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02 October 2026

01 October 2026

Newsletter: GCash leverages tech to keep cross-border payments seamless and reliable, especially during emergencies

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Emergencies threaten both immediate safety and financial survival, making reliable cross-border payments critical for overseas Filipinos. For these families, any disruption in remittances directly impacts their ability to afford essential care and maintain stability back home during a crisis.

Newsletter: TOVE LO RELEASES SIXTH STUDIO ALBUM ESTRUS

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Tove Lo releases her highly anticipated sixth studio album, ESTRUS, out now via Pretty Swede Records/Virgin Music Group. Primal, restless and emotionally unfiltered, ESTRUS pushes the contradictions that have always lived at the center of Tove Lo’s music into sharper focus: euphoria and melancholy, desire and doubt, intimacy and independence, the body and the mind. Across 13 tracks of propulsive, emotionally charged electro-pop, she embraces those opposing impulses without trying to resolve them, capturing what it feels like to want everything at once.

Newsletter: NICKELBACK RELEASE NEW SINGLE “MAKE ME LOVE YOU”

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Following the explosive arrival of “Rattle The Cage” (feat. John 5) and the emotionally charged “Leave Me Behind,” Diamond-certified rock band Nickelback today release their new single “Make Me Love You,” the latest offering from their highly anticipated new studio album, Everything Under The Sun, arriving October 30, via Virgin Music Group.

Newsletter: ONE CLICK STRAIGHT expands global festival run with Taiwan’s Vagabond Festival

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ONE CLICK STRAIGHT (OCS) will perform at Vagabond Festival 2026, one of Taiwan's biggest music festivals.

Newsletter: Ben&Ben honors nearly a decade of music, memory, and becoming with anthology album “Nine”

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For nine years, Ben&Ben has grown from a promising Filipino folk-pop collective into one of the Philippines’ most accomplished OPM acts. With billions of streams, major awards, sold-out concerts, and acclaimed performances on international stages, the nine-piece band has built a catalog of heartfelt anthems that resonate deeply with audiences at home and abroad. This year, the band adds another feather to their cap with the release of Nine, an anthology album that looks back on the music, memories, and experiences that defined Ben&Ben and shaped them into what they are today while opening doors to what comes next.

30 September 2026

Newsletter: SAG-AFTRA AND SOUNDEXCHANGE HONOR COMMON WITH 2026 ARTIST IMPACT AWARD

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SAG-AFTRA and SoundExchange presented Common with the 2026 Artist Impact Award at an intimate luncheon on September 24 at The Luckman Club at Soho House West Hollywood. Leaders from across music, film, television and media such as Anthony Anderson, NO I.D., DeRay Davis, and D-Nice gathered to honor the Grammy, Oscar and Emmy-winning musician, actor, producer and entrepreneur.

Newsletter: GCash customer support will always be free: Beware of fake Social Media Support and unauthorized "Fixers" schemes

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GCash reminds its users that legitimate customer assistance is always 100% free. To protect users from phishing and fraudulent schemes, account holders should only report issues only through the official in-app Help Center and official web portal (help.gcash.com). GCash emphasizes that official GCash Customer Service representatives will never demand payments, fees, or sensitive account information to resolve customer inquiries. Moreover, GCash does not engage with any third-party account assistance services, warning users that all social media pages offering such services for a fee are fraudulent.

Newsletter: Watch the music video of Josh Cullen new single “Like Me,” featuring Jay Park

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Josh Cullen returns to his solo era with “Like Me,” his collab single with multi-awarded Korean-American rapper Jay Park under Sony Music Entertainment.

Newsletter: CHVRCHES RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE “ROSES”

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Five years after the release of their last album, acclaimed synth-pop trio CHVRCHES - Lauren Mayberry, Martin Doherty and Iain Cook - have announced their return with a new single, the bold, caustic rock anthem "Roses". Premiering as BBC Radio 1's Hottest Record, the song serves as a mission statement for the band’s sonic shift, letting us in on the opening chapter of an entirely new era. “Roses” is out today via Futures Music Group (Lykke Li, Phantogram, Mt. Joy, et. al). 

29 September 2026

Newsletter: Yamaha Unveils the Matteo Mancuso Signature Revstar (RS20MM)

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Yamaha announced the new Matteo Mancuso Signature Revstar (RS20MM), a premium production electric guitar designed to recreate the aesthetic, tone and playing feel of Mancuso's custom Revstar. Developed through years of collaboration between Yamaha and one of today's most notable, modern guitarists, whose virtuosic technique and innovative fingerstyle approach have earned praise from artists including Al Di Meola, Steve Vai and Joe Bonamassa, the RS20MM brings the performance characteristics, tonal philosophy and playability refinements of his primary instrument to players worldwide.

Newsletter: beabadoobee acclaimed new album Pylon out now

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beabadoobee has released her hugely anticipated and already-acclaimed new album Pylon, available to stream and buy in digital, CD and vinyl formats via Dirty Hit / Interscope Records. Pylon, the follow up to beabadoobee’s UK number 1 record This Is How Tomorrow Moves, is an album that is more wide-ranging and complex than anything that she has ever put out - a tannic rock record that is, at various points, angry, lonesome, ecstatic, depressed and deeply, pathologically in love. 

Newsletter: Las Piñas Explores AI to Improve Public Services with PLDT, Smart AI-in-a-Box

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Las Piñas is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to explore new ways of managing information, developing projects, and delivering public services, with PLDT and Smart’s AI-in-a-Box.

Newsletter: From Bali to Cebu: ALYSON is Back Home, Teases Upcoming Regional Tour

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Photo by Aldhy (@aldy_pranata), AXEAN Music Festival 

PH City pop band and Manila sound fusion ALYSON is back home in the metro after their debut performances at AXEAN FESTIVAL in Bali, Indonesia and September Fever in Cebu, Philippines. Teases possible region-wide bar tour to bring the music closer to more ALYSTANS in Luzon. 

28 September 2026

Newsletter: Fern.’s “Kahit Na Umulan” enjoys renewed virality with humorous TikTok trends and music video release

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Nostalgia is finding its way back into the Filipino music conversation, with the sounds and sensibilities of late-’90s and early-2000s R&B now reimagined for the modern audience.