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Lifestyle

UK music tourism hits record £10 billion in 2024: study

(FILES) US singer Taylor Swift performs on stage during "The Eras Tour" at the Hard Rock stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, October 18, 2024. Pop icon Taylor Swift, who has been publicly feuding with record executives since 2019 over the rights to her early music, now owns her entire catalogue, she said on her website May 30, 2025. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / NO FRONT PAGE OR MAGAZINE POWER
Opinion & Features

Taylor Swift’s catalogue win is a masterclass in business

Kid Rock holds an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump related to the US live entertainment ticketing industry in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.
Lifestyle

With Kid Rock at his side, Trump signs executive order targeting ticket scalping

Lady Gaga performing at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in 2012. Her upcoming May concerts in Singapore will be her only Asia stop on her Mayhem tour.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

After regional coups for Gaga and Swift, Singapore should aim to be the natural, not just negotiated, concert choice

Pop Mart is likely the first homegrown Chinese consumer brand to achieve significant global success by attracting consumers via intellectual property, design and products, rather than pricing.
Global Enterprise

China’s hottest stock, Pop Mart, rockets 370% on craze for collectibles

FILE PHOTO: Cast member Lady Gaga attends a premiere for the film"Joker: Folie a Deux", in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 30, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo
Lifestyle

Lady Gaga to hold free concert at Rio’s Copacabana Beach: sources

South Korean K-pop girl group NewJeans members (from left) Haerin, Danielle, Minji, Hanni, and Hyein attended a press conference in Seoul on Nov 28, announcing their decision to leave their label ADOR, accusing the company of 'mistreatment.'
Lifestyle

K-pop band NewJeans leaves label over ‘mistreatment’

Universal Music Group announced that the new operation, headquartered in Shenzhen, will focus on marketing and artist management, with the aim of developing local artists across the Greater Bay Area.
Lifestyle

Universal Music extends push into China with new label division

“kamala IS brat,” British artist Charli XCX (right) posted in approval of Kamala Harris, a sign-off the Harris campaign quickly embraced.
International

‘kamala IS brat’: Pop world backs Harris

Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen at Wembley Stadium in 1986 wearing a crown and cloak during a performance. 
Lifestyle

Sony in talks to buy Queen’s music catalogue in potential US$1 billion deal

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