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Madonna Leads 2026 VMA Nominations with 11 Nods, Taylor Swift Follows with 9
Madonna tops the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards nominations with 11 nods, with Taylor Swift close behind at 9 and Geese picking up 1, according to an August 18, 2026 Pitchfork report.
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Lena Dunham and Carly Rae Jepsen Team Up for Broadway Musical Based on '10 Things I Hate About You'
A Broadway musical adaptation of the 1999 teen film '10 Things I Hate About You' will begin preview performances on August 17, 2027, with a book by Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang and songs by Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska.
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Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office has relaunched its music information query system with over 750,000 songs and albums, letting the public search for licensing contacts and giving broadcasters a bulk-upload tool.
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Tour Design Is Getting Simpler: Raw Cereal on Tech Fatigue and 6-Week Turnarounds
Creative studio Raw Cereal's co-founders tell IQ Magazine that touring artists are stripping back screens and AI content in favor of lens-based, hand-drawn visuals — even as prep windows shrink to as little as six weeks.
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ADE Lab On Track Opens Applications for Producers and Performing Artists
Amsterdam Dance Event has opened applications for ADE Lab On Track, a new academy-style program with separate Producer and Performing Artist tracks running three full days at ADE Lab Village in Westerpark.
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Tyga Fires Back at Doja Cat and Pitchfork's 0/10 Score: 'AI Is Just a Tool'
Tyga's ninth album $tarface sparked backlash after he confirmed using AI in production, drawing a public jab from Doja Cat and a 0/10 review from Pitchfork. He's now responded to both on TMZ Live.
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UK Youth Music Hub Jamming Station Launches £50,000 "Do-or-Die" Fundraiser
Jamming Station, a youth music project in Totnes, Devon, has launched a £50,000 fundraiser to overhaul its venue The Town Mill — part of a wider crisis facing UK grassroots music spaces.
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200 Artists, Including Thom Yorke and Robert Smith, Sign Letter Urging UK to Block Rosebank Oil Field
About 200 musicians, including Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Massive Attack, and The Cure's Robert Smith, signed an open letter on August 17 urging UK PM Andy Burnham to reject the Rosebank oil field, written by Brian Eno and released via Uplift and Earth/Percent.
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The Weeknd's Wembley Fireworks Draw Criticism After UK Wildfire Alert
The Weeknd opened a five-night Wembley Stadium run on August 14 with a fireworks-heavy finale, hours after the UK government issued a nationwide wildfire warning — drawing online criticism despite the venue's insistence the display was a controlled, safety-supervised performance.
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Australia Gets Its First Industry-Led Festival Guide: Festival Blueprint
The Australian Festival Association has released Festival Blueprint, the country's first industry-authored best-practice guide for music festivals, funded by the NSW government and free to access.
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ASOBISYSTEM Opens First Overseas Office, Setting Up Shop in Los Angeles
Japanese entertainment company ASOBISYSTEM has launched ASOBISYSTEM USA in Culver City, its first international expansion, as it looks to build on North American momentum for acts like Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Atarashii Gakko!.
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After BTS Opts Out, Grammys May Rethink New Asian Pop Category
Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr says the new Best Asian Pop Music Performance category will be reconsidered after all seven members of BTS declined to submit for the 2027 Grammys, including their album Arirang.
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