How Vince Gill Dealt With a Heckler When He Sang for an Ill Joe Walsh at an Eagles Show
One fan "was so mad that Joe wasn’t there," Gill says, "and he’s taking it out on me"
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The Wailers and The Pogues Confirm Australian Tours Despite Bluesfest Collapse
Both acts have announced updated routing — The Wailers with a new run of East Coast dates and The Pogues adding a Brisbane show.
MAY-A Puts a Grunge Spin on Stevie Nicks’ ‘Edge of Seventeen’ for Triple J’s Like a Version
The Sydney singer-songwriter brought a distortion-heavy reimagining of the 1981 classic.
Chance the Rapper Defeats Pat the Manager’s Claims in Chicago Contract Trial
A jury said Chance does not have to pay $3.8 million to his former manager — but the rapper only won $35 of the $1 million he sought in a countersuit.
ACM Radio Awards 2026 Winners Revealed: See the Full List
Parker McCollum and Lauren Alaina helped share the good news with this year's winners.
Justin Timberlake’s DWI Arrest Video Released After Singer Reaches Deal on Redactions
Musician had filed a privacy lawsuit to stop the release
Erykah Badu to Join Jay-Z as a Headliner at 2026 Roots Picnic
Kehlani, Brandy, and T.I. are among the artists performing at the Philadelphia festival in May
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Neurosis Surprise Drop First Album in 10 Years
An Undying Love For A Burning World is out now
RM Sprains Ankle Ahead of BTS’ Highly-Anticipated Comeback Concert
As a result, the boy band leader will deliver a scaled-back performance
Neurosis Reunite for First Album in a Decade After Ousting Singer and Welcoming Isis’ Aaron Turner
Metal group's 12th album, An Undying Love for a Burning World, is streaming now
From WMG’s Netflix deal to BMG’s Anthropic lawsuit… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
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Warner Music Group inks exclusive Netflix deal to make artist and songwriter documentaries
The streamer will develop "documentary series and films exploring the lives, music and legacies" of WMG's roster. Source
Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, and Kehlani Set for Roots Picnic 2026
The Roots will back up Jay-Z’s headline set and dip in and out of a bill that also features Brandy, T.I., and Mariah the Scientist
12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Grace Ives, Underscores, BTS, and More
Stream new releases from Grace Ives, Underscores, and BTS
Bluesky sets its sights on further growth with $100m funding
Bluesky is one of the social-media apps that emerged as a refuge for Twitter users fleeing that platform in recent years. It has grown from 13 million users in 2024 to 43 million now – and a big funding round is set to fuel further growth.…
Spotify’s ‘Equal’ program has sparked 50bn ‘editorial streams’
Spotify is celebrating the fifth birthday of its ‘Equal’ initiative promoting women artists, songwriters and producers with a new podcast and some stats.…
TikTok and Instagram launch activations for BTS ‘Arirang’ album
The promo red-carpets are rolling out for BTS’s comeback album ‘Arirang’ on streaming, social and online-video services alike. Everyone wants a piece of the K-Pop reunion, with TikTok and Instagram having just revealed their activations.…
Airbnb is enjoying the ’show hopping’ trend for concert travel
Anyone who’s read a few 70s rock biographies would be forgiven for blinking at Airbnb’s claim that “groupie getaways fuel concert tourism this summer”. Fortunately, this is about fans travelling to concerts in groups with their friends.…
Hopeless Records boss: Streaming ‘fails the middle class of musicians’
Independent label Hopeless Records was a founder member of indie think-tank ORCA, and now its president Louis Posen has taken to its Substack to argue that music-streaming “saved the industry but stifled the artist”.…
Michael Smith pleads guilty in $10m streaming-fraud case
It’s now 18 months since US music producer Michael Smith was arrested and charged with multiple felonies relating to a streaming-fraud scheme.…