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U2 Surprise Release Six-Song Spiritual EP ‘Easter Lily’
“It’s a time that has our band digging deeper into our lives to find a wellspring of songs to try meet the moment,” says Bono
Ravyn Lenae and Dominic Fike Put Loyalty to the Test on ‘Reputation’
The collaboration arrives alongside “Bobby,” a solo single from Lenae, who recently told Rolling Stone that her next album is “nearing the end”
Pooh Shiesty Arrested on Robbery, Kidnapping Charges Over Alleged Gucci Mane Label Dispute
The rapper was arrested on April 1 along with seven other suspects
King Princess to Star in Aimee Mann’s Girl, Interrupted Musical
Mikaela Straus will make her theatrical debut as Lisa, the same role Angelina Jolie played in the 1999 film
Dialled In Records launches in London focused on South Asian music in partnership with The Collective, part of Universal Music UK’s Island-EMI
Dialled In Records launches with two acts: Pakistan-born producer and DJ Ahadadream, and Excise Dept, an India-based multidisciplinary collective. Source
Wyclef Jean and Jaeson Ma’s D2C service OpenWav launches Snafu-backed indie artist financing platform
OpenWav says it can pay advances 'anywhere from the low five figures to the high seven figures' Source
Meta touts Instagram as music superfan hub in new Luminate study
Musicians who participate in Instagram's Activation program see their streaming numbers jump by roughly 10% in the week an activation launches. Source
Olivia Rodrigo Announces New Album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
The Guts follow-up is officially out in June
Rostrum Pacific’s FatBeats acquires physical distro company Traffic Entertainment Group, plus D2C store and label Get On Down
The deal brings together three companies with a combined 50 years of experience in vinyl distribution, physical distribution, and premium catalog re-issues. Source
Ex-Turnstile Guitarist Brady Ebert Arrested for Attempted Murder of Brendan Yates’ Father
“We have no language left for Brady,” the band said, after Ebert’s arrest for allegedly hitting William Yates with a car
Of Montreal Prep New Album Aethermead
“When” leads the follow-up to 2024’s Lady on the Cusp
Loukeman Announces Album and Shares Extremely Canadian Video for “To the Sky”
SD-3 will close the trilogy that began back in 2021
Brian Miller appointed Chief Business Officer at TuneCore
Miller has served as Chief Revenue Officer at TuneCore for the last two years Source
PassPass wants artists to join its real-world scavenger hunts
PassPass claims to be “the #1 viral giveaways platform in America” with its real-world scavenger hunts and contests. Now it wants to get more artists involved with its promotions. The startup has launched ‘PassPass for Artists’ as a way for artists and their teams to submit tracks for review. If they’re approved, they will then be […] The post is from Music Ally.
Responsible Merch Guide encourages planet-friendly products
A report published this week by Green Music Australia, Reverb and The CSO Shop aims to help artists and their teams, as well as labels and merch suppliers, make “better environmental and ethical choices”. The ‘Responsible Merch Guide’ covers issues ranging fromm clothing materials and certification to fair-labour manufacturing and vinyl/CD packaging. The organisations worked […] The post is from Music Ally.
Create Music Group leads $2m funding for marketing startup Soundlink
Startup Soundlink launched in 2025 as a service to help music marketers solve “the attribution problem” – understanding how their social-media ads impacted streams. Having signed up more than 5,000 artists and labels, now Soundlink has raised a $2m seed-funding round, led by Create Music Group. The startup says it will use the funding to grow its […] The post is from Music Ally.
Chartmetric warns 2025’s ‘pop slump’ has continued in 2026
Slump? What slump?! With global recorded-music revenues up 6.4% last year, the industry would be forgiven for taking a quiet moment to celebrate recently. However, analytics firm Chartmetric’s latest research may interrupt that, based on its analysis of the streaming charts. “Last year was notably lacking in breakout hits and chart-topping new singles, with only 23 tracks cracking […] The post is from Music Ally.
WMG to buy Revelator in wake of UMG’s Downtown Music acquisition
Two theories emerged when UMG completed its acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings recently. One was that the lengthy regulatory scrutiny of the deal might discourage major labels from other indie acquisitions – for a while at least. The other, though, was that it may encourage such deals – particularly for UMG’s rivals looking to compete against its […] The post is from Music Ally.
US music bodies weigh in to publishers’ Anthropic lawsuit
A group of music publishers are continuing to sue AI firm Anthropic for copyright infringement, focusing on its alleged use of their lyrics to train its Claude model, as well as some of its outputs. Now they have the backing of a group of US music-industry bodies: the RIAA, NMPA, A2IM, SONA, Black Music action […] The post is from Music Ally.