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D4vd's Apple Music Account Hacked, Fake Track "I Did It" Briefly Uploaded Before Removal
D4vd's Apple Music account was hacked in late July 2026, with a fake AI-voiced track naming his 14-year-old murder victim briefly appearing on the platform before removal.
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BTS Draw 130,000 Fans Over Two Nights at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Setting Venue Record
BTS drew a combined 130,000 fans across two shows at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, setting a new concert attendance record for the venue, HYBE announced.
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Sinéad O'Connor's Unreleased Final Album 'No Veteran Dies Alone' Surfaces in Producer's Private Messages
Producer David Holmes shared private messages from Sinéad O'Connor detailing their unfinished final album 'No Veteran Dies Alone,' with musicians including Imelda May and Jarvis Cocker calling for its release.
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Electronic/Dance Named US Music's Fastest-Growing Genre for First Half of 2026, Luminate Reports
Luminate's mid-year report shows Dance/Electronic outpacing every other major genre in US growth, while R&B/Hip-Hop still leads total streaming and English-language songs hit a record-low share of US streams.
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'Eleki Boom': How The Ventures Became Japan's Favorite American Band
A four-piece instrumental rock band from Tacoma, Washington triggered Japan's electric guitar craze after a 1962 tour — becoming, by some measures, the best-selling American guitar act the country had ever seen.
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Sunny Day Service's "Tokyo" Gets 30th Anniversary Pink Vinyl Reissue — Preorder Now Open
Sunny Day Service's 1996 album "Tokyo" is getting a newly cut pink vinyl LP for its 30th anniversary via MIDI, with Taiwan preorders open now at NT$1,100.
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XIAMI MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2026 Lineup: The Cardigans, The Horrors Headline Aranya Beach Festival
The 2026 Aranya Xiami Music Festival has confirmed its full lineup, running August 28-30 on Aranya's coastline in Beidaihe, Hebei, with The Cardigans, The Horrors, Gallant and over a dozen Mandarin-language acts.
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AFI's Davey Havok Recalls Label's Wildest Pitches: A 50 Cent Collab, a Ringtone Album
AFI frontman Davey Havok tells Metal Hammer about two bizarre label suggestions during the making of 2006's Decemberunderground — teaming up with 50 Cent and becoming the first band to release a 'ringtone album.' Neither happened, and the record still topped the Billboard 200.
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Green Day Plays 'Basket Case' on Top of an Ice Cream Truck to Promote New Movie 'Nimrods'
Green Day pulled a surprise stunt at San Diego Comic-Con on July 24, 2026, with Billie Joe Armstrong performing 'Basket Case' atop an ice cream truck to promote the upcoming film 'Nimrods,' out in US theaters August 14.
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