Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon Takes Swipe At Music Streaming Services, Insists ‘Artists Need To Get Paid Properly’

Money doesn't just make the world go round – it also keeps the dance floor busy, not to mention the charts. Along with the popular theme of love, much of pop's classics over the years focus on getting your hands on some money and going wild.

“Every day we’re on the ground is another day that we know ISIS-K seeking to target the airport and attack both U.S. and Allied Forces and innocent civilians,” said President Joe Biden today from the White House, throwing a new urgency and specter into the American withdrawal from now Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

(CNN)Aaliyah's music is back.Friday marked the re-release of five time Grammy-nominated superstar's studio album, "One In A Million," which hit streaming services.The singer, who was born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, died August 25, 2001, at the age of 22 in a plane crash that also took the lives of eight others as they traveled back from filming her music video in the Caribbean.Fans have long complained about the lack of availability of her music.

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Duran Duran have announced two intimate homecoming shows in Birmingham next month.The shows will take place on September 14 and 15 at the O2 Institute in Birmingham ahead of the release of their upcoming new album, ‘Future Past’, on October 22.Tickets for the gigs go on sale at 9am on August 27 here.Members of the ‘Duran Duran VIP Community’ will have first access to tickets on August 24 at 9am.

Big paychecks for the big names! When many of the most recognizable names in Hollywood are attached to star in potential blockbusters, they can often expect a very generous compensation package from production — a number that can total several millions of dollars.

filed trademark infringement lawsuits against Disney in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, arguing that the name of Disney’s forthcoming streaming service is too similar to Starz, particularly its own streaming service StarzPlay, which has been available in Latin America since 2019.Starz had won a preliminary injunction.

Iggy Azalea is shining a spotlight on mental well-being within the music industry. 

Nikola Katic has addressed recent transfer speculation – and chatter of a permanent exit appear wide of the mark. Over the weekend rumours circulated that the Croatian's time was up at Ibrox with Steven Gerrard said to be allegedly keen on moving him on permanently.

originally announced back in May of this year.Duran Duran and Tyler, the Creator have been added to the line-up for both weekends, stepping in for Stevie Nicks and DaBaby.LINEUP UPDATE: @tylerthecreator has been added to this year’s festival, performing Sunday night of both weekends.

an interview with music magazine NME that he’s worried the royalty structures in streaming will make it harder for new bands to find success. The British pop music icons might have over 6.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, but they’re making less than a penny per stream of their hit songs, the same as many other chart-topping artists.

Duran Duran frontman Simon LeBon has called for streaming services to reform their payment models so that emerging artists receive a larger share.The new-wave icon warned that a “hole” in the next generation of artists could emerge if musicians fail to receive a higher rate per stream.At present, the majority of streaming services pay less than a penny per stream – with a legion of musicians warning that this is severely impacting their livelihood and ability to perform music as a full time

Aaliyah's music is coming to streaming services, starting from this month, record label Blackground Records 2.0 has confirmed.

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