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The CIA said intelligence it provided to Austrian authorities helped disrupt a plot aimed at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts in Vienna, with a senior agency official describing the suspected plan as an attempt to kill “a huge number” of people at one of the world’s most visible live music events.
Spotify is introducing new “AI Persona” badges intended to identify artists whose public-facing identity is generated or materially shaped by artificial intelligence, marking one of the streaming industry’s most visible attempts yet to separate human performers from synthetic acts.
Spotify will begin labeling artificial intelligence-generated performers with a new “AI Persona” badge and remove their music from its curated playlists and recommendation surfaces, marking one of the streaming sector’s most direct attempts yet to distinguish synthetic music acts from human artists.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Rod Stewart will be unable to continue his “One Last Time” farewell tour following a coronary stent procedure and after postponing and canceling a few performances, a representative for the singer has confirmed.
Stewart canceled his Tuesday night performance at Rocket Arena in Cleveland shortly after postponing his Sunday concert in Cincinnati at Riverbend Music Center. The latter venue said at the time that it was due “to an unforeseen but minor medical procedure that requ
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Sir Rod Stewart will be unable to continue his “One Last Time” farewell tour following a coronary stent procedure and after postponing and canceling a few performances, a representative for the singer has confirmed.
Stewart canceled his Tuesday night performance at Rocket Arena in Cleveland shortly after postponing his Sunday concert in Cincinnati at Riverbend Music Center. The latter venue said at the time that it was due “to an unforeseen but
The 81-year-old singer will take four weeks off to recover, and has told fans he is “already feeling better”
Rod Stewart has cancelled his upcoming tour stops after undergoing a routine coronary stent procedure.
On Sunday (August 9), the 81-year-old artist had been scheduled to perform at Ohio’s Riverbend Music Center as part of his current ‘One Last Time’ North American tour, but cancelled that gig at the last minute due to an “unforeseen but minor medical procedure”.
He later cancelled all
The move is the Swedish company’s latest effort to be transparent about how music is made amid rising AI concerns
STOCKHOLM: Streaming giant Spotify said Tuesday it would launch a new “AI Persona” badge in mid-September clearly identifying content producers that are AI-generated and not real people.
“Listeners have been clear in telling us that they don’t like seeing an artist profile that seems human, only to find out that the persona is AI-generated,” Spotify said in a statement.
The move i
2 min read For the second time this year, a member of Katseye is taking a step back. On August 7, following her absence from the Los Angeles premiere of the Katseye: Wild Hearts documentary, Sophia Laforteza issued a statement announcing she would be taking a break from the girl group, explaining she would be […]
Karol G has released her new album, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, bringing a more personal and reflective chapter to her music. The 14-track project arrived Friday, August 7, following the singer’s announcement during her recent tour.
As revealed with the album’s official track list, the project features several major collaborations. Drake appears on Ahí, Bruno Mars joins Karol G on Still, and Greg Gonzalez is featured on Después de Ti. Spanish artists Judeline and Rusowsky also appear toge
For years, a Grammy win appeared to be one of BTS’ few remaining goals. The group earned five nominations, performed multiple times at the ceremony, and helped make Korean pop more mainstream in the United States, but a win never came. Now, following one of the year’s biggest musical comebacks, BTS is choosing not to compete. On July 29, RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook announced that they would not submit their music for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards. Each member posted
British band Massive Attack have been permanently barred from re-entering Singapore after unfurling a Palestinian flag during their concert in the city-state, according to a joint statement from the Singapore Police Force and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).
The statement said police investigated both band members for “their actions of support for a political cause and unfurling of a foreign flag” during the show at The Star Theatre on July 29.
Following the investigation, and
BTS announced July 29 that the group will not submit music for the 2027 Grammy Awards. All seven members posted identical statements to Instagram, citing concerns over the newly introduced “Asian Pop Performance” category. The decision came after the Recording Academy restructured award categories to separate Asian pop from mainstream categories.
The group’s latest album Arirang sits atop global charts. Strong contention for major Grammy categories was likely. Instead, BTS chose not to particip
The BBC has dedicated a report to Jared Leto, but not to his music career or his career as an actor, but to the numerous sexual abuse allegations against him. In the report, as many as ten women say they suffered various forms of sexual harassment by him, some of them being teenagers at the time.
A revealing report
In the report, four women claim that Leto sexually harassed them while they were still underage. One of them, just 17 years old, was alone with him in a bathroom where he used her h
K-pop kings say new award category limits rather than celebrates Asian music
SEOUL – The global K-pop superstars BTS say they will not submit their music for next year’s Grammy Awards, after the Recording Academy introduced a new Asian pop category that has been criticised for limiting the success of regional artists.
The band was widely tipped to be in the running for several of the Grammys’ top honours, including Album of the Year, after their comeback album, ARIRANG, became one of this year
Seoul (AFP) – Global K-pop sensation BTS said Wednesday they will not submit their music for next year’s Grammy Awards, after the Recording Academy introduced a new Asian pop category criticised for restricting the success of regional artists.
The South Korean megastars were widely tipped in the running for several of the Grammys’ top honours, including Album of the Year, after their comeback album, ARIRANG, became one of this year’s best-selling hits.
But the seven-member group said they woul
* BTS skip Grammy entry for first time
* February 2027 Grammys will include new Asian pop award
* BTS said music should not be divided by region or language
* Album “ARIRANG” led Billboard 200 for two weeks, a K-pop record
LOS ANGELES — K-pop group BTS said on Wednesday they will not submit any music for consideration at the 69th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2027, citing dissatisfaction with the academy’s new category for best Asian pop music performance.
The decision marks the first t
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LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown pleaded guilty Friday to affray over an altercation in a London nightclub in a fight that injured a music producer.
Brown, 37, made the change of plea during a hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court. He had previously denied more serious charges over what prosecutors called a “vicious attack” in 2023.
In return for the guilty plea, prosecutors dropped charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an offensive weapon,
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A legendary Philadelphia spoken-word artist and hip-hop poet has passed away.
Lamar Manson, better known by his stage name Black Ice, died on Wednesday surrounded by loved ones.
He is widely recognized as the first poet signed to Def Jam Records and as a star of the Def Poetry Jam TV and Broadway shows.
Manson was a Tony-, Peabody-, and Emmy Award-winning artist.
He was 54 years old.
30-minute performance sparks debate over entertainment vs. game flow
“Music makes the people come together.”
Madonna, 68 years old, who has stood as a global diva for over 40 years, needed just one musical phrase to transform the World Cup final stadium into a concert venue. On the morning of the 20th at 4 a.m., Korean time, the ‘2026 FIFA World Cup in North America’ final at the ‘New York New Jersey Stadium’ in New Jersey, U.S., featured the first-ever official halftime show in World Cup hist
Apple Music has raised its subscription prices for the first time in nearly four years, according to prices listed on the Apple Music website.
In the U.S., the price for the individual plan rose from $10.99 to $11.99 per month, while the family plan increased from $16.99 to $19.99 per month and the student plan rose from $5.99 to $6.99 per month.
This marks the first hike in Apple Music subscription prices since October 2022, when the company cited increased licensing costs.
Rival streaming p