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• Pro Era’s Nyck Caution pays homage to New York on new song ‘Margot Robbie’

  01-08-2020 23:58 via nme.com
  
  Pro Era rapper Nyck Caution has shared new song ‘Margot Robbie’ as an ode to his home city of New York – listen to it below.
  Read more: Joey Bada$$ – ‘The Light Pack’ review: New York rap’s old soul returns with renewed energy
  The Joey Bada$$-signed rapper’s new track appears on his recently released ‘Open Flame’ EP, which also includes ‘Famiglia’ featuring Meechy Darko of Flatbush Zombies.
  “From the beat to the lyrics
  
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• Watch Florence Welch and Anjelica Huston star in new Gucci Bloom campaign

  01-08-2020 23:18 via nme.com
  
  Florence Welch has joined Anjelica Huston, Susie Cave, and Jodie Turner-Smith as one of the faces of the new Gucci Bloom campaign.
  Read more: Florence + The Machine celebrate a decade as a band at emotional BST Hyde Park show
  Taking to Twitter to share the news, the Florence + The Machine singer said: “As a fragrance obsessive, I am honoured to be a part of the new Gucci Bloom campaign with these iconic women, Susie Cave, Jodie Turner-Smith and High Priestess Anjelica Huston.”
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• Gigi Hadid Kisses ‘Baby Daddy’ Zayn in Sweet Selfie

  01-08-2020 23:14
  
  Soon after Zayn’s return to Instagram, Gigi Hadid shared a personal snapshot of the couple smooching on her own account.
  “baby daddy,” she affectionately captioned an intimate Instagram selfie of the pair Friday night (July 31).
  The supermodel, who’s expecting her first child with Zayn, recently gave followers the first glimpse at her growing belly.
  “There’s my belly y’all,” she said on Instagram Live on July 15, pointing out that she doesn’t
  
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• Logic says Joe Budden’s words “make people want to kill themselves”

  01-08-2020 22:45 via nme.com
  
  Logic has spoken out about the harsh criticism he’s received over the years from rapper-turned-podcast host Joe Budden.
  Read more: Logic – ‘No Pressure’ review: positive rapper bids farewell with an elegiac and heartfelt swan song
  Budden, who has taken aim at Logic on a number of platforms, once described him as “easily one of the worst rappers to ever grace a microphone” on an episode of The Joe Budden Podcast.
  Last month, Budden discussed Logic&rsq
  
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• Adele Shows Off Quarantine Curls While Paying Tribute to Beyonce’s ‘Black Is King’

  01-08-2020 21:47
  
  Adele is loving Beyonce’s new visual album, Black Is King.
  The 32-year-old British songstress, who rarely shares photos of herself on social media, gave fans a double whammy on Instagram Saturday (Aug. 1), showing off her luscious quarantine locks while paying tribute to Bey’s Lion King-inspired release.
  “Thank you Queen for always making us all feel so loved through your art,” Adele captioned a spectacular photo of herself kneeling by a TV featuring Beyonce’s stunn
  
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• UK heavy music scene covers Rage Against The Machine for charity

  01-08-2020 21:22 via nme.com
  
  A number of members of the UK’s heavy music scene have come together to cover Rage Against The Machine‘s ‘Killing In The Name’ for charity.
  Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protest
  For the past few months, people all over the world have been protesting the killing of George Floyd, an African American man who was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May after a white police officer knelt on his neck for
  
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• Music at Home: 10 Great Eighties Pop Songs by Seventies Prog Artists

  01-08-2020 20:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Rush, and more all reinvented themselves for a new decade and scored some of the biggest hits of the MTV age
  
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• Scooter Braun Supports Ellen DeGeneres Amid Workplace Misconduct Allegations: ‘Keep Your Head Held High’

  01-08-2020 20:37
  
  Scooter Braun is coming to the defense of Ellen DeGeneres.
  Following published reports about an alleged toxic work environment at The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the high-profile artist manager — whose clients Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato have appeared as guests on the show — shared his support for DeGeneres on social media Friday (July 31).
  “People love to take shots. They love to see people fall. How quickly so many forget. How easy it is to stay quiet when it doesn
  
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• Listen to Nas join Hit-Boy and Dom Kennedy on new song ‘City On Lock’

  01-08-2020 20:29 via nme.com
  
  Hit-Boy and Dom Kennedy have released a new project that features a track with Nas – you can listen to ‘City On Lock’ below.
  Read more: Nas proved his status as a hip-hop legend with a sublime Reading performance
  The duo, who have been working together for many years, have released ‘Also Known As Courtesy Of Half-A-Mil’, a follow-up to 2017’s ‘Courtesy Of Half-A-Mil’.
  Compiled of 11 new tracks, with appearances from 24 hrs and 03 Greedo, another gu
  
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• Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs recalls dwarf stage invasion at Oasis gig

  01-08-2020 19:47 via music-news.com
  
  Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs claims a dwarf once invaded the stage during an Oasis gig.
  
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• The Vamps took a break due to boredom and burnout worries

  01-08-2020 19:43 via music-news.com
  
  The Vamps took a break because they were worried about boredom and burnout.
  
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• Live Nation Gets Financial Breathing Room With Changes to Credit Agreement

  01-08-2020 19:34
  
  Live Nation has secured financial breathing room by securing favorable changes to its debt covenants ahead of its second-quarter earnings release on Aug. 5.
  Although covenants are standard requirements meant to protect the lender from a default, and manageable under normal circumstances, they can be impossible to achieve when a pandemic has crippled many types of businesses, especially live entertainment.
  The latest example of music companies shoring up debt and credit to weather COVID-19, Live
  
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• Blue could never move forward as a three piece

  01-08-2020 19:25 via music-news.com
  
  Blue would break-up if one of their members decided to leave for good.
  
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• Aaron Dessner is teasing new Big Red Machine music

  01-08-2020 18:55 via nme.com
  
  The National‘s Aaron Dessner has taken to social media to tease that he’s been working on some new music under his Big Red Machine moniker.
  Read more: The National on 10 years of ‘High Violet’: “We wanted to reach everybody”
  It comes a week after The National guitarist co-wrote and produced 11 of the 16 songs on the new Taylor Swift album, ‘Folklore’, which is now one of the biggest selling albums of the year so far.
  “5+ month studio ben
  
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• Kanye West Says He’s ‘Concerned for the World’ After Abortion Remarks

  01-08-2020 18:49
  
  Kanye West is standing by the anti-abortion comments he made during his first presidential campaign rally in South Carolina.
  West took to Twitter on Friday (July 31) — about two weeks after breaking down in tears on stage in Charleston while revealing that he and wife Kim Kardashian considered aborting their daughter North — to restate his feelings about the controversial topic.
  “I cried at the thought of aborting my first born and everyone was so concerned about me,” the
  
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• Listen to The Stooges ‘Fun House’ from unearthed final concert with original lineup

  01-08-2020 18:09 via nme.com
  
  The final live performance of ‘Fun House’ by The Stooges‘ original lineup has been released – you can listen to it below.
  Read more: The Big Read – Iggy Pop: “Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it”
  The performance is set to appear on a live album due out next week celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band’s final concert together, which took place on August 8, 1970.
  The record, entitled ‘Live At Goose Lake: August 8th 1970
  
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• President Trump Says He Will Ban TikTok From U.S.

  01-08-2020 17:05
  
  President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday (Aug. 1) to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns.
  Trump’s comments came after published reports that the administration is planning to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok. There were also reports Friday that software giant Microsoft is in talks to buy the app.
  “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United
  
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• 5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (August 1)

  01-08-2020 16:00
  
  From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week:Angela Aguilar honors artisan women
  This week, Angela Aguilar paid tribute to the beautiful and hardworking labor of artisan women in Mexico. In a photo, where she’s wearing a hand-made traditional dress, the Regional Mexican songstress expressed, “I carry our traditions
  
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• Fyre Festival Merch Seized by U.S. Marshals Hits the Auction Block

  01-08-2020 15:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  “The proceeds from the sale of these items, all traceable to [Billy] McFarland’s $26 million fraud, will go toward the victims of his crimes," U.S. Marshals say
  
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• Listen to Lil Uzi Vert and Future’s new collaborations, ‘Over Your Head’ and ‘Patek’

  01-08-2020 14:20 via nme.com
  
  Lil Uzi Vert and Future have released two new collaborations, ‘Over Your Head’ and ‘Patek’. You can listen to both new songs below.Read More: Lil Uzi Vert says new album will embrace the sound of his old music: “I’m back on my shit”The pair first teased a project on July 21, with both artists posting a teaser video on their Instagram profiles. Both artists surprised fans yesterday (July 31) by dropping two new songs.
  The release of ‘Over
  
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• Brian Eno is reissuing his diary and essay collection, ‘A Year With Swollen Appendices’

  01-08-2020 13:33 via nme.com
  
  Brian Eno is reissuing his diary and essay collection, A Year With Swollen Appendices.
  First published in 1996, Eno first began writing the essays for the collection in 1994. Now, for the 25th anniversary of the project, the collection is getting a hardcover and e-book re-issue via Faber and Faber.
  The re-issue, which will be available in the UK on November 19, will contain a new introduction by Eno alongside essays he penned on working with David Bowie, U2 and more. The new design of the b
  
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• David Byrne is launching a new monthly radio show, ‘Here Comes Everybody’

  01-08-2020 13:04 via nme.com
  
  David Byrne is launching a new monthly radio show called ‘Here Comes Everybody’.Read More: David Byrne live on Broadway, NYC: Still the best musical experience on the planetThe show launches today (August 1) on the Sonos Sound System Station in the Sonos App and will made available online on August 2 via Mixcloud. Subsequent episodes will air on the first day of each month.Speaking about the new show, Byrne said: “I make a new playlist every month! I try not to repeat songs, bu
  
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• Kanye West's election bid challenged in New Jersey

  01-08-2020 12:15 via music-news.com
  
  Election law attorney Scott Salmon suggested some of the signatures could have been forged.
  
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• Brian McKnight confirms Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have welcomed second child

  01-08-2020 12:15 via music-news.com
  
  The couple are also parents to five-year-old son Silas.
  
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• A new statue honouring Prince has been installed at Paisley Park

  01-08-2020 11:56 via nme.com
  
  A new statue honouring Prince has been installed at Paisley Park – you can see some images of it below.Read more: 20 things you didn’t know about ‘Purple Rain’The statue, which is a copy of the Prince’s iconic ‘Love Symbol’, stands over 3 metres high and almost 2 metres wide and is located at the late musician’s studio and estate.
  Prince debuted the ‘Love Symbol’ – which combined traditional male and female symbols – in
  
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• Taylor Swift lands UK Number 1 with surprise release, ‘folklore’

  01-08-2020 11:20 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift’s new album ‘folklore’ has reached Number 1 in the UK album charts.Read more: Taylor Swift’s new album ‘Folklore’: all the hidden meanings and Easter eggsThe surprise album arrived last week (July 24) and saw Swift collaborating with The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver. The indie-leaning album, a shock move away from her pop roots, has received a string of acclaimed reviews since its release.
  The album sold 37,060 copies in its fi
  
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• Taylor Swift the first female artist in 21st Century to score five UK number one studio albums

  01-08-2020 09:56 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift has become the first and only female artist in the 21st Century to score five number one studio albums in the UK, after her new record ‘folklore’ topped the charts.
  
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• Rihanna: 'I've been through several stages of skincare issues'

  01-08-2020 09:37 via music-news.com
  
  Rihanna turned the cosmetics industry on its head when she launched her inclusive Fenty Beauty line in 2017, and now
  
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• Kanye West addresses mental health concerns: 'I am quite alright'

  01-08-2020 09:11 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West is adamant fans shouldn't be concerned about his mental health after a series of emotional outbursts.
  
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• Teenager accused of Twitter hacks charged with 30 felonies

  01-08-2020 07:06 via nme.com
  
  A teenager from Tampa Bay has been accused of being the mastermind of the recent Twitter hacks of several high-profile accounts, including Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Kanye West and more.
  17-year-old Graham Ivan Clark from Tampa Bay was arrested yesterday (July 31) by the FBI, IRS, US Secret Service and Florida law enforcement. He is currently in jail and will be charged with over 30 felony counts, including organised fraud, communications fraud, hacking and identity theft.
  Credit: Twitter.
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• Flying Lotus shares psychedelic collage music video for ‘Remind U’

  01-08-2020 06:34 via nme.com
  
  Flying Lotus has shared a new music video for ‘Remind U’, taken from his 2019 album ‘Flamagra’ – watch it below.
  It’s the second ‘Flamagra’ video to be directed by Winston Hacking, following ‘Post Requisite’, and it continues Hacking’s signature lysergic collage style with motion graphics animation.
  The clip sees a shifting vessel, noted as a “deconstructed, yellow submarine” in a press release, travel linearly through
  
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• Gengahr share five-track acoustic ‘Sanctuary’ EP

  01-08-2020 06:32 via nme.com
  
  Gengahr have shared a five-track EP of acoustic renditions of tracks from their latest studio album, ‘Sanctuary’.Read more: Gengahr on creating their “personal” third album: “I got to go down the rabbit hole”Listen to the EP below:Per a press release, Gengahr frontman Felix Bushe said the acoustic EP was conceived while the band were under coronavirus-imposed lockdown.
  “Lockdown gave us an unexpected opportunity to reimagine some of the songs off our new
  
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• Watch Tim Minchin’s hilariously bleak original BAFTAs song

  01-08-2020 05:51 via nme.com
  
  Tim Minchin opened last night’s virtual TV BAFTA awards (July 31) with a new original comedy song specially written for the cerremony – watch it below.READ MORE: Soundtrack of My Life – Tim MinchinMinchin recorded the performance remotely from Sydney with three back up singers. The untitled song is bleakly comic and apocalyptic, decrying the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the arts, and joking about how Minchin’s TV show Upright was not nominated for an award.
  
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• Thundercat says he recorded a full album with Mac Miller

  01-08-2020 05:05 via nme.com
  
  Thundercat says he recorded a full album with his late friend and frequent collaborator Mac Miller.Read More: Thundercat – ‘It Is What It Is’ review: versatile superstar mediates on life and death with tribute to Mac MillerThe prolific bassist revealed the news when responding to a tweet from a fan which said “Imagine if @Thundercat and @MacMiller did an entire album together”, with “It exist.”.It exist. https://t.co/ms6DX0xe67
  — ashy daddy (@Thund
  
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• Jadu Heart share new single and music video ‘Burning Hour’

  01-08-2020 04:11 via nme.com
  
  Jadu Heart have shared a new single entitled ‘Burning Hour’.
  The song premiered with an accompanying music video co-directed by the band and Dave Monis. The clip sees the duo spending a day exploring a mysterious forest, Blair Witch style. Watch it below:‘Burning Hour’ is the fourth single taken from Jadu Heart’s forthcoming sophomore full-length, ‘Hyper Romance’, which is set for release on September 25. The song follows previous singles ‘Walk the
  
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• Executive Turntable: TalentX Founder Named Triller Chief Strategy Officer, Radio Promo Vets Launch New Company

  01-08-2020 02:37
  
  Social media star, entrepreneur and TalentX Entertainment co-founder Josh Richards has been named chief strategy officer at AI-driven music video and entertainment platform Triller, which he also invested in. In his new role, Richards will lead strategy at Triller while also overseeing the company’s implementation of live streaming and monetization tools.
  Triller, a rival to the wildly popular video-sharing platform TikTok, last year raised $28 million in a funding round led by Proxim
  
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• AMP Music Summit Draws Inspiration From History & Community in Second Virtual Event

  01-08-2020 02:06
  
  The AMP Music Summit presented by KCRW held its second online conference earlier this week, celebrating the power of collaboration between the artists, business leaders and local communities through music, storytelling, technology, law and culture.
  While the main arc of the AMP Music Summit focused on culture-shifting changes resulting COVID-19, a common theme at AMP’s second event was the power of music to inspired smaller cities while building a sense of community and collective pride.
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• From ‘The Nada’ to ‘Algo Ritmos’, a Dive Into Kevin Johansen’s Music Journey

  01-08-2020 01:53
  
  About a year ago, Kevin Johansen was sitting in a rooftop of a hotel in Miami, Fla. garbed in a spiffy navy-blue suit and his habitual tranquil look on his face. From that time onward, many things have happened, and in spite of his 20-year career anniversary, his spirit remains the same. There is no sound of birds or the robust trees whooshing through the air in the background. Instead, our conversation dwindles to the soulless connection of two screens 4,406 miles apart.
  Sitting in the comfort
  
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• Sheryl Crow Still Wants a ‘Woman in the White House,’ Restores 8-Year-Old Song

  01-08-2020 01:26
  
  Sheryl Crow is making her demands for the presidency known ahead of the 2020 election by rerecording one of her 2012 B-sides, “Woman in the White House.”
  The Grammy award-winning singer completely transformed her light-hearted country tune into a hard rock anthem with a scorching guitar solo in the outro, re-emphasizing her suggestion-turned-demand for “a little female common sense down on Pennsylvania Avenue” and a different face after the last approximately 230 ye
  
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• AI-Driven Rights Management Agency Muserk Forms Joint Venture to Reduce Piracy of Japanese Content

  01-08-2020 00:30
  
  Muserk, the AI tech-driven global rights management agency for music and video, has partnered with leading Japanese marketing and media research company Video Research on a new joint venture designed to cut down on piracy of Japanese content worldwide.
  Dubbed Muserk V.I.D., the venture “will service, manage and protect the online rights of the major broadcasters, networks, and production companies of Japan, around the world,” according to a release announcing the deal. Through the pa
  
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• The Growlers’ frontman Brooks Nielsen issues apology over sexual misconduct allegations against the band

  01-08-2020 00:05 via nme.com
  
  The Growlers frontman Brooks Nielsen has issued an apology over sexual misconduct allegations aimed at the band.
  It comes after the band faced a number of allegations in recent weeks, including claims against the frontman and The Growlers guitarist Matt Taylor.
  Taking to Instagram tonight (July 31), Nielsen wrote: “This week has been a wake up call about our behaviour at shows, after shows, in interviews. Behaviour that was insensitive, offensive or even improper.
  “I apologise for my
  
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• Lil Uzi Vert And Future (Finally) Release Their Rumored Collaboration

  01-08-2020 00:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  Honestly, we're surprised too
  
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• Toni Braxton to Release 10th Album ‘Spell My Name’ Next Month, Drops ‘Dance’ Single

  01-08-2020 00:04
  
  Grammy award-winning R&B artist Toni Braxton announced Friday (July 31) she’ll release her 10th studio album Spell My Name on Aug. 28 via Island Records.
  In tandem with the news, she released the single “Dance,” a nu-disco club-ready banger that serves as an antidote for any heartbreak, which R&B hitmaker Antonio Dixon (Beyoncé, Teddy Riley, Ariana Grande) produced. She previously released the Dave Audé remix of “Dance,” wh
  
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• Are You Ready for the Djooky Music Awards? The Global Online Song Contest Is Accepting Applications

  01-08-2020 00:01
  
  Music platform Djooky has launched a global online competition. The Djooky Music Awards (DMA), billed as the first global online song contest, is now accepting applications. Both amateur and professional songwriters and musicians are invited to participate.
  Brian Malouf, a co-founder of DMA, said: ‘The Djooky Music Awards is…an attempt to democratize and decentralize the music industry globally. We want to create fairer opportunities for musicians who are struggling to break through
  
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