This week, lawsuits are again back in the headlines. Stateside, the Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit of Live Nation and Ticketmaster is settled, though not everyone is happy about the decision, while Google is being sued by artists over the alleged use of unlicensed songs.
Elsewhere, Punjabi superstars Karan Aujla and AP Dhillon will headline Malta's Breaking Borders Festival, Franz Ferdinand are furious at the Israeli Defense Forces and Courtney Love squashes Hole reunion rumours.
Read these stories and more in this week's roundup of music biz headlines of the week from Canada and beyond.
Aujla will headline two out of three nights with two different setlists, while fellow Punjabi-Canadian singers Sukha and Prabh will also play along with The PropheC, Miss Pooja, Panjabi MC and more. – Peony Hirwani, Billboard Canada
From July 9 to 19, Shaggy, Gwen Stefani, Muse, Martin Garrix and many more will take the stage at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City for one of the country's largest music festivals. – Stefano Rebuli, Billboard Canada
For the first time in 12 years, the punk music tour will return to Canada at Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau from Aug 21-22. – Heather Taylor-Singh, Billboard Canada
Neil Young has revealed he is back in the studio with The Chrome Hearts, working on a new album featuring a set of songs he says capture life, love and the emotions that still drive his music. – Noise11
Created in partnership with Conscious Music Circle (CMC), "Ancient Seed" taps artists from across the world to call attention to the soil degradation crisis. – Heather Taylor-Singh, Billboard Canada
Amir Amiri, a Montreal-based Iranian-Canadian composer and virtuoso player of the 72-string dulcimer-like santur, left his home country as a young man in 1996. He spoke to us about the war in Iran and the death of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. – Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail
The music executive’s appointment continues the non-profit organization’s plans to open a permanent Toronto music museum to celebrate the city’s musical legacy. – Heather Taylor-Singh, Billboard Canada
Age has only made the artist, born Merrill Nisker, more energized. In February, she released her seventh studio album, the sexy and defiant No Lube So Rude, and kicked off a North American tour. –Russ Martin, Globe & Mail
Several years after reading Lizzy Goodman's oral history about how New York’s 2000s indie rock scene was created, Madeline Fraser found herself in a Kelowna bathroom dreaming up the start of what she hopes can be another musical revolution. – Nathan Caddell, Georgia Straight
The music education charity got a big boost for its free and affordable programs from NBA superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a U.S. gaming company. A $150,000 donation will provide beat-making, music production, and DJing lessons to 250 kids. It comes at a pivotal time in HMC’s evolution. – Meredith MacLeod, Hamilton City Magazine
The title of Donovan Woods's new EP Squander Your Gifts came from a remark made by someone who said that it was a sin that his songwriting partner Abe Stoklasa had squandered his gifts. – The Globe & Mail
‘This Makes Us Both Nauseous and Furious,' says the band. The video, which appears to have been taken down, reportedly used the 2003 song without the band's consent. – Gil Kaufman, Billboard
Google is facing an AI music lawsuit by artists who say the tech giant's Lyria 3 model illegally trained on unlicensed songs pulled from YouTube. – Rachel Scharf,Billboard
When the members of B2K — J-Boog, Omarion, Lil Fizz and Raz-B —- went their separate ways, the ensuing years were filled with verbal attacks and discord. – Associated Press
After seeming to tease a comeback by her entire group, Love said she and her former bassist will definitely play "some shows, new songs" together. – Gil Kaufman, Billboard
The musician, producer and label head, who has died aged 81, turned his boyhood passion for blues into a hugely impactful career. – Garth Cartwright, The Guardian
Photographer Jamie Nelson says a Los Angeles court has declined to issue a civil harassment restraining order against Amyl And The Sniffers singer Amy Taylor as the wider copyright dispute between Nelson and Amy Taylor continues in federal court. – Noise 11
