News AEG expands into Southeast Asia, two new Bangkok arenas to open in Q4 2022 AEG partners with The Mall Group to open and operate two new arenas in Bangkok
News Live Nation acquires Lytham Festival owner Cuffe & Taylor Deal represents aggressive live giant's FOURTH buy in January 2017
News Universal Music Group signs Thai artist Jeff Satur, aiming to make him ‘T-Pop’s first global superstar’ The signing is the latest step in UMG's expansion in Thailand.
News Warner Music sues Ray-Ban and Oakley owner Luxottica over alleged use of 427+ works in social media posts The complaint alleges that Luxottica's brands set their social media videos to Warner-controlled music without a license and without paying Warner.
Interviews Key Songs In The Life Of… Michael Nash Universal Music’s EVP and Chief Digital Officer Michael Nash tells us the tracks that influenced and inspired him…
News South Korean prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for Kakao founder in appeal over SM Entertainment stock case (report) Kakao Corp. founder Kim Beom-su has denied the allegations
News The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn tour grossed $345m across 2026 Europe and UK leg, drawing over 2.3m fans across 11 countries The leg drew more than 2.3 million fans across 11 countries, closing with back-to-back shows at Estádio do Restelo in Lisbon on Sunday (September 6).
News Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing.
News Suno muscles into vinyl market, plans to let users press their AI songs onto 12-inch records Company has opened a waitlist for Suno Vinyl, a service that turns songs made on its platform into physical records
News Ticketmaster acquires ticketing platform RED UTS in Uruguay entry The acquisition folds RED UTS into a network the company says spans more than 35 markets.
News HYBE winds down AI voice company Supertone after investing nearly $35M HYBE is reportedly in talks to transfer Supertone's voice-conversion and noise-removal tools, Shift, Clear and Air, to an outside buyer.
Interviews ‘Asia will become one of the primary drivers of global touring rather than simply a destination on international routes.’ MBW's Trailblazers series meets Tommy Jinho Yoon, founder and CEO of Asia-focused music promoter International Creative Agency (ICA).
News The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn tour has grossed more than $440M in 2026 alone – on over 3M tickets sold The stadium tour has sold over 3 million tickets this year alone, making it the highest-grossing tour by a male solo artist, according to Live Nation
Analysis Will this BTS tide finally lift all K-Pop boats? The following op/ed comes from author and music economist Will Page, and Jeongbeom ‘JB’ Kim, Chief Data Officer at the Korean-based KreatorsNetwork