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Warner Music is teaming up with Suno, the AI brand it sued last year

Warner Music Group has announced a partnership with AI tech company Suno, which it sued last year – find out more below. READ MORE: Beyond human imagination: How AI is pushing the boundaries of entertainment Last year, Warner and fellow major music labels Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group filed lawsuits against Suno and another AI company Udio for copyright violations of “an almost unimaginable scale”. Advertisement Suno is a company based in Massachusetts, which emerged in 2023 and claimed last year that over 10million people had already used it to create AI-assisted music. It operates on a subscription...
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Oasis to open ‘Live ‘25′ End Of Tour’ merch stores in London and Dublin

Oasis will open two ‘End Of Tour’ stores in London and Dublin next month, offering fans a final chance to grab official ‘Live ‘25’ merchandise. The London store will be based at 44-46 Regent Street, and will be open from December 4 to December 21, while the Dublin shop will be located at Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre between December 5 to December 21. Advertisement At both, fans will have one last chance to get their hands on the official merchandise from the mammoth ‘Live ‘25’ reunion tour. This will include a fully restocked line of menswear, womenswear, children’s wear...
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50 Cent’s Diddy documentary unveils title, sets Netflix release date

50 Cent‘s long-teased documentary series on Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has finally been issued a release date at Netflix – find out more below. Back in December 2023, it was reported that Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson was working on a documentary based on the sexual assault and abuse allegations surrounding Diddy at the time. In March 2024, he confirmed work on the project, teasing that it would be releasing “soon”. Advertisement At the time, the documentary was titled Diddy Do It?. In May last year, Netflix won a bidding war for the documentary, and have now finally announced that it...
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Boardmasters 2026: Fatboy Slim, Kasabian, The Kooks, Loyle Carner lead stacked line-up

Boardmasters have shared the first artists joining the bill for 2026, with Fatboy Slim, Kasabian, The Kooks, and Loyle Carner leading the line-up. See the full bill so far first exclusively on NME below. Next year’s edition of the festival will return to its usual site at Watergate Bay & Fistral Beach in Newquay, and run between August 5 and 9. Advertisement Today (Tuesday November 25), the first artists for the line-up have been shared, with Kasabian set to perform as headliners. The slot comes as the ‘Fire’ indie veterans are gearing up to release their ninth album ‘ACT...
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SEVENTEEN make history as first K-pop act to perform ‘Tiny Desk’ concert

SEVENTEEN have made history as the first K-pop act to perform for NPR‘s intimate ‘Tiny Desk’ concert series – check out their performance below. READ MORE: SEVENTEEN – ‘Happy Burstday’ review: a double-edged showcase of individuality Appearing as a five-piece – consisting of members Joshua, Mingyu, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino – they performed a hit-filled 10-track set at NPR‘s headquarters. They kicked things off with ‘Super’ and ‘Darl+ing’, before running through ‘_WORLD’, ‘To You’ and ‘HBD’. Advertisement Other tracks SEVENTEEN performed included ‘SOS’, ‘Rock With You’, ‘CLAP’, ‘HOT’ and ‘VERY NICE’. Watch the group’s historic ‘Tiny Desk’ concert below. [embedded...
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Y Not Festival 2026: Reytons, Two Door Cinema Club, The Streets, The Libertines lead first line-up announcement

The first names for Y Not Festival 2026 have been confirmed, with The Reytons, Two Door Cinema Club, The Streets, The Libertines, and more leading the way. The festival is set to return for its 19th year in 2026, and will be taking place at Pikehall in Derbyshire between July 30 and August 2. Advertisement Today (Monday November 24), the first wave of artists have been revealed, with The Libertines confirmed as opening night headliners. The upcoming slot will follow Pete Doherty and co. making their way around the festival circuit earlier this summer, which included a slot at...
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Queen hint at ‘ABBA Voyage’-style hologram show

Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor have spoken about the possibility of an ABBA Voyage-style hologram show – see what they had to say below. Speaking to Big Issue recently, May and Taylor addressed the chances of an original Queen line-up reunion of sorts with late vocalist Freddie Mercury and bassist John Deacon, who retired in 1997. Advertisement Touching on “reuniting” with their former bandmates virtually, May said: “Freddie is still alive through the music that we listen to all the time. In a sense, John is still with us in the same way, but now we...
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Primal Scream pay tribute to late bassist Mani at Manchester Warehouse Project gig

Primal Scream paid tribute to their late bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield during their Manchester Warehouse Project show last night (November 22). READ MORE: Gary “Mani” Mounfield, 1962-2025: baggy bass hero whose melodies made the Madchester movement Mani originally found fame as bassist for The Stone Roses, joining in 1987 and playing on both their iconic albums, until they first disbanded in 1996. He then went on to join Primal Scream and stayed with them until 2011, when the Stone Roses reformed. News of his passing at the age of 63 was shared earlier this week by his brother Greg, who wrote:...
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Green Day’s Mike Dirnt teams up with Epiphone to launch signature Grabber G-3 bass guitar

Green Day’s Mike Dirnt has teamed up with Epiphone to launch a signature Grabber G-3 range of bass guitars. The model is a revival of the American instrument brand’s Graber G-3 and it pays tribute to the career of Dirnt and Green Day, with it having been fundamental to the sound of their breakthrough records, including 1994’s ‘Dookie’. Advertisement Dirnt continued to perform with the model throughout the band’s recent ‘Saviors World Tour‘, and now it is being made available in a Silverburst finish and a Natural finish, with fans able to purchase theirs via the Epiphone online store here, as well as Gibson Garage locations in...
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Watch Sombr joined by Sophie Ellis-Bextor for ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ at intimate London show

Sombr brought out Sophie Ellis-Bextor at his intimate show in London last night for ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ – watch below. The breakout musician, who released his debut album ‘I Barely Know Her’ in August, only announced the show at the start of this week and it went down at KOKO on Friday (November 21). Advertisement Towards the end of the intimate, one-off event, Sombr welcomed out his special guest, and much to delight of the crowd, they launched into her 2000 disco-pop hit – which had a major revival a year ago thanks to its unforgettable inclusion in Saltburn. Watch video footage of the moment here: 急遽決まったsombrのLondonスペシャル公演でSophieとMurder On The Dancefloorを歌ったらしい🥹この曲めっちゃ好きなんよ〜羨ましい🕺💃...
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