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• Which Former One Direction Member Will Get a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Song Next?

  10-08-2020 23:52
  
  After Harry Styles nabbed his first No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 this week (dated Aug. 15), he became the second former One Direction member to have a No. 1 hit after Zayn. So who’s next from the bunch?
  Liam Payne has come closest with his top 10 Hot 100 hit “Strip That Down” featuring Quavo, but Niall Horan clocks in the most entries on the all-genre tally with five in his solo career.
  Louis Tomlinson recently parted ways with Simon Cowell’s Sy
  
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• Jasmine Thompson, Niki DeMartino & Mali Music Set for Billboard Live At-Home Concerts: See the Latest Schedule

  10-08-2020 23:03
  
  Jasmine Thompson, Niki DeMartino and Mali Music are partnering with Billboard for this week’s Billboard’s Live At-Home sessions, providing fans with quarantine entertainment while benefiting some worthy causes.
  English singer-songwriter Jasmine Thompson kicks off the week of performances on Tuesday (Aug. 11) at 1 p.m. ET/ 10 a.m. PT, with her mini-concert benefitting The Trevor Project. YouTube star/rising pop singer Niki DeMartino performs Wednesday (Aug. 12) at 1 p.m. ET/ 10 a.m. P
  
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• Nick Cannon Calls for Atonement and Unity Between Black & Jewish Communities: ‘I’ll Be That Sacrificial Lamb’

  10-08-2020 22:57
  
  Nick Cannon made his first appearance on a Jewish program Monday afternoon (Aug. 10) to unpack his personal atonement following his anti-Semitic comments. He also discussed better understanding of where the Jewish and Black communities can come together, especially regarding his personal intersection.
  ViacomCBS severed ties with Cannon following a June 30-dated episode of the Cannon’s Class podcast where he made anti-Semitic comments and conspiracy theories during his interv
  
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• Glasvegas announce they’re working on first new music in seven years

  10-08-2020 22:53 via nme.com
  
  Glasvegas have announced that they’re working on new music, their first in seven years.
  Read more: Alan McGee: “The music industry doesn’t want young indie rock’n’roll. The culture is so different”
  The Glaswegian band haven’t released any new music since 2013’s ‘Later…When The TV Turns To Static’, but that’s about to change according to frontman James Allan.
  Taking to Instagram tonight (August 10) to explain why it’s
  
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• Cardi B Thinks This Raunchy ‘WAP’ Tweet Is ‘Hilarious’

  10-08-2020 22:48
  
  What’s Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” but a lot more R-rated? A Twitter user drew inspiration from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s thumping new collaboration “WAP” to answer that question.
  Carson Glenn Pace sent out a simple tweet over the weekend that read, “Hey there Delilah heard you got that wet a– p—y,” referring to what “WAP” actually stands for.
  Hey there Delilah heard you got that wet ass pussy
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• The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Breaks No. 1 Record on Hot R&B Songs Chart

  10-08-2020 22:39
  
  The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” posts an unprecedented 21st week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart as the hit single retains the top slot on the list dated Aug. 15. “Lights” overtakes a trio of tracks that shared the previous record of 20 weeks – Drake’s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, The Weeknd’s own “Starboy,” featuring Daft Punk, and Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like” &nda
  
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• Billie Eilish Nabs First Hot Rock & Alternative Songs No. 1 With ‘My Future’

  10-08-2020 22:37
  
  Billie Eilish’s “My Future” becomes her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, vaulting 18-1 on the ranking dated Aug. 15.
  In its first full tracking week running July 31-Aug. 6, following its July 30 release, the song earned 20.9 million U.S. streams and sold 15,000 downloads, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It drew 1.3 million streams and sold 3,000 in the week ending July 30.
  Additionally, the track racked up 7.4 million all-format audi
  
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• Thalia, Marc Anthony & More Latin Artists Who Had No. 1 Billboard Hits 20 Years Ago

  10-08-2020 22:19
  
  With artists such as Bad Bunny, J Balvin, and Anuel AA topping the Billboard Latin charts back-to-back, there’s no doubt that reggaeton and Latin trap music are dominating the new era.
  In recent years, many mainstream artists have tapped into the Latin world, giving life to bilingual bops such as the recently-released “Un Dia (One Day)” by Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bunny, and Tainy. Last week, the song debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, marking Dua’s first entry and f
  
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• Copyright claim against ‘Despacito’ co-writers dismissed

  10-08-2020 22:19 via nme.com
  
  A lawsuit filed against Universal Music Group and the co-writers of ‘Despacito’ alleging copyright infringement within the hit song has been dismissed by a US District court.
  Read more: How ‘Despacito’ became the song of summer 2017
  The complaint, which was originally filed on July 8, 2019 by Newton Cortes, alleged that the lyrics to ‘Despacito’ infringed the lyrics to Cortes’ song ‘Despasito’, registered in 2006. He claimed that th
  
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• Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Dominique Fishback Talk the True ‘Power’ Behind Creativity Ahead of Netflix’s ‘Project Power’

  10-08-2020 22:00
  
  If you could take a pill and have superhuman abilities for five minutes, would you take it no matter the risk?
  That’s the powerful idea behind Netflix’s upcoming film, fittingly titled Project Power. Stacked with an all-star cast including Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback, Machine Gun Kelly and more, the action film follows a man’s quest to rescue his daughter from the sinister forces behind the drug while attempting to save his city from comp
  
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• Patti Scialfa on Quarantine Life in New Jersey, Writing Music for Teen Drama ‘Pearl’

  10-08-2020 21:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  The E Street Band member has spent the past few months writing songs for her new studio record and giving Bruce Springsteen haircuts
  
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• Watch Post Malone get a new tattoo during a dentist appointment

  10-08-2020 21:46 via nme.com
  
  Post Malone‘s dentist has shared an image of the rapper getting a new leg tattoo during his recent check-up.
  Read more: From Trippie Redd to Lil Uzi Vert, rap-rock is back. And this time, it doesn’t suck
  Beverly Hills dentist Dr. Thomas Connelly shared the image, which shows tattoo artist Ganga inking Posty’s right shin.
  “Epic work gong down on the legend @postmalone ….. wait for it ………” Connelly wrote alongside one of the images on
  
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• Smash Mouth Performed for Large Crowd at South Dakota Biker Rally Despite Pandemic

  10-08-2020 21:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  10-day event will see additional shows in the coming days from Buckcherry, Lit, .38 Special and more
  
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• Hayley Williams Covers Radiohead’s ‘Fake Plastic Trees’

  10-08-2020 21:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Williams says it will be "the last of the self-serenades" series on her Instagram
  
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• Here’s What PETA Thinks About Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’ Video

  10-08-2020 21:00
  
  Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” collaboration had tongues wagging and cheeks blushing since it dropped last Friday, and while fans are gushing over the NSFW (whatever that means in quarantine) song, not everyone is on board.
  Tiger King star and Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin blasted the “WAP” video – which features a number of exotic wild cats such as tigers and leopards – as “lurid” over the weekend, saying “it glamorizes the
  
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• Boy George apologises to former Culture Club drummer Jon Moss

  10-08-2020 20:40 via nme.com
  
  Boy George has revealed that he recently met with former Culture Club bandmate Jon Moss in order to “apologise for some things.”
  Read more: Culture Club’s Boy George: the original gender-fluid pop icon versus the modern world
  Last year, Moss sued George, as well as guitarist Roy Hay and bassist Mikey Craig, with the drummer’s lawyers claiming he was told to “take a break” by the band’s manager Paul Kemsley in 2018.
  A spokeswoman for the group stated
  
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• First of Pearl Jam’s two iconic 2018 ‘Home Shows’ to be live-streamed next month

  10-08-2020 20:38 via nme.com
  
  The first of Pearl Jam‘s two iconic 2018 ‘Home Shows’ is going to be streamed as part of a special Pay-Per-View event next month.
  Read more: MTV Unplugged: the 20 best performances – ranked and rated in order of greatness
  The band kicked-off their 2018 North American tour at Safeco Field in Seattle on August 8, 2018. It was the first of two sold-out performances billed as ‘The Home Shows’ where the hometown crowd were treated to a 33-song setlist which in
  
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• Fans Are Really Excited About Harry Styles’ First Hot 100 No. 1: See the Tweets

  10-08-2020 20:37
  
  Harry Styles snagged his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, as the summertime staple “Watermelon Sugar” blasts from No. 7 on the chart.
  The song, released as a single off his Fine Line album back in November 2019, also gives Styles his second Digital Song Sales No. 1, after “Sign of the Times” led for a week upon its debut in April 2017.Within minutes of the Hot 100 news, the crooner’s fanbase, affectionately called the Harries, flooded T
  
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• Smash Mouth Spent ‘Endless Hours’ Making Sure Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Concert Was As Safe As Possible

  10-08-2020 20:33
  
  In the midst of the still-raging COVID-19 pandemic that has infected over five million Americans and killed more than 162,000, Smash Mouth played a set at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally’s Buffalo Chip concert series with the group saying they took all the safety precautions possible at the Sunday (Aug. 9) South Dakota event.
  “The promoter did a fantastic job with their Covid protocol. They had a very strict social distancing and mask policy in place for all workers,” band manager
  
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• Rick Ross says he’ll clear ‘BMF’ for use in 50 Cent show if rapper promotes his chicken wings

  10-08-2020 20:04 via nme.com
  
  Rick Ross has agreed to clear one of his tracks for use on 50 Cent‘s upcoming Black Mafia Family crime series – on one unusual condition.
  Read more: Rick Ross – ‘Port of Miami 2’ review
  50 recently indicated that Ross’ 2010 song ‘BMF’ was an essential inclusion in the show, saying: “At some point, I think that has to play in the BMF series.”
  Speaking to Billboard, Ross said he would make it happen as long as 50 did some promotion for hi
  
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• Ovrkast. Makes Not Trying Sound Immensely Gratifying

  10-08-2020 19:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  'Face,' Oakland musician's new single featuring Navy Blue, has a warm, naturalistic vibe
  
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• Of Course Cardi B Had the Best Response to Someone Dissing Kylie Jenner’s ‘Wap’ Cameo

  10-08-2020 19:45
  
  Just in case anyone out there still thinks it’s a good idea to tell Cardi B who she should put in her videos, think again. The rapper took to Twitter on Sunday (Aug. 9) to defend a cameo from her pal model Kylie Jenner in the “Wap” video after some fans insisted the Keep Up With the Kardashians star be removed from the eye-popping visual for Cardi’s collab with Megan Thee Stallion.
  When a fan retweeted a freeze frame of Normani doing the splits in her cameo and complained
  
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• Harry Styles’ ‘Watermelon Sugar’ Surges to Top of Billboard Hot 100, Becoming His First No. 1

  10-08-2020 19:36
  
  Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” takes the top seed on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, becoming his first No. 1 on the ranking, as it blasts from No. 7.
  Styles is the second member of One Direction to have led the Hot 100, following Zayn with “Pillowtalk” in 2016.
  Plus, The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” at No. 4 on the Hot 100, scores a historic week on two other charts, and Billie Eilish’s “My Future” soars onto the Hot 100 at N
  
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• Watch Lindsey Buckingham sing for first time since undergoing heart surgery

  10-08-2020 19:24 via nme.com
  
  Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham performed a four-song acoustic set on Friday – you can watch it below.
  Read more: 20 insanely great Fleetwood Mac songs
  It was his first performance since suffering a heart attack and undergoing emergency open heart surgery last year.
  Buckingham’s wife, Kristen, reported at the time that the guitarist had suffered “vocal cord damage” following the surgery, which meant he had to postpone all of his upcoming tour dates.
  
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• Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell Cover Bon Iver, Derek and the Dominos

  10-08-2020 19:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Latest Iso Lounging features Bon Iver's "Beth/Rest," Derek and the Dominos' "Layla," Richard Buckner's "Ariel Ramirez"
  
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• Amanda Shires, Jason Isbell Cover Bon Iver, Derek and the Dominoes

  10-08-2020 19:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Latest Iso Lounging features Bon Iver's "Beth/Rest," Derek and the Dominoes' "Layla," Richard Buckner's "Ariel Ramirez"
  
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• Here Are All the Livestreams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During the Coronavirus Crisis: Week of August 10

  10-08-2020 19:13
  
  The dog days of summer are upon us, but another week of livestream shows from around the globe are here to keep music fans entertained.
  As always, there’s something for everyone — from Lady A, Tim McGraw, Third Eye Blind and more taking the virtual stage at a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this Thursday (Aug. 13) to Jasmine Thompson, Niki DeMartino and Mali Music stopping by Billboard’s Facebook page for this week’s Billboard Live At-Home serie
  
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• RS Country Music Picks: Week of August 10th

  10-08-2020 19:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jerrod Niemann's ambitious vocal experiment, the Georgia Thunderbolts' Southern rock, and Jillette Johnson's spaced-out trip
  
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• Glass Animals and Deep Purple battling Taylor Swift for Number 1 album

  10-08-2020 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift is on track for a third week at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart this Friday, but two new entries from Glass Animals
  
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• Willie Nelson Teams With ACM New Artist Nominees for ‘On the Road Again’ Remake to Aid COVID-19 Fund

  10-08-2020 18:46
  
  Willie Nelson is featured on a new version of his classic hit “On the Road Again,” along with all 10 of this year’s ACM Awards’ nominees for new female and new male artist. The single, dubbed “On the Road Again (ACM Lifting Lives Edition),” will benefit ACM Lifting Lives COVID-19 Response Fund.
  The single, produced by Ross Copperman and Jimmy Robbins, will be available via Warner Music Nashville. It will be released to country radio on Thursday (Aug. 13).
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• 10 Cool New Pop Songs To Get You Through The Week: Sasha Sloan, Victoria Monet, Ant Saunders & More

  10-08-2020 18:39
  
  Looking for some Monday motivation to help power you through the start of another week? We’re right there with you, and with some stellar new pop tunes, we’ve got you covered.
  These 10 tracks from artists like Sasha Sloan, Victoria Monet, Ant Saunders and Gashi will get you energized to take on the week. Pop any of these gems into your personal playlists ASAP.
  Sasha Sloan, “Lie”With “Lie,” an ignorance-is-bliss anthem with slinky percussion that elevates the c
  
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• Big Joanie’s Heavy Rock Cover of Solange’s ‘Cranes in the Sky’ Is a Song You Need to Know

  10-08-2020 18:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  The trio's fuzzy, contemplative rendition adds new depth to one of the best songs of the past decade
  
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• Musicians Criticize Jeff Bezos’ ‘Willful Blindness’ to Twitch Music Royalties

  10-08-2020 18:16
  
  While testifying at a congressional hearing late last month, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos admitted that he wasn’t sure whether or not the company pays royalties for the music users stream on Amazon-owned livestreaming platform Twitch (it doesn’t). His response angered artist-run non-profit Artist Rights Alliance, which has sent a letter to Bezos challenging him to pay artists their fair share, as music streaming on Twitch continues to surge.
  “We were appalled [&hellip
  
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• Thousands gather at Smash Mouth concert despite coronavirus pandemic

  10-08-2020 18:13 via nme.com
  
  Thousands of fans gathered in Sturgis, South Dakota at the weekend to watch Smash Mouth in concert despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  Read more: Coronavirus: every cancelled gig, festival and tour – and how to get your ticket refund
  The show on Sunday (August 9) was part of this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a 10-day festival estimated to attract 250,000 motorcycle enthusiasts.
  The festival features motorcycle shows, a roller derby, and a number of nightly musical
  
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• Shirley Manson on Hosting ‘The Jump’ Podcast, Future of Garbage

  10-08-2020 18:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Season Two features interviews with George Clinton, Liz Phair, Angel Olsen, Matt Berninger, and more
  
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• RS Charts: DaBaby’s ‘Rockstar’ Returns to Number One

  10-08-2020 18:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  New singles from Billie Eilish and A$AP Ferg arrived in the Top Twenty
  
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• Sheryl Crow Aims to Shatter the Glass Ceiling in ‘Woman in the White House’ Video

  10-08-2020 17:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Crow revamps her 2012 B-side ahead of the 2020 election
  
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• Corey Taylor says Stone Sour has “kinda run its course for now”

  10-08-2020 17:58 via nme.com
  
  Corey Taylor has confirmed that Stone Sour are on “indefinite hiatus”, adding that the band has “kinda run its course for now.”
  Read more: NME meets Slipknot’s Clown and Tortilla Man: “There’s been a lot of blood on stage”
  The Slipknot frontman previously spoke about the band going on hiatus in an interview back in June, and he’s further clarified the band’s inactive status in a new interview.
  “I feel like Stone Sour has kinda run
  
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• Billie Eilish, Dan and Shay Join iHeartMedia’s ‘Why I’m Voting’ Campaign

  10-08-2020 17:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  John Legend, Will Ferrell and more will appear in iHeartRadio spots, a new podcast leading up to Election Day
  
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• Rumer says Paul McCartney once cried due to the nerves of performing for Barack Obama

  10-08-2020 17:14 via nme.com
  
  Rumer has revealed that she was once told that Paul McCartney cried due to the nerves of performing in The White House in front of then-President Barack Obama.
  The ‘Seasons Of My Soul’ singer/songwriter was speaking in a new interview about the performance anxiety she felt before performing Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s ‘A House Is Not a Home’ for Obama back in 2012.
  “I was so nervous, I went down to Glastonbury to do a hippy course beforehand,” Rumer t
  
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• Tech N9ne plays packed show without social distancing in place

  10-08-2020 17:05 via nme.com
  
  Tech N9ne is the latest musician to perform a concert during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  The Strange Music rapper, who has collaborated with the likes of 2Pac, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar, played a packed show at the Regalia Hotel & Conference Center in Lake Ozark, Missouri on Saturday night (August 8).
  According to TMZ, upwards of 1,000 people were in attendance at the show in Tech’s home state, and footage from the concert showed little in the way of social distancing or fac
  
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• Welcome to Nashville, Where We’re Just Realizing There’s a Pandemic

  10-08-2020 16:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  After weeks of tourists flocking to the bars on Broadway, the city is finally taking action. But is it enough?
  
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• Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez & More Set for iHeartMedia’s ‘Why I’m Voting’ Campaign: Exclusive

  10-08-2020 16:56
  
  What’s your reason for voting? On Monday (Aug. 10), iHeartMedia announced the official launch of its 2020 voter awareness initiative, “Why I’m Voting,” exclusively on Billboard.
  The non-partisan campaign will see artists from Billie Eilish and Selena Gomez to John Legend and Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds sharing the personal reasons voting matters to them in the upcoming 2020 election. Other famous faces taking part in the campaign include Dan + Shay, Fi
  
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• Snoop Dogg has asked Chika to write him a song: “It’s gonna be a Black country song”

  10-08-2020 16:31 via nme.com
  
  Snoop Dogg and the fast-rising rapper Chika look set to collaborate after the two hit it off during a recent Instagram Live session.
  Read more: 24 posts that show Snoop Dogg living his best life online
  Chika was surprised to be joined on her Live by Snoop over the weekend (August 8), with the latter praising Chika by saying that he was “here to give you your flowers.”
  “I’m here to tell you I fuck with your music. I love your shit,” Snoop said. “I play it, I en
  
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• Hayley Williams Closes Out Quarantine Covers Series With This Radiohead Classic

  10-08-2020 16:29
  
  Hayley Williams took to social media on Saturday (Aug. 8) to share her latest quarantine cover, an acoustic take on Radiohead’s exquisite bummer ballad “Fake Plastic Trees.”
  “Green plastic watering can/ For a fake Chinese rubber plant/ In the fake plastic earth/ That she bought from a rubber man/ In a town full of rubber plans/ To get rid of itself,” she croons over simple acoustic guitar after a couple of false starts.
  “The last of the self-serenades&hel
  
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• Watch Lindsey Buckingham Sing for First Time Since Heart Surgery

  10-08-2020 16:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist sang four songs via Zoom, including "Never Going Back Again”
  
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• Sea Girls on how mental health struggles influenced their debut album: “It was the first way of saying I’m in trouble”

  10-08-2020 16:13 via nme.com
  
  Sea Girls singer Henry Camamile has opened up on how suffering a traumatic brain injury influenced the direction of the band’s upcoming debut album.
  The singer of the hotly tipped London band recalled how he hit his head on a pub cellar door, with the injury directly causing Camamile to suffer from mental health struggles.
  As they prepare to release their debut album ‘Open Up Your Head’ this Friday (August 14), Camamile explained to NME how the title reflects his attempts to pu
  
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• Judge Dismisses Copyright Claim Against ‘Despacito’ Co-Writers

  10-08-2020 16:00
  
  A U.S. District Court in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Erika Ender and Universal Music Group alleging copyright infringement in mega-hit “Despacito.”
  “All pending motions are DENIED AS MOOT (sic). The Clerk is instructed to CLOSE this case,” wrote U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in a decision dated Aug. 6, referring to a complaint originally filed by Newton Cortes on July 8, 2019.
  In his suit, Cortes alleged that the lyrics
  
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• SiriusXM Parent Liberty Media Swings to Loss Amid Pandemic

  10-08-2020 15:37
  
  Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire mogul John Malone that houses assets like audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball club and the Formula One racing circuit, on Monday reported second-quarter financials as the novel coronavirus pandemic delayed events in its sports operations.
  Liberty Media posted a loss attributable to its stockholders of $326 million, compared with a year-ago profit of $116 million on a 32 percent revenue drop to $1.91 billion.
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• ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic: Never-Before-Seen Photos From the Days of ‘Eat It’ and ‘I Love Rocky Road’

  10-08-2020 15:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  September 14th, 1980 was a landmark day in “Weird Al” Yankovic history. Not only was it […]
  
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