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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says ACCEPT Was In Existence For Nearly Eight Years Before WOLF HOFFMANN Joined The Band
Former Accept frontman Udo Dirkschneider has said the band existed for nearly eight years before guitarist Wolf Hoffmann joined, pushing back on the idea that the classic Accept lineup represents the band’s true origin. Speaking to Rock Hard Greece, he noted that the Accept name dates back to late 1969, well before Hoffmann, Peter Baltes,…
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Universal Music Group Opens Its Catalog to Hook’s AI-Powered Remixing & Social Tools
Universal Music Group has struck a deal with AI-powered social app Hook, allowing fans to remix and mash up songs from UMG’s catalogue and share them on the app or directly to platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and SoundCloud. The partnership significantly expands Hook’s pool of fully cleared and licensed music, following existing agreements…
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Neil Young and Willie Nelson to Play Co-Headlining Shows in September
Neil Young and Willie Nelson co-headlined two shows in late September, alongside their regular joint appearance at the Farm Aid benefit concert. Young, backed by his new group The Chrome Hearts, and Nelson with his Family band played joint bills with support from Ty Myers, extending a long-running musical partnership between the two artists that…
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Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary Set Confirmed To Have Rarest Cards Ever Made
The Pokémon Company’s 30th anniversary trading card set is set to include the rarest cards ever produced for sale, according to claims from an insider at printing partner Millennium Print Group. Fans had speculated for months about mysterious monochromatic “RGB” Mew cards spotted in early packs, unable to confirm whether they were genuine, but a…
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Horizon 3 is reportedly still years away as a small team continues to plan the single-player sequel
Most of Guerrilla Games apparently continues to work on the multiplayer spin-off
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Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Game Development Will Have A “Tough Future” Because Of AI
As a veteran of the industry, former PlayStation Studios boss Shuhei has a lot of thoughts about where things are currently headed. And with AI infiltrating just about every major developer under the sun, he is both fascinated by and worried about artificial intelligence’s overall impact on game development. In an August 18 Gamerbraves interview,…
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Karol G Floods Hot Latin Songs Chart With ‘No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto’
Karol G’s sixth studio album, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, has delivered her fifth number one on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart, with tracks from the record simultaneously dominating the Hot Latin Songs, Hot Latin Pop Songs, Hot Latin Rhythm Songs and Hot Regional Mexican Songs charts. The sweep underlines the Colombian star’s continued…
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2026 MTV VMAs Scraps Long-Running “Best Rock” Category
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards have dropped the long-standing “Best Rock” category from their line-up, ending a tradition that had recognised the genre in some form since 1989. The decision leaves “Best Alternative” as the only remaining category with any rock connection, reflecting MTV’s broader drift away from music programming, as its main channel…
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As PlayStation fans plan a financial boycott of the platform’s hardware and services until August 30, Sony announces that its new Pulse Elevate speakers will be available to pre-order on September 1
PlayStation fans have been organising a financial boycott of Sony’s hardware and services, encouraging players to withhold spending on the platform until 30 August. Amid this action, Sony has announced that its new Pulse Elevate speakers will become available to pre-order from 1 September, a timing that has drawn attention given the ongoing boycott calls.…
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Insidious: Out of the Further Review: More Demons, Less Fun
Insidious: Out of the Further, the sixth entry in the horror franchise from Blumhouse, introduces a new set of characters centred on a mother-daughter relationship rather than continuing the story of the original families. Written and directed by Jacob Chase in his first major studio film, it retains the series’ hallmark theme of demons from…