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All the latest in AI 'music'
Suno just released one of its biggest updates yet with v5.5 of its AI music model. Where previous updates focused mostly on improving fidelity and creating more natural vocals, v5.5 is about giving users more control. It includes three new…
Migration musical to be performed at Middlesbrough Town Hall
Evie Lake,North East and Cumbria A folk opera celebrating migration to a town hit by riots nearly two years ago aims to 'bring people together', organisers say. A performance of My Great Folk, organised by North East Opera and featuring the life…
Are Bots Taking Over Music?
T he chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and an unidentified associate leaked online. During the conversation, the Young Stoner Life Records founder claimed he'd spent…
Díaz encore would be music to trumpeter's ears
This story was excerpted from Sonja Chen's Dodgers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The lights went down as anticipation rose on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers…
Why music icon's daughter could be star of next 'Drive to Survive
The genteel sport of showjumping will undergo a £225million investment in a new global competition which backers believe could mirror that of F1's Drive to Survive and place its athletes alongside those known around the world. US billionaire…
Universal Music Announces First-Ever Buyback After Share Slump
Universal Music Group NV plans to repurchase €500 million ($575 million) of its shares, the first ever buyback since the record label was listed in 2021. The buyback will be used toward its incentive compensation plan and to reduce the share…
Nelly Furtado turns heads in red corset gown ahead of return to music
Have YOU got a story? Email Nelly Furtado glammed up to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during Sunday's Juno Awards - five months after announcing she was retiring from live performance for the 'foreseeable future.' The 47-year-old…
BBC legend horrified after accidentally insulting huge star's music to his face
BBC Radio 2 legend Sally Traffic, whose real name is Sally Boazman, was left red-faced after Damian Lewis caught her insulting his music. Band of Brothers and Homeland star Damian, 55, has embarked on a career in music in recent years after being a…
U.K.'s Beyond The Music Conference Confirms New Location and Dates for 2026 Edition
Beyond The Music will return in 2026 in a brand new venue, Billboard U.K. can exclusively reveal. The third edition of the music conference and festival will take place at Salford's MediaCity from Oct. 7-9 and bring together leading figures from…
Electric music for an electric arm: Miller's entrance an immediate hit
SAN DIEGO -- The Padres named Mason Miller their closer last month, the latest in a long tradition of elite closers in San Diego. And any elite closer deserves an elite closer entrance. Miller debuted his on Saturday night. Entering the ninth…
Android Auto might soon get smarter about disabling autoplaying music (APK teardown)
Andy Walker / Android Authority An Android Authority teardown has revealed that Android Auto could get a new autoplay notification. This notification lets you permanently turn off autoplaying music when Android Auto connects to your phone. The…
Will AI Be to Music What Ozempic Is to Weight Loss? This Startup Says It's Already Happening, Even if 'Nobody Wants To Talk About It
The conversation around the use of AI in music has been a complicated one. There are varying opinions on the matter, with some people feeling like it's a threat to human creativity, while others feel like it's just a helpful production tool. Now…
Becky G, Joy & Julieta Venegas are the First Honorees Announced for Billboard Latin Women in Music 2026
Becky G, Joy and Julieta Venegas will be honored at the fourth annual Billboard Latin Women in Music special, Billboard and Telemundo announced on Monday (March 30). The program will air live exclusively on Telemundo on April 24 at 9 p.m. ET. Once…
Beloved country music club closes in tiny Texas town
The end has come early for a Central Texas country music club, which is closing its doors after just three years in business. Duett's Texas Club in Martindale, about 35 miles south of Austin, officially said goodbye Saturday with a noon-to-midnight…
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