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xxlmag.com - Marisa Mendez - Chris Brown Says He Hates the Music Industry and Vows to Be the Villain
Chris Brown Says He Hates the Music Industry and Vows to Be the Villain
XXL

Chris Brown is done seeking approval from the music industry, saying he's ready to embrace being the villain. On Tuesday (Sept. 22), the R&B superstar shared a lengthy message on his Instagram Story, making it clear he has no interest in playing…

standard.co.uk - Nick Curtis - The Last Ship: Sting's musical is as solemn and ponderous as a tanker
The Last Ship: Sting's musical is as solemn and ponderous as a tanker
Evening Standard

As solemn and ponderous as a tanker, Sting 's musical about industrial decline in the north-east finally heaves into the West End, albeit for just 16 (surely commercially unviable) performances. This has been a passion project of the…

hellomagazine.com - Daisy Finch - The forgotten members of massive '90s pop groups who completely left the music industry for 9-to-5s
The forgotten members of massive '90s pop groups who completely left the music industry for 9-to-5s
HELLO!

While the '90s provided plenty of pop hits we're still dancing to today, it was the iconic pop groups that had us all fighting over our favourites. While plenty of groupings have gone on to find major success, there are several former stars who…

hellomagazine.com - Tess Hill - Meet Mick Jones' famous writer wife of over 40 years and his superstar stepchildren who completely took over the music industry
Meet Mick Jones' famous writer wife of over 40 years and his superstar stepchildren who completely took over the music industry
HELLO!

Mick Jones rose to stardom as the guitarist for the British-American rock band Foreigner. But, he isn't the only star in his relationship. Mick, 81, is married to socialite and writer Ann Dexter - Jones. And the famous couple's legacy lives on…

marketwatch.com - 8 grassroots porchfests for experiencing free live music and neighborhood culture
8 grassroots porchfests for experiencing free live music and neighborhood culture
MarketWatch

If you enjoy seeing live music, you might find it without going far from home – right within a growing neighborhood venue. Known as Porchfests, this trend involves a community-driven effort to organize and schedule a day of live performances…

bbc.co.uk - Naomi de Souza - Jorja Smith wins best track at Independent Music Awards
Jorja Smith wins best track at Independent Music Awards
BBC

Jorja Smith was among the artists recognised at this year's Independent Music Awards for her song The Way I Love You. Accepting the award on Tuesday night at London's Roundhouse, Smith reflected on her 'crazy' music journey and took a moment to…

variety.com - Corbin Bolies - Sony Music Group Becomes First Music Company to Join AI Content Coalition ARIAM
Sony Music Group Becomes First Music Company to Join AI Content Coalition ARIAM
Variety

Sony Music Group has joined the Alliance for Responsible Innovation in the Arts & Media (ARIAM), becoming the first music company to join the group advocating for the responsible adoption of AI throughout the creative industry. The group's members…

smh.com.au - Kayla Olaya - Genre bans, 'pokies pub' loophole ditched in new NSW live music overhaul
Genre bans, 'pokies pub' loophole ditched in new NSW live music overhaul
The Sydney Morning Herald

Police and other state agencies will no longer be able to discriminate against particular genres played in live music venues under a new NSW music bill. Labor's contemporary music bill marks its second legislative push to reinvigorate Sydney's…

sonicstate.com - Musical EQ Is Now Playable
Musical EQ Is Now Playable
Sonic State

US Scale Music releases Scaler EQ Pro 24/09/26 Scaler Music has released Scaler EQ Pro, the next evolution of its patented musical EQ. This is what they have to say about it... Scaler EQ Pro's key-aware Harmonic Peak filters return, upgraded with…

theguardian.com - Liam Pape - Sindhu Vee: 'Makeup, music to feel reckless, two pieces of milk chocolate - and then I go on'
Sindhu Vee: 'Makeup, music to feel reckless, two pieces of milk chocolate - and then I go on'
The Guardian

How did you go from investment banker to standup comedian? I didn't go on purpose from one to the other. I transitioned from banking to stay-at-home mother to standup comedian. There was absolutely no previous thought process. I got on stage almost…

usmagazine.com - Nealy Simms - Ashley Cooke Talks Kissing Matt Rife in New Music Video, How Country Music 'Big Sisters' Support Her
Ashley Cooke Talks Kissing Matt Rife in New Music Video, How Country Music 'Big Sisters' Support Her
Us

Turning heartbreak into hits has its perks — just ask country music's rising sweetheart, Ashley Cooke and her new kissing partner, Matt Rife. “[Matt] was the first person I thought of when we thought about this music video,”…

broadwayworld.com - Joshua Wright - Korean Musical Theatre Actors Unite to Form Their Own Association
Korean Musical Theatre Actors Unite to Form Their Own Association
BroadwayWorld

South Korea's musical theatre performers have a new organization in their corner. The Korean Musical Actors Association (KMAA) held its inaugural general meeting on September 17, where members named actor Jung Young-ju as the group's first board…

independent.co.uk - Alex Bousfield - Charity worker sues for discrimination after being denied time off for music festival
Charity worker sues for discrimination after being denied time off for music festival
The Independent

A charity worker sued for discrimination because she was not given time off work to attend a music festival. Sarah Sadler alleged that she was discriminated against when bosses rejected her annual leave request to attend 2000 Trees Festival at…

rediff.com - Utkarsh Mishra - Loud music during Ganesh immersion kills 7-yr-old in UP
Loud music during Ganesh immersion kills 7-yr-old in UP
Rediff.com

In a tragic incident highlighting the dangers of excessive noise pollution, a seven-year-old girl's death in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly due to loud DJ music during a Ganesh procession, has led to arrests, police suspension, and a ban on…

timeout.com - Andrzej Lukowski - 'A plot that lurches from tender social realism to pure garbage' - Review: Sting's musical The Last Ship
'A plot that lurches from tender social realism to pure garbage' - Review: Sting's musical The Last Ship
Time Out

Sting's musical The Last Ship has had a fairly rough sailing of it so far: in the 13 years since it launched in the States it's been through three iterations with three different writers and three different directors. The one great constant is…

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