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Audio Engineer & Podcaster Bobby Owsinski’s 2026 Music Predictions

Hypebot’s Future Predictions series is back. Join us as we ask the music industry’s expert analysts what they think might unfold in the world of music in 2026.

Jeremy Young on 12/16/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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What Your Band Merch Says About Your Sense of “Self”

Tajfel and Turner’s 1979 Social Identity Theory explains why fans define themselves by the music they love and hate.

Jeremy Young on 12/16/2025 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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4 Major Performance Spaces Undergoing Years-Long Renovations

London’s Barbican Centre announced its plans to undergo renovations beginning in 2028. Here are the other major performance venues closing for significant amounts of time.

Jeremy Young on 12/16/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MIT Report Reveals Live Music’s Carbon Footprint: How Artists, Venues, and Fans Can Cut Emissions

The concert and touring industry has long talked about sustainability. Thanks to an extensive MIT study there is now real data on live music’s carbon footprint and where artists, venues and fans can cut emissions.

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How To Create A Fans First Concert Industry

Can the concert and ticketing industry be disrupted in ways that benefits fans? Self-described “fandom analyst” Monia Ali of Fandom Exile offers some thoughtful and provocative suggestions on how to create a fans first concert industry.

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2025 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How Teen AI Chatbot Use, Spotify Prompted Playlists Reshape Music Discovery

A new survey from Pew Research “Teens Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025” shows that in addition to social media, AI chatbots are rapidly embedding themselves into teen digital life. Spotify is jumping on the trend with a new feature call Prompted Playlists. All of this has huge implications for musicians and music marketers.

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2025 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Music Marketing 101 and Do Stars Write Their Hits?

Episode 280 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now.

Jeremy Young on 12/15/2025 in Podcasts | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS and LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY UPDATES

We search the web so you don’t have to. Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

Bruce Houghton on 12/15/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Top Music Business News Last Week: Most Read Posts

TOP MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS LAST WEEK

Top music business news last week includes a playbook for small venues, a K-Pop scandal, new mechanical royalty rates, Audiomack, why fans by merch, and much more.

Bruce Houghton on 12/13/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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When Live Music Happens in the Dark: Autechre’s Polemical 2025 Performances

British electronic duo Autechre has been touring the world for the better part of this year, and will continue in 2026, but their performances have stirred some controversy among fans and casual listeners alike, namely for being set entirely in darkness.

Jeremy Young on 12/12/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Independent Venue Marketing Lessons From Across the U.S.

Hypebot’s ‘In The Trenches’ interview series highlights the on-the-ground realities of concert marketing – from tiny independent rooms to multi-venue regional operators. Across these venues one thing is clear: effective live-music marketing is more strategic, data-driven, and community-rooted than ever. Learn standout independent venue marketing lessons from the people battling to fill their rooms.

Bruce Houghton on 12/12/2025 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)
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