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Updated 05 Sep 2026
Music Plus · 04 Sep 2026
Rest In Beats backs a year of arts and music training for 100 Mumbai students
Rest In Beats will fund a full year of technical coaching, life skills training and financial literacy education……
EDMLI · 03 Sep 2026
Lollapalooza India Brings a Stacked, Diversified Lineup for Its 5th Edition
Lollapalooza India has unveiled its roster of artists for 2027, and Mumbai is getting ready for another thrilling weekend of music festivals. The festival will be back at Mahalaxmi…
Rolling Stone India · 03 Sep 2026
Lollapalooza India 2027’s Lineup Makes a Case for Looking Beyond the Obvious
With Fontaines D.C., St. Vincent, Olivia Dean, Limp Bizkit, Yousuke Yukimatsu, The Manganiyar Seduction and a formidable homegrown contingent, this is a lineup that rewards curiosi…
Music Plus · 03 Sep 2026
Faheem Abdullah announces debut India tour ‘The Unbecoming Tour’
The six-city run, produced by Team Innovation, will take the Srinagar singer-songwriter to New Delhi, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad,……
Music Plus · 03 Sep 2026
Warner Music India returns with Maati Season 2
The second season spans eight languages and brings together folk and contemporary artists across a new eight-track slate……
Rolling Stone India · 03 Sep 2026
Faheem Abdullah Announces India Tour in November
The singer-songwriter behind hits like “Ishq” will perform in six cities…
Music Plus · 03 Sep 2026
Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, KATSEYE, 5 Seconds Of Summer among artists making India debuts at Lollapalooza India 2027
Lollapalooza India will return to Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Racecourse on January 23 and 24, 2027, with its fifth edition……
Rolling Stone India · 03 Sep 2026
Limp Bizkit, Olivia Dean, Katseye to Perform at Lollapalooza India 2027
Australian pop-rock band 5 Seconds of Summer, Irish rock band Fontaines D.C., singer-songwriter Anuv Jain and more head to the fifth edition of the music festival in Mumbai on Jan.…
Rolling Stone India · 02 Sep 2026
Indian Artists Accounted for 335 Billion Streams on Spotify in 2025
More artists across genres, language and cities in India are earning several crores in streaming, according to the platform’s Loud & Clear report…
Music Plus · 02 Sep 2026
HYBE INDIA expands audition search to eight more cities with ‘Final Call’
HYBE INDIA is expanding its search for emerging talent with the launch of HYBE INDIA Audition: Final Call, following……
Music Plus · 01 Sep 2026
What AAM X revealed about the future of India’s music industry
The 10th edition of All About Music brought together artists, labels, music companies, managers, publishers, streaming platforms, live-event……
Music Plus · 31 Aug 2026
New study finds high levels of mental health distress across India’s music industry
A new nationwide study examining the mental health and working lives of musicians and music industry professionals in……
Music Plus · 21 Aug 2026
Warner Music Group expands global tech operations with new Bengaluru hub
Warner Music Group (WMG) is expanding its Global Tech division with a new technology hub in Bengaluru, strengthening……
Rolling Stone India · 17 Aug 2026
Barkha Ritu Brought Three Distinct Classical Music Stalwarts to the Stage
The concert held at Nehru Centre Auditorium, Mumbai brought Pt. Rahul Sharma’s folk leanings on the santoor, powerful vocals by Pt. Venkatesh Kumar and tender sitar by Ustad Shahid…
Rolling Stone India · 03 Aug 2026
At Malhar and the Sea, Every Performance Played Out Like a Conversation
Across a rain-dampened weekend of music and merriment in Goa, the most memorable moments came when the line between artist and audience dissolved…
Rolling Stone India · 14 Aug 2025
Acyuta Gopi on Taking Devotional Music to a New Generation
The Grammy-nominated kirtan singer has now launched a series of spiritual concerts that attempt to reinvent the genre without compromising its soul…
Rolling Stone India · 30 Aug 2024
MC Stan Turns 24: Five Tracks That Took Him from the Streets to Stardom
How a Pune kid flipped the script and rewrote the rules of Indian rap…

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