Billboard’s Music Industry Events Calendar
A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.
August 11, 2026
Music
Music industry news and releases
Jon Glass appointed General Counsel at Merlin
Glass will lead its Business & Legal Affairs function and take on responsibility for its Partnerships team. Source
August 11, 2026
UnitedMasters strengthens executive team with four appointments across marketing, brand, commerce and operations
The new hires include former Warner Records executive Todd L. Perry II, alongside Goldie Harris, Luca Zanello and Jason Peerless. Source
August 10, 2026
Apple asks court to rule its products don’t infringe Boomcloud 360’s spatial audio patents
Apple Music rolled out Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos in June 2021 Source
August 10, 2026
AI is capable of breaking the music industry. But it does not have to.
The following MBW op-ed comes from MusicInfra CEO and Co-founder Björn Lindvall Source
August 10, 2026
Live Nation’s Merch Traffic sues online sellers over counterfeit Nirvana, Bruno Mars merch
The suit brings two counts under the Lanham Act: trademark infringement and counterfeiting, and false designation of origin. Source
August 10, 2026
Suno brings its voice clone tool to iOS and Android, opens a limited version to free users
Voices lets a user record or upload audio of themselves singing, which Suno then uses to generate new songs in that person's voice. Source
August 10, 2026
Live Nation-backed Veeps lays off nearly all editorial staff at BrooklynVegan, Revolver and other music publications (report)
Veeps is the ticketed livestream service in which Live Nation owns a majority stake. Source
August 10, 2026
Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music
A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing. Source
August 10, 2026
Live Nation acquires majority stake in three Prague venues as it expands across Central and Eastern Europe
The agreement, struck with Czech investment group PPF, also covers the 5,000-capacity O2 Universum and the 4,000-capacity Forum Karlín. Source
August 10, 2026
J-pop powerhouse ASOBISYSTEM opens first US headquarters in California
ASOBISYSTEM calls the launch its biggest spending yet in North America, and a permanent base for J-pop acts it has been sending on tour across the US. Source
August 07, 2026
Megyn Kelly Criticizes Ariana Grande's 'Skeletal' Appearance in Bloody New Music Video: 'She's Got Problems'
Megyn Kelly didn’t hold back from criticizing Ariana Grande’s new music video, calling her ‘skeletal’ while reacting to her ‘skin and bones’ appearance.
August 06, 2026
Carrie Underwood’s SNF return has set social media in a frenzy
Carrie Underwood will return to NBC’s "Sunday Night Football" for her 14th consecutive season, though some fans are calling for a change.
August 06, 2026
Russell Dickerson Reveals His Dream Artists After Teaming Up With the Jonas Brothers and Fetty Wap
Russell Dickerson exclusively tells OK! which artists he hopes to work with one day.
August 06, 2026
Rocker Joan Jett, 67, cancels concerts due to scary injury that led to surgery
The "Bad Reputation" singer underwent a secret surgery after breaking her back.
August 06, 2026
The Music Industry Is Trying to Guess the AI Recipe After Dinner Was Served
The following MBW op-ed comes from Andreea Gleeson, former CEO of TuneCore and founder of AGA (Andreea Gleeson Advisory) Source
August 06, 2026
Warner Music expects AI music deals to boost subscription streaming revenue from late 2026
Robert Kyncl said WMG expected its "licensing deals to contribute materially to our subscription streaming revenue growth starting in fiscal '27." Source
August 06, 2026
‘India at its core is a song-driven economy, moving toward a personality-led, show business economy.’
Times Music CEO Mandar Thakur talks catalog acquisitions, India’s subscription challenge, and why he believes Indian music’s biggest opportunity lies abroad... Source
August 06, 2026
WMG calendar Q2: Total revenue up 9.3% YoY to $1.86B; subscription streaming revenues rose 11% YoY
Warner Music Group has issued its full financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2026 Source
August 06, 2026
Suno becomes first customer of Musixmatch’s Sentinel, which screens AI prompts and outputs for copyrighted material
Suno has integrated the technology to identify when copyrighted compositions, lyrics, and music may be present, Musixmatch said on Thursday (August 6). Source
August 06, 2026