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• Deep Sea Diver enlist Sharon Van Etten for new single ‘Impossible Weight’

  02-09-2020 23:54 via nme.com
  
  Jessica Dobson has revealed the latest single from her Deep Sea Diver project, for which she’s enlisted Sharon Van Etten.
  Van Etten provides a guest verse and backing vocals for ‘Impossible Weight’, and also appears in the official video which you can see below.
  “In the past I’d often tell myself, ‘This other person is going through something worse than I am, so their pain weighs more,’” said Dobson of the track. “‘Impossible Weight&rsq
  
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• Jennifer Lopez Recounts a ‘Mind-Blowing’ Meeting With Billie Eilish That Brought On the Tears

  02-09-2020 23:46
  
  Jennifer Lopez will never forget meeting Billie Eilish.
  The superstar was asked which young talents she finds inspiring, and she didn’t hesitate to gush about an encounter with one of her favorites.
  “Billie Eilish,” JLo said in an Q&A for fiancé A-Rod and Big Cat’s podcast, The Corp. “My daughter is in love with her. We had a real moment at the Billie Eilish concert that was like, ‘Oh my god, we’re bonding right now. It’s amazing.'&rdquo
  
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• Event Designer Bobby Garza in Austin, in a Pandemic: ‘I Feel 1,000% Better Knowing That I’m Working’

  02-09-2020 23:45
  
  When the concert business shut down in mid-March, Bobby Garza abruptly shifted from putting on live events to tearing them down — his company, Austin-based Forefront Networks, had to cancel the California food-and-music festival Yountville Live later that month, and massive productions like December’s Trail of Lights in Austin are in question, too. In early April, his life changed even more dramatically: Forefront furloughed 30 percent of its staff, including him.
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• Babymetal announce two new live albums coming next week

  02-09-2020 23:24 via nme.com
  
  Babymetal have announced the release of two full-length live albums arriving next week.
  Read More: Babymetal interview: ‘‘Metal Galaxy’ is the first step to the future of metal…’
  Both of the albums, titled ‘Legend – Metal Galaxy [Day-1]’ and ‘[Day-2]’ will be released next Wednesday (September 9) via Cooking Vinyl.
  Recorded at shows in January at Japan’s Makuhari Messe, the sets are also available as a Blu-ray and DVD.The tr
  
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• Best Balcony In The House: Two Entrepreneurs Look to Reimagine Hotels As Concert Venues During COVID-19

  02-09-2020 22:49
  
  Hospitality veterans Rob DelliBovi and Elana Leaf have a simple idea to meet the demand of concert fans stuck at home. The concept: host concerts at hotels with multiple floors and have fans watch the show from their room’s balcony.
  “Out of moments of crisis come great opportunities,” explains Leaf, who, along with Dellibovi and millions of other Americans, has had to make a career shift in the COVID-19 economy. Dellibovi is a successful hotel and travel consulta
  
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• Listen to Corey Taylor’s hectic new song ‘HWY 666’ from debut solo album

  02-09-2020 21:59 via nme.com
  
  Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has shared another taster of his forthcoming debut solo album – listen to ‘HWY 666’ below.
  Taylor will release ‘CMFT’ on October 2 via Roadrunner.
  The new song, a hectic mix of rock, country and metal, follows the recent release of two other songs from the record, ‘CMFT Must Be Stopped’ and ‘Black Eyes Blue’.
  Listen to ‘HWY 666’ below.Taylor recently spoke of his upcoming solo album in an interview w
  
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• Joyner Lucas & Ashanti Kiss & Make Up in Incredibly Intimate ‘Fall Slowly’ Video

  02-09-2020 21:54
  
  Joyner Lucas packs in passion for his “Fall Slowly” single featuring Ashanti, who stars as his love interest in the music video out Wednesday (Sept. 2).
  But regardless of the artists’ undeniable chemistry (which fans questioned if it also presents itself off-screen with relationship rumors starting), the video shows there’s trouble in paradise. Physical and verbal arguments in public, Lucas’ arrest and Ashanti’s unanticipated pregnancy test result ar
  
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• Nelly and Carole Baskin lead Dancing with the Stars line-up

  02-09-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Other contestants include AJ McLean, Nev Schulman, and Anne Heche.
  
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• LL Cool J Pays Tribute to ‘True-to-Life Hero’ Chadwick Boseman

  02-09-2020 21:40
  
  LL Cool J is honoring the legacy of celebrated actor Chadwick Boseman, who died at the age of 43 after a four-year battle with cancer.
  “He inspired Black people all around the world… he inspired people in general, the rapper said in a new interview with STROMBO on Apple Music Hits. “I think in a short period of time he became a true-to-life hero in his ability to kinda fight through what he was dealing with unbeknownst to the world is just unbelievable, man.&rdq
  
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• Hear Bring Me the Horizon, Yungblud Team Up on New Song ‘Obey’

  02-09-2020 21:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track's themes were partially inspired by Black Lives Matter movement
  
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• Finneas Reflects on Social Change in ‘What They’ll Say About Us’

  02-09-2020 21:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Artist drops first new song since Blood Harmony EP
  
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine discusses testifying against Nine Trey in first post-prison interview

  02-09-2020 20:57 via nme.com
  
  Tekashi 6ix9ine has given his first interview since being released from prison.
  In it, he discussed the thought process of testifying against the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang.
  The rapper – real name Daniel Hernandez – was released from prison earlier this year, having served a 24-month sentence after pleading guilty to nine charges including conspiracy to murder and armed robbery.
  Originally facing decades in prison, 6ix9ine’s prison sentence was dramatically cut after he test
  
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• Ian Isiah’s Funky Auntie Is Gospel For A Broken World

  02-09-2020 20:54
  
  Brooklyn-born singer Ian Isiah infused his latest album 'Auntie' with jazz saxophone and recordings of his local preacher.
  
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• Kelsea Ballerini Announces Stripped Album ‘Ballerini’

  02-09-2020 20:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Surprise release reimagines, re-records the songs on her March 2020 album 'Kelsea'
  
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• BLACKPINK & Selena Gomez Are ‘Ice Cream’ Chilling in a Waffle Cone for Animated Dance Performance Video

  02-09-2020 20:53
  
  BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez served up another scoop of their sweet “Ice Cream” collaboration with an animated dance performance video out Wednesday (Sept. 2).
  But since the ladies couldn’t get together in person amid the coronavirus pandemic, they went virtual with Zepeto, an app from the South Korean online platform Naver that allows users to create 3-D avatars and interact with each other. The dance performance clip bears a lot of resemblance to the official music video,
  
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• Eric Church, Luke Bryan & More to Perform Live From the Grand Ole Opry House on the ACM Awards

  02-09-2020 20:28
  
  On Wednesday (Sept. 2), one day after the Country Music Association announced the nominees for the 54th annual CMA Awards, the rival Academy of Country Music announced more performers for the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, set for Sept. 16 at three Nashville venues — the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium and the Bluebird Cafe.
  All of the newly announced artists will perform at the fabled Grand Ole Opry House.
  Two of the newly announced performers, Eric Church and Luke Br
  
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• Who Do You Want to Win ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 29? Vote!

  02-09-2020 20:09
  
  Dancing With the Stars returns Sept. 14, and it’s getting hot in herre ever since the lineup of celebrity contestants was revealed Wednesday (Sept. 2).
  Nelly and the Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean are stepping onto the scene of the dance competition series. But two-time Olympic skater and LGBTQ activist Johnny Weir might glide in with some more ease, considering fellow former skaters Adam Rippon, Meryl Davis, Apolo Anton Ohno and Kristi Yamaguchi have won the show in years
  
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• Black Concert Promoters Join Forces to Boost Their Bargaining Power

  02-09-2020 20:05
  
  When the coronavirus pandemic shut down concerts in the United States and across the world, a group of 15 Black promoters started a weekly phone call to discuss the best ways to stay in business during the pandemic. A dozen members of the group came to realize they were an under-represented voice in the industry, despite the fact that between the men on the line their combined annual concert grosses topped $100 million. With more than 100 years of experience between them, including with acts ran
  
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• Reading and Leeds Festivals add more acts to 2021 lineup

  02-09-2020 20:01 via nme.com
  
  Following an initial announcement earlier this week, the organisers of Reading and Leeds Festivals have added five new acts to their 2021 line-up.
  Charli XCX, Yungblud, Sigrid, Neck Deep and Jack Harlow have all been added to the bill for next summer’s event.Read more: Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn: “Next year we’ll have two main stages and six headliners”The twin festivals will return between August 27-29 2021 and will feature six headliners and, for the first tim
  
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• Watch Bring Me The Horizon and Yungblud’s epic video for ‘Obey’

  02-09-2020 20:00 via nme.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon and Yungblud have shared the epic video for their new collaboration ‘Obey’.
  Following ‘Ludens‘ and ‘Parasite Eve’, this is the third single to be taken from BMTH’s upcoming new ‘Posthuman’ project. Written by the Sheffield metal pioneers before Yungblud added vocals in LA, ‘Obey’ sees additional production from LA Doom and Doom Eternal composer Mick Gordon and comes accompanied by an ambitious video shot in Lo
  
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• London’s The Jazz Cafe announces socially-distanced reopening this month

  02-09-2020 19:44 via nme.com
  
  The Jazz Cafe in London has announced that it will open its doors for the first time since March as a socially-distanced venue.
  Read more: “Live music, but don’t have it loud?”: UK venues react to the latest performing arts guidance
  The venue will reopen on Friday September 18 as a fully-seated venue, with the layout reflecting an original design concept for the venue when it opened in 1990.
  The Jazz Cafe’s first gig since March will come in the form of The Sierra Band pr
  
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• Bobby Engel, President and Owner of Variety Artists, Dies at 73

  02-09-2020 19:43
  
  Robert “Bobby” John Engel, booking agent, president and owner of Variety Artists International, Inc. died Aug. 14 at his ranch in Creston, Calif., with his wife Claudia Salot-Engel by his side. He was 73 years old.
  Engel’s long career in music began in the 1970s in Minneapolis when he was hired by Gordy Singer and Lloyd St. Martin, senior partners of Variety Artists International, to work as a junior agent. He became friends with fellow newbie Rod Essig, who went
  
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• What’s Your All Time Favorite Dance Music Festival? Vote!

  02-09-2020 19:41
  
  Let’s face it: While there have been loads of incredible dance festival livestreams during quarantine, no online experience can replicate the singular thrill of dancing hard with your best friends, to your favorite artist, in a crowd of thousands while lights and confetti fill the sky.
  As summer winds down, we’re missing festival season particularly hard, considering the memories we might have made and dreaming of the adventures yet to come when the live music scene reopens post-pand
  
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• Billie Eilish Opens Up About Keeping Her Love Life Closed Off From the Public

  02-09-2020 19:35
  
  Billie Eilish is an open book in her songs. But when it comes to her private life, the “My Future” singer tells Capital Breakfast host Roman Kemp in an interview this week that she’s decided the best call is to keep her love life to herself.
  “I definitely want to keep [my relationships] private. I’ve had relationships and kept them private, and even the ones that I’ve had, with the tiny amount that I’ve let the world see, I regret,” says Eilish, 18
  
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• Temples share new song produced by Sean Ono Lennon

  02-09-2020 19:28 via nme.com
  
  Temples have shared a new song, produced by Sean Ono Lennon – listen to ‘Paraphernalia’ below.
  The new track follows the band’s 2019 full-length album ‘Hot Motion’, and came together after the band met Ono Lennon through his band Claypool Lennon Delirium, who Temples share a label with.
  “I’d always been a fan of the band,” Lennon said of the track, which was written while the band were in the studio recording ‘Hot Motion’.
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• RS Charts: Burna Boy, Money Man and Victoria Monet Lead the Breakthrough 25 Chart

  02-09-2020 19:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Kaash Paige, Priscilla Block and ppcocaine also make Rolling Stone's list of the 25 fastest-rising new artists of the month.
  
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• 50 Cent Talks Getting ‘Random,’ NSFW Texts From Eminem: ‘That’s My Guy’

  02-09-2020 19:27
  
  50 Cent sat down for an interview to promote his new Power spinoff on Monday (Aug. 31), and ended up dishing on his close friendship with Eminem.
  “To this day, you know what’s ill about Em?” the rapper asked June Archer during the chat. “He hit me randomly — I’ll show you my phone, the last time I talked to him. He texted me and was like, ‘Yo, will you go fly me private so I can land on that d–k?'”
  “N—a, what the f–k is wron
  
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• Sound Talent Media Network Launches as Home of ‘Punk Rock MBA,’ ‘Axe to Grind’ and Other Podcasts

  02-09-2020 19:05
  
  Sound Talent Group, the independent entertainment agency created by music industry vets Dave Shapiro, Tim Borror and Matt Andersen, have partnered with Mike Mowery of JabberJaw Network to form Sound Talent Media.The new home of podcasts like niche gossip show Axe to Grind, Chris DeMake of Less Than Jake’s Chris DeMakes a Podcast, The Punk Rock MBA, Dewey Halpaus’ The Peer Pleasure Podcast, The Ex-Man with Doc Coyle from Bad Wolves and God Forbid, That One Time on Tour by Ch
  
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• Issues sack frontman Tyler Carter following sexual assault and grooming allegations

  02-09-2020 18:49 via nme.com
  
  Atlanta rock band Issues have released a statement in response to sexual misconduct and grooming allegations made against their frontman Taylor Carter.
  Carter was alleged by a Twitter user to have groomed them when they were 14 years old, and that Carter sexually assaulted them when they were “passed out drunk”.
  The user, whose Twitter profile has since been set to private, also accused Carter of “constantly asking me for nudes for the entirety of our ‘friendship’ w
  
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• Kanye West’s Campaign Faces Accusations of Fraudulent Signatures in Virginia

  02-09-2020 18:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Writ challenges Virginia Department of Elections' acceptance of Birthday Party on November presidential ballot
  
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• Disclosure’s Guy Lawrence says he’s “just happy to be alive” after contracting coronavirus

  02-09-2020 18:36 via nme.com
  
  Disclosure‘s Guy Lawrence has spoken of the experience of contracting coronavirus, saying he’s “just happy to be alive”.
  Speaking to NME for last week’s Big Read cover feature around the dance duo’s new album ‘ENERGY’, Lawrence discussed how he felt after testing positive for COVID-19.Read more: Disclosure: “Some people want us to make ‘Latch’ over and over again”“My breathing hasn’t been the same since,” L
  
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• Dave Continues Awards Streak by Winning Ivor Novello Award For Best Contemporary Song

  02-09-2020 18:36
  
  Dave, the acclaimed British rapper, singer and songwriter, continued his winning streak at awards shows by taking the Ivor Novello Award for best contemporary song for “Black.” Dave co-wrote the song, one of the highlights of his debut album, Psychodrama, with Fraser T. Smith.
  This year’s winners of the Ivors, as the awards are commonly known, were announced on The Matt Wilkinson Show on Apple Music 1 Radio on Wednesday (Sept. 2). The awards were originally slated to be present
  
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• SiriusXM’s BPM Channel to Host a Week of Avicii Programming For Mental Health Awareness: See the Lineup

  02-09-2020 18:28
  
  Avicii would have turned 31 years old on Sept. 8.
  To commemorate this milestone, which lands amidst National Suicide Prevention Week in the United States, SiriusXM’s BPM station will host a week of Avicii-related programming in honor of the superstar producer, who took his own life on April 20, 2018.
  Starting Sept. 8, the Avicii Birthday Tribute for Mental Health Awareness will feature a never before heard 2016 Avicii set from Osaka, Japan, along with an exclusive interview with Avici
  
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• R.E.M., Phoebe Bridgers, Hayley Williams Appear on Voting Rights Compilation

  02-09-2020 18:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy will be available for 24 hours only via Bandcamp
  
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• Makin’ Tracks: Dan + Shay’s ‘I Should Probably…’ Goes Out On a Creative Limb

  02-09-2020 18:07
  
  When Dan + Shay peeked out from a lengthy period of coronavirus-induced self-isolation, the duo turned plenty of heads.
  “I Should Probably Go to Bed,” a song they completed after a tour postponement provided weeks of downtime, defies the norms of their core genre. It uses an unusual-for-country chord to bend the melody just before the chorus, it stacks at least 20 — maybe more than 30 — tracks of voices to create a Queen-like harmonic structure, it closes with the bridge
  
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• Maluma Teams Up With Michelob ULTRA For Virtual Concert & Apparel Collab

  02-09-2020 18:02
  
  Maluma will offer a virtual concert to celebrate the release of his new Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold x Maluma apparel line.
  The livestream show is set to take place today, Sept. 2, in Miami at 10 p.m. ET, where the Colombian superstar will sport some of the outfits from his new clothing collection. It’ll also be the first time he performs hits from his new album, Papi Juancho.
  “Nature is a key source of inspiration for my life, creative process and now, my new Michelob ULT
  
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• Nightclubs demand government clarity on re-opening: “We are the elephant in the room”

  02-09-2020 18:01 via nme.com
  
  The government has been urged to provide a clearer idea on when nightclubs can re-open in the UK, after coronavirus restrictions forced their widespread closure.
  While pubs and bars were able to re-open in the UK from July, thousands of nightclub owners still remain in the dark about when they will be able to welcome punters again.
  Speaking to NME, Night Time Industries Association chief executive Michael Kill said he felt that the government didn’t really understand the unique c
  
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• Sade Announces Six-Album Vinyl Set ‘This Far’ for October Release

  02-09-2020 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band worked closely with engineer Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios for complete catalogue remaster
  
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• Linda Perry, Fjøra on Reimagining 4 Non Blondes’ ‘What’s Up?’ for ‘Welcome to Blumhouse’ Teaser

  02-09-2020 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  4 Non Blondes frontwoman tapped the aspiring singer-songwriter to recreate her classic for Blumhouse's series of horror films heading to Amazon
  
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• Kosine Produced Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda.’ Then Joe Biden Called

  02-09-2020 17:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  As a member of Da Internz, Kosine was responsible for a series of club hits; now he's behind the music in a new Biden-Harris campaign ad
  
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• Diddy Set to Open Third Prep School With Remote Learning: ‘We Are Grooming Future Leaders’

  02-09-2020 17:44
  
  Diddy announced on Wednesday (Sept. 2) that he’s opening the newest addition to his network of college prep schools, with this one in the Bronx.
  The school, Capital Prep Bronx, is scheduled to open Sept. 8 in the borough’s Co-Op City neighborhood with a fully remote schedule to accommodate safety precautions surrounding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It will serve nearly 200 underserved students in the sixth and seventh grades in its first year, with plans to grow to up to 650 stu
  
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• Banging a Gong: Inside Producer Hal Willner’s Final All-Star Tribute Album

  02-09-2020 17:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  U2, Kesha, Lucinda Williams and more tell the story of the late producer's tribute to T. Rex and Marc Bolan
  
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• Yes Announce ‘The Royal Affair Live From Las Vegas’ Concert LP

  02-09-2020 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Show was taped on the band's 2019 tour with Asia, Carl Palmer and John Lodge of the Moody Blues
  
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• ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 29 Lineup Is Ready to Make It ‘Hot in Herre’ With Nelly, AJ McLean & More

  02-09-2020 17:21
  
  The lineup for the upcoming Dancing With the Stars season was announced on Wednesday (Sept. 2), and it includes rapper Nelly, the Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean and Tiger King star Carole Baskin.
  The always-eclectic mix of celebrities revealed on Good Morning America for the 29th season of the show — which will cha-cha back onto screen on Sept. 14 — also includes Desperate Housewives actor Jesse Metcalf, NFL Super Bowl champ and former 49ers tight end Vernon Davis, the Bachelo
  
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• ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Lineup Is Ready to Make It ‘Hot in Herre’ With Nelly, AJ McLean & More

  02-09-2020 17:21
  
  The lineup for the upcoming Dancing With the Stars season was announced on Wednesday (Sept. 2), and it includes rapper Nelly, the Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean and Tiger King star Carole Baskin.
  The always-eclectic mix of celebrities revealed on Good Morning America for the 29th season of the show — which will cha-cha back onto screen on Sept. 14 — also includes Desperate Housewives actor Jesse Metcalf, NFL Super Bowl champ and former 49ers tight end Vernon Davis, the Bachelo
  
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• Robin Thicke to be a dad again - report

  02-09-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  Robin Thicke and April Love Geary already have two children together.
  
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• Dave and Little Simz score big wins at 2020 Ivor Novello Awards

  02-09-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  Winners also included Jamie Cullum, Calvin Harris, and Rag'n'Bone Man.
  
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• Tori Kelly Has the Cutest Quarantine Alarm Clocks in Billboard’s ‘That Life’: Exclusive

  02-09-2020 17:06
  
  Forget the obnoxious buzzing of the average alarm clock! Singer-songwriter Tori Kelly reveals the super cute way she gets a wake-up call in the mornings.
  In her exclusive “That Life” IGTV video for Billboard, the artist — who recently released her EP Solitude — takes fans through a day in her life during quarantine. Kelly’s morning starts when her adorable fluffy little dogs Frodo and Dobby jump all over her in bed to give her slobbery kisses and snuggles.From there
  
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• How Can Concerts Restart Safely? A 1,500-Person Study Aims to Find Out

  02-09-2020 17:06
  
  All of you here today are helping save the world,” said singer-songwriter Tim Bendzko to a crowd of about 1,500, not a hint of irony or pathos in his voice. “This song is for you.” The audience roared in recognition at the first bars of the artist’s platinum-selling hit single “Nur mal kurz die Welt retten” (“Just Save the World for a Moment”).
  Or rather, they tried to roar. What came out was a  muted cheer, muffled by masks worn by all concer
  
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• Beyoncé Welcomes Katy Perry to the New Mom Club With the Most Gorgeous Flowers

  02-09-2020 17:04
  
  Well wishes continue to pour in for Katy Perry on the birth of her new baby, and the latest comes from none other than Beyoncé. On Tuesday (Sept. 1), the new mom took to social media to show off the sweet gift sent to her by her fellow superstar.
  “Ily @beyonce,” Perry captioned the snap on her Instagram Stories, showing off the massive all-white flower arrangement Queen Bey had delivered to the “Smile” singer’s home. “Congratulations on the new addition
  
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