Michael Jackson biopic breaks box office record with US$217 million global opening

Michael has overtaken previous biopics Bohemian Rhapsody & Oppenheimer, despite a 39% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes

Mallung Records launches to champion leftfield Sri Lankan artists

The label just released its debut single, with a dance music compilation built around a past residency's drum sample pack on the way

Jeff Mills: “Techno is the perfect universal language in which to communicate”

Ahead of his Mainland China debut, The Wizard shares with us on the excitement of “first encounters” & unpacks the craft behind ‘Live at Liquid Room – Tokyo’

Artists exciting us in 2026 / April

Our monthly round-up of names from Asia & the diaspora, making major noise & moves everywhere that matters

Circoloco Ibiza state they were informed “only the evening before” India debut was cancelled

The Ibiza party brand says it will not reschedule until authorities provide a clear explanation for the cancellation in Mumbai

22 Buddhist monks arrested at Sri Lanka airport with over 110kg of Kush in luggage

The record-breaking seizure has triggered a joint condemnation from the heads of Sri Lanka’s three main Buddhist orders

Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter announces new ballet album 'Mirage'

The record is a minimalist electronic soundtrack to a new 16-dancer ballet, created by choreographer Damien Jalet and contemporary artist Kōhei Nawa

Coachella fined US$40,000 due to Anyma and Justin Bieber sets running over curfew

Anyma's second weekend set cost the festival an additional $24,000 due to running over for nine minutes