dates across three continents
The K-pop group open with three Seoul nights in November before Asia, North America and Europe into 2027.
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Diane Pearson elected president of the Leadership Music board for 2026-27
The City National Bank Nashville executive returns to a role she has held before, with four new directors joining.
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Elderbrook, Bob Moses, Aluna and Jayda G supply music for a GTA 6 trailer
Rockstar closed its 26-minute Netflix preview of Vice City with two house tracks, Mine O' Mine and Inner Light.
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Comeback Kid set their eighth album Chosen Hell for November 6
Will Putney produced the 11-track record, which brings in Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox and Brendan Garrone of Incendiary.
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Warner Music's social justice fund puts nearly $6M behind 17 groups
Eight grantees work in music, four of them new, and the fund has now committed more than $52 million since 2020.
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John Mayer says he is not swearing off Grateful Dead music for good
The guitarist told Andy Cohen on Radio Andy that hanging it up is part of grieving Bob Weir.
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Country singer Brandon Wisham brings his father's boots to his Opry debut
Mae Estes introduced the South Carolina newcomer, who dedicated the set to Dolly Parton.
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ElevenLabs adds section editing to its ElevenMusic song tool
The feature, called Composer, arrived 12 days after Suno upgraded its studio and a month after Google shipped its own editor.
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Judge lets country artist Tony Justice take his Suno class action to discovery
Only a Tennessee consumer protection count fell, after the plaintiffs told the court they had cited the statute by mistake.
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Country singer Dolly Parton offered herself for cancer drug trials
Stella Parton says the singer would have taken experimental treatment to help future patients, as AMC schedules tribute screenings.
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Ruben Rada left an unreleased album made with Los Autenticos Decadentes
Martin Moska Lorenzo says the ten-song set holds five originals and five covers, with no title and no release date.
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WMOT Roots Radio marks ten years as an Americana music station
The Middle Tennessee State University signal flipped format in September 2016 and now reaches about a million listeners online.
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Edwin Raphael and Wayfinding book west coast Canadian tour dates
Exclaim reports two fall runs, one behind the album I Know a Garden and one ahead of A Nest of Wrens.
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Jorja Smith builds her third album What Are the Odds around club music
NPR calls the 38-minute record a reintroduction, made with P2J after one funky-house outlier on her last LP.
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George West, who founded the Birmingham Jazz concert series, has died
UK Jazz News dated his life 1935 to 2026 and published the tribute beside the club's fiftieth anniversary programme.
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Liz Phair puts two unreleased songs on a limited 7-inch single
One side is the theme she wrote for Lena Dunham's podcast, and the pressing arrives as her Sleater-Kinney dates approach.
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Pixies set an April 2027 Buenos Aires tour date at Movistar Arena
The band led by Black Francis return to Argentina to mark 40 years, with general ticket sales opening September 1.
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Nick Ward lines up his second album, Year Of The Snake
Lead single Piano is built on Glenn Gould playing Bach, and the record was made between Auckland and Sydney.
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Sonic Youth and Liquid Liquid feature on a Tellus cassette zine vinyl set
The 1980s New York series put music on tape years before magazines started bundling CD samplers with each issue.
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Portishead singer Beth Gibbons announces her first Argentina concert
She posted the news herself, saying she was incredibly excited to finally reach the continent in 2027.
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Lefty Gunplay returns with the single Just Another Day
The Kendrick Lamar feature on tv off changed his position, and he has since got sober and gone back to writing.
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BusinessMetal
Maynard James Keenan had hip replacement surgery, says shows stay on
He has roughly 27 performances booked in 18 countries with three bands between September and Christmas.
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Gently Tender share Don't Sleep ahead of an October album
Sam Fryer wrote the words on long walks around the green belt at the edge of London, and calls it an Uber Pop song.
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Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons recovers Celsius shares in a 1MDB case
A Brooklyn federal court approved the settlement, and at least $8.6 million is earmarked for four creditors.
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Beth Gibbons books her first Argentina tour date for May 2027
Buenos Aires sits between Sao Paulo and Santiago on a three date South American run, her first on the continent.
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Tiny Habits share the single Love Ruins Everything from the album Keepers
The trio describe a song caught between wanting a relationship and wanting to be left alone in one.
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Pearl Jam's debut album Ten turns 35
Stone Gossard wrote the music in his parents' attic after Andrew Wood died, and a cassette reached a San Diego surfer.
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Beartooth singer Caleb Shomo on coming out before the album Pure Ecstasy
He credits former Bring Me The Horizon member Jordan Fish with making it easier to talk about any of it.
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Jamie T confirmed for a surprise Reading Festival opening set
The noon main stage slot ran 33 minutes and 10 seconds, a nod to the recent single 3310.
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BusinessHip-hop
Authentic Brands Group buys 51% of rapper Drake's OVO label
He keeps a 44% holding and creative control, while Vince Holding Corp. takes over design, merchandising and retail.
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Bruno Mars adds Asia and Australia dates to the 2027 Romantic Tour
The leg opens February 13 in Perth and closes with four nights in Goyang, South Korea, in May.
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A posthumous Todd Snider album, My Second Rodeo, is set for October
He cut the 10 songs last autumn, days before he died, and two producers finished the record over the following year.
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Johnny Marr says Noel Gallagher is back writing songs for the pleasure of it
Nobody has said whether the material feeds Oasis or High Flying Birds, and the pair have been friends for 30 years.
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CMAT drops four live tracks on the EURO-COUNTRY anniversary
They come from a 20,000 capacity headline show at St Anne's Park in Dublin, and the full concert went up on YouTube.
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ObituaryCountry
Radio industry veteran Ted Cramer has died
He was 65, programmed WIFE and WLPK in Indiana, and started behind a microphone at 17.
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Sara Evans books a Holiday Road Tour for the 2026 season
Ten cities, starting December 2 in Cranston, Rhode Island, with Braden Hull opening every night.
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Amon Amarth share the single Eight Legs Of Thunder from The Allfather Awakens
The video takes Odin's eight legged horse and stages it as a western, and the album lands October 2 on Metal Blade.
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BusinessR&B
Kehlani cancels two tour dates after a hospital visit
The Camden and Washington area stops are off, and the run picks back up on August 29 in Richmond, Virginia.
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Superfan announces debut album My Piledriver Heart
Kali Priya Flanagan, who once recorded as KALI, previews the record with In The Gold Room.
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Nashville airport set to be renamed for country singer Dolly Parton
A Change.org campaign sat at about 50,000 names before her death and has since climbed past 160,000.
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Pearl Jam press a 2016 Philadelphia performance of Ten to vinyl
Ten Live arrives Nov. 27 as a three sided LP, taken from a 32 song night at the Wells Fargo Center.
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Pixies book an April 2027 Buenos Aires tour date at Movistar Arena
It will be the band's fourth visit to the country, after Luna Park in 2010, Lollapalooza in 2014 and Primavera Sound in 2022.
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BusinessPop
Singer Olivia Rodrigo lines up Taco Bell and Grammy Museum album tie-ins
A pink lemonade Baja Blast arrives first, then a museum show built from the handmade sets used in the cure video.
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Beyond The Music festival adds a second wave of acts for its Salford edition
SILVERWINGKILLER, Another Country $$$$ and ALT BLK ERA join a bill that runs beside panels, keynotes and an AI summit.
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Motown songwriter Janie Bradford Hobbs has died
She co-wrote the label's first significant hit and spent decades inside its operation, from the front desk onward.
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Peaches plays two Argentina dates in November, her first in a decade
Club Paraguay in Cordoba comes first, then Deseo in Buenos Aires, with tickets through AlPogo and Enigma.
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BusinessRock
Sting will narrate a documentary about composer Nino Rota
Walter Fasano's film gets a special screening at the Venice Film Festival, and skips the usual cradle to grave structure.
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The Drin share Prophets Of Doom from a 23 song album
I Lost My Way For Centuries runs 74 minutes, and the Cincinnati group recorded it on a do it yourself budget.
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Boomtown Fair books Adam James to DJ after his story spread online
The 23 year old from High Wycombe saved for a year to attend alone, and a group from Bristol adopted him at the campsite.
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Beyonce reissues B'Day for its 20th anniversary with B sides and Spanish versions
The 27 track package arrives September 4, sweeping up material that was scattered across retailer exclusives in 2006.
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Ex-Sworn In members launch Bliss By Proxy with debut single SKINSUIT
Tyler Dennen had not put out music since he left the Illinois band in 2018, and Zakary Gibson is beside him again.
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First Class Fest loses Che, Black Kray and Nettspend before its Toronto edition
Organizers lined up a replacement for each act, and the two day bill at Sobeys Stadium went ahead as planned.
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WME promotes Sara Williams to head of music marketing
The Nashville executive reports to Kirk Sommer and takes over from Levi Jackson, who moves to brand strategy.
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Lambchop star in Joke Country, a ten-minute comedy film about a radio interview
Kurt Wagner directed it and Henry Phillips plays him, opposite Steve Marsh as the host.
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Beaks announces the first album ALDIE with the single little silver
Anna Francesca made the Vienna project's debut with Markus Windisch during a turbulent stretch; dottidot releases it in November.
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Elephant Stone release ASHA, the psych pop band's tenth album
Rishi Dhir's Montreal group put the record out on Elephants On Parade after singles including Fascists Killed Yer Rock'N'Roll.
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Burning Man asks festival travellers for extra time as the Hawk Fire burns
The Reno-area fire had burned 15,085 acres and destroyed 47 homes; gates open on August 30.
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Toronto's First Class Fest loses a fifth of its rap festival bill
The Bowl at Sobey's Stadium event is the first outdoor show for two promoters who started booking in 2022.
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HYUKOH release the eight-minute single KoK with Yu Su co-producing
The South Korean band's second song since 2024's AAA follows Godspeed! by a week.
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Maple's Pet Dinosaur signs a global deal with Warner Music Australia
The 15-year-old rock singer leads with Child's Play, the title track of a debut EP built on alt-metal.
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Ken Carson releases Cartunez, the 13-track deluxe album for Xperiment
The rapper pushed the release back several times before it landed on August 27 with a Nine Vicious diss aboard.
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Beyond The Music festival adds Tom A Smith, Gans and The Slow Readers Club
The Salford event runs across MediaCity from October 6 to 9 and opens with a 24 Hour Party People screening.
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John Mayer plays a solo Dolly Parton tribute at a SiriusXM Hamptons concert
He performed I Will Always Love You before Gravity at the Stephen Talkhouse; the set airs Saturday on Radio Andy.
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AwardsCountry
National R&B Hall of Fame will induct singer Dolly Parton in its 2027 class
LaMont Robinson's Detroit foundation named her two days after she died in Nashville at 80.
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Jamie T asks Reading festival for a slot and gets 33 minutes 10 seconds
The number is a nod to his single 3310. He opened The Grid stage at noon on August 28 and closed with Zombie.
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Singer Robert Fowler carries a musical theatre background into the song Talk
SoulTracks picks the Dreamgirls performer's plea for a partner to break the silence.
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Jeshi lines up the mixtape Headrush and leads with linea rossa
The East London rapper's rap and dance project caps eighteen months of work with Celeste, Leon Vynehall and Vegyn.
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Jeshi sets October 26 for the club-minded mixtape Headrush
Ten tracks through Select Discs and Partisan, with Ineffekt, Fredwave, Just Lil, X CLUB. and Oscar Farrell guesting.
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Current Joys shares WILDFIRE, a second single from the album ROSEBUD
Nick Rattigan wrote the song coming out of a few years of self destruction; the record lands on November 6.
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BEASTIE details the EP Maria with the single Mitcham Mint
The South London artist's video, directed by Gustav Newby, maps the streets he grew up on.
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Pearl Jam's No Code album turns 30, and The Quietus calls it grunge's Kid A
JR Moores argues the 1996 record, not In Utero, was the point where the genre turned on its own audience.
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Ibukun Sunday builds the album Olusin [Worshippers] from sacred room sound
The Quietus makes it album of the week, though the producer recorded it in a home studio in Harlow, Essex.
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Duet Emmo play their first ever live gig at London's ICA in October
Wire's Graham Lewis and Bruce Gilbert with Mute's Daniel Miller take an October 27 slot in a spatial audio series.
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Inspiral Carpets tour bus in M74 crash that put two people in hospital
The collision happened in Scotland in the early hours of August 24 as the band travelled south between UK dates.
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Turnstile play their first live cover of The Stone Roses on the Piece Hall stage
The Baltimore band walked out to Islands In The Stream in tribute to Dolly Parton, then aired I Wanna Be Adored for the first time.
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BusinessElectronic
New Bristol club with 5am licence to open inside former cinema
The space will become a music and arts venue after its licence was granted this week.
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Paisley's long-running Club 69 nightclub is shutting down this autumn
The Paisley nightclub shuts on October 10 after a run of final parties.
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BusinessElectronic
New film Club Kid, with a Shygirl cameo, heads to cinemas this fall
The comedy-drama features cameos from musicians including Shygirl and River Moon.
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BusinessElectronic
Bristol's Noods Radio joins DAB+ to broadcast its music across the city
The station will now broadcast across radio channels in Bristol.
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Business
Petition launched as Rotterdam festivals face funding cuts
The city council has proposed a 656,000-euro annual cut to cultural event funding.
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BusinessElectronic
New app Seen Live lets fans rate DJ sets after a night out
The app is built for documenting gigs, festivals and club nights.
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BusinessElectronic
New film Skintown, soundtracked by Carl Cox, revisits Irish rave culture
The soundtrack features Carl Cox, Happy Mondays and Jeff Mills, among others.
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Sub Focus adds a 1-pound grassroots levy to his 2027 UK arena shows
Proceeds go to LIVE Trust to support grassroots live music.
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LIVE Trust doubles UK touring grants for small venue tours to 8,000 pounds
The Featured Artists Coalition reopened applications on August 26 after a 300,000-pound injection from the ticket levy.
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Siavash Amini and Eugene Thacker release the album Songs for Sad Poets, Vol. III
The Tehran composer layers voice synthesis of Thacker's poetry up to 40 times across a 38-minute record.
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Busta Rhymes releases the album Dillagence II built on unheard J Dilla beats
A Hype Williams video for This Woman pairs the rapper with a D'Angelo vocal recorded about two decades ago.
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David Banner enlists T.I., Method Man and more for new album The God Box 2
Fans have paid up to $150 for his new music, and their support could push him to release the album for free.
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Agnes Obel details new album The Meaning Of Flowers
The Danish artist discussed the record in an exclusive interview.
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Carla Wallace and five others join SOURCE Nashville's Hall of Fame
The annual awards were held in Nashville this week.
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Seattle duo Chinese American Bear are back with the song 'Dance Dance Dance'
The Seattle duo share new music.
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'Chromophobia' is the new track from anonymous collective The Sick Man of Europe
The anonymous collective previews their upcoming album The Intermittent Signal.
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Gene Simmons says Kiss needs Pophouse's permission to tour again
The band reportedly requires approval from Pophouse to return to the stage.
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Joe Glass shares new single 'It's No Wonder'
The Chicago songwriter, also of Sharp Pins, follows his January solo debut Snakewards with a new track.
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Sturgill Simpson readies Johnny Blue Skies tour
The Mutiny For The Masses Tour supports his new album Mutiny After Midnight.
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Kardinal Offishall sets release date for new album Firestarter Vol. 2
The Canadian hip-hop veteran had been teasing the album for a while.
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Just Penelope releases new song 'Sister'
The Bloomington trio share the opening track from their debut EP, Great Lake.
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Jackson and Charvel launch a signature guitar and bass in collaboration with Sleep Token
The band's instrument collaboration adds a new signature line.
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Garth Brooks adds Orlando dates to Blame It All On My Roots tour
Two new Kia Center shows are set for September 25 and 26.
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Orianthi's supergroup The Power of 3 announce debut album
Guitarist Orianthi, drummer Cindy Blackman Santana and bassist Rhonda Smith unveil their self-titled record, out December 11.
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Ziemba shares new song 'We Implode'
The single is the third preview of her upcoming album The Braid, due this fall.
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THAO shares new song 'Catch As Catch Can' with Neko Case
The song is the third single from her comeback album Show Me, following 'Fossils' and a Tune-Yards and Linda Lindas feature.
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Hatebreed share title track 'Fatal Paradox'
The song previews their ninth album, out November 6 via new label BLKIIBLK, following lead single 'Kill Count Increase.'
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Old Crow Medicine Show brings back Holiday Hootenanny tour
The string band's second annual festive run kicks off December 7 with stops across the Northeast.
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Charlemagne Palestine teams with Ambarchi and O'Sullivan on new album
KKKAAARRREEENNNIIINNNAAA captures a 2025 London performance reworking Palestine's 1997 piece Karenina.
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Polyphia announce new album Be Not Afraid
The instrumental prog outfit's record arrives October 23 via Rise Records, previewed by new single 'Power In The Blood.'
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BusinessHip-hop
Jay-Z sets September 18 premiere for HBO series Jay-Z In 8
He and Rick Rubin turn years of recorded conversations into an eight-part series examining his music, life and process.
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Royal Blood reveal Reading Festival 2026 secret set
The duo promise it will be as relentless as possible, part of a triumphant return following a two-year touring break.
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Chase & Status recruit Little Simz and Skrillex for new album
New single 'Gone Too Far,' featuring Debbie, previews the record Generic Everything, out October 9.
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Fred Tackett and Scott Sharrard detail new album Honest Men
The duo album, arriving September 18, revisits Little Feat's catalog alongside tributes to Lowell George and Gregg Allman.
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Toronto's PHANTOMFEST: Open Air festival adds acts for 2026 edition
LeeLee Mishi, Antwon Faulkner and Purrpelle join the donation-powered electronic event at Leslie Lookout Park.
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Freddie Mercury's final filmed concert with Queen heads to IMAX
Queen Budapest, filmed in 1986 and restored in 4K, opens in over 2,000 cinemas this October.
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Diles Que No Me Maten discuss new album Escrito en Agua
Frontman Jonás Derbez traces the Mexico City band's fourth record to childhood memories of his jazz-musician father.
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Phoebe Bridgers covers Nirvana song 'Lithium' for BBC Live Lounge
The session, recorded before she postponed UK shows for appendicitis, also featured songs from her album Lost Weekend.
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Rayland Baxter details first album in 4 years, True Violet
The record, previewed by single 'Better Man,' follows the death of his father, Bob Dylan sideman Bucky Baxter.
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Concert promoter Live Nation hired Trump's personal lawyer amid DOJ case
A Wall Street Journal report details White House pressure on the Justice Department to settle the litigation.
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Sandra St. Victor announces new solo album Eleven
The soul and funk veteran's first solo record in over a decade features Lalah Hathaway and her Family Stand bandmates.
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Outkast's Idlewild album turns 20 amid critical reappraisal
The divisive sixth record, once dismissed by some critics, still landed on SPIN's list of 2006's best albums.
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Acid Bath bring sludge metal to a New York concert with Obituary
The reunited band's Pier 17 show marked their third New York appearance since reuniting in 2025.
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Charli XCX teases a different show for Reading & Leeds festival
Ahead of her festival headline debut this weekend, she reviewed her 2017, 2019 and 2022 sets and promised something entirely new.
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Shaina Hayes announces new album and Quebec tour
Take the Case of a Rose, her third record, arrives November 13 via Bonsound alongside an 11-date spring tour of Quebec.
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Tramhaus shares new song 'Swarm' from upcoming album Blister
The Rotterdam post-punk band's latest single follows lead track 'Plovdiv.'
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Lamplight detail the album Lick The Spoon, Let It Soften
Ian Williams follows the band's self-titled 2024 debut with a single called Clover and more of what they call creek-steeped folk.
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Neighbour Club announce debut EP Snail Mail
The London indie rockers follow their first-ever single with a September EP.
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Boston's debut album gets 50th anniversary reissue with long-lost demos
The reissue adds previously unreleased demos Tom Scholz used to land the band's record deal.
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Aluminum, the San Francisco band, line up second album Iconoclast HaHa
Lead single Killing Time arrives with the news, two years on from the debut Fully Beat.
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Hope Of The States' Sam Herlihy launches solo single via text-adventure game
'Insignificance' arrives ahead of his debut solo album Poltergeist, due in October.
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Tomorrowland is adding a second day to its Shanghai festival this October
Tiesto and Axwell headline the October return after last year's sellout debut.
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Bruce Springsteen will headline the Stand Up For Heroes benefit concert in New York
Alex Warren and Jon Stewart join the November veterans fundraiser at Lincoln Center.
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Space Afrika, Milkweed and more join the growing 2026 Unsound lineup
Marina Herlop and VTSS also join the festival's third wave of announced acts.
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Trace Adkins to release 30th anniversary edition of Dreamin' Out Loud
The special edition marks three decades since his platinum-selling debut album.
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Trump administration warns the Kennedy Center venue could face demolition
Justice Department lawyers raised the prospect in a court filing, saying an outdoor amphitheater could be built on the site instead.
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YouTube Premium raises streaming prices across Europe and Singapore
Individual plan increases run from around 10% to as much as 17% across affected markets.
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Kate Bollinger lines up a new EP called Shop Girl
The Richmond singer-songwriter follows her 2024 debut album with the release's title track.
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Pretty Lights debuts an unreleased GRiZ and Tape B remix of his 2011 track live
The rework of 'I Know The Truth' sent crowds into a frenzy during his recent Capitol Theatre run.
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Billboard to identify AI-generated music on its charts
The organization is adopting new detection and tagging tools as AI tracks flood streaming.
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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard has died
The band played its first show since his death, with Billy Gibbons calling it a celebration.
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UK Artist Touring Fund opens second round of grants
The Featured Artists Coalition is offering grants of up to 8,000 pounds to support touring artists.
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Ten years on, Post Malone's 'August 26th' mixtape is finally hitting streaming
The project marks a bright early moment in his career, now on streaming for the first time.
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BINA. releases new single 'The Art Of Anger'
The South London artist continues her 'Soft Rage' era.
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ReleasesElectronic
Chase & Status announce new album Generic Everything
The drum and bass duo's new record arrives October 9.
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Blur's debut album Leisure turns 35
A new look back argues the record is an underrated blend of northern and southern indie sounds.
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Hakushi Hasegawa discusses new album Honest Feeling Album
The artist spoke about the new record in a new interview.
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Soleil shares new single 'Heart Strings'
The rising singer-songwriter and DJ previously drew attention for a soulful take on 'Jolene.'
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Saul Williams returns to Big Dada for first solo album in seven years
The poet and musician shares a guest playlist tied to the new album and a forthcoming book.
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Business
Kennedy Center name change reportedly cost venue $100 million in lost revenue
A new report ties the rebrand under the Trump administration to the shortfall.
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A contract dispute has led a venue to cancel Kanye West's planned concerts in Russia
The shows were canceled following a disagreement over terms.
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ToursMetal
Inter Arma announce 20th anniversary US tour
The tour starts October 8 in Atlanta.
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ReleasesMetal
MixWave has a new vocal plugin built with Spiritbox singer Courtney LaPlante
The Spiritbox vocalist lends her voice to a new audio tool.
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ToursIndie
Arcade Fire's frontman will spin a rare DJ set at an LA Halloween show
He fills a vacancy left by the late synthwave pioneer Kavinsky.
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ToursCountry
Marshall Tucker Band gets an all-star tribute concert on New Year's Eve in Atlanta
The Toy Factory Project honors the late Toy Caldwell at the Fox Theatre.
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Rio Da Yung OG announces new album The World Is Yours
The album, led by single 'Finna Drop (Tour),' arrives September 11.
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ReunionsIndie
The Spook School are back together, working on album Like A Heartbeat
The Scottish indie-pop band, who split in 2019, share the single 'Falling.'
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ReleasesCountry
Willi Carlisle shares new song 'Marlboro Vinyasa'
The latest single from his Tyler Childers-produced double album The Universal Bubba.
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Resavoir announce new album Above The Clouds
Trumpeter Will Miller's Chicago jazz ensemble shares '4th Cloud' featuring Gregory Uhlmann.
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ReleasesRock
Neil Young revives teenage-era song for new album Second Song
He reimagined 'Casting Me Away From You' with the Chrome Hearts.
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ToursR&B
Yebba announces North American tour
The dates support her sophomore album Jean.
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ReleasesElectronic
Jlin and Third Coast Percussion announce joint album Vernacular
Their first release of joint material is set for October.
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ReleasesRock
Widespread Panic set live album Albany 2000 for archival release
It is the 21st installment of the band's multi-track archival audio series.
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ReleasesPop
NCT 127 release seventh studio album Blingy
The K-pop group leans further into its experimental hip-hop sound.
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ReleasesRock
Smidley share title track from new album Murphy Horse
Former Foxing frontman Conor Murphy's project previews the album announced in June.
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ToursRock
The Who's Roger Daltrey opened his A Great Night Out tour with a stop in Mesa
The set spanned Who classics, solo material and covers.
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ReleasesJazz
Dexter Story announces new album T'som
The LA multi-instrumentalist shares 'Mama,' featuring Sudan Archives and Kamasi Washington.
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BusinessIndie
Paul Thomas Anderson's Cameron Winter concert film due in November
The buzzed-about Carnegie Hall performance is getting a cinematic release.
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Busta Rhymes revisits J Dilla's unfinished work on new LP
Dillagence 2 draws on roughly 300 unreleased J Dilla beats, nearly two decades after the producer's death.
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Amy Winehouse's Back to Black gets a 20th-anniversary reissue October 23
The reissue lands four days before the album's original October 27 release date, with unreleased demos and a 2007 Amsterdam live set.
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Winter shares mixtape-version song 'hide-a-lullaby' with Peel Dream Magazine
The shoegaze artist, recording as just Winter, also recently joined Stereogum as a video contributor.
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Lost Lands teases another expansion of its Crater stage for 2026
The dubstep festival's signature 360-degree stage keeps growing ahead of its ninth edition.
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ReleasesRock
Johnny Marr shares video for 'It's Time,' from new album The Age of Everything
Marr's follow-up to 2022's Fever Dreams arrives October 2 via BMG.
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ToursRock
Bachman-Turner Overdrive announce 'No Speed Limit' winter 2027 tour
The run kicks off January 7 in Orlando and wraps March 20 in Minnesota.
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ReleasesElectronic
Sylvan Esso share new song 'On & On' from upcoming album Ow
The latest single follows the Sigur Ros-sampling 'Concrete Glen.'
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Angela Autumn shares a reflective new single, 'I Don't Think…'
The title borrows one of Mad Men's coldest lines, Don Draper's brush-off to a young copywriter.
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FestivalsRock
Suwannee Amp Jam 2027 lineup led by Joe Russo's Almost Dead and Lettuce
The three-day festival returns to Live Oak, Florida, with Oteil Burbridge serving as Artist at Large.
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ReleasesIndie
2nd Grade unveil new album Girls and Boys, due October 30
The Philadelphia band's 20-track record splits ten songs about girls from ten about boys.
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Business
Universal, Sony and Warner back music AI firm Stability AI with $76 million
The three majors join Stability AI's Series B round days after its Stable Audio 3.0 launch.
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Dawn Richard shares new song 'chuuuuurch' featuring Anjelika Jelly Joseph
The single previews her New Orleans-rooted album Creole Culture, recorded with producer Greg Paul's Katalyst collective.
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ReleasesRock
Chastity set new album I Built This Prison Myself for November 13
Brandon Williams's Dine Alone Records LP is previewed by the single 'Misled Youth.'
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Alice Cooper sets December 12 date for 24th Christmas Pudding concert
The Phoenix charity show benefits his Solid Rock Teen Centers, with Dee Snider and Lzzy Hale performing.
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Tommy WA releases new EP Hope Our Paths Cross
The Ghana-based songwriter discusses community, kindness and his upcoming African tour.
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My Morning Jacket's Jim James shares video for solo song 'Lost Child'
The frontman's solo album Wowed Out, built around a Brian Reitzell collaboration, arrives Friday via ATO.
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Chastity announce new album I Built This Prison Myself
Brandon Williams's project previews the November 13 record with the single 'Misled Youth.'
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Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith and Goose's Rick Mitarotonda form supergroup Rainbow Body
Eric Krasno joins the pair for the band's first live show, October 23 in Laguna Beach.
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Kid Rock says he felt 'called' to make a new Christian album
The rocker traces the project to a Super Bowl halftime verse and a Bible passage tied to his own name.
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Wisin's viral 'Perreo University' campaign turns out to be his new album
La Universidad del Perreo arrives September 4, with Ivy Queen, Jowell & Randy and others teased.
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ReleasesElectronic
Cakes Da Killa and DJ Miss Parker share vocal club EP New Bitch
The pair's new EP leans into vocal-driven club music and a lineage of queer ballroom 'bitch tracks.'
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ToursElectronic
Nia Archives announces 19-date Emotional Junglist world tour
The run stretches from Japan to her biggest-ever London headline show and on to Australia.
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ReleasesIndie
Stephen Steinbrink details upcoming album In a Split Mirror
The Oakland songwriter follows his 2023 album Disappearing Coin with the single 'Magic Mirror.'
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ToursElectronic
Sudan Archives announces first-ever Argentina tour date
The violinist and producer plays Niceto Club in Buenos Aires on September 24, touring behind her album The BPM.
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ToursCountry
Garth Brooks tour hits slow upper-deck sales at some arena stops
Nearly all the unsold seats sit in the cheap tier, as the singer's flat $154 pricing meets mixed demand.
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ReleasesMetal
Russian Circles share final single 'Seventh Seal' ahead of new album Nine
The Chicago post-metal trio's ninth album arrives August 28 via Sargent House.
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James Brandon Lewis announces new Red Lily Quintet album Calling Antonin
The saxophonist follows his quartet's Omni with another new record just two months later.
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Business
Spotify takes real playlist names from its streaming app to the streets
The 'Playlist It' campaign posts users' actual playlist titles on billboards, adapted city by city.
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BusinessIndie
Afternoon Bike Ride warn touring musicians after Stripe froze their merch sales
The Montreal trio says the payments company refunded card sales from four US tour stops without warning.
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Louis York announce new album The Heart Of the Matter
The R&B and pop duo's third full-length arrives November 6, previewed by the single 'I Found A Home.'
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Frank Ocean's Blonde turns 10
Artists and FADER staff look back on the album a decade later.
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Shudder to Think unveil a new EP called Who Sent You
The band shares the title track ahead of a September 11 release.
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Jazzahead! 2027 festival unveils a wave of new announcements
The 21st edition adds a new Asia Pacific focus and names the Baltic states as 2027 partner.
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Back to Black gets an expanded reissue for Amy Winehouse's 20th anniversary
The reissue adds four unreleased demos and a full live album.
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Tame Impala to headline Rock Werchter 2027
Kevin Parker's project is the first headliner announced for the Belgian festival.
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BusinessR&B
The Isley Brothers share new movie theme song
The legendary group, now down to two members, contributes a haunting new track.
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ToursMetal
In Flames and Trivium expand their 2027 tour to the UK and Europe
Paleface Swiss and Vola join what's billed as one of the year's biggest tours.
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BusinessPop
New documentary revisits Wham!'s 1985 China tour
Mike Christie's film uses footage from George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley's tour to explore its political weight.
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Iron Maiden's 'Wasted Years' single turns 40
A look back at the turning point that shaped Somewhere In Time.
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Swansea International Jazz Festival 2026 gears up for autumn dates
The annual festival returns to venues across the city September 3-6.
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ToursR&B
Dorothy Moore sets Diamond & Gold concert marking 80 years
The soul singer, known for a classic heartbreak ballad, celebrates the milestone this fall.
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ReleasesRock
Chapterhouse look back on debut album Whirlpool 35 years on
The band reflects on a record that came to define UK shoegaze, ahead of their first-ever Argentina shows.
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Ghost are pairing a new live album, '2 Big To Rig,' with their IMAX movie
The film arrives August 26, with the soundtrack out the following day.
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Business
Round Hill Music sues Suno and Anthropic for up to $1 billion apiece
The independent publisher says it won't settle and intends to take both AI companies to trial.
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Sony Music sues Kroger over alleged copyright infringement in ads
The suit spans 19 Kroger banners including Ralphs, Mariano's and Harris Teeter, and cites nearly 400 unauthorized posts.
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Bret Michaels cancels remaining 2026 shows on doctors' orders
The move follows recent surgeries after his comeback show.
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The full 2026 lineup for Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX is here
Umru and Tygapaw round out a bill that also includes American Football, Perfume Genius and Lido Pimienta.
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Signs of the Swarm release cameo-filled video for Rob Zombie's 'Dragula'
The cover's video features Bam Margera and Will Ramos, among others.
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ChartsPop
KATSEYE's 'WILD' hits No. 1, biggest girl group debut since 2008
The EP's 170,000-unit debut is the biggest for a girl group since Danity Kane's Welcome to the Dollhouse in 2008.
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ToursRock
Dumb Crush book fall Canadian tour for debut album
Can't Say It Wasn't Fun arrives October 6.
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FestivalsElectronic
Tame Impala will headline Poland's Open'er festival when it returns in 2027
Kevin Parker's project is set to headline the Orange Main Stage as the festival's first 2027 announcement.
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BusinessHip-hop
Dr. Dre says AI is a threat to less-skilled music creators
In a joint New York Times interview, the producer and Jimmy Iovine weighed in on AI's growing role in the studio.
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BusinessRock
Television guitarist Richard Lloyd diagnosed with cancer
The guitarist says the diagnosis has been financially difficult to manage.
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Michael Whittle shares new single 'Chokehold'
The LA-based composer and songwriter continues stepping out from soundtrack work.
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Programme announced for third Posk Festival of Jazz Voice
The two-day event runs October 2-3 at Jazz Cafe Posk in Hammersmith.
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Anthony Hopkins releases album of orchestral works, Life is a Dream
The actor composed the pieces over six decades.
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Regi Myrix and Ty Juan share double A-side soul single
"Take Me With You" and "Eyes Fell On You" arrive together.
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