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YouTube not liable for hosting unauthorised works, European court rules
YouTube is not liable for its users uploading unauthorised material to their website, Europe’s top court has ruled. The Google-owned video site, along with other online platforms, is in a long-running dispute with Europe’s $1 trillion creative industry, which is opposed to copyrighted works being shared without permission. READ MORE: Streaming – what happens next? Artists demand “a shift in the way business is done” “As currently stands, operators of online platforms do not, in principle, themselves make a communication to the public of copyright-protected content illegally posted online by users of those platforms,” the European Court of Justice...
Miley Cyrus And Maren Morris Slay ‘Dancing Queen’ Cover In Matching Magenta
Miley Cyrus and Maren Morris are digging the “Dancing Queen” during Pride Month. On Wednesday (June 23), Miley posted a sneak-peek clip of her and Morris performing a cover of the iconic ABBA hit for the Miley Cyrus Presents Stand By You concert. Both are donning matching a magenta wardrobe, and Cyrus refers to her singing partner as “Queen Maren” at one point. https://twitter.com/MileyCyrus/status/1407667255530360832?s=20 The one-hour Pride concert, previously hosted and filmed at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville for vaccinated attendees on June 8, will be streaming exclusively on Peacock this coming Friday (June 25) at 5 p.m. PT...
Watch epic video highlights from last weekend’s Download Festival pilot event
Download Festival has shared a selection of official footage from last weekend’s test event, which saw 10,000 rock fans returning to Donington Park as part of official government research into the safe return of live music. The event saw fans being encouraged to start mosh pits and party like the pandemic never happened as they enjoyed headline sets from Bullet For My Valentine, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Enter Shikari. READ MORE: Download Festival 2021 review: the new generation upend legacy focused rock-fest Download has now shared official footage from last weekend’s event, which captures the sheer euphoria of fans returning...
Listen to ‘Babyface’, a new album of Twenty One Pilots lullabies
A new fan-made album of Twenty One Pilots songs-turned-lullabies has been released – you can listen to ‘Babyface’ below. The covers record is the work of the US duo Sparrow Sleeps, who have previously transformed tracks by the likes of Yungblud, Foo Fighters and Paramore into lullabies. READ MORE: Twenty One Pilots: “I hope our fans will hang on for the ride” Released yesterday (June 22), ‘Babyface’ features renditions of such Twenty One Pilots songs as ‘Trees’, ‘My Blood’ and ‘Chlorine’. Advertisement “We always discussed releasing an album of Twenty One Pilots lullabies, but for some reason it always...
Yard Act’s James Smith on post-Brexit touring: “It’s the smaller, independent musicians who suffer”
James Smith of rising Leeds band Yard Act has spoken out on the devastating impact that the post-Brexit touring mess is set to have on independent artists. READ MORE: “It’s going to be devastating” – here’s how Brexit will screw over British touring artists Today sees the launch of the #LetTheMusicMove campaign, with the likes of Wolf Alice, IDLES, Poppy Ajudha, Radiohead among the 200 artists calling upon the UK government to urgently take action to resolve the ‘No Deal’ that has landed upon the British music when it comes to touring the continent after they to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for...
Elton John announces final ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour dates for 2022
Elton John has announced a final run of dates on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour for 2022. The new run of dates marks the final time that the Rocketman icon will hit the road, commencing at Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park on Friday May 27 2022. He’ll then follow it with a run of European shows including Norwich’s Carrow Road on June 15, Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on June 17 and Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on June 19. Advertisement “Hello, all you wonderful fans out there. I’m coming to you today with an announcement I’ve been working towards for, well,...
Villano Antillano Is Claiming Her Space In Latin Rap
By Lucas Villa In Latin rap, a genre largely dominated by cishet male artists in the spotlight, Villano Antillano represents the communities still in the shadows: the LGBTQ+ community and women. The Puerto Rican rapper, who is transgender and nonbinary, centers her local community in her playful new music video for the thumping track “Muñeca,” shining through with every color of the rainbow. She teams up with Ana Macho, another Boricua artist, in the pink-hued visual that finds them running a sex shop with other trans folks as customers line up around the corner. They proudly reclaim the word...
SZA to debut new music during upcoming livestream
SZA is set to debut new solo music during an upcoming livestream. The US artist’s last studio album, ‘CTRL’, was released in 2017, though she has released two singles – ‘Hit Different’ (with Ty Dolla $ign) and ‘Good Days’ – in the past year. READ MORE: SZA talks living in a commune and ‘Ctrl’ SZA has now announced that she will debut new material during the upcoming livestream IN BLOOM, which the artist is working on with Grey Goose. Advertisement Billed as a “one-of-a-kind virtual music experience imagined by SZA”, IN BLOOM will be broadcast online on July 1...
Judge blocks Damon Dash’s attempted sale of Jay-Z’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ as an NFT
A New York federal judge has blocked an attempt by Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash to auction off Jay-Z‘s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ as an NFT (non-fungible token). It comes after the label sued Dash on June 18, claiming that he was attempting to sell virtual ownership of the copyright to the rapper’s 1996 debut album. Dash has disputed that he was trying to sell the rights to the album, but, according to the complaint, investor platform SuperFarm said otherwise in its announcement. Advertisement “SuperFarm is proud to announce, in collaboration with Damon Dash, the auction of Damon‘s ownership of the...Recent Posts
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