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• David Byrne says he hasn’t read Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz’s memoir ‘Remain In Love’

  15-10-2020 23:45 via nme.com
  
  David Byrne has admitted that he hasn’t read his former Talking Heads bandmate Chris Frantz’s memoir Remain In Love.
  The band broke up in 1991, and have only played together once since, for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002.
  Speaking earlier this year, Frantz was scathing about his former bandmate.
  “It’s true that his public image has changed. But friends of mine assure me that he hasn’t. I think he probably just decided that he could cat
  
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• Next series of Netflix’s ‘Song Exploder’ to feature Nine Inch Nails, The Killers and Dua Lipa

  15-10-2020 23:33 via nme.com
  
  The next series of Netflix‘s Song Exploder is set to feature Nine Inch Nails, The Killers and Dua Lipa.
  The show, based on the hit podcast of the same name, which sees musicians break down the process of writing their most famous songs, launched this month with Alicia Keys, R.E.M. and more.READ MORE: Netflix’s ‘Song Exploder’: what we learned from the hit podcast turned miniseriesAs part of the new series, set to come to the streaming service on December 15, Nine Inch Nai
  
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• Sony Music UK Doubles Down on Data-Intensive Talent Discovery With ‘Robots + Humans’ Imprint

  15-10-2020 23:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music UK and Sony/ATV are establishing a new data-driven venture with Rob Ronaldson. The venture dubbed Robots + Humans will focus on “identifying and cultivating new artists using cutting edge A&R insights.” Ronaldson has a long history of finding the next biggest hits based on data. Ronaldson himself has helped spawn hits for Sony […]The post Sony Music UK Doubles Down on Data-Intensive Talent Discovery With ‘Robots + Humans’ Imprint appeared first on Di
  
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• Kottonmouth Kings Cofounder Steven ‘Saint Dog’ Thronson Found Dead at 44

  15-10-2020 23:06 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Kottonmouth Kings cofounder Steven “Saint Dog” Thronson passed away yesterday, his management has confirmed. He was 44 years old. Kottonmouth Kings acknowledged the unfortunate news on social media, writing of Saint Dog: “We will miss you and your big heart. You were one of a kind and our hearts our broken. But we promise to […]The post Kottonmouth Kings Cofounder Steven ‘Saint Dog’ Thronson Found Dead at 44 appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Watch Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon play new Big Red Machine song ‘The Latter Days’

  15-10-2020 23:05 via nme.com
  
  Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon has performed a new Big Red Machine song ‘The Latter Days’.
  The frontman showcased the new track during his latest Visit With Vernon session, in Winconsin in which undecided voters sit down with the him for a conversation about the forthcoming election.
  Earlier this month, Vernon paid tribute to the late Supreme Court Judge, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with a new song, ‘Your Honor’, for the session.
  This time he showcased Big Red Machi
  
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• Listen to Inhaler’s anthemic new single ‘When It Breaks’

  15-10-2020 22:52 via nme.com
  
  Inhaler have shared a brand new single – listen to ‘When It Breaks’ below.
  The track was written and recorded this summer during the period of coronavirus-enforced lockdown.READ MORE: Inhaler are the Dubliners who want rock to rage again – and shake off those U2 comparisons“We wrote ‘When It Breaks’ in the last couple of months,” the band wrote of the new song. “Over lockdown we were floating around the instrumental demo, it was dark but
  
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• Alice Cooper has shared a new video for his 1972 track ‘Elected’

  15-10-2020 22:29 via nme.com
  
  Alice Cooper has shared a new video for his 1972 single ‘Elected’.Read more: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Alice CooperThe veteran rocker has also shared a host of new presidential merchandise including T-shirts, stickers, and pins that show Cooper holding his own severed head, emblazoned with phrases such as, “A Sickman for a Sick Nation / Wild Party Forever”.
  He also revamped his official website around the track with slogans including: &ldquo
  
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• Alice Glass says she is being “gutted” over Crystal Castles royalty payments

  15-10-2020 22:06 via nme.com
  
  Alice Glass has encouraged fans to stream her solo music, saying she’s being “gutted” over royalty payments from music by her former band Crystal Castles.
  Glass announced her departure from Crystal Castles in 2014. In 2017, she then shared a statement accusing her former bandmate Ethan Kath of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse.
  After denying the claims, Kath then responded by suing Glass for defamation. Glass revealed back in 2018 that the lawsuit had been dismisse
  
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• Kat Dennings: 'Billie Eilish body-shamers need to take a hard look at themselves'

  15-10-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Kat Denning has insisted Billie is "beautiful and normal".
  
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• Ally Brooke urges celibate fans to 'stay strong' in the face of temptation

  15-10-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Ally Brooke recently admitted she's still a virgin.
  
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• Cardi B says she has decided not to divorce Offset

  15-10-2020 21:38 via nme.com
  
  Cardi B has shared a video in which she claims that she is no longer divorcing her husband Offset.
  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.
  “Every single time that this guy has been so crazy, so fucked up and it hits the media, I’m always crying, always sad because I don’t like that type of shit,” the rapper said at the time.
  “The reason for my divorce is not because o
  
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• Phil Collins issues Donald Trump with cease and desist order after ‘In The Air Tonight’ is played at a rally

  15-10-2020 21:10 via nme.com
  
  Phil Collins has issued US President Donald Trump with a cease and desist order after ‘In The Air Tonight’ was played at a campaign rally this week.
  Trump held an event in Des Moines, Iowa last night (October 14), and used Collins’ iconic 1981 track.
  Now, in a statement made to Consequence Of Sound, representatives for the Genesis man confirm that they have issued the order, becoming the latest in a long line of artists to object to Trump using their music.
  “Yes we are we
  
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• BTS Members Receive $15 Million Each from Big Hit’s Soaring IPO

  15-10-2020 21:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Each BTS member has become more than $15 million richer thanks to the immense success of Big Hit Entertainment’s IPO. Last month, we reported that Bang Si-hyuk, founder and co-CEO of the 15-year-old Big Hit agency, had given the seven stars of BTS 68,385 shares apiece ahead of his company’s long-awaited debut on the public […]The post BTS Members Receive $15 Million Each from Big Hit’s Soaring IPO appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Watch the trailer for Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Letter To You’ documentary

  15-10-2020 20:37 via nme.com
  
  The first full trailer for Bruce Springsteen‘s new documentary, Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You, has been shared.
  Read more: A beginner’s guide to Bruce Springsteen
  The Apple Original Films documentary is set to arrive on Apple TV+ on October 23 and will coincide with the release of Springsteen’s new album with The E Street Band, also called ‘Letter To You’.
  The documentary captures Springsteen recording the new LP live with the full E Street Band, and
  
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• KennyHoopla teases new song with Blink-182’s Travis Barker

  15-10-2020 20:13 via nme.com
  
  KennyHoopla has shared a teaser for a new song with Blink-182‘s Travis Barker – listen below.Read more: Meet KennyHoopla, the Wisconsin shape-shifter repurposing indie bangers for the 2020sThe Wisconsin-based singer released his new EP ‘how will i rest in peace if i’m buried by a highway?’ earlier this year.
  Shared along with the caption “whenever ur ready,” which may or may not be the title of the forthcoming song, the teaser features 15 seconds of rauc
  
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• Tommy Lee hits back at Ted Nugent for branding him “a convicted felon, domestic violence heroin addict”

  15-10-2020 19:58 via nme.com
  
  Tommy Lee has hit back at Ted Nugent after the Donald Trump supporter branded him “a convicted felon, domestic violence heroin addict.”
  In an interview with Blunt Force Truth, Nugent discussed his recent appearance on Sammy Hagar’s AXS TV reality series Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar.
  “The producers wouldn’t let [Sammy] near me, even though he and I go way back; we’re dear friends. They thought I was dangerous, that I’d come out with a machin
  
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• Sam Smith, Maluma, Doja Cat, Yungblud and Zara Larsson set to perfom at MTV EMAs

  15-10-2020 19:43 via music-news.com
  
  MTV today announced a set of superstars leading the “2020 MTV EMAs” performance lineup. Sam Smith, Maluma, Doja Cat
  
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• Melanie C:The Spice Girls talk about doing another tour together 'all the time'

  15-10-2020 19:19 via music-news.com
  
  The 46-year-old singer - who used to be known as Sporty Spice - reunited with Mel B, Emma Bunton and Geri Horner for a tour in 2019
  
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• Watch the raunchy new video for Yungblud’s single ‘Cotton Candy’

  15-10-2020 19:15 via nme.com
  
  Yungblud has shared a raunchy video for his new single ‘Cotton Candy’.
  READ MORE: Yungblud — his best cover versions, from Drake to Oasis
  The song is the fourth preview of his upcoming second album ‘Weird!’ following on from the release of the tracks ‘God Save Me, But Don’t Drown Me Out’, ‘Weird!’ and ‘Strawberry Lipstick’.
  “‘Cotton Candy’ is about sexual liberation,” Yungblud recently said about
  
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• Yungblud Can’t Keep Hands to Himself in ‘Cotton Candy’ Video

  15-10-2020 19:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Single will appear on British pop-rock star's upcoming album
  
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• Common Added to Afropunk’s 2020 Virtual Festival Planet Afropunk

  15-10-2020 18:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lineup already features Ari Lenox, Bootsy Collins, Moses Sumney, and more
  
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• Korn to collaborate with ‘World Of Tanks Blitz’ for Halloween event

  15-10-2020 18:33 via nme.com
  
  Korn will be collaborating with World Of Tanks Blitz for a special Halloween event and to mark the release of their music video for ‘Finally Free’.Read More: Kingdom Hearts: Melody Of Memory: the future of the franchise through music‘Finally Free’ is taken from their latest studio album release, ‘The Nothing’, and takes the character Captain from the World Of Tanks Blitz universe and turns him into a Korn fan. In the video, Captain is attempting to travel to K
  
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• Pete Rock Readies Long-Awaited ‘PeteStrumentals 3’ LP

  15-10-2020 18:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hear "Say It Again" from legendary hip-hop producer's third instrumental LP, a collaboration with all-star studio band the Soul Brothers
  
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• Wilco Release ‘Candy Floss’ Demo From Upcoming ‘Summerteeth’ Reissue

  15-10-2020 18:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band's third album will be rereleased as a deluxe set on November 6th
  
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• Tom Morello soundtracks short film ‘No Justice, No Peace’ for George Floyd’s birthday

  15-10-2020 18:18 via nme.com
  
  Tom Morello has soundtracked a short film on what would have been George Floyd‘s 47th birthday.
  Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protest
  The film entitled No Justice, No Peace, sees the Rage Against The Machine guitarist’s track ‘Marching On Ferguson’ over footage of Floyd’s murder, imagery of protests and news footage surrounding the deaths of Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, and Breonna Taylor.
  The short film s
  
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• Lana Del Rey to release new track ‘Let Me Love You Like A Woman’ tomorrow

  15-10-2020 18:18 via nme.com
  
  Lana Del Rey is seemingly set to release ‘Let Me Love You Like A Woman’, the first track to arrive from her upcoming album ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’.
  The singer is yet to confirm the track’s release, but fans have discovered its Spotify listing, which confirms it will arrive in the early hours of Friday (October 16).
  The listing confirms that the track clocks in at three minutes and twenty seconds, and comes accompanied by new artwork which sees Del Rey&rsq
  
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• Song You Need to Know: Dawes, ‘Between the Zero and the One’

  15-10-2020 18:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  In one of the best songs on their new album, the band highlights the beauty in growing up and cutting ties
  
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• Watch Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Letter to You’ Documentary Trailer

  15-10-2020 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Film is "a tribute to the E Street Band, to rock music itself, and to the role it has played in Springsteen's life"
  
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• Guided By Voices Announce Third Album of 2020, Drop New Song ‘Mr. Child’

  15-10-2020 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Styles We Paid For is out in December
  
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• Benny the Butcher Previews ‘Burden of Proof’ LP With Triumphant ‘Legend’ Video

  15-10-2020 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Buffalo, New York rapper teamed up with Hit-Boy for his second project of 2020
  
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• Veteran Sideman Brett Tuggle on His Years With Fleetwood Mac, David Lee Roth, and More

  15-10-2020 17:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tuggle played in Fleetwood Mac and their various solo offshoots for nearly 20 years, but was let go shortly after the band parted ways with Lindsey Buckingham
  
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• Paul Rudd, Stacey Abrams, Jeff Tweedy Set for ‘Fridays for Unity’ Series to Drive Voter Turnout

  15-10-2020 17:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rolling Stone's new two-part series will also feature conversations with Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Paul Rudd, Beto O'Rourke, Mandy Moore, Gavin Newsom
  
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• Lil Xan opens up about his battle with depression and sobriety

  15-10-2020 17:35 via nme.com
  
  Lil Xan has opened up about his recent battles with depression and sobriety.READ MORE: Don’t know Lil Xan from Lil Pump? Here’s a handy who’s-who of Eminem’s nemeses, the face-tat rappersOver the summer the rapper said he was now sober after an addiction to prescription pills caused him to suffer multiple seizures earlier this year.
  “About 2 months ago I suffered from multiple seizures,” the rapper tweeted at the time alongside a smiling picture of himsel
  
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• Julie Adenuga on Season 3 of ‘Julie’s Top 5’: “I just really love a good argument!”

  15-10-2020 17:23 via nme.com
  
  Julie Adenuga’s YouTube show, Julie’s Top 5, is known as “the most argumentative show” about music right now – and with good reason. Over two seasons, the hit show followed Adenuga and guests as they debated the top five songs in an artist’s discography, often with hilarious – and explosive – results.
  Now, back with a new season, Adenuga and her panel debate the Top 5 of The Streets, Lily Allen and JME – as well as a host of international art
  
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• Ice Cube defends working with Trump administration

  15-10-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  Ice Cube insisted he spoke to both parties about his plan.
  
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• Demi Lovato praises Taylor Swift's 'authentic' political message

  15-10-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  The singer says being "authentic" is important to her.
  
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• Watch Post Malone forget how to lip-sync during Billboard Awards

  15-10-2020 17:01 via nme.com
  
  Footage from Post Malone‘s performance at the Billboard Awards last night (October 14) has surfaced showing the rapper lip-synching out of time.
  Read more: From Post Malone to Lil Uzi Vert, rap-rock is back. And this time, it doesn’t suck
  Malone performed his hit single ‘Circles’ on an industrial structure, which saw him struggle to keep in time as he rapped the lyrics.
  He was then joined by Tyla Yaweh for their collaborative single ‘Tommy Lee’, which saw
  
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• The 2020 MTV EMA Performers Are Here: Sam Smith, Doja Cat, Maluma, And More

  15-10-2020 16:59
  
  Sam Smith, Doja Cat, Zara Larsson, Maluma, and Yungblud are the international superstars performing at the 2020 MTV EMA.
  
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• Nick Cave says he wouldn’t have survived heroin addiction without Narcotics Anonymous: “Go to a fucking meeting”

  15-10-2020 16:07 via nme.com
  
  Nick Cave has admitted that he wouldn’t have survived his addiction to heroin if he didn’t go to Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
  The Bad Seeds frontman battled addiction while writing and recording 1988’s ‘Tender Prey’, but eventually beat his demons after regularly attending meetings held by the support group.
  Cave praised NA in the latest edition of his Red Hand Files after he was asked for advice by a US fan called Evan, who is a recovering heroin addict.
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• Stevie Nicks says Fleetwood Mac and Lindsey Buckingham “haven’t had any communication” since his heart attack

  15-10-2020 16:06 via nme.com
  
  Stevie Nicks has revealed that she and her Fleetwood Mac bandmates “haven’t had any communication” with Lindsey Buckingham since they last exchanged letters following his 2019 heart attack.
  Buckingham, who was fired from the band in April 2018, required open heart surgery in February 2019 after experiencing chest pains.
  Nicks revealed last month that she sent Buckingham a letter following his health scare, urging him to “take care of yourself… and get your voice ba
  
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• Maxïmo Park’s Paul Smith: “It feels like nobody’s been held to account for the Grenfell Tower fire”

  15-10-2020 15:49 via nme.com
  
  Crumbling communities, burning tower blocks, manipulative phone screens; having railed against the horrors of Trump-era politics on 2017’s ‘Risk To Exist’, in 2020 Maximo Park have turned instead to the after-effects. “I’ve always wanted to reflect the time that each record is made in, and not hark back to anything,” singer Paul Smith tells NME of their new seventh album ‘Nature Always Wins’ – a record lyrically informed by Grenfell, the Bata
  
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• David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ is returning to Broadway in 2021

  15-10-2020 15:27 via nme.com
  
  David Byrne‘s acclaimed American Utopia live show is set to return to Broadway in New York City next September.
  Byrne’s stage show/“rock spectacle” is a live adaptation of the artist’s 2018 solo album ‘American Utopia’, which NME previously praised as “the best musical experience on the planet”.
  Read more: American Utopia review: Spike Lee presents David Byrne in all his glory
  This week’s premiere of the Spike Lee-directed HBO release o
  
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• Angus Young denies rumours that Malcolm Young’s guitar playing is on the new AC/DC album

  15-10-2020 14:28 via nme.com
  
  AC/DC‘s Angus Young has dismissed reports that Malcolm Young’s guitar playing can be heard on ‘Power Up’, the band’s upcoming seventeenth album.
  Malcolm, who co-founded the band alongside his brother in 1977, died in 2017 after a lengthy battle with dementia.
  Setting the record straight, Angus confirmed that his brother’s contribution to the record comes solely through his song ideas.
  “Malcolm’s contribution is mainly the song ideas, which he did w
  
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• Music venues and arts organisations forced to back government campaign to secure funding

  15-10-2020 13:33 via nme.com
  
  Grassroots music venues and arts organisations are reportedly required to publicise a government campaign in order to access vital rescue grants.
  The money comes courtesy of the Cultural Recovery Fund, which saw the government pledging £1.57 billion to save the beleaguered sector earlier this year.
  However, The Independent claims to have seen confidential documents which show that organisations have agreed to publicise the government’s ‘Here For Culture’ campaign on soci
  
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• Listen to James Blake’s new EP ‘Before’

  15-10-2020 13:31 via nme.com
  
  James Blake has released his new EP ‘Before’ — you can listen to the four-track record below.
  The EP is Blake’s first new collection of music since the release of his 2019 album ‘Assume Form’, although he has released a small number of singles, including ‘You’re Too Precious’ and ‘Are You Even Real?’, since.
  Read more: James Blake – ‘Before’ EP review: loved-up ballads and club bangers come together in harmony
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• Anais Gallagher on her dad Noel not wearing a mask: “I’m less revolutionary”

  15-10-2020 12:46 via nme.com
  
  Noel Gallagher‘s daughter Anaïs has distanced herself from her dad’s comments on coronavirus, revealing that she has “never not worn a mask”.
  The former Oasis guitarist sparked condemnation last month when he explained that he refuses to wear face masks while out shopping.
  He said: “I choose not to wear one and if I get the virus it’s on me, it’s not on anyone else.”
  Responding to her dad’s comments in a new interview with Metro.co.uk, A
  
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• Bring Me The Horizon announce ‘Post Human’ 2021 UK arena tour

  15-10-2020 12:15 via nme.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon have announced the dates of their ‘Post Human’ UK arena tour, which is due to kick off in September 2021.
  The band are aiming to tour next year in support of their recently announced EP ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’, which is set for release on October 30.
  Read more: Bring Me The Horizon and Yungblud’s ‘Obey’ is a massive, genre-bending call-to-arms
  BMTH have now announced a set of live dates for September 2021, with the tour set to
  
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• Organisers of Chainsmokers show fined $20,000 for breaking COVID-19 guidance

  15-10-2020 10:56 via nme.com
  
  The organisers of a recent Chainsmokers show have been fined $20,000 (£15,000) after they failed to enforce coronavirus safety measures during the event in July.
  The EDM duo were widely criticised this summer after footage showed the pair performing in The Hamptons to a crowd which appeared to be tightly packed together – with little or no social distancing in place.
  It drew widespread condemnation from New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who described the event as “an illegal
  
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• MPs to examine the economic impact of streaming on the music industry

  15-10-2020 10:52 via nme.com
  
  MPs are set to examine the economic impact that music streaming is having on artists, record labels and the wider music industry.
  The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee are looking into the issue, with the first evidence session for the ‘Economics of music streaming’ inquiry expected to be held at the end of November.
  The Committee will look at “the business models” operated by such streaming giants as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Google Play. Over &pou
  
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• Billie Eilish urges fans to “please vote and wear a mask” while accepting Billboard Music award

  15-10-2020 10:08 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish urged her fans and the public at large to “please vote and wear a mask” while giving her acceptance speech for Top Female Artist at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.
  Eilish was among the big winners at last night’s ceremony (October 14), which was held at an empty Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Read more: Every single Billie Eilish song ranked in order of greatness
  Eilish picked up three awards last night — Top New Artist, Top F
  
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