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Julieta Venegas Sings ‘La Niña Futbolista’ Ahead of 2026 World Cup, Urges Girls ‘Not to Let Anything Hold Them Back’

Julieta Venegas revived the song “La Niña Futbolista,” an old track by the Mexican children’s rock band Patita de Perro, in an exciting new version accompanied by the Mexican National Conservatory of Music Choir. The song, along with its video, was unveiled on Friday (May 29) by the Mexican government to promote messages of inclusion […]

Universal Music Group’s Board Rejects Pershing Square Offer: ‘It Fundamentally Undervalues UMG’

Universal Music Group (UMG) said on Friday (May 29) its board had reviewed Bill Ackman’s investment firm Pershing Square’s merger offer that would have moved UMG’s primary stock listing to a U.S.-based exchange, saying the April 7 bid “fundamentally and materially undervalues UMG and will not deliver superior value creation,” in a press release. Related Bolloré […]

Lila Downs Breaks Down 5 Essential Tracks From New Album ‘Cambias Mi Mundo’: ‘I Had the Chance to Love & Set Myself Free’

With Cambias Mi Mundo, Lila Downs returns with an album shaped by renewal. Across 10 songs, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter weaves together social concerns, ancestral memory, identity and emotional openness — even for an artist who has spent decades turning introspection and protest into art. This time, though, there’s another pulse running through the project: love. “I was […]

Will Live Nation & Ticketmaster Really Get Broken Up?

Back in May 2024, when then-Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the U.S. Department of Justice had filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, he didn’t exactly mince words: “It is time to break it up.”  And now two years later, after a coalition of states decisively won that case, they’re asking the judge […]