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• Bruce Springsteen’s Manager Jon Landau on The Boss’s Involvement in ‘Every Shot’ of His Jeep Super Bowl Ad: Exclusive

  07-02-2021 23:35
  
  Bruce Springsteen does not do commercials… until now. At midnight, Jeep dropped a two-minute film, “The Middle,” featuring The Boss narrating and appearing in the spot on the need to find unity and hope in America.
  The emotional, inspiring commercial, which is on Jeep’s social media platforms, will air once on broadcast television Sunday (Feb. 7) during the Super Bowl. Springsteen has not put the film on his socials, other than  posting it to his website,
  
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• Watch Miley Cyrus bring out Billy Idol at Super Bowl tailgate show

  07-02-2021 23:25 via nme.com
  
  Miley Cyrus performed at a special TikTok Tailgate show ahead of the Super Bowl in Tampa, Florida tonight (February 7) and brought some special guests with her.
  The event was held at Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium and saw the pop star perform in front of healthcare workers.Read more: Miley Cyrus – ‘Plastic Hearts’ review: pop superstar reborn as a freewheeling rock’n’rollerDuring her set, Cyrus played a series of covers including Blondie’s &lsquo
  
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• Watch Miley Cyrus Bring Her Raw Power To The Super Bowl Tailgate

  07-02-2021 22:49
  
  Miley Cyrus welcomed Billy Idol and Joan Jett for a super-charged Super Bowl LV pre-show tailgate performance.
  
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• Black Country, New Road share raw cover of MGMT’s ‘Time To Pretend’

  07-02-2021 22:49 via nme.com
  
  Black Country, New Road have shared a cover of MGMT’s ‘Time To Pretend’ – scroll down the page to listen to it now.
  The London seven-piece posted a video of them performing the track on their YouTube channel yesterday (February 6).Read more: Black Country, New Road: sax and violins from Britain’s most prestigious new bandTheir version of the song sees the band strip away the synth brightness of MGMT’s original 2007 hit and replace it with more raw layers
  
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• Fans Choose CNCO’s ‘Deja Vu’ Covers Album as This Week’s Favorite New Music

  07-02-2021 21:52
  
  CNCO’s new covers album, Deja Vu, has topped this week’s new music poll.
  Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (Feb. 5) on Billboard, choosing the band’s nostalgic 13-track set — which reimagines Latin classics like Ricardo Montaner’s “Tan Enamorados” and Big Boy’s “Mis Ojos Lloran Por Ti” — as their favorite new music release of the past week.
  Deja Vu brought in a staggering 95% of the vote, beating out new music by Cardi B
  
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• Morgan Wallen’s ‘Dangerous’ Spends Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

  07-02-2021 21:29
  
  Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a fourth consecutive week. The set earned 149,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 4 (up 14%), according to MRC Data. The album arrived atop the list three weeks ago, on the chart dated Jan. 23.
  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 sales,
  
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• Grimes and Elon Musk Share Adorable New Photos With Son X Æ A-XII

  07-02-2021 20:31
  
  Grimes and Elon Musk are proudly showing off their 9-month-old baby boy.
  The couple took to social media on Saturday (Feb. 6) to share separate photos of themselves spending time with X Æ A-XII, who they recently gave a viking-inspired haircut.
  “The Second Last Kingdom,” Musk wrote alongside a cute snapshot on Twitter of X Æ A-XII tugging at his dad’s collar.The caption is a reference to the Netflix series The Last Kingdom, which Grimes joked about a week earli
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo’s 'Drivers License' set to hold for a fifth week at Number 1

  07-02-2021 19:55 via music-news.com
  
  The Official Chart: First Look, which airs on BBC Radio 1 today between 6pm – 7pm, offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles
  
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• Lana Del Rey shares images teasing new song ‘White Dress’

  07-02-2021 19:41 via nme.com
  
  Lana Del Rey has shared two new images on her Instagram page, teasing a new song called ‘White Dress’.
  The track will be the first song on the musician’s forthcoming new album ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’, which is due to be released next month.Read more: Lana Del Rey’s new song ‘Let Me Love You Like A Woman’ is a swooning ode to starting anewDel Rey first shared a photo of a woman rollerskating in a white dress with the words “It
  
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• How to Watch Miley Cyrus’ ‘TikTok Tailgate’ Super Bowl Pre-Show Concert

  07-02-2021 19:39
  
  The big day is finally here! If you’re planning to celebrate Super Bowl LV the entire day Sunday (Feb. 7) from pre-game tailgating to post-game cheers, don’t forget about TikTok’s first “tailgate” party — which Miley Cyrus is headlining — to your list of Game Day festivities.
  The two-hour livestream kicks off at 2:30 p.m. ET on the NFL’s TikTok account (@NFL), and is hosted by Steve Harvey and MJ Acosta. The show will also feature Kane Brown, Rebel
  
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• Toronto Declares ‘The Weeknd Day’ to Honor Singer’s Super Bowl Performance

  07-02-2021 19:03
  
  The Weekend officially has his own hometown holiday.
  Toronto mayor John Tory took to social media on Sunday to announce that the Canadian city will observe Feb. 7 as “The Weeknd Day” in honor of the R&B superstar’s halftime show performance at Super Bowl LV.
  “This Sunday — on Super Bowl Sunday — we celebrate The Weeknd as he becomes the first Canadian to headline a solo halftime show and only the third Canadian to ever perform live at one of the world&rsqu
  
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• Elton John calls for “short-term fix” in post-Brexit touring debacle

  07-02-2021 18:50 via nme.com
  
  Elton John has called for a “short-term fix” to be implemented as the post-Brexit touring debacle continues.
  Musicians were left out of the Brexit trade deal that came into action on January 1, 2021, meaning artists may have to acquire visas for each country they wish to perform in in Europe.Read more: Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden: “It was the EU letting down music on both sides of the Channel – not us”As critics of the deal have pointed out, musicians not b
  
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• Winona Ryder Is Back With Edward Scissorhands’ Son in New Super Bowl Ad: Watch

  07-02-2021 18:44
  
  Super Bowl ads are aiming for some nostalgic film magic in 2021. In a new ad released by Cadillac that will air during the Feb. 7 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Winona Ryder reprises her role as Kim Boggs from the 1990 Tim Burton film Edward Scissorhands.
  While Johnny Depp doesn’t return to portray the title character, the spot — which debuted online hours before the game — reveals that Kim and Edward had a child. “This is a story of a boy t
  
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• Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell Claims Marilyn Manson Filmed Up Her Skirt Without Consent at Music Festival

  07-02-2021 18:04
  
  Wolf Alice singer Ellie Rowsell stood in solidarity with Evan Rachel Wood after Wood came forward with accusations of sexual and physical abuse against Marilyn Manson on Feb. 1. On Saturday (Feb. 6), Rowsell recounted meeting Manson at a music festival and made her own allegations about misconduct by him.
  “Solidarity to Evan Rachel Wood and those calling out Marilyn Manson,” Rowsell tweeted. “It’s sad to see people defending him, just because he put his depravity in
  
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• The Weeknd has been given his own day by Toronto mayor

  07-02-2021 17:58 via nme.com
  
  The Weeknd has been honoured with his own day by the mayor of Toronto ahead of his Super Bowl performance.
  The musician will take to the stage during the halftime show in Tampa, Florida later today (February 7).Read more: Indiana Jones, Slash and Left Shark: The most disastrous Super Bowl Half Time Shows of all timeIn recognition of the moment, Toronto mayor John Tory has declared today The Weeknd Day. “Torontonians are cheering on proudly as he takes the stage at the #HalfTimeShow,&r
  
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• ‘SNL’ Takes on Morgan Wallen’s Racial Slur, Blames Weekend Update Host Colin Jost

  07-02-2021 17:40
  
  Saturday Night Live comically addressed the controversy surrounding Morgan Wallen, who was recently caught on video using the N-word, during the show’s Weekend Update on Feb. 6.
  In the segment’s typical newsroom fashion, Weekend Update co-host Michael Che introduced the Wallen story in a straightforward manner, noting that the country music star’s record label had suspended his contract after video surfaced of him using the racial slur.
  “Hmm, wonder who he learned that fr
  
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• Phoebe Bridgers Destroys Her Guitar During Rockin’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debut: Watch

  07-02-2021 17:02
  
  Phoebe Bridgers knows how to leave an impression. The singer-songwriter made her debut as the musical guest on the Feb. 6 episode of Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy, with a memorable performance.
  Bridgers kicked off her two-song set with “Kyoto,” the second single off her sophomore album, 2020’s Punisher. Like in the song’s video, the artist — and her backup musicians — sport skeleton onesies while performing the tun
  
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• Elton John: 'When we heard 'Music from Big Pink' it changed our life'

  07-02-2021 16:15 via music-news.com
  
  On a new episode of Elton John’s Rocket Hour on Apple Music 1, Elton sits down with his husband and Canadian-native
  
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• Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp cover Jimi Hendrix in latest ‘Sunday Lunch’ video

  07-02-2021 15:25 via nme.com
  
  Toyah Wilcox and her husband King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp‘s lauded lockdown covers series continues today (February 7) with a version of Jimi Hendrix‘s ‘Purple Haze’ – watch it below.
  The pair launched their virtual video series last year, sharing renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and more through Willcox’s YouTube channel.
  In the latest ‘Sunday Lunch’ cover, performed in
  
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• Listen to Chet Faker’s upbeat new single ‘Get High’

  07-02-2021 15:06 via nme.com
  
  Nick Murphy has shared his second new single since returning to his Chet Faker moniker.
  The singer, who retired the name in 2015, returned to his former guise last October ahead of the release of a new single called ‘Low’.READ MORE: Nick Murphy: why I killed off the Chet Faker nameHe’s now followed it up with an upbeat, psychedelic new single called ‘Get High’.
  “Sometimes you just need a break,” Murphy said of the new track. “I find myself wanting
  
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• Munya Chawawa has turned the Handforth Parish Council meeting into a drill track

  07-02-2021 14:09 via nme.com
  
  Munya Chawawa is the latest artist to parody the viral Handforth Parish Council meeting – watch him turn the encounter into a drill track below.
  The meeting, held over Zoom in December, went viral on social media this week, owing to the chaotic nature of its arguments and discussions over town planning.
  It’s already been reimagined as a musical and an indie song, and Chawawa has now brought its protagonist Jackie Weaver into the world of drill.
  “24 hours after breaking the inte
  
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• Rag 'n' Bone Man won't release new track as a single as it provokes too much 'misery'

  07-02-2021 13:16 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Human' hitmaker's latest album, 'Life by Misadventure', features a ballad called 'Talking to Myself', and the singer thinks it's a very
  
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• Ellie Goulding reveals the chorus on her Silk City collaboration 'New Love' was 'switched around'

  07-02-2021 13:15 via music-news.com
  
  The pop star joined forces with Mark Ronson and Diplo on the disco-pop banger and has spilled that the chorus became just
  
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• Ice Cube attacks cancel culture on new song ‘Trying To Maintain’

  07-02-2021 12:49 via nme.com
  
  Ice Cube has shared his first new solo material since 2018 – listen to ‘Trying To Maintain’ below.
  The track sees the rapper attacking cancel culture, and seeming to reference the recent backlash to allowing Republicans to add to his Contract With Black America during Donald Trump‘s tenure.READ MORE: Ice Cube: “You can change the law faster than you can change people’s hearts”“To everybody tryin’ to maintain, with a little Mary Jane
  
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• T.I.'s reality show shut down amid abuse scandal

  07-02-2021 12:06 via music-news.com
  
  Sabrina Peterson claimed last month that the rapper had put a gun to her head during an altercation.
  
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• Olly Sykes moved by new show It's A Sin impact as HIV testing increases

  07-02-2021 12:06 via music-news.com
  
  Russell T. Davies' series follows a group of friends dealing with the outbreak of AIDS in the 1980s.
  
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• Ice Cube planning culture chat with President Joe Biden

  07-02-2021 12:06 via music-news.com
  
  He met with former president Donald Trump last year to chat about diversity.
  
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• Britney Spears' lawyer argues giving her dad more conservatorship power would be 'highly detrimental'

  07-02-2021 12:06 via music-news.com
  
  The next hearing in the case is set for Thursday.
  
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• Bruce Springsteen stars in Jeep Super Bowl ad, his first ever commercial

  07-02-2021 12:01 via nme.com
  
  Bruce Springsteen has appeared in his first ever commercial – watch his appearance in Jeep’s Super Bowl ad below.
  After resisting corporate partnerships for most of his career, Springsteen has finally become the subject of an advert after being chased by Jeep’s head of marketing Olivier Francois for a decade.READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Letter To You’ review: a powerful synthesis of past and presentThe advert, which is soundtracked by an ambient score creat
  
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• Foo Fighters' latest album 'Medicine at Midnight' explores 'different territory'

  07-02-2021 11:07 via music-news.com
  
  The new record - the follow up to 2017's 'Concrete and Gold' - was recorded entirely in a rented house in Los Angeles and producer Greg Kurstin
  
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• Queen are considering releasing a recording of one of their first gigs

  07-02-2021 11:03 via music-news.com
  
  Guitarist Brian May recently heard a tape of the band performing at Imperial College London, a recording he didn’t know existed, and he thinks its something they should be proud of.
  
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• 50 Cent and Steve Aoki play Super Bowl parties with no masks or social distancing

  07-02-2021 10:34 via nme.com
  
  50 Cent and Steve Aoki have both performed at Super Bowl parties this weekend with no masks or social distancing.
  Tonight (February 7) hosts the massive annual American football event, and a number of shows across the US in the run-up have defied social distancing rules and COVID-19 restrictions.READ MORE: Why do people keep risking their lives to see shit bands?A new pair of reports by TMZ says that 50 Cent performed inside an airport hanger in St Petersburg, Florida to a crowd of maskless fans
  
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• Watch Phoebe Bridgers smash her guitar in explosive ‘SNL’ debut

  07-02-2021 09:48 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers made her Saturday Night Live debut last night (February 7), smashing her guitar in an explosive two-song performance – watch what unfolded below.
  After the singer refused to write guest host Dan Levy a personal song in the episode’s teaser promo, she played ‘Kyoto’ and ‘I Know The End’ from last year’s ‘Punisher’.READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before”Backed by a seve
  
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• Bruce Springsteen Teams Up With Jeep for Surprise Super Bowl Commercial: Watch

  07-02-2021 07:20
  
  Bruce Springsteen, who traditionally shuns any kind of corporate tie-in, has partnered with Jeep for “The Middle,” a two-minute ad that debuted on the car brand’s social media platforms at midnight ET on Sunday (Feb. 7) and will air during the Super Bowl.
  “Olivier Francois [global chief marketing officer for Jeep parent Stellantis] and I have been discussing ideas for the last 10 years and when he showed us the outline for ‘The Middle,’ our immediate reaction
  
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• Country Radio Stations Are Quietly Planning to Reinstate Morgan Wallen — “We’re Losing Core Listeners”

  07-02-2021 07:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  After abruptly removing Morgan Wallen from their playlists last week, country radio station program directors say they’re getting flooded by fans demanding his reinstatement. “We’re losing core listeners,” one program director told Digital Music News. Country radio stations are now grappling with a serious backlash after removing Morgan Wallen from their playlists last week — […]
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• Olivia Rodrigo performs ‘Drivers License’ for the Grammy Museum

  07-02-2021 04:07 via nme.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo has performed her breakthrough single ‘Drivers License’ for the Grammy Museum’s online streaming service Collection:live.
  Unlike the recorded version, the new, stripped-back performance, features just Rodrigo and her piano. Watch the clip below, or visit the Grammy Museum’s website.Alongside the performance, Rodrigo spoke to interviewer Scott Goldman about the success of the single and her recent challenge to write music on a daily basis.
  “Before quar
  
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• KISS’ Gene Simmons says young fans are “culprits” for the death of rock: “You killed the thing that you love”

  07-02-2021 03:09 via nme.com
  
  Gene Simmons has continued his “rock is dead” tirade in a new interview – this time, he’s blaming young people for the genre’s perceived demise.
  Simmons first declared rock to be “finally dead” in 2014, when the KISS bassist accused record labels of failing to adequately support rock artists during an interview conducted by his son, Nick, for Esquire.
  Last month, Simmons doubled down on his claims in another interview with Gulf News, telling the outlet &
  
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• KISS’ Gene Simmons continues his “rock is dead” tirade: “The culprits are the young fans.”

  07-02-2021 03:09 via nme.com
  
  Gene Simmons has continued his “rock is dead” tirade in a new interview – this time, he’s blaming young people for the genre’s perceived demise.
  Simmons first declared rock to be “finally dead” in 2014, when the KISS bassist accused record labels of failing to adequately support rock artists during an interview conducted by his son, Nick, for Esquire.
  Last month, Simmons doubled down on his claims in another interview with Gulf News, telling the outlet &
  
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• Gary Barlow enjoying anonymity among masked supermarket shoppers

  07-02-2021 02:01 via music-news.com
  
  Gary Barlow is shopping at supermarkets in the U.K. like Aldi, without being recognised.
  
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• Foo Fighters keen for fans to 'sing every word' of new songs during upcoming concerts

  07-02-2021 02:01 via music-news.com
  
  The Foo Fighters have dropped their 10th album, and they hope their fans will learn its lyrics by heart before they perform live.
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo Delivers Emotional ‘Drivers License’ Performance for Grammy Museum

  07-02-2021 00:33
  
  Olivia Rodrigo, who said she used to live just a few blocks from the Grammy Museum’s location in downtown Los Angeles, sat down with them for a virtual interview about her breakout single “Drivers License.” The segment, which debuted on the museum’s online streaming service Collection:live on Saturday (Feb. 6), included a live performance of the song — one that was just Rodrigo, her keyboard and all her emotions.
  “It’s absolutely beyond anything I ever c
  
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