How Live Music Stocks Performed Last Week
(Hypebot) — Live Nation reported as strong Q2 on Thursday. Here is a recap of how it and major live music stocks performed during the week ending Friday, August 8,…
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Study Claims Ticket Resale Saved Fans $414M Last Year. Did It?
(Hypebot) — A study by “data-analytics firm” Automatiq for self-proclaimed “consumer advocacy group” Protest Ticket Rights claims that fans saved $414 million last year. They saved this amount by buying…
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Marketing Music And Going Viral On Instagram Just Got Easier
(Hypebot) — Meta just added features that will make marketing music and going viral on Instagram a lot easier. Instagram now offers reposts to share public reels and posts. …
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Metal and Hard Rock Ticket Sales Are Exploding Says Live Nation
(Hypebot) — Metal and Hard Rock ticket sales grew significantly over the last year, according to Live Nation. Hard rock concerts are up 15% in 2025. Metal concerts now make-up…
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Instagram Restricts Going Live To Accounts With 1000+ Followers
(Hypebot) — Instagram restricts going live to public accounts with at least 1,000 followers, as of last week. It’s part of a trend among social and music platforms making it…
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Outside Lands Festival Unveils 30+ ‘Vibe Coded’ Music Apps
(Hypebot) — Outside Lands Music Festival‘s buildathon and competition Outside LLMs has opened the public voting for it latest crop of AI-powered apps. These vibe coded music apps were each created in…
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Why Music Livestreaming Is (Still) Important For Artists
(Hypebot) — The team at music live stream platform Volume look at why music livestreaming is still important for artists. Plus how it can unlock new income and connect with…
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Songwriters Get Free Healthcare Access With SONA Membership
(Hypebot) — Songwriters get free healthcare access with a membership in trade group Songwriters of North America (SONA) thanks to a grant from Amazon Music. While not full health insurance, the program…
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In The Trenches With Rachel Hunt Of Indie Music Venue Grog Shop
(Hypebot) — Rachel Hunt is the Marketing Director for independent Cleveland music venues Grog Shop and B-Side Lounge. Her love of music runs deep including a 16 years-and-counting as a…
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Why Duplicate Data is Costing Musicians & The Industry Millions
(Hypebot) — Millions in music royalties are getting lost or payments delayed, and the culprit is often as simple as duplicate data. Find out how messy metadata is quietly choking…
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