The latest music headlines on artists, albums, tours, industry trends, and breaking music news from Blab.
Mary Austin, the former fiancée and long‑time confidante of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, appeared on BBC television for the first time in more than thirty years, revealing intimate det...
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The Sydney‑based pub‑rock trio The Johnnys is poised to drop a new compilation, Rarehide: Out Takes, B‑Sides And Rarities, after a string of shows across Victoria in October. The colle...
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On November 26, 2026, the Palais Theatre will host a night that turns the familiar sounds of Hunters & Collectors into sweeping orchestral landscapes. Former frontman Mark Seymour will stage...
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The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will collaborate with the Swedish progressive‑metal group Seventh Wonder for a series of three concerts titled Fleetwood Mac Orchestrated at Hamer Ha...
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On August 28 2026, Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music filed a federal suit in the Northern District of California, alleging that AI startup Anthropic used pirated song lyrics an...
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On Saturday, 29 August 2026, South African music fans witnessed a historic reunion at the inaugural Mayonie Open Air festival in Durban. The event, staged at Chris Saunders Park in Umhlanga,...
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A fresh cross‑cultural beat has landed on the 2026 charts when South African flautist Wouter Kellerman and Limpopo‑based singer Makhadzi released the high‑energy single "Drum in My Hea...
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On the day that still reverberates through Florida’s collective memory, the Fort Myers Philharmonic opened its doors on September 11, 2026, at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall. The pre...
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On September 2, 2026, Swedish singer‑songwriter Daniel Östersjö released the single “Everybody’s Joining It,” the first track from his forthcoming double album New Joe Hill Songs. ...
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The third annual Mountain Mama Music Festival took place August 28‑30 at Sistersville Park along the Ohio River in West Virginia. The event added tent‑camping for the first time, honored...
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When the former This Is Us star opened up in a People interview on September 1, she revealed a surprisingly playful dilemma: her five‑year‑old son, Gus, has taken a particular liking to ...
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On August 28, 2026, Tennessee’s governor, Bill Lee, announced that he and Nashville International Airport (BNA) are in talks with Dolly Parton’s representatives about renaming the airpor...
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The long‑awaited Wildworld Tour finally hit the stage on 1 September 2026, opening at Dublin’s 3Arena with a refreshed quartet lineup. The four‑member group—Daniela Avanzini, Lara Ra...
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Johannesburg‑based independent artist Sjookzee, whose real name is Walter Gumede, is set to release a new single titled Ngawe on September 4, 2026. The track is positioned as a romantic en...
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On 2 September 2026, the streets of Brisbane echoed with the sound of an album that, three decades earlier, had set the tone for a generation of Aussie alternative rock. The band’s second ...
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From the neon‑lit stages of Los Angeles to the dusty streets of Cape Town’s Cape Flats, the voice of Tupac Shakur still reverberates. A recent ethnographic study, published in the journa...
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On Friday, August 28, 2026, the New Orleans rap community lost a cornerstone of its early‑2000s sound—Damon “Wacko” Grison, a founding member of the UTP collective. The 52‑year‑o...
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When the sun set on September 1, 2026, the streets of Kozhikode felt a quiet hush as the legendary composer and tabla virtuoso Kozhikode Aboobacker passed away at his home in Ullisserikunnu,...
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Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) has opened its newest flagship for music education – the Surack–Sweetwater Music Industry Center – for the 2026‑27 academic year. The 26,000‑squa...
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When the RIAA released its first‑half 2026 report on September 1, the headline was unmistakable: U.S. recorded‑music revenue topped $6 billion for the January‑June period. The figure m...
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When the sun slipped behind the hills of the UK’s countryside on 31 August, Classic FM turned the dial to the soundtracks that have defined generations. In a listener‑voted ranking of th...
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Ice Spice has taken to social media to clarify that she is not pregnant, a claim that surfaced after a brief CGI‑generated bump appeared in the music video for her August 28 collaboration ...
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During a recent appearance on The Bobby Bones Show, country star Dustin Lynch unveiled a new collection that gathers the ten songs that have topped the charts over his 15‑year career. Setl...
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Jermaine Dupri and So So Def Recordings quietly withdrew their $18 million lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment on August 28, 2026, signaling that the parties had reached a settlement. T...
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