The new 600-cap London venue allows artists to stage an intimate concert as well as a Spatial Audio recording, broadcast mix, ...

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Concert tickets are basically the new airline miles. At least that's what we took away when we read Live Nation’s new Return to Real report, which argues that access to live music is becoming an ...

Dinosaur Jr. has released its 13th studio album, There Near, and extended their supporting North American tour into 2027. More surprising than another tour from a band that has spent four decades on ...

Following a series of legal proceedings against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the music industry is closely watching what comes next. Here is a breakdown of what happens next across the federal ...

For the past few years, independent artists have been given essentially the same career advice: post more. And then post some more. Feed the algorithm. Stay visible. Make short-form video. Tell the ...

AI music detection has moved from a theoretical concept to a necessity for everyone from Spotify to everyday artists and fans. As generative audio tools become standard features in digital audio ...

An artist posts a TikTok -> it gets 200,000 views -> a playlist adds your song. Streams jump 40%. Release day is the biggest day of the artist’s career -> everyone celebrates. Then two weeks later, ...

The Live Music Society (LMS) has opened applications for its 2026 Toolbox Grant program. Independent U.S. venues with a capacity between 50 and 300 can apply for grants of up to $10,000 through ...

The music business moves quickly. Streaming rules change, new marketing strategies emerge, touring costs rise, and another AI company appears before anyone has finished debating the last one.

Live Nation’s second-quarter earnings contained a remarkable detail: Ticketmaster made more adjusted operating income than the company’s entire concert-promotion division. Put another way, concerts ...

Spotify and Spotify For Artists continually tweak their platforms, and three recent updates change how artists, labels, venues and other music marketers should execute campaigns. From enhanced ...