Alanis Morissette has sued her ex-tour manager, accusing the person of blackmailing her with threats of trumping up drug trafficking charges unless the singer-songwriter signed a 15-year contract. In a lawsuit filed in a California federal court Tuesday, Morissette lobbed claims of extortion, fraud, and negligent misrepresentation against her 2025…
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Jason Isbell and other notable musicians have filed a class action lawsuit against Suno, the AI music-creating software, alleging the company uses musicians’ identities without their permission to generate music that copies their styles. Isbell, along with Camper Van Beethoven’s David Lowery, blues guitarist and songwriter Guy Forsyth, and jazz…
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In the wake of Dolly Parton‘s death, millions of listeners returned to the songs she left behind. By the next day, she was the most-streamed artist in the world. According to evolving data from Luminate, Parton’s catalog drew 30.5 million streams in the US on August 25th, the day she…
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Six workers were injured while loading out after Ed Sheeran’s Saturday concert at Ford Field in Detroit, according to reports. WDIV of Detroit reported that the workers were taken to the hospital where two were in serious condition and four in stable condition at the time. Calls from the fire…
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For a hot minute, CDs seemed destined to do little more than collect dust — nostalgic remnants sealed in jewel cases and forgotten in the back of the car. Now, they’re one of the fastest-growing parts of the recorded music industry. According to the Recording Industry Association of America’s new…
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J Balvin says the global success of Spanish-language artists has reinforced his decision not to record an album in English, pointing to Karol G, Bad Bunny, and others as evidence that crossing over no longer requires changing languages. “I don’t need to do it,” Balvin told GQ when asked whether…
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A Las Vegas jury found 63-year-old Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder, a killing that has lingered in the annals of rap history and American crime. Monday, the jury declared Davis guilty of first-degree murder. Sentencing will happen at a later time. Davis could face life…
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Residente appears to be signaling that filming has begun on Porto Rico, his directorial debut starring Bad Bunny in his first leading movie role.The Calle 13 co-founder shared an Instagram Story on Monday showing a production slate for Porto Rico, listing his real name, René Pérez Joglar, as director and…
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Dolly Parton had one more big party in the works before her death, and her team intends to throw it. Parton’s estate has announced DOLLYFEST: The Celebration of a Lifetime, a pair of celebrations taking place across consecutive weekends in Nashville and London in 2027. Details about the celebrations, including…
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Shakira says her upcoming 12-show residency in Madrid was conceived in part as a response to the fear and persecution she has seen affecting Latino communities. “This started with pain,” Shakira wrote in an editorial for El País on Sunday. “It started when I saw our people persecuted simply for…
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