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• Blanco Brown Out of ICU, Expected to Make ‘Full Recovery’ After Car Crash

  14-09-2020 23:49
  
  “The Git Up” singer Blanco Brown is on the road to recovery after a head-on car crash on Aug. 31 that left him with “significant injuries.”
  An update from BBR Music Group on Monday (Sept. 14) revealed that after the collision near his home in Atlanta, the Grammy nominee “suffered significant injuries and was transported to a local hospital where he underwent a 12-hour surgery to address those traumas.”“Brown has since relocated out of the ICU,
  
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• Lindsay Lohan Tweeted at Taylor Swift With No Context & Fans Are Confused

  14-09-2020 23:15
  
  Lindsay Lohan, it appears, is a Swiftie.
  The actress took to Twitter over the weekend to share a cryptic tweet tagging Taylor Swift…with no message.
  @taylorswift13
  — Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) September 13, 2020
  Fans as expected, were left puzzled and frenzied trying to come up with what the context of this tweet could possibly be. Some thought Lohan is simply a fan who would like to be noticed, pointing out her comments on one of Swift’s Instagram Lives last summer.
  Others
  
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• Which Artist Would You Want to Send You a Baby Gift? Vote!

  14-09-2020 22:58
  
  Ever since Taylor Swift gifted Katy Perry’s newborn daughter Daisy Bloom with a hand-embroidered blankie, Billboard wants to know which artist you’d love to receive a special baby gift from.
  Perry also received an all-white flower bouquet from Beyoncé as a welcome gift to the New Mom Club, which would make for a rather beautiful tradition to celebrate other incoming mothers. View this post on InstagramMissadores her hand embroidered blankie from
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Top 10 Project on Dance/Electronic Albums? Vote!

  14-09-2020 22:56
  
  All hail the two new reigning queens of the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart, as Dua Lipa and The Blessed Madonna’s Club Future Nostalgia debuted at No. 1 here last week, bumping Lady Gaga’s Chromatica to the No. 2 spot.
  On Twitter, the producer called working on the album, “the thrill of my life” when the project levitated to the top spot.The accomplishment marks both artist’s debut on this chart and has — along with a few other newbies — created some
  
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• Jennifer Lopez Shares Teaser, Release Date of Upcoming Film ‘Marry Me’

  14-09-2020 22:53
  
  Jennifer Lopez won’t only be celebrating Valentine’s Day with her fiancé Alex Rodriguez, but also with the release of her new romantic comedy, Marry Me.
  The multihyphenate tweeted the “Save the Date” on Monday (Sept. 14), along with a 15-second clip of Lopez alongside co-stars Owen Wilson and Maluma. A teaser of an upcoming song from the film is also heard in the background.
  SAVE THE DATE !!!! @MarryMeMovie is coming to theaters this Valentine’s Day. RSV
  
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• 10 Cool New Pop Songs To Get You Through The Week: Fletcher, Beabadoobee, Bailey Bryan & More

  14-09-2020 22:42
  
  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 Fletcher, Bailey Bryan, Beabadoobee and more will get you energized to take on the week. Pop any of these gems into your personal playlists!
  Fletcher, “Shh… Don’t Say It”As the centerpiece of her new EP The S(ex) Tapes, “Shh… Don’t Sa
  
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• Sam Smith Teases Fans With Upcoming New Single ‘Diamonds’

  14-09-2020 22:36
  
  Diamonds may be forever, but fans won’t have to wait that long to hear Sam Smith’s new single.
  In an Instagram post on Monday (Sept. 14), Smith officially announced the release of their latest single “Diamonds,” due out this Friday (Sept. 18). “DIAMONDS New single coming this Friday, September 18th x,” they wrote under their photo.“Diamonds” will be the second original solo single from Smith in 2020, following their heartbreak anthem “To Die
  
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• Alicia Keys Loved Jill Scott & Erykah Badu’s ‘Verzuz’ Battle So Much, She Got Scott on Her Album

  14-09-2020 22:20
  
  Alicia Keys cherishes her exclusive access to Verzuz, which was co-created by her husband and megaproducer Swizz Beatz. But she loved one particular battle so much that she got one of the dueling legends to be on her upcoming album ALICIA.
  In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe today (Sept. 14), the Verzuz battle alum beamed with joy about Beatz and Timbaland’s award-winning quarantine creation and her “personal favorite” battle to come out of it between n
  
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• Big Sean scores third consecutive Billboard Number One album with ‘Detroit 2’

  14-09-2020 22:19 via nme.com
  
  Big Sean has scored his third consecutive Billboard Number One album with the recently released ‘Detroit 2’.
  Read more: Big Sean – ‘Detroit 2’ review: unreserved passion from a generational rap talent with an upbeat message
  Released last week (September 4), the sequel to Sean’s acclaimed 2012 mixtape features guest appearances from Anderson .Paak, Post Malone, Nipsey Hussle, Travis Scott, Stevie Wonder and more.
  The rapper’s sixth studio album ended 
  
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• On This Day In Billboard Dance History: M.I.A.’s ‘Kala’ Brought Global Sounds to the U.S. Charts

  14-09-2020 22:08
  
  “Yeah, I’m knocking on the doors of your Hummer, Hummer,” M.I.A. sneered on “Bamboo Banga,” the opening track of her sophomore album, Kala. The statement was as good a manifesto as any for the 2007 LP, which took themes of poverty, capitalism, ant-immigration, political unrest, gun violence and Third World culture and set them to an undeniable melange of woozy beats and cacophonous percussion.
  Thirteen years ago today, on September 14, 2007, Kala was No. 1
  
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• Lecrae, Jimmie Allen & More Set For Billboard Live At-Home Sessions: See Schedule

  14-09-2020 22:08
  
  The final full week of summer is going to be a hot one for Billboard’s Live At-Home concert series, which streams live on our Facebook page.
  Christian hip-hop artist and actor Lecrae, who released his album Restoration Aug. 21, kicks off the week’s performances Tuesday. Rock band American Authors will play Wednesday, just two days before their EP Counting Down drops.  Country artist Jimmie Allen, who released his project Bettie James in July, wraps things up with a set on Thursd
  
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• Bonnie Raitt on Toots Hibbert: ‘He Was a Fireball’

  14-09-2020 22:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Raitt describes her first recording session with the late reggae pioneer as "a peak experience." Here, she takes us inside their deep friendship
  
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• 2020 ACM Awards: How to Watch, Nominees, Performers

  14-09-2020 22:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  After a six-month delay, the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards air Wednesday from Nashville
  
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• Bad Bunny to Hold Exclusive Livestream Concert on Uforia

  14-09-2020 21:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Artist will be the first in new livestream series hosted by Univision platform
  
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• Hear Black Veil Brides’ Andy Biersack voicing Batman for DC’s ‘Dark Nights: Death Metal’

  14-09-2020 21:50 via nme.com
  
  Andy Biersack, founder and vocalist of US glam metal outfit Black Veil Brides, has been tapped up to provide the voice of Batman in DC Comics‘ Dark Nights: Death Metal.
  The musician, who described the opportunity as a “dream come true,” has been enlisted to contribute lead vocals to a “sonic experience” that will tie into the company’s ongoing series of comic books.
  The project is being released episodically, with a trailer for the first instalment featur
  
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• Justin & Hailey Bieber Celebrate 2 Year Anniversary With a Romantic Picnic

  14-09-2020 21:47
  
  Justin and Hailey Bieber are celebrating two years since tying the knot.
  The couple celebrated the big day by having a romantic picnic together, according to a photo on Hailey’s Instagram page on Sunday (Sept. 13). “picnic lady,” she captioned the photo of herself laying across a blanket in the grass, with heaps of snacks ready to be enjoyed. See it here.
  The “Love Yourself” singer also shared a sweet post on Instagram, a quick video of his wife singing along to&nbs
  
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• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to Go Virtual During Pandemic

  14-09-2020 21:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Television special will abandon traditional 2.5-mile route through Manhattan for a five-float ceremony
  
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• Miley Cyrus: 'Worrying is healthy'

  14-09-2020 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Miley Cyrus doesn't follow the old adage of "don't worry and be happy", as she believes that worrying is what's keeping
  
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• Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’ Back at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 for Third Week

  14-09-2020 21:21
  
  Cardi B’s “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, rebounds for a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
  “WAP” dethrones” BTS’ “Dynamite,” which spent its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1.
  Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, The Weeknd’s former leader “Blinding Lights” ties for the most weeks spent in the top five in the chart’s history and DJ Khaled’s “Popstar,” featuring
  
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• Rise Against tease new single ‘Broken Dreams, Inc.’

  14-09-2020 21:19 via nme.com
  
  Rise Against have shared a snippet of their upcoming new single ‘Broken Dreams, Inc.’ – you can listen to it below.
  Read more: Rise Against: “Ideas like racism and sexism never went away. If you ignore them, they inch forward”
  Joining forces with DC Comics to release the lead single for the Dark Nights: Death Metal soundtrack, the Chicago punk band shared a taste of the new track on Twitter yesterday (September 13).Listen to a clip of our new song "Broken Dreams, In
  
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• ‘In My Room’ With Black Pumas

  14-09-2020 21:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Austin duo performs a trio of songs from their 2019 self-titled debut
  
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• Chrissy Teigen Has the Last Laugh as Kanye Launches Twitter Investigation of Fake Employee

  14-09-2020 21:01
  
  Kanye West might be the richest male celebrity in the world according to Forbes, but he’s not planning to waste another penny on a “fake employee” he recently discovered.
  The Yeezy mogul announced his findings on Twitter Sunday (Sept. 13), pleading his nearly 31 million Twitter followers, “Has anyone ever heard of this person ? I just found a fake employee on my payroll!!!”
  Has anyone ever heard of this person ? I just found a fake employee on my payr
  
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• New label Criminal Records launched for inmates of Scottish prison

  14-09-2020 20:44 via nme.com
  
  Musician Jill Brown has launched a new label called Criminal Records, exclusively for people currently and formerly incarcerated at HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest prison.
  Read more: IDK: “In prison, I made a plan to be a rapper, mapped it out and then actually executed it”
  The label was inspired by Brown’s time spent hosting music workshops at Barlinnie for the last decade.
  “My goal is to give people a voice and it’s simply that,” Brown tol
  
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• Sebastián Yatra & Álvaro Díaz’s ‘A Dónde Van’ Wins Best Latin Collab of August

  14-09-2020 20:42
  
  For the second month in a row, a Sebastián Yatra collab is crowned best collaboration of the month.
  For the month of August, Yatra and Álvaro Díaz’s “A Dónde Van” nabs over 60 percent of the votes, followed by Lenny Tavarez and Beéle’s “La Mujer Traiciona” and Cali Y El Dandee’s “Nada” in collaboration with Danna Paola.
  Other fan favorites included ChocQuibTown and Sech’s “Qué L&aacut
  
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• Miley Cyrus Believes Voting Will Help America Get Out of Its Current ‘Rock Bottom’ State

  14-09-2020 20:28
  
  The only party in the USA Miley Cyrus is here for requires collectively casting our ballots for the upcoming Nov. 3 election.
  On an episode of the Sydney, Australia-based Fitzy & Wippa podcast yesterday (Sept. 13), the hosts asked Cyrus how important the upcoming American presidential election was to her.
  “Listen, I’m 27… I know I’ve never experienced an election this important before, and I’m not sure that I ever will again, I hope not in my li
  
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• Neil Young Announces Live Album and Movie With Promise of the Real

  14-09-2020 20:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Noise and Flowers is truly a great collection, dripping with the soul of our band," Young wrote
  
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• Rico Nasty: “It’s time women stop worrying about what men think about them”

  14-09-2020 20:17 via nme.com
  
  Rico Nasty has said she thinks women should stop worrying about the opinions of men and instead do what they want to do.
  Read more: Rico Nasty: “I definitely resonate with being a pop-punk princess”
  Speaking in a new interview with NME, Rico discussed the impact of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s controversial new track ‘WAP’, and how it’s offered liberation to many with regards to sexuality.
  Getting behind the track and its message, Rico said: “L
  
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• Megadeth Try to Kick Drugs in New ‘Rust in Peace’ Book Excerpt

  14-09-2020 20:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece, a new oral-history book by Dave Mustaine, chronicles the withdrawals and growing pains that fueled the group's watershed record
  
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• Vine Investment Firm Acquires Publishing Catalog of Songwriter Sean Douglas

  14-09-2020 20:00
  
  Vine Alternative Investments has acquired the rights to the 100-plus song publishing catalog of Sean Douglas, a producer and songwriter with a genre-spanning resume that includes tracks by Demi Lovato (“Sorry Not Sorry”), David Guetta (“Hey Mama”), Jason Derulo (“Talk Dirty”), Thomas Rhett (“Die a Happy Man”), and Lizzo (“Like a Girl”).
  For its inaugural deal in music, Vine acquired both Douglas’ writer’s share and co-publis
  
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• Grassroots venue Notting Hill Arts Club transforms into coffee stall to survive coronavirus

  14-09-2020 19:57 via nme.com
  
  Notting Hill Arts Club in West London has hosted its first live music in six months to celebrate the launch of a new coffee stall which they hope will help them survive the coronavirus pandemic.
  Read more: Mark, My Words: the ‘new normal’ of corona-proof live music sounds like this reviewer’s dream
  The kiosk is situated on the doorstep of the grassroots venue, which has been closed to live performances since March, and is a partnership with East London coffee shop Climpson &
  
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• Who Are You Most Excited to See Perform at the 2020 ACM Awards? Vote!

  14-09-2020 19:55
  
  The 55th Academy of Country Music Awards will welcome back Taylor Swift and present a new collaboration from the evening’s host Keith Urban and P!nk on Wednesday, Sept. 16. But which one of the highly anticipated performances are you counting down the hours to?
  Nine-time ACM Award winner Swift, whose latest studio album Folklore has topped the Billboard 200 for six weeks, will come back for the first time in seven years to perform the country-leaning fan-
  
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• Forever No. 1: The Honey Cone’s ‘Want Ads’

  14-09-2020 19:48
  
  Girl groups ruled the Billboard Hot 100 in the 1960s. The Crystals, The Shangri-Las, The Shirelles and several other all-female vocal groups reached the chart’s pinnacle in the chart’s first full decade of existence — led, of course, by The Supremes, from Detroit’s powerhouse Motown label, who topped the Hot 100 a staggering 12 times, more than any other ’60s artist outside of The Beatles.
  But by the end of the decade, most of those early-’60s groups had seen
  
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• Porridge Radio unveil synth-pop inflected new single ‘7 Seconds’

  14-09-2020 19:35 via nme.com
  
  Just six months after releasing their new album ‘Every Bad’, Porridge Radio have revealed a brand new single entitled ‘7 Seconds’.
  Read more: The Big Read – Porridge Radio: “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world”
  The new track hears the Brighton natives taking a turn towards synth-pop following their guitar-driven March LP, with Marta Salogni taking on production duties.“’7 Seconds’ started out sounding rea
  
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• RS Charts: Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’ Coasts to Number One

  14-09-2020 19:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  SZA and Ty Dolla $ign's "Hit Different" lands the week's biggest debut
  
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• Bright Light Bright Light Says He’s Tired of Feeling ‘Invisible’ to the Gay Community

  14-09-2020 19:21
  
  Even in a community outwardly campaigning for inclusion and acceptance, exclusion and judgement still exist on a personal level. Now, Bright Light Bright Light is shedding a light on his experience with that phenomenon within the LGBTQ community.
  In a new interview with Attitude, singer-songwriter Rod Thomas (Bright Light Bright Light’s off-stage name) spoke candidly about his experience trying to “fit in” among the gay community, and how he says he’s struggled
  
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• 20 Questions With Raiche: How Growing Up in Massachusetts Helped the Rising Artist Discover Her True Self

  14-09-2020 19:20
  
  Rising Atlantic Records signee Raiche made her return earlier this month to release her slow-burning single “Pick a Side.” Dealing with the traumas of a burdensome relationship, Raiche seeks answers from her lover to revive their love. “I don’t know what I’m dealing with,” she confesses on the tune.
  “Pick a Side” comes on the heels of her 2019 EP Drive, which helped accelerate the budding singer-songwriter closer to stardom in the R&B sphe
  
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• Sufjan Stevens is releasing new single ‘Sugar’ tomorrow

  14-09-2020 19:19 via nme.com
  
  Sufjan Stevens is releasing a new single called ‘Sugar’ tomorrow (September 15).
  Read more: NME Radio Roundup: Christine and the Queens, Sufjan Stevens and more
  The new track is set to land on the singer-songwriter’s upcoming new album ‘The Ascension’, which is his first full solo studio album since 2015’s ‘Carrie & Lowell’.
  Due for release on September 25 on Asthmatic Kitty Records, the new LP has already spawned the singles ‘America&rsq
  
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• ACM Awards Voting Closed Six Months Ago: That May Impact Some Races

  14-09-2020 19:03
  
  All awards are a snapshot in time: a reflection of voter sentiment during the voting period. If the voting had closed a week or two earlier or later, the results might very well be different. Not always, but sometimes.
  We may see evidence of that on Wednesday (Sept. 16), when the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards finally airs on CBS, six months after the votes were cast. The voting period was March 3-11 — just before COVID-19 shut down virtually every aspect of American life.
  The
  
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• Facebook Strikes Deals With Major Labels to License Music On Its Gaming App

  14-09-2020 19:00
  
  Facebook has entered a series of new music licensing deals with labels and publishers for its Facebook Gaming platform, letting livestreamers who play video games for the platform’s community of 200 million monthly viewers legally add songs from a vast catalogue of popular music to their videos.
  The deals announced on Monday (Sept. 14) include multi-year pacts with Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, along with their respective publishing companies; as w
  
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• Doves racing towards third Number 1 album with 'The Universal Want'

  14-09-2020 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Doves are sprinting towards their third Number 1 album with comeback album The Universal Want.
  
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• The Avalanches Preview ‘We Will Always Love You’ With Two New Songs

  14-09-2020 18:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hear "Take Care in Your Dreaming," featuring Tricky, Denzel Curry, Sampa the Great, and "Music Makes Me High"
  
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• Slowthai announces new single coming tomorrow with emotional tribute to brother

  14-09-2020 18:49 via nme.com
  
  Slowthai has announced that he’s releasing a new single tomorrow (September 15) called ‘Feel Away’.
  Read more: The Big Read – Slowthai: “Is Britain actually great, or are you?”
  The new track, which is set to feature James Blake and Mount Kimbie, is dedicated to Slowthai’s younger brother, Michael John.
  “today is the anniversary of my baby brother passing,” Slowthai said in a social media post. “this is one of the biggest days of th
  
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• Dave Grohl Writes Theme Song for 10-Year-Old Drummer Nandi Bushell

  14-09-2020 18:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Every superhero needs a theme song," Grohl tells superstar drummer
  
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• RS Country Music Picks: Week of September 14th

  14-09-2020 18:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Country-rocker Kyle Daniel, punk troubadour Sammy Kay, and Norwegian songwriter Malin Pettersen
  
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• DaBaby Had a Harsh Response When Trump’s Campaign Spammed Him

  14-09-2020 18:29
  
  It’s that time of year, the one when your inbox and texts are flooded with unsolicited requests for donations and support for the candidates running for office. It happens to all of us, even DaBaby, who shared one of the unwanted missives with his 14 million Instagram followers on Sunday (Sept. 13).
  The text in question was a spam request from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign looking for support, which the “Rockstar” rapper responded to with a blunt no thank you: &ldq
  
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• Amex Unstaged Series Books Virtual Alicia Keys Experience

  14-09-2020 18:21
  
  American Express has announced the newest iteration of its Unstaged series for card members featuring a virtual one-of-a-kind concert for 15-time Grammy winning artist Alicia Keys ahead of her new album “Alicia” which will be released March 20.
  “The best thing about releasing new music is being able to perform it for the first time live!” Keys says. “It’s so exhilarating to experience it alongside beautiful people from all walks of life. I’ve missed perf
  
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• Lady Gaga reportedly being lined up to play X-Men character

  14-09-2020 18:14 via nme.com
  
  Lady Gaga is reportedly being lined up to play X-Men character Emma Frost – aka the White Queen – in an upcoming movie.
  Read more: Lady Gaga – ‘Chromatica’ review: pure pop celebration from an icon in a world of her own
  The ‘Stupid Love’ singer has made a few successful steps into the world of acting in the past, winning a Golden Globe for American Horror Story: Hotel, as well as a Best Actress Oscar nomination for A Star Is Born.
  Now, according to 
  
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• Dave Grohl Writes Adorable Song For Nandi Bushell For Round 2 of Their Drum-Off

  14-09-2020 18:10
  
  Dave Grohl kicked off round two of his challenge with drumming wunderkind Nandi Bushell on Monday (Sept. 14) with a hard-rocking song written just for her.
  “Ok @Nandi_Bushell….Round 2! Every superhero needs a theme song. Here’s one for you! Mad props to The Grohlettes for the background vocals,” the Foo Fighters frontman captioned the video of his song on social media.
  In the clip, the rocker is seated behind his drum set, singing, “Number one supergirl/ Best drumm
  
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• The Avalanches tell us about their two new bangers and “cosmic” new album ‘We Will Always Love You’

  14-09-2020 18:03 via nme.com
  
  “Putting out a record for Avalanches is always a big event,” says Robbie Chater of the Aussie dance pioneers. “They don’t happen very often so we’re stoked.”
  No shit! With a 16 year wait between their game-changing debut ‘Since I Left You’ in 2000 and follow-up ‘Wildflower’, fans were pretty chuffed to learn that new record ‘We Will Always Love You’ was on the horizon. “We’re making real progress here!” lau
  
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• The Mountain Goats Take Aim at the Fame Game on New Song ‘Get Famous’

  14-09-2020 18:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on band's upcoming album, Getting Into Knives
  
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