California Festival Slashes Ticketing Fees by 99% by Building Its Own Platform On Shopify—Now It's Ready to Expand
San Diego's SSBD Festival claims it cut 99% of ticketing fees with its self-made Shopify platform, lowering the price of one of its tiers by $60. San Diego's Same Same But Different Festival (SSBD) says it has lowered the price of one of its ticketing tiers by $60, slashing ticketing fees by an incredible ...
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Digital Music News
California Festival Slashes Ticketing Fees by 99% by Building Its Own Platform On Shopify—Now It's Ready to Expand
Digital Music News
WMG's Re-Org Reaches MENA, Pairing a Promotion With a Sony Hire
Warner Music Group expands its regional leadership in the Middle East and North Africa after seismic shifts across the United States and beyond. Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced a strategic expansion of its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) leadership team as the company continues to poise itself ...
4 hours ago
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WMG's Re-Org Reaches MENA, Pairing a Promotion With a Sony Hire
Rolling Stone
Kacey Musgraves Taps Intocable for Spanish Version of 'Uncertain, TX'
"Having a song with the legends of Intocable is such a thrill for me," Musgraves said in a statement
4 hours ago
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Kacey Musgraves Taps Intocable for Spanish Version of 'Uncertain, TX'
Digital Music News
Saudi Arabia's Answer to the Grammy Awards Abruptly Canceled
The Joy Awards, Saudi Arabia's answer to the Grammy Awards, have been canceled amid financial strain on the country's entertainment sector. Saudi Arabia's Joy Awards, its annual Grammy-like event held in January, has been canceled this year amid financial strain and the Iran war impacting the country's ...
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Saudi Arabia's Answer to the Grammy Awards Abruptly Canceled
Digital Music News
You Wrote the Music. Who Gets the Value? A Special Interview With One of the Most Influential Figures In Music Publishing
You can spend three weeks getting a melody right and three minutes clicking through the music publishing agreement that determines who gets paid for it. That imbalance should bother everyone who writes music. We devote enormous attention to creating the work, then too often treat the business surrounding ...
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You Wrote the Music. Who Gets the Value? A Special Interview With One of the Most Influential Figures In Music Publishing
Digital Music News
After a Rough Weekend of Ticketmaster Outages and Stranded Concertgoers, More Regulatory Questions Surface
In a headache-inducing weekend for concertgoers, fans across the US couldn't access or transfer tickets due to a systemwide Ticketmaster outage. As a result, some would-be attendees found themselves outside venues with tickets they had paid for. On Friday night, fans across the country reported they ...
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After a Rough Weekend of Ticketmaster Outages and Stranded Concertgoers, More Regulatory Questions Surface
Digital Music News
What Your Music Data Doesn't Know Could Be Costing You Money
Data quality in the music business is no longer just an administrative concern — it's a revenue issue. When repertoire and rights information is incomplete, inconsistent, or poorly reconciled across the ecosystem, royalties get delayed, misallocated, or missed altogether. This article comes from QwantumRights ...
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What Your Music Data Doesn't Know Could Be Costing You Money
Rolling Stone
Dolly Parton Estate Claims Nephew Used Caution Tape and Barbed Wire to Dodge Lawsuit Service
“Mr. Seaver attempted to evade service of process, and this court should not reward that behavior,” the estate’s lawyers wrote
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Dolly Parton Estate Claims Nephew Used Caution Tape and Barbed Wire to Dodge Lawsuit Service
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Drake Won’t Submit Any of His Three Albums to the 2027 Grammys: Report
It isn’t the first time the rapper has declined to submit for awards consideration
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Drake Won’t Submit Any of His Three Albums to the 2027 Grammys: Report
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With a voice as vast as the ocean, Beth Taylor has arrived
The up-and-coming Scottish mezzo-soprano's debut recital album is a compelling collection of songs about the sea.
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With a voice as vast as the ocean, Beth Taylor has arrived
Rolling Stone
'American Idol' Contestant Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Murder of Wife
"The layers of deceit, manipulation, and cruelty that you have shown are quite honestly impossible to fathom," judge said to Caleb Flynn
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'American Idol' Contestant Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Murder of Wife
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Slayyyter Is Ready to Give 'Wor$t Girl in America' the 'Brother' Album it Deserves
Wor$t Man in America will feature nine new songs, all of which connect thematically or sonically to the tracks on the musician's breakout 2026 LP
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Slayyyter Is Ready to Give 'Wor$t Girl in America' the 'Brother' Album it Deserves
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DJ_Dave's 'Hardcore Software' is code you can dance to
DJ_Dave writes and performs dance music with code. Her debut album, Hardcore Software, combines tech optimism with the open source spirit of an algorave.
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DJ_Dave's 'Hardcore Software' is code you can dance to
Rolling Stone
Elvis Costello Was in Talks to Become Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' Bandleader
"I would've got fired in about three weeks," Costello says, revealing the discussions for the first time
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Elvis Costello Was in Talks to Become Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' Bandleader
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Slayyyter Announces Wor$t Man in America
The companion to her 2026 standout Wor$t Girl in America
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Slayyyter Announces Wor$t Man in America
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Carly Rae Jepsen Unveils Day and Night B-Sides
The pop singer continues her love of extended releases this Friday
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Carly Rae Jepsen Unveils Day and Night B-Sides
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L7 Reunite With Former Bassist on New Song “Loma Linda”
Janis Tanaka will replace the late Jennifer Finch on the feminist grunge icons’ imminent Last Hurrah Tour
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L7 Reunite With Former Bassist on New Song “Loma Linda”
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Flo Announce Therapy at the Club North America and Europe Tour
The British trio will make stops in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, and more
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Flo Announce Therapy at the Club North America and Europe Tour
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Phoebe Bridgers, Massive Attack, Caroline Polachek to Headline Primavera 2027
Pavement, Robyn, Turnstile, Skrillex, Doechii, Fontaines D.C., FKA twigs, and Hayley Williams are also among the acts
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Phoebe Bridgers, Massive Attack, Caroline Polachek to Headline Primavera 2027
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Turnstile and Taylor Swift Shared the SNL Stage
The Baltimore hardcore band were the musical guest, while Swift made a surprise appearance as Dakota Johnson’s “literal therapist”
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Turnstile and Taylor Swift Shared the SNL Stage
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Medium Build's Nick Carpenter on growing up and finding his way back to fun
Nick Carpenter, who makes music as Medium Build, talks about his new album "King of Having Fun" and finding moments that make him feel like a kid again.
2 days ago
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Medium Build's Nick Carpenter on growing up and finding his way back to fun
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The record-breaking, genre-melting, career-redefining evolution of Miranda Lambert
Lambert started out as a scrappy country singer with a me-against-the-world attitude. How did she end up making lush disco songs and writing one of the biggest pop hits of the year?
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The record-breaking, genre-melting, career-redefining evolution of Miranda Lambert