The new 600-cap London venue allows artists to stage an intimate concert as well as a Spatial Audio recording, broadcast mix, ...

A concert is in two weeks. Suddenly, the conductor arrives with last-minute changes. A section has been shortened, dynamics have been adjusted, and several entries need to be corrected before the ...

Big Ears Festival will return to downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, from April 1–4, 2027, with another enormous lineup that treats genre boundaries as polite suggestions. Passes are on sale now. Jeff ...

Artificial Intelligence has pushed music-industry conversations toward consent, disclosure, and labeling. Those issues matter, but for independent artists they are only the beginning. When a dispute ...

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[UPDATED] Universal Music Group (UMG) has filed a federal lawsuit against DIY distribution leader DistroKid accusing the platform of deceptive trade practices, copyright infringement, and enabling ...

For independent artists, “own your masters” has become one of the most repeated pieces of advice in the music business. And it is good advice. Owning a recording matters. It can determine who has the ...

As wearable tech like Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses surge in popularity, a growing number of live music venues and dance clubs are pushing back. Citing privacy and consent concerns, live event spaces ...

Following a series of legal proceedings against Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the music industry is closely watching what comes next. Here is a breakdown of what happens next across the federal ...

Representing independent venues, promoters, festivals, and presenters nationally, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) submitted its formal Tunney Act comments to the court: "The jury's ...

Concert tickets are basically the new airline miles. At least that's what we took away when we read Live Nation’s new Return to Real report, which argues that access to live music is becoming an ...

Spencer Krug is an artist I've personally followed for nearly 20 years (which I hope dates me more than him). When I was in college in Montréal in the early aughts, his band Wolf Parade was one of the ...