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• Watch Haim, Feist and more play Cat Stevens’ virtual ‘CatSong Festival’

  05-12-2020 23:15 via nme.com
  
  Today (December 5), Yusuf / Cat Stevens hosted a virtual event called ‘CatSong Festival’, which saw famous fans covering classic Stevens tracks.READ MORE: Yusuf / Cat Stevens – ‘Tea for the Tillerman²’ review: ’70s pop-folk classic gets a modern makeoverThe special live YouTube broadcast celebrated the 50th anniversary of Stevens’ 1970 albums ‘Tea For The Tillerman’ and ‘Mona Bone Jakon’ and saw the likes of HAIM, Brando
  
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• Jeremih Released From Hospital Following Battle With COVID-19

  05-12-2020 23:06
  
  Jeremih has been released from a Chicago hospital after spending weeks battling COVID-19.
  “First and foremost, I would like to thank God and the incredible team of doctors and nurses at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for saving my life. I will be forever grateful,” said Jeremih in a statement sent to Billboard on Saturday (Dec. 5). “I would also like to thank my family and friends for all their prayers and well wishes. I’m overwhelmed with gratitude.”
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• Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes Release Surprise ‘The Christmas Song’ Duet

  05-12-2020 22:58
  
  Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes have gifted fans with a surprise holiday duet.
  The duo release their version of the classic “The Christmas Song” on Saturday (Dec. 5).
  “This has been such a crazy year with so many challenges. This holiday season, it is more important than ever to spread love and kindness to everyone! Shawn and I wanted to send all our love to you amazing humans so we put together something special for you, our rendition of #TheChristmasSong,” Cabello wrote
  
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• Willie J Healey gets festive on new track ‘Merry Christmas’

  05-12-2020 22:57 via nme.com
  
  Willie J Healey has shared a new Christmas song – listen to the simply titled ‘Merry Christmas’ below.
  The new track follows the British singer-songwriter’s debut full-length album ‘Twin Heavy’, which came out earlier this year via YALA! Records.READ MORE: Willie J Healey: “When I was dropped I remember thinking, ‘You idiots – I’m the next Paul McCartney’”“I’ve always loved Christmas,” Healey said of the ne
  
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• Sea Girls reschedule 2021 UK tour for the second time

  05-12-2020 21:38 via nme.com
  
  Sea Girls have rescheduled their upcoming UK tour for the second time – check out the new run of dates below.
  The tour, originally set to take place this November, was rescheduled for February 2021 back in September, and the gigs have now been pushed again to October 2021.READ MORE: Baby Queen: sharp, satirical and infectious bangers from one of pop’s most essential new voicesSpeaking of the latest rearrangement of the tour, which will see the band supported by rising star Baby Queen
  
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• Cardi B Reacts to Teyana Taylor’s Music Retirement Announcement: ‘I Hate That She Feels How She Feels’

  05-12-2020 20:37
  
  Cardi B is having a strong reaction to Teyana Taylor’s unexpected announcement that she’s seemingly retiring from music.
  On Friday (Dec. 4), Taylor took to Instagram to share her impressive Spotify year-end streaming data while also expressing feelings of being “super under appreciated as a artist” and receiving “little to no real push from the ‘machine.'”
  Taylor continued by announcing that she’s “retiring this chapter of my story with the c
  
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• Drumming sensation Nandi Bushell shares new original song ‘Gods and Unicorns’

  05-12-2020 19:53 via nme.com
  
  10-year-old drumming sensation Nandi Bushell has shared a new original song – listen to ‘Gods and Unicorns’ below.
  The track follows a series of back-and-forth drum battles between Bushell and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl across lockdown.READ MORE: 10-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell’s greatest cover songs“My heart is full of pride! I am so excited for you to hear my new song I wrote with Zuzu,” Bushell wrote of the song. “On the song I play ALL the in
  
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• Sophie Turner Shares Never-Before-Seen Throwback Pregnancy Photo With Joe Jonas

  05-12-2020 19:12
  
  Sophie Turner is revisiting her days as a soon-to-be mother.
  The Game of Thrones actress took to Instagram on Friday (Nov. 4) to share some past photographs, including a never-before-seen pic of her baby bump.
  In one of the images, the 24-year-old actress is seen standing in front of a mirror showing off her bare pregnant belly alongside admiring husband, Joe Jonas.“Felt like we needed some content on this page… enjoy these throwbacks,” Turner captioned the slideshow.
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• Jeremih released from hospital as he continues recovery from coronavirus

  05-12-2020 19:04 via nme.com
  
  Jeremih has been released from hospital as he continues his recovery after contracting coronavirus.
  The singer and rapper was admitted to intensive care last month with Covid-19, before being released from ICU on November 21.
  Sharing a statement with TMZ, Jeremih said: “First and foremost, I would like to thank God and the incredible team of doctors and nurses at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for saving my life. I will be forever grateful. I would also like to thank my family and friends
  
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• Watch Liam Gallagher perform new single ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ on the Thames

  05-12-2020 18:13 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher is set to share his ‘Down By The River Thames’ livestream event tonight (December 5), and has previewed the show with a performance on Fallon.
  In the new late-night performance, Gallagher performed his new festive single ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ while floating down a barge on London’s River Thames.READ MORE: Liam Gallagher’s new song ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ is a touching festive balladWatch Liam Gallagher’s floatin
  
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• Jamie Cullum attempts to break Guinness World Record for biggest music lesson ever held

  05-12-2020 18:10 via music-news.com
  
  As we fast approach what’s expected to be a very different Christmas for us all this year, the multi- platinum selling musician and
  
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• So, How Was Your 2020, Luis Fonsi?

  05-12-2020 17:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Vida star spent the year binging Ozark and Bad Bunny and recording his daughter's first song in the studio
  
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• Kelly Jones: 'I've never had a vocal coach before'

  05-12-2020 17:23 via music-news.com
  
  Hitting the UK Number 1 spot in Business, Sports and Lifestyle in the Apple Podcast Charts, with over one million downloads
  
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• How to Watch Dolly Parton’s CBS Christmas Special ‘A Holly Dolly Christmas’

  05-12-2020 17:00
  
  Dolly Parton is spreading much-needed holiday cheer early with A Holly Dolly Christmas this weekend.
  To ring in her favorite time of the year at the end of a turbulent one, Parton will perform holiday classics and hymns partly from her Christmas album of the same name during the one-hour CBS Christmas special. She’ll also recount her personal Christmas memories and faith-based stories from an intimate, candlelit setting.
  “I am so proud to be a part of the CBS family th
  
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• Ciara and Russell Wilson launching fashion house

  05-12-2020 17:00 via music-news.com
  
  Ciara and Russell Wilson have announced the launch of their own fashion house.
  
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• Mel B: 'Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes'

  05-12-2020 16:56 via music-news.com
  
  Mel B is championing body positivity as she announced she's the new host of The Fashion Hero.
  
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• Jennifer Lopez: 'I've never had Botox'

  05-12-2020 16:54 via music-news.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez has never had Botox as she prefers a natural approach to taking care of her skin.
  
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• Stella McCartney, Prada and Burberry among winners at The Fashion Awards 2020

  05-12-2020 16:44 via music-news.com
  
  Stella McCartney, Prada, and Burberry were among the winners at The Fashion Awards 2020 on Thursday night.
  
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• 5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (December 5)

  05-12-2020 16:00
  
  From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
  Lights, camera, action!
  Sebastián Yatra is set to make his television series acting debut on Netflix’s forthcoming series Érase Una Vez … Pero Ya No. Yatra will join castmates Rossy de Palma, Asier Etxeandia, Daniela Vega,&nb
  
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• Lupe Fiasco shares new freestyle he made on Clubhouse

  05-12-2020 15:37 via nme.com
  
  Lupe Fiasco has shared a new freestyle that he made in a room on social media app Clubhouse.Read more: All that power: celebrating the genius of Kanye West’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, a tumultuous decade onLast night (December 4), the rapper hosted a Clubhouse room called ‘Rhymen Shop #2’, where he broke down his writing process and crafted a new record in real-time for those in attendance.
  Rapping over the beat for Beanie Sigel‘s 2001 track &l
  
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• See Liam Gallagher Perform ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ From Atop a Barge on ‘Fallon’

  05-12-2020 15:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer previews his "Down by the River Thames" streaming special
  
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• How to Watch 2020 ‘MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time’

  05-12-2020 15:00
  
  The 2020 MTV Movie & TV Awards won’t be in its traditional format this year due to COVID-19, so the standard awards show will be a Greatest of All Time Hollywood highlights special instead.
  Vanessa Hudgens will host the 90-minute special, which will rewind through the most memorable moments in film and TV from the ’80s until now. It will shine a spotlight on the “GOATs” of Hollywood — including Kevin Bacon, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell, Selma Blair, Ja
  
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• NxWorries debut new track ‘Where I Go’ at Double Happiness Festival

  05-12-2020 14:52 via nme.com
  
  NxWorries debuted a new track called ‘Where I Go’ at Double Happiness Festival on Wednesday night (December 2).Read more: NxWorries – ‘Yes Lawd!’ album reviewThe duo made up of Anderson .Paak and producer Knxwledge played a set at the 88rising festival, a virtual version of a tour that the media company has booked in past years.
  The festival, which featured artists of Asian descent from around the world, saw NxWorries perform on a stage decorated with dry ice and co
  
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• Frank Ocean cancels release of new vinyl and issues refunds

  05-12-2020 14:30 via nme.com
  Frank Ocean has cancelled the release of an upcoming vinyl release.Read More: From Frank Ocean to The Beach Boys – the greatest albums about Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe release, which was said to feature an unnamed new song, initially went on sale back in February.
  The US singer-songwriter and producer, who was due to headline Coachella this April, first unveiled an Arca remix of his Skepta collaboration ‘Little Demon’ back in November 2019. Upon its arr
  
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• Listen to Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande collaborate on new version of ‘Oh Santa!’

  05-12-2020 13:57 via nme.com
  
  Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande have debuted a new version of ‘Oh Santa’ – you can watch the video below.Read More: Mariah Carey – ‘The Rarities’ review: a fascinating complement to her delicious tell-all memoirThe collaboration appeared on a new Christmas special show, which aired on AppleTV+ yesterday (December 4).
  The pop star had previously hinted that a collaboration was happening when back in October, Carey tweeted a photograph of th
  
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• Watch Shakira join Black Eyed Peas in vibrant ‘Girl Like Me’ video

  05-12-2020 13:53 via nme.com
  
  Black Eyed Peas have shared a video for their new track ‘Girl Like Me’ featuring Shakira – watch it below.Read more: Shakira on the movie of her ill-fated El Dorado tour: “I knew someday I’d lose my youth or my beauty, but I never thought I would lose my voice…”Taken from ‘Translation’, the recent album from the Will.i.am-fronted group, the song pays tribute to Latin Women.
  “La-La-Latinas/ I want a girl like Shakira/ Esa lati
  
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• Watch the David Lynch-inspired video for The Anchoress’ emotive new track, ‘Unravel’

  05-12-2020 13:37 via nme.com
  
  The Anchoress has released a David-Lynch inspired video for new track, ‘Unravel’ – you can watch it below.Read More: In Defence of David Lynch’s ‘Dune’ Taken from her upcoming second album, ‘The Art Of Losing’ – which will be released on March 5, 2021 via Kscope – the latest single follows on from previous release, ‘Show Your Face’.
  Speaking about the new track to NME, The Anchoress – aka Catherine Anne Davie
  
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• Watch the David Lynch-inspired video for The Anchoress’ emotive new track, ‘Undone’

  05-12-2020 13:37 via nme.com
  
  The Anchoress has released a David-Lynch inspired video for new track, ‘Undone’ – you can watch it below.Read More: In Defence of David Lynch’s ‘Dune’ Taken from her upcoming second album, ‘The Art Of Losing’ – which will be released on March 5, 2021 via Kscope – the latest single follows on from previous release, ‘Show Your Face’.
  Speaking about the new track to NME, The Anchoress – aka Catherine Anne Davies
  
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• Gary Barlow doesn’t think Take That will reconvene until 2023

  05-12-2020 13:25 via music-news.com
  
  The ‘Patience’ group – which also includes Howard Donald and Mark Owen – are currently taking a “little chunk of time away”
  
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• Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page says he’s been playing his guitar every day during lockdown

  05-12-2020 12:28 via nme.com
  
  Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page has revealed he’s been playing his guitar every day during lockdown.Read More: Led Zeppelin – rank the albumsSpeaking to Total Guitar, Page said he’s been using his lockdown to spend more time playing.
  “Under the circumstances of having a lockdown and isolating, I picked up the guitar and made a point of playing the guitar every day,” the Led Zeppelin guitarist said.
  “Whereas before the lockdown, it had gotten to the p
  
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• Yungblud: Fans help to redefine 'every emotion and feeling' I've ever experienced

  05-12-2020 12:25 via music-news.com
  
  The 23-year-old star feels a very strong connection to his fans and he's admitted that their influence has helped to change his outlook.
  
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• Sam Fender has had therapy to tackle his 'past traumas'

  05-12-2020 12:23 via music-news.com
  
  The ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ hitmaker admits that as soon as he had “a bit of money” behind him he sought out a psychiatrist to help him process some negative feelings and incidents in his life.
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly praises Kurt Cobain in new interview

  05-12-2020 11:59 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly has praised late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in a new interview.Read More: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”Speaking on the Rock This With Allison Hagendorf Spotify podcast, MGK opened up about the state of rock music in general before going on to praise Cobain’s fearlessness.
  Initially discussing books he’d read about rock – books which ultimately led him to
  
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• Robbie Williams announces he’s forming a new band

  05-12-2020 11:02 via nme.com
  
  Robbie Williams has announced that he’s forming a new band – but it won’t include any of his former Take That bandmates.Read more: “I’d fucking like to work with Liam Gallagher”: Robbie Williams on UFOs, ‘Rudebox’, legal highs, the ’90s and hand sanitiserThe pop star, who started his career in 1990 as part of the hugely successful British boyband before famously leaving in 1995, has now revealed that he’s in the process of putting toget
  
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• Listen to Goat Girl’s dreamy new track ‘The Crack’

  05-12-2020 11:02 via nme.com
  
  Goat Girl have released a dreamy new track, ‘The Crack’ – listen to it below.Read More: Goat Girl: the Brixton guitar gang on musicals, Britney Spears and the London soundThe song is taken from their upcoming second album, ‘On All Fours’, which is set for release on January 29 via Rough Trade Records. It follows on from previously released single, ‘Space Cowboy.’
  Speaking about the track, Goat Girl said: “‘The Crack’ emerged from a
  
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• Watch The White Stripes’ animated new video for ‘Let’s Shake Hands’

  05-12-2020 10:25 via nme.com
  
  The White Stripes have shared a new animated video for their song ‘Let’s Shake Hands’ – check out the clip below.Read more: The White Stripes: every single album ranked and ratedThe track features on the duo’s new ‘Greatest Hits’ album, which arrived on Friday (December 4). The vinyl (2xLP 150-gram black vinyl) and CD editions will be released in the UK and the rest of the world on February 12, 2021.
  A new animated video for ‘Let’s Shake Hand
  
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• Yungblud on Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes: “He basically saved my life”

  05-12-2020 09:56 via nme.com
  
  Yungblud has opened up about how the music of Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes “saved [his] life” whilst growing up.Read More: Yungblud: “I wanted to write my ‘Urban Hymns’ or ‘Back To Black’”Speaking to NME in this week’s Big Read, Yungblud – real name Dominic Harrison – said he found comfort in the similarities between Sykes’ style, music and upbringing to his own.
  “He literally redefined my perceptio
  
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• Miley Cyrus bares her breasts for Rolling Stone

  05-12-2020 05:30 via music-news.com
  
  The same week as her revealing photoshoot, Miley Cyrus has flirted with a fan on TikTok.
  
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• Teyana Taylor has announced her retirement from music

  05-12-2020 05:06 via nme.com
  
  Teyana Taylor has taken to Instagram to announce her retirement from the music industry.
  In a post made to her Instagram yesterday (December 4), Taylor shared her results from Spotify’s 2020 Artists Wrapped, which showed she has accumulated 162.8 million listens on the streaming platform this year.
  Alongside an image of her stats, Taylor wrote a lengthy caption in which she expressed satisfaction with her result, and that such success meant she was “retiring this chapter of my story&
  
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• Evanescence announce release date for their first album in a decade

  05-12-2020 03:47 via nme.com
  
  After almost a year of suspense and anticipation, Evanescence have finally announced the release date for their new album, ‘The Bitter Truth’.
  The forthcoming record — which arrives on March 26, 2021 — will mark the band’s first album of original material in nearly ten years, following the release of 2011’s self-titled offering.Our first album of original music in almost a decade, ’The Bitter Truth’ is available for pre-order now! Get “Yeah R
  
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• JoJo Siwa Reveals Her ‘Whole Family’ Had Coronavirus

  05-12-2020 03:40
  
  JoJo Siwa is the latest celebrity to share her experience with coronavirus.
  “I did end up getting it, the big, dreaded COVID-19. It got through my whole family,” the 17-year-old told ET, noting that thankfully, symptoms were mild. “We had headaches, we were tired, we had shortness of breath, we had all the things. All my family actually lost their taste and smell, but all have it back. But I never did.”
  She added that her brother and parents tested positive before she con
  
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• Sorry, ‘SNL’: Variety Talk & Sketch Series Will Now Compete in One Emmys Category

  05-12-2020 03:38
  
  The Television Academy announced its rule changes for the upcoming 73rd Emmy Awards competition on Friday (Dec. 4) — and fans of NBC’s Saturday Night Live may not like the first one. Separate awards for variety talk and variety sketch series have been recombined into one category: outstanding variety series.
  Saturday Night Live has won outstanding variety sketch series the last four years running. It was nominated the two years before that, but lost, in turn, to Inside Amy Schumer an
  
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• Morgan Wallen Thinks Jason Bateman Is Batman in New ‘SNL’ Promo

  05-12-2020 03:09
  
  What a difference an “E” makes.
  Morgan Wallen is taking the Saturday Night Live stage this weekend (Dec. 5), and appeared in a hilarious new promo alongside host Jason Bateman.
  “Hi I’m Jason Bateman and I’m hosting SNL with Morgan Wallen,” the Ozark actor proclaims, before the sketch comedy show’s Heidi Gardner entirely mishears his name.“Wait, Batman? You’re Jason Batman?” she shouts, before the country crooner
  
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• Here Are the Lyrics to Saweetie’s ‘Back to the Streets,’ Feat. Jhené Aiko

  05-12-2020 03:08
  
  Saweetie and Jhené Aiko send their men “Back to the Streets” on their hit single, and now it’s back on the Billboard Hot 100 this week (dated Dec. 5).
  One of her Instagram Live comments while promoting the song (and gushing over her boyfriend Quavo’s designer gift to her) caught the internet’s attention when she said, “If he not getting you a Birkin, if he not paying for your bills, then throw that n—a back to the streets, OK?&rdquo
  
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• Chance the Rapper Hit With $3M Lawsuit From Former Manager Pat Corcoran

  05-12-2020 02:48
  
  Chance the Rapper is being sued by his longtime manager Pat Corcoran, who accuses his former client of refusing to pay out over $3 million in unpaid commissions after his firing in April.
  According to the complaint filed in Cook County Circuit Court of Illinois on Monday, Corcoran alleges that Chance the Rapper (real name Chancelor Bennett) ignored his professional advice in the lead-up to the release of his debut studio album, The Big Day, on July 26, 2019, and subsequently blame
  
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• Teyana Taylor Announces Retirement From Music: ‘When One Door Closes Another Will Open’

  05-12-2020 02:38
  
  Teyana Taylor is seemingly closing her musical chapter.
  The star took to Instagram on Friday (Dec. 4) to share her Spotify end-of-year data, which boasted more than 162 million streams on her songs from 15.2 million listeners in 92 countries.
  “Wow, who did that? Y’all did that!” she wrote. “Thank you. I ain’t gone front in times of feeling super under appreciated as a artist, receiving little to no real push from the ‘machine’, constantly getting th
  
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• Watch Dua Lipa perform ‘Future Nostalgia’ tracks for NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’ series

  05-12-2020 02:37 via nme.com
  
  Dua Lipa has performed a handful of tracks from ‘Future Nostalgia’ as part of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series.
  Lipa kicked off her set with ‘Levitating’, the final single released from her aforementioned record. She followed the song up with album tracks ‘Pretty Please’ and ‘Love Again’, before closing her set with ‘Don’t Start Now’.
  Watch Dua Lipa’s 16-minute performance below: 
  In compliance with coronavirus-impo
  
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• Ellie Goulding Questions the Grammys and the Entire Concept of Music Awards: “What Constitutes the Worthiness of an Award?”

  05-12-2020 02:06 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Amid continued controversy and pushback over The Weeknd and Halsey’s 2021 Grammys snubs, Ellie Goulding is questioning the purpose of the Recording Academy-organized event – as well as the core concept of awards – in the contemporary music industry. Ellie Goulding, who has received a single Grammy nomination to date, for “Best Pop Solo Performance,” […]
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• PRS for Music Proposed Livestreams Rate Scheme Draws Managers’ Ire

  05-12-2020 01:25
  
  U.K. collecting society PRS for Music is proposing to raise tariffs for livestream events by two to four times the level it charges for in-person concerts, a move that is drawing a stiff reaction from some of Britain’s biggest music stars.
  In a joint letter sent to the PRS on Friday from the Music Managers Forum and Featured Artists Coalition, a group of more than 50 music managers say PRS wants to set a starting rate of 8% of gross ticket receipts for livestreams — rising to 17% &md
  
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• David Swartz Launches Singular Arts Group Artist Management Company in Berlin With Matt Lambert

  05-12-2020 01:23
  
  David Swartz launched a Berlin-based full-service artist management company Friday (Dec. 4) called Singular Arts Group in partnership with Matt Lambert.
  Swartz spent the early part of his 20-year career in the business in the live music sector, from concert promoter to booking agent, before moving into artist management. He started Kosher Management in Los Angeles in 2009 and managed American and European acts mainly across the rock and electronic genres until 2016 when he moved to Germany.
  
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