AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoAI Copyright Clash: Sony Music and Warner Chappell have sued Anthropic over alleged large-scale use of copyrighted songs to train AI, seeking up to $150,000 per work, as the wider music-vs-AI legal fight heats up. New Music Releases: Jamaican reggae star Kabaka Pyramid drops Rebel Music—The Lyrics Tape for the 15th anniversary of his breakthrough EP, while Erykah Badu returns with Before The World Blows and dancehall/reggae veteran Papa Michigan releases So Many Roads. Global Scenes: Charlotte’s “Music without Borders” spotlights Latin, Afrobeats and Middle Eastern sounds, and Time Out ranks Johannesburg (No. 7 globally) and Accra among the world’s top nightlife cities. Pop Culture & Touring: Kylie Minogue celebrates Can’t Get You Out Of My Head hitting 1B Spotify streams, and David Byrne brings Who Is The Sky? to new heights at the Hollywood Bowl. Dolly Parton Aftershocks: tributes keep rolling in, from a proposed Nashville airport rename to “Dolly Day” charity plans and streaming surges. Sports Meets Spotlight: UFC Shanghai’s Song Yadong stuns home fans with a knockout win over Umar Nurmagomedov.
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