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• SXSW Plans Virtual 2021 Edition, Prioritizing Artists Slated for Canceled 2020 Festival

  22-09-2020 23:51
  
  Back in March, the cancellation of Austin’s annual South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival and conference due to the coronavirus pandemic signaled the very beginning of an industry-wide touring shutdown. Today (Sept. 22), SXSW organizers shared an early look at their plans for 2021 — which may or may not include the return of a physical edition.
  Next spring, SXSW will hold an online conference and festival from March 16 to March 20, 2021, featuring its usual slate of keynotes, panel
  
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• Alicia Keys Wants You to Shine From the Inside Out With ‘Keys SoulCare’ Brand

  22-09-2020 23:41
  
  In August, Alicia Keys announced that she’ll be dipping her toes in the beauty business by partnering with E.l.f. cosmetics for a lifestyle beauty brand. Now, Keys is giving a peek inside Keys SoulCare.
  The singer shared a 19-second clip on social media, in which she glows against a bright blue sky while she describes what her new line is about. “SoulCare is paying attention to that part inside of you that you can’t see, that you can feel, and nourishing it, fulfilling it, spoi
  
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• Amanda Palmer to launch new podcast ‘The Art Of Asking Everything’

  22-09-2020 23:31 via nme.com
  
  Amanda Palmer is launching a new podcast called The Art Of Asking Everything – check out the trailer below.
  Read More: Amanda Palmer – ‘There Will Be No Intermission’ review
  The weekly series will begin next Tuesday (September 29) and will see the cult musician, author and TED speaker participate in “deep and honest conversations” with a range of guests, including KT Tunstall, Tim Minchin, Lenny Henry, Laura Jane Grace and Susan Cain.
  “Do you know t
  
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• Maria Becerra, Tini & Lola Indigo’s ‘High’ Is Crowned Best Latin Summer Remix of 2020 in Fan Poll

  22-09-2020 23:27
  
  Summer has officially come to an end today (Sept. 22) but we can’t wrap up without figuring out what’s the best Latin summer remix of the year.
  In a fan poll previously published on Billboard, readers were asked to vote for their favorite summer remix, crowning Maria Becerra, Tini, and Lola Indigo’s empowering “High (Remix).” The eclectic urban pop collab nabbed nearly 40 percent of the votes.
  Elvis Crespo’s “Imaginarme Sin Ti (Remix)” with Manny C
  
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• All Music Industry Initiatives to Help Get Out the Vote This Election Season (Updating)

  22-09-2020 23:25
  
  On Nov. 3, U.S. voters will decide if President Donald Trump gets four more years in office or send Democratic ticket Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House.
  Ahead of what has been said to be the most important election in at least a generation, non-partisan voter registration organizations including HeadCount and Voto Latino, in partnership with labels and artists, have launched music-driven initiatives that incentivize eligible voters – especially young ones – to get regist
  
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• Post Malone, Taylor Swift & More: Who Should Win Top Artist at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards? Vote!

  22-09-2020 23:23
  
  The nominations for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards came out today (Sept. 22), and Post Malone led the list with 16, including one for top artist. So who should win in that category?
  Taylor Swift made history when she dropped her 2020 surprise album Folklore in July, which topped the Billboard 200 for six weeks to tie Whitney Houston’s record for most cumulative weeks at No. 1 among women. It could be her third time collecting this award, since she won top artist in 201
  
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• Diversify the Stage: Addressing the Lack of Inclusion in Touring (Guest Column)

  22-09-2020 23:13
  
  The following essay was written by Noelle Scaggs from Fitz and the Tantrums. Scaggs has a new initiative, Diversify the Stage, that aims to bring more people of color, women and L.G.B.T.Q. individuals into the concert industry. Her letter below is a call to action for more inclusivity and diversity within the touring community and is co-signed by more than two dozen touring executives.
  In the wake of the unjust murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, the world h
  
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• Hispanic Heritage Month: Top 20 Latin Songs Of All Time, From ‘Despacito’ to ‘Vivir Mi Vida’

  22-09-2020 22:59
  
  Latin Urban acts have commanded the course of the Latin charts for quite a while. 2017 and 2018, particularly, burst at the seams with an increasing amount of collaborations by urban heavy hitters with pop, bachata, and even tropical acts magnifying their mainstream presence and changing the game of the format.
  The surge doesn’t seem to abate, as the genre has embraced a handful of unique visitors: Beyoncé was the featured act on J Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gen
  
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• Fleet Foxes on how the “horrible circumstances” of 2020 inspired new album ‘Shore’

  22-09-2020 22:43 via nme.com
  
  Fleet Foxes‘ Robin Pecknold has opened up on completing the band’s surprise new album ‘Shore’ during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.
  The Seattle group released their fourth studio effort, the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Crack-Up’, earlier today (September 22) to coincide with the beginning of the autumnal equinox. It arrived with an accompanying film which was shot in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
  “All the lyrics came out of reflections around what&rsq
  
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• Who Else Should Take Over ‘The Tonight Show’ for a Whole Week? Vote!

  22-09-2020 22:35
  
  Next week, BTS will bring “Dynamite” and more explosive surprises for their week-long hosting gig at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But who should also have a takeover at the late-night show?
  Ariana Grande took over an entire episode in 2018, but the Arianators wouldn’t complain if she got more air time throughout the course of the week as her fellow high-ponytail-wearing shallow socialite alter ego Cassandra. Selena Gomez already took on the wings of de
  
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• Tommy DeVito OF The Four Seasons has died aged 92

  22-09-2020 22:14 via music-news.com
  
  The singer - who was an original member of The Four Seasons - passed away in Las Vegas from coronavirus complications.
  
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• Tommy DeVito of The Four Seasons dies aged 92

  22-09-2020 22:14 via music-news.com
  
  The singer - who was an original member of The Four Seasons - passed away in Las Vegas from coronavirus complications.
  
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• Cardi B & Hennessy Carolina Sued for Alleged Defamation of Character

  22-09-2020 22:09
  
  Cardi B, Hennessy Carolina and Michelle Diaz are facing a lawsuit over a Labor Day Weekend incident in New York.
  According to a lawsuit filed in Suffolk County on Sept. 21 and obtained by Billboard, plaintiffs Peter Caliendo, Pauline Caliendo and Manuel Alarcon say that they were at a beach near Smith Point on Sept. 6 when the defendants parked and blocked Alarcon’s vehicle. When Alarcon — wearing a MAGA hat — approached driver Diaz (who is Carolina’s girlfriend), Carolin
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Is Feelin’ ‘Good As Hell’ With This Lizzo Cover

  22-09-2020 22:08
  
  A new season of The Kelly Clarkson Show premiered this week, and with it, a new set of Kellyoke covers.
  Clarkson kicked off her show on Tuesday (Sept. 22) with a dose of confidence, belting out Lizzo’s 2016 hit “Good as Hell.”Decked in a flowing pink outfit, the singer kicked the second verse into the next year, adding powerhouse runs and a bit of a Southern twang.
  Watch the killer performance below.
  
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• How Quinoa Set the Stage for AJR’s Coming-of-Age Hit ‘Bang!’

  22-09-2020 21:57
  
  When writing the lyrics to their latest hit, AJR aimed to encapsulate the transition between childhood and adulthood with just one word: “quinoa.” Along with paying taxes and stocking their fridge with grainy superfoods, the New York-based trio’s February single “Bang!” is the musical product of facing the anxieties of adulthood for the first time. 
  Fueled by choppy production, a Wes Anderson-esque music video — complete with pink hues, wacky ch
  
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• Linkin Park, Slipknot and Fall Out Boy roadies form new band Knifes

  22-09-2020 21:56 via nme.com
  
  A group of roadies who have worked for the likes of Linkin Park, Slipknot and Fall Out Boy have come together to form a new band called Knifes.
  Read more: Mike Shinoda on writing an album on Twitch, 20 years of ‘Hybrid Theory’ and Chester Bennington’s voice
  The idea for Knifes was born onstage in Brazil during a Linkin Park concert, when Ben Young stepped in last minute for the band’s guitarist Brad Delson, strapping on an axe in front of 50,000 fans.
  After filling i
  
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• The Rule Change That Cost Zendaya a Grammy for ‘The Greatest Showman’

  22-09-2020 21:54
  
  Zendaya won her first EGOT-level award Sunday night (Sept. 20)—a Primetime Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for HBO’s Euphoria. Some of you may be thinking: Wait a second, didn’t The Greatest Showman win a Grammy for best compilation soundtrack for visual media a couple of years ago? Zendaya had several tracks on the album. Wouldn’t she have won for that?
  The Greatest Showman did indeed win a 2018 Grammy in that category, and, yes, Zendaya does have sev
  
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• Selena Gomez Is Ready for the Next Phase of Her Pop Journey

  22-09-2020 21:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I don’t want people to see me as just sad and hurt," the singer says in an interview for our 2021 Grammy Preview. "I experienced something real, and that part of me is over."
  
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• Cardi B slams rumours estranged husband Offset got another woman pregnant

  22-09-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Cardi B told her fans to "stop believing" the rumours.
  
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• Drive-By Truckers Take a Stark, Bird’s-Eye Look at the Country in ’21st Century USA’ Video

  22-09-2020 21:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  "They say we have to hang on just a little bit longer / and a savior will come our way," Hood sings on the dark American travelogue
  
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• John Lennon 80th Birthday Livestream to Feature Peter Gabriel, 10cc

  22-09-2020 21:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  KT Tunstall, Larkin Poe will also appear on virtual concert aiding War Child U.K.
  
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• H.E.R. Performs ‘I Can’t Breathe’ During Michelle Obama’s National Voter Registration Day Livestream

  22-09-2020 21:22
  
  H.E.R. wielded her euphoric vocals to not only perform her “I Can’t Breathe” anthem but to also encourage fans to register to vote today (Sept. 22) on National Voter Registration Day.
  Her performance was a part of former first lady Michelle Obama’s day-long “Get Registered & Ready” Instagram Live event, where Obama also invited Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz and more to her star-studded lineup.
  “So I’m gonna do
  
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• Fan Army Face-Off 2020: The Quarterfinals

  22-09-2020 21:15
  
  We’ve reached the quarterfinals of Billboard’s Fan Army Face-Off.
  Eight fan armies — EXO’s EXO-L, Super Junior’s E.L.F, TWICE’s ONCE, Liam Payne. Niall Horan, Taylor Swift’s Swifties, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles — are left to battle it out for a place in the semifinals.
  EXO’s path to round 4 included beating SEVENTEEN, Lana Del Rey, and Ariana Grande. Super Junior bested TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Billie Eilish and Beyonce. Liam Payne ousted K
  
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• ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ Cast, Musicians to Reunite for Film’s 20th Anniversary

  22-09-2020 21:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Tyminski will appear in a virtual panel at the Nashville Film Festival
  
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• Vinyl sales continue to rise in UK despite coronavirus crisis

  22-09-2020 21:04 via nme.com
  
  Vinyl sales have continued to rise in the UK despite the coronavirus crisis causing significant problems for other areas of the music industry.
  Read more: Here’s the full list of Record Store Day 2020 releases
  According to the Official Charts Company, last month’s Record Store Day – the first of three socially distanced events scheduled for 2020 – resulted in a 3% rise in vinyl sales, with 2.7 million units sold so far this year.
  The new figures come from the En
  
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• My Morning Jacket Drop ‘Bring the Power Back Home’ Single to Benefit Voting Rights Group

  22-09-2020 21:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Proceeds from new seven-inch will be donated to Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight
  
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• David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ Comes to HBO: Watch the Trailer

  22-09-2020 20:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Spike Lee-directed film of Broadway show premieres October 17th on HBO
  
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• Matthew Koma Shows Off *Cheeky* Tattoo in Honor of Wife Hilary Duff

  22-09-2020 20:56
  
  Matthew Koma’s a– belongs to Hilary Duff, and now he has the ink to prove it.
  In a cheeky new photo uploaded to Instagram on Monday (Sept. 21) with the location fittingly tagged “Butt,” Koma shared his new “Hilary” tattoo on his backside.“Good luck winning a fight with your wife when her name’s tattooed on your butt cheek,” he captioned the bootylicious snap, adding the hilarious hashtags #squats, #gainz and #laseraway.
  See it below. View thi
  
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• Five Burning Questions: YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s ‘Top’ Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200

  22-09-2020 20:54
  
  If your reaction to news of YoungBoy Never Broke Again topping the Billboard 200 albums chart this week is to go, “Wait a minute, didn’t he just…?” — don’t worry, your memory doesn’t deceive you.
  In fact, Top debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week marks the third time he’s hit the apex in the past 12 months — first doing so with the AI YoungBoy 2 mixtape last October, then with his 38 Baby 2 tape in April. (In b
  
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• Boy Pablo shares airy new single ‘Leave Me Alone’

  22-09-2020 20:53 via nme.com
  
  Norwegian songwriter Boy Pablo has shared a new single called ‘Leave Me Alone’ – you can listen to it below.
  Read more: Boy Pablo: the Norwegian internet sensation laughing through the heartbreak
  Accompanied by B-side ‘Be With Me’, the internet sensation’s two new tracks preview his upcoming debut album, ‘Wachito Rico’, which is due to arrive October 23 via Norwegian label 777 Music.
  They follow previous tracks ‘Hey Girl’, ‘I Just
  
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• 20 Questions With Bea Miller: The Surprise Success of ‘Feel Something’ & Her ‘Truthful’ Next Chapter

  22-09-2020 20:38
  
  Although HBO’s acclaimed teen drama Euphoria premiered over a year ago, the “Euphoria Makeup Trend” has become a new social media movement, with TikTok creators and music stars like Lizzo soundtracking their makeup-transformation clips with Bea Miller’s song “feel something.” Like Euphoria, “feel something” was also released in 2019 — but thanks to the new trend, Miller, a pop veteran whose songwriting has increasingly embraced her emotional
  
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• Jennifer Lopez & Michelle Obama Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy on National Voter Registration Day Livestream

  22-09-2020 20:37
  
  Jennifer Lopez remembered Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with former first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday (Sept. 22) for the latter’s day-long National Voter Registration Day Instagram Live takeover.
  As part of her partnership with When We All Vote, Obama invited J.Lo, Zendaya, DJ Khaled, H.E.R., Jeezy, DJ D Nice and more stars for her jam-packed “Get Registered & Ready” livesteam. During their conversation, Lopez reflected on Justice Ginsburg’s
  
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• Glass Animals announce special ‘Live In The Internet’ performance

  22-09-2020 20:23 via nme.com
  
  Glass Animals have announced a special live-streamed performance for next month, Live In The Internet.
  READ MORE: Glass Animals: “Everything that made me who I am was taken away by the accident”
  The Oxford outfit will showcase their latest album ‘Dreamland’ as a full band on October 15, with the online broadcast set to feature special guests, set design and creative fan interaction.
  According to a press release, the band plan to “reimagine their globally r
  
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• Taylor Swift Urges Swifties to Register to Vote by Creating Resources List: ‘We Need Everyone’

  22-09-2020 20:12
  
  Taylor Swift took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday (Sept. 22) — National Voter Registration Day — to urge the Swifties to use their voices ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.
  “Hey guys, it’s National Voter Registration Day today, the election is Nov. 3. It’s really coming up,” she said. “And I’ve put together a ‘swipe up’ of resources. … We need everyone, and it is more important than I can even possibly say.”
  On
  
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• Music Venue Trust responds to new coronavirus restrictions

  22-09-2020 20:02 via nme.com
  
  Music Venue Trust (MVT) has issued a statement in response to new coronavirus restrictions that were introduced earlier today (September 22).
  Read more: Miss going to gigs? Stream these amazing live shows, from Robyn to Radiohead
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that a spike in COVID-19 infections has prompted a new set of lockdown restrictions in England, including a 10pm curfew on a number of hospitality, leisure, entertainment and tourism businesses, as well as enforced table serv
  
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• Music Venue Trust responds to new coronavirus curfew restrictions

  22-09-2020 20:02 via nme.com
  
  Music Venue Trust (MVT) has issued a statement in response to new coronavirus restrictions that were introduced earlier today (September 22).
  Read more: Miss going to gigs? Stream these amazing live shows, from Robyn to Radiohead
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today that a spike in COVID-19 infections has prompted a new set of lockdown restrictions in England, including a 10pm curfew on a number of hospitality, leisure, entertainment and tourism businesses, as well as enforced table serv
  
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• Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Cyndi Lauper & More Sing ‘People Have the Power’ to Encourage Voting

  22-09-2020 20:00
  
  Patti Smith has gathered an all-star group of singers from around the world — including Michael Stipe, Joan Baez, Ben Harper, Tenzin Choegyal, Cyndi Lauper and Angelique Kidjo — for a cover of “People Have the Power” to ure people to vote.
  The punk godmother organized the socially distanced video — and released it on National Voter Registration Day (Sept. 22) — in coordination with Pathway to Paris, the nonprofit founded by Smith’s daughter (musicia
  
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• Listen to Bastille’s breezy new single ‘Survivin”

  22-09-2020 19:27 via nme.com
  
  Bastille have shared a new track called ‘Survivin” – you can listen to it below.
  Read More: Bastille – ‘Doom Days’ album review
  The groove-led, hopeful song follows on from ‘What You Gonna Do???’, the band’s recent team-up with Graham Coxon, and sees frontman Dan Smith reflect on anxiety, self-doubt and the overwhelmingness of modern life.
  “And I’m not gonna lie/ Say I’ll be alright/ ‘Cause it feels like I’ve bee
  
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• YoungBoy Never Broke Again Hits No. 1 on Artist 100 for First Time, Thanks to ‘Top’ Debut

  22-09-2020 19:06
  
  YoungBoy Never Broke Again jumps from No. 41 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Sept. 26) to become the top musical act in the U.S. for the first time.
  He rules the ranking as his new album Top arrives at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 126,000 equivalent album units earned, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The set earns YoungBoy the rare honor of three No. 1 albums in less than a year.
  The rapper concurrently sports nine entries on the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart, le
  
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• Song You Need to Know: Sam Smith, ‘Diamonds’

  22-09-2020 19:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Grammy-winner who catapulted into fame as a balladeer six years ago teases album three with a confident farewell to a no-good ex
  
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• Jennifer Lopez, H.E.R., Zendaya & More Join Michelle Obama For National Voter Registration Day Event

  22-09-2020 19:00
  
  Former first lady Michelle Obama is hosting a day-long National Voter Registration Day Instagram takeover on Tuesday (Sept. 22) that will feature appearances from Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, DJ Khaled, H.E.R., Jeezy, DJ D Nice and many more.
  The “Get Registered & Ready” livestream — Obama’s first-ever live Instagram live event — is a collaboration with When We All Vote and it will have the artists and activists dipping in from 11 a.m. ET until 6:30 p.m to spre
  
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• How to Watch Michelle Obama’s ‘Get Registered & Ready’ Live Event For National Voter Registration Day Event

  22-09-2020 19:00
  
  Former first lady Michelle Obama is hosting a day-long National Voter Registration Day Instagram takeover on Tuesday (Sept. 22) that will feature appearances from Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, DJ Khaled, H.E.R., Jeezy, DJ D Nice and many more.
  The “Get Registered & Ready” livestream — Obama’s first-ever live Instagram live event — is a collaboration with When We All Vote and it will have the artists and activists dipping in from 11 a.m. ET until 6:30 p.m to spre
  
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• Rob Halford says Judas Priest “deserves to be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”

  22-09-2020 18:58 via nme.com
  
  Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford thinks the English heavy metal giants “deserve to be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.
  Read more: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford: “I tried to throw a TV out of a hotel window once. It was like Mr Bean does Spinal Tap”
  Discussing his and the band’s eventful past in a new interview with NME, Halford talked about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and how he feels it needs to include more metal acts.
  “I’ve always admired it,&rd
  
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• Bad Bunny & Mora’s ‘Una Vez’ Video Chronicles the Tale of a Heartbroken Astronaut

  22-09-2020 18:48
  
  In true Bad Bunny fashion, the Puerto Rican superstar surprised fans with the official music video for “Una Vez,” part of his chart-topping album YHLQMDLG.
  In collaboration with up-and-coming artist and producer Mora, “Una Vez” tells the story of a person who’s infatuated with someone in a relationship. “And let me feel you one time, in case I never see you again/ Then I’ll continue my life normally, and you with him,” goes the infectious chorus.
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• Listen to Tune-Yards’ first new song in two years, ‘Nowhere, Man’

  22-09-2020 18:44 via nme.com
  
  Tune-Yards have returned with their first new music in over two years – listen to ‘Nowhere, Man’ below.
  The California-based duo, comprised of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, last released a studio album in the form of 2018’s ‘I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life’, which they followed up with their original score to Boots Riley’s film Sorry To Bother You.
  Beginning their next chapter, the band have today (September 22) shared a blaring, distorted n
  
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• Devon Gilfillian to Cover Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ With Jason Isbell, Grace Potter

  22-09-2020 18:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nashville songwriter assembles an A-list roster of artists to play the 1971 album for an election awareness livestream
  
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• How Regional Mexican Acts Are Touring the Midwest Following a Hodgepodge of Safety Guidelines

  22-09-2020 18:30
  
  As states struggle to keep COVID-19 cases down, the Midwest has become a hotspot for promoters specializing in regional Mexican music looking to keep their businesses running and artists working in a live industry sidelined by the pandemic. Following varying and sometimes vague guidelines set by state and local governments, for the last three months promoters have been holding shows with limited capacities at indoor venues like banquet halls, restaurants and at outdoor events including rodeos or
  
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• Cardi B, Kesha & More Artists Urge Fans to Register to Vote

  22-09-2020 18:30
  
  If you’re not registered to vote yet, now is the time to get your affairs in order to do so. But don’t just take our word for it, listen to Cardi B, for example, who is reminding fans that state deadlines for registration are coming up soon. She’s just one of dozens of musicians, actors, politicians and celebrities who’ve partnered with HeadCount, Rock the Vote and many other organizations to get Americans registered to vote.
  And what better time than now, with National V
  
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• Nana Rogues: 'Lockdown's kind of been crazy for everyone'

  22-09-2020 18:24 via music-news.com
  
  In this week’s episode of Agenda Ray chats to producer and artist Nana Rogues about what his lockdown was like, producing Ray's forthcoming
  
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• Alt-Pop Artist Rei Ami Signs With Visionary Records: Exclusive

  22-09-2020 18:09
  
  Rising alternative pop force Rei Ami has signed with Visionary Records, Billboard can exclusively announce.
  The South Korean-born, Maryland-raised talent began making waves in Fall 2019 with a string of commanding singles topped by “Snowcone” in October, which has since garnered over 5.5 million views on YouTube alone. Under her immediately distinctive stage name that combines the alter egos and competing personalities of two Sailor Moon characters, Rei Ami’s style shifts from
  
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