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Sacha Baron Cohen appears at Wimbledon as Ali G, reportedly teasing new film

The character's 2002 film Ali G Indahouse opened with General Levy's 'Incredible', which the artist says has never paid him royalties

PinkPantheress to make acting debut in new film from 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' directors

The as-yet-untitled project will also star Matt Damon, Sandra Oh and Michael Gandolfini

Warner Music asks court to throw out musicians' union lawsuit over AI deal

The American Federation of Musicians argues that artists have not been offered "compensation or credit" for their music to be used to train AI models

Global Cities After Dark opens membership to city officials worldwide

The network is also launching an international seminar series covering safety, noise management & labour realities in the nighttime economy

New directory lets you browse 300 community radio stations around the world

Launched by DJ Opium Hum and digital creator Robbie Makes Radio, Community Radio Index is billed as an “interactive online tool”

Protesters at Boiler Room event in New York "assaulted" and "trampled"

A group of activists staged a “die-in” at Boiler Room’s two-day event at Under The K Bridge over the weekend in opposition to its ties to KKR

Change the Beat targets 1,500 label signings for women & gender expansive artists by 2036

The non-profit is scaling its Remix Contest & launching a new Demo Room initiative to reach its goal; open to artists worldwide

72% of young people have felt unsafe working in the music industry, report reveals

In the wake of recent allegations in the industry, Youth Music has investigated the harm faced by young people

New book Beat Gems traces the history of the drum machine

The Bjooks release features 100+ machines plus dives into the artists & engineers who used them

Popularity of tracks with explicit lyrics has declined by 61% since 2018, report finds

Music requiring a parental advisory tag now makes up just 13% of Spotify's Top 50

21-year-olds can now go clubbing in Vegas for free, city officials reveal

The new initiative will offer those who recently turned 21, and up to four friends, complimentary access to 11 nightclubs in the city

Being a DJ is the number one dream job in New Zealand, study finds

It ranks above jobs like acting, writing, or becoming a CEO, according to new research

NOTHING is funding events via new initiative, Club Nothing (R)

Applications are open to promoters, collectives & individuals anywhere in the world, where four winners will receive US$10,000 each

Traxsource rolls out AI transparency labels for music submissions

From July 1, the platform will flag fully AI-generated music for removal, with remaining tracks marked "Human-Made" or "AI-Assisted"

Immersive Gorillaz exhibition to open in New York this September

House Of Kong first debuted in London last year to celebrate the virtual band’s 25th anniversary

DJ livestream platform Cercle cancels Mexico festival, calls for financial support

Cercle revealed that it’s currently “in danger”, 10 years after it first launched

Purple Disco Machine takes hiatus from touring citing “sudden” hearing loss

He’ll pause performing for a month while dealing with “severe” tinnitus and hearing issues

Rave Preservation Project launches directory tool for archival artefacts

The online archive of rave memorabilia features around 40,000 items, though its organiser claims there is a backlog of around 250,000 artefacts waiting to be added

Artists can now check whether their music has been used to train AI

Launched by The Atlantic, AI Watchdog offers a search tool for songs used by AI music creation platforms, including Google and Stability AI

DJ given suspended jail sentence for selling remix CDs containing copyrighted music

Mark Kearns allegedly made "thousands" from selling CDs online featuring "well‑known tracks"

Tangerine Dream's formative years documented in new photobook

'Movements of the Visionaries' features never-before-seen archival images of the seminal electronic outfit taken by photographer Marcel Fugère