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WATCH LIVE: Music industry legend Clive Davis remembered in funeral with Springsteen, Dionne Warwick
NEW YORK (AP) — Kenny G played a mournful sax solo to kick off the funeral Monday for music legend Clive Davis, as pop royalty turned out to honor a man who championed so many of their careers. Watch Clive Davis' funeral live in our video…
The show must go on: musical theatre cancellations lead to industry calls for urgent government help
Australia's theatre industry is in desperate need of tax reform to keep it alive, experts have warned the federal government, after two major touring musicals and a $20m opera cancelled shows in the space of a week, citing skyrocketing costs and…
TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization
Music streaming service TIDAL is the latest to take aim at AI-generated music with the introduction of a new policy that will prevent fully AI-generated music from making money on its platform. In addition, TIDAL will use automated tools to remove…
Music Marketing Lessons We Can Learn From LGBT+ Artists This Pride Month
Participants blow soap bubbles as they celebrate at the Warsaw Pride parade on the streets of Warsaw, Poland, on June 13, 2026 (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP via Getty Images) Pride Month has never just been a calendar moment for the music…
Ubuntu Ensemble review - charged musical snapshots of South Africa's struggle
On 16 June, 1976, more than 10,000 students from Soweto took to the streets in a peaceful protest against the apartheid regime. Police answered with shots. It was a spark that kindled into months of conflict, a turning-point in South African…
Blur drummer loses bid to continue £200m legal battle over music royalties
Blur's drummer David Rowntree has lost his bid to continue a legal battle over the distribution of £200 million in music royalties. Mr Rowntree was seeking to bring a legal claim on behalf of 160,000 songwriters against the Performing Right…
Tidal won't pay royalties on AI-generated music but isn't banning it outright
In July the platform will label tracks that are 100 percent AI-generated, but it's demonetizing them starting today. In July the platform will label tracks that are 100 percent AI-generated, but it's demonetizing them starting today. If you buy…
Tidal isn't banning AI music, but it won't pay people who upload it
Tidal revealed its sweeping policy on AI-generated music that details exactly how the music streaming service will handle this growing phenomenon. The music-streaming platform explained on its website that it would demonetize any music that's…
Muse frontman Matt Bellamy: 'I've got to make music, otherwise I'm going to die
To spend time with Matt Bellamy is to lie down willingly in the fast lane of the information superhighway. Within moments of settling into the corner table of a Primrose Hill café, the dressed-down but higher-thinking Muse frontman is in…
Yoasobi Joins Overwatch In New Neon Musical Collab
Posted in: Blizzard, Games, Overwatch, Video Games | Tagged: Yoasobi Overwatch gets a visit from the band Yoasobi as part of a new neon-soaked musical collaboration and event, starting on June 30. Overwatch teams up with Yoasobi on June 30 for a…
Nationwide music video contest to showcase Russia's ethnic languages
A nationwide contest for music videos in the languages of Russia's ethnic groups is being launched to give regional performers a broader platform while helping to promote and preserve the country's cultural heritage. The ‘Strana zvuchit'…
Newborn baby found dead in portaloo at music festival
A NEWBORN baby was found dead inside a portaloo at an outdoor music festival – with cops urging witnesses to come forward. The infant's body was discovered by a horrified worker carrying out routine maintenance at the Electric Forest…
Why are Chinese audiences going for Korean musicals rather than Western shows?
As the lights dimmed in the Shanghai theater, the string quartet struck up once more for the encore. Tina Zhang was fully drawn into the psychological thriller, but it was not until after the show that she found out that the musical was originally…
Tidal lays down the rules for AI music. I wish Spotify and everyone else would follow
Every week, the AI music problem is getting increasingly hard to ignore, especially for streaming platforms. Deezer reported that 44% of all new music uploaded to its platform daily is now AI-generated; that's almost half the songs. Spotify…
Clockenflap's Justin Sweeting and Woozi Studio's Mia Min Yen on Asia's Live Music Boom at Golden Melody Festival: 'No Longer Is a Fan Just Buying a Ticket, But Investing in a Memory'
Each year, Taiwan's Golden Melody Festival conferences, which take place before the Golden Melody Awards, bring together local and international music industry experts across a series of keynotes and panels covering topics ranging from the global…
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