We reported on startup Unit1 Studio when it launched in October 2025 with technology that could help artists turn themselves into digital avatars for concerts.

The show goes on for Ed Sheeran’s US stadium tour, but without any support artists or backing band. They all pulled out last week following the decision to remove Macklemore from the tour following ...

Just under a year ago, US duo Sylvain Esso removed their music from Spotify in protest at then-CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in military-tech company Helsing.

There’s plenty going on in the UK this week, starting with the upcoming National Album Day, which takes place on 17 October. The organisers have published the list of albums that are getting ...

Earlier this summer, South Korean collecting society Komca announced that it would be allowing ‘AI-assisted’ music to be registered as works, as long as a human had made a creative contribution to the ...

In our recent report on Suno’s new v6 models, we explained that they were trained on a fresh dataset including music licensed from WMG and BMG, plus “user data”.

The recorded music business in Argentina grew around 70% in 2025 following an almost 200% increase in 2024, but inflation - which was 31.5% in 2025 and 117.8% the previous year - means "there was no ...

In the past, the British Royal Mail has already honoured AC/DC, The Who and Spice Girls with special stamp issues - now Duran ...

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has revised its 2026 U.S. ad spend growth forecast upwards from 9.5% to 12.3%, ...

Spotify announced yesterday that it’s launching a new program that will give approximately 10,000 emerging independent artists each year resources, community, and support that aims to help them “turn ...

We’ve been covering the recent news from music-fintech startup Notes·fm: its launch of financial accounts for artists using Stripe, for example, and its open music-credits database.