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Live Nation Readies for Possible Loss of Ticketing Exclusivity as DOJ Trial Nears

All eyes are on the March 2026 antitrust trial that could reshape the U.S. live music industry. Live Nation Entertainment is preparing for a seismic test of its business model as the

08/09/2025

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DJ Vlad Says “I Can Guarantee You There Are Popular Reggae Artists That Are Secretly Gay” — Mr. Vegas Interview

DJ Vlad has never shied away from controversy, and his latest interview with dancehall star Mr. Vegas, released September 6, goes straight at one of reggae’s biggest taboos: sexuality in Jamaica’s music

07/09/2025

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IF quickly established itself in China, where it dominates the coconut water market with over a third of the share

Thailand’s IF Rises as World’s No. 2 Coconut Water Brand, Eyes U.S. Market

“Coconut water, a niche product today, has the potential of becoming as big as orange juice,” Vita Coco cofounder Michael Kirban tells Forbes. When Pongsakorn Pongsak was a boy in Thailand, nothing

06/09/2025

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Beyoncé Abandoned Entire Album After Reggae Song Was Leaked, Mr. Vegas Says: ‘It Would Have Been Another Baby Boy’

“It was like some top-secret files,” Mr. Vegas told DJ Vlad in a recent interview, recalling what it was like to be called in to work with Beyoncé. “We had to go

06/09/2025

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T.O.K.’s Controversial “Chi Chi Man” Surges to Top 3 on U.S. Reggae iTunes Chart After Parade and Reggae Fest Massive Revival

More than two decades after its release — and just two years after T.O.K. declared the song would be banished from their catalog — the group’s incendiary hit Chi Chi Man has

05/09/2025

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Usher and Alicia Keys, wearing Dolce & Gabbana, perform during the halftime show at Super Bowl LVIII. Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters

Usher and Alicia Keys’ “My Boo” Surpasses 1 Billion Streams on Spotify

21 years after its release, Usher and Alicia Keys’ Grammy-winning duet “My Boo” has officially joined the billion-streams club on Spotify. The song released august 29, 2004 via LaFace Records, now marks

04/09/2025

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Vybz Kartel at the Barclays Center Brooklyn April 2025-Photo by Devon Garcia

Goldman Sachs: “Live Music Shows Resilience” as Industry Set to Grow 7.2% Annually Through 2030

Goldman Sachs is betting big on concerts. In its newly released Music In The Air report, the bank’s researchers predict that the global live music industry will expand at a 7.2% compounded

04/09/2025

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John Malone Eyes Live Nation Spin-Off as Music Industry Consolidation Looms

When you buy a ticket to see Alice Cooper, Beyoncé, or Burna Boy on a Live Nation stage, chances are John Malone is somewhere in the background. The 84-year-old “cable cowboy” holds

03/09/2025

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Mojo Morgan on Reggae’s Global Shift: “They Exist Because of Us — and That’s a Good Thing”

“Legends never die, right?” Mojo Morgan tells me, his voice steady but heavy with memory. “So, not because [Petah’s] no longer within this realm, the legacy that we built should fall by

02/09/2025

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Sting vs. The Police: Why “Every Breath You Take” Royalties Are Frozen in Court

“Every Breath You Take” is the most streamed song from the 1980s on Spotify, and apparently, also the most resented. Forty-two years after the Police topped the charts with their creepy-but-romantic anthem,

02/09/2025

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Omi’s “Cheerleader” Becomes First Jamaican Song to Surpass 2 Billion Spotify Streams

On Saturday, August 30, 2025, the Jamaican singer OMI reached an unprecedented milestone: his breakout hit “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)” surpassed 2 billion streams on Spotify, making it the first song by

30/08/2025

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Mojo Morgan’s Jamaica Love EP, Cracks Top Five on U.S. Reggae iTunes Chart

Mojo Morgan, a founding member of the Grammy-winning group Morgan Heritage, has released his new EP Jamaica Love, which has entered the top five on the US Reggae iTunes chart. The project

29/08/2025

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