Spotify is making a big move into fitness. 

The audio company has partnered with Peloton to give paid users access to more than 1,400 on-demand workout classes from Peloton instructors within the Spotify app. The classes will include outdoors runs, strength, cardio, yoga and meditation but will not include workouts on the Peloton bike. The feature launches April 27 and will include content in English, German and Spanish. 

‘Add to Music App’ is a big deal for TikTok. It’s the feature that enables its users to save a song they discover on TikTok to their playlists and libraries on streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music.

It’s a big deal because it’s TikTok’s attempt to show that discovery on its app can convert into streams, follows and fandom elsewhere – pushing back on critics that suggest it can’t.

Is there proof? Today TikTok has announced a Big Number to that end. It says that ‘Add to Music App’ has been used to save more than 6bn tracks to premium music-streaming services during the last 12 months. Half a billion saves a month, on average.

It seems clear that a growing proportion of online searching and shopping will be happening via AI chatbots… and also, perhaps, music discovery – from artists and songs to concerts and ticketing.

Hence the eagerness of companies including Spotify, Apple Music, Ticketmaster and SeatGeek to launch integrations with OpenAI’s ChatGPT as part of its apps directory in the last six months. Now rival Anthropic is getting in on the action with its Claude service.

Deezer’s total subscribers globally in Q1 fell 5.1% YoY to 8.9 million, as total subscribers from Partnerships plunged 23% YoY to 3.2 million.

Live Nation has invested in Louder, an independent UK promoter behind a year-round programme of club and live music events, alongside a small number of established one-day outdoor shows.

Louder’s portfolio includes electronic and live music brands and events such as On The Beach in Brighton which this year includes sold out shows with Fatboy Slim, Moby and Madness.

A federal judge denied Ticketmaster's parent company's emergency request to immediately vacate the jury's damages verdict — and took the opportunity to call out defense counsel for uncivil rhetoric.

After a jury found Live Nation liable for monopolization earlier this month, 33 states plus D.C. are pushing for a breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster...

Now, an op-ed written by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti for Rolling Stone has outlined the implications of such a historic trial and what a nonpartisan issue antitrust law really is.

The copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and ABKCO against internet service provider Verizon has been jointly dismissed. 

A joint stipulation of dismissal, filed on Wednesday (April 22) in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, ends a case in which the labels had accused Verizon of facilitating piracy by “tens of thousands” of its subscribers. The filing, obtained by MBW, can be read in full here.

Over the past 20 years, Spotify’s look and feel has evolved with the way people use our platform, while ensuring we preserve an intuitive, personal, and familiar experience for anyone who presses play. Every change, big or small, has been shaped by how users, artists, podcasters, and authors discover, share, and connect on Spotify.

For the Record caught up with Spotify’s Nicole Burrow, VP of Product Design, and Lauren Solomon, Senior Director of Global Brand, to explore the elements that have defined Spotify’s brand and visual identity on and off platform, and the things that make it feel unmistakably Spotify today.

IHeartMedia and SiriusXM are in early talks to join forces, with veteran music industry mogul Irving Azoff and Apollo Global Management offering to assist with and advise on any such deal, sources tell Variety.

News of the potential merger was first reported by Bloomberg, however, a source stated that any reports of financial problems at iHeart are untrue, and also that the companies are looking at a merger, not the acquisition of one by the other.

As of today’s deadline for potential suitors to bid on the sports and music management company, UTA and Patrick Whitesell's firm have submitted offers; WME and CAA are sitting it out.

There were thousands of unhappy Stagecoach festivalgoers on Saturday night, as the approximately 75,000-80,000 guests were forced to evacuate due to high winds.

At 7:46 p.m., the Stagecoach app shared an update: “Due to severe weather, please exit the event site and move to your vehicles or protected areas outside of the event site for safety. Stay tuned for updates.”

Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) reported year-on-year revenue growth of 33%, bringing its takings to €490m for the 2025 financial year, driven by an all-time high in ticket sales of over 12m.

The new Instants app allows users to share disappearing, unedited photos and videos with friends.

A new artist discovery platform for agents, managers, and promoters, known as BandPitch, has been launched by Danish company VIP Booking.

The platform uses VIP Booking’s global network of over 22,000 verified agents, managers and bookers, and says it can “reduce noise, cut time spent filtering submissions, and increase the relevance of artist opportunities presented to users” by letting artists pitch their act to them through the site.

The network covers professionals working at venues and festivals, as well as managers, helping industry professionals identify artists that better match their specific needs.

This includes approximately 6,500 booking agents, 2,500 artist managers, 3,000 festival bookers, and 10,000 club bookers.

A former executive sues Live Nation, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after he raised a concerns over the company's financial misconduct.

Indie promoter Jim Cressman of Invictus Entertainment, an independent concert promotion company based in Penticton, British Columbia, says Live Nation muscled its way into a Jonas Brothers stadium show he had booked in Moncton, New Brunswick, taking over the date after he had confirmed the show with United Talent Agency.

Cressman said the takeover is the latest example of Live Nation using its size and scale to push a promoter out of a fairly fought and won opportunity in Canada, where the company dominates the market. Unlike in the U.S., where Live Nation competes against the much smaller AEG Presents, Live Nation is the largest promoter in Canada with no real rival.

BandPitch has launched globally as a new service aimed at making talent discovery more efficient, targeted and relevant across the live music business. The service connects artists with agents, managers, promoters and bookers at clubs and festivals, helping industry professionals identify artists that better match their specific needs. For many in the live sector, discovering new talent has long depended on timing, personal networks and a high volume of unfiltered submissions. BandPitch addresses that challenge by introducing a more structured approach to artist discovery.

South by Southwest London, which runs June 1-6, has unveiled its full music program.

Streaming was once the greatest fear of record producers—until Spotify arrived, offering instant, legal listening that outsmarted piracy and stabilized a rattled industry.

Founded in 2006, launched in 2008 and expanded to the U.S. in 2011, Spotify turned access-by-app into how millions relate to music. Now approaching 20, its story extends well beyond songs. The company says it has "revolutionized music listening," "brought innovation" through podcasting, and that its 2022 move into audiobooks—competing directly with Amazon and Audible—was "the next leap."

It’s been 20 years since Spotify began, but the real story is what the world chose to play. For the first time, we’re unveiling the most streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks in our history.

Drawn from years of listening across hundreds of millions of fans, these lists capture the music and stories that didn’t just break through but stayed, becoming part of everyday life around the world.