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Study claims Liverpool’s music economy is worth £780m a year

The UK city of Liverpool’s music heritage did not start with the Beatles. Its thriving port made it a gateway for American jazz, blues and R&B as well as Irish folk music well before the Fab Four emerged. Now a report has been published that puts a number on the Liverpool City Region’s music economy

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Irish government may help festivals after ticket firm collapse

Various music festivals in Ireland are hoping for the country’s government to step in after their ticketing partner ceased trading abruptly earlier this month. Tickets·ie’s website has been replaced by a short message explaining that the directors of its parent company, Oshi Software, are “taking st

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Irish Politicians Call for New Ticketing Laws After Tickets.ie Collapse

The collapse of Irish ticketing platform tickets.ie - and its impact on festivals that are owed hundreds of thousands of euro - was discussed in the Irish parliament this week, with politicians insist

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Nicole Kidman Gets Custom Knicks T-shirt Amid Playoff Game

The Haim sisters and Taylor Swift made almost as many headlines for their home-brewed tops as the home team did for staging the greatest comeback in NBA history.

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Nicole Kidman Didn’t Make It to That Bonkers Playoff Game, But She Sure Loved Este Haim’s Custom ‘Knickole Kidman’ Knicks T-shirt

The Haim sisters and Taylor Swift made almost as many headlines for their home-brewed tops as the home team did for staging the greatest comeback in NBA history.

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New ticketing regulations needed, Irish politicians say, following collapse of DEAG’s tickets.ie

The collapse of Irish ticketing platform tickets.ie - and its impact on festivals that are owed hundreds of thousands of euro - was discussed in the Irish parliament this week, with politicians insisting new laws are needed to protect promoters and ticket buyers when ticketing companies go bust

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Nux MG-50Li Amp Modeler Review

Nux's battery-powered amp modeller promises over a quarter of a million different amp tones in a compact and gig-ready chassis

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Chloe Slater Releases Debut Album 'Riot Youth'

The former star of NME’s The Cover has also shared her latest single ‘Southern Youth’ and announced a new UK headline tour, including her biggest show to date The post Chloe Slater tells us about her

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The Weeknd’s 2026 Shows Add $440 Million and 3 Million Tickets to Record-Breaking World Tour – So Far

The After Hours Til Dawn Tour picked back up in Manchester, resuming the tour's biggest year yet.

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Tortoise to Tour U.S. and Canada

The Chicago post-rockers will stop in Los Angeles, Montréal, Boston, and more over the coming months

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Bonobo Enlists Arooj Aftab, Nilüfer Yanya for New Album Distance in Static

Simon Green has also announced a North American tour behind the new LP

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“I was sitting there thinking, 'I have no idea how I'm learning that,' but somehow it's working because I learned those songs in a completely different way”: How Anika Nilles prepared for the Rush tour

She says she went down “the Rush rabbit hole”

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Post Malone’s Guwahati concert had an economic impact of Rs43 crore

When BookMyShow announced that Guns N’ Roses would be returning to play two cities in India in November, that Bengaluru was one of them was no surprise given that it’s […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Chloe Slater tells us about her debut album ‘Riot Youth’ and “encapsulating that feeling where it feels like anything could change”

The former star of NME’s The Cover has also shared her latest single ‘Southern Youth’ and announced a new UK headline tour, including her biggest show to date The post Chloe Slater tells us about her debut album ‘Riot Youth’ and “encapsulating that feeling where it feels like anything could change”

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Nux MG-50Li review: A versatile multi-effects pedal

Nux's battery-powered amp modeller promises over a quarter of a million different amp tones in a compact and gig-ready chassis

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Muse Announces 2026 'The Wow! Signal' UK and European Tour

The trek includes two huge gigs at London's O2, following the band's intimate Brixton show this spring

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The Weeknd’s 2026 Shows Add $440 Million and 3 Million Tickets to Record-Breaking World Tour – So Far

The After Hours Til Dawn Tour picked back up in Manchester, resuming the tour's biggest year yet.

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Muse announce 2026 ‘The Wow! Signal’ UK and European arena tour

The trek includes two huge gigs at London's O2, following the band's intimate Brixton show this spring

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Nux MG-50Li Multi-Effects Pedal Review

Nux's battery-powered amp modeller promises over a quarter of a million different amp tones in a compact and gig-ready chassis

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Kelsey Lu's New Album 'So Help Me God'

The North Carolinian artist delivers a cathartic break-up album, overcoming resignation with a new sense of resolution and self-compassion