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• My Chemical Romance launch ‘Three Cheers…’-inspired makeup range

  09-12-2020 23:55 via nme.com
  
  My Chemical Romance have launched their own line of makeup – check out the announcement video below.READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Los Angeles: A triumphant, cathartic returnTaking to social media this evening (December 9), Gerard Way and co. revealed that they’ve teamed up with US cosmetic company Hipdot for a new range inspired by their second album, ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge’ (released in 2004).
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• My Chemical Romance launch makeup range inspired by ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge’

  09-12-2020 23:55 via nme.com
  
  My Chemical Romance have launched their own line of makeup – check out the announcement video below.READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Los Angeles: A triumphant, cathartic returnTaking to social media this evening (December 9), Gerard Way and co. revealed that they’ve teamed up with US cosmetic company Hipdot for a new range inspired by their second album, ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge’ (released in 2004).
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• Beyonce, Taylor Swift & Rihanna Among Forbes’ ‘World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’

  09-12-2020 23:44
  
  Forbes unveiled The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women on Wednesday (Dec. 9), and music stars Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Rihanna made the list.
  According to Forbes, the women who made the 17th annual list “hail from 30 countries and were born across four generations. There are 10 heads of state, 38 CEOs and five entertainers among them. But where they differ in age, nationality and job description, they are united in the ways they have been using their platforms to address the uni
  
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• Watch Alison Wonderland Perform From the Roof of LA’s Iconic Capitol Records Building

  09-12-2020 23:27
  
  For many artists, a work trip to Los Angeles’ Capitol Records Building is a dream come true. Alison Wonderland recently took this goal to the literal next level with a performance from the roof of the iconic building.
  In a video released Wednesday (Dec. 9), the producer performs a live version of her September single “Bad Things,” with accompaniment by a drummer and guitarist. Shot during golden hour and featuring a sweeping view of the LA skyline, the video is as striking as t
  
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• Trump’s ‘Midnight Appointment’ at the FCC Could Block Net Neutrality Under Biden

  09-12-2020 23:21 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Trump’s latest FFC appointment could block net neutrality restoration under the incoming Biden admin. The Senate confirmed Nathan Simington to the FCC, giving Republicans and Democrats each two seats. Simington was confirmed to the regulatory agency in a 49-46 vote. Ajit Pai has confirmed he will step down from his position as FCC Chairman on […]
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• Billboard’s 2020 Boy Band Battle: The Semi-Finals Are Here!

  09-12-2020 23:03
  
  Just four boy bands remain in Billboard’s 2020 Boy Band Battle, but who will rise above them all?
  The semi-finals of the tournament-style play is live today (Dec. 9), featuring four “teams” in two matchups. Be sure to cast your votes quick, because round 4 wraps up on Dec. 16 at 1 p.m. ET.
  This round, Super Junior will take on CNCO, while One Direction will go head-to-head with NCT 127.To vote, see the link here! (Click on the vote button, ent
  
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• LA’s Best Dance-Oriented Holiday Fundraiser Is Happening Virtually This Year: See the Lineup

  09-12-2020 22:54
  
  Experts say that the most effective way to feel better about yourself is to do something nice for someone else. In the case of LA Gives Back, doing something nice is as easy as firing up your computer for the annual holiday fundraiser.
  HappeningThursday, Dec. 17, via Twitch, the 24-hour event will feature performances from artists including but not limited to: Snakehips, Madeon, Mija, A Club Called Rhonda, Baauer and Holly, Giraffage, A-Trak and AC Slater.
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• You Can Now Create Custom Playlist Covers on the Spotify Mobile App

  09-12-2020 22:53 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify now allows mobile users to create custom playlist covers – a feature that previously required a PC. Custom playlists on Spotify are a great way for users to express themselves. Now that feature is coming to mobile users after the editing tools debuted in a limited test in November. Both Free and Premium users […]
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• How Did Kid Cudi Recruit Eminem for ‘The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady’? ‘I Tweeted at Him’

  09-12-2020 22:40
  
  Kid Cudi shared his buzzworthy collaboration with Eminem over the summer, and in a new Apple Music 1 interview with Zane Lowe, Cudi talks about how the song helped inspire his upcoming Man on the Moon III album and validated his need “to be respected as an MC.”
  “‘Yo, who do I f—ing get? Who do I f—ing  spar with?'” he said of what ended up being “The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady.” “‘Who do I go bar-f
  
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• Billie Eilish announces festive new radio show ‘The Holiday Edition’

  09-12-2020 22:38 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has announced a festive new radio show on Apple Music, The Holiday Edition.Read More: Billie Eilish’s new song ‘Therefore I Am’ is an existential banger (and might boast her best chorus yet)The pop star launched her six-part Me & Dad Radio series earlier this year, in which she and her father (Patrick O’Connell) discussed a range of subjects and shared some of their favourite music.
  Tonight (December 9), Eilish took to social media to reveal that she wil
  
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• Kid Cudi Talks Getting ‘Validation’ From Eminem on ‘The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady’

  09-12-2020 22:35
  
  Kid Cudi shared “The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady” when he dropped his buzzworthy collaboration with Eminem over the summer.
  In a new interview with Zane Lowe, Cudi talks his upcoming album Man on the Moon III, and how he wanted “to be respected as an emcee.”
  “Yo, who do I f—ing get? Who do I f—ing  spar with?” he continued. “Who do I go bar-for-bar with? Eminem.”
  And how did he get Em on the track? “I tw
  
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• Sony Music Acquires Probity — Vastly Increasing Its Merchandising Footprint

  09-12-2020 22:34 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music Entertainment (SME) has acquired UK-based music-merch company Probity – dramatically increasing its merchandising footprint in the process. Sony Music higher-ups recently unveiled the Probity purchase in a general release. Under the deal, Probity will retain its existing team (including founder Mark Stredwick) and continue operating out of London, as “a new entrepreneurial division” […]
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• 82% of Musicians Earn Less Than $270 a Year From Spotify and Other Streaming Music Platforms, Study Finds

  09-12-2020 22:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  British regulators are taking a serious look at the impact that music streaming is having on musicians. Their research is unearthing some depressing stats. According to a survey of The Ivors Academy and the Musicians’ Union, both based in the UK, 82% of artists earned less than £200 (around $270) a year in 2019. That includes some […]
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• 82% of Musicians Earn Less Than $270 a Year From Spotify and Other Music Streaming Music Platforms, Study Finds

  09-12-2020 22:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  British regulators are taking a serious look at the impact that music streaming is having on musicians. Their research is unearthing some depressing stats. According to a survey of The Ivors Academy and the Musicians’ Union, both based in the UK, 82% of artists earned less than £200 (around $270 USD) a year in 2019. […]
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• 82% of Musicians Are Earning Less Than $270 a Year From Spotify and Other Music Streaming Platforms

  09-12-2020 22:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  British regulators are taking a serious look at the impact that music streaming is having on musicians. Their research is unearthing some depressing stats. According to a survey of The Ivors Academy and the Musicians’ Union, both based in the UK, 82% of artists earned less than £200 (around $270 USD) a year in 2019. […]
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• What’s Your Favorite Christmas Song of 2020? Vote!

  09-12-2020 22:17
  
  The Christmas spirit is shining a bright light on a dark year like 2020 and bringing together the world’s biggest stars for freshly minted renditions of classic and original carols.
  Mariah Carey formed a new “girl group” with Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson for “Oh Santa!,” while Carrie Underwood enlisted her 5-year-old son Isaiah to drum up their mother-son “Little Drummer Boy” duet. But they’re not the only fa
  
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• The Year in Livestreams 2020: Instagram Live Blurs the Lines of Genre & Generation, From Justin Bieber to Verzuz

  09-12-2020 22:12
  
  As previously reported, Elton John topped Billboard’s year-end Top Tours ranking, while Radio City Music Hall and Live Nation crowned the annual Top Venues and Top Promoters lists. But in 2020, traditional touring did not account for the full landscape of the live music industry.
  Amid an indefinite COVID-19 shutdown, artists took to the Internet, broadcasting live from empty theaters, outdoor landmarks and their own living rooms.
  This week, Billboard is remembering the year in livestreams,
  
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• The Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb on New HBO Documentary and His Brothers: ‘It Became a Competition’

  09-12-2020 22:06
  
  More than 60 years after the Bee Gees’ formation, for Barry Gibb, all that matters now are the songs. “The only thing I care about is that people remember the music,” he says. “I really don’t care if anyone remembers me or the group. I just want the music to live. I want people to hear that music in 20 years or 30 years that was made more than 40 years ago.”
  In the new documentary, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, out Dec. 12 on HBO and HBO Max,
  
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• King Von Tells ‘Wayne’s Story’ in Powerful Posthumous Music Video

  09-12-2020 21:54
  
  On Tuesday (Dec. 8), one month after King Von was shot and killed at age 26 in an Atlanta nightclub, his first posthumous music video topped YouTube’s trends.
  Having grown up and made his way out of Chicago’s O Block, the rapper knew his hometown’s dangerous lifestyle well. Directed by Joán based on a treatment King Von wrote, the “Wayne’s Story” clip finds the late star narrating the tale of a teenager who gave in to the violent lif
  
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• Jhené Aiko explains why she no longer uses N-word in her music

  09-12-2020 21:51 via nme.com
  
  Jhené Aiko has addressed why she stopped using the N-word in her music.
  The singer was responding to someone who asked her earlier this week to detail her ethnicity. “Whispers, cat hair, slauson asphalt and sand from venice beach,” Aiko replied on Monday (December 7).
  In a since-deleted second tweet, she added: “I am less black than someone half black, but also less white that someone half white… and asian is the least thing i am. lol. So at this point, it’s
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Music Video of 2020? Vote!

  09-12-2020 21:37
  
  Billboard picked our 25 best music videos of 2020, but we want to know which visual from this year was your favorite!
  Harry Styles’ sweet “Watermelon Sugar” visual takes the cake as our juicy top pick. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion require a bucket and a mop upon entry of their wet-‘n’-wild “WAP” manor for our No. 3 pick.But Kehlani’s kitchen might be needing that bucket and mop more after she makes it the prime hookup hot spot in
  
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• Michael Ciravolo’s Beauty in Chaos Releases Remix Video for ‘Stranger’

  09-12-2020 21:33
  
  Michael Ciravolo’s Beauty in Chaos project has released a video for third single “Stranger,” from their recent remix release Out Of Chaos Comes… featuring Kat Leon and guitarist Nick Perez from Holy Wars and edited by Fre Pacheco.
  Out Of Chaos Comes… features a collection of remixes by a diverse cast, including producers Tim Palmer and John Fryer along with film and TV composer Tyler Bates and The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell.“Since BIC is not a t
  
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• Kelly Clarkson will never give into bodyshamers

  09-12-2020 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Kelly Clarkson discussed standing up to trolls with Serena Williams.
  
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• Nintendo Is Ripping Down YouTube Videos That Contain Its Game Soundtracks

  09-12-2020 21:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Nintendo is aggressively going after illegal music uploads on YouTube with copyright strikes. Specifically, Nintendo headquarters in Japan appears to be issuing takedown notices for YouTube videos that feature its game soundtracks. The situation started in August 2019, when YouTuber Gilva Sunner saw hundreds of strikes issued against his channel. Nintendo has been systematically going […]
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• Nintendo Goes After Illegal Music Uploads on YouTube with Copyright Strikes

  09-12-2020 21:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Nintendo is aggressively going after illegal music uploads on YouTube with copyright strikes. Specifically, Nintendo headquarters in Japan appears to be tackling the issue of illegal music uploads. The situation started in August 2019, when YouTuber Gilva Sunner saw hundreds of strikes issued against his channel. Nintendo has been systematically going through the channel to […]
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• Post Malone Gifts New Crocs to Students at His Former High School

  09-12-2020 21:19
  
  Posty Claus made his way to Texas’ Grapevine High School on Tuesday (Dec. 8).
  Post Malone gifted every student at his alma mater a free pair of his new, sold out custom Crocs. The school’s principal, Alex Fingers, took to Twitter to thank the rapper alongside photos of students posing with the black and pink shoes.
  “Thank you @PostMalone for always giving back to your community!” Fingers wrote. “Your fellow @Grapevine_HS Mustangs are so proud of your success!”
  
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• Jessica Simpson Inks Big Multimedia Deal With Amazon

  09-12-2020 21:16
  
  Jessica Simpson is getting into business with Amazon.
  The singer, actress, fashion mogul and author has signed a multimedia rights deal with the tech and retail giant that includes a pair of TV projects at Amazon Studios as well as a publishing component. The two TV shows, one unscripted and one scripted, are based on Simpson’s best-selling memoir Open Book.
  “I am humbled and honored to partner with Amazon Studios to bring my story and heart to life on the screen. I am a huge TV
  
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• Edgar Barrera Breaks Down Hits He’s Co-Written For Maluma, Christian Nodal and More

  09-12-2020 21:04
  
  Edgar Barrera spent five nonconsecutive weeks atop the Latin Songwriters chart starting Oct. 10, thanks to songwriting credits on Maluma and The Weeknd’s “Hawái” remix, Christian Nodal and Angela Aguilar’s “Dime Como Quieres” and Camilo’s “Vida de Rico,” among other songs currently ranking on the Hot Latin Songs chart.
  Now, he’s busy working on new projects with Selena Gomez, Shakira and Daddy Yankee. Yet when aske
  
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• Sinéad O’Connor to release first album in seven years in 2021

  09-12-2020 20:54 via nme.com
  
  Sinéad O’Connor is to release a new album next year, her first in seven years.
  The Irish singer-songwriter will follow up 2014’s ‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss’ with her 11th studio album. No release date nor title have been announced.
  She confirmed the album news via Twitter yesterday (December 8) by gushing about the artwork. “Thrilled to say @JacobStackArt has drawn the cover of my album and it’s GORGEOUS!!!!! But you can’t see it unt
  
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• Tinie announces London show to mark 10th anniversary of ‘Disc-Overy’

  09-12-2020 20:52 via nme.com
  
  Tinie has announced a London live show to mark the 10th anniversary of his debut album ‘Disc-Overy’.READ MORE: Tinie Tempah: “I don’t know how many people thought I was gonna be a one-hit wonder… but I’m still here”Released on October 1, 2010, the artist’s (fka Tinie Tempah) first record featured the UK Number One lead single ‘Pass Out’ as well as ‘Frisky’ and ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’, a team-up with Swedish House Mafia.
  
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• Kid Cudi to Produce, Star in Feature Adaptation of ‘Real Life’

  09-12-2020 20:50
  
  Kid Cudi (aka Scott Mescudi) and his recently launched Mad Solar banner are developing an adaptation of the coming-of-age campus novel Real Life, with Mescudi set to star.
  Bron Studios acquired the rights to the 2020 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel with Mad Solar, which was launched last month with backing from Bron. Under the pact, Bron will provide the shingle with production support, including financing, marketing and sales.
  Real Life is the semi-autobiographical novel debut for writ
  
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• Super Junior Signs with ICM Partners For Representation Outside Asia

  09-12-2020 20:47
  
  ICM Partners has signed k-pop act Super Junior for representation outside of Asia.
  Super Junior released their first album in 2005 and broke through with 2009 hit “Sorry Sorry.” The group has won multiple awards in Korea and beyond, including 13 Mnet Asian Music Awards, 19 Golden Disc Awards and US Teen Choice Awards for International Artist and Best Fandom.
  The group reached No. 1 on Taiwan’s music site, KKBOX, for 150 consecutive weeks and became the first Korean act to
  
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• Liam Payne & Dixie D’Amelio Throw a Holiday Bash in ‘Naughty List’ Video

  09-12-2020 20:46
  
  Sure, Dixie D’Amelio and Liam Payne might have made the “Naughty List” this year, but their festive new music video is the nicest holiday treat.
  In the clip for their collaboration released on Wednesday (Dec. 9), the TikTok star and former One Direction member sing the cheeky lyrics alongside friends in a photo booth, in a snow globe and amid a festive party scene.“Now we’re on the naughty list / Must have been the way we kissed / Santa saw the things we did / And p
  
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• Banda MS, Becky G & Snoop Dogg on Cultural Significance of ‘Que Maldición Remix’: ‘Music Is Music, No Matter What Genre’

  09-12-2020 20:33
  
  Banda MS and Snoop Dogg’s “Que Maldición” just “hit differently,” as Becky G put it during an exclusive interview with Billboard — and now the Mexican-American star has joined the “Que Maldición Remix,” taking the track to the next level.
  The remix is set to drop Dec. 10, seven months after the epic collaboration between the regional Mexican chart-topping band and West Coast icon dropped over the summer, scoring both acts th
  
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• 5 Best Jenni Rivera Songs Honoring Her Legacy: ‘Ya Lo Se,’ ‘La Gran Señora’ & More

  09-12-2020 20:30
  
  Despite not being physically with us, Jenni Rivera’s music is more alive than ever, especially among her beloved fans and on digital platforms.
  Eight years ago today (Dec. 9), La Diva de la Banda died in a tragic airplane accident.  To honor her music and legacy, Billboard has gathered the late Mexican singer’s five best songs.
  From “Ya Lo Sé” to “La Gran Señora,” listen to them below.
  “Ya  Lo Sé”
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• Orville Peck Debuts A Glitzy Two-Pack of Performances on the Honda Stage

  09-12-2020 20:27
  
  Orville Peck’s voice bellows like a country crooner’s from the 1950s, but the songs he’s penning and singing are contemporary in the cheekiest way possible. Take “Drive Me, Crazy,” from his new EP Show Pony. In it, he tells the story of two truckers in love with one another from the distance of their separate eighteen wheel-rigs, flirting by weaving in and out of lanes and catching up-close glimpses of each other in the side-view mirrors. “I wanted to write a
  
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• The Kid LAROI Remembers Late Mentor Juice WRLD With Their Cover of Kim Petras’ ‘Reminds Me’

  09-12-2020 20:23
  
  The Kid LAROI honored his late mentor Juice WRLD ahead of the one-year anniversary of his death by releasing their cover of Kim Petras’ “Reminds Me.”
  Their version of her 2020 single, titled “Reminds Me of You,” laments how hard it is to forget a past lover and move on.
  “‘Reminds Me of You’ tonight with my brother @JuiceWorlddd,” the 17-year-old rapper tweeted Monday. “Big thank you to @kimpetras for allowing us to remake
  
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• Every Time I Die return with new songs ‘Colossal Wreck’ and ‘Desperate Pleasures’

  09-12-2020 20:22 via nme.com
  
  Every Time I Die have released a pair of tracks that are linked thematically: ‘Colossal Wreck’ and ‘Desperate Pleasures’.READ MORE: Keith Buckley talks 20 years as a hardcore hero and the legacy of the Warped TourThe US metalcore band, who last released an album in 2016 (‘Low Teens’), have shared the songs from their as-yet-untitled forthcoming album.
  Frontman Keith Buckley explained [via Kerrang!] that the songs are ​“two sides of the same reacti
  
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• Neil Young Drops Copyright Infringement Case Against Donald Trump

  09-12-2020 20:10 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Neil Young has officially dropped his copyright infringement lawsuit against Donald Trump. The 75-year-old artist (as well as his Silver Fiddle Music publishing company) recently put the months-running complaint to rest. In a brief notice submitted to a New York federal court, Neil Young and his legal team voluntary dismissed the case, which named Donald […]
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• Listen to Cherry Glazerr’s new synth-pop single ‘Rabbit Hole’

  09-12-2020 20:00 via nme.com
  Cherry Glazerr have shared a new single called ‘Rabbit Hole’ – listen below.READ MORE: Cherry Glazerr – ‘Stuffed & Ready’ reviewThe song marks the first material from the Los Angeles trio – comprised of Clementine Creevy, Sami Perez and Tabor Allen – since their 2019 track ‘Call Me’ (featuring Portugal. The Man).
  According to a press release, the three-minute slice of electro-pop serves as “the first hint towards a new Cherry
  
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• Ariana Grande Announces ‘Excuse Me, I Love You’ Netflix Film About Sweetener World Tour

  09-12-2020 19:51
  
  Excuse me, um, Ariana Grande is releasing a Netflix film about her Sweetener World Tour titled Excuse Me, I Love You on Dec. 21!
  The release date comes one day before the one-year anniversary of the world tour’s final stop in Los Angeles’ Forum. “Dec 21st, a year after closing, the sweetener world tour is coming home to u,” the superstar tweeted with a moving movie poster.
  She teased on Tuesday that a mysterious Netflix project involving the Sweet
  
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• Dolly Parton to go on global stadium tour to mark her 75th birthday

  09-12-2020 19:44 via nme.com
  
  Dolly Parton is to tour stadiums next year as part of ‘Dolly Fest’ to celebrate her 75th birthday.READ MORE: The Big Read – Dolly Parton: “I take care of business”The legendary musician, who will turn 75 on January 19, 2021, is set to perform shows at 15 stadiums worldwide in 2021 – coronavirus restrictions permitting.
  United Talent Agency’s Neil Warnock told Music Week magazine: “Expect ‘Dolly Fest’ to go global in 15 stadium
  
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• Tim McGraw Jokes Wife Faith Hill Is Trying to ‘Get Rid of’ Him, Offers Proof in Holiday Photos

  09-12-2020 19:43
  
  Tim McGraw joked that wife Faith Hill might just be trying to bump him off before Dec. 25th in a post showing off the insane heights he climbed to in order to place the star atop the country couple’s enormous Christmas tree.
  “A: Santa’s lead flying reindeer B: wife trying to get rid of me before Christmas,” he captioned a series of photos he shared on social media Tuesday (Dec. 8). The images show him straddling a very tall red ladder in a high-ceilinged, window-filled ro
  
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• Watch new Warren Fu-directed video for Tom Petty’s ‘Something Could Happen’

  09-12-2020 19:23 via nme.com
  
  Tom Petty‘s estate has shared a new video for the late musician’s track ‘Something Could Happen’ – watch below.READ MORE: The Tom Petty NME obituary: 1950 – 2017The song appears on ‘Wildflowers & All The Rest’, a recent reissue of Petty’s second studio album ‘Wildflowers’ (first released in 1994).
  Arriving today (December 9) the new visuals were directed by Warren Fu, who has previously helmed videos for the likes of The Strok
  
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• Bad Bunny Reacts to His Historic Billboard Milestone: ‘I Dreamt It!’

  09-12-2020 19:23
  
  Despite a global pandemic affecting the music industry, Bad Bunny’s 2020 has not been too shabby.
  This week, Bad Bunny earned his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo. The feat made history, as the album is the first all-Spanish-language album to reach No. 1 in the 64-year history of the all-genre chart.
  “I dreamt it!!! I felt it!!! I always knew it!!!” the Puerto Rican star gushed in Spanish on Instagram, sharing a set of photos including
  
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• The 25 Best Music Videos of 2020: Staff Picks

  09-12-2020 19:19
  
  You may have grown up feeling like MTV (and/or YouTube) was your gateway to a different, more exciting world, but in 2020, just about any world outside of your own four walls was exciting enough. Some of the best videos of 2020 were properly transportive, taking us to a different place and time, while some of them were just sufficiently distracting from our less-than-ideal current trappings. Either way, they were something to watch, and this year that was not something to be taken for grant
  
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• Kirk Franklin Scores Record Eighth Gospel Airplay No. 1: ‘I Give God All the Glory’

  09-12-2020 19:14
  
  Kirk Franklin notches his record-breaking eighth No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart, as “Strong God” strides from No. 4 to the top of the tally dated Dec. 12.
  In the tracking week ending Dec. 6, the single increased by 17% in plays, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
   
  Franklin takes sole lead for the most No. 1s in the history of the chart, which launched in March 2005, as he passes James Fortune and Tamela Mann, each with seven leaders. (Fortune notched six of h
  
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• Hear Muzz’s renditions of Bob Dylan, Mazzy Star and more on new ‘Covers’ EP

  09-12-2020 19:13 via nme.com
  
  Muzz have released a ‘Covers’ EP featuring renditions of songs by Bob Dylan, Mazzy Star, Arthur Russell and Tracy Chapman.
  The New York-based band, whose debut self-titled album arrived earlier this year, have today (November 9) shared a covers EP as well as a filmed performance of Russell classic ‘Nobody Wants A Lonely Heart’.
  The supergroup is comprised of Interpol‘s Paul Banks, producer Josh Kaufman and The Walkmen‘s Matt Barrick.Last Friday (December 4) Mu
  
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• Rico Nasty On Nightmare Vacation, Naruto, And Never Rushing Herself

  09-12-2020 19:07
  
  Nico Nasty tells MTV News how she powered her debut album, 'Nightmare Vacation,' with all-star collaborations and a hefty hit of nostalgia.
  
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• Summer Walker Announces Her New Imprint Ghetto Earth Records: Exclusive

  09-12-2020 19:03
  
  After recently winning album of the year at the 2020 Soul Train Awards, Summer Walker looks to take the next step in her career, this time as a budding executive. Today (Dec. 9), Billboard exclusively reports that Walker will launch her new imprint Ghetto Earth Records in a joint venture deal with Interscope Records. 
  “I came up with Ghetto Earth because earth is ghetto,” Walker tells Billboard in a statement. “I don’t wanna be controlling over my artist’s
  
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