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(Image credit: Getty Images) The Beatles’ I Want to Hold Your Hand was released in the United Kingdom in November 1963. That same week, Laurence Juber started playing guitar. A little divine providence might be in evidence, given that he’d later join Paul McCartney in post-Beatles band Wings. But as Juber points out, he’d been

(Image credit: Furch/Victory/PRS/HeadRush/Positive Grid) Hello, and welcome to Guitar World’s sparkly new gear round-up, your one-stop-shop for keeping up to date with what’s been happening in the big wide world of guitar gear over the past seven days. From new electric guitars to amp modeler updates, the guitar industry is never short of fresh releases

All the confirmed reveals so far by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 2:30pm Looking for a complete list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in August 2025? It can be pretty difficult to keep track of all the comings and goings in the world of Xbox Game Pass every month, so we’ve put together this handy

Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for July 28-August 1! Things are quietening down a bit in terms of major new releases, but we’ve still got the likes of Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound and Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game on the way, while Xbox Game Pass is treating us to Farming

Free fallin’ by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 12pm Say hello to the final weekend of July! The slower summer months are now drying up, which means a busy month on Xbox (and Game Pass) is upon us. But for now, we’re talking about what we’re playing this weekend – and Microsoft’s subscription service has delivered another

Photo Credit: Soundside Music Festival The live entertainment sector continues to face disruption, with dozens of prominent events canceled or postponed globally. The Soundside Music Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut is the latest casualty—canceling just two months before it was slated to take place. Organizers for Soundside cited “circumstances beyond our control” as the reason for

Prescription Songs senior director of A&R Christian Conant. Photo Credit: Taylor Christian Jones Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of July 25th, 2025. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to news@digitalmusicnews.com. If you’d like to post a job on our Job

Photo Credit: Xiu Xiu (Instagram) Xiu Xiu plans to pull their music from Spotify, taking a page from Deerhoof’s book. The bands’ exodus stems from Daniel Ek’s AI military investments. Experimental rock band Xiu Xiu (pronounced “Shoo Shoo”) has announced their intention to remove their music from Spotify. The move stems from news that Spotify

Photo Credit: Paul Hudson / CC by 2.0 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard becomes the latest group to pull their albums from Spotify, publicly slamming the platform and its CEO’s investments. Aussie psych rock band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have joined the ranks of Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu, who have publicly announced

A nighttime shot of Berlin, Germany. Photo Credit: Lukasz Czeladzinski The German recorded music market generated nearly $1.4 billion during 2025’s first half, representing a modest 1.4% improvement from H1 2024 due in part to a physical sales decline. Those numbers come from the European nation’s Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), which pointed specifically to €1.16 billion