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Jimmy Page has performed live for the first time in almost 10 years.

Lana Del Rey's Coachella set ran 13 minutes over the 1am noise ordinance set by Indio, CA. That overage cost Coachella $28K in fees. This is down from $117K that the festival incurred in 2023 when 3 headliners went over their allotted time.

The duo behind the careers of Lady Gaga and John Legend are launching Co-Manager, an AI-powered assistant for artists. The platform combines info such as subscribers, play count, and sales with proprietary industry knowledge to give artists personalized recommendations on how to grow. Access to Co-Manager will be limited to those with a Venice Music Pro account ($41.66/mo.). Check out Co-Manager here: venicemusic.co/co-manager @venicemusic

Over 200 artists from the Artists Rights Association shared concerns that AI will infringe on artists rights. The letter aimed to persuade those developing models, tech, or music platforms to not support any generated content that would "undermine or replace human artistry".

Move aside Daylists, Spotify now lets users create playlists from prompts to their AI. Spotify says prompts can reference things like animals, colors, activities, but the best ones will include artists, genres, etc. The feature is currently in beta and limited to premium users.

Jeremy Allen White is rumored to portray Bruce Springsteen in an upcoming biopic.

Spotify is increasing subscription prices in 5 markets, with more to come, following increased royalty payments ($9B in 2023). Spotify will also introduce new pricing tiers in an effort to capture more subscribers. Spotify is pushing towards profitability. They have lost money every year since 2018.

Maybe the best lineup of festival season so far…

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Cowboy Carter stats following its debut weekend: • Most streamed album on Spotify in a single day in 2024 • 200m streams of 'Texas Hold 'Em' • Biggest debut EVER on Amazon Music • 1st Black woman with the #1 song on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Music videos will be coming to Spotify in the US after the company announced a partnership with UMG. The companies will collaborate on “social and promotional” tools. UMG currently holds a 7% stake in Spotify.

Timothee Chalamet is set to play the folk legend in a Dylan-approved movie that will chronicle the artist's early years, specifically his switch to electric instruments. Edward Norton, Nick Offerman, and Elle Fanning are also set to star in the film.

An artist's song can now be a GPT prompt. "Lyrics to Video" is the new collaboration between Runway and Musixmatch where music videos based on the words in songs can be produced via AI.

Following a classified briefing from intelligence officials, the Senate has scheduled a hearing, not a vote, on the TikTok divesture. This hearing won't take place for a few weeks. For now, it seems that TikTok will continue in the US for the time being.

Neil Young is putting his music back on Spotify two years after initially pulling it from the platform due to comments regarding COVID made by Joe Rogan on his podcast (then exclusively distributed by Spotify). Young also criticized the company for low-resolution audio.

The estate of Tony Bennett has sold certain catalogue rights, along with his name, image, and likeness, to Iconoclast. Sony Music still owns a majority of his record rights. The price of the transaction was undisclosed.

Illinoise, the musical based on Sufjan Stevens' 2005 album Illinois, is headed to Broadway. The show is set to open on April 24th.