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• Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Documentary in the Works

  22-09-2026 19:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The film will follow the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was convicted in the 1996 death of the hip-hop legend
  
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• Moonbug (CoComelon) Signs Snoop Dogg’s Doggyland for Kid-Friendly Content

  22-09-2026 21:40 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Big Feelings Music
  Moonbug Entertainment, the company behind CoComelon, launches Big Feelings Music, with Snoop Dogg’s Doggyland among its initial partnerships.
  Moonbug Entertainment, the company behind the kids’ entertainment YouTube channel CoComelon, has announced the launch of Big Feelings Music, a new music company focusing on family-friendly and children’s music.
  Big Feelings Music will provide label services, publishing administration, and video distributio
  
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• Suno Blasts Latest UMG/Sony Lawsuit As ‘Fundamentally Flawed on Both the Facts and the Law’

  22-09-2026 21:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
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  UMG and Sony file another copyright lawsuit against Suno, and the AI company claps back with a statement that the suit is “fundamentally flawed.”
  Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment continue to heat things up in their ongoing legal battle against the AI music platform Suno. The majors have filed another copyright lawsuit against the company over its controversial latest AI model that the labels allege was still trained on unauthorized IP. B
  
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• Razorlight’s Andy Burrows announces new solo album ‘Map Of The World’ with exuberant new single ‘Nothing Matters Anyway’

  22-09-2026 21:35 via nme.com
  
  Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows has announced his new solo album ‘Map Of The World’ and shared its first single, ‘Nothing Matters Anyway’.READ MORE: Razorlight’s classic line-up announce first new album since 2008 and tell us: “We were ready to ceremonially end the band”The record is set for release on January 29, 2027 via Burrows’ own Free Pass Records, and marks his first solo album in seven years. Pre-order your copy here.
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• Man Accused of Murdering ‘American Idol’ Exec and Husband Still Unfit for Trial, Judge Rules

  22-09-2026 21:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  Raymond Boodarian was ordered to remain in a state hospital under an involuntary medication order after being accused of fatally shooting Robin Kaye and Thomas Deluca in July 2025
  
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• Original ‘Rent’ Cast Will Reunite for a Benefit Concert

  22-09-2026 21:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Daphne-Rubin Vega, and others will perform a livestream from Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre
  
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• The Return of Physical Product. Kinda…

  22-09-2026 21:27 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Have you seen the boxes of CDs in my garage (that floods)?
  Streaming won the listening war. Physical media found another job: making money.
  Apparently physical media is back, which is wonderful news for anyone who has spent the past twenty years wondering what to do with all those shelves.
  Vinyl has been back for so long that we should probably stop calling it a “comeback”. CDs, which we ceremonially buried sometime around the arrival of the iPod, are showing signs of life again. Cas
  
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• New Ozzfest 2027 Details Emerge—But Still No Lineups or Venue News in the US

  22-09-2026 20:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: @theozzfest / Instagram
  Ozzy Osbourne’s Ozzfest is due to return to the United States next year after a decade-long hiatus and a reemergence in Ozzy’s UK hometown.
  Though Ozzy Osbourne died last year, his legacy lives on with a cornucopia of creative projects headed by his family. Among those is an AI-generated avatar, which is due to make an appearance at the upcoming resurrected Ozzfest. The final edition of Ozzfest was held in Inglewood, California, in 2018, and the
  
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• Girl In The Year Above sign to Transgressive Records and share defiant new single ‘Wet Paint’

  22-09-2026 20:28 via nme.com
  
  Girl In The Year Above have signed to Transgressive Records and shared their first single for the label, ‘Wet Paint’ – listen below.
  The Irish/Cornish band announced their deal with Transgressive yesterday (September 21), following a breakthrough year that has seen them catch attention with a string of singles and celebrated live shows.
  Today (September 22), they have followed the news with ‘Wet Paint’, a bright, melodic track that combines Celtic influences with dr
  
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• Taylor Swift Announces New Single ‘Patient Zero’

  22-09-2026 20:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I've been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single 'Patient Zero' will be out on September 25 (!!!!!!!!!!!!)," the superstar wrote on her social media accounts
  
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• Play the New ‘Apple Music Hall’ in London, Walk Out with a Spatial Audio Recording, Broadcast-Ready Mix, and a Multi-Camera Video

  22-09-2026 19:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Apple Music Hall
  Apple announces the opening of Apple Music Hall in London, designed to connect artists and fans through bespoke, intimate performances.
  Apple has announced the opening of Apple Music Hall, a brand-new state-of-the-art live music venue in London’s Battersea Power Station, designed to connect artists and fans through bespoke, intimate performances unlike anywhere else. Artists can perform intimate live shows for fans, record it in Spatial Audio, create a broadc
  
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• Chvrches return with dark, politically-charged new single ‘Roses’ and intimate Glasgow and London shows: “Now we can start”

  22-09-2026 19:30 via nme.com
  
  Chvrches have shared their comeback single ‘Roses’ and announced two intimate UK shows – find all the details below.READ MORE: How trauma and friendship launched new Chvrches project The Leaving: “This was always supposed to happen”The band have officially shared their first new material in five years with the dark, industrial sounding anthem.
  The politically charged song is a far cry from the anthemic disco-pop of their previous album 2021’s ‘Scree
  
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• He Was This Close to Fronting Van Halen. He Finally Got to Play Live With a Member

  22-09-2026 18:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Thirty years after nearly landing his dream job, watch Mitch Malloy perform "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" with Michael Anthony
  
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• Lionel Richie ‘Doing Well’ After Heart Procedure and Hospitalization

  22-09-2026 18:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  The R&B great "will take some time off and will be back on stage soon," a rep said
  
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• Apple Is Opening a Music Venue Inside the Pink Floyd ‘Animals’ Power Station

  22-09-2026 18:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sitting alongside London's River Thames, musicians can simultaneously perform and record at Apple Music Hall
  
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• Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Is Now the Most Popular Song in Billboard Chart History

  22-09-2026 18:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  With 23 weeks at the top, the song has officially beaten Mariah Carey's Hot 100 Record
  
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• GRAI Acquires Social Streaming App Hangout, Says Its Own Platform ‘Is Launching Soon’

  22-09-2026 18:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
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  Ahead of its quick-approaching launch, AI-powered music startup GRAI has officially acquired social streaming platform Hangout.
  Warsaw-headquartered GRAI reached out with word of the purchase today, about one month after licensing some two dozen AI patents from Universal Music. And evidently, additional deals yet are on the radar for the business, which scored a $9 million Khosla Ventures-led seed round this past April.
  Enter the Hangout acquisition, which “has closed&rd
  
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• Tim Westwood charged with sexual offences against two more women

  22-09-2026 18:01 via nme.com
  
  Tim Westwood has been charged with sexual offences against two more women.
  The Metropolitan Police said the former BBC Radio 1 DJ has been charged with indecent assault against a teenage girl aged 16 to 17 in Hammersmith and Fulham in 1991 and the alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in Wandsworth in 2004.
  These charges are in addition to those brought against Westwood in October 2025 relating to seven women, which include four counts of rape.
  Westwood is now facing a total of 17 charg
  
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• Greta Thunberg calls out Ed Sheeran's 'lack of spine' over Macklemore row

  22-09-2026 18:00 via music-news.com
  
  Greta Thunberg speaks out on Ed Sheeran's 'lack of spine'
  
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• MTV VMAs to Feature a George Michael Tribute With Raye, Sombr, and Teddy Swims

  22-09-2026 17:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  The homage to the late singer will include a medley at the Sunday awards show
  
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• Patrick Wolf to celebrate 20 years of ‘The Magic Position’ at orchestral London show

  22-09-2026 16:14 via nme.com
  
  Patrick Wolf is set to celebrate 20 years of ‘The Magic Position’ with a one-off orchestral show in London next year – check out all the details below.READ MORE: Patrick Wolf on new single ‘Limbo’ and “forward-facing” return: “If anything makes me shudder – it’s nostalgia”The concert will celebrate the anniversary of his landmark third album, which will be performed in it’s entirety at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush
  
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• Inside the Exclusive Music Gigs at Private-Members Clubs

  22-09-2026 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Private clubs in New York are setting themselves apart with premium live events, including DJ sets from ANOTR, an Alanis Morissette-headlined music festival, and scaled-back performances from Jack Harlow  
  
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• Watch Mike D reunite with Beastie Boys collaborators Money Mark and Mix Master Mike at LA gig

  22-09-2026 15:54 via nme.com
  
  Mike D reunited with Beastie Boys collaborators Money Mark and Mix Master Mike at a gig in LA last night (September 21).READ MORE: No Sleep Till… North Shields: Beastie Boys’ Mike D talks going solo and keeping weird venues aliveThe trio reunited for a rendition of 1992 single ‘So What’cha Want’ at The Belasco at the end of Mike D’s set.
  Opening with Mark on keyboard, they launched into the track before leaping in the air throughout. You can view foootage bel
  
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• Echo & The Bunnymen announce 2026 winter UK tour

  22-09-2026 15:38 via nme.com
  
  Echo & The Bunnymen have announced a series of tour dates across the UK for this winter – check out all the details below.READ MORE: Echo and The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch and actor John Simm: ‘Going on tour together was pretty messy’The upcoming trek comes on the heels of them sharing their first new album in twelve years, ‘Apples For Isaac’. Its release last week marked the band’s first new record since 2014’s , ‘Meteorites‘ a
  
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• Tom Morello talks teaming up with Kneecap and his new solo album: “It’s a record for everyone who’s had enough”

  22-09-2026 15:15 via nme.com
  
  Tom Morello has spoken to NME about the “State of the Union address”  of new solo album ‘Everyone Gets Everything They Want’ – which sees him team up with Kneecap for the incendiary ‘Unconquered’.READ MORE: Kneecap on ‘Fenian’ and fighting back: “We understand that religious divide serves absolutely nobody”The Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave guitar hero turned solo star explained how the “spectre of authoritaria
  
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• Charlotte Church hits out at Ed Sheeran: “He chose consumerism and capitalism over doing the right thing”

  22-09-2026 14:51 via nme.com
  
  Charlotte Church has hit out at Ed Sheeran over the Macklemore row saying the former “chose consumerism and capitalism over doing the right thing”.READ MORE: Here’s what went down at ‘Together For Palestine’, with Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Richard Gere, Florence Pugh and moreAhead of a cover of ‘California Über Alles’ by Dead Kennedys during her End Times Pop Dungeon concert at the Depot in Cardiff on Sunday (September 22), Church heavily criticised
  
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• ValuePunks Extends Free Catalog Valuations to Publishing

  22-09-2026 14:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Jonas Leupe
  ValuePunks, the catalog valuation platform built by Swiss music technology company Tribe Music Group AG, is extending its offering into publishing this week. This free valuation gives songwriters, composers, and publishers a quick, transparent way to value their catalogs. Composition income from mechanicals, performance, sync, and beyond now get the same revenue stream valuation breakdown treatment as recordings—at no cost to songwriters and composers.
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• Apple to open new “state-of-the-art” music venue at London’s Battersea Power Station

  22-09-2026 13:24 via nme.com
  
  Apple has announced the opening of Apple Music Hall, a new state-of-the-art live music venue in London’s Battersea Power Station.READ MORE: ‘You need ultimate commitment’: Zane Lowe on the music landscape facing artists in 2019Said in a press release to be designed to “connect artists and fans” with intimate performances, Oliver Schusser, vice president of Apple Music and International Content, said the move to open the space marked a further step in the company&rsq
  
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• Modern English acknowledge that The Strokes “completely ripped off” ‘I Melt With You’ for ‘Bad Decisions’

  22-09-2026 13:23 via nme.com
  
  Modern English have said that The Strokes “completely ripped off” their 1982 hit ‘I Melt With You’ on the New York band’s hit single ‘Bad Decisions’.READ MORE: The Strokes – ‘Reality Awaits’ review: on playful, powerful formThe former took to Instagram, to post a clip from a new interview with the caption: “We have beef with the Strokes.”
  “Yesterday, there was a band who was here, Mom Jeans. One of them said, &lsq
  
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• Troye Sivan reveals Charli xcx and Lily-Rose Depp inspired new song She's the Best

  22-09-2026 13:00 via music-news.com
  
  Troye Sivan's She's the Best is a "love letter" to all the inspiring females in his life.
  
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