Queen’s Roger Taylor Debuts Romantic Single ‘I See You Now’
The musician will release a new album, Violence Insane in a Beautiful World, in September
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Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats Reunite for New Album II
Yebba joins the duo for new song “Difference”
Google’s Gemini app now has more than 1bn monthly active users
If you use any Google services, it’s hard to avoid its Gemini AI assistant. Now there’s a new hard metric to quantify the impact of that push.
Spotify and Depop team up for artist-curated fashion shops
Artist-curated (online) shops is one of the trends we’re following in 2026, having covered Etsy’s ‘Festival Shop’ with Laufey, PinkPantheress and Willow Avalon, plus its partnership with Olivia Rodrigo.
Bandsintown hails growth in fan activity around dance music
Interesting things are afoot with live electronic music, according to Bandsintown, which has been digging into its data on how fans are following dance artists and clicking through to buy tickets.
Startup Riffle launches its ‘multiplayer music studio’ web-app
Riffle is the latest startup hoping to help people make music together online. Its browser-based “multiplayer music studio” has officially launched after a three-month early-access period with 7,000 musicians.
Québec study warns of a slowdown in growth for music streams
When the music industry frets about a ‘streaming slowdown’ it’s usually about subscriber numbers and revenues. A report from Canadian province Québec focuses on another metric: actual streams. “In 2025, there were 31.9 billion streams on on-demand streaming platforms in Québec, up by just 3% compared to 12% in 2024 and 16% in 2023,” claimed a report […]
Tencent Music reveals 11% growth in its music-related revenues
In days of yore (well, up until earlier this year) our lead for stories on financial results from Chinese streaming giant Tencent Music would focus on how many paying users it had.
Anghami co-founder Eddy Maroun launches Arabic music IP platform IPNation, targeting $100m with backing from Influence Media Partners
IPNation describes itself as the first investment platform dedicated exclusively to Arabic music catalogs and entertainment IP. Source
JYP Entertainment’s Q2 revenues fell 15.1% YoY, net profit down 40.3%, in the gap between Stray Kids’ world tours
That high base was the same quarter of 2025, when Stray Kids' dominATE world tour was still on the road. Source
Excel Entertainment and Universal Music’s sub-label Excel Music is here
In January, the Universal Music Group announced that it had acquired a 30% stake in Excel Entertainment, the Indian production house behind such hit Bollywood movies and soundtracks as Dil […] The post is from Music Ally.
Yash Raj Films launches independent music label Raah Records
Leading Indian entertainment studio Yash Raj Films (YRF) was among the first production houses in the country to launch an in-house label to release its movie soundtracks. That was back […] The post is from Music Ally.
Suno signs another music licensing deal – with BMG
Are the dominoes starting to fall for Suno when it comes to music licensing deals? Today the company has bagged BMG.
Suno inks global licensing deal with BMG, ahead of launching new music model
BMG is the first significant rightsholder to ink a licensing deal with Suno since Warner Music Group announced an alliance with the AI company nine months ago. Source
Suno preps download caps to ‘make it harder for bad actors’
Last week, AI-music firm Suno promised that it was about to introduce “a new downloads policy. Now we know the details.
Jason Sudeikis Joins Mumford & Sons Onstage to Sing ‘Ted Lasso’ Theme Song
The actor was a surprise guest during the band's concert at Madison Square Garden
Jenna Ortega Reveals the Surprising Fact Behind Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Taste’ Video
The pair teamed up for the single’s fantastically campy video in 2024
AEG Presents strikes strategic partnership with Creativeman Productions, promoter of Japan’s Summer Sonic festival
AEG Presents and Creativeman announced the deal on Tuesday (August 11), expanding AEG Presents' presence in Japan. Source
Suno limits Pro subscribers to 20 song downloads per month, while promising new models ‘developed in partnership with the music industry’
Suno stated in a blog post on Monday (August 10) that the download restrictions "will make it harder for bad actors to mass-export music" Source
Rod Stewart Undergoes Successful Heart Procedure, Cancels Tour Dates to Recover
After a routine coronary-stent procedure, the singer is taking time off from his One Last Time Tour to heal