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• Rod Stewart appears to perform Nazi salute and assault security guard in newly released video

  15-02-2020 23:46 via nme.com
  
  Newly released footage has emerged appearing to show Rod Stewart assaulting a security guard and performing a Nazi salute.
  Read more: Soundtrack Of My Life: Robert Carlyle on The Eagles, Rod Stewart and why he hates Kenny Rogers
  Last month, the ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ singer was charged with simple battery by police after allegedly punching a security guard at a Florida beach resort.
  The incident took place while he was on vacation with his family in Palm Beach, Flori
  
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• 'Jagged Little Pill' Matinee Evacuated After Patron Deploys Pepper Spray

  15-02-2020 23:37
  
  In the middle of its second act at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York on Saturday (Feb. 15), the stage production of Jagged Little Pill was...
  
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• Selena Gomez Teases March Madness Promo Feat. 'Dance Again': Watch

  15-02-2020 23:19
  
  Selena Gomez is helping to kick off March Madness with her party-ready song "Dance Again" in a new promo for the NCAA.
  "I kick-...
  
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• Inside Justin Bieber’s Super-Chill ‘House Of Changes’ Album Release Party

  15-02-2020 23:05
  
  Justin Bieber brought his new album "Changes" to life with an immersive, skate-friendly, Spotify-hosted party in Los Angeles.
  
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• Rage Against the Machine raise over $3 million for charity while combating ticket scalpers

  15-02-2020 22:50 via nme.com
  
  Rage Against the Machine have raised $3 million for charity while combating ticket scalpers ahead of their highly anticipated reunion tour.
  Read more: The Roots Of… Rage Against the Machine
  Implementing a model that allowed the band to hold back 10 percent of the tickets available at each of their upcoming shows, Rage sold these tickets as “charity tickets,” pricing them higher than standard ticket prices, all of the money from which will benefit a local charity.
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• Justin Bieber's Emotional Interview With Zane Lowe: Here Are the 10 Highlights

  15-02-2020 22:07
  
  Justin Bieber recently put all his cards on the table during a raw and wide-ranging interview with Apple Music's Zane Lowe.
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• How NBA Trainer Chris Brickley Brings Drake, Justin Bieber & More Together for His Celebrity Pick-Up Games

  15-02-2020 22:04
  
  “Build Courts Not Walls”....The gym at Breakthrough FamilyPlex community center is replete with motivational mantras and visages of...
  
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• Watch Arcade Fire play first show in two years at Kanaval Ball in New Orleans

  15-02-2020 22:03 via nme.com
  
  Arcade Fire performed together for the first time in two years last night (February 14) as headliners of the 2020 Kanaval Ball in New Orleans.
  Read more: Arcade Fire’s ‘Funeral’ at 15: the album that killed indie rock as we knew it
  Launched in 2018 by Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Régine Chassagne with Preservation Hall’s Ben Jaffe, the Kanaval Ball celebrates the carnival traditions of Haiti and New Orleans.
  Proceeds from the event go to the Preservation
  
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• James Blake on Caroline Flack’s death: “This is the effect of online and print bullying”

  15-02-2020 21:00 via nme.com
  
  James Blake has shared a comment on the death of former Love Island presenter Caroline Flack, who was found dead at her London home earlier today (February 15).
  The death of Flack, 40, was confirmed by her family, who said: “We can confirm that our Caroline passed away today, the 15th of February.
  “We would ask that the press respect the privacy of the family at this difficult time and we would ask they make no attempt to contact us and/or photograph us.”
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• After Five Year Battle, Jury Awards 'Thunder on the Mountain' Founder $7 Million Judgment vs. Former Partner

  15-02-2020 20:35
  
  A Kansas jury took less than six hours to end a five-year legal battle late Thursday (Feb. 13) over the canceled 2015 Thunder on the Mountain...
  
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• Lady Gaga Shares Cozy Valentine's Day Pic With New Boyfriend Michael Polansky

  15-02-2020 19:33
  
  About two weeks after going Instagram official with her new boyfriend Michael Polansky, Lady Gaga shared a second photo on Valentine's Day with...
  
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• ‘Fortnite’ now has a Rick Astley ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ emote

  15-02-2020 19:26 via nme.com
  
  Rickrolling has reached new heights as video game Fortnite has introduced a Rick Astley ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ emote.
  Read more: Rick Astley talks Foo Fighters, Rickrolling Obama and being an emotional support poster in Hollyoaks
  Known as “By no means Gonna,” the newly introduced emote performs half of Astley’s seminal 1987 hit, and in-game characters dance identical to how the pop star does in the song’s original music video.
  Giving the emote his seal
  
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• Chris Hopson, Longtime Tower Records Executive, Dead at 67

  15-02-2020 18:54
  
  Chris Hopson, the longtime Tower Records senior management executive, died Feb. 3, after a 30-year-long battle with Parkinson’s...
  
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• Federal Judge Allows GMR Songwriters to Have Their Day in Court in Antitrust Lawsuit Against RMLC

  15-02-2020 18:50
  
  A California Federal Judge gave a split decision in the competing anti-trust lawsuits filed by Global Music Rights and the Radio...
  
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• Stormzy challenges Wiley to clash as beef heats up again

  15-02-2020 18:40 via nme.com
  
  Things are beginning to heat up again between Stormzy and Wiley as the pair have reignited their beef on Twitter.
  Read more: The five most savage disses in Stormzy’s Wiley takedown ‘Disappointed’
  The Godfather of Grime started a furious war of words with Stormzy last month, prompting the pair to trade blows on savage diss tracks such as ‘Disappointed’ and ‘Eediyat Skengman’ after exchanging insults on Twitter.
  The feud appeared to die down but then a cou
  
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• Sci-Fi Film Inspired by Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s ‘Karn Evil 9’ in Development

  15-02-2020 18:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Movie adapted from Brain Salad Surgery centerpiece "will explore the world controlled by a pervasive and dictatorial technocracy"
  
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• Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin Party With Friends on Valentine's Day: See the Photos

  15-02-2020 18:17
  
  Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin shared a night to remember on Valentine's Day.
  Fans got a glimpse into the newly married couple's special...
  
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• The Eagles Fly High With Epic ‘Hotel California’ Show at Madison Square Garden

  15-02-2020 17:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  "We want to provide you with about a three hour break from the hideous 24/7 news cycle," Don Henley told New York audience. "Something familiar in uncertain times"
  
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• Justin Bieber & Quavo Happily Bounce Through 'Intentions' on 'The Tonight Show': Watch

  15-02-2020 17:50
  
  Justin Bieber had an extremely busy Valentine's Day, and it began with boisterous performance of one of his brand new, star-studded...
  
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• Laced Up: Virgil Abloh's OFF-WHITE X Nike Collaboration Continues With Air Jordan 5

  15-02-2020 16:51
  
  "Laced Up" is Billboard Style's new series that dives deep into the curation of athletic brands' sneaker collaborations with all-...
  
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• The Vinyl Alliance Officially Responds to the Apollo Masters Fire

  15-02-2020 16:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Vinyl Alliance releases a forward-thinking statement on the Apollo Masters Fire. The Vinyl Alliance, a vinyl records advocacy group comprised of several industry organizations, has released an official statement regarding the fire that recently destroyed Apollo Masters’ Banning, California, production facility. The Alliance held its inaugural meeting earlier this month, as first reported by Digital Music News. Unlike most of […]The post The Vinyl Al
  
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• R. Kelly Faces New Federal Indictment for Sexually Abusing a Minor

  15-02-2020 16:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Federal prosecutors in Chicago have charged R. Kelly with several additional crimes stemming from his alleged sexual abuse of a minor between 1997 and 2001.  Few details have been made available concerning the specific nature of the charges, but R. Kelly’s current legal counsel took to Twitter to proclaim the well-known artist’s innocence. As the […]The post R. Kelly Faces New Federal Indictment for Sexually Abusing a Minor appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Nicky Jam Is Engaged! Watch His Sweet Valentine's Day Proposal To Girlfriend Cydney Moreau

  15-02-2020 16:06
  
  Nicky Jam is an engaged man! The Puerto Rican artist took to social media Saturday morning (Feb. 15) to share the big news.
  With a set of photos and...
  
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• Fans Pick Billie Eilish's 'No Time to Die' Over Justin Bieber's 'Changes' For This Week's Best New Release

  15-02-2020 15:44
  
  Billie Eilish has beaten one of her absolute favorite musicians when it comes to the music fans can't get out of their heads at the moment...
  
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• Gang Of Four share new song ‘The Dying Rays (2020)’ from upcoming EP ‘This Heaven Gives Me Migraine’

  15-02-2020 15:42 via nme.com
  
  Gang Of Four have shared new song ‘The Dying Rays (2020)’ and announced details of an upcoming EP.
  ‘This Heaven Gives Me Migraine’, set to come out on February 26, will feature three new recordings that reimagine the band’s musical legacy, and was being worked on by the late Andy Gill in the days leading up to his death at the start of this month.Read more: Andy Gill – the NME obituary, 1956-2020: The guitar hero who made radical politics danceable“From
  
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• Sam Smith: 'I'm going to be misgendered to the day I die'

  15-02-2020 15:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer is gearing up to release their new album To Die For.
  
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• Watch The Strokes kick off intimate European tour in Berlin

  15-02-2020 15:19 via nme.com
  
  The Strokes kicked off their intimate European tour in Berlin last night (February 14) – watch footage from the show below.
  The new tour, which stops in Paris and Belfast before concluding at London’s Roundhouse, comes hot on the heels of the band announcing their new album ‘The New Abnormal’ alongside new song ‘At The Door’.Read more: The Strokes enter fourth decade with purpose on celestial new song ‘At The Door’At the first date of the tour on V
  
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• Watch Justin Bieber Perform ‘Intentions’ With Quavo on ‘Fallon’

  15-02-2020 15:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer's busy late-night TV schedule continues next week with weeklong residency at The Late Late Show With James Corden
  
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• The woman from Black Sabbath’s iconic debut album cover has been identified

  15-02-2020 13:33 via nme.com
  
  The mysterious woman who appears on the cover of Black Sabbath‘s legendary debut album has been revealed.
  The artwork for the 1970 album, which celebrated its 50th birthday this week, sees a cloaked woman standing alone in a grainy woodland.Read more: 10 WTF Things You Didn’t Know About Black SabbathThe setting, a new retrospective on half a century of the album in Rolliing Stone reveals, is a 15th-century water mill in Oxfordshire called Mapledurham, and the woman pictured is model
  
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• Ed Sheeran 'fan-girled out' when he met Green Day

  15-02-2020 12:52 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Castle on the Hill' hitmaker has previously spoken of his love of the 'American Idiot' rockers and their frontman Billie Joe Armstrong
  
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• Jessie Ware's mother urged her to quit music after a 'shocker' of a set at Coachella

  15-02-2020 12:50 via music-news.com
  
  The 35-year-old singer/songwriter performed at the music festival in Indio, California in 2018 but when her set clashed with Cardi B's
  
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• Robbie Williams welcomes fourth child

  15-02-2020 12:15 via music-news.com
  
  Wife Ayda Field revealed the news on Valentine's Day.
  
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• Jake Shears: ‘Every performer should be required to do The Masked Singer’

  15-02-2020 12:15 via music-news.com
  
  The singer was unveiled as The Unicorn on the U.K. version of the franchise.
  
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• Sam Smith fears they will be mis-gendered forever

  15-02-2020 11:38 via music-news.com
  
  The 27-year-old pop star came out as non-binary in 2019 and asked people to use the pronouns they/them but Sam admitted that it hasn't been easy.
  
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• Robbie Williams and Ayda Field welcome fourth child via surrogate mother

  15-02-2020 11:29 via music-news.com
  
  The former Take That star and his spouse have announced they are now the proud parents of a baby boy named Beau, whom they
  
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• Lil Pump announces that he’s quitting music: “I’m done”

  15-02-2020 11:03 via nme.com
  
  Lil Pump has announced that he’s retiring from music.
  The Miami-based rapper shot to fame with his 2017 song ‘Gucci Gang’, and most recently released his ‘Harverd Dropout’ album last February.Read more: Don’t know Lil Xan from Lil Pump? Here’s a handy who’s-who of Eminem’s nemeses, the face-tat rappersTaking to his Instagram Stories, Pump posted a photo alongside the simple caption: “I’m done doing music I quit.”
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• Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are reportedly 'working on getting back together'

  15-02-2020 11:02 via music-news.com
  
  The 22-year-old reality star and the 'Sicko Mode' hitmaker - who have two-year-old daughter Stormi together - split in October 2019
  
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• Susan Boyle wants to release songs about climate change

  15-02-2020 10:37 via music-news.com
  
  The 58-year-old singer is known for singing covers of other artists' songs but she'd love to record "original songs that make people think"
  
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• Louis Tomlinson is already planning his second solo album

  15-02-2020 10:28 via music-news.com
  
  The 28-year-old singer was the final member of One Direction to release a solo record, with 'Walls' last month and revealed that he is already looking ahead to another one.
  
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• Banda MS Dedicates Record-Breaking L.A. Show to Kobe Bryant & More Highlights

  15-02-2020 10:20
  
  Banda Sinolaense MS de Sergio Lizárraga, or Banda MS, made history Friday (Feb. 14) night performing the first of their two back-to-back sold-out...
  
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• Martina McBride found liable in former employee's dismissal lawsuit

  15-02-2020 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  Martina and John McBride have yet to comment on the verdict.
  
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• Lady Gaga gets marriage proposal for Valentine's Day

  15-02-2020 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  All upcoming proceeds from sales of the Knight Finger accessory will benefit Dress for Success.
  
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• James Blake defends girlfriend over Munchausen's syndrome claims

  15-02-2020 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  In recent days, Jameela has butted heads on social media with British columnist and TV presenter Piers Morgan and actor Laurence Fox.
  
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• Britney Spears leads the gallop on Valentine's Day social media posts

  15-02-2020 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  Sam and Britney weren't the only stars celebrating the most romantic day of the year on social media.
  
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• Zynga Founder Follows Kanye West in Donating $3 Million to James Turrell Art Project

  15-02-2020 02:55
  
  The opening of Frieze Los Angeles on Thursday (Feb. 13) proved to be a busy day for artist James Turrell. At the fair -- where the VIP preview drew...
  
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• Kelly Clarkson 'Blown Away' by Valentine's Day Gift from 'Voice' Coaches: Watch

  15-02-2020 01:27
  
  Kelly Clarkson was in genuine disbelief after being surprised by a thoughtful Valentine's Day gift from her fellow coaches on The Voice.
  While...
  
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• YouTube Paid the Music Industry More Than $3 Billion In 2019, CEO Says

  15-02-2020 01:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  YouTube has the lowest per-stream payouts in the streaming music business — a dubious distinction for years.  But platform CEO Susan Wojcicki says it all adds up. Why Wojcicki dropped the big news on a Friday before a three-day weekend is anyone’s guess.  But in a blog post uploaded this afternoon, the oft-embattled YouTube CEO […]The post YouTube Paid the Music Industry More Than $3 Billion In 2019, CEO Says appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Christian McBride Sonically Portrays Black History on 'The Movement Revisited' at Grammy Museum

  15-02-2020 01:19
  
  History never goes out of style. It teaches, illuminates, influences and inspires. 
  Jazz bassist Christian McBride’s The Movement...
  
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• Billie Eilish Officially Releases the Next James Bond Theme Song, “No Time to Die”

  15-02-2020 00:52 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The long-awaited James Bond theme song from Billie Eilish has been released. “No Time to Die” is available on YouTube and most streaming services. The four-minute track will be prominently featured in the upcoming 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die. Having turned 18 years old on December 18th, Billie Eilish is the youngest […]The post Billie Eilish Officially Releases the Next James Bond Theme Song, “No Time to Die” appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• YouTube TV Is Blocking Apple In-App Subscriptions Starting in March — Is YouTube Music Next?

  15-02-2020 00:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  YouTube TV is stopping support for in-app subscriptions on Apple devices altogether in March. Google’s TV streaming service already stopped accepting new subscribers from iPhone and iPad devices. A new email obtained by MacRumors shows YouTube warning customers of the new change. Apple device owners will need to re-subscribe to YouTube TV through a web […]The post YouTube TV Is Blocking Apple In-App Subscriptions Starting in March — Is YouTube Music Next? appeared first on Dig
  
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