Olivia Dean wins fans partial refunds from Ticketmaster and AXSLive Nation's Ticketmaster and AEG's AXS will give refunds to Olivia Dean fans who purchased resale tickets on their platforms, The partial refunds will reflect the difference between the original price and the higher prices charged by resellers.
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Top Music Business News Last WeekLast week's top music business news include a big win for Olivia Dean and her fans, a UK plan to help grassroots venues, Bandzoogle updates, a deep dive into Bandsintown and more.
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GRAMMY Nominations 2025: Best Progresive R&B AlbumThe 2025 GRAMMY nominations are here and we're going to help you to untangle it all right up until the big event, continuing with the Best Progressive R&B Album category.

Take a listen to the nominated albums below--who do you think will win?

See the full list of nominees in every category here.

BLOOMDurand Bernarr

Adjust BrightnessBilal

LOVE ON DIGITALDestin Conrad

Access All AreasFLO

Come As You AreTerrace Martin & Kenyon Dixon

Flo photo courtesy of Republic Records.The post GRAMMY Nominations 2025: Best Progresive R&B Album first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

From WMG’s Suno deal to Spotify’s reported US price hike plans… it’s MBW’s weekly round-upThe biggest headlines from the past few days – all in one place
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How to Book Venues, Plan Concerts and Market Live Shows & ToursWith as much as 80% of the typical musicians income coming from performing live, it's essential to do it right. Learn how to book venues, plan concerts and market live shows with advice drawn from Berklee College of Music's popular Touring 101 online course.
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Last Call: Only 2 Days Left to Prep Profiles for Bandsintown High NotesArtists, only 2 days left to get your profiles up-to-date for Bandsintown’s 2025 High Notes, coming out in December.
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GRAMMY Nominations 2025: Best R&B SongThe 2025 GRAMMY nominations are here and we're going to help you to untangle it all right up until the big event, continuing with the Best R&B Song category.

Take a listen to the nominated songs below--who do you think will win?

See the full list of nominees in every category here.

FoldedDarius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)

Heart Of A WomanDavid Bishop & Summer Walker, songwriters (Summer Walker)

It DependsNico Baran, Chris Brown, Ant Clemons, Ephrem Lopez Jr., Ryan Press, Bryson Tiller, Elliott Trent & Dewain Whitmore Jr., songwriters (Chris Brown Featuring Bryson Tiller)

OverqualifiedJames John Abrahart Jr, Durand Bernarr, John Derisme, Egberto "Budda" Foster, Amaire Johnson, Frank Moka, Cary Singer & Chase Worrell songwriters (Durand Bernarr)

YES IT ISJariuce Banks, Lazaro Andres Camejo, Mike Hector, Peter Lee Johnson, Rodney Jones Jr., Ali Prawl & Leon Thomas, songwriters (Leon Thomas)

Summer Walker photo by Rahul Bhatt

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Australian local music is in decline, and UK, Canada aren’t far behind, new report warnsStreaming recommendation algorithms favor content in the user's language. That isn't working well for countries like Australia, Canada and the UK
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Enjoy Hypebot’s Thanksgiving Playlist 2025At a time when discussing politics, morality, lifestyle and just about anything else around the Thanksgiving table is fraught with danger, music remains a relatively safe topic. In that spirit, we bring you our Thanksgiving Playlist 2025 Edition.
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GRAMMY Nominations 2025: Best Traditional R&B PerformanceThe 2025 GRAMMY nominations are here and we're going to help you to untangle it all right up until the big event, continuing with the Best Traditional R&B Performance category.

Take a listen to the nominated perfomances below--who do you think will win?

See the full list of nominees in every category here.

Here We AreDurand Bernarr

UPTOWNLalah Hathaway

LOVE YOU TOOLedisi

CrybabySZA

VIBES DON'T LIELeon Thomas

SZA Photo by Erin Cazes; The Come Up Show from Canada/Wikicommons licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.The post GRAMMY Nominations 2025: Best Traditional R&B Performance first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Has Suno just become a very different kind of superfan app?The addition of Songkick may hint at Suno's future at the cross-section of superfan activity
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The Secret Key to Promoting Any Vinyl ReleaseCourtesy of Tony van Veen, some ideas on how to engage with your fans on a deeper level through custom vinyl merch offerings.
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Rosalía’s LUX Listening Party in Barcelona Changes the Paradigm for Live Event CurationFor an artist so confident and comfortable belting into the spotlight, her entirely silent presence at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) as her album played for invited guests, spoke just as loud.
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A Personal Welcome from New Apogee Owner Dirk UlrichOn Tuesday, new Apogee owner Dirk Ulrich released a personal note, which reads as follows:

"Dear Apogee Family!

My name is Dirk Ulrich, and as of November 14th I am honored to be the new owner of Apogee which some of you may have seen in our previous email or on our social media channels.

Today I wanted to take a minute to introduce myself in a semi-formal way, and tell you a bit about myself and where I want to take the APOGEE team in the future, now that Betty & Bob have entrusted me with their lifetime achievement of the past 40 years. I am thankful for that amazing opportunity, and promise you – just as I have promised them that I am fully committed to Apogee's legacy and reputation.

We will continue to develop and offer the best-sounding audio tools that we can create. And just like in the past, we won’t cut corners in the future, whether that’s hardware or software & plugins. In fact, we have new products & updates coming out starting January 2026.

Many of you may know me as the founder of both, PLUGIN ALLIANCE and BRAINWORX (both of which I sold in 2021), or more recently, as the new owner for California based tube-audio specialist MANLEY (www.manley.com). MANLEY & APOGEE have already begun working on mutual and hybrid products that will highlight the best of what both companies have to offer. Both companies are now part of our new www.rckfrc.com group, which I have funded privately. 100% no private equity or hedge-funds involved! Stay tuned.

Hardware and software development will take some time, and the team and I are committed to looking at every aspect of what makes Apogee desirable to you all, whether that’s updates and improvements for apps, plugins or drivers, or new and improved hardware and features. We kindly ask for your patience as ownership transition and internal process changes in a 40 year old company take more than just a few days. We appreciate your understanding and support.

Compared to the big challenges, there are a few other things, like small improvements on our website and in our email system, that we are already working on and that we can improve quickly. For example, since it just happens to be “the season” for plugin sales (and since I initially earned my wings in this industry as “the plugin guy”), we have decided to run our current and future plugin promotions in a more contemporary and streamlined way, effective this week.

Please make sure to check our upcoming emails in the next few days (starting tomorrow!), as we will send you some email-exclusive voucher codes through the end of the year. These promo codes will give you instant access to non-public, additional (!) discounts on our APOGEE and BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN plugins.

Lastly, I wanted to invite you to connect with me via social media, so here are my personal accounts in case you want to follow me in real-time and hear more about where RCKFRC, APOGEE, MANLEY and all of these ideas may be going. Please understand that I cannot answer every single private message on social media, but I do read every comment on my posts, and I am always happy to have a fun and respectful conversation about sound and technology.

Dirk's INSTAGRAM

Dirk's FACEBOOK

As the pictures suggest, I am a sound & audio fan / freak first, not just a biz guy. I have earned a single Gold Record from back in the days when I still produced, mixed and mastered music for a living (so I can’t ever compete with Bob here), and I still master some releases here and there (see my Facebook & Instagram if interested). I wanted to mention it though just to show you that APOGEE is what we all believe will be in “good hands” and with a “PRODUCT is #1” approach, and a quality-driven mindset.

Happy mixing everybody, and I am very excited to hear from you in the future!

Dirk."The post A Personal Welcome from New Apogee Owner Dirk Ulrich first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.

Warner Music Group strikes ‘landmark’ deal with Suno; settles copyright lawsuit against AI music generatorThe deal also settles previous litigation between the companies; Firms will collaborate 'on next-generation licensed AI music'
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