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• Machine Gun Kelly falls off stage during ‘SNL’ appearance

  31-01-2021 23:55 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly finished his Saturday Night Live appearance by falling off the stage – scroll down to watch it now.
  The musician performed on the long-running US comedy show last night (January 30), bringing tracks from his latest album ‘Tickets To My Downfall’ to the programme.Read more: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”At the end of the night, the cast, Kelly and guest host John Kras
  
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• Sabrina Carpenter Teases ‘Skin’ Music Video: Watch

  31-01-2021 23:46
  
  Sabrina Carpenter showed a few seconds of “Skin” on Sunday (Jan. 31).
  “SKIN MUSIC VIDEO TOMORROW 2pm PT,” she wrote on Twitter. “going live on my YouTube Channel right before at 1:40pm PT.”
  “Maybe we could have been friends,” Carpenter sings in the clip, which shows a quick montage of what seems to be romantic scenes from a relationship.Carpenter, who recently signed with Island Records, surprise-released the song on Jan. 22. Fans speculated it was
  
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• Republic Records Has Top Four Albums on Billboard 200, First Label to Rule Nos. 1-4 Since 1996

  31-01-2021 23:39
  
  Republic Records achieves a rare feat on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Feb. 6), as the company is the distributing label of the Nos. 1-4 albums. It’s the first time a label has monopolized the top four since 1996.
  Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (released via Big Loud/Republic) is No. 1 for a third week, while three former leaders trail the set: Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon (Victor Victor Worldwide/Republic) is steady at No. 2, Taylor Swift&rsqu
  
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• 50 Cent says he’s up for fighting Floyd Mayweather

  31-01-2021 23:30 via nme.com
  
  50 Cent has said he is open to fighting Floyd Mayweather, who the rapper has a long-standing beef with.
  The pair used to be friends but fell out when Mayweather refused to give the musician half of his company, according to the former boxer.
  During a recent interview on V-103’s The Morning Culture, 50 Cent put forward a suggestion to put an end to the feud. “I’d fight Floyd,” he said.
  He continued to point out flaws in his plan, saying: “I don’t think I could
  
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• Livestreams & Virtual Concerts to Watch: Week of February 1

  31-01-2021 23:27
  
  The weather outside may still be frightful, but the week of February 1 has some notable livestream and virtual shows on offer to heat things up.
  Literally cooking up a show are Dave Grohl, Mark Ronson and others who are joining Mary McCartney for her new series Mary McCartney Serves It Up on streaming service discovery+. And speaking of food, there will certainly be plenty of it on Sunday (Feb. 7) when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face off against the Kansas City Chiefs for Super Bowl LV. The W
  
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• Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ Makes It Three Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

  31-01-2021 22:56
  
  Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album stays put at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a third straight week, becoming the first country album to spend three weeks atop the list in eight years. The set earned 130,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 28 (down 18%), according to MRC Data.
  The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sa
  
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• Jessica Biel Wishes Justin Timberlake a Happy 40th Birthday: ‘I Honor You Today, Baby’

  31-01-2021 22:50
  
  Justin Timberlake is celebrating his 40th birthday with a sweet message from his wife and a massive plate of birthday pancakes.
  Jessica Biel, who’s married to Timberlake, posted a tribute to her husband on Instagram on Sunday (Jan. 31) and a slideshow of personal photos of the couple — including one of him in a crown, smiling at the camera with the impressive stack of pancakes.
  “There’s no one I have more fun with, have more laughs with, feel more deeply for, and have mor
  
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• Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox declare love for rock’n’roll in latest cover

  31-01-2021 22:39 via nme.com
  
  King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have shared another cover from their kitchen as their quarantine series continues.
  The husband and wife duo have been sharing eclectic covers from their home over the last few weeks, taking on a host of rock classics.
  This week’s instalment of their Sunday Lunch series saw them take on Joan Jett’s ‘I Love Rock’n’Roll’. Willcox joined Fripp on guitar for the intro before moving the sea-green Fender to her side
  
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• Fans Choose Selena Gomez & Rauw Alejandro’s ‘Baila Conmigo’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music

  31-01-2021 22:18
  
  Selena Gomez’s latest Spanish-language single “Baila Conmigo,” in collaboration with Rauw Alejandro, has topped this week’s new music poll.
  Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Jan. 29) on Billboard, choosing the pair’s sultry reggaeton song as their favorite new music release of the past week.
  “Baila Conmigo” brought in nearly 78% of the vote, beating out new music by Weezer (OK Human), Maluma (#7DJ), Eric Church (“Heart on Fire”), L
  
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• People Under The Stairs rapper Double K has died, aged 43

  31-01-2021 21:58 via nme.com
  
  People Under The Stairs rapper Double K has died at the age of 43, it has been confirmed.
  The rapper – whose real name was Michael Turner – died on Sunday (January 31). No cause of death has been made public at the time of writing.
  Double K founded People Under The Stairs with Christopher “Thes One” Portugal in Los Angeles in 1997. They released their debut album ‘The Next Step’ the following year and would go on to put out 14 further studio records in their c
  
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• Dave Grohl Recalls Being ‘Beaten by Police and Rednecks’ at Anti-Reagan Concerts

  31-01-2021 21:56
  
  Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl hasn’t been shy about his political leanings. He frequently criticized Donald Trump, including in his June 2018 British GQ cover story, in which he said he was “ashamed of our president” and called the reality TV personality a “massive jerk.”
  Grohl, 52, shared in a new interview with The Independent that he’s been making his political stances clear since he was a kid. He told the U.K. publication that back in the ’80s, he
  
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• Coachella and Stagecoach Festivals Cancelled Again – For the 3rd Time

  31-01-2021 21:28 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Coachella is cancelled this year. So is its country music counterpart, Stagecoach. Coachella draws thousands of people to the southern California desert each April. But this year it will be quiet again due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and the Stagecoach Country Music Festival currently scheduled for April […]
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• Neil Young Reveals Previously Unreleased 1982 Album Is ‘Coming to You Soon’

  31-01-2021 21:16
  
  Neil Young has more new music on the way.
  The legendary Canadian rocker, who has released massive amounts of previously unheard music over the past year, shared news of yet another long-lost album that will soon see the light of day. Young took to his website on Sunday (Jan. 31) to announce details about a forthcoming album, titled Johnny’s Island, which was recorded in 1982 at Commercial Recorders in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  The singer-songwriter describes the upcoming set as a “complete a
  
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• Beastie Boys’ Mike D Is Auctioning Off His MTV Trophies for Charity

  31-01-2021 21:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Beastie Boys’ Mike D is auctioning off some of his memorabilia to benefit children’s charities. Items up for auction include his MTV Video Music Award trophies and several platinum sales plaques. According to an Instagram post announcing the Sotheby’s auction, the rapper’s mother had the items, but she died last year. “I was never comfortable […]
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• Beastie Boys’ Mike D Is Auctioning Off His MTV Trophies and Platinum Plaques for Charity

  31-01-2021 21:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Beastie Boys’ Mike D is auctioning off some of his memorabilia to benefit children’s charities. Items up for auction include his MTV Video Music Award trophies and several platinum sales plaques. According to an Instagram post announcing the Sotheby’s auction, the rapper’s mother had the items, but she died last year. “I was never comfortable […]
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• 10 Standout Moments From BLACKPINK’s ‘The Show’ Livestream Concert

  31-01-2021 20:14
  
  When BLACKPINK previewed their livestream concert The Show with James Corden ahead of the virtual event, the show-stopping rendition of “Pretty Savage” offered only a peek of all the special moments that would be wrapped into the K-pop phenom’s long-awaited live production.
  While members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa brought their superstar sensibilities to some of their biggest hits such as “How You Like That” and “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du,” The Show —
  
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• System of a Down Share Powerful ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’ Video During Charity Livestream: Watch

  31-01-2021 19:47
  
  System of a Down has shared a powerful new music video in an effort to raise money for Armenian soldiers wounded during the country’s recent conflict with Azerbaijan.
  On Saturday (Jan. 30), the Armenian-American rockers premiered the official video for “Genocidal Humanoidz” — one of two new songs released last November in response to a war over the region known as Nagorno-Karabakh — during a livestream fundraising event on the band’s official YouTube channel.
  
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• Madlib says Kendrick Lamar wanted to work with him on ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’

  31-01-2021 19:31 via nme.com
  
  Madlib has revealed that Kendrick Lamar wanted him to work with him on ‘To Pimp A Butterfly’.
  The 2015 album was Lamar’s third and featured production from a host of stars including Thundercat, Flying Lotus, Pharrell Williams and more.Read more: Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – ‘Bandana’ reviewNow, in a new interview, the rapper and producer has said that his name could also have ended up on the credits. However, he didn’t pick up his phone when Lamar cal
  
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• Watch Machine Gun Kelly Make ‘SNL’ Debut With ‘Lonely,’ ‘My Ex’s Best Friend’

  31-01-2021 18:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper/punk rocker says show's technical difficulties on "Lonely" "best thing that could’ve happened"
  
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• Justin Timberlake has given an update on his next album

  31-01-2021 18:37 via nme.com
  
  Justin Timberlake has given an update on his next album, which will be his first since 2018.
  The pop star last released an album with that year’s ‘Man Of The Woods’, which featured collaborations with Alicia Keys and Chris Stapleton.Read more: Justin Timberlake – ‘Man Of The Woods’ ReviewTimberlake appeared on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last week (January 29) to promote his new film Palmer, in which he plays a former high school football star
  
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• ‘SNL’ Reimagines New Theme Songs for ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Sex and the City’ & More

  31-01-2021 18:15
  
  Saturday Night Live had a little fun with the theme songs for several hit shows during its Jan. 30 episode. Inspired by The Undoing star and producer Nicole Kidman singing Doris Day’s “Dream a Little Dream of Me” for the opening credits of the HBO drama, SNL decided to tackle other bingeworthy programs by giving them imagined tunes sung by their “stars.”
  Among them were of course Bridgerton, which Netflix has revealed is its most streamed show to date with more than
  
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• Neil Young announces release of “lost” album ‘Johnny’s Island’

  31-01-2021 18:01 via nme.com
  
  Neil Young has announced the release of a new “lost” album from the 1980s called ‘Johnny’s Island’.
  The record will finally be release as part of the musician’s Archives project, which has seen him share a host of unreleased tracks and previously unheard albums.Read more: Neil Young – ‘The Times’ EP review: classic protest songs reworked to reflect the current chaosThe latest instalment of this project is ‘Johnny’s Island’,
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly Rocks ‘SNL’ Debut, Falls Off Stage During End Credits: Watch

  31-01-2021 17:30
  
  Machine Gun Kelly had the “best night ever” during his Saturday Night Live debut on Jan. 30.
  The early morning tweet came after the 30-year-old rapper and singer knocked it out of the park as the sketch comedy show’s first musical guest of 2021.
  During the episode, hosted by The Office and Jack Ryan actor John Krasinski, MGK gave memorable performances of songs from his latest album, Tickets to My Downfall, which topped the Billboard 200 last October.MGK opened with an energeti
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Latin Collaboration of January 2021? Vote!

  31-01-2021 16:50
  
  The year kicked off with nothing but promising collaborations, setting the tone for what we can expect for the rest of 2021: lots of fiery fusions, more collaborations, and Spanglish joints.
  In true Billboard fashion, we compiled some of the hottest collabs released during the month of January, including Anuel AA and Ozuna’s reggaeton banger “Antes,” Billie Eilish and Rosalia’s melancholic “Lo Vas a Olvidar,” and Selena Gomez teaming up with Rauw Alejandro on
  
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• 7 Memorable Moments From Clive Davis’ MusiCares Benefit With Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys & More

  31-01-2021 16:29
  
  “Will you shut up, I’m talking to Clive Davis!” Rod Stewart jokingly growled at his barking dog as the pup interrupted the British superstar’s interview during the legendary A&R executive’s first of two pre-Grammy galas held Saturday night (Jan. 30).
  Sure, the annual event was virtual, which meant celebrity attendees including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Stacey Abrams, Quincy Jones, Cameron Crowe, Carl Bernstein, Don Lemon and Katie Couric got to watch fr
  
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• Rag N’ Bone Man says police interrupted his birthday karaoke session

  31-01-2021 15:30 via nme.com
  
  Rag N’ Bone Man has claimed that police officers were called round to his house after reports of a party – only to discover the artist and his housemate performing a karaoke duet.
  The ‘Human’ singer took to Twitter to tell the story of “some cuntchops” alerting the police on Friday night (January 29), presumably on the suspicion that a larger social gathering was taking place in violation of coronavirus lockdown laws.READ MORE: Rag N’ Bone Man: The unsto
  
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• Kid Cudi and 50 Cent are working on a new show together

  31-01-2021 13:31 via nme.com
  
  Kid Cudi says that he and 50 Cent are working on a new show together.
  Cudi started 2021 by sharing a deluxe edition of his new album ‘Man On The Moon III’.READ MORE: Kid Cudi – ‘Man On The Moon III: The Chosen’ review: an art piece of epic highs and honest lows“Had a call w 50 Cent last week about cookin up a show together,” Cudi tweeted last night (January 30). “Big things happening!! Ill keep u posted.
  “50 is one of my favorite emcees
  
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• Duke Bootee, producer and co-writer of Grandmaster Flash’s ‘The Message’, has died

  31-01-2021 11:20 via nme.com
  
  Legendary rapper and producer Duke Bootee has died at the age of 69.
  The New York Times yesterday confirmed that Bootee – born Edward Fletcher – had passed away following heart failure at his home in Savanna, Georgia on January 13.
  A highly respected writer and performer, Bootee was best known for his work with Melle Mel of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Through his work with the group, he co-wrote and produced ‘The Message’, one of the most influential songs in
  
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• Dave Grohl remembers getting “beaten by police and rednecks” at anti-Reagan rally

  31-01-2021 10:57 via nme.com
  
  Dave Grohl has remembered getting “beaten by police and rednecks” at anti-Ronald Reagan rally in the 1980s.
  Grohl and Foo Fighters played ‘Times Like These’ at Joe Biden‘s presidential inauguration party earlier this month.READ MORE: Fireworks, Foo Fighters and faith: Joe Biden marks a new day in America with hope-filled inauguration partyIn a new interview with the Independent, Grohl recalled attending the ‘Rock Against Reagan’ concert, with the likes o
  
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• Watch Machine Gun Kelly perform ‘My Ex’s Best Friend’ on ‘SNL’ debut

  31-01-2021 09:47 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly made his Saturday Night Live debut in the long-running series’ first show of 2021.READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”The 30-year-old rapper and singer opened with a solo rendition of ‘My Ex’s Best Friend’ last night (January 30), before closing with an emotional performance of ‘Lonely’, written about his late father who died in July 2020.
  “I
  
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• Justin Timberlake Says a New Album Is in the Works on ‘Fallon’

  31-01-2021 03:33
  
  Justin Timberlake paid a virtual visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday night (Jan. 29), and he dropped some details about new music.
  While Timberlake was mainly making an appearance on The Tonight Show to promote his new film Palmer, the conversation with Fallon turned to his and Jessica Biel’s new baby — “Nobody’s sleeping, but he’s so cute” — and his next album.
  “Can we say? Is there a possibility that there’s going to b
  
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• Sophie Is Gone, and It’s Okay to Cry

  31-01-2021 03:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Remembering an electronic-pop visionary gone far too soon
  
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• Watch System Of A Down’s new video for ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’

  31-01-2021 03:07 via nme.com
  
  System of a Down have shared their new video for ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’, after premiering it during a livestream charity event.READ MORE: System Of A Down’s new anthems of rebellion are arena-ready calls for justicePremiered on the band’s YouTube channel on January 30, funds raised from the livestream will go to rehabilitating and outfitting soldiers who have lost arms and legs with life-changing prosthetic limbs in the band’s ancestral homeland of Armenia.
  The
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Says She ‘Dior’d My Damn Self’: See Her Groovy Look

  31-01-2021 01:25
  
  Megan Thee Stallion wore all the colors for her latest set of photos posted on social media.
  In pink, blue, purple and yellow-orange hues, the rapper posed with an iridescent Dior handbag.
  On Instagram on Saturday (Jan. 30), she joked, “Dior’d my damn self.”“That’s hot,” Meg captioned the pictures over on Twitter.
  The “Body” rapper appears to have been inspired by the Lady Dior Art Bag (the limited edition handbag retails for $8,500), whi
  
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• Billie Eilish Shares Her Current Favorite Song and TV Show, Her ‘Ideal Boy’ & More

  31-01-2021 00:32
  
  Billie Eilish connected with fans by answering a random assortment of questions from them on Friday (Jan. 29).
  The “Therefore I Am” singer took to Instagram Stories to give short-and-sweet responses to inquiries about what she’s into right now and what’s to come from her own upcoming releases.
  Her personal favorite song is currently Cage the Elephant’s “Cigarette Daydreams,” and her top TV show at the moment is Killing Eve — which she showed w
  
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• Listen to Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘Spicy’ remix featuring Post Malone, YG, J Balvin and Tyga

  31-01-2021 00:01 via nme.com
  
  Ty Dolla $ign has shared a remix for his recent single ‘Spicy’ featuring Post Malone, YG, J Balvin and Tyga – listen to it below.Read more: Ty Dolla $ign – ‘Featuring Ty Dolla $ign’ review: a self-referential opus from a star with serious cloutOriginally released in October, the track is taken from the California musician’s latest album, ‘Featuring Ty Dolla $ign’, which also features the singles ‘Ego Death’, ‘Expensive&
  
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