ILLIT BREAK EVEN: Tracklist, Date & You're Under Arrest
ILLIT BREAK EVEN drops 26 Oct 2026 via Belift Lab: four tracks led by You're Under Arrest; Super in Love, More and Pop round the 11:16 EP.
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YouTube AI Music Labels: What the New Tags Mean
YouTube Music began labeling songs created primarily with generative AI on 14 Oct 2026; labels expand to main YouTube. Fully / Partly / No Gen AI partner disclosures.
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Heavy Is the Crown: Anderson .Paak & Cordae Oct 23 Guide
Heavy Is the Crown, Anderson .Paak and Cordae's first joint album, is out 23 Oct 2026 via APESHIT, Mass Appeal and EMPIRE: 11 tracks, Step Brothers-style cover.
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John Legend Muse: Oct 23 Album Guide
John Legend Muse lands 23 Oct 2026 on Republic — full Pharrell Williams production. 16 tracks; lead single Daylight; Clipse on Bodies On The Floor.
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Josh Johnson Animative: Oct 23 Album Guide
Josh Johnson Animative lands 23 Oct 2026 on International Anthem / Nonesuch — LP/CD/DD first; streaming 10 Nov. Ten tracks with Meshell Ndegeocello and Marquis Hill.
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Michael Kiwanuka FUDGE: Oct 23 Album Guide
Michael Kiwanuka FUDGE arrives 23 Oct 2026 on Polydor. Self-produced fifth album, 12 tracks; Dom Monks and Rosie Danvers finish the record.
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Anna Meredith Announces Darling: First Non-Soundtrack Album Since 2021, Out 12 February
Anna Meredith's new album Darling arrives on 12 February 2027 via Mercury KX. Lead single Dusky is out now with a stop-motion video.
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Freddie Jackson Dies: R&B Legend Behind 'You Are My Lady'
Freddie Jackson, the R&B singer behind 'Rock Me Tonight' and 'You Are My Lady', has died, his family said. What we know about his death, career and hits.
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Arijit Singh India Tour 2027: Full Dates, 9 Cities, Ticket Presale and What to Expect
Arijit Singh India Tour 2027 hits 9 cities from 9 January to 15 May. Full dates, thumpN presale from 10 October, general sale on 13 October and what to expect.
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Max Richter While the Flood Rages: Oct 16
Max Richter While the Flood Rages drops 16 Oct 2026 via Decca/DG—15 tracks in 3 acts; MaddAddam/McGregor/Atwood companion; Tenebrae Choir.
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Avalanches No Bad Memories: Oct 16 Guide
Avalanches No Bad Memories drops 16 Oct 2026 via Modular—fourth album; 31 tracks; Panda Bear, Karen O, Jamie xx, Mike Patton, Carly Simon.
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Remi Wolf Mud: Oct 9 Album Guide
Remi Wolf Mud drops 9 Oct 2026 via Island—third studio album; 11 tracks; Bottle, Twiggy; Big Bear/Electric Lady/Joshua Tree sessions.
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Pet Shop Boys A Man From The Future: Oct 9
Pet Shop Boys A Man From The Future drops 9 Oct 2026—Alan Turing concept album with Hodges, Juliet Stevenson narration, BBC premiere 4 Oct.
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Teenage Fanclub Do Not Dare to Dream: Oct 9 Guide
Teenage Fanclub Do Not Dare to Dream drops 9 Oct 2026 via Merge—13th album, Black Bay Studio on Great Bernera; Day In The Sun leads the 10-track set.
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Sheryl Crow Pick You Up: Oct 9 Album Guide
Sheryl Crow Pick You Up drops digitally 9 Oct 2026 via Big Green Barn/Thirty Tigers—seven Trott co-writes; Freedom Bus and Freight Train lead singles.
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Apple Music Hall opens at Battersea on 28 September
Apple Music Hall, a 600-capacity Spatial Audio venue under Apple’s Battersea HQ, opens 28 Sept 2026 with radio studios, livestreams and ticketed shows.
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Johnny Marr The Age of Everything: Date, Tracks
Johnny Marr The Age of Everything arrives Friday 2 Oct 2026 via BMG—10 tracks, lead single Spin; fifth solo LP after Fever Dreams.
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Claud Me and the Music: Album Date, Tour
Claud Me and the Music lands 23 Oct 2026 on Dead Oceans; single I Owe You out; 2027 Claud and the Music NA tour from 18 Feb Boston.
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William Shatner Riot Fest: Metal Debut Guide
William Shatner Riot Fest metal debut: 95yo Star Trek icon and The *uckers hit Park West 19 Sep, Douglass Park 20 Sep 2026.
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Greta Van Fleet Palace for the People: Date
Greta Van Fleet Palace for the People drops 9 Oct 2026 via Republic/Lava—13 tracks; Tear It Down, Saw You Stand, Play Your Games.
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Victoria Monet Frequency of Love: Date
Victoria Monet Frequency of Love drops 2 Oct 2026 via Lovett/RCA—22-track sophomore LP after Jaguar II; Reach Out, Let Me singles.
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Troye Sivan She's the Best: Date, Track
Troye Sivan She's the Best album drops 9 Oct 2026—fourth LP after Something to Give Each Other; Kidman title-track video, Antonoff/Daniel credits.
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Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber: Tracklist, Date
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber lands 16 Oct 2026 via XL—11 tracks including Rosalía collab Where Is Gone?; full tracklist, tour cue, how to pre-order.
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LE SSERAFIM iHeartRadio 2026: First Girl Group Set
LE SSERAFIM closed iHeartRadio night two on 19 Sept 2026 as the first K-pop girl group on the Las Vegas main stage—Made My Night through Crazy.
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Ed Sheeran Macklemore: Philly Solo, Gaza Talk
Ed Sheeran Macklemore fallout hit Philadelphia on 19 Sept 2026: solo Loop Tour open at the Linc after Macklemore was dropped; Gaza called catastrophic.
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BTS iHeartRadio 2026: Setlist, BTS 2.0 Close
BTS closed iHeartRadio Music Festival night one on 18 Sept 2026 in Las Vegas with SWIM, 2.0, MIC Drop and FYA under a BTS 2.0 staging concept.
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Universal and Sony Sue Suno Again Over AI Music v6
Suno lawsuit No. 2: Universal and Sony filed in Boston on 18 Sept 2026, alleging 60,202 sound recordings trained AI music models including v6.
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Gorillaz Open US Tour as Albarn Holds Palestinian Flag
Damon Albarn lifted a Palestinian flag at Gorillaz’ 17 Sept Orlando Kia Center opener, urging the crowd never to be neutral, as the North American tour began.
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Dubai K-Fest Opens With Free K-Pop Night
Dubai's inaugural K-Fest runs 25 Sept-4 Oct with free Kwon Eunbi and ONEUS concerts at Festival Bay, plus dance, food, film and beauty programmes citywide.
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Assala’s Damascus homecoming turns exile into a sold-out cultural marker
Syrian singer Assala Nasri’s sold-out Return of Assala at Al Fayhaa marks her first Damascus concert since 2010, backed by the Culture Ministry amid a cultural thaw.
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Shakira opens Macondo Park with a 12-show Madrid residency
Shakira opens a 12-show Madrid residency at Macondo Park with a 25-song set, a temporary Latin culture city in Villaverde, and about 600,000 tickets eyed through 11 October.
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Nippon Columbia debuts AI enka singer Kodama Hikari on Neo Kobushi
Japan’s oldest label launches Neo Kobushi cyber-enka with AI singer Kodama Hikari; debut single Yobeba, Hikari drops 1 October 2026.
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Madonna & Charli XCX Confirm Danceteria Remix
Madonna and Charli XCX confirm Danceteria Afterhours, a Confessions II remix out 24 September 2026, after Paris hangouts and weeks of social teases.
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UMG and Sony sue Suno again over AI model v6
Universal and Sony file a second U.S. lawsuit against Suno, alleging its v6 AI models still exploit unlicensed recordings through synthetic data and distillation.
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