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Snapchat to pay musicians up to $100K/month for top-performing songs

Popular social media platform Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has announced a new creator fund that will award independent musicians up to $100,000 per month

Global music fest 'Lollapalooza' to make debut in India in January 2023

Iconic global music festival Lollapalooza is all set to make its India debut in January next year, the organizers announced Wednesday. The two-day musical extravaganza will be held in Mumbai on January 28 and 29, entertainment and ticketing platform BookMyShow (BMS) said in a media statement. BMS said it will spearhead Lollapalooza India as the promoter and co-producer for the festival's Indian edition along with global producers, Perry Farrell, WME and C3 Presents. Ashish Hemrajani, Founder & CEO, BookMyShow said they are proud to bring the music festival to India. BookMyShow is proud to bring Lollapalooza to India - making it the eighth country and the fourth continent to do so. With a mix of some stellar Indian talent and global artists coming together on the same stage, we expect nothing short of magic, Hemrajani said in a statement. The annual music festival Lollapalooza, which was launched in 1991, is globally synonymous with alternative lifestyle, music and culture. For 31

Bhupinder Singh dies at 82: Remembering famous singers India lost this year

Renowned ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh died on Monday at the age of 82 due to suspected colon cancer and Covid-related complications

Who is Oskar Sala, the composer honoured by Google in its doodle today?

Oskar Sala's notable work includes the bird sounds in Alfred Hitchock's 'The Birds' and in Rosemary (1959)

Spotify acquires Heardle, Wordle-inspired music trivia sensation game

Popular music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it has acquired an interactive music trivia game Heardle

Apple's music recognition feature can now sync its history with 'Shazam'

Shazam has updated its iPhone and iPad app so that songs identified with the music recognition feature in iOS now sync with the Shazam app, reports MacRumors.

Music Producer Duo Almost Famous Unleash New Single "Cash Machine" Featuring YOUNG PARIS

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Moose Wala's posthumous song 'SYL' no longer available on YouTube India

The track's title refers to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, which has been a bone of contention between Punjab and Haryana for several decades

Pink Floyd is seeking $500 mn for music catalog, including 'The Wall'

The names include Warner Music Group Corp., Sony Music Entertainment and BMG. Sony and Warner already distribute some of Pink Floyd's music

World Music Day: Theremin, hang and other instruments you never knew existed

To mark World Music Day, we bring you some extraordinary and lesser-known musical instruments >

World Music Day: Theremin to Mayuri, a look at lesser-known instruments

Some musical instruments are invisible, some are wrapped around the body, and others are played using water. But there is little doubt that they produce sounds you never dreamt were possible

S. Korean pop band BTS triggers $1.7-bn stock rout on shift to solos

Hybe sank as much as 28% on Wednesday in Seoul, touching its lowest level on record since its trading debut in October 2020 and wiping out as much as $1.7 billion in market value

BTS: Why the South Korean pop sensation taking a break is such a big deal

After their nine-year-long journey as the most successful K-Pop band, BTS on Tuesday announced that the group is going on 'hiatus' to focus on their individual careers with a line-up of solo projects

Mick Jagger positive for Covid, Amsterdam Rolling Stones concert postponed

Jagger, 78, had experienced symptoms after arriving at Amsterdam's Johan Cruijff Arena, the band said

Grammys add five new categories, including songwriter of the year

The four other categories include best spoken word poetry album, alternative music performance, Americana music performance and score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media

Who was Sidhu Moose Wala? The 28-year-old rapper shot dead in Punjab

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known as Sidhu Moose Wala, was just 28-year-old and had millions of fans of his Punjabi rap music all over the world

WEF 2022: Yo-Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax perform in solidarity with Ukraine

The concert at World economic forum (WEF) 2022, which began with the national anthem of Ukraine, ended with a hope for peace and resolution of conflict.

This is the time to unite: AR Rahman on north-south debate

Rahman also went on to make it clear that be it south India or north India, India was India

Arooj Aftab becomes first Pakistani woman to win a Grammy

Arooj won the award for her song 'Mohabbat' in the Best Global Performance category.

Pop star Britney Spears signs $15 million deal for tell-all memoir

Pop star Britney Spears has signed a USD 15 million book deal with publishing house Simon & Schuster for a tell-all memoir. According to Page Six, Simon & Schuster secured the deal for Spears' memoir after a massive bidding war involving multiple publishers. The book deal comes three months after the singer's 13-year conservatorship was terminated by a judge. In her public testimony last year about the conservatorship, Spears told the Los Angeles judge that she had been forced to work by conservators despite begging for breaks, and that she had no control over her finances, was denied her wish to marry her boyfriend, and was barred from removing her birth control despite her wish to have a third child. Spears, 41, has also been vocal about her estrangement from her family, including dad Jamie, mom Lynne and sister Jamie Lynn. She recently publicly condemned Jamie Lynn, who made allegations about the singer's mental health while promoting her own memoir. She described her pop ..