Frankie Valli Cancels Remaining 2026 Concerts ‘to Focus on My Health’
The Four Seasons singer will take six months off to get well and will consider resuming touring in 2027
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Paul McCartney Looks Back at How His Family Grounded Him During Beatlemania
The musician detailed a turning point during the Beatles' rise to fame and how he navigated life under the spotlight
Music Mogul Clive Davis Hospitalized Following Respiratory Issue
The 94-year-old executive was hospitalized in New York City on Friday evening
DJ Screw’s Catalog Is Coming to Streaming for the First Time
The late DJ’s mixtapes will be uploaded weekly until the end of June
Kanye West Cleared to Perform in the Netherlands on His Birthday
Officials ruled that insufficient evidence had been found to ban the rapper from entering the country
Megan Thee Stallion Defamation Judgment Reinstated Against Blogger Milagro Gramz
A judge found Gramz was "commissioned" by Tory Lanez's family to brand Megan a liar, leaving her without media-defendant protections for those statements
Gold Panda Readies New Album Ton Up
Derwin Dicker’s follow-up to 2023’s The Work arrives next month
Nevada City Declares May 27 Joanna Newsom Day
Watch Newsom’s 15-minute speech filled with memories of her hometown
The FCC Got Over 2,000 Complaints About Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show and… ‘Scream 7’?
The Puerto Rican superstar garnered the most pearl-clutching from aggrieved viewers, but a trailer for the horror flick apparently upset a lot of young children
Marcus King Re-Creates Gregg Allman’s Epic 1981 Performance of ‘Come and Go Blues’
With producer Dan Auerbach and guitarist Tom Bukovac, King remembers the late Allmans leader ahead of the forthcoming documentary Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul
Official: UMG rejects Bill Ackman’s $64B takeover bid
Universal Music Group has rejected Bill Ackman's takeover offer. Source
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Watch Big Thief Debut Three Songs in an Irish Field
The trio performed new songs “Carry,” “Forgive the Dream,” and “Space and Time” during an acoustic performance for Belgium’s Radio 1
From Bolloré urging UMG to reject Ackman’s $64B bid to Gamma’s lawsuit to unmask the creators of two smear sites… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
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Downtown Music Publishing strikes deal to represent Biz Markie catalog and name, image & likeness rights
Deal covers publishing administration and sync licensing, alongside representation of the late artist's NIL rights. Source
Sync’s new frontiers: clearance, creators, boutiques and brand intelligence
Sync continues to be an important source of income for rightsholders and musicians alike, and there are new startups trying to help.
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10 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Iceage, Kurt Vile, and More
Stream new releases from Iceage, Kurt Vile, Boards of Canada, Paul McCartney, and Feeble Little Horse
Epidemic Sound study examines creator attitudes towards AI
As one of the key music providers for online-video creators, Epidemic Sound has a big community of customers to draw on when studying how they feel about music and new technologies. Its new ‘Future of the Creator Economy Report 2026’ puts a focus on AI, with some interesting findings. 94% of these creators (remember, we’re […]
Bloomberg questions whether TikTok is leaving labels behind
TikTok’s recent renewal of its licensing deal with Universal Music Group came with no public drama, suggesting that relations with that major label have improved since their fallout two years ago. However, Bloomberg has taken another angle in its latest coverage of TikTok, suggesting that the company is “deprioritizing relationships with music labels — cutting jobs focused on […]
LyricFind files updated complaint in battle with Musixmatch
LyricFind sued rival Musixmatch – and TPG Global, one of the latter’s key investors – in March 2025, accusing them of anti-competitive behaviour, zeroing in on a licensing deal with Warner Chappell. Since then, Musixmatch filed to dismiss the lawsuit, calling it “meritless”; LyricFind busted out additional allegations including claims that TPG tried to buy it in 2023; and Musixmatch hit […]
LabelWorx launches $10m fund for indie electronic-music labels
LabelWorx has been building its distribution and label-services business for 15 years, focusing on clients in the electronic-music world. Now it wants to provide some of them with funding too. The company’s new ‘Elevate’ scheme will choose a select group of labels to receive $10m of upfront capital, as well as “tailored growth strategies, promotional […]