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Boy band BoyNextDoor to release second Japanese single 'Boylife' on Aug. 20
Korea JoungAng Daily
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July 1, 2025
Published: 01 Jul. 2025, 14:29 Boy band BoyNextDoor [KOZ ENTERTAINMENT] Boy band BoyNextDoor will release its second Japanese single "Boylife" on Aug. 20, its agency KOZ Entertainment said Tuesday. The new single will include an original Japanese...
Music tourists in UK spent record £10 billion in 2024
MusicWeek
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Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Bruce Springsteen, Sam Fender and Dua Lipa were among the acts who helped draw a record 23.5 million music tourists to concerts and festivals in the UK in 2024, a new report from UK Music reveals. Music tourists spent a...
New BTS music on the way! Live album confirmed—fans buzzing with excitement
The Times of India
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New BTS music is on the way! While a comeback is still up for debate, as no confirmation has been given from their agency, the group is all set to release a new and exciting project. The global K-pop group has confirmed that they'll be releasing...
Music industry bodies secure leave to challenge new copyright guidelines
Daily Express Malaysia
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July 1, 2025
Music industry bodies secure leave to challenge new copyright guidelines Published on: Tuesday, July 01, 2025 Published on: Tue, Jul 01, 2025 By: Ho Kit Yen, FMT Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Public Performance Malaysia Bhd and Recording Performers...
Song Premiere: Timbre - "Song of the Sun"
Utne Reader
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Utne Reader is pleased to premiere “Song of the Sun” by songwriter and composer Timbre from her new album, Sun & Moon. Steeped in music from the moment she was born, Nashville-based harpist, songwriter, and composer Timbre Cierpke is pulling...
New Speed Limit Rule in the US: $500 Fine for Violators
The Network Journal
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Road accidents are unpredictable, but can sometimes happen due to your ignorance and carelessness. Whenever someone gets hit by an accident on a road, it’s either due to someone else’s mistake or yours. But what if you were driving slowly? What if...
Music used to study how we shift between emotions
Cosmos
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July 1, 2025
Credit: Klaus Vedfelt / DigitalVision / Getty Images Plus. Neuroscientists worked with musicians to compose new pieces of music to study how the brain tracks and shifts between different emotional states. The research is published in the journal...
New subway strike dates clash with TRNSMT festival
BBC
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Workers on the Glasgow Subway will stage a strike over three consecutive days on the same weekend the city stages Scotland's biggest music festival. Unite held three days of action last week but the latest wave will coincide with TRNSMT on Glasgow...
New neighbors help prepare South Range Fourth of July celebration
Upper Michigan´s Source
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July 1, 2025
SOUTH RANGE, Mich. (WLUC) - One of the Copper Country’s biggest Fourth of July celebrations is preparing for the big day, with some new faces helping out. Zane Freeman and his wife are the newest recruits on the South Range Fourth of July...
New Home For LBC July 4 Celebration
WCBC - Maryland
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July 1st, 2025 by WCBC Radio Let’s Beautify Cumberland’s July 4th celebration has a new home this year. For the first time since 2013, LBC will not be at the courthouse on Washington Street. Instead, group co-chair Ed Mullaney tells WCBC they are...
Music critics say Oasis only made two good albums. Gen Z strongly disagree
The Independent
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July 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
New Korean song cycle satirizes toll of marriage, parenting today
The Korea Times
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July 1, 2025
In 1840, German composer Robert Schumann created a cycle of 16 short songs depicting the emotional journey of a poet who experiences love, joy, heartbreak and bitterness. This month, two Korean musicians are presenting a modern-day counterpart: a...
MUSIC INDUSTRY: Japanese Composer Ko Tanaka: Jazz, Ballet, And The Fusion Japanese And American Musical Theater
All About Jazz
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July 1, 2025
Ko Tanaka, the first Off-Broadway Japanese composer known for his fusion of jazz with American musical theater and Japanese musical traditions, is composing a ballet rendition of the internationally-acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Poupelle of...
Music for the Mines fundraiser hits the right note for Ski Mountain Mining History
KPCW - Utah
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June 30, 2025
The fundraiser Wednesday features local piano legend Rich Wyman who despite a recent injury, will be pounding the piano keys with one hand, while taking requests from the highest bidder. Co-chair for the nonprofit Donald Roll said the organization...
Oliver Schusser on 10 years of Apple Music and driving further creative opportunities for artists
MusicWeek
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Apple Music’s Oliver Schusser is still buzzing about the previous evening’s premiere of F1 The Movie when Music Week meets up with him at the tech giant’s glass-roofed Battersea HQ in London. The vice president of Apple Music, Apple TV+, Sports...
Fans only just realising who huge 1990s hit Black Velvet was written about
OK!
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July 1, 2025
One of the biggest hits of the late 80s and early 90s, Black Velvet was a tune that could be heard blaring from radios and Sony Walkman's across the globe. This hit single catapulted Alannah Myles' career to astronomical heights with its...
Canadian Singer & Songwriter Leith Ross Unveils New Single "(I Can See) The Future" Out Today
Top40-Charts
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New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Following a recent announcement of their forthcoming new album I Can See The Future out this fall, critically-acclaimed Canadian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Leith Ross (They/Them Pronouns) releases the album's...
Malaysian 90s top band Exists breathe new life into their hit song "Alasan Mu"; group also all set for their concert in October
The Malaysian Star
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July 1, 2025
AFTER more than three decades in the Malaysian music industry, legendary rock band Exists returns with a soul-stirring remake of one of their most emotionally charged songs, “Alasanmu.” Released under Sony Music Malaysia, this new version is more...
Katseye's New EP "Beautiful Chaos," Is Out Now
Top40-Charts
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New York, NY (Top40 Charts) KATSEYE released their new EP, BEAUTIFUL CHAOS, via HYBE x Geffen Records. The bold, five-song set explores the challenges of shaping meaningful identity in a digital age where reality is curated and authenticity fights...
Tasha Cobbs Leonard Steps Into New Era With First-Ever Studio Album "Tasha," Out July 25, 2025
Top40-Charts
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New York, NY (Top40 Charts) The 3x GRAMMY-winning and Billboard's Gospel Artist of the Decade Tasha Cobbs Leonard announces her first-ever studio album, TASHA - out July 25 via Motown Gospel. Unlike her previous live recordings, TASHA was crafted...