Music news

• Here Are Some General Guidelines for Using Music on Instagram and Facebook

  21-05-2020 19:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook and Instagram have released a collection of basic guidelines for those who intend to use music in their videos, and particularly in their Live broadcasts. The relatively straightforward guide opens by noting the especially positive societal and social impact that music has during trying times like the COVID-19 pandemic, and that many Facebook and […]The post Here Are Some General Guidelines for Using Music on Instagram and Facebook appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• Charli XCX speaks out on mental health struggle: “I’m in the worst place mentally that I’ve been in my life”

  19-06-2026 13:12 via nme.com
  
  Charli XCX has opened up about her struggles with her mental health.READ MORE: Charli XCX – ‘Wuthering Heights’ review: delicious gothic pop for a winter of yearningThe musician is gearing up to release her new album, ‘Music, Fashion, Film’, on July 24.
  Ahead of that, she’s appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, where she’s reflected on life in the spotlight. “The discourse is loud, and sometimes that can be very overwhelming,&
  
  Read more

• Watch U2’s Bono and The Edge, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Stevie Wonder and more perform at Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony

  19-06-2026 12:14 via nme.com
  
  Bruce Springsteen, U2’s Bono and the Edge, Eddie Vedder, Stevie Wonder and more were among the performers at Obama Presidential Center’s grand opening ceremony. Watch the footage below.READ MORE: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ review: a bruising boss of a biopicThe concert marked the opening of former President Barack Obama‘s Presidential Center in Chicago, and took place yesterday (June 18) ahead of its official public opening
  
  Read more

• The Police’s Stewart Copeland won’t be back for new ‘Spyro’ soundtrack

  19-06-2026 12:03 via nme.com
  
  The Police drummer and co-founder Stewart Copeland has confirmed he won’t be back to create the soundtrack for Spyro: A Realm Beyond.READ MORE: Woodkid explains how his “dangerous” ‘Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag’ remix came togetherCopeland composed the music for the first four mainline Spyro The Dragon games – Spyro The Dragon, Ripto’s Rage, Year Of The Dragon and Enter The Dragonfly. He returned to the franchise in 2018 to remaster the music for u
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Lizzo’s new album ‘Bitch’ fails to crack top 100 in UK or US

  19-06-2026 12:03 via nme.com
  
  Lizzo‘s new album ‘Bitch’ has failed to crack the top 100 charts in both the UK and the US.READ MORE: Lizzo – ‘Special’ review: joyful superstar uplifts with self-assured, self-empowering bopsThe Grammy-winning singer released her fifth studio effort two weeks ago, on June 5. She had previewed the collection with the single ‘Don’t Make Me Love U’ and the title track.
  However, ‘Bitch’ hasn’t managed to enter the Billboar
  
  Read more

• Taylor Swift wrote I Knew It, I Knew You for Toy Story 5 in a day

  19-06-2026 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift wrote, produced, and recorded vocals for I Knew It, I Knew You in just one day.
  
  Read more

• Keith Richards says Sir Mick Jagger 'won’t bloody stop' making new music

  19-06-2026 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Keith Richards has learnt to hold his tongue and just keep rolling when Sir Mick Jagger wants to keep making music.
  
  Read more

• Bebe Rexha urges fans to stop pitting women against each other after Olivia Rodrigo comment

  19-06-2026 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Bebe Rexha has told fans there is “no need to put women against each other” after a social media user compared her sales to Olivia Rodrigo’s.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Travis Scott and Drake's Grammy-nominated producer Tay Keith dies aged 29

  19-06-2026 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Nashville police confirmed no foul play is suspected.
  
  Read more

• Taylor Swift got 'songwriter zoomies' and penned Toy Story 5 song in a matter of hours

  19-06-2026 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift has revealed she completed her Toy Story 5 end-credits song I Knew It, I Knew You in around eight hours after being inspired during an early screening.
  
  Read more

• The Police’s Stewart Copeland says he and Sting “get along just fine” amidst royalties dispute

  19-06-2026 10:50 via nme.com
  
  The Police‘s Stewart Copeland has said that he and Sting “get along just fine” despite their ongoing royalties dispute.
  There has been a legal dispute between the members for a while now, with Andy Summers and Copeland taking the frontman and his publishing company to court in London for “substantial damages” last year, after years of other legal disputes between the group.
  The two of them claimed that Sting owed them between $2million (£1.5million)
  
  Read more

• Role Model announces UK, European and North American tour

  19-06-2026 10:46 via nme.com
  
  Role Model has announced a world tour for 2026 and 2027. Find all the details below.READ MORE: Role Model on ‘Cross Your Mind’: “It has a bit of a London vibe to it”The US singer-songwriter (real name Tucker Pillsbury) will head out on the road this autumn in support of his third studio album, ‘Chuck Timely & The Hourglass’, which is released on August 7.
  He’ll play a run of North American dates in September and October, kicking off with a show in Be
  
  Read more

• Taylor Swift wrote and recorded ‘Toy Story 5’ theme in just eight hours: “Kind of a hectic day”

  19-06-2026 09:42 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift has revealed that she wrote and recorded her new theme for Toy Story 5 in just eight hours, calling it a “hectic day”.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ review: magical when the songwriter just lets herself beThe pop giant released ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ earlier this month, with the warm and nostalgic track marking a return to her country roots. It soundtracks the end credits of the Pixar sequel, which arrives in cinema
  
  Read more

• FKA Twigs Taps Lil Yachty for Pulsating Single ‘On Your Mind’

  19-06-2026 09:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song follows the singer's recent albums Eusexua and Eusexua Afterglow
  
  Read more

• Tom Morello slams 'hypocritical' music fans after controversial Download set

  19-06-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Tom Morello, who is also the guitar player for Audioslave, hit headlines when he wrote “F*** TOMMY ROBINSON” on the back of his instrument for his set at Download Festival earlier this year - taking aim at the far-right activist while doing so.
  
  Read more

• James Bourne breaks silence after quitting Busted tour as he reveals album 13 years in the making

  19-06-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  James Bourne is to drop new album Murder At The Gates, and while he initially "feared" it wouldn't be completed due to his ill health, such issues gave him "the gift of time" after he pulled out of the Busted Vs McFly tour last September.
  
  Read more

• Tay Keith, producer of Travis Scott’s ‘Sicko Mode’, found dead aged 29

  19-06-2026 08:37 via nme.com
  
  Tay Keith, the producer of Travis Scott‘s ‘Sicko Mode’, has died at the age of 29.
  The Grammy-nominee, who has also worked with the likes of Drake, Eminem and Beyoncé, was found dead in his apartment in Nashville, Tennessee.
  Nashville police officers discovered Keith’s body after performing a welfare check. They have confirmed that “no foul play is suspected” in his death, as BBC News reports.
  A cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but an aut
  
  Read more

• Jelly Roll slams cheating rumours amid divorce from Bunnie Xo

  19-06-2026 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  Jelly Roll has spoken out about his divorce from Bunnie Xo.
  
  Read more

• Bunnie Xo reveals she and Jelly Roll are 'still having a baby' amid divorce

  19-06-2026 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  Estranged couple Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo have been open about undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments in recent years.
  
  Read more

• Producer Tay Keith Found Dead in Nashville Apartment, No Foul Play Suspected

  19-06-2026 06:28 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Tay Keith (Instagram)
  Grammy-nominated producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville apartment, police have confirmed. No foul play is suspected. He was 29 years old.
  Brytavious Chambers, better known as producer Tay Keith, was found dead in his Nashville apartment on Thursday afternoon, the Metro Nashville Police have confirmed. His body was discovered during a welfare check; his cause of death has not yet been confirmed, but police said no foul play is suspected. Chambers wa
  
  Read more

• Jelly Roll Calls Out Cheating Rumors Amid Bunnie Xo Divorce: ‘My Best Friend Forever’

  19-06-2026 05:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The country star slammed rumors swirling online following news of his divorce from Bunnie
  
  Read more

• Tay Keith, producer for Travis Scott and Drake, dead at 29

  19-06-2026 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  Music producer Tay Keith has died aged 29.
  
  Read more

• Jimmie Allen ordered to pay $1.8 million to sexual assault survivor

  19-06-2026 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  Jimmie Allen has been ordered to pay $1.8 million to a woman who accused him of sexual assault.
  
  Read more

• Bunnie Xo Reveals She and Jelly Roll Are ‘Still Having a Baby’ Amid Divorce

  19-06-2026 03:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  The popular podcaster broke her silence following news of her divorce from the country star after 10 years of marriage
  
  Read more

• Major Labels and BMG Urge the Supreme Court to ‘Step in and Reverse’ the Landmark Vetter v. Resnik Copyright Termination Decision

  19-06-2026 03:06 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Tomasz Zielonka
  BMG and the majors have officially petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse the landmark Vetter v. Resnik termination decision, arguing that the appellate court’s “startling conclusion departs from bedrock copyright law” and “unsettles long-settled judicial, academic, industry, and international norms.”Those parties just recently moved to bring the high-stakes case before the nation’s highest court. And as many will recognize from
  
  Read more

• Madonna reveals she chose romantic partners 'based on whether they had bathtubs'

  19-06-2026 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  The Queen of Pop had an ulterior motive.
  
  Read more

• Jamie Lynn Spears told 'life was over' after getting pregnant at 16

  19-06-2026 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  The child star was a teenage mum.
  
  Read more

• Sam Ryder releases What's The Buzz from Jesus Christ Superstar ahead of West End debut

  19-06-2026 00:59 via music-news.com
  
  Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Sam Ryder has released "What's The Buzz," the second official studio recording from the highly anticipated
  
  Read more

• Tay Keith, Grammy-Nominated Producer Behind ‘Sicko Mode,’ Dead at 29

  19-06-2026 00:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  The prolific producer had worked with the likes of Future, Travis Scott, Beyoncé, and more
  
  Read more

• James, Franz Ferdinand and David Gray named final Silver Clef recipients

  19-06-2026 00:14 via music-news.com
  
  Nordoff and Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity, has announced James, Franz Ferdinand, and David Gray as the final recipients
  
  Read more

Follow @Music_News_US on Twitter!