‘Michael’ Is Now the Highest-Grossing Biopic of All Time
The music biopic surpassed Oppenheimer's box office record, earning $977 million so far
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@, This Is Lorelei, deBasement, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat
Bruce Springsteen Says Clive Davis Was ‘Born to Run… Everything’ in Funeral Eulogy
Springsteen remembered how the “big, and bombastic, and brave” record executive changed his life forever with a Columbia Records contract
Walton Goggins Plays Ultimate Cool Guy in the Strokes ‘Going Shopping’ Video
The video takes inspiration from Paul Simon’s music video “You Can Call Me Al,” featuring Chevy Chase
Bob Dylan Loses Yet Another Guitarist After Bob Britt Abruptly Quits Band
Two weeks after longtime Dylan guitarist Doug Lancio was suddenly replaced by jazz virtuoso Julian Lage, Britt left the group with a Facebook post that read “Sayonara Bobby”
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree loses UK court appeal to revive ‘black box’ royalties claim against PRS for Music
Rowntree's appeal in his proposed class action against PRS for Music has been dismissed Source
Alicia Keys Honors Clive Davis at Funeral: ‘You Didn’t Just Sign an Artist. You Recognized the Soul’
The singer-songwriter remembered Davis’ unparalleled support and friendship in an emotional eulogy, which you can read in full
TIDAL to automatically tag AI-generated music… and block it from earning royalties
TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app Source
Walton Goggins Boogies With Julian Casablancas in New Strokes Video
A bunch of clowns show up too
Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys Honor Clive Davis at Funeral
The service featured performances from Kenny G and Jennifer Hudson, eulogies from Barry Manilow and Dionne Warwick, and a letter from Paul Simon
Spotify India enters into “first-of-its-kind telco partnership” with Vi
Last week, Vi—which was created from the merger of Vodafone India and the Aditya Birla Group conglomerate’s telecom company Idea Cellular—has entered into a partnership with Spotify. Through the tie-up, […] The post is from Music Ally.
Body of Deceased Newborn Found in Portable Restroom at Electric Forest Festival
Police are still investigating the discover, asking anyone with information to come forward
Live Nation moves to push ex-exec’s $35m lawsuit out of court and into private arbitration
Former EVP Nicholas Rumanes alleged he was fired in May 2025 in retaliation for flagging what his complaint called "serious corporate misconduct." Source
Innovate UK launches £10m funding competition for ‘createch’ startups – music included
Innovate UK’s latest competition will see it invest up to £10m in ‘createch’ startups. The good news is that music is included.
Report: There are now more than 400m Gen-Z fans of esports
It’s been a little while since we checked in on the esports market, but y’know who’s checking in regularly on professional gaming tournaments? Gen-Z, that’s who.…
Sprite and Genius launch ‘The Living Tracklist’ hip-hop campaign
Hip-hop nostalgics could lose plenty of time going misty-eyed while scrolling through Genius and Sprite’s ‘The Living Tracklist’ collaboration.
Le Sserafim return to the stage of gaming event BlizzCon 2026
BlizzCon is the annual convention held by games company Blizzard Entertainment, whose franchises include World of Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone and Overwatch. It’s been going since 2005, and music often plays a role in the convention.…
Backstreet Boys are latest artists to file for voice trademarks
Everybody! (Yeah!) File your trademarks! (Yeah!) Everybody! (Yeah!) Protect your body of vocal work… alright! No, it doesn’t scan.…
MMF and YouTube managers accelerator evolves into ‘Hyperdrive’
UK managers body the MMF has a long-term relationship with YouTube for its management accelerator. Now the program is evolving and rebranding as ‘Hyperdrive’.…
Justin Bieber continues post-Coachella surge with live album
Immediately after Justin Bieber’s first set at Coachella this year, we saw some mutterings online of the ‘he was playing his old YouTube videos and singing along, that’s that about?’ variety.…