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FIVE Holdings becomes new owner of Brooklyn Mirage and Avant Gardner
The deal reflects an unprecedented moment for large-scale club ownership in the US through Middle East-based investment
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Padre Guilherme, aka the ‘DJ Priest’, highlights dance music’s unifying role at a Beirut club night
The performance faced opposition before the event but concluded peacefully
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Human Rias and Xashes release ‘This Is The End’ at decisive moment for Iran
The long-unreleased track arrives as a response to Iran’s ongoing struggle for freedom
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Bandcamp bans AI-generated music from its platform
Bandcamp says it will remove music suspected of being created wholly or in significant part using AI tools
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DJ HABIBEATS and Felukah highlighted among Shazam’s Fast Forward 2026 artists
The Fast Forward 2026 playlist also counts Khayyat, royazdad, CIZA, Tems, Omah Lay and LAGOS IN PARIS among its global picks
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Elon Musk’s X Corp sues major music publishers in licensing dispute
Reservoir Media, led by its Iranian-Canadian founder and CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi, is among the publishers named in the lawsuit
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Ibiza court rules woman knowingly made false rape claims against Guy Gerber
The sentence follows accusations dating back to a party in Mykonos in 2013
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Liliane Chlela and LAÏ bridge experimental pop and drum’n bass on new collaborative single, ‘Msh S7ab’
The single marks the first chapter of a two-part project and arrives with a video directed by Mohsen Sherif
