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• More Than 800 Music Venues Join Together to Ask Congressional Leaders for Aid

  22-04-2020 23:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Because of our unprecedented, tenuous position, for the first time in history, there is legitimate fear for our collective existence," National Independent Venue Association president Dayna Frank says in open letter
  
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• 800 Music Venues Join Together to Ask Congressional Leaders for Aid

  22-04-2020 23:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Because of our unprecedented, tenuous position, for the first time in history, there is legitimate fear for our collective existence," National Independent Venue Association president Dayna Frank says in open letter
  
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• Lady Gaga Reveals Official Chromatica Tracklist, Featuring Ariana Grande And Blackpink

  22-04-2020 23:52
  
  Lady Gaga reveals her official "Chromatica" tracklist, featuring collaborations with Ariana Grande, Blackpink, and Elton John.
  
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• Glass Animals’s Dave Bayley Debuts Hazy Quarantine Cover of Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’: Watch

  22-04-2020 23:50
  
  Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley continued his excellent “Quarantine Covers” series on Wednesday (April 22) with a cover of Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” with some help from British musician and poet Arlo Parks.
  After Bayley built the track in real time, walking viewers through the process, he launched into a dreamy version of the hit, eventually bringing in Parks for some stunning harmonies.
  Bayley has been covering songs by fan request from his home studio; his take on
  
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• Lady Gaga Confirms ‘Chromatica’ Track List, With Some Star-Studded Guests

  22-04-2020 23:46
  
  While Little Monsters everywhere have been left wondering when they will get to hear Lady Gaga’s hotly anticipated sixth studio album Chromatica, they now have something to get excited about.
  On Wednesday (April 22), Gaga took to Twitter to reveal the official track list for her new album, including a few special guests who will join her on the record. Comprised of 16 tracks, Chromatica will see Gaga taking on a set of all-new collaborators, including pop superstar Ariana Gr
  
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• Ariana Grande & Shoshana Bean to Join Jason Robert Brown for Virtual SubCulture Residency Concert

  22-04-2020 23:38
  
  Downtown NYC’s SubCulture performing arts venue will be hosting Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown’s Artist-in-Residency concert virtually this month.
  From the comfort of their homes, Brown will welcome his longtime band for a special performance, plus guest appearances by Ariana Grande and Shoshana Bean. Grande made her Broadway debut in Brown’s 2008 musical 13.“What I have missed and mourned the most over these
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly covers Rihanna’s ‘Love On The Brain’ at request of Marilyn Manson

  22-04-2020 23:35 via nme.com
  Machine Gun Kelly has covered Rihanna‘s ‘Love On The Brain’ at the request of Marilyn Manson – check it out below.Read More: Machine Gun Kelly – ‘Hotel Diablo’ reviewThe Ohio rapper – real name Colson Baker – gave his own spin on RiRi’s 2016 single for the latest edition of his Lockdown Sessions series.
  At the beginning of the song’s official video, we see none other than Marilyn Manson on a FaceTime call with MGK. “Why&rsqu
  
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• DeFrance Veers into Americana Territory With ‘Lights Down Low’: Video Premiere

  22-04-2020 23:35
  
  When Drew deFrance says there’s more where his upcoming third album came from, he means a lot more.
  The Arkansas-based singer, songwriter and bandleader — whose video for “Lights Down Low” is premiering exclusively below — has three more releases in the works, even as he’s preparing for his deFrance band’s self-released No Longer a Stranger in This Town album to drop on May 15.“I can’t stop it sometimes,” deFrance tells Billboard about
  
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• How Latin Artists Are Helping During Coronavirus Pandemic (Updating)

  22-04-2020 23:27
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has affected the world tremendously, resulting in deaths across the world, layoffs, school shutdowns and a plummeting stock market. Many people, including celebrities, are in self-quarantine with the mission of flattening the curve and reducing the outbreak.
  During these challenging and uncertain times, many Latin artists, such as Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, and Carla Morrison, have provided aid to the less fortunate in their communities and around the world.
  See how the
  
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• Stokley Calls ‘She…’ Topping Adult R&B Songs Chart ‘A Little Overdue & Also Right on Time’

  22-04-2020 23:19
  
  Stokley earns his first solo No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Songs airplay chart as “She…” skips 3-1 on the list dated April 25. The single ascends through a 12% lift in plays in the week ending April 19, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data — the biggest percent increase of any of the chart’s 30 songs this week.
  With his first No. 1, Stokley (born Stokley Williams) surpasses his previous best showing as a soloist, when he topped out at No. 3 with “Le
  
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• Whitney Houston Biopic in the Works From Clive Davis & Houston Estate

  22-04-2020 23:08
  
  Music producer Clive Davis is working with the estate of late singer Whitney Houston for the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody.
  Anthony McCarten, the writer behind Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, will pen the screenplay, while Stella Meghie, who was behind Issa Rae romance The Photograph, will direct.
  Pat Houston will produce the movie on behalf of the Houston Estate, along with Davis, Primary Wave Music’s Larry Mestel, Denis O’Sullivan and McCarten.
  With the backing
  
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• Chino & Nacho on How the Pandemic Has Impacted Their Planned Comeback: ‘We Hope This Is Over Soon’

  22-04-2020 23:00
  
  Four years after recording “Andas En Mi Cabeza,” Chino & Nacho made their anticipated comeback in March with the new single “Raro” — the first of many projects to come as a duo.
  An online petition created by fans asking them to return as Chino & Nacho was a catalyst for the reunion. “It serves as motivation,” Nacho tells Billboard. “Those 10 years together were worth it all. Every minute, every day, every month we invested in making mu
  
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• Kelly Clarkson’s Unexpected Music Taste Includes ‘Crowd Surfing, Sweaty & Singing/Screaming’

  22-04-2020 22:56
  
  Kelly Clarkson held her first-ever Reddit AMA in the r/music community on Wednesday (April 22), where she chatted with fans about everything from Harry Potter and riding horses, to the struggles of fame at a young age.
  “My question is: you have always seemed so down to earth and positive to me, how have you coped with being in the spotlight for nearly two decades whilst still radiating this happy energy?” one user asked. “You were pretty young when you
  
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• Qveen Herby Teases Missy Elliott & Timbaland-Inspired ‘EP 8′ on Billboard Live At-Home Concert

  22-04-2020 22:54
  
  Qveen Herby delivered a meditative Billboard Live At-Home performance Wednesday (April 22) to raise money for Meals on Wheels America, which delivers food to senior citizens in need.
  She began with an aura cleanse, burning synthetic Palo Santo incense sticks to pull negative energy away from her performance area filled with mysterious organ music. But in a flash, she completely transformed her domestic ambiance into a combustible arena with her spitfire verses à la “Busta Rhymes,&r
  
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• Ford Motor Co. Hit With $8M Copyright Lawsuit Over Unlicensed Synchs

  22-04-2020 22:50
  
  Digital music library catalog Freeplay Music (FPM) has filed an $8 million lawsuit accusing Ford Motor Co. of using its catalog of songs in advertisements without obtaining the proper licenses. The federal lawsuit filed in Michigan on Monday calls Ford “a multibillion dollar company too cheap to secure licensing before commercially using registered works by another company.”
  FPM, which has more than 50,000 works by 480 composers in its catalog, alleges Ford used 54 works in at least
  
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• The Ghost Inside return with new single ‘Aftermath’, their first material since fatal bus crash

  22-04-2020 22:42 via nme.com
  
  The Ghost Inside have detailed their upcoming new album and shared its first single ‘Aftermath’, their first material since being involved in a fatal crash almost five years ago.
  The Los Angeles outfit’s tour bus collided with a tractor-trailer in November 2015, killing the drivers of both vehicles. Drummer Andrew Tkaczyk lost one of his legs as a result of the collision.
  The Ghost Inside teased their comeback on social media early last year, with various posts showing them reh
  
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• A Timeline of Eminem & Nick Cannon’s Decade-Long Feud

  22-04-2020 22:35
  
  The feud between Nick Cannon and Eminem over their respective relationships with Mariah Carey seems like a tale as old as time, but the decade-long beef has resurfaced in the past several months.
  We feel like we’re back in 2009, with the duo exchanging diss tracks and scathing words over social media. It’s a lot to keep up with and it feels like new punches are thrown every day, but Billboard has you covered.
  See below for a full timeline of Eminem and Nick Cannon&rsqu
  
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• Spotify Officially Launches Its Artist Donation Platform – Take a Look

  22-04-2020 22:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify has officially launched its much-anticipated “Artist Fundraising Pick” tool, which was first announced about one month ago. The tool enables creators to equip their Spotify profiles with links to charitable funds, including those that support specific causes, music-industry employees, and even artists themselves. Presently, the Artist Fundraising Pick function can link to PayPal.me destinations, […]The post Spotify Officially Launches Its Artist Donation Platform &ndas
  
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• What Was Your Favorite Performance at ‘The Grammy Salute to Prince’? Vote!

  22-04-2020 22:10
  
  Marking the fourth anniversary of Prince’s death, stars from Maya Rudolph to Miguel revived his greatest hits for CBS’ Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince on Tuesday night. Although nothing compares to him, Billboard wants to know who you think really brought it to the stage.
  Gary Clark Jr. and H.E.R. pulled double-duty, as the two opened the special with its namesake and Purple Rain’s opening track “Let’s Go Crazy,&
  
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• Nicky Jam Recounts Powerful Life Story in Netflix Series ‘Nicky Jam: El Ganador’

  22-04-2020 22:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  The reggaeton icon chronicles his battle with drug addiction, rise to fame
  
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• The Video for Major Lazer & Marcus Mumford’s ‘Lay Your Head on Me’ Was Filmed In 28 Countries

  22-04-2020 22:00
  
  As the world leans into being alone together amid quarantine, Major Lazer, Marcus Mumford and 208 artists from 28 countries around the globe are demonstrating that a sense of unity is possible, even while we’re all separated.
  Out Wednesday (April 22), the video for “Lay Your Head on Me” — the recent collaborative single from the two acts — features 208 dancers and musicians performing along with the song, with these clips patched together into a cohesive and legitim
  
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• Yungblud Channels Positivity In These ‘Weird!’ Times With New Music Video

  22-04-2020 21:56
  
  Yungblud has released a new song, 'Weird.' The vibrant song is about overcoming anxiety and being happy for a new day.
  
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• Rick Rubin Rules Rock Producers Chart, Thanks to The Strokes

  22-04-2020 21:55
  
  Rick Rubin hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Producers chart (dated April 25), leading for the first time thanks to nine production credits on the Hot Rock Songs chart, all on tracks performed by The Strokes.
  All nine songs are from The Strokes’ LP The New Abnormal, which debuts at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums and No. 8 on the Billboard 200 with 35,000 equivalent album units, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
  “Bad Decisions” is the band’s highest-charting hit on Hot Roc
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Misses ‘Going to Cool Sh–,’ Posts Cute Billie Eilish Throwback at Billboard Women in Music

  22-04-2020 21:52
  
  Megan Thee Stallion misses her hot girl antics and “going to cool sh–” with friends during quarantine — especially Billie Eilish.
  The “Savage” rapper posted a throwback video via Instagram on Wednesday (April 22) from Billboard’s 2019 Women in Music gala, held Dec. 12 at the Hollywood Palladium, where Meg won the Powerhouse Award and performed “Cash Sh–.”
  “I miss going to cool shit. I forgot I had this video @
  
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• The Pretenders Compare Love to Drug Addiction in ‘The Buzz’ Video

  22-04-2020 21:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Single is off of the band's upcoming album, 'Hate for Sale,' out this summer
  
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• Missy Elliott Is A Literal Work Of Art In Her Eye-Popping ‘Cool Off’ Video

  22-04-2020 21:48
  
  Missy Elliott heats up a museum dance party and transforms into a living piece of art in her video for "Cool Off," off her Iconology EP.
  
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• Jeff Beck announces dates for rescheduled UK shows

  22-04-2020 21:46 via nme.com
  
  Jeff Beck has announced a rescheduled run of UK tour dates, set to take place in spring 2021.Coronavirus: every cancelled gig, festival and tour – and how to get your ticket refundThe legendary guitarist was due to embark on a run of shows this May, including two nights at The Royal Albert Hall in London, but was forced to postpone them due to the coronavirus.
  Now, however, Beck has announced a new run of shows, set to take place in 2021. They are as follows:
  April 202121 – Sheffield
  
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• M.I.A. claims British Vogue dropped her from feature over anti-vaccine stance

  22-04-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  M.I.A. stunned fans last month by announcing she'd "choose death" over a vaccine that tackled the coronavirus.
  
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• The Beatles’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ Movie Coming to YouTube as Singalong Event

  22-04-2020 21:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song lyrics will appear on the bottom of the screen so everyone watching from lockdown can sing together at once
  
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• Fuerza Regida’s ‘Adicto’ Arrives in Top 5 on Latin Albums Chart

  22-04-2020 21:41
  
  San Bernardino, Calif., group Fuerza Regida clocks its first top five debut on Top Latin Albums, as Adicto arrives at No. 4 (chart dated April 25).
  The quartet’s second studio album follows its debut studio effort, Del Barrio Hasta Aquí, which earned the band its first top 10 on the survey in July 2019.
  “We switched it up, we gave the fans something they weren’t expecting,” lead singer Jesus Ortiz Paz tells Billboard. “From instruments to features, we us
  
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• Indie Rockstar G-Eazy Covers an Obscure Band Called the Beatles

  22-04-2020 21:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Bay Area artist dusts off the band's 1968 song "I'm So Tired" for a new generation
  
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• Dua Lipa’s ‘Future Nostalgia’ Is the Disco Liberation Soundtrack We Need Now

  22-04-2020 21:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  The pulsing physicality of her new album is the perfect prescription for a world without dance floors
  
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• Godsmack Ties Shinedown & Van Halen for Second-Most Mainstream Rock Songs Top 10s

  22-04-2020 21:38
  
  Godsmack continues its hot streak on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs radio airplay chart, scoring its fourth straight top 10 with “Unforgettable” on the April 25-dated list.
  As the track rises 11-7, Godsmack adds its 26th total Mainstream Rock Songs top 10, dating to its first, “Whatever,” in 1999.
  Over the history of the chart, which began in 1981, the band ties Shinedown and Van Halen for the second-most top 10s.Most Mainstream Rock Songs Top 10s28, Tom Petty (s
  
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• Jason Isbell Supports Indie Record Stores With Early ‘Reunions’ Release

  22-04-2020 21:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Performer's new album with the 400 Unit will be available one week before its originally slated May 15th release
  
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• Madonna Teams With Reform Alliance to Donate 100,000 Masks to Jails & Prisons

  22-04-2020 21:25
  
  With jails and prisons struggling to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay, on Wednesday (April 22), Madonna’s Ray of Light Foundation and REFORM Alliance announced plans to curb the issue by donating 100,000 surgical masks.
  “We teamed up with @Madonna @PairOfThieves @bailproject and @cut_50 to secure 100k MORE MASKS FOR PEOPLE BEHIND BARS,” REFORM Alliance tweeted. “We need to stop #COVID19 from spreading inside of prisons if we want to stop it from spreading outside of p
  
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• Bill Clinton Swag Challenge Takes Over Instagram – Here’s How to Share Yours

  22-04-2020 21:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The latest meme trend to sweep social media is Bill Clinton swag, photoshopping new albums into a pic from the 90s. The image is of then-President Bill Clinton sitting on the ground, lovingly holding an album. He’s got a set of vintage headphones on while he listens. On the ground beside him are three additional […]The post Bill Clinton Swag Challenge Takes Over Instagram – Here’s How to Share Yours appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Watch Metallica play “one of the best setlists ever” in new stream of classic show

  22-04-2020 21:23 via nme.com
  Metallica have shared a classic concert featuring “one of the best setlists ever” as part of their ongoing Metallica Mondays series.
  The band began uploading notable past shows to their official YouTube channel on a weekly basis last month in a bid to entertain fans during lockdown. They kicked things off with their 2019 Slane Castle appearance.Read More: The show must go online: inside the rise of virtual gigs during the coronavirus crisisFor this week’s edition, Metallica dug
  
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• New York City Cancels All In-Person Pride Events Amid Coronavirus Concerns

  22-04-2020 21:18
  
  As the threat of coronavirus continues to bring the world to a standstill, many major events around the globe have already been canceled to prevent the further spread of the disease. Now, one of the largest LGBTQ festivals in the world has decided to shut down for the year.
  On Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that all permits for large events in the month of June had officially been canceled by the city, meaning the shutdown of all in-person NYC Pride events for the first tim
  
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• The Strokes Score First No. 1 on Top Rock Albums Chart Since 2011

  22-04-2020 21:16
  
  The Strokes notch their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts since 2011, as The New Abnormal bows atop both surveys dated April 25.
  The New Abnormal debuts with 35,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending April 16, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of that sum, 23,000 units are via album sales.
  The set is The Strokes’ first to rule Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums since Angles, which debuted atop both lists in April 20
  
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• La Doña in San Francisco, in a Pandemic: ‘I’m Still Only Making Less Than Half of What I Should’

  22-04-2020 21:06
  
  Emerging Mexican-American femmetón singer-songwriter La Doña’s new album, Algo Nuevo, dropped March 12 via Human Re Sources just as the coronavirus pandemic intensified in the U.S. Concerts, festivals and other large gatherings across the country were canceled, including her planned South by Southwest debut, interrupting her early career momentum.
  As part of Billboard’s efforts to best cover the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts on the music
  
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• Marianne Faithfull Released From Hospital After Three-Week Coronavirus Stay

  22-04-2020 21:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer "very grateful to all the NHS staff who cared for her at the hospital and, without doubt, saved her life"
  
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• Bad Bunny Logs 30th Week at No. 1 on Latin Songwriters Chart

  22-04-2020 21:03
  
  Bad Bunny tallies his record-extending 30th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Songwriters chart (dated April 25), thanks to a hefty 16 entries on the latest Hot Latin Songs survey.
  All 16 songs appear on Bunny’s third LP, YHLQMDLG, which debuted at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in March, becoming the highest-charting all-Spanish-language album ever on the latter list. The set leads Top Latin Albums for a seventh week, having yet to depart the summit.Here&r
  
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• Music Credits Database Jaxsta Offers Free Pro Service for Rest of the Year

  22-04-2020 21:00
  
  Music credits database Jaxsta is offering its business-to-business subscription platform Jaxsta Pro for free for the remainder of 2020, the company announced Wednesday (April 22).
  Normally available for $150 a year, Jaxsta Pro was designed to help music professionals connect, create opportunities and enhance their careers. The new initiative is the company’s way of supporting the music community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  “By signing up to Jaxsta Pro, artists, songwriters, produce
  
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• J Balvin’s ‘Morado’ Hits No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart

  22-04-2020 20:59
  
  J Balvin’s “Morado” lands atop the Latin Airplay chart (dated April 25), climbing 4-1 in its 13th week. The second single from Colores also becomes the set’s second track to rule the survey, following “Blanco” (one-week reign, March 21-dated list).
  “It makes me happy to know that the fans love ‘Morado,’ especially because it’s a sound that is very J Balvin,” the Colombian superstar tells Billboard. “I wanted to bring it
  
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• Marianne Faithfull has left hospital after Covid-19 treatment

  22-04-2020 20:56 via nme.com
  
  Marianne Faithfull has left hospital after over three weeks after developing coronavirus symptoms.
  The legendary singer and actor, 73, was taken to a London hospital on April 1, but a statement released via her social media platforms has now confirmed that she has returned home.“We are really happy to say that Marianne has been discharged from hospital today, 22 days after being admitted suffering from the symptoms of Covid-19,” the statement reads. She will continue to recuperate in
  
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• Elah Hale’s Expansive Coming-Of-Age Anthems Are Inspired By Small Spaces

  22-04-2020 20:51
  
  New York musician Elah Hale's debut EP 'Room 206' was inspired by her college dorm room. The singer speaks with MTV News about being signed to Interscope and embarking on her first tour with Orion Sun.
  
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• The cast of Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ musical virtually reunite to sing ’21 Guns’

  22-04-2020 20:43 via nme.com
  
  To mark 10 years since the Broadway debut of ‘American Idiot‘, the musical based on the 2004 Green Day album of the same name, its cast have reunited online.Read more: The Big Read – Green Day: “We live our lives as if we have nothing”25 cast members contributed to a new rendition of ’21 Guns’, which originally appeared on ‘American Idiot”s follow up ’21st Century Breakdown’. Take a look below.
  Green Day frontman Billie Joe A
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion is finishing work on a new album under lockdown

  22-04-2020 20:42 via nme.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion has revealed that she has been working on a new album while under the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.
  The Texas rapper, who released her debut mixtape ‘Fever’ in 2019, is currently self-isolating at a property in Los Angeles.
  On Monday evening (April 20), she appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon via video call for the programme’s ‘At Home’ segment. During the chat, Megan said that she had recently “been recording” new materia
  
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• Quarantine-Inspired Latin Songs From Abraham Mateo, Banda MS, Farruko & More: Vote for Your Favorite

  22-04-2020 20:23
  
  The global coronavirus pandemic has everyone’s life on pause, including many music artists who’ve had to postpone tours and check in to self-quarantine.
  Despite these uncertain times, many artists, such as Piso 21, Anuel AA, and Maluma, continue working hard, creating music and dropping fresh bops.
  Others have released quarantine-inspired songs to help them cope with self-isolation. In “Antídoto,” Ivy Queen penned a heartfelt song about the importance of hugs and k
  
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• Live Nation, Ticketmaster, MLB, StubHub Sued for Refusing to Issue Refunds

  22-04-2020 20:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Two frustrated ticketholders have filed a class-action lawsuit against Live Nation, Ticketmaster, StubHub, and the MLB. The plaintiffs, New York residents Matthew Ajzenman and Susan Terry-Bazer, submitted their lawsuit to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and a copy of the filing was shared with Digital Music News. In essence, Ajzenman […]The post Live Nation, Ticketmaster, MLB, StubHub Sued for Refusing to Issue Refunds appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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