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Monday, April 6, 2026
TopicLive music

Topic: live music

Indian states are competing to be the concert capital. Post Malone in Assam a turning point

After Coldplay performed last year in Ahmedabad, the phrase concert economy was suddenly in vogue. It has set off a competition among several states to become India’s concert capital.

Sexual abuse and bad pay—women’s struggles in South African live music

A 2023 study drew online responses from 357 people, 75% of them women, about personal experiences and observations of equity, representation, and safety in the music industry.

Live shows out, live-streaming in: What the future of performing arts could look like

Covid crisis has turned laptop screens and drawing rooms into live stages for artists. However the economic benefit of such arrangements is yet to be seen.

Live music goes off in Bengaluru pubs & restaurants as police crack down on dance bars

Bengaluru Police have come down heavily on leisure joints across the city using a 13-year-old law that was upheld by the Supreme Court last year.

Bengaluru has shut down 27 joints that play live music. Here’s why

The closure stems from a 2005 order — upheld this year by the SC — that requires places of public entertainment to seek licences if they wish to play music.

On Camera

US pilot rescue in Iran must be seen more than war cost. Nation protects its warriors

A live American pilot paraded on Iranian state television would have been an intelligence windfall and a propaganda coup of historic proportions.

What to expect from China’s new 5-year plan—trade innovation, tensions with partners

ASEAN is struggling against a flood of 'underpriced Chinese goods', while Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.