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• Mechanical Licensing Collective Officially Announces Its Nashville Headquarters

  07-10-2020 23:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) previously announced that its headquarters will be located in Nashville, Tennessee — now we know the exact location. The Mechanical Licensing Collective, or MLC, officially unveiled their location within Music City this morning. The MLC will occupy a 17,800-square-foot space on the second floor of a five-story building called Three […]The post Mechanical Licensing Collective Officially Announces Its Nashville Headquarters appeared first on D
  
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• Gary Cherone Remembers Eddie Van Halen: ‘He Was Truly One With the Guitar’

  07-10-2020 23:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Extreme frontman, who sang on Van Halen III, remembers how the guitarist welcomed him warmly into the band and what it was like to see his genius at work
  
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• Noel Gallagher and Dizzee Rascal have worked on a new track together

  07-10-2020 22:44 via nme.com
  Noel Gallagher is set to feature on a new song by Dizzee Rascal, the rapper has revealed.
  Read More: Dizzee Rascal: “This album is making a statement – I’m a fucking serious rapper”
  The east London artist is gearing up to release his seventh album ‘E3 AF’ this Friday (October 9), and has confirmed to the Daily Star that he’s now begun working on its follow-up.
  “I’ve already started on my next album,” he told the newspaper, adding that h
  
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• Alex Winter on How Eddie Van Halen Was the Guiding Light of ‘Bill & Ted’

  07-10-2020 22:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  The actor and filmmaker talks discovering Van Halen as a teenager and the guitarist's impact on the Bill and Tedseries
  
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• Police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd has been released from prison

  07-10-2020 21:38 via nme.com
  
  The police officer charged with murdering George Floyd has been released from prison after posting $1million (£770,000) bail.
  Derek Chauvin was released from Oak Heights Prison in Minneapolis this morning (October 7), according to Hennepin County records.
  He faces a second-degree murder charge over Floyd’s death after he was initially charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
  Three other officers, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Keung Tuesday were also previously charg
  
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• Cardi B apologises for promoting Armenia fundraiser: “We did not do our research”

  07-10-2020 21:28 via nme.com
  
  Cardi B has issued an apology after facing criticism for promoting a virtual Armenia fundraiser earlier this week.
  The ‘WAP’ artist shared a poster for the event on her Instagram Stories amid Armenia’s ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh territory.
  Read More: The good, the bad and the Biffy: the five most, erm, interesting ‘WAP’ covers
  With dozens of people reported to have died and hundreds injured over the past week, according to CBS News, l
  
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• Billie Eilish Announces ‘Where Do We Go?’ Livestream Concert

  07-10-2020 20:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  Show will take place October 24th with proceeds from special merch sales benefiting Crew Nation Covid-19 relief efforts
  
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• Q2 Music Streaming Revenues Slip Quarter-to-Quarter — But Don’t Hit the Panic Button Quite Yet

  07-10-2020 20:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Music streaming revenues fell two percent in 2020’s second quarter, but nevertheless experienced a double-digit boost from the same period in 2019. The latest data tranche shows a modest quarter-to-quarter decline, but fairly healthy year-over-year gains.  Per Counterpoint – which previously forecasted major music subscription increases – Q2 2020’s music streaming revenues totaled $6.7 billion. […]The post Q2 Music Streaming Revenues Slip Quarter-to-Quarter &m
  
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• Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien shares throwback photo to mark Thom Yorke’s birthday

  07-10-2020 20:39 via nme.com
  
  Radiohead‘s Ed O’Brien has shared a throwback photograph of himself and Thom Yorke to mark the frontman’s birthday – check it out below.
  READ MORE:: Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien on going solo: “If I don’t do this, a part of me will die”
  Yorke turned 52 years old today (October 7), and O’Brien took to Twitter to share a vintage image dating back to the 1980s.
  “Happy Birthday Thomas…. hope it’s a beautiful day for you an
  
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• 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s ‘Savage Mode II’ is a Near-Perfect Sequel to a Trap Classic

  07-10-2020 20:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  The duo recaptures the magic of the first 'Savage Mode' installment while paying tribute to their Southern rap influences.
  
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• Billie Eilish announces livestreamed ‘Where Do We Go?’ concert

  07-10-2020 20:13 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has announced a special livestreamed show for later this month.
  Read More: Every single Billie Eilish song ranked in order of greatness
  Taking to social media this evening (October 7), the pop star confirmed that ‘Where Do We Go? The Livestream’ will air on October 24 at 11pm (BST).
  “[I] miss doing shows so muuuuuch,” Eilish wrote, adding that she “can’t wait to be performing agaaaain” for her fans. You can see that post below.
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• Musicians mock government website which offers alternative careers

  07-10-2020 20:12 via nme.com
  
  Musicians have responded to a government website which offers alternative careers.
  READ MORE: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live music
  Entitled “Discover your skills and careers”, the site asks people “to think about the type of work you want to do. It takes 5 to 10 minutes” which “offers a summary of job groups that might interest you based on your answers, for example creative careers or working in healthcare”.
  It comes just hours a
  
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• Neil Young to Release Bottom Line 1974 Concert as Official Bootleg

  07-10-2020 20:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  "In my mind, it's a hazy memory," Young wrote on the Neil Young Archives, "but this moment really captures the essence of where I was in 1974"
  
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• Why Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ Feels Exactly Like Life in 2020

  07-10-2020 19:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rolling Stone Music Now podcast takes on Radiohead's masterpiece on its 20th anniversary
  
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• Eddie Van Halen’s Widow Janie Pens Farewell to Husband

  07-10-2020 19:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Our journey together has not always been an easy one but in the end and always we have a connection and love that will always be"
  
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• Watch Haim serve up ‘Man From The Magazine’ from a deli counter in new video

  07-10-2020 19:23 via nme.com
  
  Haim have shared the official video for their latest single ‘Man From The Magazine’ – you can watch it below.
  Read More: Pop perfection with a side of pickles: inside Haim’s celebratory New York deli gig
  The track appears on the Los Angeles trio’s acclaimed third album ‘Women In Music Pt. III’, which was released in June.
  Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the new clip finds frontwoman Danielle Haim behind the counter at the band’s favourite LA eate
  
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• $1,200 Second Stimulus Checks Might Be Getting Mailed, After All

  07-10-2020 19:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  President Trump announced yesterday that he’d instructed his team to end the months-long negotiations for a second stimulus package. Even so, a new round of $1,200 federal payments might be mailed after all. Despite both sides having agreed to distribute second stimulus checks, negotiations have stalled around broader stimulus details and amounts. In brief, Democrats […]The post $1,200 Second Stimulus Checks Might Be Getting Mailed, After All appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Eddie Van Halen fans remember his work on Michael Jackson’s classic hit ‘Beat It’

  07-10-2020 18:59 via nme.com
  
  Eddie Van Halen fans have been paying tribute to the late Van Halen guitarist’s work on Michael Jackson‘s classic 1982 hit ‘Beat It’.Read more: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a fire-fingered colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework displayThe legendary guitarist, who passed away yesterday (October 6), previously revealed that when he got the call from ‘Thriller’ producer Quincy Jones, he thought it was a practical joke.
  “I went off on him. I
  
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• Haim Slice Up Cold Cuts, Music Industry Sexism in ‘Man From the Magazine’ Video

  07-10-2020 18:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band reunites with director Paul Thomas Anderson for latest Women in Music, Pt. III clip
  
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• Fleet Foxes Work Through Trust Issues Via Dance in ‘Can I Believe You’ Video

  07-10-2020 18:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track appears on band's latest album, Shore
  
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• Watch Angel Olsen’s Intimate ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’

  07-10-2020 18:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer plays stripped-down solo renditions of three Whole New Mess tracks and digs up "Iota"
  
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• Corey Taylor says Metallica’s career success is “the blueprint” for Slipknot

  07-10-2020 18:14 via nme.com
  
  Corey Taylor has spoken about the admiration he and his Slipknot bandmates have for Metallica, with the frontman saying that Metallica’s longevity and career success have offered a “blueprint” that his band will continue to follow in the years to come.
  Taylor, who recently released his debut solo album ‘CMFT’, was speaking to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe as part of the ‘At Home’ series when he was asked for his thoughts on Metallica and the influence th
  
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• BTS fans and South Korean politicians call for group to be exempt from military service

  07-10-2020 18:05 via nme.com
  BTS fans are calling for the K-Pop group to be exempt from mandatory military service in South Korea.
  All able-bodied males aged between 18 and 28 are legally required to serve in the military for around two years as part of the country’s defence policy against North Korea.
  Read More: BTS: “We’re eager to give comfort and joy through our music now more than ever”
  The eldest BTS member, Jin, turned 27 last December and must therefore sign up for military service by the end
  
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• See Brad Paisley Channel Eddie Van Halen in ‘Hot for Teacher’ Cover

  07-10-2020 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  "We all wanted to play just like him," Paisley says of the influential guitarist
  
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• Watch The Postal Service hold Zoom ‘auditions’ for new bandmembers including Slash, Anne Hathaway and “Weird Al” Yankovic

  07-10-2020 17:21 via nme.com
  
  The Postal Service have shared a humorous new video where the likes of Slash, Anne Hathaway and “Weird Al” Yankovic all attempt to ‘audition’ to become the next member of the band — check it out below.
  The clip is the band’s big reveal from yesterday’s teaser (October 6), which had led some fans to believe that new music might be on the way.
  Partnering with their label Sub Pop and HeadCount’s “Make Your Vote Count” campaign for the clip
  
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• Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde Announces New Lost Horizons Album

  07-10-2020 17:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Double LP In Quiet Moments will feature Porridge Radio and Marissa Nadler, be released in two parts this winter
  
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• Bunny Lee, Influential Reggae Producer, Dead at 79

  07-10-2020 17:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Striker" both pushed reggae into dub territory and proliferated the genre's audience worldwide
  
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• Coachella reportedly set to be postponed for a third time

  07-10-2020 17:01 via nme.com
  
  Coachella is planning to reschedule its next festival for a third time due to the coronavirus crisis, it has been reported.
  The 2020 edition of the Indio, California festival had been set to take place across two consecutive weekends back in April, but was pushed back to October 9–11 and 16–18 in March as the pandemic began to disrupt live music.
  Read More: The biggest talking points of Coachella 2019
  Organisers confirmed in June that the 2020 edition would not take place while
  
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• Watch Stevie Nicks Sing ‘Rhiannon’ From ’24 Karat Gold’ Concert Film

  07-10-2020 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold the Concert will screen at select theaters on October 21st and 25th
  
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• Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara expecting first child

  07-10-2020 17:00 via music-news.com
  
  Meghan Trainor shared a sonogram on Instagram.
  
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• Descendents’ Milo Aukerman Releases New Ukulele Protest Project as RebUke

  07-10-2020 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Three-song release 45… Not a LP available on streaming platforms October 7th
  
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• Sturgill Simpson on Eddie Van Halen: ‘Impact Is an Understatement’

  07-10-2020 16:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nashville iconoclast remembers the late guitarist, and also releases a video for his song 'Make Art Not Friends'
  
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• Romy Madley Croft confirms The xx will return: “There’s more xx music to come for sure”

  07-10-2020 16:22 via nme.com
  
  Romy Madley Croft has confirmed that The xx will return in the future, saying in a new interview that “there’s more xx music to come for sure”.
  The guitarist and vocalist is currently focusing on her solo material, and last week shared the single ‘Lifetime’.
  Read more: The xx’s Romy shows her true colours with new solo song ‘Lifetime’, a masterclass in pandemic pop
  Speaking in a new interview with Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson, Romy said that
  
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• James Corden Mocks Trump, Parodies Paul McCartney for ‘Maybe I’m Immune’

  07-10-2020 16:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Maybe I don't wear a mask 'cause I don't care about others," host sings. "Science I don't really understand"
  
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• Kenny Chesney Remembers Eddie Van Halen: ‘The Best Guitar Player That Ever Lived’

  07-10-2020 16:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  "He was a friend and a hero to anyone who has ever picked up a guitar and had a dream," Chesney says, recalling the time he and Van Halen shared a stage
  
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• The Postal Service Audition Anne Hathaway, Kenny G, Slash, and More in Get Out the Vote PSA

  07-10-2020 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  All-star clip made for HeadCount’s Make Your Vote Count campaign
  
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• Hear Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ Rendition of Dusty Springfield’s ‘Little by Little’

  07-10-2020 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track appears on Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In), out this month
  
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• Noel Gallagher reflects on ‘Be Here Now’ criticism: “I started to overthink it”

  07-10-2020 15:34 via nme.com
  
  Noel Gallagher has opened up on why Oasis‘ ‘Be Here Now’ has attracted retrospective criticism, admitting that he may have overthought the lyrical process behind the record.
  The band’s third album received praise upon release in August 1997, but modern reviews have been less kind — with some critics describing it as the moment that “killed Britpop”.
  Speaking in a new documentary to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘(What’s The Story) Morning
  
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• Jimmy Page on Eddie Van Halen: ‘He Was the Real Deal’

  07-10-2020 15:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  "He pioneered a dazzling technique on guitar with taste and panache that I felt always placed him above his imitators," Led Zeppelin guitarist writes
  
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• IDLES have '30 songs on the table' for next album

  07-10-2020 15:30 via music-news.com
  
  The Joe Talbot-fronted group only released their third record, 'Ultra Mono', less than two weeks ago, but they already of a wealth of material to consider for their next album.
  
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• Julian Lennon Remembers One of His ‘All-Time Favorite Musical Heroes’ Eddie Van Halen

  07-10-2020 14:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  John Lennon's son shares memories of being neighbors with late guitarist
  
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• Doja Cat to perform hits medley at 2020 Billboard Music Awards

  07-10-2020 14:55 via music-news.com
  
  Doja Cat will perform a medley of her hits at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.
  
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• Billy Corgan Honors Eddie Van Halen: ‘A Man of Staggering Genius’

  07-10-2020 14:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I don’t think it’s possible to sum up what his inspiration did for me as a musician. No man made his playing so effortless that I endeavored to make mine sound the same"
  
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• George Michael’s estate loans John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ piano to Strawberry Field exhibition

  07-10-2020 14:44 via nme.com
  
  The estate of the late George Michael have loaned John Lennon‘s ‘Imagine’ piano to the Strawberry Field exhibition in Liverpool so it can go on public display.
  The Steinway piano, which the late Beatle wrote and recorded his 1971 song ‘Imagine’ on, was bought by Michael at auction for £1.45 million back in October 2000. He later toured the piano around the world “as a symbol of peace” and used it during the recording of his song ‘Patience&rsq
  
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• Amanda Shires Tried to Watch the Highwomen’s ‘Fallon’ Performance — But Local TV Had Other Plans

  07-10-2020 14:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track appears on country super-group's acclaimed self-titled debut
  
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• John Lennon's white piano used on 'Imagine' displayed at Liverpool's Strawberry Field exhibition

  07-10-2020 14:20 via music-news.com
  
  John Lennon's piano used to compose and record his 1971 solo hit, 'Imagine', is on display at Liverpool's Strawberry Field exhibition
  
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• Morgan Freeman reveals why he featured on 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s ‘Savage Mode II’

  07-10-2020 14:13 via nme.com
  
  Morgan Freeman has revealed how he came to feature on 21 Savage and Metro Boomin‘s new album ‘Savage Mode II’.
  Read more: Don’t know Lil Xan from 21 Savage? Here’s a handy who’s-who of the face-tat rappers
  The actor is the first person you hear on the sequel to the pair’s seminal 2016 EP. “Great men with great ideals can be separated by hundreds or even thousands of miles and still be in the same place,” he says during the intro.
  Speaking in
  
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• Legendary reggae producer Bunny Lee has died aged 79

  07-10-2020 14:03 via nme.com
  
  Legendary reggae producer Bunny Lee has died at the age of 79, it has been confirmed.
  The producer, whose real name was Edward O’Sullivan Lee, played an integral role in the introduction of the genre to the UK in the 1970s after securing a licensing deal with Trojan Records.
  Announcing Lee’s passing, Jamaican broadcaster Clinton Lindsay said that the producer had been “battling kidney problems” for several months. His exact cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
  Lee, who
  
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• Black Honey announce new album ‘Written & Directed’

  07-10-2020 13:30 via nme.com
  
  Black Honey have announced their new album, ‘Written & Directed’.
  The four-piece will release their new LP on January 29, 2021 on Foxfive Records. The record was previewed last week with the single ‘Run For Cover’.
  Read more: Black Honey: “Ladylike can go fuck itself”
  ‘Written & Directed’ is Black Honey’s second album, following on from their 2018 self-titled debut.
  Speaking about the new album, which was written last year and recorde
  
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• Irish government set to ban above-value ticket resales

  07-10-2020 13:15 via nme.com
  
  The Irish government has given its backing to a new bill that is set to ban the resale of most above-face value tickets to live events.
  Brought in by Ireland’s deputy prime minister and minister for enterprise, Leo Varadkar, the Sale Of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational And Sporting Events) Bill 2020 criminalises the resale of most tickets to live events, including concerts, and sports matches for profit.
  Read more: 5 massive artists fighting back against ticket touts
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