Fresh Ink: Robbie Williams Forms New Team, Russ Finds New Management Home at Range

Plus other moves at CAA, Combustion, The Shalizi Group & more

ROSTR & NIF track thousands of artist signings every year - Fresh Ink helps you keep track of some of the highlights over the past week. Let's dive into some of the signings you should know about in this week's edition.

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After 14 years with ie:music, Robbie Williams has signed with ATC Management with Brian Message & Ric Salmon taking over duties. The official FIFA Music Ambassador (co-writing and recording the first ever FIFA anthem), also joined the WME roster with Keith Sarkisian, Phil Raskind, Josh Javor, Rob Markus, Dave Tamaroff teaming up. Touring behind January 2026's BRITPOP, Williams joins an ATC roster alongside Nick Cave, Radiohead, and PJ Harvey.

Independent rapper Russ has joined the Range Music homestead for management with Matt Graham, Tyler Henry & Ben Lichtenstein signing on. The news comes on the heels of him announcing his premium hair care brand Palermo, inspired by his commitment to maintaining healthy curls.

Less than a week after dropping her new album DIRTY BLONDE via EMPIRE, Bebe Rexha has landed with Jenna Adler & Chris Ibbs at CAA for touring worldwide. It’s the first time the pop star has released an album as an independent artist in 12 years.

After recently adding Roddy Ricch to its roster, The Shalizi Group has now also inked a new management deal with American music producer and DJ Dillon Francis with Moe Shalizi & Steven Pahel at the helm. Francis is in the middle of his DILLSTRADAMUS tour (B2B with Flosstradamus) and has recently released tracks with Space Laces, Allenora & American Foster.

Nashville singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd has signed with Combustion Masters, the label arm of Combustion Music. A two-time GRAMMY-nominated artist with over 1B career streams, Hurd brings a songwriter's catalog of No. 1 cuts for Blake Shelton, Maren Morris, Jordan Davis, and Lady A - published through Big Machine Music.

'Burning Out' - The Linda Lindas' first release on Reprise/Warner Records, signals a major label move from Epitaph and an incoming third album from the Los Angeles punk quartet. Written during a Palm Springs retreat shortly after guitarist Lucia de la Garza finished high school, the single precedes fall dates supporting Bleachers.

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