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• Busta Rhymes & The Roots Play 'Hamilton Mixtape' Track 'My Shot' on 'Tonight Show': Watch

  06-12-2016 13:24
  
  The Hamilton Mixtape came to life on Monday night (Dec. 5) when Busta Rhymes and Joell Ortiz joined The Roots on The Tonight Show to...
  
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• Dua Lipa says she’s been planning for ‘Radical Optimism’ since before her debut album

  16-04-2024 05:47 via nme.com
  
  Dua Lipa has revealed that she has been planning for her upcoming album ‘Radical Optimism’ since before she released her debut record.READ MORE: Dua Lipa’s ‘Houdini’ hints at a Tame Impala-influenced era you won’t want to escape fromSpeaking to Time Magazine for a new profile, the ‘Don’t Start Now’ singer opened up about ‘Radical Optimism’, which is due for release on May 3 (pre-order/pre-save here). During her chat with
  
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• IU adds new dates to her massive 2024 ‘HEREH’ world tour

  16-04-2024 05:34 via nme.com
  
  South Korean singer-songwriter IU has added new dates to her 2024 ‘HEREH’ world tour, featuring concerts in Asia, Europe and the US.READ MORE: NMIXX on their polarising “MIXX POP” sound: “What we do is make music that we like”IU’s 2024 ‘HEREH’ world tour – originally titled ‘H.E.R’ – kicked off on March 2 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul, South Korea, where she played four concerts over two weekends, featuring special appeara
  
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• Nicole Scherzinger’s fiancé ‘can't wait’ to start a family

  16-04-2024 05:01 via music-news.com
  
  Nicole Scherzinger’s fiancé excited to have children.
  
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• Courtney Love says Taylor Swift is “not important” and “not interesting as an artist”

  16-04-2024 04:23 via nme.com
  
  Courtney Love has shared her thoughts on Taylor Swift – see what she had to say below.READ MORE: Lana Del Rey live at Coachella 2024: distinctive star stays true to herselfSpeaking to The Standard in an interview recently the Hole singer to promote her new BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds series called Courtney Love’s Women, Love spoke about Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Madonna.
  Though she uses the Women show to uplift and celebrate women in music, Courtney Love slammed Swift in he
  
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• Marley Brothers announce tour

  16-04-2024 02:01 via music-news.com
  
  Bob Marley’s kids to tour in his honour.
  
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• SAG-AFTRA Unveils Tentative Multiyear Agreement — Including AI ‘Guardrails’ — With the Major Labels

  16-04-2024 01:43 via digitalmusicnews.com
  SAG-AFTRA and the major labels have revealed a tentative multiyear deal that includes several “artificial intelligence guardrails.” The union, which says north of 600 music companies are signed to its Sound Recordings Code, just recently unveiled the proposed agreement. Spanning January 1st, 2021, through the end of 2026, the deal, made specifically with Disney Music […]
  
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• Cutting Edge Group Announces $500 Million Debt Refinancing, Targets Continued Wellness Music Expansion

  15-04-2024 23:26 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Cutting Edge Group has announced the completion of a $500 million debt refinancing, which it says will set the stage for continued song-rights investments. The Cutting Edge Media Music (CEMM) parent reached out with word of its half-billion-dollar refinancing today. According to the 18-year-old business, the new facility was made possible by “a syndicate of […]
  
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• Willow shares whimsical new single ‘Big Feelings’ and announces album ‘Empathogen’

  15-04-2024 23:20 via nme.com
  
  Willow has shared her whimsical new single ‘Big Feelings’ and has announced her new album ‘Empathogen’.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Willow: “Humans have never been good at accepting that people are different”The track opens up with a jazzy piano riff followed by a pounding kick drum. “I have such big feelings / Can’t shut ’em down without a sound / I have such big feelings / Can’t shut ’em down or let ’
  
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• Raye Calls Out Manipulative and ‘Evil’ Music Industry Practices That Exploit Songwriters

  15-04-2024 23:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Backstage at Coachella, the singer and songwriter advocated passionately for songwriters to be paid fairly and respected in the same way that artists and producers are
  
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• AI-Generated Tracks Are Muddying The Drake Versus Everybody Rap Feud

  15-04-2024 23:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  The mystery surrounding the leak of Drake’s Kendrick diss — and a subsequent barrage of fake songs — is worrying
  
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• RJD2 Turns His Face Into a Drum on New Song ‘Through It All’ With Jamie Lidell

  15-04-2024 22:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  The track marks the first single from producer/DJ's upcoming album, Visions Out of Limelight
  
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• Alcopop and Big Scary Monsters record labels join The Great Escape boycott over Barclaycard sponsorship in solidarity with Gaza

  15-04-2024 22:58 via nme.com
  
  Two record labels, Alcopop! and Big Scary Monsters, have confirmed they are joining the boycott of The Great Escape over its ties to Barclays bank.READ MORE: The 10 best new acts we saw at The Great Escape 2023The Brighton-based festival is sponsored by the bank, which has been a source of controversy amid the current events in Gaza because of its financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.
  The issue was first highlighted by a petition started by the promoter How to Catch
  
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• Hozier responds to Homer Simpson ‘cover’ of ‘Take Me To Church’ – and shares views on use of AI in music

  15-04-2024 22:46 via nme.com
  
  Hozier has responded to a Homer Simpson ‘cover’ of ‘Take Me To Church’ and shared his opinion on use of AI in musicREAD MORE: Hozier: “There has always been a space in my work for my own conscience”In a new interview with Radio X’s Dan O’Connell, the Irish singer opened up about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and its use for “silly” and “harmless” things as well as bigger concerns it may have when it comes t
  
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• Neil Young to Perform Lost ‘Cortez The Killer’ Verses on Summer Tour With Crazy Horse

  15-04-2024 22:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  In a Zoom with fans, Young also revealed plans for a 1969 CSNY live box set, and the 'Archives III' and 'Archives IV' box sets
  
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• Warner Chappell Music and Electronic Arts Team Up On Exclusive Partnership

  15-04-2024 22:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Warner Chappell Music teams up with Electronic Arts in an exclusive partnership to deliver music across EA’s expansive gaming library and create new music projects for the company. The agreement will see Warner Chappell Music (WCM) administering music across Electronic Arts’ (EA) expansive library, including sports simulation titles from EA Sports, to the action, adventure, […]
  
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• Believe and Kidding Aside Announce Strategic Partnership to Create All Night Long Electronic Music Label

  15-04-2024 21:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Believe and Kidding Aside announce a strategic partnership to create All Night Long, an electronic music label set to draw in artists spanning techno to EDM. Management agency Kidding Aside and indie label Believe have joined forces to create a diverse and expansive electronic label in All Night Long. Created to provide personalized support for […]
  
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• The Best Surprise Performances at Coachella This Year

  15-04-2024 21:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Billie Eilish to Olivia Rodrigo to Shakira, here are some of the most unexpected guests from the festival's first weekend
  
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• PennFest 2024 cancelled due to “challenging economic climate”

  15-04-2024 21:47 via nme.com
  
  The organisers of PennFest have shared that they are “devastated” over having to cancel the festival due to a “challenging economic climate”.READ MORE: Why have so many UK festivals been cancelled or postponed?In a post on the festival’s official website, the organisers explained that “Challenging trading conditions coupled with significantly increasing costs in a very challenging economic climate has made it impossible to deliver the event to the standar
  
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• Anthropic CEO Doubles Down on Fair Use Defense—”The Law Will Back Us Up”

  15-04-2024 21:40 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he believes that his company’s use of copyrighted works is sufficiently transformative and that “the law will back us up.” In a recent New York Times interview speaking to Ezra Klein about the future of artificial intelligence and its development at break-neck pace, Amodei addressed the issue of these large […]
  
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• Tems Is Finally Ready to Release Her Debut Album ‘Born in the Wild’

  15-04-2024 21:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Nigerian star shared a short trailer for the album, which is set to arrive in May
  
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• Robbie Williams on the joke that left him thinking “I don’t think Twitter is for me”

  15-04-2024 21:25 via nme.com
  
  Robbie Williams has recalled the occasion where a badly-received joke on X/Twitter made him reconsider his use of the platform.READ MORE: ‘Robbie Williams’ review: Netflix doc makes clear the perils of pop stardomThe singer was speaking to Joe Lycett for an interview in The Guardian, in which spoke about their mutual love of art. They got on to talking about Twitter and Williams was asked if he still has an account.
  “It would ruin my career. The last time I was on it, I did a t
  
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• Re-live Lana Del Rey’s epic blockbuster entrance from Coachella 2024

  15-04-2024 21:19 via nme.com
  
  Lana Del Rey‘s epic blockbuster entrance from Coachella 2024 has been making its rounds all over social media.READ MORE: Lana Del Rey live at Coachella 2024: distinctive star stays true to herselfThe ‘Summertime Sadness’ singer arrived in style at Coachella’s main stage on Friday (April 12) for her headlining set. Del Rey and her backup dancers showed up standing on the back of a black motorcycle, sporting a sparkly light blue dress.
  Her unreleased track ‘Jealous To
  
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• Dua Lipa began planning Radical Optimism before releasing debut album

  15-04-2024 21:06 via music-news.com
  
  Dua Lipa is set to release her upcoming third studio album on 3 May.
  
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• Donald Glover announces final two Childish Gambino albums

  15-04-2024 21:06 via music-news.com
  
  Donald Glover has announced that he is preparing to retire Childish Gambino.
  
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• Taylor Swift is sharing a hidden message about ‘Tortured Poets Department’ on Apple Music – here’s how to figure it out

  15-04-2024 20:54 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift has sent fans on a mystery trail to uncover a secret message on Apple Music during the release week of her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ review: her best album will never go out of styleApple has confirmed that one word a day will be hidden within Swift’s lyrics on the music streaming service. Each daily word will be found somewhere in Swift’s five playlists excl
  
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• Blur’s Damon Albarn on the Coachella audience: “They’re sort of on their own planet”

  15-04-2024 20:24 via nme.com
  
  Blur‘s Damon Albarn has opened up about the audience and attendees at Coachella, saying that “they’re sort of on their own planet”.READ MORE: Blur: every album ranked in order of greatnessThe legendary Britpop band – comprised of Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree – took to the annual music and arts festival’s main stage on Saturday night (April 13).
  In an interview with KROQ before their set, Albarn said: &ldquo
  
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• StubHub Working on $16.5B+ IPO This Year

  15-04-2024 20:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A new report suggests ticket seller StubHub is looking to make an initial public offering (IPO) this summer, valued at $16.5 billion. That valuation is based on StubHub’s last round of private funding in 2021. The Information reports that the ticket company has been working with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs over the last two […]
  
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• StubHub Working on $16.5 Billion+ IPO — Potentially by Summer

  15-04-2024 20:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A new report suggests ticket seller StubHub is looking to make an initial public offering (IPO) this summer, valued at $16.5 billion. That valuation is based on StubHub’s last round of private funding in 2021. The Information reports that the ticket company has been working with JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs over the last two […]
  
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• Emmy Russell Honors Grandmother Loretta Lynn With Original Song on ‘American Idol’

  15-04-2024 20:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  For the late country musician's birthday, her granddaughter performed the self-written song "Want You"
  
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