AMC Theatres, Arena One Partner For Live Music Concert Streaming; Spotify Personalizes the ACL Fest Lineup
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AMC Theatres Partners With Arena One For Live Music Concert Streaming
Debuting in June, the streaming concert concept is set to feature performances from Bebe Rexha – June 17, Paris Hilton – June 18, Kim Petras – June 19, and Maren Morris – June 20, live across more than 300 AMC locations nationwide.
Spotify Personalizes the ACL Fest Lineup Drop
Spotify is partnering with Austin City Limits Music Festival to add a personalized layer to this year’s lineup reveal, launching an in-app experience designed to match fans with their must-see acts ahead of the October event at Zilker Park.
Kalshi Co-Founder Talks Music Prediction Markets, Monetizing Superfans and Insider Trading
Kalshi COO and co-founder Luana Lopes Lara reveals the rapid growth of Kalshi’s music markets, which have traded over $400 million in 2026 already.
One New, One Familiar: EXIT World Tour Stages Two Events In Montenegro
EXIT Festival is set to arrive in Montenegro this summer as part of its World Tour 2026, bringing two major music events to the country. The first event will take place in early July, on the weekend EXIT would have traditionally taken place in Novi Sad, Serbia.
AI Music Is Here To Stay, If $2.5 Billion Startup Suno Gets Its Way
The music AI startup is battling record labels and angry artists as it upends how millions of people create songs. Now, some of its critics are starting to get on board.
The Complicated Relationship Between Hit Songs and Longevity
Longevity is the sacred cow of the music industry. Having a hit song in the short term is fun, and lucrative, but most bands and artists would likely trade that in for a shot at being adored and sustained by their creative activities in the long term.
The Great AI Music Filtering Has Begun
The music industry’s two primary gatekeepers — distribution and streaming — moved in the same week to start actively filtering AI-generated content. That timing signals a new wave of infrastructure-level pushback against unlicensed AI music.
Nebula becomes latest fan-to-artist investment platform
Music tech startup Nebula has partnered with distribution company Supply Chain Music to create a new “earn-before-you-stream” service.
Constraint-Based Generative Composition
AI Music Generation is here. Composition hasn’t arrived yet.
Techsurvey: GenAI Presents a Radio Dilemma
Younger listeners, in particular, feel hearing AI music is a “deal-breaker”
Visibox 5.0 Makes Your Music Visual
The update turns the performer-friendly media and backing-track player into a complete visual authoring environment, introducing audio-reactive Visualizer Clips, an open API with a built-in Elgato Stream Deck plugin, and an MCP server that brings AI assistance to every part of a project.
YouTube to let video creators swap out Content ID tracks for royalty-free AI substitutes
A new feature on YouTube will make it easy for video creators dealing with Content ID copyright claims to replace copyright protected music in their videos with royalty free AI-generated instrumentals.
The Popera Boom: How Opera Took Over Pop and the Dance Floor
ROSALÍA’s ‘Berghain’ hit 1B TikTok views. RAYE scored a UK #1 with Vivaldi. Lady Gaga’s tour was called a “pop-rock opera.” Opera has successfully taken over pop music and the streaming data proves that.
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