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Kanye West performs to 118,000 in Turkey amid bans elsewhere

US rapper Kanye West performs on stage during a concert at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on May 30, 2026.

Eurovision: 70 years of geopolitics, patriotism, music and glitter

Cypriot singer Antigoni Buxton performs during the dress rehearsal for the grand final of Eurovision 2026.

Cancelled in London and Poland, US rapper Kanye West to perform in Albania in July

The rapper Kanye West has blamed his hate-filled rants on having bipolar disorder.

Behind the BTS comeback, the dark side of K-pop

The tiny minority of the thousands of young hopefuls who make it past the audition phase can then face 15-hour days of gym sessions, singing lessons, promotional shoots and dance practice.

Blackpink drop new teaser posters, signalling sleek new era ahead of Deadline

Two sets of posters for BlackPink’s upcoming third mini-album feature two striking contrasts in style and colour tones.

Despite criticism, DJ priest hits a high note with some Lebanese

DJ Padre Guilherme performs at AHM club in Beirut, Lebanon, January 11, 2026. REUTERS/Raghed Waked

‘Easiest scam in the world’: Musicians sound alarm over AI impersonators

Folk singer Emily Portman, who found a counterfeit potentially AI-generated album purporting to be created by her online, poses for a photograph in Sheffield, northern England, on November 21, 2025. British folk musician Emily Portman was taken by surprise in July when she received a message from a fan congratulating her on her new album — even though she hadn't released one since 2022. That's when she discovered "Orca" in her Spotify and Apple Music catalogues. The titles of the songs were like something she might have created herself, but "very quickly I recognised it was AI-produced music", she said. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Eurovision bosses to consider if Israel should take part amid boycott threats

FILE PHOTO: Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, performs \"New Day Will Rise\", during the Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Why is everything ‘wrapped’? You can blame Spotify

While these yearly digital debriefs can serve as a mirror of users’ tastes, some are starting to question whether that taste is truly their own.

Gift A Guitar aims to raise $1m from guitars signed by PM Wong, JJ Lin, Taufik Batisah and more

The Music Society, Singapore (SGMUSO) chairman and Timbre Group CEO Danny Loong (left) and SGMUSO vice chairman and The Ebenex Group CEO David Ebenezer Toh with some of the guitars that will be auctioned off for the Gift a Guitar charity initiative.

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