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• Tom Morello Remembers Fidel Castro as 'A Huge Hero Throughout the Third World'

  27-11-2016 23:35
  
  Tom Morello posted a long note on Instagram in defense of Fidel Castro, who died Friday (Nov. 25). While the guitarist said he doesn’t support...
  
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• Jeff Ament on Pearl Jam’s Future — and Why His Band Actually Enjoyed the Nineties

  07-10-2026 01:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  With his new photo book, Since Forever, out now, the bassist looks back at some of the highlights of Pearl Jam's career
  
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• Jack White Slams Trump’s Comment That Iran ‘Take Out’ L.A., San Diego: ‘Worst American of All Time’

  07-10-2026 00:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  The president garnered fierce backlash from California leaders following his comments at a rally in Nebraska
  
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• Jack White Slams Trump Over Comment That Iran ‘Take Out’ L.A., San Diego: ‘Worst American of All Time’

  07-10-2026 00:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  The president garnered fierce backlash from California leaders following his comments at a rally in Nebraska
  
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• Music Streaming Fraudster Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

  06-10-2026 23:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Mike Smith, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, is the first person to face federal charges tied to artificially inflating streams of his music
  
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• Will Smith, DJ Jazzy Jeff to Retell Origin Story With ‘215’ Scripted Series

  06-10-2026 23:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Smith's Westbrook Studios is developing the show
  
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• The Beach Boys Cancel Yet Another Planned Comeback Concert 

  06-10-2026 22:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  They haven't played a public show since July, but the group did perform earlier this week at a private event at a California luxury hotel
  
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• FKA twigs Settles Ugly Shia LaBeouf Sexual Battery Lawsuit

  06-10-2026 22:42 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: FKA twigs / Instagram
  FKA twigs settles her long-running legal battle against actor Shia LaBeouf over ugly sexual battery allegations, enabling her to discuss the matter.
  FKA twigs is finally free to speak about the alleged abuse she suffered from actor Shia LaBeouf after resolving a long-running dispute over their non-disclosure agreement (NDA), leading the singer to request a dismissal of the case. According to an October 5 filing, the former couple have resolved the matter, and
  
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• Dolly Parton Estate Claims Nephew is Using Physical Barriers, Including Barbed Wire and Signs, to Avoid a Lawsuit

  06-10-2026 22:33 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Jim Petkiewicz
  Dolly Parton’s estate claims that her nephew and former head of security is using barbed wire and a “no trespassing” sign to evade a lawsuit.
  The estate of Dolly Parton alleges that Bryan Seaver, the late singer’s “beloved” nephew and former head of security, is attempting to evade getting served a lawsuit by using barbed wire and a “no trespassing” sign on his property. She’s Alive LLC, the company overseeing Par
  
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• Google Wins Dismissal Over Penske Media’s ‘Zero-Click’ AI Summary Lawsuit

  06-10-2026 22:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Alban (@caufeux / Unsplash)
  Google secures a major win against Penske Media as a federal judge dismisses claims that the tech giant unlawfully used their content in its AI-generated summaries.
  A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits from education technology company Chegg and Penske Media that alleged Google unlawfully used their content in AI-generated summaries, drawing readers away from their websites. It’s a major win for Google, which previously secured a dismissal from t
  
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• Actually, Going to Concerts Alone Is a Top-Tier Human Experience

  06-10-2026 22:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Despite what the gossip Instagram pages might think, attending a show alone is anything but sad
  
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• Watch Future Weld Together an Animatronic in ‘Build a Bitch’ Video

  06-10-2026 21:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Cole Bennett directs the visual for the single from the rapper’s The Real Me
  
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• Time for a Simpler Mechanical? Bernie Taupin, Songwriters Guild of America, Word Collections, Others Backing a $0.003 Uniform Per-Play Rate In the US

  06-10-2026 21:22 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Bernie Taupin, who’s backed a new proposal for “a simple mechanical royalty rate of $0.0030 for each play of an interactive stream or limited download in 2028.” Photo Credit: Shawn Miller
  Is it time to put overly complex (and easily exploitable) mechanical rate formulas in the rearview? Organizations including the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) believe so, and they’re now backing a Phonorecords V proposal that would swap convoluted calculations for a flat per-stream r
  
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• Phono V Streaming-Rate Proposal Emerges — Bernie Taupin, the Songwriters Guild of America, Word Collections, and Others Seek $0.0030 Per On-Demand Play in 2028

  06-10-2026 21:22 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Bernie Taupin, who’s backed a new proposal for “a simple mechanical royalty rate of $0.0030 for each play of an interactive stream or limited download in 2028.” Photo Credit: Shawn Miller
  Is it time to put overly complex (and easily exploitable) mechanical rate formulas in the rearview? Organizations including the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) believe so, and they’re now backing a Phonorecords V proposal that would swap convoluted calculations for a flat per-stream r
  
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• Rolling Stone’s 2026 Musicians on Musicians Event Will Feature Don Toliver, Malcolm Todd, Alex Warren, and Megan Moroney

  06-10-2026 21:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  The annual event is slated for Oct. 23 at Los Angeles’ United Theater on Broadway, hosted by Saturday Night Live’s James Austin Johnson. Tickets go on sale Oct. 8
  
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• More Cancellations Hit MENA as Saudi Arabia’s Soundstorm Officially Nixed

  06-10-2026 20:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: MDLBEAST / Instagram
  Saudi Arabia’s Soundstorm festival will not be taking place this year, the organizer MDLBEAST announced, but promises it will return in 2027.
  Saudi Arabia’s Soundstorm festival, which was due to take place in Riyadh in December, has been canceled this year. Organizer MDLBEAST made the announcement on Instagram last week but didn’t specify a reason for the cancelation. However, they promised the festival would return in 2027.
  “With regret
  
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• GoDigital Eyes APAC Expansion with Pony Canyon Partnership in Japan

  06-10-2026 20:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: GoDigital Music x Pony Canyon
  GoDigital Music expands into Asia with a partnership with Japanese entertainment company Pony Canyon and a new president for the APAC market.
  GoDigital Music has announced a significant expansion in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market, appointing executive Sebastian Mair as President of APAC and unveiling a new agreement between AdShare, a GoDigital Music company, and leading Japanese entertainment company Pony Canyon.
  Headquartered in Tokyo, Pony Canyon&rs
  
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• Freddie Jackson, Soul Crooner Who Dominated R&B Charts, Dead at 70

  06-10-2026 20:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  "He was a kind, generous soul who loved his fans, his family, his friends, and his music with everything he had," family says
  
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• FKA Twigs Wins Fight to Terminate Her NDA With Shia LaBeouf

  06-10-2026 19:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  "This victory frees her to discuss her experience, advocate for other women who might be less privileged, and support the charitable causes of her choice," the singer's lawyer said
  
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• Watch Queen + Adam Lambert’s Last ‘We Will Rock You’ at Final Show in 2024

  06-10-2026 18:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nobody knew they were witnessing the final moments of Queen as a live act when the Rhapsody Tour wrapped up at Japan's Tokyo Dome on Feb. 14, 2024
  
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• Why Is Everyone Singing 5 Seconds of Summer During Harry Styles Shows?

  06-10-2026 18:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  As Styles' 30-night Madison Square Garden residency continues, fans chanting the 5SOS single "Telephone Busy" during "Ready, Steady, Go!" are getting louder — let us catch you up to speed
  
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• Justin Timberlake Is Finally Ready to Take Accountability for All of His Beatboxing

  06-10-2026 17:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  But he can’t promise he won’t do it again
  
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• Justin Timberlake Is Finally Ready to Take Accountability for All His Beatboxing

  06-10-2026 17:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  But he can't promise he won't do it again
  
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• Italian Competition Watchdog Launches Suno Investigation ‘Over Unfair Terms,’ Says ‘The Contractual Provisions on Copyright Deserve Particular Attention’

  06-10-2026 17:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rome, Italy. Photo Credit: Jakub Sitar
  When it rains, it pours and, in Suno’s case, keeps on pouring: Besides facing a number of stateside lawsuits as well as international copyright claims, the AI music generator is now grappling with a formal investigation in Italy over its allegedly “unfair terms.”
  The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) disclosed the probe in a brief release today, highlighting what it sees as “a significant imbalance of consumer rights and obligation
  
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• ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ Is the Vintage Rock Song of the Year: Watch Five Great Versions

  06-10-2026 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Everyone from Roger Daltrey and Lucinda Williams to Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Dave Matthews, and Billy Strings has played the 1989 Neil Young classic in just the past couple of weeks
  
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• ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ Is the Vintage Rock Song of the Year: Watch 5 Great Versions

  06-10-2026 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Everyone from Roger Daltrey and Lucinda Williams to Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, Dave Matthews, and Billy Strings have played the 1989 Neil Young classic in just the last couple of weeks
  
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• How Bob Dylan’s Trip to London Inspired ‘Girl From the North Country’

  06-10-2026 16:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  In an exclusive excerpt from his new book Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window historian Sean Wilentz dives into the formative trip abroad that inspired the artist's most searing anti-war song and also his most haunting ballad
  
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• Songwriter Nat Myers Has Stage IV Cancer. He Just Wants to Play His Next Show

  06-10-2026 16:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Death didn’t give me a hug, but it winked at me a bunch,” says the blues troubadour, who is navigating his diagnosis and the healthcare system in an attempt to return to the road
  
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• Songwriter Nat Myers Has Stage 4 Cancer. He Just Wants to Play His Next Show

  06-10-2026 16:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  “Death didn’t give me a hug, but it winked at me a bunch,” says the blues troubadour, who is navigating his diagnosis and the health care system in an attempt to return to the road
  
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• Haywire Are Living Their Hardcore Dreams

  06-10-2026 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The hard-touring Boston punks talk about their new album, I Don't Want to Say Goodbye
  
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