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Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Announce Tour for "I Had a Dream That You Were Mine"

Their first official run of dates together is a celebration of the duo’s 2016 album

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Ed Sheeran Clarifies Gaza Stance, Blames Venues for Macklemore Tour Exclusion

The singer kicked off his Philadelphia show apologizing for “making mistakes” then later apologized for his apology

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Check out Deftones’ Chino Moreno’s emotive duet with Beabadoobee on new song ‘Satellite’

The collab appears on Bea's fourth album 'Pylon'

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Shakira Kicks Off Madrid Residency With 165,000-Fan Opening Weekend, Laura Pausini, and Setlist Surprises

The first three shows revived deep cuts before culminating in the first-ever duet performance of “Antología” Shakira Kicks Off Madrid Residency With 165,000-Fan Opening Weekend, Laura Pausini, and Setlist Surprises Pedro Camacho

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Afroman on Canceled Riot Fest: “I Did a Show in Hurricane Katrina!”

The rapper's Saturday set was scrapped due to heavy rains. Afroman on Canceled Riot Fest: “I Did a Show in Hurricane Katrina!” Alex Young

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Muse explain handing over social media handles to Meta AI and conversations with Mark Zuckerberg

"He's alright, he's not too bad," frontman Matt Bellamy said of the Meta CEO

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‘Marvel’s Wolverine’ soundtrack is coming to vinyl

David Fleming’s score is available via a translucent yellow LP

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“I have explored space. Now… I explore distortion”: William Shatner covers Ace Of Spade at his metal band’s live debut

He played Chicago’s Riot Fest over the weekend

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“I have explored space. I have explored time. Now… I explore distortion”: Watch William Shatner cover Ace Of Spade at his metal band’s live debut

He played Chicago’s Riot Fest over the weekend

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“I have explored space. I have explored time. Now… I explore distortion”: Watch William Shatner cover Ace Of Spades at his metal band’s live debut

He played Chicago’s Riot Fest over the weekend

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Brad Pitt Returns as Cliff Booth in Trailer for David Fincher’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sequel

Featuring an original story written by Quentin Tarantino. Brad Pitt Returns as Cliff Booth in Trailer for David Fincher’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sequel Alex Young

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Unit1 Studio raises $20m for its now-moveable avatar-concerts tech

We reported on startup Unit1 Studio when it launched in October 2025 with technology that could help artists turn themselves into digital avatars for concerts. The post is from Music Ally.

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UK roundup: National Album Day, Sheffield study, Official Charts Pro

There’s plenty going on in the UK this week, starting with the upcoming National Album Day, which takes place on 17 October. The organisers have published the list of albums that are getting limited-e

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South Korea’s Komca withdrew plans to register AI-assisted music

Earlier this summer, South Korean collecting society Komca announced that it would be allowing ‘AI-assisted’ music to be registered as works, as long as a human had made a creative contribution to the

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Sylvain Esso back on Spotify after boycott was ‘unsustainable’

Just under a year ago, US duo Sylvain Esso removed their music from Spotify in protest at then-CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in military-tech company Helsing. The post is from Music Ally.

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Ed Sheeran: ‘I am making mistakes, and I’m so, so sorry’

The show goes on for Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour, but without any support artists or backing band. They all pulled out last week following the decision to remove Macklemore from the tour following hi

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Zplane's Timbre is a formant-shifting plugin with a few tricks up its sleeve

Capable of everything from subtle timbral tweaking to creative vocoder-style effects, Timbre is a versatile formant-shifter with multi-band processing and sidechain functionality

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CD revenue up by nearly 60 per cent in first half of 2026

It was reported earlier this year that the format had enjoyed a spike in sales

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Universal and Warner labels ask court to dismiss musicians’ AI licensing lawsuit

The American Federation of Musicians is arguing that recordings performed by its members have been licensed to AI companies without the artists receiving compensation

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Steven Wilson announces new album ‘Requiem For A Village’ with eclectic title track

“I wanted to get back to a kind of music where you can hear the metaphorical thumbprints"