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Superfan platform Sesh acquired by free music app TREBEL to build out artist services across the Americas
TREBEL, the ad-supported app offering free downloads and streaming of licensed music, has acquired superfan platform Sesh in a deal announced on LinkedIn on 30 July 2026. The acquisition combines TREBEL’s large listener base across the United States and Latin America with Sesh’s technology for identifying and directly engaging an artist’s most dedicated fans, filling…
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Boy George Fires Label Manager After Reported Rift Over AI-Generated Pro-Israel Reggae Song: ‘Really Does Not Hurt to Say Goodbye’
Boy George has fired Tony Pontius, the longtime manager of his independent label BGP (Boy George Presents), after Pontius refused to distribute the singer’s new AI-assisted track “We Will Dance Again,” which expresses pro-Israel views on the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack. The 65-year-old Culture Club frontman framed the split as a consequence of standing…
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It’s a new era, the past is the past – Peixoto
Wolves head coach Cesar Peixoto has declared a “new era” at Molineux, urging his squad to move on from last season’s relegation battle, which saw the club finish bottom of the Premier League with just three wins. The Portuguese coach, who replaced Rob Edwards last month, says confidence is returning after a 3-0 pre-season friendly…
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BBCSO/Järvi/Kavakos review – virtuosic violinist makes fiendishly light work of Tchaikovsky
At the Proms 2026, conductor Paavo Järvi led the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in a programme pairing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, performed by soloist Leonidas Kavakos, with the world premiere of Dani Howard’s Concerto for Brass and Scriabin’s Second Symphony. The Guardian’s review praised Järvi’s calm, controlled conducting ahead of his 2028…
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Hideo Kojima’s got his hands on a wireless CD player in this latest limited edition collaboration
Hideo Kojima has highlighted a limited-edition wireless CD player collaboration, drawing attention to a product that combines physical music media with modern wireless listening. The release matters chiefly as another example of collectors’ hardware being positioned around distinctive design and nostalgia for tangible media. The player is designed to play CDs while supporting wireless audio…
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It: Welcome to Derry season 2 will be set in 1935 and won’t ignore “horrible things that were happening in the era”
The planned second season of It: Welcome to Derry is expected to move the story back to 1935, continuing the prequel series’ exploration of Pennywise’s earlier cycles of violence in the fictional Maine town. The setting matters because the creators say the programme will address the period’s darker real-world history rather than treating it as…
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Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Pop Jams From 1965
This is a nostalgia-focused music listicle celebrating four pop songs from 1965, aimed at readers who came of age during that era. It doesn’t cover breaking news but instead revisits chart-topping hits that defined the mid-1960s pop landscape, highlighting their commercial success and lasting cultural significance. The four songs featured are “Stop! In The Name…
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Square Enix responds to Kingdom Hearts Collection AI controversy two months after players called it out
Square Enix has denied using generative AI in promotional artwork for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts Collection 1-3, following accusations from fans that first surfaced in early June. The publisher told GameSpot the images were created by its development team without AI, blaming “human error” for the visual oddities that prompted the backlash, and it pledged…