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Boys Noize will release 7LLVSION on November 6th, ending a five-year gap between solo albums with a record that brings Alexander Ridha back to his own catalog after an unusually collaborative stretch spanning Nine Inch Nails, film scores and a younger generation of electronic artists. The September 24th announcement arrives…
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Sound designers, field recordists, mixers and professional sound-effects libraries have formed the Professional Sound Alliance, a new coalition pushing for licensing and compensation when professionally recorded sound is used to train commercial AI systems or appears in media without permission. Launched September 24th, the group argues that the rights debate…
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DistroKid delivered nearly 12 million tracks to a single major streaming service in six months, accounting for more than half of everything delivered to that platform during the period, according to allegations contained in Universal Music Group’s new copyright lawsuit against the DIY distributor. The streaming service is not identified.…
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Ed Sheeran’s two Gillette Stadium concerts remain scheduled for September 25th and 26th, but an approaching nor’easter has created a new threat to a weekend already reshaped by the loss of every advertised support act, schedule changes and an unusual refund intervention from Massachusetts officials. As of late September 24th,…
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Macklemore will headline three European arena benefit concerts under the Free Palestine banner in October, with all proceeds going to organizations supporting Palestinians and additional performers and U.S. dates still to be announced. The September 24th announcement puts the first show at Dublin’s 3Arena on October 26th, followed by Accor…
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LANDR says artificial streams flagged by Spotify across music it distributes fell 95% between the first quarter of 2025 and the second quarter of 2026, as the company adds more fraud screening before releases reach streaming services. The Montreal-based music-creation and distribution platform disclosed the figure in a September 22nd…
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Spotify is expanding Reserved beyond early concert-ticket access with setlist playlists that change after each show, personalized share cards and a dedicated in-app destination designed to keep ticket holders inside Spotify from the presale through the days after the concert. The features begin rolling out September 24th for Reserved, Spotify’s…
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Sam Smith and Normani’s long-running copyright fight over “Dancing With a Stranger” is moving toward a jury trial after a federal judge refused to end the case in the defendants’ favor, leaving jurors to potentially decide whether the 2019 hit infringed an earlier song built around a strikingly similar central…
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U2 will release Carnaval De Luz, their first full studio album of new material in nine years, on November 13th, with a 12-song tracklist that reaches from Brian Eno and Martin Garrix to a closing Bono duet containing Dolly Parton’s final recorded vocal performance. The band formally announced Carnaval De…
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CHVRCHES are back with “Roses,” their first original single in three years and the opening release of a new partnership with Futures Music Group, giving Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty a different label home as their fifth album takes shape. The song arrived September 22nd, following 2023 standalone…
