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• System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian slams Donald Trump’s coronavirus comments as “Nepotism, egocentricity and stupidity”

  26-03-2020 23:57 via nme.com
  
  System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian has attacked US President Donald Trump’s latest comments on the coronavirus pandemic.
  In a recent press conference, Trump responded to criticism of his statements that the US will be “opened up and raring to go” by Easter, accusing the media of fake news reports aimed at harming his chances of re-election.
  “We’ve done one hell of a job, nobody’s done the job that we’ve done and it’s lucky that you have this gro
  
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• R. Kelly Asks for Jail Release, Citing Coronavirus Fears

  26-03-2020 23:53
  
  R. Kelly has made a pitch to be released from the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center on bond as he awaits his trial in Illinois federal court, citing a fear of contracting the rapidly spreading coronavirus.
  In a motion obtained by Billboard, filed by his attorney Steven Greenberg on Thursday (March 26), it states that the encouraged social distancing from the CDC are “simply impossible” in the correctional facility’s close quarters.“No matter what steps they ta
  
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• Billie Eilish has shared playlists of songs that inspired each track on her album

  26-03-2020 23:51 via music-news.com
  
  The 'everything i wanted' singer took to her Instagram Stories to share with her fans the inspiration behind every song on her record-breaking
  
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• Mel C wants to do another Spice Girls tour when the coronavirus pandemic is over

  26-03-2020 23:50 via music-news.com
  
  Sporty Spice has revealed she and her 'Wannabe' bandmates - Geri Horner (Ginger), Emma Bunton (Baby) and Mel B (Scary)
  
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• Which Artist Would Make a Great Late-Night Show Quarantine Guest? Vote!

  26-03-2020 23:36
  
  After Niall Horan turned his London apartment into the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon stage Wednesday night, returning late-night hosts will also need artists to fill in as home entertainment.
  Billie Eilish with Finneas, BTS, Andrea Bocelli, Dua Lipa and John Legend will beam in for Homefest: James Corden’s Late Late Show Special from the safety of their houses on Monday at 10 p.m. ET on CBS, but who else should jump on the air?
  Since Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel re
  
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• A Tornado Hit Their Homes. Now Nashville Execs Are Picking Up the Pieces During a Pandemic

  26-03-2020 23:31
  
  On March 3, several tornadoes touched down in and around Nashville, killing 24 people and damaging hundreds of homes and businesses. And while shortly afterward the country’s focus turned to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the destruction from the cyclones in Tennessee remains.
  Billboard spoke with three music industry executives whose homes or property suffered varying degrees of damage from the tornadoes. They shared how they are grappling with the aftermath, made all the more dif
  
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• A Tornado Hit Their Homes & Now Nashville Execs Are Picking Up the Pieces During a Pandemic

  26-03-2020 23:31
  
  On March 3, several tornadoes touched down in and around Nashville, killing 24 people and damaging hundreds of homes and businesses. And while shortly afterward the country’s focus turned to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the destruction from the cyclones in Tennessee remains.
  Billboard spoke with three music industry executives whose homes or property suffered varying degrees of damage from the tornadoes. They shared how they are grappling with the aftermath, made all the more dif
  
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• Elton John urges fans to support independent record stores in passionate video message

  26-03-2020 23:20 via nme.com
  
  Elton John has urged his fans to support their local independent record stores during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
  Posting a video message on his social media, the pop veteran said that his local shop, Rough Trade West in Ladbroke Grove, is his favourite, and also praised Sydney’s Red Eye Records.
  “Everything about records are magical to me and have been for the whole of my life,” John said.
  “Record stores are so important for the community, they’re a wonderful p
  
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• Blackberry Smoke Preview New EP With Allman Brothers Band Cover

  26-03-2020 23:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  A portion of proceeds from 'Live From Capricorn Sound Studios' will benefit MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund
  
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• Scarface Tests Positive for Coronavirus

  26-03-2020 23:13
  
  The latest celebrity to test positive for the novel coronavirus is Geto Boys’ Scarface, who revealed his diagnosis on Thursday (March 26) during a livestream with his bandmate Willie D.
  The rapper explained that he had been sick for weeks, in-and-out of treatments, but officially got his results on Wednesday night. What started out as an “itch” in the throat, led to Scarface heading to the emergency room, where he was given an IV and antibiotics. After he was discharged, he ret
  
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• Jessi Alexander Shares the ‘Ingredients’ to Her New Record With #TBT Mixtape

  26-03-2020 23:13
  
  Welcome to #TBT Mixtape, Billboard’s series that showcases artists’ very own throwback-themed playlists exclusive to Billboard’s Spotify account. The curated set features the artists’ favorite tracks from their youth and childhood.
  This week’s set comes from hitmaking Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jessi Alexander. She approaches her first solo record in five years, Decatur County Red, primed for release Friday, with a full embrace of her roots, digging deep
  
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• Governors Ball, Isle of Wight, & Download Festivals Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Concerns

  26-03-2020 23:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in the cancellation of three more high-profile music-industry events, as organizers nixed the 2020 Governors Ball, Download Festival, and Isle of Wight Festival today. In a press release, Governors Ball planners indicated that “it is neither safe nor prudent to move forward with our June dates”; the three-day festival […]The post Governors Ball, Isle of Wight, & Download Festivals Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Concerns appear
  
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• Tencent Launching Global Anti-Pandemic Fund with $100M Seed Funding

  26-03-2020 23:06 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Tencent launches the Global Anti-Pandemic Fund, a $100 million effort to fight coronavirus. Tencent joins other tech giants like Netflix and Facebook who have launched their own $100 million funds. Tencent’s initial funding will help fund health supply donations during the coronavirus pandemic. That includes personal protective equipment and other products for healthcare professionals. Tencent […]The post Tencent Launching Global Anti-Pandemic Fund with $100M Seed Funding appeared f
  
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• Geto Boys’ Scarface Tests Positive for Coronavirus

  26-03-2020 23:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I been to the point where I felt like I was going to die," rapper says
  
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• Hunter Hayes Explains His Meaningful ‘Wild Blue’ Album Cover During Billboard Live At-Home Concert

  26-03-2020 22:58
  
  Hunter Hayes hosted his Billboard Live At-Home concert on Thursday afternoon (March 26) to raise money for MusicCares, which helps a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies for music people in need.
  Sitting at a piano, which he noted was the exact one he wrote a lot of his characteristically heart string-tugging songs on, the country star delivered a set of tunes including “Dear God,” “Cry With You,” “Port in the Storm,” “Stil
  
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• Listen to Christian Lee Hutson’s new single ‘Talk’ produced by Phoebe Bridgers

  26-03-2020 22:38 via nme.com
  
  Christian Lee Hutson has shared the video for his new Phoebe Bridgers-produced single ‘Talk’ – watch it below.
  Read more: Phoebe Bridgers talks collaborating with The 1975, aliens and her “unafraid” new album
  Set to land on Hutson’s upcoming album ‘Beginners’, which is also produced by Bridgers, ‘Talk’ is “the story of a person, on the verge of parenthood, coming to terms with their relationship with their own absent par
  
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• StubHub Announces Massive Furloughs as Live Event Layoffs Continue

  26-03-2020 22:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  StubHub is announcing massive furloughs – the first major ticketing company to do so. The cost-cutting move comes as the live music industry is devastated during the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds of sporting events and live events are canceled or postponed, hitting ticketing companies hard. Live Nation’s stock has been on a roller coaster of ups […]The post StubHub Announces Massive Furloughs as Live Event Layoffs Continue appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Trampled by Turtles’ Dave Simonett Has Time Enough at Last on Solo Album ‘Red Tail’

  26-03-2020 22:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Minnesota singer-songwriter hunkered down in the isolated winter of his home state to write an album with an underlying theme of community
  
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• Erykah Badu offers $1 online concert and discusses musicians’ self-isolation struggles

  26-03-2020 22:29 via nme.com
  
  Erykah Badu performed the first of a planned series of online concerts earlier this week, and spoke to fans about the problems she and other musicians are facing due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
  Fans were charged $1 to watch Badu perform live from her living room on Monday (March 23), where she sang a number of hits as well as offering her thoughts on artists’ struggles during the pandemic. You can see fan footage below.Erykah Badu live stream concertpic.twitter.com/yjvMkj4jcN
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• Alice Cooper Wishes Steven Tyler a Happy Birthday in Shock-Rock Fashion

  26-03-2020 22:26
  
  Steven Tyler celebrates his 72nd birthday Thursday (March 26), and the Aerosmith frontman received a flood of sweet messages — with one that cut right through.
  For the occasion, the Godfather of Shock Rock Alice Cooper recorded himself flinging knives at a printed picture of Tyler’s face while his own “Go to Hell” track plays in the background. Throwing knives is the shock rocker’s well-known pre-show ritual, and his precision only zeroes in on his a
  
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• Streaming While Social Distancing: 10 Essential Queer Music Movies to Watch at Home

  26-03-2020 22:22
  
  As cities and countries around the world continue to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus, many people practicing  social distancing by remaining at home have been looking for ways to keep themselves entertained while on lockdown. Unsurprisingly, movie and TV streaming has skyrocketed: Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said “all viewing is up” with regard to both Netflix and other forms of entertainment. This in spite of companies — including Netflix &md
  
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• Major Lazer & Marcus Mumford’s ‘Lay Your Head on Me’ Is an Uplifting Lullaby for Uneasy Times

  26-03-2020 22:21
  
  It’s a strange moment in history, to be sure. Amid the uncertainty and social distancing of coronavirus, you might just be craving a warm embrace. Major Lazer and Marcus Mumford are here to give it to you in sonic form with “Lay Your Head on Me.”
  In Mumford’s first-ever feature collaboration, the Mumford & Sons frontman sings a series of reassurances — “This too shall pass, it won’t always be the same” — as the track from Diplo, Walshy Fi
  
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• Here’s Why Dua Lipa Thinks Her Song ‘Physical’ Is a ‘Bit Like Marmite’

  26-03-2020 22:15
  
  Dua Lipa’s finally dropping her highly-anticipated sophomore effort, Future Nostalgia, on Friday (March 27), and just one day before the release, the songstress stopped by Apple Music to chat with Rebecca Judd about her new music.
  “I’ve been working on it for two years, but for the first year I was still on the road and I was still trying to figure out exactly where I wanted to go with the record,” she explained of the writing process. “I was in the studio writ
  
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• Madonna Pays Tribute to Late Co-Star Mark Blum: ‘This Virus Is No Joke’

  26-03-2020 22:10
  
  Actor Mark Blum died on Thursday (March 26) at 69 years old due to complications from the novel coronavirus. In honor of her Desperately Seeking Susan co-star, Madonna took to Instagram to remember her old friend, and urge her followers to take the pandemic seriously.
  “I Want to Acknowledge the Passing of a remarkable Human, fellow actor and friend Mark Blum, who succumbed to Coronavirus,” she wrote alongside two stills from the 1985 film they starred in together. “This is
  
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• Richard Marx Recalls Kenny Rogers Giving Him His First Hit Song During Billboard Live At-Home Concert

  26-03-2020 22:03
  
  Postponing his sold-out European tour didn’t stop Richard Marx from pulling off a nostalgia-inducing Billboard Live At-Home concert on Thursday (March 26) to raise money for Meals on Wheels America, which is delivering food to U.S. senior citizens in this critical time.
  He performed bits and pieces of his old favorites so he could fulfill as many fan requests in the 30-minute time frame. Sampling the many country, R&B and pop songs he co-wrote took the 56-year-old hitma
  
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• Liam Fray to host online listening party for Courteeners debut album ‘St. Jude’ tomorrow night

  26-03-2020 21:53 via nme.com
  
  Courteeners frontman Liam Fray has announced that he will be having a listening party for the band’s debut album ‘St. Jude’ tomorrow night.
  Read more: Courteeners’ Liam Fray: “The band is my life. When it’s not going great, my life’s not going great”
  As artists look to find the best way to occupy their time and still connect with their fans as they self-isolate amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis, Fray thought it would be a good idea to host a live
  
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• Lakeith Stanfield Re-Creates ‘Casablanca,’ ‘Joker’ in ‘Fast Life’ Video

  26-03-2020 21:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track marks first song from actor under his music moniker, Htiekal
  
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• Linkin Park share unseen footage from 2001 concert

  26-03-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Linkin Park are asking fans to send in memorabilia ahead of the 20th anniversary of debut album Hybrid Theory in 2001.
  
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• Kimberly Schlapman: 'My daughter was a gift from my late husband'

  26-03-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Kimberly Schlapman believes her late first husband "begged God" to give her a child with her new husband.
  
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• Is Britney Spears the Fastest Sprinter in Human History? A Rolling Stone Investigation

  26-03-2020 21:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  According to a recent Instagram post, Britney Spears may be faster than Usain Bolt
  
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• Harry Styles: 'I think we're kind of adjusting to the new normal'

  26-03-2020 21:35 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles FaceTimes Zane Lowe on Apple Music to discuss how he is adapting to the coronavirus pandemic and focusing on maintaining routine
  
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• Delacey Finds Someone Sweet to Dissolve the Bitter Taste in ‘Black Coffee’ Video: Exclusive

  26-03-2020 21:30
  
  Hold the cream and sugar, Delacey is a “black coffee” drinker — and the only sweetener she’ll take is a good man in her new music video, which is exclusively premiering on Billboard today (March 26).
  After co-penning Halsey’s No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit “Without Me,” the Los Angeles-based songwriter-turned-singer, born Brittany Amaradio, will shine in a spotlight without anyone else after dropping her debut album Black Coffee&nb
  
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• G-Eazy & Endless Summer Fund Are Helping Provide Meals for San Francisco Youth

  26-03-2020 21:23
  
  G-Eazy never forgets his Bay Area community, especially in a time of crisis.
  Amid the coronavirus spread, the rapper and his Endless Summer Fund are teaming up with Larkin Street Youth Services to provide meals to local at-risk youth in San Francisco every day for an entire month.
  Eazy, a Bay Area native himself, will be funding a local food truck, which helps those who cannot easily access meals from Larkin’s drop-in sites. The truck will provide lunch every single day for the next m
  
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• Wiz Khalifa & Tyga Take Flight in Hot-Air Balloons for New ‘Contact’ Video

  26-03-2020 21:08
  
  Following the release of his new record “Contact” on Monday, Wiz Khalifa partnered up with director Damien Sandoval for the song’s aerial video.
  The bouncy club banger finds Wiz and Tyga taking flight in hot-air balloons with some bodacious models. If you know Wiz, the sky is never the limit for the “Black & Yellow” MC. He even deftly interpolates Juvenile’s “Back That Azz Up” to his frenetic verse, rapping: “I be smokin’ on some ga
  
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• Bugzy Malone reportedly hospitalised after a 'serious motorcycle accident' in Manchester

  26-03-2020 20:56 via music-news.com
  
  Mancunian rapper Bugzy Malone was reportedly hospitalised after a "serious motorcycle accident" in Greater Manchester.
  
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• Big Sean has announced his new album is called 'Detroit II'

  26-03-2020 20:55 via music-news.com
  
  The 32-year-old rapper marked his birthday on Wednesday (25.03.20) by posting a trailer to tease his new record inspired by the Michigan city.
  
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• Mark Blum, Madonna’s ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ Co-Star, Dies at 69 From Coronavirus Complications

  26-03-2020 20:52
  
  Mark Blum, a veteran stage actor who appeared in such films as Crocodile Dundee and Desperately Seeking Susan and on TV shows including Mozart in the Jungle, has died. He was 69.
  Blum died Wednesday at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital of complications from the novel coronavirus, his wife, actress and acting teacher Janet Zarish, told The Hollywood Reporter.
  A busy actor, Blum also recently played bookstore owner Mr. Mooney on the Netflix crime drama You and had guest stints on HBO’s Successio
  
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• Dua Lipa Crafts a Studio 54-Worthy Disco Revival on ‘Future Nostalgia’

  26-03-2020 20:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Your self-isolation dance party soundtrack is here.
  
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• Neil Young’s Second Acoustic Fireside Sessions Concert Is a ‘Soap Opera’

  26-03-2020 20:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Set is packed with rarities like "On the Beach," "Homefires" and a solo acoustic "Words"
  
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• Waxahatchee Traces the Sound of Recovery on ‘Saint Cloud’: ‘I Had to Hit Pause’

  26-03-2020 20:43
  
  As the mastermind behind the indie project Waxahatchee, singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield has never been content with a single sound, or a single mode of playing. Over the course of four albums and a recent EP, her writing has shifted in and around a familiar universe of thematic constants with a voice, and an eye, toward specificity that’s entirely her own. Place names, dates, and particular words and phrases help anchor the music in memory — from the lithe, acoustic aesthetics of
  
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• Eminem and Jessie Reyez team up once more on new song ‘Coffin’

  26-03-2020 20:40 via nme.com
  
  Eminem and Jessie Reyez have teamed up once again on a new song called ‘Coffin’ – listen to it below.
  Read more: Eminem vs everyone: a massive list of every one of Slim Shady’s lyrical feuds
  Set to feature on Reyez’s much anticipated debut album ‘Before Love Came To Kill Us’, which arrives at midnight tonight (March 27), her latest single follows the previously released ‘Imported’ with 6LACK and ‘Love in The Dark’.
  It is
  
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• This Is Mahraganat, a Style of Egyptian Street Music the Government Calls ‘More Dangerous Than Coronavirus’

  26-03-2020 20:33
  
  The reedy tones of a synthesizer bleed into the soundscape of dissonant electronics. Subsonic bass shakes the earth as metallic percussion comes down like thunder. When the storm breaks, a frantic beat kicks into gear. Live drum fills, clinking finger cymbals, and a syncopated bass drum fuel the revelry for what sounds like a wedding party teetering on the edge of doom. 
  This is “Procession” and “Phase #5,” back-to-back tracks off Three Phase, the debut album by Egyp
  
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• Hailee Steinfeld has released a new song about healing after her breakup

  26-03-2020 20:16 via music-news.com
  
  The 23-year-old pop star - whose last public romance was with Niall Horan - has dropped 'I Love You's' from her upcoming two-part project
  
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• Songwriter Spotlight: Jessi Alexander’s West Tennessee Roots Shine Through New Album ‘Decatur County Red’

  26-03-2020 20:09
  
  Jessi Alexander never intended to move to Nashville to become a songwriter — she simply wanted to make a living in the music business anyway she could. The West Tennessee native vividly remembers being enthralled by music as a young girl. Long before she had hits by Blake Shelton, Lee Brice and Miley Cyrus, she began playing her grandparents’ piano and taught herself Elvis Presley’s “Love Me Tender” by ear around the age of nine. By the time she was 11, Alexander be
  
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• Myleene Klass jokes social distancing could lead to her having another baby

  26-03-2020 20:09 via music-news.com
  
  Myleene Klass has joked social distancing measures could lead to her having another baby
  
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• ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Sets ABC Return as Late Night Starts Back Up

  26-03-2020 20:06
  
  Jimmy Kimmel is joining many of his fellow late-night hosts in resuming production amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  The ABC host tweeted that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will resume production March 30, with episodes produced remotely and guests joining via video chat.
  Kimmel has been producing short segments that he calls “Quarantine Minilogues” from his home during stay-at-home mandates. His tweet also notes that former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate
  
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• Rammstein to re-release infamous ‘Live In Berlin’ DVD with newly uncensored footage

  26-03-2020 20:03 via nme.com
  
  Rammstein have announced that they’re re-releasing a film of their infamous 1998 gig in Berlin, complete with footage that was previously censored.
  Read more: Fire, fireworks and flaming babies: the five hottest moments in Rammstein’s stunning Milton Keynes show“Get ready for the re-release of Live aus Berlin – Rammstein’s iconic Berlin concert in August of 1998!” the band announced on Facebook. “Enjoy this concert-film, including the previously cen
  
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• Kenny Chesney Announces ‘Here and Now’ Track List

  26-03-2020 20:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Country superstar's second album for Warner Music Nashville arrives May 1st
  
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• Harry Styles Thinks ‘A Lot of Powerful Music’ Will Come Out of Artists in Quarantine

  26-03-2020 20:02
  
  Harry Styles knows it’s a sign of the times after rescheduling his extensive European tour due to the coronavirus. But he’s positive music will sound more honest from this point forward.
  In a FaceTime interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on Thursday morning (March 26), the U.K. singer-songwriter unpacked his new routine since he’s no longer hitting the road in April as previously planned for the Love On Tour trek.
  “Well, it’s kind of one of t
  
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• Glass Animals unveil new infrared-inspired video ‘Your Love (Déjà Vu)’

  26-03-2020 20:02 via nme.com
  
  Glass Animals have unveiled a new video for latest single ‘Your Love (Déjà Vu)’ – watch it below.
  Read more: Glass Animals live in Manchester: a return from tragedy to tropical triumph
  Taken from their upcoming as-yet titled third studio album, the band’s new song follows the November release of their comeback single ‘Tokyo Drifting’.
  “I think we’ve all found ourselves in fucked up relationships that make us feel sad and helpless, fro
  
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