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Black Sabbath Settle Dispute Over Early Demos, Regain Ownership of Earth Tapes
Sharon Osbourne reveals band's first manager returned 1969 recordings back to the band: "All of that stuff should be theirs. So it all ended well"
Stagecoach 2026 Livestream Schedule & Details
Find out when to see Post Malone, Lainey Wilson, Cody Johnson, and more
TikTok says ‘Add to Music App’ has sparked 6bn track saves in last year
‘Add to Music App’ is a big deal for TikTok. It’s the feature that enables its users to save a song they discover on TikTok to playlists. The post is from Music Ally.
‘Playback’ producer Second Rodeo talks music and micro-dramas: ‘A natural fit’
Music Ally has been interested in micro-dramas since seeing a conference talk last October about the format being a $7bn business in China. The post is from Music Ally.
Watch Michael Stipe Perform a New Song From His Debut Solo Album
Also discussed on Colbert: R.E.M. reunions, sea shanties, and a tree that sounds like Daft Punk
11 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Kehlani, Loukeman, and More
Stream new releases from Kehlani, Loukeman, and Gia Margaret
Openstage launches ‘Fanbase API’ with Gorillaz and Yungblud
We’ve been covering the growing number of big-artist partnerships signed by Openstage in recent times, with Radiohead, Hayley Williams, Bad Bunny and Oasis among the clients using its tech for ticket pre-sales.…
FAC reveals first artists supported by UK Artist Touring Fund
The money from the UK’s voluntary levy on arena and stadium tickets is already being distributed to support the country’s grassroots live sector.…
Korin AI is ’trained with African datasets, built by Africans’
The biggest AI-music startups are based in the US, while there are plenty of innovative firms launching out of Europe and Asia. But Africa, too, has an emerging AI ecosystem. Korin AI is a good example.…
Merlin’s ‘Engage’ mentorship program returns for fourth year
‘Engage’ is indie licensing agency Merlin’s annual mentorship program for female executives in the music industry. It is returning for its fourth year this month with its largest cohort yet.…
Funding roundup: Tamber, Futures Music Group, Inversa…
This week brings a spate of new ventures and funding announcements in the music sphere. Starting with Tamber, a startup that pitches itself as a “sonic intelligence-powered creative suite”.…
Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny top Spotify’s all-time streaming charts
Spotify launched in its first countries 20 years ago. To celebrate, the company has been mining its data to identify the most-streamed artists, albums and tracks from that first two decades. There are no big shocks.…
Gems in Japan
This week’s Music Ally Country Profile is on Japan, a country which has continued to see revenues climb in 2025 as the second largest domestic recorded music market worldwide.…
Aura readings are the new experiential marketing trend
There’s a new experiential marketing trend on the rise for brand activations that could provide some serious inspo for fan events.…
YouTube rolls out celebrity AI likeness detection
The platform announced on Tuesday that they will be broadening their Content ID system to include celebrity content, designed to flag deepfakes and protect creators from identity scams and other non-approved content using the individual’s likeness.…
Olivia Rodrigo wants fans to “drop dead”
…Or sing along to her new single “drop dead”, that is. In partnership with the pop star’s label Interscope Records, TikTok is hosting karaoke events in 24 cities around the world, which fans can enter for a chance to attend through a dedicated in-app hub on th…
Circoloco India cancelled less than 24 hours before its scheduled debut in Mumbai
If 2025 was the year of recognition for India’s live music industry—when the world was alerted to the immense potential of the country’s ‘concert economy’—then 2026 is turning out to […] The post is from Music Ally.
Yung Lean Debuts New Music in Short Film Storm Pt. I & II
The Swedish rapper heads back to school in the short directed by Romain Gavras
Anthropic’s Claude AI adds Spotify and StubHub as ‘connectors’
It seems clear that a growing proportion of online searching and shopping will be happening via AI chatbots… and also, perhaps, music discovery – from artists and songs to concerts and ticketing.…