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• Watch Travis Scott and Young Thug debut ‘Franchise’ live at Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty show

  02-10-2020 23:57 via nme.com
  
  Travis Scott and Young Thug gave the debut live performance of ‘Franchise’ at Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty show earlier today (October 2).
  The rappers teamed up with M.I.A., who wasn’t present in the performance, on the new track last month.Read more: Astroworld 2019 review: Travis Scott’s rowdy rager goes off with help from Kanye, Megan Thee Stallion and er, Marilyn MansonAs the end credits rolled at the end of the show, a video of Scott interrupted them, leading
  
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• Listen to Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Trouble Of The World’ cover, her first release since 2016

  02-10-2020 23:20 via nme.com
  
  Sinead O’Connor has shared her first release since 2016 in the form of a cover of ‘Trouble Of The World’.
  The musician’s last piece of music came four years ago as part of the compilation ‘Tribute To Blind Willie Johnson’.
  Now, O’Connor has put out her take on a song by New Orleans-born gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. All profits from the track’s sales will be donated to Black Lives Matter charities. You can buy it here. 
  In a statement, the st
  
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• Blackpink’s The Album Has A Song For Every Mood

  02-10-2020 23:17
  
  Blackpink's long-awaited Korean-language debut 'The Album' is here, and from its collabs with Cardi B and Selena Gomez to its confident bangers, it's got a song for every mood.
  
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• Does TikTok Pay You Money? — Yes, Just Not Very Much

  02-10-2020 23:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Yes, TikTok will pay you money, thanks to a recently-created $200 million fund for creators. You probably won’t get rich, but here’s exactly how much you’ll get paid from TikTok’s ‘Creator Fund.’ In theory, TikTok’s recently-minted $200 million Creator Fund is a great way to support creators on the platform. In practice, it’s much different, […]The post Does TikTok Pay You Money? — Yes, Just Not Very Much appeared first on Digital Musi
  
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• Amazon Partners With Universal and Warner Music to Remaster Songs in Ultra HD

  02-10-2020 22:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Amazon is partnering with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group for remastered Ultra HD songs. The new partnership will see thousands of songs and albums remastered for streaming on Amazon Music HD. “We launched Amazon Music HD last year with a promise to always offer our customers the best quality recording available for streaming,” […]The post Amazon Partners With Universal and Warner Music to Remaster Songs in Ultra HD appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Triller Inks Licensing Deals With PRS for Music, GEMA, STIM, IMRO, Concord, Downtown, and Peer

  02-10-2020 22:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Triller, one of TikTok’s foremost competitors, has inked licensing deals with PRS for Music, GEMA, and several other collecting societies and indie publishers that are part of ICE Core. ICE and Triller unveiled the comprehensive licensing agreement today, in a statement shared with Digital Music News. According to the email, the contract “covers Triller from […]The post Triller Inks Licensing Deals With PRS for Music, GEMA, STIM, IMRO, Concord, Downtown, and Peer appeared firs
  
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• K-Pop Fans Organize Takeover of #ArmyForTrump Hashtag After Debates

  02-10-2020 22:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Last year, the Trump campaign launched the Army For Trump website. Now, K-pop fans are ruining the recruitment effort using the #ArmyForTrump hashtag. The ArmyForTrump.com website launched this spring, recruiting new supporters for Election Day. Trump invoked the website again in a tweet after his Tuesday debate. He tweeted the website and invited his supporters […]The post K-Pop Fans Organize Takeover of #ArmyForTrump Hashtag After Debates appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Watch Nas, Fivio Foreign and A$AP Ferg perform across New York in ‘Spicy’ video

  02-10-2020 22:04 via nme.com
  
  Nas has shared a new video for his track ‘Spicy’, which features appearances from Fivio Foreign and A$AP Ferg.
  The track featured on the New York rapper’s latest album ‘King’s Disease’, which was released in August.Read more: Nas – ‘King’s Disease’ review: a stately and royal return to form for rap’s original scholarThe video sees the three stars performing in different locations across New York, including outside a bodega an
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly Reinvents Himself as a Pop-Punk Whiner – and it Works

  02-10-2020 21:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  Blink 182's Travis Barker helps the Cleveland rapper find a new punk sound
  
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• Mark Ronson releases demo of “the ‘Bond’ song that never was”

  02-10-2020 21:19 via nme.com
  Mark Ronson has released a previously unheard demo of “the Bond song that never was”.Read more: Billie Eilish undergoes her biggest transformation yet in the ‘No Time To Die’ videoThe track features on the new Good Music 2020 volume two compilation, which has been released on Bandcamp for one day only.
  Ronson’s demo for No Time To Die was created in collaboration with singer and songwriter Isley Juber, who has previously worked with the musician on his album &l
  
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• Joe Biden confirms he has tested negative for COVID-19

  02-10-2020 21:04 via nme.com
  
  Joe Biden has confirmed that he has tested negative for COVID-19.
  The Democratic nominee said that he and his wife were given the all clear this evening (October 2), hours after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania tested positive for the virus.
  Taking to Twitter, Biden wrote: “I’m happy to report that Jill and I have tested negative for COVID. Thank you to everyone for your messages of concern. I hope this serves as a reminder: wear a mask, keep social distance, and wash yo
  
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• Benjamin Keough has been laid to rest next to his grandfather Elvis

  02-10-2020 20:20 via nme.com
  
  Elvis Presley‘s late grandson Benjamin Keough has been laid to rest next to the iconic singer in Graceland.
  Keough, who was the son of Lisa Marie Presley and musician Danny Keough, passed away in July in Calabasas, California, after taking his own life. He was 27.
  A funeral was held for him later that month and yesterday (October 1), it was confirmed on Graceland’s Facebook page that he had been buried at the property alongside Elvis and other members of the Presley family.
  “Be
  
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• Here’s Slipknot’s Corey Taylor covering a Motörhead classic

  02-10-2020 20:03 via nme.com
  Corey Taylor has covered a Motörhead classic to celebrate one of his solo tracks soundtracking WWE’s NXT Loud.Read more: Corey Taylor – ‘CMFT’ review: the most fun record the Slipknot frontman has ever producedThe Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman began sharing his own solo material earlier this year, with his debut album arriving earlier today (October 2).
  Triple H – the 14-time world champion wrestler, who is now WWE’s executive vice president of global
  
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine Suffers Overdose of Hydroxycut and Caffeine

  02-10-2020 19:59 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was hospitalized earlier this week after overdosing on a combination of Hydroxycut weight-loss pills and caffeine. Shortly after rumors of the possible overdose began circulating, The Shade Room reached out to Tekashi 6ix9ine for comment, and the 24-year-old confirmed the incident and elaborated upon its circumstances. 6ix9ine, who was released from prison […]The post Tekashi 6ix9ine Suffers Overdose of Hydroxycut and Caffeine appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Nas, Fivio Foreign, A$AP Ferg Celebrate New York in ‘Spicy’ Video

  02-10-2020 19:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  King's Disease track gets visual shot across multiple boroughs
  
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• Music at Home: Walls of Sound

  02-10-2020 19:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Tom Petty's "Refugee" to Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)," these songs are guaranteed to fill up every corner of your quarantine space
  
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• IDLES score their first UK Number One album and fasting selling vinyl release of 2020 with ‘Ultra Mono’

  02-10-2020 19:00 via nme.com
  
  IDLES have shot straight to the top of the Official UK Albums Chart with their new LP ‘Ultra Mono’.Read more: IDLES – ‘Ultra Mono’ review: a blistering attempt to calcify the faithfulThe band’s third album was outselling the whole of the Top Five in the midweek chart and now has reached the summit with 27,000 sales.
  It also overtakes Liam Gallagher‘s ‘Why Me? Why Not’ as the fastest-selling vinyl album of 2020 so far, having shifted 15,400 co
  
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• Idles land first Number 1 album and fastest-selling vinyl release of the year

  02-10-2020 18:56 via music-news.com
  
  Congratulations to IDLES, who go straight in at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with Ultra Mono.
  
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• 24kGoldn’s Mood scores second week at top go the charts

  02-10-2020 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  24kGoldn holds on to his chart crown as Mood extends its reign at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart to a second week.
  
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• Eminem’s Shady Records reimagines Joe Biden as ‘8 Mile’’s B Rabbit

  02-10-2020 18:54 via nme.com
  Eminem’s Shady Records have compared Joe Biden to 8 Mile’s B Rabbit following this week’s presidential debate.Read more: Eminem’s ‘The Marshall Mathers LP’ at 20: why it’s a misunderstood masterpieceThe Democratic nominee took part in the debate with Republican candidate and current President Donald Trump on Tuesday (September 29).
  Yesterday (October 1), the rapper’s label shared a meme from the event that – thanks to some editing &ndash
  
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• Selena Gomez Drops Demo Version of ‘Lose You to Love Me’

  02-10-2020 18:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ballad was the first official release from her recent album Rare
  
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• Shawn Mendes Gets Very Wet In Soaring New ‘Wonder’ Video

  02-10-2020 18:41
  
  Shawn Mendes is both king of the world and man of the woods (and extremely wet) in soaring new 'Wonder' video.
  
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• Alanis Morissette, ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Cast to Host Biden Fundraiser

  02-10-2020 18:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ticketed livestream will benefit Biden Victory Fund for Democratic candidate
  
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• RS Charts: Internet Money, WhoHeem, Conway the Machine Lead Breakthrough 25 Chart

  02-10-2020 18:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Salem Ilese, Ritt Momney, Andrew Jannakos and more make this month's list of the fastest-rising up-and-coming artists.
  
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• Listen to BTS’ remix of Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo’s ‘Savage Love’

  02-10-2020 18:13 via nme.com
  
  BTS have contributed to a remix of Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo‘s viral hit ‘Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now.Read more: Jawsh 685: Banging siren-jams to celebrate one’s heritage and rootsThe New Zealand-born, Cook Island Samoan producer made the ‘Laxed – Siren Beat’ track in his bedroom last year. Derulo then sampled the song as ‘Savage Love’, originally neglecting to credit the musician.
  
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• Hear Ingrid Andress’ Version of the Song She Wrote for Charli XCX

  02-10-2020 18:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Andress covers the 2017 hit "Boys" for the deluxe version of her debut album Lady Like
  
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• Rolling Stone 500: How Bob Dylan Made ‘Blood on the Tracks’

  02-10-2020 18:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  In the midst of a personal and artistic crisis, Dylan reinvented himself and created a masterpiece
  
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• Miley’s Disco-Rock Cover, Griselda’s Hypnotic Boom, And More Songs We Love

  02-10-2020 18:06
  
  This week's Bop Shop features a classic disco cover from Miley Cyrus, an all-timer from Griselda, a bit of 'Magic' from Kylie Minogue, and more.
  
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• Chino Moreno reveals which Deftones album will “always” be his favourite

  02-10-2020 17:59 via nme.com
  
  Deftones frontman Chino Moreno has revealed which of the band’s albums will “always” be his favourite.
  The band released ninth album ‘Ohms’ last month, their first since 2016’s ‘Gore’.Read more: Deftones: every single album ranked and ratedSpeaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music about the new album and more, Moreno spoke of the band’s history, revealing that he believes his favourite Deftones album will always be their second LP, 1997’s &l
  
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• Laura Jane Grace: “JK Rowling has no grounds to speak on the transgender experience because she knows nothing about it”

  02-10-2020 17:32 via nme.com
  
  “I’ve been doing this meal service called Purple Carrot, where they mail you ingredients and teach you how to cook,” says Laura Jane Grace. “I’m a terrible cook because I’ve spent 20 years in a band. I’m really good at eating in restaurants…”
  Like the rest of us, the veteran punk singer and guitarist has been grappling with the challenges and perils of lockdown. Grace was due to hit the road in May with her band Against Me!, before heading i
  
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• Foals announce new remix album ‘Collected Reworks Vol. III’

  02-10-2020 17:23 via nme.com
  Foals have announced a new remix album, ‘Collected Reworks Vol. III’, which will be released next week.Read more: Four In A Bed and Boards Of Canada: Foals’ Yannis Philippakis’ guide to battling boredom in lockdownThe record will feature reworkings of tracks from across the band’s discography by artists and producers including Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Four Tet (under his real name Kieran Hebden) and more.
  ‘Vol. III’ features three brand new mi
  
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• ‘Brilliant Live Adventures’: six new David Bowie live albums from 1990s to be released physically

  02-10-2020 17:21 via nme.com
  
  Six new David Bowie live albums are set to be released physically across the end of 2020 and the start of next year.
  ‘Brilliant Live Adventures’ will see previously unreleased live recordings by the late star from 1995-1999 released on limited edition vinyl and CD.Read more: David Bowie: before he was ZiggyThe first album of the series has also been announced – ‘Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas ’95)’, which was released on streaming services for the first time in
  
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• Max Ehrich accuses Demi Lovato of breaking off engagement as part of 'calculated PR stunt'

  02-10-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  The couple split called off their engagement last month.
  
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• Lizzo stuns in blue lingerie during Rihanna's Savage x Fenty Vol 2. show

  02-10-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  Lizzo danced to D'Angelo's Brown Sugar in her underwear set.
  
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• Charlamagne Tha God calls out Kanye over alleged Big Sean contract dispute

  02-10-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  The radio personality has asked Kanye to "do right" by his people
  
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• Route 91 Mass-Shooting Victims to Receive $800 Million Settlement from MGM Resorts

  02-10-2020 17:10 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Victims of the 2017 mass shooting that occurred at Las Vegas’s Route 91 Harvest music festival are set to receive an $800 million settlement from MGM Resorts International. The Eighth Judicial District Court’s chief judge, Linda Marie Bell, recently approved the figure, which will mark the largest settlement ever awarded to mass-shooting victims in the […]The post Route 91 Mass-Shooting Victims to Receive $800 Million Settlement from MGM Resorts appeared first on Digital Music
  
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• Billie Eilish launches voting initiative: “Right now you gotta give a fuck”

  02-10-2020 16:50 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has launched a new voting initiative, encouraging fans to vote in the upcoming US election.
  President Donald Trump is set to go head to head with Democrat candidate Joe Biden next month.Read more: Every single Billie Eilish song ranked in order of greatness“I wish, that I didn’t have to be making this video,” Eilish said in a new Instagram post announcing the initiative. “Because I really wish I could just not give a fuck and it would be fine, I wouldn&
  
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• Cardi B uses BLACKPINK collab title to mock Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis

  02-10-2020 16:43 via nme.com
  Cardi B has used the title of her new collaboration with BLACKPINK to mock Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis.
  Trump and US First Lady Melania were both confirmed to have tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today (October 2).
  The New York rapper responded to the news on Twitter, working the track’s title into her reaction tweet. “‘BET YOU WANNA’ wear a mask now,” she tweeted, responding to Trump’s own post announcing his diagnosis. See Cardi’s t
  
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• Aloe Blacc: “Donald Trump has no desire to help the most vulnerable among us”

  02-10-2020 16:13 via nme.com
  
  Aloe Blacc has said that Donald Trump will turn into an authoritarian leader if he is elected for a second term in the White House.
  The acclaimed soul singer issued the stark warning as he prepares to release his second album ‘All Love Everything’, which sees Blacc tackling the state of the world in 2020.
  While Blacc’s first record since 2013 strikes a largely positive note for the future, the track ‘My Way’ sees him tackling Trump’s controversial plans for an
  
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• Watch Burna Boy’s emotional, Stormzy-featuring video for ‘Real Life’

  02-10-2020 15:20 via nme.com
  
  Burna Boy has shared an emotional new video for ‘Real Life’, featuring Stormzy – watch it below.
  The collaboration appears on Burna Boy’s recent fifth album, ‘Twice As Tall’.Read more: Burna Boy: “A revolution is needed. I want to inspire it”The new video, directed by Meji Aladi, comes alongside news of Burna Boy’s new comic book, The Secret Flame.
  The book, narrated by his grandfather Benson Idonije, “follows Burna Boy&n
  
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• Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Taylor Swift, And The Trail Of Heartbreak Pop

  02-10-2020 15:17
  
  In Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis, young fans found a voice filtering young heartbreak into winning pop anthems. As their 1999 debut finally hits streaming services, we look at how one of those fans, Taylor Swift, followed in Lewis's footsteps.
  
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• New mural celebrating Denise Johnson appears in Manchester

  02-10-2020 14:26 via nme.com
  
  A new mural celebrating the life of Denise Johnson has appeared in her hometown of Manchester.
  The much-loved Manchester singer, who provided vocals on Primal Scream‘s ‘Screamadelica’, died in July at the age of 56.Read more: A Certain Ratio’s Martin Moscrop remembers Denise Johnson: “Her voice should comfort in these times”The new mural, by French-born artist Akse, appears on the outside of arts centre Niamos in the Hulme district of the city. See it bel
  
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• Declan McKenna has written a song inspired by Tottenham’s Heung-Min Son

  02-10-2020 14:10 via nme.com
  
  Declan McKenna has revealed that he’s written a song loosely inspired by Tottenham Hotspur footballer Heung-Min Son.
  The singer, who is an avid fan of Spurs, wrote ‘Sonny’ during sessions for his acclaimed second album ‘Zeros‘ – but it ultimately failed to make the final cut.
  Speaking to the My First Match podcast, McKenna revealed that he teamed up with US singer Soren Bryce for the unreleased effort – which takes its title from the South Korean star&rs
  
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• Eminem fan sets record for having the most tattoos of the same musician

  02-10-2020 13:46 via nme.com
  
  An Eminem fan has set a world record for having the most tattoos of the same musician.
  Read more: Eminem vs everyone: a massive list of every one of Slim Shady’s lyrical feuds
  The Guinness World Records has revealed that Nikki Patterson of Aberdeen now holds the record for the most tattoos of the same musician.
  The 35-year-old nail technician, who got her first tattoo when she was 18, has 52 tattoos in total. Twenty eight of them are based on Eminem, which includes 16 portraits of her musi
  
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• CamelPhat announce debut album, featuring Yannis Philippakis and Noel Gallagher

  02-10-2020 13:33 via nme.com
  
  CamelPhat have announced details of their debut album – ‘Dark Matter’ will arrive later this month.
  The production duo will release the new album on October 30 via RCA, and are previewing the record with new track ‘Witching Hour’, featuring Will Easton.Read more: CamelPhat on collaborating with Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno and Foals’ Yannis Philippakis for their debut album: “It’s very indie, to say the least”The album announcement comes a
  
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• Jason Aldean thanks 'Route 91 family' on third anniversary of festival massacre

  02-10-2020 13:30 via music-news.com
  
  Jason says the shooting was the "worst night of our lives"
  
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• Yoko Ono sues John Lennon's former aide for copyright infringement

  02-10-2020 13:15 via music-news.com
  
  Yoko Ono is seeking an order which stops Frederic Seaman from talking about her and her family.
  
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• Jon Bon Jovi previewed new album to Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney

  02-10-2020 13:15 via music-news.com
  
  Springsteen "applauded" Bon Jovi's new material
  
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• Benjamin Keough laid to rest next to grandfather Elvis Presley at Graceland

  02-10-2020 13:15 via music-news.com
  
  Lisa Marie Presley's son has been buried in the Meditation Garden
  
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• Spinal Tap to stage virtual reunion for Democrats fundraiser

  02-10-2020 12:57 via nme.com
  
  Spinal Tap are set to stage a virtual reunion later this month.
  Read more: Hello Cleveland! Nine embarrassing Spinal Tap moments that happened in real life
  The minds behind the iconic 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap – Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest – will reprise their roles for the online event on October 14.
  Hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt, the event will act as a fundraiser for Pennysylvania Democrats ahead of November’s presidenti
  
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