Geordie Greep has called off upcoming performances in Boise, Salt Lake City, Boulder and Denver following sexual misconduct allegations made against him. The singer has denied the claims.
No further details on the nature of the allegations or the status of the remaining tour dates have been disclosed.
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“Golden” took the Best Original Song prize at the 2026 World Soundtrack Awards, extending the track’s run of accolades. The ceremony also recognized composers Daniel Pemberton and Jeff Russo among its top honorees.
The World Soundtrack Awards, held annually alongside the Film Fest Gent in Belgium, honor achievement in film and television scoring and original song composition. A full list of winners across the night’s categories was released following the ceremony.
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Barry Manilow left the stage at his Westgate Las Vegas residency after performing just two songs, forcing the cancellation of upcoming concerts. The 83-year-old singer was diagnosed with bronchitis, according to the report.
The illness comes only days after Manilow resumed the residency following a prior health-related break, raising questions about the schedule for his remaining Las Vegas dates.
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The first night of Head Trip 2026, held on the Coachella grounds in Indio, Calif., was halted early due to weather conditions, organizers confirmed.
The disruption came before headliner Calvin Harris was able to perform, cutting short the festival’s debut night. Details on rescheduling or refunds for affected attendees were not immediately available.
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Soulja Boy says he is weighing a run for U.S. president in 2028, framing the idea as an extension of his entrepreneurial track record. The “Crank That” rapper described the move as part of a broader ambition beyond music and business ventures.
He characterized the potential campaign as an effort to apply the same drive behind his career to public service, though he stopped short of confirming a formal run.
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Afrobeats star Ayra Starr will perform a halftime show when the Philadelphia Eagles face the Jacksonville Jaguars in London on Oct. 11. The game is part of the NFL’s international series, which has increasingly paired matches with musical performances to boost crossover appeal.
The appearance adds to Ayra Starr’s growing international profile as she continues to expand beyond Afrobeats audiences into mainstream sports and entertainment programming.
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Grammy-nominated artist Tobe Nwigwe has released a new 12-track album, “The Bridge,” which the label says explores identity, belonging and code-switching, presenting the ability to move between cultural worlds as a means of adaptation and survival. The project includes collaborations with Busta Rhymes, Sia, Labrinth, Scarface, Paul Wall, Jay Electronica, Adekunle Gold, Flavour, ODUMODUBLVCK, The Cavemen, and Nwigwe’s wife and creative partner, Fat Nwigwe.
The release coincides with the continuation of Nwigwe’s multi-year partnership with Reebok, known as Reebok x Chukwu, a footwear and apparel collaboration drawing on his Nigerian heritage, personal style and football background. According to the announcement, a new Tobe Nwigwe Reebok shoe is coming soon.
The album arrived alongside releases from several other acts distributed the same day, including Austin Snell, WD-HAN, The Audacity, Wyatt Lowe, and a collaboration between Stephen Kramer Glickman and Edwin McCain.
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Black Box | Alex Nesi, blackbox.la.
Composer Daniele Luppi has released his new album, Wilma, out digitally worldwide via Verve/slowplay. A vinyl edition is set for November 13, with pre-orders now available. The album draws on material from forgotten Italian film scores of the 1970s, reworked with Luppi’s own arrangements and production.
Wilma features vocal contributions from Michael Kiwanuka and Orion Sun, including the closing track “You Could Be The Sun, I Could Be The Moon,” on which the two trade verses before harmonizing in the song’s final moments. Luppi said the track evolved from a solo Kiwanuka piece into a duet, with Orion Sun’s part reworked lyrically to reflect her own perspective, and that he intended the song as the emotional culmination of the album.
The label describes the record as blending analog-style orchestral production with contemporary instrumentation and effects. Early reviews cited in the announcement, including from SPIN and Consequence, praised the album’s reimagining of vintage Italian film music.
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Jillian Condran, nastylittleman.com.
Pop singer-songwriter Thomas Day has released his new EP “my bad” via Arista Records. The five-song project explores young love and the transition into adulthood, and according to the announcement was written almost entirely by Day himself, marking what the label describes as a more assured and unfiltered creative turning point for the artist.
The release arrives ahead of Day’s debut performance at Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 11, where he is set to play songs from the EP, including focus track “superstar,” live for the first time. He also has a headlining date in Salt Lake City on October 8.
The EP follows Day’s 2025 release “kids,” whose single “she got a thing about her” has drawn more than 32 million streams on Spotify, according to the announcement. Day previously toured in support of Joshua Bassett, The Driver Era and Nessa Barrett, and headlined his own US-to-EU tour last fall. His 2023 full-length “Love Me for Another Day” has accumulated more than a quarter of a billion streams, per the label.
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Kelsey Hession, aristarecordings.com.
Jonah Kagen has released a new single, “Do Better,” via Arista Records, the latest preview of his sophomore album, Eternity of Anything, due October 30. The track addresses a relationship in which devotion is not being reciprocated, according to the announcement.
Kagen wrote, produced, recorded, engineered and mixed the song himself, consistent with his hands-on approach to the full album, which he says he completed in near-total isolation over two to three months. The follow-up to his debut, Sunflowers and Leather, marks a shift from that record’s on-the-road songwriting process to a more inward-looking method, per the announcement.
“Do Better” follows lead single “Don’t Feel Right” and arrives after what the label describes as a breakout year for Kagen, whose debut album reportedly reached No. 3 on Spotify’s Top Albums chart and drew coverage from outlets including Rolling Stone and American Songwriter, according to the announcement.
Based on a press release provided to Music Industry Weekly by Kelsey Hession, aristarecordings.com.