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“The concert is underpriced”: Live Nation CEO seems to suggest that gig ticket prices are too LOW
“They beat me up if we charge $800 for Beyoncé” moans Michael Rapino
“Live entertainment should be accessible to all of us”: US trade body sues Ticketmaster
US consumers could have been swindled out of billions
“It’s policing black music”: Lizzo speaks out on the ‘racist’ origins of sampling law
“The first time people started sampling was... who? It was rappers in the '80s and '90s. They were sampling records because they didn't have access to big studios"
Deezer report that it’s now receiving over 30,000 fully AI-generated tracks every day
That's nearly a third of the total
"The revolution has begun": New streaming platform launches promising fair compensation for artists
Coda claims that its algorithm “comes from the crowd, not the cloud”
"The wait is finally over": Spotify finally offers lossless streaming to its Premium subscribers
Premium subscribers in select markets can now stream tracks in up to 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC
"It shows the breadth of talent from across all of our nations”: The Mercury nominations are out and diverse as ever
Sam Fender, Pulp, CMAT and Fontaines DC are among the big-name nominees
King Gizzard albums dominate the Bandcamp album chart after bold ‘name your price’ move
Aussie psych rockers exited Spotify this summer
