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Visa fee increase for international touring musicians delayed by US government
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Visa fee increase for international touring musicians delayed by US government

Petiton fees could leap from $460 to approximately $1,655 

A proposed increase in visa petition fees for artists touring the US has been delayed amid mounting pressure to reconsider the 250% price hike. According...

Dance music industry hit $11.3 billion in 2022, but just 20% of creators make a living from it, IMS report finds
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Dance music industry hit $11.3 billion in 2022, but just 20% of creators make a living from it, IMS report finds

The annual Music Business report found that 20% of artists and DJs earn enough to make electronic music their full-time career, with 45% making no income from their craft at all

The dance music industry grew to $11.3 billion last year, although that figure doesn't feed back into most artists' ability to make a living, according...

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25% of CDs ‘fulfilled by Amazon’ are counterfeit, study finds

That’s a whole lotta fakes... 

A quarter of CDs sold through Amazon’s ‘Fulfilled’ program are counterfeit. 

That’s according to a discovery by The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which...