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Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has lost in his legal battle against PRS For Music over the distribution of so-called “black box” royalties. Rowntree had sought to challenge the way PRS distributes royalties that it has collected but cannot match to the correct songwriter or publisher because of missing or inaccurate information. Those funds are often referred to in the industry as “black box” royalties, while PRS prefers the term “unidentified royalties”. The case centred on Rowntree’s claim that PRS’ system for distributing those unidentified royalties was unfair to songwriters, and that writers could potentially have been deprived of up to £200million in earnings. Today (June 29), however,…

Filmmaker Carl Erik Rinsch was sentenced on Monday to 30 months in federal prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million. Netflix had hired Rinsch, who previously made the film 47 Roninto write and direct a sci-fi series called White Horse (later renamed Conquest) in 2018. After the streaming giant poured $55 million into the project, the director failed to deliver a single episode. Rinsch later asked Netflix for an additional $11 million in funding, which — a New York Times report and later the accused — he used to gamble on the stock market and cryptocurrencies…

Photo by Luca Moschini With over three million tickets sold, now in its fifth edition, the triumphal journey of Vasco Live 2026 he definitively handed himself over to the history of pop music. Much more than a simple succession of extraordinary concerts, the tour turned out to be a true generational road trip, sung at the top of their lungs from the first to the last second by anyone who found themselves listening to even a single note. The tour officially ended at Blueenergy Stadium in Udinewith the second of the two completely sold out dates on 28 and 29…

Six people were taken to hospital after Angine de Poitrine’s huge free show at Montreal Jazz Festival. The anonymous duo – who also hail from Quebec – played the festival’s TD Stage at Place des Festivals on Saturday night (June 27), drawing one of the biggest crowds in the event’s recent history, with officials saying they had not seen a turnout of that size since Stevie Wonder’s appearance in 2009. According to Urgences-santé, paramedics assessed 10 people during the event, with six later being transported to hospital and four others refusing transport after being seen by medical teams. Benjamin Dansereau-Leclerc, head of…

Lizzo is addressing the reception to her latest album, Bitcheswhich made headlines this month after failing to chart on the Billboard 200 despite her previous album, Specialdebuting at Number Two with 69,000 equivalent album units earned in 2022. Of course, public perception of the Grammy-winning artist has changed within the few years between albums. In 2023, her former backup dancers accused her of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment, and fat-shaming in a lawsuit that has yet to be settled. During a recent interview with Zachary Hourihane, aka the Swiftologist, on his podcast Proto PopLizzo opened up about fans…

This weekend saw Foo Fighters complete two sold out shows at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, where the band were joined on stage by two very special guests. The US rock titans’ only scheduled UK shows of 2026 (with the band teasing more to come next year) kicked off on Thursday June 25. In the latter part of the show, frontman Dave Grohl picked out (who was assumed to be) a fan from the audience, holding a sign that challenged the band to let him play a song if he could complete a Rubik’s cube. He took to the stage and…

Bruce Tull, guitarist and pedal steel player for the Nineties alt-country outfit Scud Mountain Boys, has died. He was 71. Tull died on June 22 in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a brief illness, according to a statement shared with Rolling Stone. Joe Pernice, frontman of Scud Mountain Boys, shared a tribute on Instagram last week, writing, “No combination of words will ever accurately describe the beauty of Tull. Someday I'll try. But today Stephen [Desaulniers]Tom [Shea]and I am just hollowed by his passing. In our grief we send our love to Nancy, the entire Tull family and to all who loved…

The band said the two members “won’t be touring for the foreseeable future” including an upcoming show in Chile New Order are heading to Chile for the first time in seven years, but they’ll be playing Primavera Chile without two of their longtime members, the band announced on Monday. Keyboardist/guitarist Gillian Gilbert and drummer Stephen Morris — who have been married since 1994 — will not be joining the band in Chile or at future shows “for the foreseeable future.” “New Order are very happy to be playing Primavera in Chile in November marking the band’s first performance there in…

It's something fans have been wondering, and in many cases clamoring for, for at least 14 years (or a full 16 if you're a real genre stickler): When will Taylor Swift go country again? Twenty years ago, Swift broke through as a rising Nashville star, before quickly, and deftly, pulling off the ultimate crossover pivot en route to becoming the biggest pop star on the planet. In terms of pure output, Swift's “country era” comprises a mere quarter of her entire oeuvre: Just four albums out of 12, and maybe only three depending on how strictly you want to classify…

Metallica have covered Tom Jones’ ‘Delilah’ at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, despite the song being banned from the venue. The metal icons played the Welsh capital last night (June 28) as part of the final UK run of their ongoing ‘M72’ world tour, and used their mid-set ‘Kirk and Rob Doodle’ section to nod to one of Wales’ most famous sons. Their choice of cover is somewhat loaded, however, as in 2023, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) banned the 1968 hit from being performed by choirs in the stadium at Wales internationals due to its references to domestic violence. The song’s lyrics, by Barry Mason, were written from the perspective of a man who kills his partner…