BTS iHeartRadio 2026: Setlist, BTS 2.0 Close
BTS closed iHeartRadio Music Festival night one on 18 Sept 2026 in Las Vegas with SWIM, 2.0, MIC Drop and FYA under a BTS 2.0 staging concept.
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Universal and Sony Sue Suno Again Over AI Music v6
Suno lawsuit No. 2: Universal and Sony filed in Boston on 18 Sept 2026, alleging 60,202 sound recordings trained AI music models including v6.
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Gorillaz Open US Tour as Albarn Holds Palestinian Flag
Damon Albarn lifted a Palestinian flag at Gorillaz’ 17 Sept Orlando Kia Center opener, urging the crowd never to be neutral, as the North American tour began.
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Dubai K-Fest Opens With Free K-Pop Night
Dubai's inaugural K-Fest runs 25 Sept-4 Oct with free Kwon Eunbi and ONEUS concerts at Festival Bay, plus dance, food, film and beauty programmes citywide.
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Assala’s Damascus homecoming turns exile into a sold-out cultural marker
Syrian singer Assala Nasri’s sold-out Return of Assala at Al Fayhaa marks her first Damascus concert since 2010, backed by the Culture Ministry amid a cultural thaw.
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Shakira opens Macondo Park with a 12-show Madrid residency
Shakira opens a 12-show Madrid residency at Macondo Park with a 25-song set, a temporary Latin culture city in Villaverde, and about 600,000 tickets eyed through 11 October.
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Nippon Columbia debuts AI enka singer Kodama Hikari on Neo Kobushi
Japan’s oldest label launches Neo Kobushi cyber-enka with AI singer Kodama Hikari; debut single Yobeba, Hikari drops 1 October 2026.
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Madonna & Charli XCX Confirm Danceteria Remix
Madonna and Charli XCX confirm Danceteria Afterhours, a Confessions II remix out 24 September 2026, after Paris hangouts and weeks of social teases.
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UMG and Sony sue Suno again over AI model v6
Universal and Sony file a second U.S. lawsuit against Suno, alleging its v6 AI models still exploit unlicensed recordings through synthetic data and distillation.
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