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• ‘Normal People’ Actor Paul Mescal Is an Apologetic, Drunk, Hot Mess in The Rolling Stones’ ‘Scarlet’ Video

  06-08-2020 23:53
  
  The Rolling Stones enlisted Emmy-nominated actor Paul Mescal from Hulu’s Normal People for their latest music video “Scarlet” out today (Aug. 6).
  Directing duo Us, comprised of Chris Barrett and Luke Taylor, filmed the clip while following social distance guidelines at London’s iconic Claridge’s hotel. A dapper Mescal drunkenly dances around his hotel room and lobby while recording an apology video to Scarlet, the titular love interest, and mouthing the ly
  
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• Neumos in Seattle, in a Pandemic: It Can Cost a Venue $60,000 a Month to Be Closed

  06-08-2020 23:40
  
  As co-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 helped run Neumos with its sister club Barboza and the accompanying Runaway bar.
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• Ava Max Calls on Lauv & Saweetie for Empowering ‘Kings & Queens, Pt. 2′ Remix

  06-08-2020 23:39
  
  Back in March, Ava Max unveiled her powerful anthem for the queens, “Kings & Queens” as the fifth single off her upcoming album, Heaven & Hell. But on Thursday (Aug. 6) the singer called on her fellow stars Lauv and Saweetie for a fiery remix.
  “Kings & Queens, Pt. 2″ features a brand new second verse courtesy of Lauv, taking on the male perspective in a relationship with a strong, independent woman. “She’s the queen and I’m lucky to
  
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• Detail, Producer for Beyonce and Lil Wayne, Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges

  06-08-2020 23:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  Noel Fisher faces 15 sexual assault charges for incidents that allegedly occurred between 2010 and 2018
  
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• Dominic Fike Sounds Like He Hates His Job

  06-08-2020 23:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  The latest would-be pop star has a debut album that's difficult to hate, and a rumored multi-million contract in hand — why does he sound like he wants it all to go away?
  
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• Watch Tame Impala’s new retro-themed video for ‘Is Is True’

  06-08-2020 23:00 via nme.com
  
  Tame Impala have shared a new retro-themed video for ‘Is Is True’ – you can watch it below.Read More: Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush’ review: a 57-minute flex of every musical muscle in Kevin Parker’s bodyPosting on their Instagram account earlier today, the Australian psych-rock outfit teased the video via a number of cryptic images of red television screens, some of which had text written on them.
  One said: “from the past to the happening,” w
  
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• Tame Impala Share Psychedelic ‘Is It True’ Lyric Video

  06-08-2020 22:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Slow Rush track gets its own VHS-like visual
  
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• Still Mixing It Up While Clubs Are Closed: FISHER, Doja Cat, Troye Sivan & More Stay-at-Home DJ Picks

  06-08-2020 22:46
  
  With clubs closed across the country and Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart on hiatus, we’re asking reporting club DJs what they’ve been listening to lately, while at home, of course.
  This week, we spoke with New England-based DJ Danny Diggz; Chicago’s Timmy Loop; and Houston’s Joe Ross.
  Danny DiggzDanny Diggz (real name Daniel Wilcox) has been enjoying Ship Wrek’s “Energy.” “It’s just so good,” Diggz tells Billboard. “It&rs
  
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• America is getting its own version of The Eurovision Song Contest

  06-08-2020 22:45 via nme.com
  
  America is getting its own version of The Eurovision Song Contest next year, according to reports.Read More: ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga’ review: like ‘Glee’ on ketamineAccording to Variety, ‘The American Song Contest’ is set to debut on US television during the 2021 holiday season.
  Variety report that the format of the US version will be similar to the European one and will “position the artists head-to-head against other state
  
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• Which Upcoming K-Pop EP/LP Are You Most Excited for This Year? Vote!

  06-08-2020 22:41
  
  With four months left in 2020, K-pop’s biggest and brightest stars are still planning to deliver their debut albums and other special projects. But which one are you most excited about?
  On the heels of their top 40 Hot 100 hit “How You Like That” smash, Blackpink plans on dropping the K-pop quartet’s highly anticipated debut LP The Album on Oct. 2.
  SuperM returns with their own debut album Super One on Sept. 25. But before then, the so-
  
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• ‘Eurovision’ Producers Set ‘American Song Contest’ TV Event for 2021

  06-08-2020 22:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  Artists from all 50 states will face off with original songs to win U.S. version of popular European event
  
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• Listen to All of Prince Royce’s No. 1 Hits on Tropical Airplay

  06-08-2020 22:31
  
  Ever since his self-titled debut studio album in 2010, Prince Royce has had a strong presence on the Billboard charts. From “Stand By Me” to his latest song, “Carita de Inocente,” the Dominican crooner has dominated the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart multiple times.
  One of his first hits was “Corazon Sin Cara,” which hit No. 1 on the Tropical Airplay chart dated Oct. 23, 2010, where it remained atop for 10 weeks. His Shakira-assisted “Deja Vu” sp
  
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• Dua Lipa Nails Doja Cat’s Viral ‘Say So’ Dance on TikTok

  06-08-2020 22:29
  
  Dua Lipa is known for her sultry onstage moves, but she brought her dancing talents to TikTok on Wednesday night (Aug. 5), taking on the viral dance challenge for Doja Cat’s “Say So.”
  The pop star teamed up with TikTok user @kittysquad345 for the clip, in which the duo nail the body rolling choreography to the Hot 100 chart topper’s chorus. They are also matching in tie-dye, with Lipa rocking blue, pink and white pants and her dance partner wearing purple shorts.
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• WMG Took a Hit Its First Quarter Since Going Public. Here’s Why It Isn’t Sweating, Even in a Pandemic

  06-08-2020 22:03
  
  The future looks so bright, Warner Music Group might have to wear shades. That’s the takeaway from the 70-minute earnings call on Tuesday during which CEO Stephen Cooper and CFO Eric Levin said the word “opportunity” no fewer than 11 times.
  But how should one interpret the word during a discussion of 2020’s second quarter earnings, the first full reporting period of the COVID-19 pandemic?
  Opportunity can be a euphemism for easy-to-grab potential following weak performance
  
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• Toots and the Maytals, Ziggy Marley and Ringo Starr Unite for ‘Three Little Birds’ Cover

  06-08-2020 22:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on reggae outfit's first album in over 10 years, Got to Be Tough
  
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• David Bowie’s rarity-packed 1999 gig in Paris set for release

  06-08-2020 21:57 via nme.com
  
  A David Bowie concert from 1999 that featured a setlist packed with rarities is getting a digital release.
  Read More: 20 Best David Bowie Tracks – As Voted By You
  The release comes as part of an ongoing series in which a number of Bowie’s concerts from the 1990s are getting a digital release.
  The latest, Something in the Air (Live Paris 99), was originally recorded on October 14 1999 at Paris’ Elysée Montmartre and will be available to stream on August 14.
  Befo
  
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• Driift Launches Ticketed Livestreams With Career-High Grosses for Dermot Kennedy, Lianne La Havas, and More

  06-08-2020 21:55
  
  Livestreaming continues to evolve throughout 2020 with artists bunkered down at home. Driift, a new livestream concert producer and promoter out of the U.K., is giving a lift to European indie acts looking to perform for their fans and participate in something close to a normal touring economy.
  Founded by ATC Management’s Ric Salmon and Brian Message, with further investment from Beggars Group, Driift launched with a quartet of ticketed global livestreams from iconic London venues.
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• Big Freedia Takes Over Hillary Clinton’s Instagram to Talk Gun Violence, Beyoncé & More

  06-08-2020 21:51
  
  Big Freedia is taking over — literally.
  On Thursday (August 6), the Queen of Bounce joined actress and activist Erika Alexander in a special live takeover of Hillary Clinton’s Instagram account. Celebrating the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, and the late John Lewis’ monumental role in getting the legislation passed, the pair spoke about the issues that are important to them, and what it means to uplift black voices in today’s world.
  For Freedia, one of the mos
  
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• Flatbush Zombies share new song ‘Afterlife’ produced by James Blake

  06-08-2020 21:49 via nme.com
  
  Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies have shared a new song, ‘Afterlife’, produced by James Blake.
  Read more: WOO HAH!: 11 of the best things we saw at the Dutch hip-hop festival
  The new track is the first material released by the Zombies from a series of recording sessions with Blake, which started after Erick The Architect reached out to ‘I’ll Come Too’ musician upon hearing he was a fan of theirs.
  They all met in person after a Flatbush Zombies show in Los Angeles
  
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• Who Should Taylor Swift Collab With Next? Vote!

  06-08-2020 21:48
  
  Taylor Swift’s latest No. 1 album Folklore only featured one collaboration, Bon Iver on “Exile.” But if she had another one the way, who should it be with?
  Her BFF Selena Gomez crashed a talk show in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game yesterday (Aug. 5) and revealed it’s her dream to work on a song with her. “I’ve always dreamt of doing a song with Taylor. We both wanted to do that,” the pop star said while appearing as her a
  
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• A Country Song Rode the TikTok Train to Number One in 12 Hours

  06-08-2020 21:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Priscilla Block's just-released "Just About Over You" is attracting major-label interest after hitting Number One on iTunes
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin 'tried everything' to save marriage

  06-08-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin "didn''t want to let anyone down".
  
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• Rod Wave’s ‘Rags2Riches’ Becomes Second Song to Rule Both Top Triller Charts

  06-08-2020 21:39
  
  Rod Wave’s “Rags2Riches,” featuring ATR Son Son, becomes the second song to crown both Billboard’s Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts as once, ruling both lists dated Aug. 8.
  The Top Triller U.S. and Top Triller Global charts highlight the biggest songs on Triller based on a formula blending the amount of views of videos containing a respective songs, the level of engagement with those videos and the raw total of videos uploaded featuring each song, according
  
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• Lizzo Inks First-Look Deal With Amazon

  06-08-2020 21:03
  
  Lizzo is joining forces with Amazon.
  The singer, songwriter and actress has signed a first-look deal with the tech giant’s Amazon Studios. She Zoom-bombed into the beginning of Amazon’s virtual Television Critics Association session Thursday to announce the deal, under which she’ll develop television projects for the company’s Prime Video streaming platform.
  I’m so excited to partner with the amazing team at Amazon,” said Lizzo. “Thank you to Jen Salke a
  
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• The Prince Estate Drops Unreleased & ‘His Most Psychedelic’ Track ‘Cosmic Day’

  06-08-2020 21:00
  
  The Prince Estate partnered with Warner Records to drop the previously unreleased song “Cosmic Day” today (Aug. 6).
  It joins “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (1979 Version)” and “Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1)” on the expanded reissue of his iconic ninth album Sign o’ the Times, which will be available this fall on Sept. 25.
  The 2020 remastered song was originally recorded in Studio 3 at Sunset Sound on Nov. 15, 1
  
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• Listen to previously unreleased Prince track ‘Cosmic Day’

  06-08-2020 20:57 via nme.com
  
  The Prince Estate has unveiled a previously unreleased track by the late musician called ‘Cosmic Day’ – listen to it below.
  Read more: 10 deep nuggets of info we learned at the playback of Prince’s new album, ‘Originals’
  The song is set to appear on the forthcoming expanded reissue of Prince’s seminal double album ‘Sign O’ The Times’, which is due out September 25.
  ‘Cosmic Day’ was recorded at Sunset Sound on November 15, 19
  
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• Shy Martin Shares #TBT Mixtape Meant for the ‘Loudest Volume’

  06-08-2020 20:38
  
  Welcome to #TBT Mixtape, Billboard’s series that showcases artists’ very own throwback-themed playlists exclusive to Billboard’s Spotify account. The curated set features the artists’ favorite tracks from their youth and childhood.
  Swedish singer-songwriter Shy Martin is just a day away from the release of her sophomore EP Sad Songs, and it’s clear how she’d land on such a dense title and theme just from the looks of the music she grew up on.
  On a co
  
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• ‘She Is Finally Here’: Miley Cyrus Announces ‘Midnight Sky’ Release Date

  06-08-2020 20:36
  
  It’s been more than a year since Miley Cyrus told us She Is Coming with her fiery 2019 EP, and now, she’s here.
  The star took to social media on Thursday (Aug. 6) to reveal that the first single off her long-awaited album, She Is Miley Cyrus, is arriving August 14.
  “I know it feels like you’ve been waiting forever and ever …. but no more….. She is finally here,” Cyrus tweeted alongside the glamorous cover art. “My new single MIDNIGHT SK
  
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• Watch ‘Normal People’ star Paul Mescal in The Rolling Stones’ new video for ‘Scarlet’

  06-08-2020 20:30 via nme.com
  
  The Rolling Stones have shared a new video to accompany their track, ‘Scarlet’ featuring Led Zeppelin‘s Jimmy Page – watch it below.Read more: The Rolling Stones – their 10 best songsThe track, which will feature on the band’s forthcoming expanded edition of their 1973 ‘Goats Head Soup’ album, arrived last week.
  The new video, which features Normal People star Paul Mescal, arrived this evening (August 6), with the group saying Mescal put in &l
  
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• Protoje Recruits Popcaan for ‘Like Royalty’ Video

  06-08-2020 20:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jamaican singer details upcoming Proust-inspired new LP In Search of Lost Time
  
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• Ariana Grande Says Lady Gaga Scratching Her Eye Is an ‘Honor’ in ‘Rain On Me’ Behind-The-Scenes Clip

  06-08-2020 20:16
  
  What sounded like a catfight between Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande turned out to be a love fest between the two pop stars in a new behind-the-scenes clip from the “Rain On Me” music video.
  In the latest episode of “GAGAVISION” posted to Gaga’s Instagram Thursday (Aug. 6), the “Rain On Me” singers argue about Grande’s vision after Gaga accidentally scratched her eye. “I shanked her with my nail by accident dancing,” Gaga explains of
  
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• Watch the New Rolling Stones Video ‘Scarlet,’ Starring Paul Mescal

  06-08-2020 20:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song was originally recorded in 1974 with Jimmy Page and Traffic’s Ric Grech
  
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• How We Work Now: Radio Journalist Sway Calloway

  06-08-2020 20:04
  
  In a new series amid the coronavirus pandemic, Billboard is asking individuals from all sectors of the music business to share stories of how they work now, with much of the world quarantined at home and unable to take in-person meetings, attend conferences or even go into the office. Submissions for the series can be sent to [email protected]. Read the full series here. This installment is with Radio Hall of Fame nominated journalist Sway Calloway, the host of Shade
  
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• Keke Palmer Will Host The 2020 VMAs, With A Little Help From True Jackson

  06-08-2020 20:02
  
  Say hello to Keke Palmer, who will be your host of the 2020 MTV VMAs — once she locks down an iconic outfit with help from True Jackson, VP.
  
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• Diplo & Joji Go Behind the Scenes as PAs in ‘Daylight’ Video: Watch

  06-08-2020 20:02
  
  Encompassing menial tasks from fetching coffee to setting up equipment to cleaning up after talent, the job of a production assistant is sometimes thankless and often grueling.
  While this plebe lifestyle is far outside the reality of superstars Diplo and Joji, the duo play the PA part in the video for their new collaborative single, “Daylight.”
  In the clip, the guys work behind the scenes on a music video shoot for an elderly (and seemingly “I Want It That Way” era Backst
  
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• Sheryl Crow, Haim Discuss Misogyny in the Music Industry

  06-08-2020 20:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "We're still cracking the little eggshells as we tiptoe across them," Crow tells the sister trio
  
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• Keke Palmer: 5 Things to Know About the 2020 MTV VMAs Host

  06-08-2020 20:00
  
  Keke Palmer is set to host the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, which are slated for Aug. 30 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
  Palmer will be the first woman of color to host the show since 1986-87, when then-MTV-VJ Downtown Julie Brown co-hosted. (The Welsh-born Brown is of mixed race. Her father was Jamaican.)
  Palmer, who turns 27 four days before the VMAs, will also be the youngest VMAs host since Miley Cyrus, then 22, hosted the 2015 show. (Comedian/actor Sebastian Maniscalco was 45 when he hosted
  
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• Fontaines D.C. announce four additional dates for 2021 UK tour

  06-08-2020 19:57 via nme.com
  
  Fontaines D.C. have announced that they’ve added four extra dates to their 2021 UK tour – you see the full tour schedule below.
  Fontaines D.C.: “We weren’t really eating and we were burning the candle at both ends”
  The Irish band, who released their second album ‘A Hero’s Death’ last week, announced last month that they would be heading out on their biggest UK tour to date next year.
  After a number of initial dates sold out, the band added a couple
  
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• 20 Questions With Ferry Corsten: The Dutch Icon on How Trance ‘Hits You In the Feels Like No Other Genre’

  06-08-2020 19:51
  
  While he’s created music under many aliases and as part of myriad side projects — Moonman, System F, Gouryella, Veracocha and New World Punx among them — Ferry Corsten remains one of the most consistence presences in the global trance scene.
  The Dutch producer has made his name(s) on music that both soars and throttles, blending delicacy, groove, raw emotion and shimmery synths into tracks that lift listeners into the state of transcendence that is the genre’s namesake. A
  
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• Charli XCX has announces live-streamed performance of her Mercury nominated album

  06-08-2020 19:48 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Boom Clap' hitmaker is set to play a virtual gig on Boiler Room on August 13 from 3pm in Los Angeles/11pm BST.
  
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• Paid Streaming Grows as Consumers Head Indoors (Again): Five Key Insights From Nielsen Music/MRC Data’s COVID-19 Report

  06-08-2020 19:47
  
  With rising COVID-19 cases across the United States, many Americans are spending more time indoors and leaning on entertainment more than ever for information, connection and comfort. That’s according to the sixth installment of Nielsen Music/MRC Data’s survey series “COVID-19: Tracking the Impact on the Entertainment Landscape,” which also notes an increased interest in music listening, with the highest percentage of survey respondents yet saying they have added a new au
  
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• Lady Gaga would 'chain smoke cigarettes and cry' while writing 'Chromatica'

  06-08-2020 19:45 via music-news.com
  
  Lady Gaga would "chain smoke cigarettes and cry" during the writing process for 'Chromatica'.
  
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• Kylie Minogue Earns New Career Highs With ‘Say Something’ on Dance/Electronic Charts

  06-08-2020 19:45
  
  Kylie Minogue sets new career-high marks with her new single “Say Something” on both Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (No. 19) and Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (No. 3) charts (dated Aug. 8).
  The song, the first released from her forthcoming studio album Disco (Nov. 6), earned 429,000 U.S. streams and sold 3,000 downloads in the tracking week ending July 30, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
  On the multi-metric Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, which started in January
  
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• New Blink-182 song, ‘Quarantine’ is dropping tomorrow

  06-08-2020 19:30 via nme.com
  
  A new Blink-182 song, ‘Quarantine’ is dropping tomorrow after the band shared the single’s new artwork on Twitter.Read more: Blink-182’s Travis Barker on getting stoned with Cypress Hill and teaching Rihanna drumsEarlier this week, Travis Barker said the band would be releasing the new song ahead of a much-anticipated EP release.
  “There’s a song called ‘Quarantine’ that’s gonna come out really, really soon,” he told MTV. “It&
  
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• John Legend Wants You to See What’s Really Going on With Kanye West’s Presidential Campaign

  06-08-2020 19:28
  
  John Legend wants you to have your eyes wide open this election season. The singer posted a pair of tweets on Thursday morning (Aug. 6) in which he sought to provide some clarity on what he said was a seeming attempt to pull one over on the American people.
  “Just in case anyone needs some clarity around what’s happening here,” Legend tweeted, linking to a Vice magazine article that claimed Kanye West has submitted the required signatures to appear on the ballot in the crucial s
  
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• Tame Impala hint that a new video is on the way soon

  06-08-2020 19:23 via nme.com
  
  Tame Impala have hinted that they have a new video on the way soon.
  Read More: Tame Impala – ‘The Slow Rush’ review: a 57-minute flex of every musical muscle in Kevin Parker’s body
  Posting on their Instagram account earlier today, the Australian psych-rock outfit shared a number of cryptic images of red television screens, some of which had text written on them.
  One said: “from the past to the happening,” while another said: “I don’t know.” Y
  
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• Indie Venues and Agents Waiting ‘White Knuckled’ as Congress Considers Long Term Stimulus Bill

  06-08-2020 19:15
  
  After months of intense lobbying, a final push is being made to secure some type of government relief or aid for members of the National Independent Venues Association before Congress leaves town for its August recess. Groups like NIVA and the National Independent Talent Organization are hoping that Congress will pass at least one bill covering six months of losses for businesses, like concert venues, that have been completely shut down by COVID-19.
  “There is a real fear that we are on the
  
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• Alt TikTok Is Music’s Latest Scene, and Straight TikTok Has Noticed

  06-08-2020 19:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Unruly tracks from XIX and Cmten are becoming popular on "Alt TikTok" — and earning the attention of major labels
  
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• Here Are the 10 Artists Who’ve Scored Hot 100 Top 10 Hits in the ’00s, ’10s & ’20s

  06-08-2020 19:09
  
  This week on the Billboard Hot 100, two veteran pop hitmakers score their first top 10s of the new decade. Taylor Swift does so three times over with the No. 1-debuting “Cardigan,” as well as “The 1″ (No. 4) and the Bon Iver-featuring “Exile” (No. 6), while Jason Derulo visits the top tier with Jawsh 365 collab “Savage Love (Laxed Beat – Siren).”
  Their respective new top 10 hits enter Derulo and Swift into a still fairly exclusive Billboard H
  
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• Watch Halestorm, Amy Lee Rip Through ‘Break In’

  06-08-2020 19:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band will release Halestorm Reimagined EP later this month
  
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