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• Anuel Got New Face Tattoos & Fans Have Mixed Feelings: See the Reactions

  19-08-2020 23:47
  
  Anuel surprised fans once more after flaunting his new face tattoos on Instagram.
  The Puerto Rican trap artist shared a selfie on Wednesday (Aug. 19) showing off his two tats on the right side of his face. “Fear God” reads one in cursive on top of his eyebrow and a cross is located on his upper cheek area, right under the eye.
  In true “relationship goals” fashion, Karol G also got inked. The tattoo artist, who goes under the alias Tatu Baby, posted a photo of Karol’
  
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• Chloe x Halle Are Devilishly Good With Heavenly ‘Do It’ Performance on ‘Kimmel’

  19-08-2020 23:23
  
  Chloe x Halle breathe fire into their latest live rendition of their Ungodly Hour cut “Do It” Tuesday night (Aug. 18) on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
  Following guest host and Little Fires Everywhere actress Kerry Washington’s introduction, the sister duo dressed for the ungodly hour in devilish red-caped outfits while a cloud backdrop turned them into visions from above. But as their wardrobe and backgrounds morph for each at-home performance of their career-firs
  
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• Cabaret Voltaire announce first album in 26 years, ‘Shadow Of Fear’

  19-08-2020 23:16 via nme.com
  
  Cabaret Voltaire have announced their first new album in 26 years, which is due to arrive in the autumn.
  The post-punk outfit will release the long-awaited ‘Shadow Of Fear’ on November 20 via Mute, following on from 1994’s ‘The Conversation’. It will be the first project with Richard H Kirk as the group’s sole member.
  Today (August 19), Cabaret Voltaire shared the first taste of the LP in the form of ‘Vasto’. The dark, dance-infused cut is carried
  
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• Bad Bunny to Receive 2020 Hispanic Heritage Award for Vision

  19-08-2020 23:04
  
  The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) announced today (Aug. 19) that Bad Bunny will receive the Hispanic Heritage Award for Vision during the annual Hispanic Heritage Awards.
  The Puerto Rican superstar and activist will receive the award during the broadcast on PBS stations Oct. 6. El Conejo Malo joins past honorees such as fellow hitmaker J Balvin who received the vision award in 2016 and brother-sister duo Jesse & Joy (2018).
  “The Hispanic Heritage Foundation is honored to recognize
  
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• Ben Gibbard of the Postal Service Dedicates Song to the Postal Service

  19-08-2020 22:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Gibbard dedicated "Such Great Heights" to the U.S. Postal Service on a recent livestream
  
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• Apple Reaches $2 Trillion Market Value as Tech Fortunes Soar

  19-08-2020 22:51
  
  Apple has become the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion as technology continues to reshape a world where smartphones are like appendages and digital services are like instruments orchestrating people’s lives.
  The iPhone maker reached the $2 trillion milestone in Wednesday’s early stock market trading when its shares surpassed $467.77.
  The stock later backtracked, but it didn’t diminish a remarkable achievement that came just two years after Apple became t
  
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• Cher Wants to Save the Post Office by Volunteering, But No One Will Help Her

  19-08-2020 22:42
  
  Cher’s mission to save the Post Office isn’t going as planned.
  Over the last week, the pop star has been actively posting about the United States Postal Service, from its genesis by first postmaster general Benjamin Franklin in 1775 to its resource in the 2020 presidential election. Celebrities have been encouraging their U.S. citizen fanbase to vote by mail ahead of the Nov. 3 date to avoid coronavirus potentially spreading at polling places.
  But with President Donald Trump’s
  
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• Nas recruits Anderson .Paak, Big Sean and more for new album

  19-08-2020 22:29 via nme.com
  
  Nas has shared the tracklist for his upcoming new album ‘King’s Disease’ – check it out below.
  Read more: The best 2020 Grammys performances from Nas and Lil Nas X to BTS to Billie Eilish
  The rapper’s 12th album is due out this Friday (August 21) and follows recent track ‘Ultra Black’, which saw him take a shot at Doja Cat.
  “We going Ultra Black/ Unapologetically Black/ The opposite of Doja Cat,” Nas spit on the song produced by Hit-Boy.
  Doja
  
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• Melody Thornton Signs With ICM, Releases New Video ‘Love Will Return’

  19-08-2020 22:13
  
  After releasing her entrancing seven-track EP Lioness Eyes earlier this month, Melody Thornton secures a roster spot on ICM with a new deal. 
  “I am so grateful and excited to be joining such a fantastic force in the world of entertainment such as ICM! I look forward to the future with this powerhouse agency,” Thornton tells Billboard. 
  Lioness Eyes serves as Thornton’s as her comeback project, marking her first release since 2012. To cap off her return, she
  
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• Phil Collins’ ‘In the Air Tonight’ Rules Rock Digital Song Sales Chart After Viral Reaction Video

  19-08-2020 22:06
  
  Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” returns to the Billboard charts dated Aug. 22, sparked by a viral video in which twins react to hearing the 1981 classic for the first time.
  “Air” rules the Rock Digital Song Sales chart with 15,000 downloads sold in the tracking week ending Aug. 13, up 1,252%, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It’s Collins’ first No. 1 on the list, which began in 2010.
  The track also debuts at No. 3 on the all-format Digital Song Sa
  
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• David Sancious on His Journey From the E Street Band to Tours With Sting, Peter Gabriel

  19-08-2020 22:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Keyboardist-guitarist got his start with Bruce Springsteen, but that was only the beginning of his incredible five-decade career
  
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• Who’s Your Favorite ‘Idol’ Winner of All Time? Vote!

  19-08-2020 22:00
  
  ABC announced on Wednesday (Aug. 19) that American Idol fan-favorite judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and host Ryan Seacrest will be returning next year for the singing competition’s 19th season.
  Idol’s return is particularly exciting when you think that music’s next superstar is out there waiting to be discovered. In the meantime, we can’t help but reminisce about the A-list talent that won the show, including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie U
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Girl Group of All Time? Vote!

  19-08-2020 22:00
  
  Making history seems to come naturally to the most iconic girl groups of the last few decades, but it’s the fans who continuously showed up to concerts, bought records and streamed videos who helped them get to the top.
  Destiny’s Child still hold the record for having one of the longest-leading No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Independent Woman Part I” in 2000. The R&B foursome-turned-trio, starring Beyoncé, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland, has e
  
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• Dua Lipa hopes 2020 transforms the world

  19-08-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Dua Lipa believes the pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement have given people a reason to reflect on their lives and inspire change.
  
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• Chris Brown & Young Thug’s ‘Go Crazy’ Conquers R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart

  19-08-2020 21:27
  
  Chris Brown and Young Thug team up to take over the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay as “Go Crazy” climbs from No. 3 on the Aug. 22 chart. The collaboration ascends with a 9% jump to 22.6 million in audience in the week ending Aug. 16, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
  For Brown, “Crazy” gives Brown his ninth leader on the radio ranking and seventh in a lead role. Here’s a full recap of his collection:
  Song Title, Artist (if other than Brow
  
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• Which Dance Artist Should Drop a New Album? Vote!

  19-08-2020 21:18
  
  It’s been a strangely quiet summer, with clubs closed and festivals off the calendar.
  But what’s been getting us through this season of standstill is new music, which is proving useful on various workout and at-home dance party playlists, even though we can’t currently enjoy it en masse.Both Rezz and Marshemello just announced that they’re working on new albums, which is welcome news that makes us consider all of the other electronic stars that may currently be holed away
  
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• Lil Uzi Vert Announces Live, Ticketed Virtual Performance

  19-08-2020 20:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Event will be the rapper's first live performance since releasing Eternal Atake
  
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• Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion Are Giving Away a ‘WAP’-ping $1 Million

  19-08-2020 20:52
  
  Looks like Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion aren’t the only two women winning after “WAP” scored a historic No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100.
  The two teamed up with Cash App today (Aug. 19) to give $1 million on Twitter in a way to honor women during the viral conversation about female empowerment following the song’s release on Aug. 7. The #WAPParty giveaway happening today through tomorrow, Aug. 20 is the largest-ever cash giveaway on Twitter, and the hashtag is cur
  
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• Guess Which Two Dance World Stars Just Announced That They Have New Albums on the Way

  19-08-2020 20:51
  
  With producers off the road, it follows logic that we’ll soon be seeing a lot of new made-in-quarantine music. Two of the dance world’s biggest stars, in fact, just announced they have albums on the way.
  Earlier this week, Rezz announced via social media that she’s working on a new album. The LP will be her third studio album and first full-length since 2018’s Certain Kind of Magic, which was released via Mautrap.Just want you to know I’m working on an album ! pic.t
  
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• The Highest-Charting Hot 100 Hit on Every Rihanna Album

  19-08-2020 20:47
  
  For the past decade and a half, Rihanna has been an undisputed, impossibly consistent hitmaker, tossing out smash after smash and evolving her sound along with popular music as a whole. As the No. 1 singles have piled up, Rih’s imprint on our culture has become everlasting — it’s hard to imagine a wedding reception, club night or any type of celebratory soundtrack without her unmistakable voice popping up.Rihanna’s hits have never been confined to one era of her artistry,
  
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• London Grammar return with dreamy new single ‘Baby It’s You’

  19-08-2020 20:44 via nme.com
  
  London Grammar are back with a brand new single, ‘Baby It’s You’. Check it out below.
  The three-piece first teased their comeback earlier this week (August 17) by posting a new band photograph on Instagram and writing “nothing else matters” – now revealed to be lyrics from the band’s new single.
  Read more: London Grammar – the full NME cover interview
  Their first new music since their 2019 collaboration with Flume, ‘Baby It’s You&r
  
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• Sonic Youth and Mudhoney members share unearthed cover of The Stooges’ ‘Fun House’

  19-08-2020 20:38 via nme.com
  An unearthed cover of The Stooges‘ track ‘Fun House’ by members of Sonic Youth and Mudhoney has been shared online – you can listen to it below.
  Read More: The Big Read – Iggy Pop: “Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it”
  Back in 1997, director Todd Haynes put together a supergroup called Wylde Ratttz to soundtrack his glam-rock inspired film Velvet Goldmine.
  The band was comprised of The Stooges’ Ron Asheton, Sonic Youth’s Thursto
  
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• Todd Nance, Widespread Panic Founding Drummer, Dead at 57

  19-08-2020 20:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  "He wrote great songs and was a giving and forgiving collaborator," band says of long-time drummer
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Posts Images of Her Gunshot Wound: ‘Why Would I Lie Abt Getting Shot?’

  19-08-2020 20:10
  
  A month after Megan Thee Stallion was allegedly shot in the foot by Tory Lanez, she posted images taken at the hospital following her surgery.
  On Wednesday (Aug. 19), she shared graphic images of criss-cross stitches in her heel and the doctors inspecting them. Megan posted a statement along with the graphic images that showed what happened when she was shot and why she wanted to explain herself, after people questioned how she was able to celebrate her new No. 1 collaboration with Ca
  
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• ‘Why Is My Package In New Jersey?’ Vinyl Sellers Sound the Alarm as Mail Slowdown Worsens

  19-08-2020 19:56
  
  Under normal circumstances, the Soundgarden box set and Bob Dylan album that Steve Stevenson sent from his record store in Oakland to a customer in Ashland, KY, might take five to seven days. But on July 29, after Stevenson shipped the package via U.S. Postal Service, it traveled to San Francisco, then Cincinnati, followed by Charleston, W.V., before reaching its final destination on Aug. 17.
  “There’s this strange slowdown in sorting, then far-flung movements to bizarre destinations,
  
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• El Alfa and Tyga Debut Colorful ‘Trappea’ Video: Exclusive

  19-08-2020 19:54
  
  For his latest musical venture, El Alfa teamed up with Tyga for his new single and music video “Trappea,” premiering exclusively on Billboard today (Aug. 19).
  Marking their first-ever collaboration, ‘Trappea” invites the California-born Hip-Hop artist to rap in English over the infectious dembow melodies that distinct El Alfa’s sound.
  “I’m the pride of an entire country. An example to follow,” El Alfa proudly proclaims on Instagram. Tyga, also made
  
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• Take a Trip Through the Underbelly of Downtown Los Angeles in Duke Dumont’s ‘Nightcrawler’ Video

  19-08-2020 19:44
  
  The gritty underbelly of downtown Los Angeles is the setting for the new video for Duke Dumont’s slinky “Nightcrawler.”
  Out today (Aug. 19), the clip features a pair of beautiful, mysterious spies moving through DTLA after dark in a hot white convertible, handling bags of money, seducing (then pulling guns on) the bad guys and ultimately finding that the villain isn’t who they thought it was.
  The video was produced by Obra House, the company also behind videos includ
  
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• Boiler Room shares extensive archive of mixes on Apple Music

  19-08-2020 19:43 via nme.com
  
  Boiler Room fans are now able to access an extensive archive of past mixes via Apple Music, thanks to the two platforms striking a new deal.
  Read More: Charli XCX Los Angeles Boiler Room set is all too fitting for 2020
  The initiative was announced yesterday (August 18) as Apple revealed plans to replace Beats 1 – which launched in 2015 – with three separate channels: Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country.
  “Boiler Room is now available to Apple Music subscriber
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival’s first ever digital line-up announced

  19-08-2020 19:33 via nme.com
  
  For the first time in its 54-year history, Notting Hill Carnival will be held online this year – you can see the line-up for 2020’s event below.
  Read more: Notting Hill Carnival: “If I didn’t have carnival, I wouldn’t get to see how special my people are”
  Back in May, carnival organisers announced it would change to an online format due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  The virtual incarnation – ‘Notting Hill Carnival: Access All Areas’ &n
  
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• Ayo & Keyz Hit No. 1 Hot 100 Producers Chart, Thanks to Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’

  19-08-2020 19:25
  
  Ayo & Keyz share the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 Producers chart (dated Aug. 22), leading for the first time thanks to Cardi B’s “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, which the pair co-produced.
  “WAP” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 93 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data, the largest total ever for a song in its first week of release. Also arriving with 11.6 million radio airplay audience impressions and 125,000
  
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• Los Angeles Azules Make Cumbia History as ‘Nunca Es Suficiente’ Enters YouTube’s Billion Views Club

  19-08-2020 18:54
  
  Two years after presenting their live performance from Puerto Progreso, Yucatán, México to the world, Los Angeles Azules and Natalia Lafourcade’s “Nunca Es Suficiente” officially surpassed one billion views on YouTube.
  The music video, which was published on April 19, 2018, marks the cumbia group’s first entry in the reputable Billion Views Club.
  Formed by siblings of the Mejia Avante family — Elías, Alfredo, José Hilario, Jorge, Cristina
  
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• Shakira Just Reached a Huge YouTube Milestone

  19-08-2020 18:53
  
  Only a select group of artists have surpassed the 30 million subscribers on YouTube, and Shakira just became one of them.
  Achieving a new milestone in her fruitful career, the Colombian superstar reached 30 million subscribers on her official artist channel, joining a group of 15 other artists to do so, as she rises on YouTube’s Global Top Artists chart.
  With music videos surpassing the one billion videos, including the Maluma-assisted “Chantaje,” “Can’t Rememb
  
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• Hear Cherie Currie and Brie Darling’s Cover of Soundgarden’s ‘Black Hole Sun’

  19-08-2020 18:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  "There will never be another Chris Cornell,” former Runaways singer says of charity single
  
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• Tom Morello reveals Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name’ started out as just an instrumental

  19-08-2020 18:40 via nme.com
  
  Tom Morello has revealed that Rage Against The Machine‘s classic track ‘Killing In The Name’ started out as just an instrumental.
  Read More: The NME Big Read – Tom Morello: “If we can’t punch Nazis, who can we punch really?”
  The explicit, politically-charged single was released back in 1992, and features on Rage’s self-titled debut album.
  Speaking on Rolling Stone‘s Music Now podcast (via Music-News), Morello recalled performing the song live
  
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• Tears for Fears Dig Deep for ‘Seeds of Love’ Box Set

  19-08-2020 18:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Collection, due out this fall, contains a remastered version of the album, demos, B-sides and rare jams
  
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• Cardi B & Kulture Jamming To Natti Natasha’s Music Is The Cutest Thing You’ll See All Day

  19-08-2020 18:09
  
  Cardi B has once again shown her love and admiration for Natti Natasha during a recent Instagram Live.
  While connecting with her fans this week, the Dominican-American rapper was seen carrying her daughter Kulture and both dancing to Natti’s latest single “Que Mal Te Fue.”
  What made the video even more adorable was the moment baby Kulture sang part of the song in Spanish. “Que paso? Que paso?” she sings along with mommy. “I told you she likes this song,”
  
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• Universal Music Publishing China Hosted a ‘League of Legends’ Songwriting Camp With Riot Games

  19-08-2020 18:08
  
  As the music industry continues to invest deeper into the lucrative esports space, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) China and Riot Games China have concluded a songwriting camp focused on promotional songs for the game publisher’s upcoming 10th League of Legends World Championship.
  The camp took place at the end of July and brought together 14 UMPG China songwriters — both virtually and in the GUM Studio Shanghai recording facility — to create six songs for the widely-vi
  
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• Phoenix Release ‘Identical’ From Sofia Coppola’s New Film ‘On the Rocks’

  19-08-2020 18:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band also created the film's score and soundtrack in their fifth collaboration with Coppola
  
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• Parklife confirm first details of their 2021 festival

  19-08-2020 18:01 via nme.com
  
  Parklife Festival have confirmed the first details of their planned 2021 festival.
  The 2020 edition of Parklife, which had been set to welcome performances by the likes of Skepta, Lewis Capaldi, Robyn and Tyler, The Creator, was cancelled in late March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  After organisers promised that Parklife would return in 2021 “stronger than ever”, the first details about next year’s Manchester festival have been released today (August 19).Parklife will return
  
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• Cardi B Recorded ‘WAP’ In 2019 But Finished It In Quarantine — Just In Time To Make It A Smash

  19-08-2020 18:01
  
  Cardi B recorded her 'WAP' verse in 2019, then finished it during the early quarantine months, her recording engineer said in a new interview.
  
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• Phoenix Unveil New Song ‘Identical’ Off Soundtrack to Upcoming Film ‘On the Rocks’: Listen

  19-08-2020 18:00
  
  Phoenix is back.
  The group dropped their first new music since 2017, a track titled “Identical” via Loyaute/Glassnote Records on Wednesday (Aug. 20). The song, which will be featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming Apple Original Films and A24 release On The Rocks, is also included in the new trailer.
  Phoenix have written the score and assembled the film’s soundtrack. This is their fifth cinematic collaboration with director Sofia Coppola since she first used their song
  
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• Listen to Phoenix’s electric new single ‘Identical’

  19-08-2020 18:00 via nme.com
  
  Phoenix have released their first new single in two years, ‘Identical’ – you can listen to it below.
  Read more: NME Recommends — the best summer albums
  It comes after the French band teased on social media earlier in the week that they would releasing a new track, sharing a video clip of a jacket set alight with the word ‘Phoenix’ on it.
  They last released an album in June 2017 with ‘Ti Amo’ while their last release, ‘Monologue&rsqu
  
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• Listen to Phoenix’s electric comeback single ‘Identical’

  19-08-2020 18:00 via nme.com
  
  Phoenix have released their first single in two years, ‘Identical’ – you can listen to it below.
  Read more: NME Recommends — the best summer albums
  It comes after the French band teased on social media earlier in the week that they would releasing a new track, sharing a video clip of a jacket set alight with the word ‘Phoenix’ on it.
  They last released an album in June 2017 with ‘Ti Amo’ while their last release, ‘Monologue’,
  
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• El Fantasma & Fuerza Regida Prep Livestream Concert to Benefit Undocumented Hospitality Workers: Exclusive

  19-08-2020 18:00
  
  El Fantasma and Fuerza Regida are set to kick off Tecate’s new monthly virtual concert series and community fundraiser “El Patio Tecate” on August 21, Billboard can exclusively announce.
  “El Patio Tecate” concerts, part of Tecate’s “Mexico is in Us” campaign, will take place from August through December with each event highlighting a different sub-genre of Latin music while offering fans a reimagined festival-going experience featuring a
  
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• Ariana Grande Begs Rihanna to Drop Her New Album: ‘Fill My Ears Again Please’

  19-08-2020 17:56
  
  Ariana Grande can’t wait for Rihanna’s new album, either. On Tuesday (Aug. 18), the singer took to social media to express her anticipation for her fellow pop star’s long-gestating ninth studio set.
  Grande referencing the project came in response to the news that she’d officially surpassed RiRi as the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify with a mind-blowing 20.5 billion-plus streams of her catalog.
  “Holy s–t thank u all so much for listening and caring
  
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• CEO of Indie Label Group Beggars Swimming English Channel to Raise Money for Charity

  19-08-2020 17:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Paul Redding hopes to raise over $200,000 for the PRS Foundation and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
  
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• Nick Cave to stream fan covers non-stop on ‘Bad Seed TeeVee’ this weekend

  19-08-2020 17:41 via nme.com
  
  Nick Cave is set to livestream fan cover versions non-stop via his ‘Bad Seed TeeVee’ platform this weekend.
  The musician launched the 24/7 video service back in April, and has since been broadcasting a range of rare and unseen footage from the Bad Seeds’ archive on a loop.
  Read more: Nick Cave live in London: the breathtaking ‘Idiot Prayer’ is an exorcism of death, religion and romance
  Today (August 19), Cave took to Instagram to request his followers’ partici
  
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• Nick Cave to stream fan covers non-stop on ‘Bad See TeeVee’ this weekend

  19-08-2020 17:41 via nme.com
  
  Nick Cave is set to livestream fan cover versions non-stop via his ‘Bad Seed TeeVee’ platform this weekend.
  The musician launched the 24/7 video service back in April, and has since been broadcasting a range of rare and unseen footage from the Bad Seeds’ archive on a loop.
  Read more: Nick Cave live in London: the breathtaking ‘Idiot Prayer’ is an exorcism of death, religion and romance
  Today (August 19), Cave took to Instagram to request his followers’ partici
  
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• Chuck Schumer Teams With James Murphy to Support Indie Venues and the Save Our Stages Act

  19-08-2020 17:40
  
  Artists, agents, promoters and venue owners are making a renewed push for bipartisan legislation to aid the independent live music community, which has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic and is expected to be one of the last sectors of the economy to reopen.
  Earlier this month, Congress recessed without passing any type of aid package for businesses and unemployed Americans devastated by the impact of the coronavirus. On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announ
  
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• Ledisi Regains Her Independence on ‘The Wild Card’

  19-08-2020 17:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Virtuosic vocalist channels Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan, and Jeff Buckley on her new full-length, due August 28
  
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