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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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‘Cats’ Closing: Is It Curtains for Broadway Musicals?

  • Cats: The Jellicle Ball closes 8 August after five months on Broadway.
  • Rising costs, not poor attendance, forced the closure despite strong reviews.
  • Lloyd Webber warns rising costs threaten the future of Broadway musicals generally.

The Broadway revival Cats: The Jellicle Ball, which reimagined the 1980s musical as a queer ballroom competition, will close on 8 August after around five months, despite critical acclaim and strong takings of roughly $1 million a week before this year's Tony Awards. Producers told cast and crew…

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AI-generated music now surpasses 50 per cent of daily uploads on Deezer

  • Over 50% of daily Deezer uploads are now AI-generated, a first for the platform.
  • Figure rose from 28% (Sept 2025) to 44% (April 2026) to over 50% now.
  • Rivals TIDAL, Spotify and Apple Music are also cracking down on AI music.

Deezer has confirmed that AI-generated tracks now account for more than half of all music uploaded to the platform each day, a milestone that marks the first time human-made music has been outnumbered by AI alternatives on the service. The shift underscores the rapid growth of AI music…

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Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of lawsuits against anti-ICE protesters, migrants: report

  • Trump administration reportedly lost/dropped hundreds of assault cases against agents
  • Cases involved anti-ICE protesters and migrants
  • Comes amid new body-cam rules for ICE traffic stops

The Trump administration has lost or abandoned hundreds of legal cases in which it accused anti-ICE protesters and migrants of assaulting federal immigration agents, according to a new report. The finding raises questions about the strength of the evidence underpinning many of these prosecutions and comes amid heightened…

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Texas Thrash Pioneers GAMMACIDE Return With ‘Toxic Mercenaries’, Their First New Album In Over 35 Years

  • Gammacide release "Toxic Mercenaries", first new album in 35+ years
  • CD out 11 September 2026, vinyl 30 October 2026
  • Band tours US in summer/autumn 2026 to support the record

Texas thrash metal band Gammacide are releasing "Toxic Mercenaries", their first full-length album of new material in more than 35 years, alongside a fresh reissue of their debut record. The comeback follows a string of well-received reunion shows, including a main-stage appearance at Houston's Hell's Heroes festival in…

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4 Songs From the 80s That Used the Legendary Yamaha DX7

  • Yamaha DX7 synth shaped iconic 1980s pop hits
  • Featured songs: Berlin, Prince, Michael Jackson, A-ha
  • "Take My Breath Away" won an Oscar and Golden Globe

American Songwriter highlights four hit songs from the 1980s that showcased the Yamaha DX7, the pioneering digital synthesizer launched in 1983. The instrument quickly became a defining sound of the decade's pop music, appearing on numerous chart-topping tracks and cementing its place as one of the era's most…

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Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Rock Jams From 1969

  • Article lists four memorable 1969 rock hits for baby boomers
  • Includes The Beatles' "Come Together" and CCR's "Bad Moon Rising"
  • Also features Shocking Blue's "Venus" and Blood, Sweat & Tears' hit

This is a listicle celebrating four rock songs from 1969 that American Songwriter says remain instantly familiar to baby boomers. Aimed at nostalgic classic rock fans, the piece revisits chart-topping hits from that year and offers brief background on their writing and success, framing them as songs "everyone"…

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The 1977 album Björk recorded when she was 11

  • Björk recorded her debut solo album aged just 11, in 1977.
  • The record featured Icelandic-language covers plus a track by her stepfather.
  • It was a commercial hit in Iceland, reportedly achieving gold status.

Björk's very first release was a self-titled album made in 1977, when she was just 11 years old, long before she became known internationally as an avant-garde pop icon with the Sugarcubes and later as a solo artist. The record came about after a recording of her singing…

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The 1975 tribute band booked for Matty Healy’s stag do were sworn to “absolute secrecy”

  • Tribute band The 9075 secretly played Matty Healy's Malibu stag do
  • Healy joined them on stage to sing two 1975 songs
  • Band later attended his wedding rehearsal party in Hollywood

The tribute band The 9075 have revealed they were sworn to "absolute secrecy" after being secretly booked to perform at The 1975 frontman Matty Healy's stag do in Malibu, California, ahead of his wedding to model and musician Gabbriette Bechtel. The surprise was arranged by Healy's brother and…

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“One of the most consistent forces in heavy music”: Every Mastodon album ranked from worst to best

  • Louder ranks every Mastodon studio album worst to best
  • Feature marks the band's 25 years as heavy music trailblazers
  • Piece covers their history of hardship, loss and endurance

Music website Louder has published a feature ranking every studio album by Atlanta metal band Mastodon from worst to best, marking the band's enduring status as one of modern heavy music's most consistent acts. Formed in January 2000, Mastodon emerged from the New Wave of American Heavy Metal…

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DEELA Thrills With Double Single ‘Dey Play! / Gbona’

  • DEELA releases double single 'Dey Play! / Gbona'.
  • Follows collaborations with Amaarae, Little Simz and Vanco.
  • Tracks blend trance influences with introspective pidgin-English lyrics.

Nigerian-British artist DEELA has released a double single, 'Dey Play! / Gbona', marking a new phase after a busy run that has seen her support Amaarae's London and Paris shows and feature on Little Simz's EP 'SUGAR GIRL'. The release follows her 2025 EP 'WICKED' and a collaboration…

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