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• Steve Martin Provides the Soothing ‘Banjo Balm’ You Didn’t Know You Needed: Watch

  21-03-2020 23:53
  
  In these tumultuous times, less is more, and Steve Martin has casually embraced that ethos with a simple one-man bluegrass jam in the woods.
  Though Martin is famous for his hilarious Hollywood career, the actor and comedian is also a passionate, Grammy-winning American roots musician with nine titles hitting the Billboard 200 albums chart.
  On Saturday (March 23), Martin took it upon himself to spice up the timeline of his Twitter followers by picking up the banjo and indulging in a brief “
  
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• Mariah Carey Is ‘Staying Home and Staying Active’ During Coronavirus Crisis: Watch

  21-03-2020 22:21
  
  Staying safe at home with gloves and Lysol spray by her side, Mariah Carey is keeping up with her routine (with a touch of humor) amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  The pop icon, doing her part to help slow the spread of COVID-19 by practicing social distancing, shared a video of herself on social media Saturday afternoon (March 21) with the caption “Staying home & staying active with #demgloves!”
  “I believe it was a young Jermaine Dupri that said this is the point where I need
  
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• Deep Purple return with triumphant new single ‘Throw My Bones’

  21-03-2020 22:01 via nme.com
  
  Deep Purple have returned with a triumphant new single, ‘Throw My Bones’ – listen to it below.
  Read more: Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan: “Young artists should upset the previous generation and clear the decks”
  The legendary rockers are due to release their 21st studio album, ‘Whoosh!’, on June 21, and they have now unveiled the video for its lead single.
  In the video, a man donning an astronaut suit walks around observing everyday life. Disconnected fro
  
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• Watch the Killers Perform ‘Caution’ in a Bathroom for ‘Kimmel’ Quarantine Webisode

  21-03-2020 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. deliver stripped-down rendition of Imploding the Mirage single from a "sterile location"
  
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• New Orleans DJ Black N Mild dies due to coronavirus

  21-03-2020 21:27 via nme.com
  
  Go DJ Black N Mild, a celebrated bounce DJ and New Orleans radio personality, has died due to the coronavirus.
  The 44-year-old, whose real name was Oliver Stokes Jr., was one of two people to die from the coronavirus in Louisiana, according to Nola.com.
  The DJ tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday (March 19) and died on the same day.
  Not to be mistaken for Adam “BlaqNmilD” Pigott, a producer from New Orleans who has worked with Drake on the singles ‘In My Feeling
  
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• Kenny Rogers’ Essential Duets with Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Sheena Easton & More: Listen

  21-03-2020 21:27
  
  Kenny Rogers certainly needed no one’s help to have a hit record, but many of his greatest and most memorable tunes were his duets.
  Rogers’ gruff vocals played the perfect partner to some of country music’s sweetest voices, including Dottie West, Dolly Parton and Alison Krauss, as well as pop stars Sheena Easton and Kim Carnes. They brought out a tenderness — and often raw sexiness — to his performances.
  Below, listed chronologically, are some of Rogers’ top d
  
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• Kenny Rogers: He Was Even Bigger Than You Realize

  21-03-2020 20:53
  
  It may be hard for people who weren’t born yet in the late ’70s and early ’80s to appreciate just how dominant a figure Kenny Rogers was in both the pop and country scene in those years.
  Rogers, who died on Saturday (March 21) at age 81, was arguably the hottest star in the music business in 1980, the year that “Lady” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and Kenny Rogers’ Greatest Hits topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks. Rogers
  
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• Watch Kate Nash play Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ on a penny whistle

  21-03-2020 20:23 via nme.com
  
  Kate Nash is spending her time in self-isolation by reworking Metallica‘s ‘Enter Sandman’ using just a penny whistle – listen to it below.
  Read more: GLOW star Kate Nash on learning to wrestle and throwing women over her head
  The singer and star of Netflix series GLOW shared a video of herself tackling the iconic number on Twitter on Thursday (March 19) while she self-isolates due to the coronavirus pandemic – and so far it has amassed 140,000 views.
  “Enter Sa
  
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• Kenny Rogers Didn’t Need to Be a Songwriter to Tell a Story

  21-03-2020 19:57
  
  Out of the 42 songs that Kenny Rogers landed in the Billboard Hot 100, he only wrote or co-wrote five of them: 1977’s “Sweet Music Man,” 1978’s “Love Or Something Like It,” 1982’s “Love Will Turn You Around,” and 1984’s “Crazy” and “What About Me?. But that says less about his relative lack of prolificacy with a pen than it does his world-class ability to curate, interpret and channel songs by outside writers.
  “I
  
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• Kenny Rogers: 10 Essential Songs

  21-03-2020 19:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  From his signature "The Gambler" to duets with Dottie West, Kim Carnes, and Dolly Parton
  
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• Don Henley Shares the Best Advice Kenny Rogers Ever Gave Him

  21-03-2020 19:45
  
  Don Henley is one of the many mourning the loss of Kenny Rogers, but his connection to “The Gambler” was a deep one that played a pivotal role in his own career.
  Before Henley was singing and drumming in the Eagles, he was in a band called Shiloh. Rogers not only signed the act (to Amos Records) shortly after meeting them in 1969, but produced its first album and brought them to Los Angeles, where Henley met Glenn Frey and his future bandmates.
  Following Rogers’ passing on Frid
  
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• Don Henley Remembers Kenny Rogers: ‘A Wise Mentor to So Many of Us’

  21-03-2020 19:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Country star helped future Eagles singer - then a member of the band Shiloh - land his first record contract: "Fifty years ago, the Gambler took a gamble on me"
  
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• Korn look at the world through a digital lens in ‘Can You Hear Me’ video

  21-03-2020 19:37 via nme.com
  
  Korn have released a new video to accompany new single ‘Can You Hear Me’ – watch it below.
  Read more: Korn’s Jonathan Davis: “I have the remains of at least seven people in my house”
  Directed by Adam Mason, the Hitchcock-esque set of visuals plays like a survival horror flick meets Rear Window for the digital age.
  As a hooded charlatan sits behind a wall of monitors observing and interacting with people through their phones, the victims, who are glued to
  
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• Placido Domingo Resigns From Opera Union, Donates $500,000

  21-03-2020 19:31
  
  Plácido Domingo has resigned from the U.S. union that represents opera singers and will contribute $500,000 to sexual harassment eradication programs and a fund that helps opera employees in crisis, the union said Friday (March 20).
  The development came weeks after investigations by the American Guild of Musical Artists and Los Angeles Opera found sexual harassment allegations against the famed tenor, now 79, to be credible.
  The investigations were launched after the publication of Associ
  
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• Dolly Parton's heart is 'broken' following the death of Kenny Rogers

  21-03-2020 19:27 via music-news.com
  
  The '9 To 5' hitmaker admits she was devastated to find out her good friend had passed away at the age of 81 from natural causes under the care of a hospice team.
  
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• Rihanna is donating to help the global coronavirus relief efforts

  21-03-2020 19:25 via music-news.com
  
  The 'We Found Love' singer's Clara Lionel Foundation has announced it will give $5 million to help fight COVID-19 and help those on the frontline as the world fights the disease.
  
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• Drake has tested negative for coronavirus

  21-03-2020 19:20 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Hotline Bling' star was in self-isolation over fears he caught the virus from Nets star Kevin Durant, who was diagnosed with the deadly illness
  
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• Onyx’s Fredro Starr shares vicious anti-coronavirus track ‘Fuck Corona’

  21-03-2020 18:19 via nme.com
  
  Onyx rapper Fredro Starr has released a vicious anti-coronavirus track called ‘Fuck Corona’ – listen to it below.
  Read more: Coronavirus: every cancelled gig, festival and tour – and how to get your ticket refund
  The rapper, who has also starred in movies such as Save the Last Dance, Sunset Park and Clockers, takes out his frustrations relating to the current COVID-19 outbreak out on the Snowgoons-produced record.
  “Shit is real/ I’m looking at the news like, &
  
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• Onyx’s Fredro Starr shares anti-coronavirus track ‘Fuck Corona’

  21-03-2020 18:19 via nme.com
  
  Onyx rapper Fredro Starr has released a vicious anti-coronavirus track called ‘Fuck Corona’ – listen to it below.
  Read more: Coronavirus: every cancelled gig, festival and tour – and how to get your ticket refund
  The rapper, who has also starred in movies such as Save the Last Dance, Sunset Park and Clockers, takes out his frustrations relating to the current COVID-19 outbreak out on the Snowgoons-produced record.
  “Shit is real/ I’m looking at the news like, &
  
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• ‘Islands in the Stream,’ ‘The Gambler’ & More: Kenny Rogers’ Biggest Billboard Hits

  21-03-2020 18:06
  
  Kenny Rogers, who died March 20 at age 81, forged an extraordinary career on multiple Billboard charts, most notably on the Hot Country Songs survey.
  The legend tallied 21 Hot Country Songs No. 1s, among 36 top 10s, from “Lucille,” in 1977, through “Buy Me a Rose,” with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean, in 2000.Rogers first reached the ranking dated July 19, 1969, with “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” credited to Kenny Rogers and The First Edition (befo
  
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• See Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello’s Global Citizen Livestream Acoustic Set

  21-03-2020 18:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singers perform "Havana," "Señorita" and Ed Sheeran's "Kiss Me" during at-home mini-concert to raise coronavirus awareness
  
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• Jennifer Lopez Celebrates Selena’s Legacy With Heartfelt Tribute Video: ‘She Was An Inspiration To Me’

  21-03-2020 17:58
  
  Jennifer Lopez is celebrating Selena Quintanilla’s legacy with a heartfelt tribute video published Saturday morning (March 21).
  The date marks 23 years since the release of Selena, the biographical film directed by Gregory Navas in which she portrayed the late Mexican-American singer. It also honors the Queen of Tejano, who passed away 25 years ago on March 31, 1995.
  “I can’t believe it’s been 23 years since this incredible movie came out and 25 years since her passi
  
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• Liam Gallagher Transforms Oasis Hits Into Coronavirus Handwashing Anthems: Watch

  21-03-2020 17:56
  
  Liam Gallagher is using a couple of Oasis classics to encourage people to stay sanitary amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  On Saturday (March 21), the former Oasis frontman took to social media to share some homemade videos of himself playfully transforming hits like “Wonderwall” and “Supersonic” into anthems about washing your hands and using soap to slow the spread of coronavirus.
  In the first black-and-white clip, a heavily bearded Gallagher is seen standing in front of a
  
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• Liam Gallagher reworks ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Supersonic’ in coronavirus hand-washing videos

  21-03-2020 17:56 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher has reworked Oasis classics ‘Wonderwall’ and ‘Supersonic’ in order to teach people to wash their hands properly during the coronavirus pandemic.
  Read more: Coronavirus: every cancelled gig, festival and tour – and how to get your ticket refund
  Posting on Twitter, the former Oasis frontman shared two clips of him singing the iconic tunes – renamed ‘Wonderwash’ and ‘Soapersonic’ – while washing his hands, in a bi
  
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• Dolly Parton, LeAnn Rimes and More Remember Kenny Rogers: ‘He Had a Voice Like No Other’

  21-03-2020 17:06
  
  Kenny Rogers, an artist who won over fans across generations with his pop, rock and country hits, died on Friday night (March 20) at the age of 81.
  While millions are mourning the loss of the genre-crossing singer and songwriter, many of his more famous fans and collaborators — including his frequent duet partner and dear friend, Dolly Parton — have taken to social media to express their grief.
  “I loved Kenny with all my heart,” she shared in a video she posted to Twitter
  
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• Christina Aguilera Lightheartedly Quotes ‘Genie in a Bottle’ Lyrics to Describe Coronavirus Self-Quarantine

  21-03-2020 16:29
  
  Christina Aguilera quite literally feels like a genie in a bottle.
  On Saturday (March 21), the 39-year-old pop star shared an Instagram post referencing lyrics from her 1999 hit song to lightheartedly describe how she’s feeling while being in self-quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  “‘I feel like I’ve been locked up tight for a century of lonely nights…waiting for someone to release me,'” Aguilera captioned the post, which features a clip from the &ldqu
  
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• Christina Aguilera Jokingly Quotes ‘Genie in a Bottle’ Lyrics to Describe Coronavirus Self-Quarantine

  21-03-2020 16:29
  
  Christina Aguilera quite literally feels like a genie in a bottle.
  On Saturday (March 21), the 39-year-old pop star shared an Instagram post referencing lyrics from her 1999 hit song to jokingly describe how she’s feeling while being in self-quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  “‘I feel like I’ve been locked up tight for a century of lonely nights…waiting for someone to release me,'” Aguilera captioned the post, which features a clip from the “Geni
  
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• Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation Donates $5 Million to Coronavirus Response Efforts

  21-03-2020 16:23
  
  Rihanna’s nonprofit organization, the Clara Lionel Foundation, has donated $5 million towards Coronavirus response efforts on a global scale.
  The pop star and mogul’s initiative — which she launched in 2012, and named for her grandparents — will be supporting Direct Relief, Partners In Health, Feeding America, the International Rescue Committee, and World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund as they continue to battle the pandemic in the U.S.
  
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• Dolly Parton Remembers Kenny Rogers: ‘I Loved Kenny With All My Heart. My Heart’s Broken’

  21-03-2020 16:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer pays tribute to her "Islands in the Stream" duet partner, "a wonderful man and a true friend"
  
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• Fleur East suffered self doubt after leaving Simon Cowell's record label

  21-03-2020 16:15 via music-news.com
  
  The 32-year-old singer has just released her new album 'Fearless', her first since her 2015 debut 'Love, Sax and Flashbacks' and admitted
  
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• Dolly Parton Shares Tearful Message Following Death of ‘True Friend’ & Collaborator Kenny Rogers: Watch

  21-03-2020 15:50
  
  With tears in her eyes and holding a framed photo of her and Kenny Rogers close to her heart, Dolly Parton shared her grief and love for her late friend and collaborator with a heartfelt, heartbroken message with her fans. Rogers died of natural causes at the age of 81 on Friday (March 20).
  “Well, I couldn’t believe it this morning when I got up and turned on the TV, checking to see what the Coronavirus was doing,” she says in the clip she shared on Saturday morning. “And
  
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• Fans Pick Adam Lambert’s ‘Velvet’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

  21-03-2020 15:49
  
  Adam Lambert’s new album, Velvet, has topped this week’s new music release poll.
  In the poll, published Friday (March 20) on Billboard, music fans voted for Lambert’s smooth-as-silk Velvet album as their favorite new release from this week.
  The 38-year-old American Idol alum’s long-awaited fourth studio album arrived Friday. Leading up to the release, Lambert dropped five of its tracks as singles and unveiled another five of the set’s “Side A” last year.
  
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• Watch Dolly Parton give emotional tribute to Kenny Rogers: “I loved Kenny with all my heart”

  21-03-2020 15:48 via nme.com
  
  Dolly Parton has paid an emotional tribute to the late Kenny Rogers, saying: “My heart’s broken, and a big old chunk of it has gone with him today.”
  It was announced this morning (March 21) that Rogers had passed away of natural causes at the age of 81.Read more: Kenny Rogers, 1938-2020: farewell to the big-bearded, big-hearted king of country music“I couldn’t believe it this morning when I got up, turned on the TV, checking to see what the coronavirus was doing, an
  
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• Ariana Grande seeks restraining order against obsessed fan

  21-03-2020 15:45 via music-news.com
  
  The singer's mother is also seeking protection.
  
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• Watch Wyclef Jean Perform Acoustic Set on MTV’s Debut ‘Unplugged at Home’

  21-03-2020 15:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  MTV rebrands Unplugged series to feature artists self-isolating at home during coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Taylor Swift and Kanye West’s infamous phone call has been leaked online

  21-03-2020 15:34 via nme.com
  
  The infamous phone conversation between Kanye West and Taylor Swift surrounding Kanye’s 2016 track ‘Famous’ has been leaked online – and it reveals that Swift was telling the truth about their hotly debated feud.Read More: Taylor Swift wins Best Solo Act In The World award at NME Awards 2020: “I am inspired by all of you”West was criticised for a line referencing Swift in ‘Famous’, where he rapped: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have
  
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• Watch The War On Drugs debut three new songs on live stream from his studio

  21-03-2020 15:01 via nme.com
  
  The War On Drugs‘ Adam Granduciel hosted a live stream on Instagram last night (March 20), sharing rough workings of three new songs.
  “This week we’ll go downstairs and Live for season 1 episode 1 of #QuaranTones,” Granduciel announced on Instagram ahead of the first episode yesterday. “Let’s listen to some new, almost finished songs, some experiments, some old multi tracks, or maybe we’ll just listen to Automatic for the People through a Dimension D.&rd
  
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• 20 Best Dramatic Duets of All Time

  21-03-2020 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  From breakups to make-ups, here are 20 guy/girl pairings that make beautiful harmonies
  
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• Rufus Wainwright joins ‘Together at Home’ virtual gig series as coronavirus pandemic continues

  21-03-2020 14:51 via nme.com
  
  Rufus Wainwright has become the latest musician to take part in the Global Citizen and World Health Organisation’s ‘Together at Home’ virtual concert series.
  Wainwright will take part in the event this evening (March 21) at 5pm UK time on his Instagram Live.
  Speaking about the event, Wainwright said: “Now it is more important than ever for humanity to come together and realise that we are all one. This is a worldwide issue.
  “Luckily we are not at war with each
  
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• See Kenny Rogers Perform ‘The Gambler’ on ‘The Muppet Show’

  21-03-2020 14:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  In December 1978, Rogers began a three-week run at Number One on the country chart with one of the greatest story-songs of all time
  
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• Coronavirus: Rihanna offers to buy $700k worth of ventilators for Barbados

  21-03-2020 14:03 via nme.com
  
  Rihanna has reportedly offfered to buy $700,000 worth of ventilators for her home country of Barbados as the coronavirus crisis continues to escalate.
  Barbados reported two new cases of Covid-19 this week, taking the island’s total to six.Read more: Coronavirus: every cancelled gig, festival and tour – and how to get your ticket refundAccording to Kevz Politics, the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, has announced that the pop star has offered $1.4 million Barbados dollars for
  
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• Quincy Jones Parties With Travis Scott, Young Thug in ‘Out West’ Video

  21-03-2020 14:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Not sure what I walked into, but thank-q for the sandwich," legendary producer says after crashing JackBoys house party
  
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• What’s Been Your Favorite Live Stream or Virtual Concert (So Far)? Vote!

  21-03-2020 14:00
  
  Self-quarantine is music to no one’s ears, but that hasn’t stopped artists from turning their homes into venues that attract tens of thousands of viewers online.
  Miley Cyrus launched her own Instagram Live series titled Bright Minded, on which she’s talked about fashion with Rita Ora and religion with Hailey Bieber. Lizzo also spread good vibes during her 30-minute live meditation session with a soothing flute recital.
  JoJo, Russell Dickerson and Josh Groba
  
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• Truck Festival and Mr Motivator join forces for charity livestream workout

  21-03-2020 14:00 via nme.com
  
  Oxford’s Truck Festival has joined forces with fitness guru Mr Motivator to help raise funds for The Trussell Trust.
  On March 23 at 12:30pm, Mr Motivator will run a virtual fitness session that will be livestreamed via Truck’s Facebook Page.
  During the livestream, viewers will have the option to donate to The Trussell Trust who support over 1,200 food bank centres across the UK, providing emergency food and support.
  Each year at Truck Festival, organisers say Mr Motivator’s Sun
  
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• Kenny Rogers, Country and Pop Legend, Dies at 81

  21-03-2020 13:40
  
  The entertainment world is in mourning today with the passing of Kenny Rogers. The Houston, Texas native — who carved out a successful pop/rock career with backing band the First Edition in the late 1960s, before segueing into a leading role as a massively popular country solo star — passed away from natural causes on Friday night (Mar. 20) at the age of 81, a statement from his PR confirms.
  The fourth of eight children to Edward Floyd and Lucille Lois Rogers (born August 21, 1938),
  
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• UK Music demands better protection for self-employed workers amid coronavirus pandemic

  21-03-2020 13:25 via nme.com
  
  The acting CEO of UK Music has demanded better protection for self-employed workers in the industry amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  The call follows a statement made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday (March 20), in which Sunak announced a coronavirus job retention scheme, where the government will pay up to 80% of wages for those at risk of being laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Self-employed people, however, will only be able to access Universa
  
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• Tame Impala's Kevin Parker spends his live shows wanting to 'run backstage' screaming

  21-03-2020 12:34 via music-news.com
  
  The 34-year-old singer feels very uncomfortable on stage but realised five years ago his gigs would be better if he appeared
  
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• Niall Horan doesn't talk to his One Direction bandmates about music

  21-03-2020 12:33 via music-news.com
  
  The 26-year-old singer has just released his second solo album 'Heartbreak Weather' and admitted he doesn't ask the other members of One Direction
  
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• Marcus Mumford shares cover of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ to benefit Grenfell Foundation

  21-03-2020 12:09 via nme.com
  
  Mumford & Sons frontman Marcus Mumford has shared a new cover of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ to benefit the Grenfell Foundation and War Child UK – hear it below.
  The singer played the cover, which is now on all streaming services, on Instagram Live while in self-isolation over coronavirus worries.Read more: How you can help your local independent record shop amid the coronavirus crisisExplaining the idea behind releasing the new song on the Instagram Live stream, and re
  
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• Watch Glass Animals cover Nirvana’s ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ for first in ‘Quarantine Covers’ series

  21-03-2020 11:34 via nme.com
  
  Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley has shared a cover of Nirvana classic ‘Heart-Shaped Box’ – watch it below.
  The version, recorded in Bayley’s studio as he self-isolates due to the coronavirus outbreak, is the first in a forthcoming series of ‘Quarantine Covers’ he will be undertaking.Read more: The show must go online: inside the rise of virtual gigs during the coronavirus crisis“Dear friends,” a message below the YouTube video of the cover begin
  
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