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• Phil Collins Issues a Cease-and-Desist to Donald Trump After Iowa Rally

  16-10-2020 23:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Phil Collins has issued a cease-and-desist order to US President Donald Trump after his Iowa campaign rally. Trump played “In The Air Tonight” at an event in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 14. During that event, Collins’ iconic 1981 track could be heard in the background. Representatives for Collins say they issued the order. Collins’ […]The post Phil Collins Issues a Cease-and-Desist to Donald Trump After Iowa Rally appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Listen to Sturgill Simpson’s surprise double album ‘Cuttin’ Grass Vol 1 – The Butcher Shoppe Sessions’

  16-10-2020 23:27 via nme.com
  
  Sturgill Simpson has released a surprise double album, ‘Cuttin’ Grass Vol 1 – The Butcher Shoppe Sessions’ today (October 16).
  The bluegrass album is available on digital platforms now with a vinyl release set for December 11.Read more: Sturgill Simpson live in Hamburg: Not quite the sleazy ‘Sound & Fury’ set you were expectingSimpson came up with the idea for the record when he was recovering from coronavirus earlier this year. On it, he reworks
  
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• Google Search Can Now Identify Songs From Humming Just a Few Notes

  16-10-2020 23:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Google Search can now identify a song just by listening to a user humming a few notes. Here’s how it works. Google says every song’s melody is like the song’s unique fingerprint. It gives the song a unique identity that can be detected by Google’s algorithms. The company has spent some time building a machine […]The post Google Search Can Now Identify Songs From Humming Just a Few Notes appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
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• Foo Fighters, Reba McEntire, YG to Perform at NIVA’s Save Our Stages Festival

  16-10-2020 22:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Artists including Marshmello, Demi Lovato, YG, The Foo Fighters, Reba McEntire, and The Roots are set to livestream performances as part of this weekend’s Save Our Stages Festival (#SOSFEST), which will raise money for the National Independent Venue Association’s emergency-relief fund. Hosted by comedian and musician Reggie Watts and sponsored by Bud Light Seltzer, the […]The post Foo Fighters, Reba McEntire, YG to Perform at NIVA’s Save Our Stages Festival appeared firs
  
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• Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’ set to arrive on vinyl in time for Christmas

  16-10-2020 22:09 via nme.com
  
  Beyoncé‘s ‘Homecoming: The Live Album’ is set to arrive on vinyl for the first time this December.Read more: Beyoncé’s history-making Coachella headline spectacular proves we’re not worthy of herDue to arrive on December 4, the album, which captured Queen Bey’s much talked about 2018 Coachella set, will be released as a 4xLP set accompanied by a 52-page booklet.
  A description for the set reads: “Beyoncé was the first African American
  
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• Ice Cube: 'CNN axed my interview because they can't handle the truth'

  16-10-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Ice Cube was scheduled to appear on the show to discuss his collaboration with Donald Trump.
  
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• G-Eazy was blown away by Ashley Benson's singing voice

  16-10-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  G-Eazy and Ashley Benson teamed up for a song of his recent album Everything''s Strange Here.
  
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• Biffy Clyro share grand new version of ‘Space’, featuring a 40-piece orchestra and choir

  16-10-2020 21:35 via nme.com
  
  Biffy Clyro have shared a new version of their song ‘Space’, which features a 40-piece orchestra and a choir.
  The original version of the track featured on the band’s chart-topping eighth album ‘A Celebration Of Endings’, which arrived in August.Read more: Biffy Clyro: “Life can be yours – just don’t let it pass you by”The new rendition of ‘Space’ was recorded at Abbey Road Studios for Amazon Originals. The new take can be found e
  
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• Watch Foo Fighters play acoustic version of ‘Learn To Fly’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

  16-10-2020 21:31 via nme.com
  
  Foo Fighters appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (October 15) to perform an acoustic version of ‘Learn To Fly’.Read more: Foo Fighters’ most memorable live gigs – as told by Dave Grohl and Pat SmearIt comes ahead of this weekend’s (October 16-18) #SOSFest which will see the band take to the stage together for the first time since the beginning of quarantine at the Troubadour in Los Angeles.
  Put on in support of the National Independent Venue Asso
  
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• Live Nation launches Black Tour Directory to increase inclusivity in live music industry

  16-10-2020 20:57 via nme.com
  
  Live Nation Urban has launched a new tour directory in a bid to increase inclusivity in the live music industry.Read more: Trailblazers: the quietly influential Black artists who changed music foreverThe Black Tour Directory is an industry resource that aims not only to increase inclusivity but also expand opportunities for Black professionals and Black-owned companies within the live performance industry (per Billboard).
  Listing hundreds of experienced Black tour managers, production managers,
  
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• Ray BLK returns with powerful “revenge song” ‘Lovesick’

  16-10-2020 20:12 via nme.com
  
  Ray BLK has shared new single ‘Lovesick’, a “revenge song” that will feature on her long-awaited debut album.
  It’s the singer’s second release of the year, following her track ‘Warriors’, which featured on the soundtrack to the film Rocks.Read more: Little Simz, Run The Jewels and Ray Blk give advice for DIY musicians in this exclusive extract from Phil Taggart’s ‘Slacker Guide To The Music Industry’Speaking about ‘Love
  
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• Thousands of New Zealanders Enjoy a COVID-Free, Non-Socially Distanced Concert

  16-10-2020 20:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Thousands of New Zealanders recently enjoyed a COVID-free concert at the 12,000-capacity Spark Arena. Auckland-born singer-songwriter Benee performed the COVID-free concert, which was the latest in a series of non-socially distanced entertainment events in New Zealand. Fan-captured photos and footage show that thousands of Kiwis turned up to experience the October 16th performance. A second […]The post Thousands of New Zealanders Enjoy a COVID-Free, Non-Socially Distanced Concert appeared
  
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• Thousands of New Zealanders Enjoy a COVID-free Concert

  16-10-2020 20:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Thousands of New Zealanders recently enjoyed a COVID-free concert at the 12,000-capacity Spark Arena. Auckland-born singer-songwriter Benee performed the COVID-free concert, which was the latest in a series of non-socially distanced entertainment events in New Zealand. Fan-captured photos and footage show that thousands of Kiwis turned up to experience the October 16th performance, and a […]The post Thousands of New Zealanders Enjoy a COVID-free Concert appeared first on Digital Music New
  
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• Refused announce new EP ‘The Malignant Fire’ and share fierce new song ‘Born On The Outs’

  16-10-2020 19:44 via nme.com
  
  Refused have announced a new EP called ‘The Malignant Fire’ and have shared its first track, ‘Born On The Outs’.
  The new record will mark the Swedish punks’ fourth release since reuniting in 2014, following the albums ‘Freedom’ and ‘War Music’, and the EP ‘Servants Of Death’.Read more: Refused – ‘War Music’ review: a microcosm of everything brilliant about punk‘The Malignant Fire’ will be release
  
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• Listen to Renforshort’s alluring new acoustic single ‘AfterThoughts’

  16-10-2020 19:42 via nme.com
  
  Renforshort has shared an alluring new acoustic single called ‘AfterThoughts’ – you can listen to it below.Read more: Renforshort: raw pop-rock anthems dripping with teenage angstThe 18-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter’s latest dose of art-pop is set to appear on the soundtrack for Disney‘s upcoming new movie Clouds, based on the memoir Fly A Little Higher: How God Answered A Mom’s Small Prayer In A Big Way, about the life and death of singer-song
  
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• Headie One’s debut album 'Edna' tops UK albums chart

  16-10-2020 19:28 via music-news.com
  
  Headie One’s Edna lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart, becoming the first British rap debut album to land at the top spot this year.
  
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• 'Mood' by 24kGoldn make it fourth week at Number 1

  16-10-2020 19:25 via music-news.com
  
  24kGoldn’s Mood ft. Iann Dior holds tight at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, marking a fourth week at the top.
  
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• Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams re-enters Top 40 for the first time in 43 years

  16-10-2020 19:23 via music-news.com
  
  Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams re-enters the Top 40
  
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• Manic Street Preachers help disabled musician pay for vital surgery

  16-10-2020 19:05 via nme.com
  
  Manic Street Preachers have donated money to help a musician who was struggling to pay for a vital surgery.Read more: James Dean Bradfield on his new solo album, “Tory vandals” and the Manics’ next moveAli Hirscz, who sings as part of Cambridge indie band Idealistics, is in need of corrective surgery after a previous operation severed the nerve to her trapezius muscle, causing it to waste away.
  The 22-year-old suffers from an incurable connective tissue disorder
  
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• Lous And The Yakuza’s Kate Bush Nod, Hope Tala’s ‘Crazy’ Voice, And More Songs We Love

  16-10-2020 19:00
  
  This week's edition of Bop Shop includes an eclectic array of songs by Lous and the Yakuza, Hope Tala, Tini, Reason, Orla Gartland, and more.
  
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• Gorillaz to launch new Apple Music show ‘Song Machine Radio’ next week

  16-10-2020 18:57 via nme.com
  
  Gorillaz will launch their own Apple Music show next week, titled ‘Song Machine Radio’.
  The four-episode series will see each instalment hosted by a different member of the cartoon band.Read more: The best Gorillaz collaborations, from Vince Staples to De La Soul (and Shaun Ryder, of course)The show will kick off with 2D on October 19 at 10pm BST, followed by a second episode on November 6 (8pm GMT), a third on November 23 (7pm GMT) and the final episode on December 10 at 5am GMT.
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• The O2 boss on reopening the venue: “We’re working really hard to create the best possible fan experience”

  16-10-2020 18:16 via nme.com
  
  The O2 VP and general manager Steve Sayer has spoken about the plans to reopen the venue as the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the music industry.
  Squeeze will be the first band to perform at the London arena since March when they hold a socially distanced gig there in December.
  Read more: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live music
  For that show, the venue’s capacity will be reduced from 20,000 to 4,700 to allow for seats between each group of ticket-holde
  
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• New study finds that disabled people are “absent” from music education

  16-10-2020 18:14 via nme.com
  
  A new study has found that disabled people are “still absent” from “the planning and delivery” of music education.
  Commissioned by the charity Youth Music and conducted with the Take It Away Consortium, the ‘Reshape Music’ study — ‘A report exploring the lived experience of disabled musicians in education and beyond’ — aims to highlight the “significant barriers” faced by disabled musicians in accessing music education
  
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• Help Musicians extend their financial hardship support fund until next year

  16-10-2020 17:29 via nme.com
  
  The charity Help Musicians have extended their financial hardship support fund until March 2021 to aid those musicians who are struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic.
  The shutdown of the live music industry has hit the sector hard in 2020, with warnings of potential bankruptcies and long-term industry damage being repeatedly made. The earliest predicted date for the return of full-capacity gigs was recently estimated as being April 2021.
  Read more: Musicians and road crew see ris
  
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• Listen to Emotional Oranges link up with Channel Tres on smooth new single ‘All That’

  16-10-2020 17:26 via nme.com
  
  Emotional Oranges have linked up with Channel Tres on their new single ‘All That’, the first track from their next project.
  The LA pop duo – comprised of members A and V – released their debut EP ‘The Juice: Vol. 1’ in May 2019, following it up with ‘Vol. 2’ six months later.
  Read more: “We’re going to be the biggest band in the world” – Meet Emotional Oranges, the Kanye-approved R&B collective
  A third record, ‘Jui
  
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• Justin Bieber 'emotional' watching Jacob Tremblay portray him in new music video

  16-10-2020 17:15 via music-news.com
  
  The singer says it feels "powerful to express vulnerability"
  
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• Glass Animals and Arlo Parks team up on new version of ‘Tangerine’

  16-10-2020 16:53 via nme.com
  
  Glass Animals and Arlo Parks have teamed up on a new version of ‘Tangerine’ – scroll down to hear it now.
  The track originally appeared without Parks on Glass Animals’ latest album ‘Dreamland’, which was released in August.
  Read more: Arlo Parks live in London: kindness and kismet with the country’s most empathetic pop star
  This new take on the song premiered last night (October 15) during the Oxford band’s ‘Live In The Internet’ livest
  
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• Editors and Happy Mondays to headline brand new festival Creation Day

  16-10-2020 16:14 via nme.com
  
  Editors and Happy Mondays have been announced as the first-ever headliners of the brand new festival Creation Day.
  Billed as “a celebration of the legendary Creation Records label and the legacy of its visionary founder, Alan McGee”, the event is set to take place at Wolverhampton West Park from May 29-30, 2021.
  Read more: Alan McGee: “The music industry doesn’t want young indie rock’n’roll. The culture is so different”
  McGee has curated the line-up
  
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• Beabadoobee has been working on new music with The 1975: “It’s a little thing coming out after the album”

  16-10-2020 15:31 via nme.com
  
  Beabadoobee has revealed that she’s been working on new music with The 1975.
  The artist, real name Bea Kristi, is labelmates with the band on Dirty Hit.
  Speaking to NME for this week’s cover feature, Bea explained how she began working on new material with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy and drummer George Daniel after they all decamped to Oxford.
  READ MORE: Beabadoobee: “I wear my heart on my sleeve with this album”
  She said: “It was one of the nicest experiences of
  
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• Beabadoobee Mines Her Own Cosmic Dust

  16-10-2020 15:20
  
  Beabadoobee, the 20-year-old rising rock star, has turned an early career of lo-fi acoustic pop to arena gigs with The 1975 and Clairo. She tells MTV News how she expanded her sound (and her mind) on dazzling debut 'Fake It Flowers.'
  
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• Watch Nick Cave perform his unreleased track ‘Euthanasia’ during ‘Idiot Prayer’ live show

  16-10-2020 14:36 via nme.com
  
  Nick Cave has shared a live performance video of his unreleased track ‘Euthanasia’ from his ‘Idiot Prayer’ live show — check out the clip below.
  Performed at Alexandra Palace in London back in July, the song featured as part of a livestreamed show which saw Cave playing a full solo set on a piano.
  READ MORE: Nick Cave live in London: the breathtaking ‘Idiot Prayer’ is an exorcism of death, religion and romance
  An extended version of ‘Idio
  
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• Sia voices “public support” for Johnny Depp in Amber Heard trial

  16-10-2020 13:42 via nme.com
  
  Sia has voiced her “public support” for Johnny Depp as the actor prepares for his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.
  The singer, unprompted, shared her support for Depp in a Twitter post which read: “Just showing my public support for Johnny Depp.”
  She added: “I mean, I’d love him to get clean and stop with the jewellery, but he is clearly the victim after hearing those tapes.”
  The Australian singer’s mention of the ‘tapes&rs
  
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• Sia labels Johnny Depp a 'victim' amid ongoing legal battle with ex-wife Amber Heard

  16-10-2020 13:15 via music-news.com
  
  Sia decided she want to show her "public support" for Johnny Depp.
  
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• Justin Bieber lashes out at 'disrespectful' fans and paparazzi

  16-10-2020 13:15 via music-news.com
  
  The Canadian popstar wants more to be done to keep the photographers away from his home.
  
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• John Legend 'in awe' of Chrissy Teigen's strength following miscarriage

  16-10-2020 13:15 via music-news.com
  
  The singer performed his new ballad Never Break at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday.
  
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• Watch King Princess become a 3D avatar in video for new single ‘Only Time Makes It Human’

  16-10-2020 12:55 via nme.com
  
  King Princess has shared her new song ‘Only Time Makes It Human’ — check out its accompanying video below.
  Produced by King Princess and Mike Malchicoff with co-production from Mark Ronson, the track is the Brooklyn, NY artist’s first piece of new material since the conclusion of the campaign for her 2019 debut album ‘Cheap Queen’.
  Read more: King Princess: Meet the gay icon-in-waiting who’s come to wreak glorious havoc on pop
  The Quinn Wilson-directed v
  
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• The Cribs share video for their new track ‘Never Thought I’d Feel Again’

  16-10-2020 12:12 via nme.com
  
  The Cribs have shared the video for ‘Never Thought I’d Feel Again’, the latest track to emerge from their upcoming eighth album ‘Night Network’.
  The video for the latest song from the Wakefield trio was shot at Hackney’s Toe Rag Studios, and features an appearance from comedian John-Luke Roberts.
  The band said of their latest effort: “We wrote this song with a very simple goal in mind – we wanted something very simple, dancey, and positive/upliftin
  
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• Cillian Murphy recalls how his teenage band were once offered a record deal

  16-10-2020 11:52 via nme.com
  
  Cillian Murphy has recalled in a new interview how his teenage band, The Sons of Mr. Green Genes, were once offered a record deal.
  The Peaky Blinders and 28 Days Later… star was speaking to BBC Radio 6 Music’s Steve Lamacq ahead of the launch next week of his own new series on the station, Cillian Murphy’s Limited Edition.
  During the interview, Lamacq asked Murphy about his musical background and the fortunes of The Sons of Mr. Green Genes, who were named after a Frank Zappa s
  
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• Rosie Carney covers Radiohead’s ‘The Bends’ and debuts stirring rendition of ‘Bones’

  16-10-2020 11:01 via nme.com
  
  Rising singer-songwriter Rosie Carney has recorded her own take on Radiohead‘s ‘The Bends’, which is set to arrive later this year. You can listen to her recording of ‘Bones’ below first on NME.
  The Irish singer set herself the challenge of re-recording the entirety of Radiohead’s classic 1995 album after initially laying down a cover of ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ while undergoing treatment for mental health issues.
  After plotting out the majority of the
  
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• Watch the video for NAHLI and Big Narstie’s new collaboration ‘Catch 22’

  16-10-2020 11:00 via nme.com
  
  NAHLI and Big Narstie have shared the video for their new collaboration ‘Catch 22’ — check out the clip below.
  Described as a “luxurious, defiantly old-skool UK garage-inspired track”, ‘Catch 22’ marks NAHLI’s debut release on the independent label and studio Rebel Records.
  Read more: Big Narstie talks The Big Narstie Show, becoming a MMA fighter and why he’ll never be on Love Island
  The Essex-born, London-based NAHLI has today (October 16) r
  
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• Noel Gallagher blasts BBC Radio 1 for not playing older artists

  16-10-2020 10:36 via music-news.com
  
  The former Oasis rocker - whose three solo albums with the High Flying Birds have all topped the charts over the past decade
  
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• Noddy Holder wants a Covid-19 vaccine for Christmas

  16-10-2020 10:30 via music-news.com
  
  The Slade frontman referenced the band's festive classic 'Merry Xmas Everybody' and called for a positive development during the
  
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• Rising songwriter Andrew Cushin teams up with Noel Gallagher on new track ‘Where’s My Family Gone’

  16-10-2020 10:00 via nme.com
  
  Rising songwriter Andrew Cushin has shared his new track ‘Where’s My Family Gone’, which sees him teaming up with Noel Gallagher. Check out the video exclusively on NME.
  The Oasis icon produced the Geordie star’s latest effort and plays guitar on the track, after he was sent some of the singer’s earliest demos.
  Speaking to NME, Cushin explained that his manager recorded live footage from an early gig and sent it to Noel – who subsequently lent his services to
  
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• George Clooney teaming up with Bob Dylan for new film

  16-10-2020 10:00 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Up in the Air' actor and his Smokehouse Pictures partner, Grant Heslov, are set to produce an adaptation of John Grisham's
  
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• Lil Yachty sued for assault after altercation at Rolling Loud festival

  16-10-2020 09:56 via nme.com
  
  Lil Yachty is being sued after he was allegedly involved in a physical altercation at Rolling Loud festival in Los Angeles last year.
  The rapper, real name Miles McCollum, is being sued by a man called Jimmy Quivac – who claims that he was assaulted by McCollum and his crew.
  According to TMZ, Quivac is suing the rapper for assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He claims that Yachty and his crew attacked him as he attempted to enter the festival.
  He was repor
  
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• Jon Bon Jovi couldn't have written a record like '2020' when he was younger

  16-10-2020 09:53 via music-news.com
  
  The 58-year-old Bon Jovi frontman has tackled subjects including Black Lives Matter, the coronavirus pandemic, fake news and mass
  
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• Justin Bieber recalls 'tough' life chapters as he drops new song Lonely

  16-10-2020 09:49 via music-news.com
  
  Justin Bieber has released his new song 'Lonely', and admitted it was "hard to listen to" at first because it brought back memories of "tough" chapters of his life.
  
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• Lizzo 'optimistic and hopeful' amid Black Lives Matter movement

  16-10-2020 09:45 via music-news.com
  
  Lizzo noticed a shift in the reaction following George Floyd's death in May.
  
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• Former AC/DC bass guitarist Paul Matters has died

  16-10-2020 09:43 via nme.com
  
  Former AC/DC bass guitarist Paul Matters has died.
  Matters joined the trailblazing rock group after the release of 1975’s ‘High Voltage’, replacing original bassist Larry Van Kriedt.
  He was fired only weeks later, with Mark Evans taking his place in the band.
  His passing was announced on Facebook by friend Rod Wescombe, who said he had led a “reclusive life” after his dismissal from the band.
  “I first met Paul in 1973 when he was playing bass in “Armaged
  
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• Shawn Mendes apologises for missing radio interview

  16-10-2020 09:15 via music-news.com
  
  Shawn Mendes missed the interview due to "miscommunication".
  
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