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Trending on Billboard The Wicked movie is gearing up to defy gravity all over again, and this time with a live orchestra behind them. Wicked: Part One is heading to concert halls around the world, where audiences will be able to watch the blockbuster film on a massive screen while a full symphony orchestra performs […]

Suno has spent months collecting music licensing deals like Infinity Stones — and now it has a product to show for it. The AI music generation company has revealed details about its suite of new models, all built on its licensing deals with Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe. Dubbed “V6,” the company said the collection […]

Suno, the controversial AI music generating platform, continues to make moves toward legitimacy in the music industry: After striking licensing deals with Warner Music and BMG (arguably the third and fourth largest music companies in the world), on Tuesday it has announced a deal with France-based independent music company Believe. The deal also covers TuneCore, […]

Suno is entering a partnership with Believe Music, the owner of popular music distribution platform TuneCore, the companies announced on Tuesday. Suno and Believe said the partnership will include “music from participating Believe and TuneCore artists and labels,” which Suno said will be included in the company’s upcoming new model that will be trained exclusively […]

Stevie Wonder has announced dates for his “Songs in the Key of Life Performances – 50th Anniversary Tour,” a celebration of his generation-defining 1976 double album. The tour, promoted by Live Nation and produced by Wonder Productions, will see the iconic album performed in its entirety by the 25-time Grammy-winning artist. The tour opens Oct […]

After feuding for the past few years, Kanye West and Kid Cudi have made up and reunited during West’s Chicago concert on Friday night. West performed the past two nights in his hometown of Chicago to promote his latest album, “Bully,” and welcomed several surprise guests to the stage. Cudi joined his longtime collaborator for […]

That Noel and Liam Gallagher would attend the Venice press conference for their new documentary was always a definitely maybe. In the end, the brothers, reunited after a 15 year split and hot off a blockbuster global tour — the subject of the doc, Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger — did not meet the press in […]

Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger creator-writer-producer Steven Knight says the film, which captures the rapprochement between feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, is about “reconciliation, redemption, and forgiveness.” The anticipated music documentary, which includes Noel and Liam’s first joint interviews in 20 years, captures the band’s hit reunion tour last year and sees the […]

Tom Hardy has officially stepped into the music business, releasing his debut album under the stage name Frankie Pulitzer in collaboration with Czarface. The project, titled Czarface Meets Frankie Pulitzer, arrived Aug. 28 and marks the actor’s first formal album launch after years of fan curiosity about his long-rumored ties to hip-hop.

2 min read Celine Dion is back! Earlier today, the pop icon landed in Paris, marking her first public appearance in months, as she gears up to begin her residency at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, France. Announced in March 2026, the residency was originally supposed to consist of 16 shows lasting from September to […]

Apple Music is preparing to tell listeners when a song was created with the help of artificial intelligence, moving a previously voluntary disclosure system into the realm of required metadata for music distributed to the platform.

Universal Music Group has struck a new agreement with Apple Corps Ltd. to oversee The Beatles’ merchandise and licensing business, positioning one of music’s most valuable legacy brands for a major new commercial cycle ahead of Sam Mendes’ planned Fab Four biopics.

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.

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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