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• PVRIS delay album release to “make room and hold space for” Black Lives Matter

  03-07-2020 23:49 via nme.com
  
  PVRIS have delayed the release of their new album ‘Use Me’ to “make room and hold space for” Black Lives Matter.
  Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protest
  The band were initially due to release the album on May 1, but postponed it to July 10 due to “circumstances beyond [their] control”.
  Now, the group have confirmed the record will come out on August 28. “I do not want to take up the space in p
  
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• 6ix9ine Releases Spanish-Language ‘Yaya’ With New Music Video: Watch

  03-07-2020 23:37
  
  As promised, 6ix9ine released his new song “Yaya” Friday afternoon (July 3). The party-ready track sees him rapping and singing in Spanish, a departure from the previous English-language singles he’s dropped this year following his early release from prison.
  The vibrant music video was filmed while 6ix9ine remains on house arrest and features a whole lot of suggestive booty shaking and milk — and not much social distancing.
  “THIS IS THE BEST ONE I DID SO FAR,”
  
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• What’s Open? A State-by-State Guide to COVID-19 Closures In the US

  03-07-2020 23:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  With states continuing to rollback and retool their COVID-19 lockdown measures, some artists are returning to the road and performing live concerts for fans once again. To help these individuals chart their tours, comply with statewide requirements, and, most importantly, keep attendees safe, here’s a one-stop guide to closures in every U.S. state. The following […]The post What’s Open? A State-by-State Guide to COVID-19 Closures In the US appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• What’s Open? A Guide to COVID-19 Closures In Every U.S. State

  03-07-2020 23:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  With states continuing to rollback and retool their COVID-19 lockdown measures, some artists are returning to the road and performing live concerts for fans once again. To help these individuals chart their tours, comply with statewide requirements, and, most importantly, keep attendees safe, here’s a one-stop guide to closures in every U.S. state. The following […]The post What’s Open? A Guide to COVID-19 Closures In Every U.S. State appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Lady Gaga Shows Off ‘Chromatica’ Face Mask: ‘Be Yourself, But Wear a Mask’

  03-07-2020 22:52
  
  Lady Gaga posted a selfie encouraging her 42.7 million Instagram followers to wear a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  Along with the message, the pop star offered a look at her personal face mask: a glittery Chromatica-themed covering, with spikes and chains.
  “Be yourself, but wear a mask!” she wrote on Friday (July 3). “I believe in being kind to yourself, the community, and the planet. I challenge my awesome friends to show off their mask game!”“I need that,&rd
  
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• Slash gives update on new Guns N’ Roses material

  03-07-2020 22:37 via nme.com
  
  Slash has given an update on Guns N’ Roses’ new music, confirming that the band have been working on material while on enforced downtime due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Read more: Sublime, meet ridiculous: Guns N’ Roses’ Download headline set reviewed
  The band were meant to be touring until September 2020 but were forced to cancel their dates because of the disease outbreak.
  During an interview with music store Sweetwater, the guitarist was asked if he’d finis
  
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• Glastonbury Organizers Say Bankruptcy Is a Very Real Possibility

  03-07-2020 22:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  In March, Digital Music News was first to report that Glastonbury organizers had canceled their much-anticipated festival’s 2020 edition due to COVID-19 concerns. Now, unless the event can welcome back fans in 2021, bankruptcy is a very real possibility. Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis and his daughter Emily, who arrange the Pilton, Somerset, festival annually, shed […]The post Glastonbury Organizers Say Bankruptcy Is a Very Real Possibility appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Tyler Joseph says Twenty One Pilots could make “two very different records” next

  03-07-2020 22:13 via nme.com
  
  Tyler Joseph has spoken about Twenty One Pilots’ next album, saying they could write “two very different records next”.
  Read more: The Skeleton Clique’s best fan theories about Twenty One Pilots’ next album
  The band are currently working on the follow-up to their 2018 release ‘Trench’, which marked their fifth studio album.
  Speaking to AltPress, Joseph said he wasn’t interested in reacting to current events, but admitted he wasn’t “real
  
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• Kacey Musgraves and Ruston Kelly File for Divorce

  03-07-2020 22:05
  
  Grammy-winning singer Kacey Musgraves and her musician-husband, Ruston Kelly, have filed for divorce.
  Representatives for both singers confirmed the news Friday to The Associated Press. In a joint statement, Musgraves and Kelly said “we’ve made this painful decision together.”
  “With heavy but hopeful hearts we wanted to put our own thoughts into the air about what’s happening. These kinds of announcements are always met with scrutiny and speculation and we want to s
  
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• Mariah Carey working on new music and finishing memoir in lockdown

  03-07-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Mariah Carey has been trying to keep her spirits up during lockdown.
  
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine shares new Spanish-language single ‘Yaya’

  03-07-2020 21:24 via nme.com
  
  Tekashi 6ix9ine has released a new single, ‘Yaya’, after previously promising new music would arrive this week.
  Read more: The troubling rise of Tekashi 6ix9ine
  The rapper has been releasing a steady stream of new material since he was released from prison and put under house arrest.
  ‘Yaya’ sees the star rapping and singing entirely in Spanish and comes accompanied by a music video that sees the rapper dancing with a number of bikini-clad women. The video ends with a titl
  
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• Willie Nelson’s July Fourth Picnic Is Virtual in Coronavirus Era

  03-07-2020 21:20
  
  Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic is going ahead this year, but to reduce concerns about the coronavirus the event will be virtual.
  Fans can tune in to the nearly 50-year-old music bash Saturday (July 4) via luck.stream and williepicnic.com. Tickets for the picnic are on sale at williepicnic.com.
  Other performers expected to play include Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, Steve Earle and Nelson’s fellow Texas-based singers Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen and Kinky Friedman.Some of t
  
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• Saroj Khan, Top Bollywood Choreographer, Dies at 71

  03-07-2020 21:01
  
  Saroj Khan, a top Bollywood choreographer, died of cardiac arrest in a Mumbai hospital early Friday (July 3), her family said. She was 71.
  The three-time National Award winner was hospitalized last Saturday after she complained of breathlessness. She tested negative for COVID-19, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
  Khan choreographed more than 2,000 songs in her career spanning more than 40 years. Leading actresses including Madhuri Dixit and Sridevi danced to some of the most popular son
  
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• Hear John Carpenter’s New Songs ‘Skeleton,’ ‘Unclean Spirit’

  03-07-2020 20:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Halloween filmmaker collaborated with son Cody Carpenter, godson Daniel Davies on instrumental tracks
  
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• 50 Cent and Steven Victor Talk Pop Smoke’s Posthumous Album, Murder Investigation and More

  03-07-2020 20:47
  
  Late rapper Pop Smoke was remembered by two of his closest friends during a recent episode of Rap Life on Apple Music.
  50 Cent and Smoke’s manager Steven Victor joined Rap Life host Ebro Darden earlier this week to discuss the late 20-year-old Brooklyn star’s posthumous album, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, his ongoing murder investigation, and more.
  “I’m getting information from Pop’s criminal attorney and he’s in communication with LAPD and the detect
  
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• The Front Bottoms announce new album ‘In Sickness & In Flames’ with new single ‘Montgomery Forever’

  03-07-2020 20:45 via nme.com
  
  The Front Bottoms have announced their new album ‘In Sickness & In Flames’, and a new single and video titled ‘Montgomery Forever’.
  The New Jersey duo’s seventh studio album will be released on August 21 via Atlantic Records, with the video for their new single streaming below.The band’s two previous singles, ‘Camouflage’ and ‘Everyone Blooms’ were released in December 2019 and April 2020 respectively, and will both feature on the n
  
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• Apple Music Launches New African Music Discovery Series, ‘Africa Rising’

  03-07-2020 20:31 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Apple Music launches a new bi-monthly artist program to highlight top talent in Africa. The initiative is ‘Africa Rising’ and it comes with a companion playlist featuring the same name. Apple Music says the new initiative will help “identify, showcase, and elevate rising African talent.” Nigerian-born singer and songwriter Omah Lay is the debut artist. […]The post Apple Music Launches New African Music Discovery Series, ‘Africa Rising’ appeared first on
  
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• What Does a Socially Distant Music Festival Look Like? Planning Underway In Northern Ireland

  03-07-2020 20:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A Northern Ireland live event promoter is planning the United Kingdom’s first socially distant music festival. The organizers behind Northern Ireland’s Stendhal Festival are spearheading the socially distant music festival initiative, which has been dubbed “Unlocked.” Currently scheduled to take place across two weekends and four total days – August 21st and 22nd as well […]The post What Does a Socially Distant Music Festival Look Like? Planning Underway In N
  
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• What Does a Socially Distanced Music Festival Look Like? Planning Underway In Northern Ireland

  03-07-2020 20:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A Northern Ireland live event promoter is planning the United Kingdom’s first socially distant music festival. The organizers behind Northern Ireland’s Stendhal Festival are spearheading the socially distant music festival initiative, which has been dubbed “Unlocked.” Currently scheduled to take place across two weekends and four total days – August 21st and 22nd as well […]The post What Does a Socially Distanced Music Festival Look Like? Planning Underway In
  
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• First Out: New Music From Madame Gandhi, Abisha, Rina Sawayama & More

  03-07-2020 20:10
  
  Pride Month 2020 may officially be over, but the new music from queer artists is still going strong. Billboard Pride is here to help with First Out, our weekly roundup of some of the best new weekly music releases from LGBTQ artists.
  From Madame Gandhi’s stunning new music video, to an R&B slow jam courtesy of Abisha, check out some of our favorite new releases this week:Madame Gandhi, “Waiting For Me”
  After officially signing with Sony Music Masterworks, art
  
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• Facebook Shuts Down TikTok Clone ‘Lasso’ to Focus on Instagram

  03-07-2020 20:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook is shutting down its TikTok clone ‘Lasso’ on July 10. The move comes after several TikTok-like features recently made their way to Instagram. A new ‘Reels’ feature grew in popularity in Brazil before being expanded elsewhere. Creators in France and Germany can now create 15-second clips called ‘Reels‘ that feature a suite of video-editing […]The post Facebook Shuts Down TikTok Clone ‘Lasso’ to Focus on Instagram appeared first on Di
  
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• Facebook Shuts Down its TikTok Clone ‘Lasso’ to Focus on Its Instagram TikTok Clone

  03-07-2020 20:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook is shutting down its TikTok clone ‘Lasso’ on July 10. The move comes after several TikTok-like features recently made their way to Instagram. A new ‘Reels’ feature grew in popularity in Brazil before being expanded elsewhere. Creators in France and Germany can now create 15-second clips called ‘Reels‘ that feature a suite of video-editing […]The post Facebook Shuts Down its TikTok Clone ‘Lasso’ to Focus on Its Instagram TikTok Clone
  
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• Facebook Shuts Down Its Lasso TikTok Clone to Focus on Its Instagram TikTok Clone

  03-07-2020 20:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook is shutting down its TikTok clone ‘Lasso’ on July 10. The move comes after several TikTok-like features recently made their way to Instagram. A new ‘Reels’ feature grew in popularity in Brazil before being expanded elsewhere. Creators in France and Germany can now create 15-second clips called ‘Reels‘ that feature a suite of video-editing […]The post Facebook Shuts Down Its Lasso TikTok Clone to Focus on Its Instagram TikTok Clone appeared firs
  
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• Lil Wayne releases reworked ‘Free Weezy Album’ to mark project’s fifth anniversary

  03-07-2020 20:00 via nme.com
  
  Lil Wayne has shared a new version of his ‘Free Weezy Album’ on streaming services, in celebration of the project’s fifth anniversary.
  Read more: Lil Wayne, ‘Funeral’ review: the big kid refuses to grow up on this fitfully inspired surprise release
  Originally released in 2015, the new version that has appeared on streaming services features 12 of the record’s original 16 tracks, as well as a new song entitled ‘We Livin’ Like That’.
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• Haim Lands Second U.K. No. 1 Album With ‘Women In Music Pt. III’

  03-07-2020 19:45
  
  Haim’s Women In Music Pt. III (Polydor/Universal) enters the U.K. album chart at No. 1, as “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” by Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo (RCA/Sony) climbs 4-1 on the singles countdown.
  Haim debuted atop the Official Charts Company listings with their 2013 debut, Days Are Gone, but the 2017 follow-up, Something To Tell You, started and peaked at No. 2 as Ed Sheeran held sway with Divide. The new Women in Music Pt. III has the most downloads and vinyl sal
  
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• Go behind the scenes on Bring Me The Horizon’s socially-distanced ‘Parasite Eve’ video shoot

  03-07-2020 19:45 via nme.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon have shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video for ‘Parasite Eve’.
  Read more: Bring Me The Horizon tell us about their new “survival horror song” ‘Parasite Eve’ and ambitious ‘Post Human’ project
  The music video was filmed during the coronavirus pandemic, which meant the band had to stick to social distancing regulations.
  In the five-minute making-of video, frontman Oli Sykes takes fans through the process of m
  
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• RS Latin Music Picks: Week of June 29th

  03-07-2020 19:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fresh new sounds from Iberoamerica, including Jhay Cortez, Georgel, Jenni Rivera and more
  
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• Watch Evanescence’s Surreal, iPhone-Filmed ‘The Game Is Over’ Video

  03-07-2020 19:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track appears on band's upcoming LP The Bitter Truth
  
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• Idris Elba teams up with The Knocks and Tiggs Da Author for new single ‘One Fine Day’

  03-07-2020 19:07 via nme.com
  
  Actor, musician and DJ Idris Elba and New York producers The Knocks have shared their euphoric new single ‘One Fine Day’, which features guest vocals from South London rapper Tiggs Da Author.
  Read more: Friends Like These: Rising rapper Che Lingo talks life and music with his label boss Idris Elba
  The optimistic, house-inflected track is available to listen to below, with Elba donating 100 per cent of his royalties to the Black Cultural Archives, an organisation based in Brixton, Lon
  
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• Snow Patrol, Ash and Van Morrison lead plea to Northern Ireland government to save music industry`

  03-07-2020 19:02 via nme.com
  Snow Patrol, Ash and Van Morrison are among a group of nearly 150 artists calling on Northern Ireland’s government to save the country’s music industry.
  Read more: Primal Scream’s Simone Marie Butler on the #LetTheMusicPlay campaign: “We need you all to come together”
  The musicians wrote a letter to the Department For Communities (DfC) asking them to provide “urgent financial support” to venues, musicians and those working behind the scenes.
  Writing to f
  
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• Kanye West, Ellie Goulding, Pop Smoke and More: What’s Your Favorite New Music Release? Vote!

  03-07-2020 18:52
  
  This week’s new music releases brought fans a variety of new tunes from some of today’s hottest rappers, rock legends, pop songstresses and country stars.
  Pop Smoke returned with a posthumous album featuring a star-studded track list, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello brought a politically righteous tune, and Kanye West teamed with Travis Scott for a fiery examination of injustice, and Ty Dolla $ign recruited the best and brightest for his new track.Elsewhere, Ellie Gouldi
  
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• Grammy-Winning Artist Sues YouTube Over Content ID Discrimination

  03-07-2020 18:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  YouTube is facing a class-action lawsuit centering on its Content ID feature, which allows certain artists and copyright holders – but allegedly not “ordinary creators of copyrighted works” – to protect their intellectual property from unauthorized third-party uploads. Grammy-winning jazz professional Maria Schneider and Pirate Monitor, a Virgin Islands-based entity that owns the copyrights to […]The post Grammy-Winning Artist Sues YouTube Over Content ID Discrimin
  
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• First Stream Latin: New Music by Greeicy, Georgel and More

  03-07-2020 18:14
  
  “First Stream Latin” is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week’s picks below.
  Greeicy, “Los Consejos” (Universal Music Latin)
  Hunkered down in Colombia because of the coronavirus quarantine, Greeicy continues creating music with accompanying heartfelt videos. Following “Los Besos,” released in the midst of lockdown, the Colombian pop artist presents “Los Consejos.
  
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• Listen to The Vaccines side project Halloweens’ vibrant new single ‘Divinity Pools’

  03-07-2020 18:07 via nme.com
  The Vaccines side project Halloweens have shared ‘Divinity Pools’, the first track from their upcoming new EP.
  Read more: Justin Young on “liberating” new side project Halloweens: “It’s allowed The Vaccines to flourish”
  The band, which is comprised of The Vaccines frontman Justin Young and keyboardist Timothy Lanham, released their first single ‘Hannah, You’re Amazing’ last year.
  According to Young, ‘Divinity Pools’ is &ldqu
  
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• Prince Royce Is Recuperating from COVID-19, Warns Others to Take Precautions

  03-07-2020 18:04
  
  Latin star Prince Royce has divulged that he has COVID-19 and called for others to be aware of the very real dangers of contracting the disease.
  “It’s so frustrating to me to see people at supermarkets without a mask. It’s so frustrating to me to see that people are being irresponsible and not protecting others,” Royce said in an interview with the Associated Press.
  That false sense of security, he said, is what led him to speak out.“Just because you’re young
  
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• Aloe Blacc discusses the “qualified immunity” that stops police accountability

  03-07-2020 18:01 via nme.com
  Singer Aloe Blacc has discussed the state of police brutality in America, and how a system of “qualified immunity” stops police officers from being held accountable.
  Blacc was one of a host of artists including Rihanna, Billie Eilish, Lizzo and Justin Bieber to sign a major open letter to US Congress calling for police reform.Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protestThe singer has now discussed the proble
  
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• Lil Wayne Drops Revamped ‘Free Weezy Album’ on Project’s 5th Anniversary: Stream it Here

  03-07-2020 17:56
  
  Lil Wayne is celebrating the fifth anniversary of his Free Weezy Album (FWA) by sharing a revamped version of the project on all music streaming platforms. The set was previously only available on TIDAL.
  Originally released in 2015, the 15-song FWA — Wayne’s 11th studio effort — featured guest appearances by Wiz Khalifa, Young Jeezy, Cory Gunz, Jim “CAPO” Jones, Black Uhuru’s Junior Reid and singer/songwriter Jake Troth.
  The re-release of FWA, which dropped Fr
  
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• Song You Need to Know: Natanael Cano, ‘Que Bendición’

  03-07-2020 17:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rising regional Mexican star goes electric in new 'Trap Tumbado' EP
  
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• How to Watch CNN’s ‘The Fourth in America’ Special with Don McLean, Barry Manilow and More

  03-07-2020 17:35
  
  Worried about how to spend the 4th of July in the middle of a pandemic? CNN’s got you covered. On Saturday (July 4), the network is set to air its very own patriotic special, The Fourth in America.
  The primetime event will feature performances from a host of artists, including Don McLean, Barry Manilow, Martina McBride, Kenny Loggins, Jewel and more. And it’s not just solo acts doing the entertaining — also slated to take the stage are the Broadway casts of Girl From the North
  
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• Enter Shikari release charity live album ‘The Last Spark’

  03-07-2020 17:35 via nme.com
  
  Enter Shikari have released a new live album, ‘The Last Spark (Bootleg Series Vol. 11)’, to raise money for charity.
  Read more: Enter Shikari – ‘Nothing is True, Everything is Possible’ review: a crash course through their best tricks
  The profits from the latest instalment of their ‘Bootleg Series’ will be shared between the band’s road crew to make up for some of the earnings they’ve lost due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  ‘The Last
  
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• Mystery Jets discuss writing ‘Watching Yourself Slowly Disappear’ about death of Scott Hutchison

  03-07-2020 17:24 via nme.com
  
  Mystery Jets have discussed the writing of their track ‘Watching Yourself Slowly Disappear’, and how it serves as a tribute to late Frightened Rabbit singer Scott Hutchison.
  The band took part in a Twitter listening party hosted by Tim Burgess for their 2020 album ‘A Billion Heartbeats’ last night (July 2).Read more: Scott Hutchison’s brother and bandmate Grant reflects on a year of their Tiny Changes mental health charitySharing the track’s title, the band al
  
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• Ciara being 'really cautious' with pregnancy during Covid-19

  03-07-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  Ciara admitted missing scans have been particularly tough for Russell Wilson.
  
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• Boy George abruptly cuts off Australian radio host during interview

  03-07-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  Boy George was offended by the introduction to his radio appearance.
  
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• John Carpenter shares two new non-soundtrack songs, ‘Skeleton’ and ‘Unclean Spirit’”

  03-07-2020 17:14 via nme.com
  
  Composer John Carpenter has shared two brand new non-soundtrack songs, titled ‘Skeleton’ and ‘Unclean Spirit’.
  Read more: John Carpenter, the patron saint of Halloween, on playing live and scaring fans
  The tracks are his first not to feature on a film soundtrack since the release of his 2016 album ‘Lost Themes II’.
  Both tracks were created in collaboration with Carpenter’s son Cody and godson Daniel Davis, who both work with the legendary composer on his
  
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• Animal Collective Apologize for Using ‘Racist Stereotype’ in Artwork, Remove Image

  03-07-2020 17:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band also changes title of 2003 LP Here Comes the Indian to Ark
  
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• Latin Remix of the Week: Feid’s ‘Porfa’ With Justin Quiles, J Balvin, Nicky Jam, Maluma & Sech

  03-07-2020 17:00
  
  Feid wrapped up 2019 with his Justin Quiles-assisted track “Porfa,” a song produced by Sky Rompiendo that perfectly highlights the Colombian artist’s distinguishable R&B-tropical-pop fusions. In February, he dropped the official music video, and this week, he presented its remix.
  Coining the song as “possibly his best song all year,” Feid recruited his good friends J Balvin, Nicky Jam, Maluma, and Sech for a star-studded collaboration.
  “Porfa” is a s
  
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• First Stream: New Music From Pop Smoke, Kanye West & Travis Scott and More

  03-07-2020 16:56
  
  Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
  This week, Pop Smoke’s legacy gets enshrined, Kanye West has more on his mind and Ty Dolla $ign recruits the best and brightest for his new track. Check out all of this week’s First Stream picks below:
  The Album That Honors a Fallen Rap Hero:Pop Smoke, Shoot
  
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• PWR BTTM’s Ben Hopkins to release new solo album, discusses abuse allegations

  03-07-2020 16:49 via nme.com
  
  Ben Hopkins, singer and guitarist of PWR BTTM, has announced that they are set to release a new solo album.
  The New York duo broke up in 2017 after sexual abuse allegations were made against Hopkins, a week before the band were set to release their second album, ‘Pageant’.
  At the time, Hopkins was accused of several cases of “historic sexual assault” and was claimed to be “a known sexual predator” who was alleged to have made “unwanted advances on minors
  
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• Listen to a snippet of Future Islands’ new single ‘For Sure’ – coming next week

  03-07-2020 16:35 via nme.com
  
  Future Islands have shared a brief preview of their upcoming new single ‘For Sure’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now.
  Read more: Future Islands – ‘The Far Field’ review
  The track will mark the band’s first piece of new material in three years following the release of their last album, 2017’s ‘The Far Field’.
  The snippet the band shared on Instagram lasts all of 12 seconds and, in terms of vocals, features only some distant
  
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• Duffy Slams Netflix Over ‘Irresponsible’ Film ‘365 Days’ in Open Letter to CEO

  03-07-2020 16:19
  
  Duffy has penned an open letter calling out Netflix CEO Reed Hastings for the “irresponsible” decision to stream the film 365 Days, after sharing her own harrowing experience of being drugged, kidnapped and raped, which led to her “hiding” for years.
  The singer has criticized the popular yet controversial Polish film about a man holding a woman captive, and giving her one year to fall in love with him, for glamorizing “the brutal reality of sex trafficking.”
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