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Burlesque suffers another setback as 'cursed' musical tour is cancelled again
Burlesque the Musical has been cancelled again - and theatregoers have been left furious. The stage show, which is based on the 2010 film starring Christina Aguilera and Cher, was due to start a London run at The Arts at Marble Arch but was…
Wetherspoons bans customers from playing music and taking calls on speaker
News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. JD Wetherspoon has banned customers from playing music or…
Relationship Material? 3 Red Flags Hidden in Someone's Music Taste
Every first date has the same game plan: look for all the red flags. The quicker you're able to spot all of them, the easier it'll be to realize whether or not you should pursue something serious with someone. The last thing you want is to get…
Tencent Music (TME) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026 at 7 a.m. ET Executive Chairman - Kar Shun Pang Chief Executive Officer - Ross Liang Chief Financial Officer - Min Hu Total Revenue -- RMB 8.9 billion ($1.3 billion), representing 5.8% growth driven by music related services…
Kanye West Plays Headless Corpse in Music Video Directed By Bianca Censori
Kanye West is losing his head over his latest music video -- literally -- and wife Bianca Censori is the one calling the shots. Ye dropped the bizarre visual for 'OK,' his track featuring Don Toliver... and Bianca planted her husband squarely on a…
Hayden Panettiere's Most Memorable Music Moments
The 2005 Disney delight Ice Princess has an unsurprisingly killer soundtrack, from Natasha Bedingfield's “Unwritten” to Aly and AJ's “No One.” But in true Disney fashion, one of the film's stars took a turn on the mic:…
Extended interview: Becky G on her music, her rise to fame and more
Becky G speaks with Gayle King about the latest developments in her career, her new music, the intersection of advocacy and art in her latest videos and more.
Pub chain bans playing music or calls on phone speakers after customers driven 'nuts'
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has banned customers from playing music or taking calls on loud speaker following complaints that noise was driving people 'nuts'. The British company announced on Monday that it has introduced the policy across its 792…
Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba Launches New AI Music Generator Called 'Happy Shrimp'
Chinese tech giant Alibaba launched its own artificial intelligence music-making model this week, and the company says it can turn prompts like “millennial Mandarin pop” or “the dawnlike sensibility of urban folk” into…
Round Hill Music Sues Suno, Anthropic for Copyright Infringement, Seeking Up to $1 Billion in Damages
The independent music publisher Round Hill Music sued Suno and Anthropic, accusing the two AI companies in a federal court in California of infringing its copyright by illegally scraping hundreds of its songs to train their models without…
Death Note the Musical, Barbican Centre review: This musical adaptation of the smash manga about a killer notebook should have been braver with the source material
This musical adaptation of the smash manga about a killer notebook should have been braver with the source material Theatre, Musicals Barbican Centre, Barbican Recommended Death Note: The Musical is a remarkably faithful adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba…
SXSW Sets Podcast Festival, Locals-Only Perks and Changes in Music Venues for 2027 Event in Austin
South by Southwest has unveiled plans for a podcast festival, new locals-only perks and temporary changes in music venues for the 2027 event that will unfold on the streets of Austin, Texas in March. SXSW will run from March 15-21. The inaugural…
Music activates brain networks for imagination and meaning
In a new paper appearing Aug. 18 in Nature Communications, Princeton University researchers show how music produces distinct patterns in the regions of the brain associated with imagination and meaning, similar to those prompted by spoken…
Hayden Panettiere's Music Career, 'Nashville' & Beyond: 5 Things to Know
Hayden Panettiere, the actress and singer best known for her roles in Heroes, Scream and Nashville, died Sunday at age 36. While Panettiere sculpted an enduring acting career beginning as a child, her work in music was an equally memorable part of…
Weird Portable Music Stations of the 80's & 90's pt1.
US The Boss Dr Rhythm DR-5 18/08/26 By the 1980's and 1990's, technological development had lead to instruments that were not only become more sophisticated, but also more compact. Objects began to appear that fulfilled multiple music roles; tone…
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