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• ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Jan Wants You to Start ‘Belting It Out’ to Her Pop-Filled Playlist: Listen

  21-04-2020 23:55
  
  On the Friday (April 17) episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the queens of season 12 did their best Gwyneth Paltrow impressions to present their very own wellness products to the faux lifestyle brand Droop. North Carolina star Heidi N. Closet wowed the judges, earning her very first challenge win.
  But for New York star Jan and dancing diva Widow Von’Du, the challenge proved to be much more difficult, landing them both in the bottom two. The two were tasked with pe
  
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• Zhavia Ward Performs ‘Waiting’ for Billboard Live At-Home Concert

  21-04-2020 23:42
  
  Zhavia Ward brought her characteristic cool-girl energy to her Billboard Live At-Home performance on Tuesday afternoon (April 21) in support of Direct Relief, which helps people whose lives are threatened by disaster, disease, or poverty.
  She apologized for the sound “because we can’t have nobody here helping me fix it,” but an apology wasn’t necessary as she delivered flawless renditions of “Waiting” and “Candlelight,” highlighted by her rich
  
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• Neumos in Seattle, in a Pandemic: ‘I Feel Hopeful for the First Time Since This All Started’

  21-04-2020 23:21
  
  As owner of Seattle’s popular independent venue Neumos in Capitol Hill, Steven Severin has been a staple in the Seattle music industry for more than 20 years. Roughly 10 years ago, he helped create the Seattle Nightlife and Music Association to bring together the area’s live event insiders, and for the past 16 years has run Neumos with its sister club Barboza and the accompanying Runaway bar.
  As part of Billboard’s efforts to best cover the coronavirus pandemic and its imp
  
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• Global Citizen CEO: Lady Gaga’s Mother Helped Organize All-Star ‘Together at Home’ Benefit

  21-04-2020 23:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hugh Evans explains how the organization put together a blockbuster broadcast in only two-and-a-half weeks
  
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• The Killers to release another ‘Imploding The Mirage’ track later this week

  21-04-2020 23:14 via nme.com
  The Killers will share another track from their upcoming new album later this week.
  The Las Vegas band are set to release their sixth record ‘Imploding The Mirage’ on May 29. Lead single ‘Caution‘ arrived last month and was described by NME as “a propulsive charge for the synth-rock horizon”.Read More: The Killers’ 11 Best SongsPosting on their social media channels tonight (April 21), Brandon Flowers and co. told fans that another cut from LP6 would be
  
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• Gloria Trevi Signs Management Deal With Great Talent Entertainment

  21-04-2020 23:07
  
  Gloria Trevi has signed a management agreement with Great Talent Entertainment, directed by Armando Gómez, to represent her in all areas, Billboard has learned.
  Gómez, who has remained an integral part of Trevi’s team since 2005, has now taken over full management of the Mexican artist. Great Talent Entertainment was established in 2005.
  Additionally, Trevi, who’s signed to Universal Music Latino, has named Tamara Jiménez as assistant manager and Mónica Me
  
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• Social Distancing With Clown From Slipknot: Poison Ivy, Blue Jays and Grief

  21-04-2020 23:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Instead of being in a house and in an office, on a plane, on a stage in a bus, blah, blah, blah, blah, right now I'm watching a blue jay get into some peanut butter"
  
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• Shambhala Music Festival 2020 Canceled Due to Coronavirus

  21-04-2020 22:59
  
  Shambhala Music Festival 2020 will not happen due to coronavirus.
  In a statement released by the Canadian electronic festival Tuesday (April 21), organizers announced that the event scheduled for July 24-27, 2020, will be “postponed” until July 2021, when the next iteration of the festival was scheduled to occur.
  “We are truly sorry for any inconvenience our postponement may have caused, and we give our full support and recognition to Dr. Bonnie Henry and her colleagues for the
  
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• Dead & Company Cancels 2020 Summer Tour

  21-04-2020 22:58
  
  As the coronavirus continues to spread, Dead & Company are the latest to cancel their upcoming live performances. The group announced on Tuesday (April 21) that they’ve made the decision to cancel their 17-date summer tour.
  “Because of the global coronavirus outbreak and to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, we have no choice but to cancel Dead & Company’s Summer Tour 2020,” the band wrote in a statement. “The well-being and safety of our Deadhea
  
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• The Weeknd Triples Up Atop Artist 100, Hot 100 & Billboard 200 Charts for Fifth Week

  21-04-2020 22:55
  
  For a fifth week in his career, The Weeknd ranks No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100, Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts simultaneously.
  The star’s latest LP, After Hours, rules the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 25) for a fourth week, with 75,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, while the set’s “Blinding Lights” returns to No. 1 on the Hot 100 for a third total week on top.
  The Weeknd’s Artist 100 reign is also fueled by f
  
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• Victoria Monét’s Sexy New Song ‘Dive’ Is ‘A Thrill You Can Taste’

  21-04-2020 22:42
  
  Victoria Monét releases the sexy single "Dive" as the latest taste of her forthcoming album "Jaguar."
  
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• Glastonbury shares West Holts Stage playlist of artists booked for 2020

  21-04-2020 22:30 via nme.com
  Glastonbury has shared yet another playlist compiling artists who were booked to perform at this year’s festival.
  Set to take place in June, the 50th anniversary of the Worthy Farm event was cancelled last month due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The initial line-up poster for 2020 had been revealed in the previous week.Read More: A love letter to Glastonbury – and why next year’s festival will be sweeter than everLast Tuesday, Glasto organiser
  
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• Hayley Williams Unveils ‘Petals for Armor II’ Collection, Plus New Single ‘Dead Horse’

  21-04-2020 22:27
  
  Hayley Williams unveiled the second Petals for Armor installment on Tuesday (April 21), just a few weeks before her debut solo album of the same name drops via Atlantic Records on May 8.
  The five-song installment includes a new single, “Dead Horse,” which details the feelings of betrayal after ending her longterm relationship. “I said I beat it like a dead horse, I beat it like a drum / Oh, I stayed with you too long / Skipping like a record, I sang along / A shitty never-
  
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• Spotlight: Chuck Surack of Sweetwater Sound Launched an $800M Retail Operation From His Home Studio

  21-04-2020 22:24
  
  Chuck Surack’s life was forever changed by the Kurzweil 250 synthesizer.
  Before the groundbreaking instrument was introduced in 1984, the founder and CEO of Sweetwater Sound — currently the largest online retailer of musical instruments and pro audio in the U.S. — had been running a recording studio out of the garage of his 1,000-square-feet house in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (It was an upgrade from the 1966 Volkswagen Bus he worked out of previously.) But a fateful trip to a friend
  
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• ‘In the Heights’ Movie Lands New Release Date

  21-04-2020 22:20
  
  Warner Bros.’ big-screen musical In the Heights has landed a new June 18, 2021, release date, the studio said Tuesday (April 21).
  The film originally had been set to dance into theaters June 26, 2020, but was pulled last month from this year’s calendar because of the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
  Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) is directing the movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s popular 2008 Broadway musical.In the Heights follows a b
  
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• Dead and Company Cancel Summer 2020 Tour

  21-04-2020 22:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jam band offers full refund for all tickets purchased, citing coronavirus safety concerns
  
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• Blink-182’s Travis Barker says he’s “sitting on a bunch of records” for his new rap label

  21-04-2020 22:09 via nme.com
  
  Blink-182‘s Travis Barker has revealed he has a “bunch of records” lined up for his new rap label, featuring collaborations between the drummer-turned-producer and a variety of acts – including Run The Jewels and Lil Yachty.
  Barker has collaborated with numerous rappers over the years, and after being approached by Johnny Minardi and Gregg Nadel from Elektra Records, set up DTA Records to promote rap talent alongside his new role producing hip hop beats with live dru
  
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• Amara La Negra Transforms Her Living Room Into a Club for Billboard Live At-Home Concert

  21-04-2020 22:06
  
  Amara La Negra turned her living room into “Club Amara,” with a full production that included a DJ, lights, smoke and back-to-back Amara hits, for her Billboard Live At-Home concert on Tuesday (April 21).
  The singer-songwriter gave the ultimate at-home performance live from Miami to raise money for the Coalition for the Homeless and Downtown Women’s Center. “I miss performing. I miss being onstage. I miss the lights, the energy, and I thought, ‘I’m going to do
  
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• Big Time Rush Virtually Reunite & It Feels Like 2010 All Over Again

  21-04-2020 21:56
  
  Big Time Rush hosted the reunion of a lifetime on Monday while each member stayed cooped up at home. And they advised their loyal fanbase to do the same.
  “It has been a minute!” James Maslow exclaimed in the minute-long video, uploaded to BTR’s Twitter and soundtracked by their groovy 2011 single “Windows Down.” But the boys aren’t surfing at the beach again like in their music video. “We wanted to jump on this virtual hangout and say hi and wish e
  
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• Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone & More to Celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s 90th Birthday With Livestream Concert

  21-04-2020 21:53
  
  Some of Broadway’s brightest lights will participate in a celebration of one of the Great White Way’s most beloved lyricists/composers, Stephen Sondheim, on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET. Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration will air live on Broadway.com and feature appearances by Meryl Streep, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Christine Baranski, Donna Murphy, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, Brian Stokes Mitchell and many more.
  
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• Apple Music Expands Into 52 Additional Countries, Including Morocco and Cameroon

  21-04-2020 21:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Apple Music has debuted in 52 additional countries, expanding its global reach to a total of 167 nations. The Cupertino, California, company announced its high-profile expansion benchmark in a press release, which was shared with Digital Music News. Apple Music joined the App Store and Apple Arcade, among other Apple apps and services, in reaching […]The post Apple Music Expands Into 52 Additional Countries, Including Morocco and Cameroon appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Escape to the Nightclub of Your Mind With This Slinky Mix From Tensnake: Exclusive

  21-04-2020 21:46
  
  With the doors to all of our favorite nightclubs locked and our festivals of choice either canceled or postponed, the living room has become our venue of choice during quarantine. Busting moves around the coffee table isn’t quite the same as getting down on a packed dance floor, but if you shut the blinds, dim the lights and turn the music up loud enough, it can still be a fun and fairly cathartic experience.
  The good news is that there’s still loads of new music coming out to fuel t
  
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• Maluma: 'I don't want a relationship right now'

  21-04-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Maluma wants to get married and have a family eventually.
  
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• How to Watch ‘Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince’

  21-04-2020 21:42
  
  Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince airs Tuesday night (April 21) on CBS to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the legendary artist’s death.
  Named after the opening track from his 1984 seminal blockbuster soundtrack Purple Rain, the special casts a star-studded lineup to rewind through Prince’s beloved hits. Maya Rudolph will bring out her all-female Prince cover band, Princess, while hosting the two-hour tribute event, which was filmed Jan.
  
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• Kanye West producer Mike Dean releases debut solo album ‘4:20’

  21-04-2020 21:35 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West producer Mike Dean has released his first-ever solo album – you can listen to it below.
  Dean has worked on past ‘Ye albums including ‘Graduation’ (2007), ‘808s & Heartbreak’ (2008) and most recently last year’s ‘Jesus Is King’. He also has production credits on records from Madonna, Travis Scott, The Weeknd and many more.
  Yesterday (April 20), the producer marked the unofficial weed holiday by releasing his debut LP &lsquo
  
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• Ansel Elgort Posts a Steamy Nude Pic — And It’s All for a Good Cause

  21-04-2020 21:27
  
  Ansel Elgort certainly got the attention of his 10 million Instagram followers Tuesday (April 21) when he posted a sepia-filtered nude in the shower — and it’s all for a good cause.
  In a teasing caption, Elgort wrote, “OnlyFans LINK IN BIO,” in reference to the website where subscribers pay models and influencers a fee to view scandalous images of them on their social media that wouldn’t make the cut on Instagram. But the link in the 26-year-old actor/musician&
  
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• 30 Years Ago, Gipsy Kings’ ‘Volaré’ Rumbaed to the Top of the Hot Latin Songs Chart

  21-04-2020 21:18
  
  Thirty years ago Tuesday (April 21), Gipsy Kings — the band that had the world striking a flamenco pose and screaming out “bem bem” and “djobi, djoba” on dance floors — rumbaed to the top of the Hot Latin Songs chart with “Volaré.”The Kings’ first Hot Latin Songs No. 1 covered Domenico Modugno’s 1956 Billboard Hot 100 topper, recorded as “Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu,” which, in the 1970s, made a return appearance int
  
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• Hayley Williams Releases Second ‘Petals for Armor’ EP, New Single ‘Dead Horse’

  21-04-2020 21:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Williams will release full-length debut solo album in May
  
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• Erika Girardi Cues Up ‘High-Energy’ Tunes for an At-Home Dance Party: Tuesday Takeover Playlist

  21-04-2020 21:10
  
  Welcome back to Takeover Tuesday, where each week, Billboard taps chart-topping artists and tastemakers to compile their very own playlist exclusive to Billboard’s Spotify account. We give the artists free rein to base the list on whatever subject they choose. The only rule? Make it as creative and unique to them as possible.Erika Girardi is more than just a reality TV star. Anyone who watches The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is aware that she knows her stuff when it com
  
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• The Greatest Concerts We’ve Ever Seen

  21-04-2020 21:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  'Rolling Stone Music Now' celebrates the greatest live performers, with input from Brendan Benson and Brian Fallon
  
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• Paloma Mami Talks Keeping Her Nails ‘Super Extra’ During Quarantine: ‘I’m Trying Not to Break Any!’

  21-04-2020 21:03
  
  Paloma Mami is not only continuing to make the rounds with her latest production “Mami,” but she’s also whipping up new music while in self-quarantine in Chile.
  In addition to working hard amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the urbana R&B artist is keeping her nail game strong, telling Billboard that her mission right now is to keep them intact.
  “I did my nails a little bit before I got into quarantine, so right now it’s just about me trying to maintain
  
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• Peter Facinelli Shares ‘Shuffle (And Family) Friendly’ Quarantine Playlist

  21-04-2020 20:59
  
  Actor, director and multi-instrumentalist Peter Facinelli has devoted a significant amount of his self-isolation to creating some music on his own, but he’s also embracing the thrill of remote collaboration for an exclusive playlist provided to Billboard below.
  With the help of his DJ friend Lindsay Luv, the Can’t Hardly Wait star compiles a set that bounces, uplifts and builds the positive energy to patiently ride out the indoor life. Perhaps best prepared to see things in the long
  
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• 5SOS’s Michael Clifford Talks ‘Wildflower’ Video, CALM, And Quarantine

  21-04-2020 20:57
  
  5 Seconds of Summer's Michael Clifford tells us how the band filmed their "Wildflower" video, why their new album "CALM" is their most ambitious yet, and what he's been doing while at home in quarantine.
  
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• Jennifer Lopez Sued Over Instagram Photo for Copyright Infringement

  21-04-2020 20:56
  
  Jennifer Lopez and her Nuyorican Productions company are being sued for copyright infringement, according to legal documents obtained by Billboard.
  The federal lawsuit, filed by lawyer Richard Liebowitz on behalf of New York photographer Steve Sands, argues that the artist used and shared on Instagram one of Sands’ photos without permission to allegedly “promote their brand.” Sands is now seeking $150,000 in monetary relief.
  “This is an example of celebrities us
  
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• Exodus’ Gary Holt Recalls How European Metal Tour ‘Quickly Snowballed Into a Disaster’ Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

  21-04-2020 20:50
  
  Gary Holt knows what it’s like to be the last band out the door. His metal group, Exodus, was on the epic European tour The Bay Strikes Back 2020 with Testament and Death Angel in March when everything had changed almost overnight. “We flew home the morning the president shut down all flights outside of anyone who was an American [on March 12],” says Holt 55, in an interview with Billboard last week following his personal battle with COVID-19.
  The monthlong tour kicked off
  
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• Nasty Cherry’s new single ‘Shoulda Known Better’ is coming this week

  21-04-2020 20:35 via nme.com
  Nasty Cherry are set to release their first new single of the year later this week – check out a clip below.Read More: What’s Your Band Called, Mate? Get to know Nasty CherryThe four-piece, who were put together by Charli XCX, released their debut EP ‘Season 1’ last November. In a four-star review, NME described the project as “a short but juicy morsel”, adding: “We can’t wait for the next bite.”
  Taking to social media on Sunday (April 1
  
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• Christine And The Queens’s Half-French Travis Scott Cover Is A Treat

  21-04-2020 20:35
  
  Christine and the Queens covered Travis Scott's 'Highest in the Room' while socially isolated.
  
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• Miami Police Called as David Guetta’s Coronavirus Relief Concert Gets Unruly

  21-04-2020 20:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  DJ David Guetta played a coronavirus relief EDM concert in Miami – then the police showed up. The concert was live-streamed in partnership with the Miami Downtown Development Authority. It was a two-hour event streamed across the world to raise money for non-profit groups in Florida. The concert drew 6.2 million people on Facebook, 341,000 […]The post Miami Police Called as David Guetta’s Coronavirus Relief Concert Gets Unruly appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Lewis Capaldi's isolation tunes are 'flowing'

  21-04-2020 20:30 via music-news.com
  
  The Scottish pop star has had no problem with writer's block during the coronavirus pandemic, but insisted not everything he’s churning out will be useable, as he quipped that “diarrhoea also flows”.
  
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• Latin Alternative Music Conference to Be Held Online Due to COVID-19

  21-04-2020 20:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 21st annual LAMC will be held in June and be entirely virtual
  
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• Charli XCX 'cried for the first time' whilst making her self-isolation album

  21-04-2020 20:26 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Gone' hitmaker has been focusing all of her energy on her upcoming record, 'how i'm feeling now', which is out on May 15, and she shared
  
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• Amoeba Music Launches a GoFundMe Campaign In a Desperate Bid to Survive

  21-04-2020 20:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Famed music-store brand Amoeba Music is facing an uncertain future because of economic strains from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic—so much so that its co-founder, Marc Weinstein, has created a GoFundMe page asking fans for emergency assistance. The GoFundMe campaign is aptly titled “Amoeba Needs Help To Survive,” and its description opens with a brief history […]The post Amoeba Music Launches a GoFundMe Campaign In a Desperate Bid to Survive appeared first on Digita
  
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• Sinitta convinced she'd be Simon Cowell wife if he hadn't had a child with Lauren Silverman

  21-04-2020 20:23 via music-news.com
  
  Sinitta is convinced she'd have married Simon Cowell if he hadn't had a child with Lauren Silverman.
  
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• How Rina Sawayama Fused Early 2000s Pop & Nu-Metal to ‘Break the Chain’ of Familial Discord

  21-04-2020 20:21
  
  Each month, Billboard Pride celebrates an LGBTQ act as its Artist of the Month. Our April selection: Rina Sawayama.
  Rina Sawayama is supposed to be in America right now. It’s a mild Wednesday afternoon in England, where the star is self-isolating in her London apartment instead of preparing for the headlining North American tour she was set to begin on April 24. (The tour has since been rescheduled for September due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.)
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• Fountains of Wayne to reunite this month just weeks after the death of Adam Schlesinger

  21-04-2020 20:20 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Stacy's Mom' hitmakers - whose co-founder, songwriter and bassist tragically died after contracting coronavirus earlier this month - will perform together for the first time since 2013 at a benefit concert.
  
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• Sam Smith says emotional quarantine pictures were not posted in a 'nasty way'

  21-04-2020 20:15 via music-news.com
  
  The ‘I’m Ready’ singer received some criticism for posting a series of pictures in which they displayed the “stages of a quarantine meltdown”
  
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• YouTube Ad Revenue Is Plunging — Down 20% or More for Many Creators

  21-04-2020 20:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  YouTube creators are speaking out about considerable drops in YouTube ad revenue this month. In an effort to gather more data, YouTube creator Hank Green recently asked fellow creators to publicly share their CPMs. Unfortunately, the findings were pretty shocking. A channel’s CPM represents how much advertisers are willing to pay per 1,000 views. Green […]The post YouTube Ad Revenue Is Plunging — Down 20% or More for Many Creators appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• YouTube Ad Revenue Is Plunging — Down 20% for Many Creators

  21-04-2020 20:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  YouTube creators are speaking out about considerable drops in YouTube ad revenue this month. YouTube creator Hank Green asked creators to publicly share their CPMs to gather more data. A channel’s CPM represents how much advertisers are willing to pay per 1,000 views. Green says his average CPM across his network of channels has dropped […]The post YouTube Ad Revenue Is Plunging — Down 20% for Many Creators appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Thanks to Another Internet Challenge, Young T & Bugsey’s ‘Don’t Rush’ Is a Surprise Hit

  21-04-2020 20:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Typically, English rappers have a tough time making it onto American radio, but TikTok and social distancing are powering a rare exception to the rule
  
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• Beastie Boys on What Spike Jonze Made Them Cut From Their Documentary

  21-04-2020 20:04
  
  “The two of us will do the best we can, because one of us isn’t here,” Michael “Mike D” Diamond declares in the opening minutes of Beastie Boys Story while standing alongside Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz. In the heartfelt new documentary, which premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday (Apr. 24), the pair tells the origin story of their boundary-pushing New York hip-hop trio, while paying tribute to its third member, Adam “MCA” Yauch, whose death in 2012 p
  
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