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Rolling Stone

Live Nation Settles With Estates of 2 Women Killed by Gunman at Beyond Wonderland Festival

The alleged shooter was an active-duty Army specialist purportedly high on mushrooms

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Rolling Stone

Live Nation Settles With Estates of 2 Women Killed by Gunman at Beyond Wonderland Festival

Rolling Stone

Dick Parry, Saxophonist on Pink Floyd Classics, Dead at 83

Longtime friend of David Gilmour played on band’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Us and Them,” and “Money,” and often joined the group on tour

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Rolling Stone

Dick Parry, Saxophonist on Pink Floyd Classics, Dead at 83

Rolling Stone

Everything We Know About Olivia Rodrigo’s New Album

Here's all the details for the highly anticipated You Seem Pretty Sad For a Girl So in Love

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Rolling Stone

Everything We Know About Olivia Rodrigo’s New Album

Digital Music News

Canada Tees Up Major 'Streaming Tax' Hike &8212; New Framework Would Require Spotify, Apple Music, Netflix, and Others to ...

Forget about a 5% “streaming tax”: Now, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has moved to require Spotify, Apple Music, Netflix, and others to cough up 15% of their domestic revenue annually. The CRTC announced as much in a formal release, following more than a few ...

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Digital Music News

Canada Tees Up Major 'Streaming Tax' Hike &8212; New Framework Would Require Spotify, Apple Music, Netflix, and Others to ...

Rolling Stone

Charli XCX, Olivia Rodrigo, Lola Young, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

Looking for the week’s best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist

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Rolling Stone

Charli XCX, Olivia Rodrigo, Lola Young, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

Digital Music News

Major Scare Involving Tear Gas at Ricky Martin Concert

Ricky Martin is reportedly safe after a concertgoer disrupted his show in Europe on Thursday by discharging tear gas near the stage. Ricky Martin’s publicist reports that he is “safe” after a concertgoer disrupted his European show on Thursday by discharging tear gas near the stage. The star’s ...

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Digital Music News

Major Scare Involving Tear Gas at Ricky Martin Concert

Digital Music News

Warner Music Group and GZ Media Launch a New Pilot to Recycle Vinyl Records

Warner Music and GZ Media launch a landmark pilot with Abbey Road Studios to process unsold vinyl into new, commercial-grade pressings. Warner Music Group (WMG) and GZ Media have completed a landmark pilot showing how unsold records can be reprocessed and incorporated into new vinyl pressings without ...

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Digital Music News

Warner Music Group and GZ Media Launch a New Pilot to Recycle Vinyl Records

Rolling Stone

Thom Yorke Debuts New Song ‘Space Walk,’ Slams Music Industry at Ivor Novello Awards

Harry Styles, presenting to the Radiohead singer, also reveals he lost his virginity to “the intro” of the band’s “Talk Show Host”

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Rolling Stone

Thom Yorke Debuts New Song ‘Space Walk,’ Slams Music Industry at Ivor Novello Awards

Pitchfork

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Launches Label With New Album Ruin: It’s Not Just Music

The beat-heavy LP inaugurates her Someone Special label

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Pitchfork

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Launches Label With New Album Ruin: It’s Not Just Music

Digital Music News

Universal Music and TikTok Ink New Multi-Year Licensing Deal, Say They'll 'Work Together to Remove Unauthorized AI-Generated ...

Universal Music Group’s inked a fresh multi-year licensing deal with TikTok, which is teeing up expanded marketing campaigns and doubling down on efforts to decommission AI deepfakes. UMG and the self-described “best platform for music discovery and promotion” unveiled their latest partnership ...

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Digital Music News

Universal Music and TikTok Ink New Multi-Year Licensing Deal, Say They'll 'Work Together to Remove Unauthorized AI-Generated ...

Rolling Stone

Pearl Jam Will Unveil New Drummer in September: ‘It’s Our Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma’

“There’s not enough mystery in the world,” Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard says in a new interview on SiriusXM’s Pearl Jam Radio

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Rolling Stone

Pearl Jam Will Unveil New Drummer in September: ‘It’s Our Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma’

Pitchfork

DJ Koze Drops New Song “Spiralen”

The hypnotic, seven-minute track leads a AA-side single out next month

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Pitchfork

DJ Koze Drops New Song “Spiralen”

Pitchfork

Philipp Jung, Co-Founder of Get Physical and M.A.N.D.Y., Has Died

The German house DJ, producer, and label boss helped conduct transitions in electronic music as house spilled into adjacent scenes in the 2000s

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Pitchfork

Philipp Jung, Co-Founder of Get Physical and M.A.N.D.Y., Has Died

Digital Music News

Live Nation and Ticketmaster ‘Must Be Separated,’ Dozens of US State AGs Demand in Stepped-Up Court Filings

A group of state attorneys general demand the breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster a month after the trial that determined them to be a monopoly. On Thursday (May 21), the coalition of over 30 state attorneys general that sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster in a trial that found the live events giant ...

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Digital Music News

Live Nation and Ticketmaster ‘Must Be Separated,’ Dozens of US State AGs Demand in Stepped-Up Court Filings

Digital Music News

Interactive Digital Avatar of Ozzy Osbourne Is In the Wild and ‘Kind of Scary,’ Says Jack Osbourne

Though he died last year, Ozzy Osbourne’s “digital DNA” will live on thanks to a partnership between the Osbournes and entertainment company Hyperreal. Sharon and Jack Osbourne, the late Ozzy’s wife and son, detailed plans to create an interactive digital avatar of the Prince of Darkness during ...

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Digital Music News

Interactive Digital Avatar of Ozzy Osbourne Is In the Wild and ‘Kind of Scary,’ Says Jack Osbourne

Pitchfork

Listen to Mike D’s New Song “What We Got”

It’s the Beastie Boy’s second solo single, following “Switch Up”

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Pitchfork

Listen to Mike D’s New Song “What We Got”

Pitchfork

Veeze Returns With Surprise Mixtape

Y’all Won is out now

17 hours ago

Pitchfork

Veeze Returns With Surprise Mixtape

Pitchfork

Watch Olivia Rodrigo Unravel in New “The Cure” Video

The latest single from You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love is here

17 hours ago

Pitchfork

Watch Olivia Rodrigo Unravel in New “The Cure” Video

npr Music News

An unlikely opera for America's birthday summons dissonance and harmony

When John Cage composed an opera commemorating the American bicentennial audiences walked out. Now, it's being reinterpreted by new artists in a Detroit Opera production, as the nation turns 250.

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npr Music News

An unlikely opera for America's birthday summons dissonance and harmony

npr Music News

Drake's target audience is you, whoever you are

On three new albums — Iceman, Maid of Honour and Habibti — the streaming era's defining star doubles down on a strategy of abundance, no matter the creative cost.

2 days ago

npr Music News

Drake's target audience is you, whoever you are

npr Music News

RaiNao: Tiny Desk Concert

In her recordings, RaiNao leans into reggaeton and electronic beats. Her Tiny Desk performance presents a different version of Puerto Rico's song spine, built on guiros, timbales and maracas.

2 days ago

npr Music News

RaiNao: Tiny Desk Concert