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Louis Carr and Juliette Jones Among Living Legends Foundation 2026 Honorees
The organization’s 35th anniversary gala will take place Oct. 2 in Atlanta.
Belle and Sebastian's World Cup Song
Stuart Murdoch and the gang wrote “It Only Takes One Lion” after the team’s dramatic qualification last November
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Doja Cat Eviscerates ‘Barrel Chested Ewok’ Elon Musk While Requesting Return of an X Feature
The artist loved her some voice notes.
Canada walks back plan to make US audiovisual streaming services pay a bigger Canadian-content levy
The measures were announced by Marc Miller, Canada's Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages. Source
Guitarist Nita Strauss and Husband Welcome First Child
The Alice Cooper guitarist and husband Josh Villalta are parents to a baby boy named Maxwell James Villalta. Guitarist Nita Strauss and Husband Welcome First Child Spencer Kaufman
Julian Franzoni appointed General Manager for Argentina and Uruguay at Warner Chappell Music
Franzoni joined WCM in 2016 and rose through the ranks in the A&R team Source
Susan Boyle and Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos link up for new Irn Bru World Cup ad
"More than any other group of fans in the world, the Girders spirit will get us through," Boyle said
BET’s Louis Carr, Alamo’s Juliette Jones & More Named 2026 Living Legends Foundation Honorees
The organization’s 35th anniversary gala will take place Oct. 2 in Atlanta.
Music Agent Maria May Discusses Burnout and Artist Development
Music agent Maria May (CAA) on what three decades in electronic music has taught her about burnout, boundaries, and the gap between how we develop artists and how we look after the people running the
Taylor Swift Co-writes Song for Toy Story 5
Can it compete with Randy Newman and Sarah McLachlan's gut-wrenching effort from Toy Story 2, though?
Belle and Sebastian Release Scottish World Cup Anthem
Stuart Murdoch and the gang wrote “It Only Takes One Lion” after the team’s dramatic qualification last November
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Harley Benton ST-Modern HH: A Loud, Fast, Shred-Ready Guitar
Harley Benton's latest drop includes the ST-Modern HH, a right-handed version of the ST-Modern Plus HSS in Dark Purple Sparkle, and a smart retro acoustic electric parlour for lefties
Belle and Sebastian Scottish World Cup Song
Stuart Murdoch and the gang wrote “It Only Takes One Lion” after the team’s dramatic qualification last November
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Meta’s Supernatural VR music-fitness app isn’t dead after all
In January this year, Meta announced that its virtual-reality music fitness service Supernatural – which it had once battled regulator the FTC to acquire – would not be receiving any new updates or content. That seemed to be the death knell for the app, which offered a catalogue of workouts accompan
TikTok US launches a new app for ‘major cultural milestones’
TikTok’s US operation is launching a new standalone app, TikTok Pro Events, which it says will “deepen community immersion during major cultural milestones”. It’s starting with the obvious one: the men’s football World Cup, which kicks off this month in the US, Mexico and Canada It will be the focus
Universal Music New Zealand launches nextWAV development program
Emerging artists in Aotearoa (the Māori-language name for New Zealand) are facing “increasing challenges… cutting through both locally and internationally” according to Universal Music New Zealand. Now it’s doing something about that: an initiative called nextWAV. It’s a year-long artist development
“Engineered to be loud, fast, and absolutely zero fun for your neighbours”: Harley Benton unleashes a $185 shred-ready hotrod with a roasted maple neck and dual-humbuckers
Harley Benton's latest drop includes the ST-Modern HH, a right-handed version of the ST-Modern Plus HSS in Dark Purple Sparkle, and a smart retro acoustic electric parlour for lefties