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Amidst Terrorist Attacks, Bruno Mars Urged to Evacuate Israel, Leaving Band’s Equipment Behind

Following Madonna in 2009 and Michael Jackson in 1993, Bruno Mars was scheduled to become the third American performer in history to play two completely sold-out shows in Tel Aviv, Israel’s 70,000-capacity HaYarkon Park on Saturday. Last Wednesday, he performed his first show there, which lasted almost four hours overall and featured two Tel Aviv […]

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Spotify’s Altered Approach to Artist Payments

Spotify is planning to implement changes to its streaming royalty model in early 2024 that would affect the lowest-streaming acts, non-music noise tracks and distributors and labels committing fraud, sources tell Billboard. The changes to Spotify’s royalty model, which were first reported by Music Business Worldwide, include: A new threshold of minimum annual streams that

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