HIGHLIGHTED MUSIC NEWS OF THE WEEK

One-third of musicians were still earning nothing after restrictions on live events were lifted this summer, according to UK charity Help Musicians.

A previously unreleased Whitney Houston song demo recorded when she was 17 years old is being offered as part of an upcoming NFT collection.

A previously unheard song featuring two of The Beatles at the height of their fame has been given its world premiere after being rediscovered in a loft.

One in three jobs in the British music industry were lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from trade body UK Music.

ABBA will retire after their comeback album. The Swedish pop icons - Agnetha Faltskog, 71, Bjorn Ulvaeus, 76, Benny Andersson, 74, and 75-year-old Anni-Frid Lyngstad - will bow out following the release of their upcoming record, 'Voyage', which features their first new music in almost 40 years ('I Still Have Faith In You' and 'Don’t Shut Me Down').

The Rolling Stones have released a deluxe edition 40th anniversary collection of their 1981 album, Tattoo You.

Tina Turner sold the rights to her music catalogue, including hits like The Best and Nutbush City Limits, to music publishing company BMG.

Group has not practiced together in nearly three months since their school’s doors in Kabul were closed after Taliban takeover.

New music download patterns appear to closely resemble epidemic curves for infectious disease, study finds

Spotify has conducted ‘neuromarketing’ research to optimize digital audio ads for its platform.

The Pandora Papers tax leak has implicated several celebrities, including Shakira, Elton John, Julio Iglesias, Swedish House Mafia, and others.

The Pandora Papers tax leak has implicated several celebrities, including Shakira, Elton John, Julio Iglesias, Swedish House Mafia, and others.

Dionne Warwick plans to "approach" Taylor Swift for a collaboration.

Singer-songwriter teamed up with over 25 musicians from 12 countries to create a new version of the 1971 track

Journey’s members have a simple message for those who figured it was a band least likely to headline at Lollapalooza, a festival that’s long celebrated the current and cutting edge.

The band, which has not released new music in nearly 40 years, announced Thursday that it will release new music.

Paul McCartney will include the previously unseen lyrics to an unrecorded Beatles song in his forthcoming book The Lyrics.

Rock & roll legend “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier [Tuesday] surrounded by his family,” according to publicist

Six years before his death in 2016, Prince recorded — but did not release — Welcome 2 America. Who knows why Prince opted to hide it away in 2010; this album's sound is very much of-the-moment.

Microsoft is expected to roll out Windows 11 sometime in October and that is when Focus Sessions will also likely come.