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• What’s Your Favorite New Collab Out This Week? Vote!

  28-08-2020 23:42
  
  Some of the biggest stars crossed paths this week for their freshly minted summer anthems , and Billboard wants to know which one you’ve been enjoying the most.
  Selena Gomez and Blackpink gave Selenators and Blinks the ultimate sugar high with their “Ice Cream” single and candy-colored accompanying visual and somehow cooled them off with one of the hottest pop collaborations of 2020. But Disclosure’s latest “Birthday” gift sounds
  
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• The Killers secure sixth Number 1 UK album with 'Imploding The Mirage'

  28-08-2020 23:40 via music-news.com
  
  The Killers fly straight to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with Imploding The Mirage.
  
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• BTS score first UK Top 10 single as Joel Corry & MNEK lead singles chart

  28-08-2020 23:35 via music-news.com
  
  K-pop group BTS claim this week’s highest new entry with Dynamite, which opens at Number 3. It’s the group’s highest charting
  
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• Listen to a new live album of Elliott Smith’s first ever solo show from 1994

  28-08-2020 22:58 via nme.com
  
  A 25th anniversary reissue of Elliott Smith‘s self-titled debut album has been released today (August 28).
  Alongside a remastered version of the full album, the new reissue also contains a live album called ‘Live At Umbra Penumbra’.Read more: 50 years of Elliott Smith: the tender songwriter’s greatest tracks, as nominated by his close friends and fansRecorded on September 17, 1994, the show at the titular Portland cafe, is said to be the earliest recorded solo acoustic sh
  
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• Christina Aguilera Returns to Her ‘Reflection’ for Disney’s ‘Mulan’ With Stunning Video

  28-08-2020 22:52
  
  Christina Aguilera has breathed new life into her 1998 hit “Reflection” off the Mulan soundtrack–and has subsequently taken breaths away.
  The 2020 rendition of the heartfelt tune off Disney’s upcoming Mulan live action remake is accompanied by an equally stunning music video in which Aguilera is seen in a flowing blue gown belting the lyrics into her reflection.
  “This song #Reflection always represents exciting and new chapters & energy for me,”
  
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• 20 Questions With VMAs Host Keke Palmer: ‘It’s an Opportunity for Representation’

  28-08-2020 22:32
  
  Keke Palmer will get a big look, as they say, on Sunday night (Aug. 30), when she hosts the MTV Video Music Awards. It’s her first time hosting a major show—no slight intended to the digital Shorty Awards, which she hosted in 2018.
  Palmer is the first woman of color to host the VMAs since then-MTV VJ Downtown Julie Brown co-hosted in 1986-87—before Palmer was even born.
  Palmer, who turned 27 on Wednesday (Aug. 26), is super busy these days. Today (Aug. 28), she released a 12-so
  
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• From Blackpink & Selena Gomez’s Treat to Katy Perry’s LP & More, What’s Your Favorite New Music Release? Vote!

  28-08-2020 22:21
  
  This week’s new music releases gave us reasons to smile, one of those being the promise of delicious ice cream to beat the summer heat.
  Selena Gomez and Blackpink gave Selenators and Blinks the ultimate sugar high with their “Ice Cream” single and candy-colored accompanying visual and somehow cooled them off with one of the hottest pop collaborations of 2020. While their fan bases all scream for ice cream, Katy Perry’s KatyCats had the biggest Smile on
  
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• First Stream Latin: New Music by Thalia, Diego Torres, Joss Favela & More

  28-08-2020 22:16
  
  “First Stream Latin” is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums, and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week’s picks below.Thalia, Myke Towers “La Luz” (Sony Music Latin)
  As a premise to her forthcoming album, Thalía delivers “La Luz,” a hypnotizing track with which the Mexican superstar strikes a balance between pop and urban. With the help of hitmakers Myke Towers and Tainy, the new party anthem provides
  
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• Which VMAs Performance Are You Most Excited For? Vote!

  28-08-2020 22:14
  
  Sure, the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend (Aug. 30) are going virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic, but a number of high-profile artists will still be delivering creative, tune-in worthy performances–even if an audience isn’t there to see it.
  Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande will be brewing up a storm with a performance of their Hot 100 chart topper “Rain on Me,” while Miley Cyrus returns to the VMAs stage with her new era’s debut single, “Midnight Sky.&rdqu
  
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• Illenium Shares New Single, Explains Which Instrument Begins the Process of Epic-ness

  28-08-2020 22:10
  
  Whether it’s to ward off fear of the night or to help navigate a 3:00 A.M. trip to the bathroom, a nightlight is intended to provide a glimmer of brightness when things are dark. So, too, is the function of the new Illenium single of the same name.
  Released on Friday (Aug. 28) through 12Tone Music, “Nightlight” is the producer’s first solo track since the release of his 2019 album, Ascend. It’s not an accident that it’s dropping at a time when m
  
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• Kem Explains Why ‘Love Always Wins’ on First New Album in Six Years

  28-08-2020 21:57
  
  After a six-year hiatus, R&B hitmaker Kem returned in April with new single “Lie to Me.” Then he proceeded to defy the odds. The mid-tempo track about “not holding back from the ones we love,” as he relayed to Billboard then, recently ended a seven-week tenure at No. 1 on the Adult R&B Songs chart.
  Calling his comeback “a relief and humbling,” Kem returns today (Aug. 28) toting fifth studio album Love Always Wins. In addition to “Lie to Me,&rdquo
  
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• Executive of the Week: Cardi B’s Business Partner Brooklyn Johnny

  28-08-2020 21:52
  
  “You wanna know why ‘WAP’ did so well?” asks Brooklyn Johnny in a recent interview with Billboard. The executive producer, entrepreneur and CEO of District 18 Entertainment has been Cardi B’s closest collaborator for years, and he explains that although the song’s explicit language offended some, its frankness “hit home with a lot of people.”
  But another reason “WAP,” which features Megan Thee Stallion, landed the No. 1 spot on the Hot
  
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• The Real Story Behind ‘WAP’: Cardi B’s Business Partner Brooklyn Johnny Tells All

  28-08-2020 21:49
  
  When Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion released the audio and video for their smash hit collaboration “WAP,” it took the nation by storm — and set some impressive records right out of the gate. The song debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with the greatest number of streams ever for a song’s first week (93 million), the most weekly streams of 2020 and the biggest sales week for any song in over a year, becoming just the 42nd song in the Hot 100’s history to debut atop the
  
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• Bob Dylan, Bono, Nile Rodgers and more appear in Jimmy Carter documentary trailer

  28-08-2020 21:47 via nme.com
  
  A star-studded new trailer has been released for forthcoming documentary Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President – watch it below.
  The documentary, which highlights the former US President’s friendships with some of rock’n’roll’s biggest names, features Bob Dylan, Nile Rodgers, Bono, Willie Nelson and others.
  “The one thing that has held America together is the music we share and love,” Carter says at the start of the new trailer, while revealing that Dy
  
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• Tyrese Gibson: 'We need to protect Beyonce and LeBron James at all costs'

  28-08-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Tyrese also heaped praise on Colin Kaepernick.
  
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• Carrie Underwood duets with five-year-old son for Christmas album

  28-08-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Carrie has also collaborated with John Legend for the festive album
  
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• Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson has a plan to bring back live gigs safely

  28-08-2020 21:41 via nme.com
  
  Ian Anderson has shared a post in which he suggests solutions to the issue of hosting concerts safely amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  The Jethro Tull frontman has proposed specific strategies for holding concerts safely, writing in an entry on his website that outdoors gigs are by far the better option to pursue.Read more: The only show in Europe – inside Sweden’s controversial socially distanced gigs“My personal belief is that outdoor concerts are safe right now at the current
  
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• RS Latin Picks: Week of August 24th

  28-08-2020 21:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fresh new sounds from Iberoamerica, featuring Sebastián Yatra with Álvaro Díaz, Cazzu, Los Blenders, De La Ghetto and more
  
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• Katy Perry Delivered a ‘Baby & a Record in the Same Week’ Plus ‘Cry About It Later’ Video From Her Hospital Bed

  28-08-2020 21:21
  
  Katy Perry pulled triple duty in the delivery room this week, and she didn’t even give birth to triplets.
  After giving birth to her first daughter Daisy Dove Bloom with fiancé Orlando Bloom on Wednesday (Aug. 26), Perry released her highly anticipated studio album Smile Friday (Aug. 28). And somehow, the superstar-turned-super mom continued with her album rollout with what seemed to be the slightest of ease. But Perry made sure to tweet about the laborious behind-the-
  
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• Brett Eldredge’s ‘Sunday Drive’ Video Will Make You Cry

  28-08-2020 21:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Country vocalist marks the passage of time between children and their parents via a poignant car ride
  
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• Corey Taylor on why there was “no way” his solo music would fit with Slipknot

  28-08-2020 21:04 via nme.com
  
  Corey Taylor has explained to his Slipknot bandmate, Clown, why his solo material wouldn’t fit the band.
  The Slipknot frontman – who is in Stone Sour, and is now set to release his debut solo album ‘CMFT’ under his namesake – revealed in a new interview that his forthcoming solo work “has a totally different feel”.
  He told Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan’s  Electric Theater podcast: “It was weird – it was li
  
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• LL Cool J on Police Reform: ‘We’ve Got to Vet These Bad Cops Differently’

  28-08-2020 20:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  "People of color should not be treated like villains," rapper says
  
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• BTS Want The Disco-Pop Fun Of ‘Dynamite’ To ‘Be Your Energy’

  28-08-2020 20:41
  
  BTS break down the secrets behind their new 'Dynamite' video, ahead of its debut TV performance during the 2020 VMAs.
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly to star on a Halloween horror musical podcast

  28-08-2020 20:40 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly has been announced as part of an all-star lineup for a Halloween horror musical podcast.
  Halloween In Hell will be serialised in four podcast episodes, featuring Machine Gun Kelly, acclaimed musician and performance artist Dana Dentata, recording artist/fashion icon iann dior, and rapper 24kGoldn.READ MORE: From Machine Gun Kelly to Lil Uzi Vert, rap-rock is back. And this time, it doesn’t suckKelly, along with the other performers, will also appear on Halloween In H
  
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• Run the Jewels and 2 Chainz Get Robbed by the ‘Get Duked!’ Cast in New Video

  28-08-2020 20:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  British youths run amok through a treasure-filled mansion in hip-hop duo's latest clip
  
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• Angel Olsen Strips Down Her Songs on the Intimate ‘Whole New Mess’

  28-08-2020 20:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer-songwriter expertly channels Springsteen's Nebraska in her most vulnerable album yet
  
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• Diddy Taps Rapsody, Amanda Seales & More Stars to Amplify Black Voices on CIROC Billboards Nationwide

  28-08-2020 20:24
  
  Ahead of the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington on Friday (Aug. 28), Diddy and CÎROC partnered with celebrities to amplify Black voices on billboards across the U.S.
  The CÎROC billboards appeared in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, and New York City, spreading messages of resilience from rapper Rapsody, Insecure actress and comedian Amanda Seales, Big Mouth actor and writer Brandon Kyle Goodman, actor Lance Gross, cultural critic Jamilah
  
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• ‘Remember What They Did’ Campaign Aims to Get Out Youth Vote Using Billboards and Street Team Tactics

  28-08-2020 20:17
  
  An edgy new national billboard campaign is using hip-hop and punk street team tactics, and original artwork from Shepard Fairey and other prominent counterculture artists, to inspire and energize voters in Black, Latinx and youth-heavy neighborhoods in advance of the Nov. 3 presidential election.
  Co-founded by a veteran of the 2008 Obama presidential campaign, Remember What They Did has teamed with Third Man Records in Detroit — as well as grassroots artists and activists across the c
  
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• Daughtry Lands on Mainstream Rock Songs Chart For First Time in Over a Decade

  28-08-2020 20:01
  
  After over a decade away, Daughtry is back on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart.
  The Chris Daughtry-led band debuts at No. 38 on the list dated Aug. 29 with new single “World on Fire.” It’s Daughtry’s first appearance on the chart since early 2008, when single “Crashed” spent its final week on the Mainstream Rock Songs survey dated Feb. 2, 2008, after peaking at No. 24 in December 2007. Chris Daughtry appeared on the tally later that y
  
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• First Out: New Music From Pvris, Shamir, The Blessed Madonna & More

  28-08-2020 20:00
  
  As the summer comes to a close, it’s time to start putting your fall playlists together. Billboard Pride is here to help with First Out, our weekly roundup of some of the best new weekly music releases from LGBTQ artists.
  From Pvris’ long awaited new album to Shamir’s latest single, check out some of our favorite new releases this week below.
   Pvris, Use Me
  For years, fans of Pvris have known the alt-pop group as a band, with a fierce leader in frontwoman Ly
  
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• Watch stars of ‘Get Duked!’ try to steal jewels in new Run The Jewels video

  28-08-2020 19:59 via nme.com
  
  Run The Jewels have shared a brand new video – watch their fantastic new clip for ‘Out Of Sight’ below.
  The video for the ‘RTJ4’ track features 2 Chainz alongside Killer Mike and El-P and the cast of new British comedy film Get Duked!.Read more: Run The Jewels: “The world’s gonna reset and then we’re gonna burn that motherfucker down”In the new video, the actors from the film aim to steal paintings of Mike, El and 2 Chainz, before coming unst
  
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• Mercury Prize Albums of the Year get the Tim Burgess Twitter listening party treatment

  28-08-2020 19:57 via music-news.com
  
  A selection of the 2020 Hyundai Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ are getting the Tim Burgess Twitter listening party treatment.
  
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• ‘League of Legends’ Virtual Pop Group K/DA Return With New Track

  28-08-2020 19:57
  
  Virtual pop group K/DA, which features characters from battle arena video game League of Legends, have dropped a new single.
  “The Baddest” was released today (Aug. 28) with a lyric video, and includes collaborations with Soyeon and Miyeon from K-pop group (G)-IDLE — who K/DA worked with on their 2018 hit “Pop/Stars” — as well as singers Bea Miller and Wolftyla.
  K/DA, which features LOL’s Ahri, Kai’Sa, Evelynn and Akali, also plan to
  
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• Hear Bad Bunny, Alejandro Fernandez in New Biden Campaign Ads

  28-08-2020 19:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Biden-Harris campaign hopes to reach Latinos in Arizona, Florida and Pennsylvania
  
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• Black Thought, Pusha T, Killer Mike and Swizz Beatz link up for new song ‘Good Morning’ – listen

  28-08-2020 19:55 via nme.com
  
  Black Thought, Pusha T, Killer Mike and Swizz Beatz have collaborated on a new song – listen to ‘Good Morning’ below.
  The track comes as The Roots rapper Black Thought builds up to the release of his EP ‘Streams of Thought Vol 3: Cain & Abel’, which he delayed in July in the wake of Malik B’s passing. The new EP is now set to drop on September 18.Black Thought told Variety that ‘Good Morning’ “speaks to an awakening”.
  He continued:
  
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• Bop Shop VMA Edition: Songs From Blackpink, Taylor Swift, And More

  28-08-2020 19:54
  
  This week's Bop Shop is dedicated to VMA nominees with tracks by Blackpink, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Post Malone, and more.
  
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• Bob Moses Break Down Their New Album ‘Desire’ Track By Track (And Share Which Greek Myth Inspired It)

  28-08-2020 19:54
  
  Deep. Sexy. Vibey. Emotional.
  These are some of the adjectives that have long described the music of Bob Moses. Since their debut EP in 2012, the Brooklyn-based duo have been dually consistent and inventive, with their output evoking a particular late-night mood without ever veering into copy-and-paste repetition.
  So it goes with the duo’s new album Desire, out today via Domino Records. Made as a continuous mix, the five tracks tell the story of love, loss, longing and fulfillment. Defying
  
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• ‘YM Wasted’ is the Last Gasp of Lil Wayne’s Greatest Era

  28-08-2020 19:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  Eleven years later, one of Lil Wayne's best mixtape-era songs arrives on major streaming services
  
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• 6 Essential Tracks From Los Ángeles Azules’ ‘De Buenos Aires Para El Mundo’: Editor’s Picks

  28-08-2020 19:39
  
  Recorded last year during a live concert at the Salón Unione e Benevolenza in Buenos Aires, Los Ángeles Azules’s new album De Buenos Aires Para El Mundo reunites some of Argentina, Chile and Mexico’s hottest acts who, along with the cumbia titans, belt out some of Los Ángeles Azules classics.
  The 14-track set brings together pop legends, rock superstars and Argentinian folk icons who inject new life to songs like “Ay Amor,” “El Listón De
  
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• Record Store Day 2020: 12 Great Exclusive Releases From the August Drop

  28-08-2020 19:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Billie Eilish to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, here are our favorite exclusives from the first RSD release date of 2020
  
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• Faithless share details of ‘All Blessed’, their first new album in a decade

  28-08-2020 19:33 via nme.com
  
  Faithless have announced details of their first new album in a decade – get all the info on ‘All Blessed’ below.
  The new album comes out on October 23 via BMG, and is being previewed by new single ‘Synthesizer’.
  “This is the track that got us thinking of doing a new album in the first place,” the band said of ‘Synthesizer’, describing the new song as a “love letter to what we do and the music we make and also a little social commentary
  
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• Amy Adams Joins Universal’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Musical

  28-08-2020 19:32
  
  Amy Adams has joined the cast of Dear Evan Hansen, Universal’s adaptation of the Broadway musical.
  Stephen Chbosky (Wonder) is directing the feature which has a script by Steven Levenson, who wrote the book for the stage musical. Music and lyrics are by Academy Award-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who also worked on La La Land and The Greatest Showman.
  Ben Platt, who originated the role and even won a Tony for it, is reprising the character of Evan Hansen, a sociall
  
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• From A-ha to Johnny Cash, The 15 Greatest Artists With One Classic Video

  28-08-2020 19:30
  
  Yesterday, we here at Billboard published a list of our picks for the 100 greatest music video artists of all time. The list was full of artists who’d made long careers out of memorable music videos, with multiple signature moments and often a video style entirely their own.
  But what about the artists whose video legacies are mostly associated with just one clip? Here’s our list of the 15 artists who still made an indelible impact on MTV and/or YouTube with a single classic vide
  
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• Country Pile-Up: CMA Nods Will Be Announced Just 15 Days Before the Rival ACM Awards Are Presented

  28-08-2020 19:15
  
  The long-delayed ACM Awards are set for Sept. 16, but even before they’re presented by the Academy of Country Music, brace yourself for a second round of nominations.
  Nominations for the 54th annual CMA Awards will be announced on Tuesday (Sept. 1), the rival Country Music Association revealed on Friday (Aug. 28).
  Luke Combs, who has won three CMA Awards in the past two years, and Carly Pearce, who was nominated for new artist of the year last year, will read the nominees in select categor
  
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• Listen to new Mastodon song ‘Rufus Lives’ from ‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ soundtrack

  28-08-2020 19:13 via nme.com
  
  A new Mastodon song that features on the soundtrack for the first Bill & Ted movie in nearly two decades has been released.
  ‘Rufus Lives’ works by keeping the franchise’s connection to metal intact with its heavy riffs, turbo-charged beats and the group’s husky growls.
  It’s the second new song released by the Georgia band this year, following on from July’s ‘Fallen Torches’ and their 2017 album ‘Emperor Of Sand’. Listen below.&lsquo
  
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• Keith Urban Cranks Up the Hard Rock in New Song ‘Tumbleweed’

  28-08-2020 19:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Urban's brisk new tune is the latest offering from 'The Speed of Now Part 1'
  
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• Watch Rick Astley’s new acoustic cover of Post Malone’s ‘Better Now’

  28-08-2020 19:09 via nme.com
  
  Rick Astley has shared a new Post Malone cover – watch him play an acoustic version of ‘Better Now’ from home below.
  The cover is the latest in a series of renditions that Astley has been uploading to YouTube during the coronavirus quarantine, including Foo Fighters classic ‘Everlong’.Read more: Mark, My Words: why every great band needs a Rick Astley sidekick“Here is a cover I recorded in my home studio to start your weekend,” Astley wrote on Twitter wh
  
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• Brent Cobb Agrees to ‘Shut Up and Sing’ in New Song. Or Does He?

  28-08-2020 19:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Georgia songwriter turns dismissive phrase on its head
  
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• Billboard’s Fan Army Face Off Set to Return

  28-08-2020 19:00
  
  It’s almost time for Fan Army Face Off, making its return to Billboard.
  Sixty-four artists’ fan armies will battle to find out — whose army is strongest?
  Past winners include Super Junior’s E.L.F in 2018, T-ara’s Queens in 2017, 2016 and 2015, and BIGBANG’s VIPs in 2014.
  This year’s bracket will begin at 9AM ET on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
  Check out this year’s first round matchups below! And come back Tuesday to vote.
  BTS vs. Lana Del Rey
  EXO vs. SEVENTEE
  
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• Live Nation, MSG Entertainment Shares Rally on News of COVID-19 Test

  28-08-2020 18:57
  
  Live Nation’s shares increased as much as 11.1% on Thursday after encouraging news about a quick test for COVID-19. Abbott Labs announced Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization, a fast track that allows unapproved medical products for public use, for a 15-minute test for a COVID-19 infection. Abbott plans to sell its BinaxNOW tests for $5 apiece.
  The latest bit of positive testing news also buoyed prices of other out-of-home entertainment
  
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