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• What Is Attribution?

  02-11-2026 00:28 via Digital Music News
  
  Attribution may become one of the most useful bridges between human creativity and AI music.
  At its simplest, it gives us a way to see which compositions, recordings, performances and creative choices helped shape an AI-generated result. That visibility can provide a foundation for credit, consent, licensing and payment, allowing artists to explore new tools without losing the connection between their work and what comes next.
  My interview with Benji Rogers is a gentle primer on attribution and
  
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• ‘Christmas Wrapping’ songwriter praises Olivia Rodrigo’s “homage” festive single and Robbie Williams wades in on comparisons

  09-11-2026 12:54 via Music News | First For Music News | NME
  
  The songwriter for ‘Christmas Wrapping’ has praised Olivia Rodrigo for making a “homage” to the song on her new festive single, while Robbie Williams has spoken about the comparisons to one of his tracks.READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo – ‘You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love’ review: a bittersweet, cinematic odyssey from a generational talentRodrigo dropped ‘Take Me Home (4 Christmas)’ as her first festive single last week, and it arrived with a star-studded music video that saw
  
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• Robbie Williams won't 'go after' Olivia Rodrigo over similarity between their songs

  09-11-2026 12:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Robbie Williams "couldn't care less" about the similarities between Take Me Home (4 Christmas) and Candy.
  
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• Phil Collins unsure if he will perform again: 'I'm not match-fit'

  09-11-2026 12:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Phil Collins will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist next month.
  
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• Ben Stiller was nervous to sing in front of Ariana Grande on Focker-In-Law set

  09-11-2026 12:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Focker-In-Law is set to hit theatres from 25 November.
  
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• Bob Geldof, Madness, Peter Hook, The Molotovs lead stacked ‘Songs Of Freedom’ Ukraine charity gig in Manchester

  09-11-2026 11:48 via Music News | First For Music News | NME
  
  Bob Geldof, Madness, Peter Hook and more will be coming together for ‘Songs Of Freedom’ – a one-off charity show in Manchester that raises money for those in Ukraine.READ MORE: Bob Geldof on the ‘Live Aid’ musical and why “the ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Age’ is over”Set to take place at the Co-op Love on February 3, the gig marks a night of solidarity for the women, children, and vulnerable communities affected by the war in Ukraine.
  Live performances have already been lined-up from Bo
  
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• Wah-wah pedal inventor Del Casher dies aged 88

  09-11-2026 11:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Del Casher, the musician and inventor credited with creating the wah-wah pedal and pioneering several other guitar effects technologies, has died at the age of 88 following a battle with cancer.
  
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• Muse confirmed as headliners for BST Hyde Park 2027

  09-11-2026 11:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Muse have been announced as the latest major headliner for BST Hyde Park and will also top the bill at Roundhay Festival in Leeds next summer.
  
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• Watch Geese pay tribute to Television’s Richard Lloyd with cover of ‘Ain’t That Nothin”

  09-11-2026 10:56 via Music News | First For Music News | NME
  
  Geese have paid tribute to Television‘s Richard Lloyd by covering the song ‘Ain’t That Nothin’’ at a recent show. Check it out below.READ MORE: Geese live at Reading Festival 2026: an apocalyptic show amid a biblical downpourLloyd died, aged 75, on Saturday (November 7) at his home in Tennessee, following a battle with cancer. Johnny Marr, who was heavily influenced by Television’s guitar sound during his time with The Smiths, was among the names paying tribute online.
  On stage on Sa
  
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• Pet Shop Boys join The O2's 20th birthday line-up

  09-11-2026 10:55 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Pet Shop Boys have been announced as the latest headliners joining The O2’s 20th anniversary celebrations, bringing their upgraded DREAMWORLD MAX
  
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• Sarah Julia enter ‘Witching Season’ with their exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover

  09-11-2026 10:30 via Music News | First For Music News | NME
  
  NME’s latest stars of The Cover, Sarah Julia, have created an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.READ MORE: Sarah Julia: the folk sister duo finding magic and possibility in changeThe Amsterdam-based folk duo are on this week’s (November 9) edition of The Cover, a manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read Sarah Julia’s p
  
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• Muse to headline BST Hyde Park 2027

  09-11-2026 10:29 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Rock icons Muse have been announced as the third headliner for American Express presents BST Hyde Park 2027, taking to London's Great Oak Stage on Saturday, 26 June 2027.
  
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• Rou Reynolds tells us about Enter Shikari’s hiatus and thoughts on the future: “I was in an extremely bad place”

  09-11-2026 10:00 via Music News | First For Music News | NME
  
  Enter Shikari‘s Rou Reynolds has spoken to NME about the struggles that led to their decision to take a hiatus, and what the future holds beyond that.READ MORE: Why are veteran acts turning their backs on touring – and what hope is there for new artists?Last month saw the band announce to fans that they’d be taking an indefinite hiatus, with plans to “fall dormant as a recording and performing entity” at the end of 2027 after another stretch of touring.
  “We are lucky enough to have b
  
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• Muse to headline London’s BST Hyde Park and Leeds’ Roundhay Festival 2027

  09-11-2026 10:00 via Music News | First For Music News | NME
  
  Muse have been announced to headline London’s BST Hyde Park alongside sister event Roundhay Festival in Leeds in summer 2027.READ MORE: Matt Bellamy on rediscovering his own muse: “I can’t live without music – that feeling came back to me on this album”The Devonshire space-rock trio released their acclaimed 10th album ‘The Wow! Signal‘ back in June before embarking on a lengthy North American tour this summer. Now, just ahead of them kicking off their run of UK and European arena d
  
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• Dua Lipa 'set for Reading and Leeds headline slot'

  09-11-2026 09:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Dua Lipa is thought to be in advanced talks to headline next year's Reading and Leeds Festival.
  
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• Deep Purple's Ian Gillan recovering after surgery

  09-11-2026 09:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan is recovering after undergoing "successful" surgery after a health crisis prompted the band to call off the remaining dates of the European leg of their Splat! world tour.
  
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• Warner Music France Invests in Délicieuse Musique to Accelerate Growth of Independent Labels

  09-11-2026 07:44 via Digital Music News
  
  Photo Credit: Charles Jaubert (Warner Music France); Gautier de Bosredon (Délicieuse Musique); Alain Veille (Warner Music France); Mathieu Léglise (Délicieuse Musique)
  Warner Music France announces an investment in Délicieuse Musique, paving the way for new growth opportunities for its independent labels.
  Warner Music France, a division of Warner Music Group (WMG), has announced an investment in Délicieuse Musique, the independent company operating a portfolio of renowned labels, including
  
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• Del Casher, Elvis Collaborator and Wah-Wah Pedal Inventor, Passes Away

  09-11-2026 07:34 via Digital Music News
  
  Photo Credit: Del Casher / Bandcamp
  Music pioneer and Elvis collaborator Del Casher, who invented the widely used wah-wah pedal, has passed away at the age of 88.
  Del Casher, a pioneering guitarist and the inventor of the wah-wah pedal, best known for his work with Elvis Presley, has passed away. He was 88. Casher’s death was confirmed by a close friend who started a GoFundMe page for his wife, Eiko.
  “Over the last year, Del battled cancer and passed away on October 1,” wrote AL Burg. “E
  
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• 5 Keys to Music Attribution

  09-11-2026 07:33 via Digital Music News
  
  Attribution is crucial and very complicated. Photo Credit by Michael Whalen
  AI may become very good at identifying influence without becoming any better at paying creators.
  Attribution has become one of the music industry’s favorite answers to the AI problem. The promise sounds reasonable: identify the recordings and compositions that helped shape an AI-generated song, then credit and pay the people behind them.
  As a composer, I want that system to work. I am not convinced that anyone has show
  
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• Canada Music Fund Receives Another $67M with Nearly $25M Earmarked for Francophone Artists and Productions

  09-11-2026 07:29 via Digital Music News
  
  Photo Credit: Montreal by Marc-Olivier Jodoin
  The Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture announces another $67 million in funding for the Canadian Music Fund, with nearly $25 million earmarked for French-language artists and productions.
  At the 48th Adisq Gala over the weekend, Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, announced another $67 million in funding for the Music Fund from Canada. Of this money, $24.8 million will go toward French-language music and productions. Th
  
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• Canada Music Fund Receives Another $67 Million With Nearly $25 Million Earmarked for Francophone Artists and Productions

  09-11-2026 07:29 via Digital Music News
  
  Photo Credit: Montreal by Marc-Olivier Jodoin
  The Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture announces another $67 million in funding for the Canadian Music Fund, with nearly $25 million earmarked for French-language artists and productions.
  At the 48th Adisq Gala over the weekend, Marc Miller, the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, announced another $67 million in funding for the Music Fund from Canada. Of this money, $24.8 million will go toward French-language music and productions. Th
  
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• Human Enough? How AI Detector Scores Put Indie Artists at Risk

  09-11-2026 07:22 via Digital Music News
  
  Photo Credit: Techivation
  When Hamburg musician André Grafet, who records as Colored Tears, released DECAY / TIME, a 23-song tribute to the 1980s Swedish post-punk band Twice a Man, he says every note was played, programmed, and sung by him using a combination of Cubase, Sequential synthesizers, and Native Instruments’ Kontakt—no generative AI involved.
  SubmitHub’s AI detector nonetheless rated all 23 tracks a mostly AI or hybrid work, while other detectors tested (ACRCloud, Let’sSubmit
  
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• Willie Nelson 'never expected' to be alive at 93

  09-11-2026 07:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  The country music icon opened up about his years of substance abuse.
  
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• Nick Jonas reveals 'unpredictability' of life with diabetes

  09-11-2026 07:00 via Music News RSS feed
  
  The singer penned an open letter to the disease, more than two decades after he was first diagnosed.
  
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• Amazon Music Tapped to Livestream Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2026

  09-11-2026 06:36 via Digital Music News
  
  Photo Credit: Amazon Music
  Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival returns to Amazon Music for the fourth consecutive year of their exclusive livestreaming partnership.
  Last week, Amazon Music announced that it will exclusively livestream Tyler, the Creator’s 12th annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, taking place on November 14 and 15 on the Dodger Stadium grounds in Los Angeles. The 2026 edition sold out immediately and features a lineup of 40-plus artists spanning hip-hop, R&B, rock, a
  
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• Eminem’s Publisher Sues Suno Over Allegations of Copyright Infringement

  09-11-2026 06:16 via Digital Music News
  
  Photo Credit: Eminem by swimfinfan / CC by 2.0
  Eminem’s publishing company, Eight Mile Style, sues Suno for allegedly reproducing their copyrighted works without permission or compensation.
  Eight Mile Style, Eminem’s publishing company that owns or controls the exclusivity to license his body of work, filed a lawsuit against AI company Suno. Filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the lawsuit alleges that the company trained its AI models on 269 mu
  
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• Eminem’s Publisher Eight Mile Style Sues Suno Over Allegations of Copyright Infringement

  09-11-2026 06:16 via Digital Music News
  
  Photo Credit: Eminem by swimfinfan / CC by 2.0
  Eminem’s publishing company, Eight Mile Style, sues Suno for allegedly reproducing their copyrighted works without permission or compensation.
  Eight Mile Style, Eminem’s publishing company that owns or controls the exclusivity to license his body of work, filed a lawsuit against AI company Suno. Filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the lawsuit alleges that the company trained its AI models on 269 mu
  
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• Del Casher, Guitarist Who Invented the Wah-Wah Pedal, Dead at 88

  08-11-2026 20:13 via Music – Rolling Stone
  
  Musician and inventor who played with artists like Elvis Presley, Gene Autry and Frank Zappa died October 1 after cancer battle
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo eyeing highest new entry with take me home (4 Christmas)

  08-11-2026 19:55 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Olivia Rodrigo looks set to land this week’s highest new entry on the Official Singles Chart with her brand-new festive track take me home (4 Christmas).
  
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• Susan Boyle, Cammy Barnes, Big Country and Joesef lead GUITARGUITAR Scottish Music Awards 2026

  08-11-2026 19:09 via Music News RSS feed
  
  Scotland's music stars gathered at Glasgow's iconic Barrowland Ballroom on Saturday, 7 November 2026, for the GUITARGUITAR Scottish Music Awards
  
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