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Representatives of the UK’s live music industry have slammed the recent government budget as a “missed opportunity”. READ MORE: Why have so many UK festivals been cancelled or postponed? Yesterday,…
Samantha Poulter had her first child, a daughter named Genie, in October of 2022. In a way, the Australia-born, Berlin-based electronic music producer is about to again give birth. Due…
A week after debuting at No. 5 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart, “Carnival,” from Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s collaborative album Vultures 1, jumps to…
Two men have been arrested and charged in Singapore, after allegedly helping fans sneak into Taylor Swift’s concerts without tickets. READ MORE: Taylor Swift live in New Jersey: a glittering…
Back in December Spotify’s head honcho in France, Antoine Monin, gave a blistering TV interview saying that the French government’s proposal to add a small levy to streaming subscriptions to…
When Katie Crutchfield, the 35-year-old singer-songwriter better known as Waxahatchee, released her country-tinged fifth album, Saint Cloud, in March 2020, its intimacy connected with listeners in early-pandemic lockdown and it…
The late Jimmy Buffett deeply loved New Orleans. After graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi, he moved to the Crescent City for a year and his time there informed…
A judge has dismissed the criminal case involving the handwritten lyrics to The Eagles‘ ‘Hotel California’ after concluding that Don Henley had “manipulated” prosecutors by withholding evidence. Glenn Horowitz, Edward Kosinski…
The new Reputation era begins now. A preview of Taylor Swift‘s rerecording of her 2017 Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “Look What You Made Me Do” from her upcoming Reputation (Taylor’s…