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• Polo G Raises His Price to $85,000 for a Feature Appearance

  09-10-2020 23:52 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rapper Polo G has revealed that he now charges $85,000 for a single feature appearance — a rate that he anticipates will continue to climb. Polo G detailed his substantial feature appearance fee in a recent tweet, writing: “Features 85 Rackzz, but the price keeps going up,” followed by a trio of upward-trend-chart emojis.  Additionally, the […]The post Polo G Raises His Price to $85,000 for a Feature Appearance appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Listen to Linkin Park’s early “lost” song ‘Pictureboard’

  09-10-2020 23:52 via nme.com
  
  Linkin Park have released a “lost” song ‘Pictureboard’ as part of their new 20th anniversary edition of ‘Hybrid Theory’.
  The band’s debut album was released on October 24, 2000, and has been the subject of a variety of celebrations over the last couple of months.Read more: Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda reflects on ‘She Couldn’t’: “It set the groundwork for our evolution”The track stems from a time when the band were known
  
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• Arlo Parks has finished work on her debut album

  09-10-2020 22:50 via nme.com
  
  Arlo Parks has finished work on her debut album, the musician has shared on social media.
  The 20-year-old south London singer-songwriter has released two EPs – 2019’s ‘Super Sad Generation’ and ‘Sophie’ – and a handful of singles.Read more: Arlo Parks: her best cover versions, from Radiohead to Solange“wtf the album is like done done,” she wrote on Twitter yesterday (October 8). “like DONE DONE.” A release date and further de
  
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• Paul Heaton is the last ever recipient of the Q Award

  09-10-2020 22:45 via music-news.com
  
  The music magazine, Q, was forced to cease printing in July due to the coronavirus pandemic, with plans for their annual award show
  
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• Watch Elton John’s psych-tinged video for previously unheard song ‘Regimental Sgt. Zippo’

  09-10-2020 22:09 via nme.com
  
  Elton John has shared the video for his previously unreleased, psych-tinged track ‘Regimental Sgt. Zippo’.
  The song was the title track of what was intended to be his debut album in 1969, but the record was never released.Read more: Elton John’s New York leg of his farewell tour is a reflective and stunning tribute to a great artist’s careerNow, the star has shared the rarity with fans for the first time ahead of the release of his new eight-disc collection ‘Elton:
  
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• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross share snippet of ‘Mank’ score

  09-10-2020 22:05 via nme.com
  
  Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have shared a snippet from the score they’ve been working on for David Fincher’s new movie, Mank.Read more: The roots of… Nine Inch NailsThe Nine Inch Nails members, who have previously composed the scores for Fincher films such as The Social Network and Gone Girl, were announced to be working on the Netflix film last December.
  In an interview with Revolver, Reznor revealed that he and Ross would use only instruments from the 1940s
  
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• Latest Music Industry Gigs: Warner Music France, Sony Music Masterworks, Spotify, More

  09-10-2020 22:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Here’s a recap of recent executive shuffles — including both hirings and in-house promotions — from across the music industry. If you have job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to [email protected]. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to [email protected]. And, keep track of all […]The post Latest Music Industry Gigs: Warner Music France, Sony Music Masterworks, Spotify, More
  
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• Adam Lambert: 'Brian May is nearly back to fighting form after heart attack'

  09-10-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Brian May is doing "a lot better", according to Adam Lambert.
  
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• Watch Willie Nelson and Sons Cover John Lennon’s ‘Watching the Wheels’

  09-10-2020 21:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sean Ono Lennon, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Tweedy, Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, and more performed covers to mark the late Beatle's 80th birthday
  
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• Mastodon are collecting unemployment benefits to pay their crew

  09-10-2020 21:36 via nme.com
  
  Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher has revealed that the band are collecting unemployment benefits in order to pay their crew.Read more: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live musicSpeaking in a new interview, Kelliher discussed the effects the coronavirus is having on the music industry and how it’s impacting the livelihoods of musicians and their teams, adding that he’s been forced to collect unemployment to help pay the band’s out-of-work c
  
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• Tory Lanez responds to being charged with assault in July shooting incident

  09-10-2020 21:15 via nme.com
  
  Tory Lanez has responded to being charged with assault over a shooting incident involving “a female friend” in July.
  The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced the felony charges in a media release on October 8. “The rap artist known as Tory Lanez has been charged with assaulting a female friend in the Hollywood Hills earlier this year,” it reads.
  Though the LA County District Attorney’s Office did not name the victim, the sequence of events t
  
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• Liam Gallagher jokes his alternative career on government website is ‘Rock n Roll star’

  09-10-2020 20:52 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher has taken to social media to make light of the recently launched government website that suggests alternative careers to those whose jobs have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.Read more: The Big Read – Liam Gallagher: “An Oasis reunion’s gonna happen very fucking soon”The site entitled “Discover your skills and careers” went live last week. It asks people “to think about the type of work you want to do,” before off
  
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• Tory Lanez Faces Multiple Felony Counts Following Megan Thee Stallion Assault

  09-10-2020 20:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  In mid-July, Digital Music News first reported that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was reportedly investigating Tory Lanez, whose full name is Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson, for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion. Now, Lanez is facing two felony charges stemming from the troubling episode. To recap, the shocking incident occurred during the early hours […]The post Tory Lanez Faces Multiple Felony Counts Following Megan Thee Stallion Assault appeared first on Digital Music Ne
  
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• Spotify Says Mental Health Is One of Its Fastest-Growing ‘Genres’ — Listening Time Up 50% In 2020

  09-10-2020 20:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify reports that listening time for its collection of mental health playlists and associated content has surged in 2020. The never-ending news cycle of COVID-19, the US election, economic malaise, and racial conflict is stressing us out — and deteriorating our mental health. So it’s hardly surprising that mindfulness and mental health playlists are being […]The post Spotify Says Mental Health Is One of Its Fastest-Growing ‘Genres’ — Listening Time Up 50%
  
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• Flaming Lips Plotting Covid-Safe Concert Where Audience Will Be in Giant Bubbles

  09-10-2020 20:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I mean, it seems absurd, but we at first were just doing it as not a joke, but just as a kind of funny thing, and now it's becoming kind of serious and real," Wayne Coyne says
  
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• Tool’s Maynard James Keenan says his lungs are “still damaged” from coronavirus

  09-10-2020 20:08 via nme.com
  
  Tool’s Maynard James Keenan has revealed that he had the coronavirus earlier this year and is still suffering from lung damage because of it.
  Read more: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ review
  Some people who contract the virus have complained of suffering from symptoms and after effects long after they have stopped testing positive for COVID-19.
  Keenan said in a new interview that he contracted the virus in February and that he is “still dealing with the residual e
  
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• Yoko Ono turned up John Lennon's vocals as he was 'insecure' about his voice

  09-10-2020 19:59 via music-news.com
  
  Sean Ono Lennon has recalled how his mother Yoko Ono would always turn up his late father John Lennon's vocals because he was "insecure" about his voice.
  
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• Spotify Rolls Out ‘Promo Cards’ to Help Promote Your Music (And Itself)

  09-10-2020 19:59 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify promo cards are a new way to share music and podcasts via social media – with Spotify branding. Spotify’s new tool allows musicians and podcasters to have an eye-catching way to share their content. Artists can create a promo card to share for an album, song, or podcast episode in Spotify for Artists and […]The post Spotify Rolls Out ‘Promo Cards’ to Help Promote Your Music (And Itself) appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Bruce Springsteen, Miley Cyrus, Sir Ringo Starr to feature in Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame TV special

  09-10-2020 19:58 via music-news.com
  
  Bruce Springsteen, Miley Cyrus, Sir Ringo Starr and more will feature in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame 2020 TV Special.
  
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• Stevie Nicks and Dave Grohl team up on new track 'Show Them the Way'

  09-10-2020 19:57 via music-news.com
  
  The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman has released a new solo single - which is produced by studio wizard Greg Kurstin - featuring the former Nirvana
  
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• Chaka Khan reminds people she wasn’t fond of Kanye West’s ‘Through The Wire’

  09-10-2020 19:55 via nme.com
  
  Chaka Khan has doubled down on her negative opinion of Kanye West‘s ‘Through The Wire’, which sampled her 1984 song ‘Through The Fire’.Read more: Chaka Khan interview: soul diva says “it’s not over for me yet”Khan, who was convinced by her son to give West permission to sample the record, has never been shy about voicing her disdain for how the rapper/producer used her song.
  “He said he wanted to redo the song,” she recalled in a new in
  
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• See Elton John’s New Video For Lost 1968 Psychedelic Song ‘Regimental Sgt. Zippo’

  09-10-2020 19:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Previously unreleased track appears on his upcoming box set Elton: Jewel Box
  
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• Artist Image Is Everything — Here’s How to Build Yours on a Budget

  09-10-2020 19:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  In today’s social media-driven entertainment landscape, cultivating an artist image that resonates with fans is a must. Here’s how you can build an appealing look without breaking the bank – according to three industry experts.  You want to create a killer artist image that defines your expression — but how do you get started? Just […]The post Artist Image Is Everything — Here’s How to Build Yours on a Budget appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker shares ‘Jealous Guy’ cover for John Lennon’s birthday

  09-10-2020 19:25 via nme.com
  Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has shared a cover of John Lennon’s ‘Jealous Guy’ to mark the legendary singer-songwriter’s birthday.
  Read more: John Lennon – his 10 greatest solo tracks
  The late Beatle, who would have turned 80 today (October 9), died on December 8, 1980 after he was shot in New York by Mark Chapman.
  Posting the cover to Instagram, Parker wished Lennon a happy birthday, tagged his son Sean Ono Lennon and included the hashtag #gimmesometr
  
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• Soccer Mommy’s Space-Age Synths, Junglepussy’s Salad Slams, And More Songs We Love

  09-10-2020 19:08
  
  This week's Bop Shop includes tracks by Blackpink, Junglepussy, Why Don't We, Joohoney, and more.
  
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• Naked Raygun bassist Pierre Kezdy has died

  09-10-2020 19:04 via nme.com
  
  Pierre Kezdy, the bassist of Chicago punk band Naked Raygun, has died aged 58.
  His death was reported by the Chicago Sun-Times, who said Kezdy died today (October 9) at a hospice in Glenview, Illinois, after years of having cancer.
  Kezdy began his musical career in the short-lived band Strike Under, after talking his way into the group. “He didn’t even know how to play an instrument,” Naked Raygun manager Lou Lombardo said. “He basically lied and said he knew how to play
  
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• How Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory Design Helped Define The Band

  09-10-2020 18:57
  
  As Linkin Park's seminal debut 'Hybrid Theory' turns 20, MTV News talks to designer Frank Maddocks about finalizing the album's iconic artwork and what surprises await in the 20th anniversary edition, out now.
  
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• Music at Home: Seventies Soul Protest Classics

  09-10-2020 18:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  In the years surrounding Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On,' artists like Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Diana Ross, and the O'Jays all joined a new wave of socially conscious R&B music
  
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• Queen + Adam Lambert land first Number 1 album together

  09-10-2020 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Queen + Adam Lambert have beaten Blackpink to Number 1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart this week, the Official Charts Company can confirm.
  
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• Amanda Holden scores highest-charting British female debut album of 2020

  09-10-2020 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Amanda Holden claims the UK’s highest-charting debut album of 2020 so far by a British female, entering at Number 4
  
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• 24kgoldn's 'Mood' claims a third week as UK Number 1 single

  09-10-2020 18:53 via music-news.com
  
  24kGoldn’s Mood ft. Iann Dior lands a third week at Number 1 as nine tracks enter this week’s Top 40 for the first time.
  
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• Watch Bebe Rexha and Doja Cat time travel in ‘Baby, I’m Jealous’ video

  09-10-2020 18:38 via nme.com
  
  Bebe Rexha and Doja Cat have shared a video for their new collaborative single ‘Baby, I’m Jealous’, in which they travel through time.
  Read more: Bebe Rexha: the pop queen talks new album ‘Expectations’, former bandmate Pete Wentz, and inviting Avril Lavigne to dinner
  The track details the negative impact of social media on society, as well as the world’s expectations of women with lines like, “Waste trainer for a tinier waist/ But I can’t help if
  
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• UMG, AEG, Live Nation, RIAA, CAA, Others Band Together to Demand Live Concert Government Relief

  09-10-2020 18:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Music industry mainstays including Universal Music Group (UMG), AEG Presents, Live Nation, and the RIAA have banded together to demand that the federal government provide relief to the live event sector. Joining Universal Music Group and the other above-noted entities in backing the initiative, which has been dubbed #SaveLiveEventsNow, are the Recording Academy, Paradigm, CAA, […]The post UMG, AEG, Live Nation, RIAA, CAA, Others Band Together to Demand Live Concert Government Relief appea
  
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• Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi on Eddie Van Halen: ‘He Was Always an Inventor’

  09-10-2020 18:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  "He was so humble and so nice," the guitarist says of his onetime tourmate and longtime friend. "He was just genuinely a great person"
  
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• Justin Moore Pines for Days Gone By in New Song ‘We Didn’t Have Much’

  09-10-2020 18:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  Arkansas country singer embraces a more rootsy sound on first single from his upcoming sixth album
  
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• Marty Wilde celebrates eight consecutive decades of chart success

  09-10-2020 18:11 via music-news.com
  
  With the UK’s Official Charts now spanning into an 8th decade, the Official Charts Company can confirm that one of the UK’s
  
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• Pierre Kezdy, Bassist for Celebrated Chicago Punks Naked Raygun, Dead at 58

  09-10-2020 18:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  Eighties outfit was a favorite of Dave Grohl, Steve Albini, Fall Out Boy and more
  
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• Cardi B defends Offset following divorce news, saying he’s “not a bad man”

  09-10-2020 17:57 via nme.com
  
  Cardi B has defended husband Offset in the wake of the news that they are set to divorce.
  It was reported last month that Cardi had filed for divorce in court documents in Georgia. The two married in secret on September 20, 2017.
  “He a dumbass not a bad man,” Cardi wrote in a since-deleted tweet, replying to a fan who labelled Offset a “bad man”.
  She added: “Cause out of everybody that tried to steal, finesse me into working with their brand for less he got people c
  
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• Producer Ted Templeman Remembers Eddie Van Halen: ‘He Wasn’t Just a Shredder’

  09-10-2020 17:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Templeman worked on Van Halen's first six albums and formed an enduring friendship with the guitarist that lasted through the end of his life
  
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• Watch the Clash, Sham 69’s Jimmy Pursey Perform ‘White Riot’ in Clip From Rock Against Racism Doc

  09-10-2020 17:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  New film, also titled White Riot, will arrive October 16th
  
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• Sean Ono Lennon says John Lennon returning his MBE was “more punk than anything the punks did”

  09-10-2020 17:25 via nme.com
  
  Sean Ono Lennon has spoken about John Lennon returning his MBE to the Queen, calling it “maybe more punk than anything the punks did”.
  The Beatles were each given the honour in 1965, but Lennon returned his award a year later in protest against the Vietnam War and Britain’s involvement in the conflict in Biafra.Read more: The Beatles’ split 50 years on: the best songs from the solo careersSpeaking on George Stroumboulopoulos’ Apple Music Hits show STROMBO, Ono
  
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• Demi Lovato's ex-fiance Max Ehrich urges fans to stop 'bullying' them following split

  09-10-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich split in September.
  
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• Ian Curtis mural unveiled in Manchester by Peter Hook

  09-10-2020 16:44 via nme.com
  
  A mural of Ian Curtis has been unveiled in Manchester by the late singer’s former Joy Division bandmate Peter Hook.
  The artwork was revealed today (October 9) to mark World Mental Health Day and the start of this weekend’s Headstock Weekender festival (10-11).Read more: Peter Hook: “Prince Andrew’s Secret Service men shot out New Order’s amplifier”Hook attended the unveiling of the mural, which was created by street artist Aske and was commissioned by Headstoc
  
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• Lykke Li Releases First Swedish-Language Song ‘Bron’

  09-10-2020 16:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer teams with Oscar-winning producer Ludwig Göransson for first new music in over a year
  
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• Kelly Lee Owens says she was “channelling a part of Keith Flint” in her single ‘On’

  09-10-2020 16:19 via nme.com
  
  Kelly Lee Owens has discussed “channelling a part of Keith Flint” on her recent single ‘On’.
  The Welsh DJ and producer was speaking to NME for a new Big Read interview about her recent second album, ‘Inner Song’.Read more: Kelly Lee Owens: “I genuinely feel magic around me at all times”In the interview, Owens explained that she wrote ‘On’ on the day in 2019 that the Prodigy frontman had died by suicide.
  “I genuinely felt like I wa
  
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• Members of Joy Division, New Order to Recount Story on Official Podcast ‘Transmissions’

  09-10-2020 16:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Show will also feature guests like Bono, Johnny Marr, Damon Albarn and members of Radiohead
  
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• Yola Advocates for Visibility in Uplifting New Song ‘Hold On’

  09-10-2020 15:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  Recorded during the Highwomen sessions, the track features Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Sheryl Crow, and Jason Isbell
  
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• Jack White steps in as the last-minute musical guest for this weekend’s ‘Saturday Night Live’

  09-10-2020 15:49 via nme.com
  
  Jack White has been booked as the last-minute replacement musical guest for this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live.
  The weekly live variety show’s musical guest for this week had been set to be the country artist Morgan Wallen, but he was removed from the line-up earlier this week after video emerged of him not wearing a mask while attending a crowded house party.
  Read more: SNL heroes: stunning Saturday Night Live performances by your favourite stars
  Speaking to NBC’s T
  
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• Watch Mark Knopfler, Rosanne Cash, Darius Rucker, Peter Frampton and More Cover ‘Stand By Me’

  09-10-2020 15:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Charity single of Ben E. King classic to raise money for Help Musicians
  
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• Greta Van Fleet Return With New Song ‘My Way, Soon’

  09-10-2020 15:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track is expected to appear on Michigan rock outfit's upcoming second album
  
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