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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Unveils New Label and Album

The beat-heavy LP inaugurates her Someone Special label

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Shakira Tax Ruling, Live Nation Case, Charlie Brown Lawsuits & More Top Music Law News

In this week's Legal Beat newsletter, tax headaches for touring artists, a proposal to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster, a Peanuts music battle and much more.

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Asake Announces 2026 North American Tour

The Afrobeats rapper-singer is making waves worldwide. Asake Announces 2026 North American Tour Chris Coplan

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Linda Perry Wants to Produce for Madonna Because She’s Become “Weak to Me and Not Powerful”

The songwriter/producer wants to see the pop icon "focus on the power of what her voice can do, not the power of what Auto-Tune and effects can do." Linda Perry Wants to Produce for Madonna Because She’s Become “Weak to Me and Not Powerful” Ben Kaye

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Everything We Know About Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’ Album (So Far)

The project marks the pop star's third studio LP.

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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Launches Label, Releases New Album

The beat-heavy LP inaugurates her Someone Special label

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🎧 Approved: DBA!

Liverpool trio DBA! were born in a basement, their DIY demo studio is tucked into the drain of a Merseyside nightclub. Their sound? Noisy, melodic, slightly scuffed indie rock with something to say. New single ‘Little Rivers’ isn't trying to reinvent anything, it’s just a very good rock song

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Lego Origins of Ableton Push

"I chopped up a bunch of other products and sampled the parts of them that I wanted,” he says

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Pattie Boyd on The Beatles' Biopics

"I thought it would be polite to mention it to me." Pattie Boyd Wonders Why She Hasn’t Been Contacted About The Beatles’ Biopics Chris Coplan

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“The Lego prototype went through many, many phases of moving buttons around... It was playful and not permanent”: Ableton’s Jesse Terry reveals the Lego brick origins of the company's Push hardware instrument as he revisits a rare early prototype

"I chopped up a bunch of other products and sampled the parts of them that I wanted,” he says

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Pattie Boyd on Beatles Biopics

"I thought it would be polite to mention it to me." Pattie Boyd Wonders Why She Hasn’t Been Contacted About The Beatles’ Biopics Chris Coplan

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Paul Mescal on Portraying Paul McCartney in Upcoming Beatles Films

Mescal will portray McCartney in director Sam Mendes' upcoming The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event quartet of films due out in April 2028.

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Paul Mescal Takes a Deep Drive Into ‘Dungeon Lane’ Album With Paul McCartney: ‘I Haven’t Got a Formula’

Mescal will portray McCartney in director Sam Mendes' upcoming The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event quartet of films due out in April 2028.

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Linda Perry on why she had to tell Billy Corgan to leave the studio while working with Courtney Love

"He was a Debbie Downer and ruining the vibe"

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The Black Label, the studio behind the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, just raised $80M with investment from Tencent Music

Bloomberg reports that the deal values The Black Label at 1 trillion won (approximately $660M) Source

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Philipp Jung, Co-Founder of Get Physical and M.A.N.D.Y., Has Died

The German house DJ, producer, and label boss helped conduct transitions in electronic music as house spilled into adjacent scenes in the 2000s

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Paul McCartney recalls “pinch yourself” moment he met Elvis Presley with The Beatles

"He wasn’t a disappointment at all"

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Rise Against and Dropkick Murphys Announce Major Australian and New Zealand Tour

The tour supports Rise Against's tenth studio album Ricochet, released Aug. 15, 2025 via Loma Vista Recordings.

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Rise Against and Dropkick Murphys Set for Biggest-Ever Australian and New Zealand Shows

The tour supports Rise Against's tenth studio album Ricochet, released Aug. 15, 2025 via Loma Vista Recordings.

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Paul Mescal to interview Paul McCartney for NME

Mescal is set to play the Beatles icon in Sam Mendes’ upcoming four film series about the Fab Four