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• Every Rusical from ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ Ranked Worst to Best

  18-02-2021 23:50
  
  There are few constants on RuPaul’s Drag Race. Every season, the queens are asked to dazzle with their fashion, to impersonate their favorite celebrities, to show off their vocals and, of course, to lip sync (for life, legacy or for the crown).
  A recent tradition on Drag Race is one that combines all of the above — the Rusical. Almost every year since season 6, the queens of Drag Race are tasked with performing in a themed musical challenge — sometimes
  
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• Yungblud’s cover of ‘Life On Mars’ played during NASA Mars landing

  18-02-2021 23:41 via nme.com
  
  Yungblud’s cover of David Bowie’s ‘Life On Mars’ was played as NASA completed its latest Mars landing.
  The space agency’s Perseverance rover descended on the Red Planet earlier today (February 18) on a mission to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples for analysis back on Earth.Read more: Yungblud: his best cover versions, from Drake to OasisA livestream on NASA’s YouTube channel tracked the rover’s journey, with employees from the org
  
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• Toni Braxton Ties for Most No. 1s on Adult R&B Airplay Chart

  18-02-2021 23:31
  Toni Braxton expands her recent winning streak on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart and ties for the most No. 1s in the chart’s history as her track, “Gotta Move On,” featuring H.E.R., ascends from the runner-up spot on the chart dated Feb. 20. The single climbs with a 12% burst in plays in the week at the radio format ending Feb. 14, according to MRC Data, the largest gain among the chart’s 30 songs.
  With “Move,” Braxton secures an 11th No. 1 and
  
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• Taylor Swift’s New ‘Love Story’: Here’s the Story (So Far) on Airplay, Sales & Streaming

  18-02-2021 23:26
  
  According to initial reports to MRC Data, Taylor Swift’s re-recording of “Love Story” — dubbed “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” — has garnered more than 10 million on-demand audio streams in the U.S. through Feb. 16, while also selling over 24,000 downloads through Feb. 17. In terms of airplay, while it is not being actively promoted to radio stations, it has been played over 350 times through Feb. 17.
  On Feb. 11, Swift announced she had re-recorded
  
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• Lebron James Wants to Release a Rap Album – But Not Like Shaq

  18-02-2021 23:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  LeBron James wants to curate a rap album, but he won’t be rapping on it himself. This isn’t the first time an NBA superstar has gotten into the rap game. Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Damian Lillard all released albums of their own rap. James says he knows what he’s good at, and he’d rather […]
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• The Beach Boys sell the rights to their intellectual property

  18-02-2021 23:17 via nme.com
  
  The Beach Boys have sold the rights to their intellectual property, becoming the latest artist to hand over their copyright to another party.
  In recent months, the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have all sold off the rights to their back catalogues.Read more: 20 things you didn’t know about ‘Pet Sounds’The Beach Boys have now sold the rights to their entire brand to music industry veteran Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group. The a
  
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• 14 Times ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Stars Have Appeared in Music Videos

  18-02-2021 23:17
  
  It’s clear the cast of Vanderpump Rules have higher aspirations than to be waitstaff and bartenders for their rest of their  lives. After all, former star Stassi Schroeder is now a New York Times bestselling author, Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright — who are also no longer on the show — are trying to launch their own beer cheese, while Toms Sandoval and Schwartz are business partners in popular Hollywood bar TomTom.
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• King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard share ‘Pleura’ with music video filmed and uploaded in one day

  18-02-2021 23:12 via nme.com
  
  The dizzyingly prolific King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have shared their latest single ‘Pleura’, with a music video they filmed, edited, and uploaded to YouTube all yesterday (February 18).
  The clip, directed by Chunky Shrapnel mastermind John Angus Stewart, is a straight-forward one, seeing six cameras capture each member playing the song live simultaneously. It’s another microtonal instrumental, similar to that heard on their album ‘Polygondwanaland’, with fan
  
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• Triller CEO Barks Back — “We Have Never Inflated Any User Numbers”

  18-02-2021 22:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Triller CEO Mike Lu has barked back against claims that the short-form video-sharing app inflated its monthly active user (MAU) totals. The Triller founder and head recently took aim at the inflated-usership allegations in a widely circulated statement, after Billboard earlier this week reported that the TikTok competitor had misrepresented its MAUs in public releases. […]
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• Whistleblower Employees Say Facebook Used ‘Fake Data’ to Deceive Advertisers

  18-02-2021 22:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook whistleblowers say the company knowingly used false data to mislead advertisers about its true reach. The statements from former Facebook employees come from a newly unredacted California lawsuit, first filed in 2018. The lawsuit says Facebook knowingly overestimated its potential reach metric for advertisers. It also failed to correct for fake, duplicate, or otherwise inactive […]
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• Facebook Whistleblowers Say It Used ‘Fake Data’ to Deceive Advertisers

  18-02-2021 22:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook whistleblowers say the company knowingly used false data with advertisers about its true reach. The Financial Times reported the statements from former Facebook employees. They come from a newly unredacted California lawsuit, first filed in 2018. The lawsuit says Facebook knowingly overestimated its potential reach metric for advertisers. It failed to correct for fake, […]
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• Justin Bieber Broke Hearts & Records With His Valentine’s Day TikTok Livestream

  18-02-2021 22:38
  
  Justin Bieber serenaded a record number of fans during his Valentine’s Day TikTok livestream, drawing more than 4 million unique viewers over two broadcasts on Sunday and Monday, according to Def Jam. That makes his “Journals Live” performance the most-watched single-artist livestream ever for TikTok.
  The livestream marked a few other milestones too: It was the first full-length single-artist live performance on TikTok and it was the first time Bieber had performed his 2013 pro
  
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• Twitter Brings Voice DMs to India, Brazil, and Japan For Now

  18-02-2021 22:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Twitter is rolling out a new voice DMs feature to a select handful of countries for now. Eager to get in front of Clubhouse before it takes off the same way TikTok has, big social media is embracing audio. Twitter is launching its voice DMs feature in India, Brazil, and Japan for now. That’s not […]
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• Fending Off Clubhouse, Twitter Brings Voice DMs to India, Brazil, and Japan

  18-02-2021 22:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Twitter is rolling out a new voice DMs feature to a select handful of countries — for now. Eager to get in front of Clubhouse before it takes off with a TikTok-like trajectory, big social media is embracing audio. Accordingly, Twitter is launching its voice DMs feature in India, Brazil, and Japan — for now. […]
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• Watch Phoebe Bridgers, Philip Glass and more play orchestral ‘Kyoto’

  18-02-2021 22:23 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers has teamed up with Philip Glass, Scorchio Quartet and Jackson Browne to perform an orchestral version of ‘Kyoto’.Read more: How guitar-smashing badass Phoebe Bridgers is putting the anarchy back into musicThe special rendition of the ‘Punisher’ track came as the musicians performed for Glass’ annual Tibet House benefit last night (February 17).
  The event is usually held at New York’s Carnegie Hall, but was held virtually this year due to t
  
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• The Deals: ‘Buss It’ Rapper Erica Banks Signs to Warner, WMG Expands in MENA

  18-02-2021 22:11
  
  Warner Records has launched a strategic partnership with Gee Roberson and Jean Nelson’s BPG Music that will provide services for young Black artists and entrepreneurs who covet the global reach of a major label while looking to retain their creative autonomy. Roberson and Nelson will serve as advisors to Warner Records under the agreement, which brings emerging rappers Erica Banks and David Sabastian to the label.
  The nature of the new partnership is exemplified by Banks’ eventu
  
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• Kings Of Leon share dramatic black and white video for latest single ‘Echoing’

  18-02-2021 21:59 via nme.com
  
  Kings Of Leon have revealed the video for their latest single ‘Echoing’, which sees the band delivering a passionate live performance.READ MORE: Kings of Leon’s ‘Only By The Night’ at 10: how ‘Sex On Fire’ ripped the soul out of the bandFilmed in black and white, the clip follows a teaser released last week along with the audio, which featured grainy footage of the same performance. You can watch it below.
  The Nashville outfit will release their eighth a
  
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• LA County Sheriff’s Department reportedly set to investigate Marilyn Manson abuse claims

  18-02-2021 21:58 via nme.com
  
  The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is reportedly set to investigate the abuse allegations that have been made against Marilyn Manson.
  Earlier this month (February 1), Evan Rachel Wood and several other women accused Manson of sexual abuse, grooming and manipulation. The musician has denied the claims, saying that all of his “intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners”.
  Now, TMZ reports that the authorities are planning to meet
  
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• Stay For a While: Dave Matthews Band’s Long Trip Atop Adult Alternative Songs

  18-02-2021 21:44
  
  If Dave Matthews Band, the arena-headlining jam band that first formed in 1991, were a person, they’d be entering their thirties: settling into a career, finding themselves at fewer house parties. Perhaps they’ve started – or found – a family; probably they have now known real, adult loss. It is the age at which preparation rounds into experience, and as such it’s an ideal age for the Adult Alternative Songs chart. At its best, Triple A presents a youthful sense of
  
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• Hear Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Share Hitmaking Secrets

  18-02-2021 21:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jam and Lewis discuss their work with Janet Jackson and much more on the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast
  
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• Holly Humberstone and The 1975’s Matty Healy appear to have written a song together

  18-02-2021 21:28 via nme.com
  
  Eagle-eyed fans have uncovered the fact that Holly Humberstone and The 1975‘s Matty Healy have apparently written a song together.READ MORE: The NME 100 Showcase: Watch live performances from Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Holly Humberstone and moreFans have been sharing a registration made with the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). You can view it in full here.
  It indicates that Humberstone, Healy, and a third songwriter Robert James Milton have composed a song togethe
  
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• Super Bowl Ad Propels Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Opportunities’ on Dance Charts

  18-02-2021 21:27
  
  Pet Shop Boys bound onto Billboard’s Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart (dated Feb. 20) at No. 5 with “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money),” following the Feb. 6 Super Bowl premiere of an Allstate insurance commercial featuring the song. The 1986 classic sold 1,000 downloads, up 1,618%, in the week ending Feb. 11, according to MRC Data.
  The song is the iconic UK act’s first top 10 and best career position on the chart, which began in 2010.The duo of Neil
  
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• CNCO’s ‘Déjà Vu’ Debuts Top Five on Latin Pop Albums Chart

  18-02-2021 20:46
  
  CNCO clocks its fourth straight top five-charting effort on Billboard’s Latin Pop Albums chart as Déjà Vu starts at No. 2 on the Feb. 20 survey with 3,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Feb. 11, according to MRC Data. The 13-track covers set is an exploration of Latin classics from 1980s through early 2000s which showcase the quintet’s established pop-rhythmic flow.
  “When quarantine started, we listened to a lot of songs from the past with o
  
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• Greg Nicotero Says ‘Creepshow’ Decided to Pull Marilyn Manson Episode in About ‘4 Seconds’

  18-02-2021 20:30
  
  Shudder’s Creepshow apparently wasted no time in yanking an unaired episode that was set to feature Marilyn Manson. Greg Nicotero, the showrunner and executive producer of the horror anthology, told reporters at the Television Critics Association’s 2021 winter press tour Thursday (Feb. 18) that it wasn’t a difficult decision.
  “I found out about it at the same time everybody else did,” Nicotero shared of how he heard about actress Evan Rachel Wood naming the shock ro
  
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• Lauryn Hill makes history as first female MC to go diamond

  18-02-2021 20:28 via nme.com
  
  Lauryn Hill‘s debut album ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’ has gone diamond after selling over 10 million copies in the US, making her the first ever female rapper to achieve the feat.READ MORE: ‘The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill’ reviewThe Recording Industry Association of America made the news official on Tuesday (February 16), tweeting its congratulations to Hill.
  “Welcome to the RIAA Diamond Club @MsLaurynHill! #TheMiseducationofLaurynHill is now a (10
  
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• Dolly Parton Urges Lawmakers Not to Erect Statue of Her: ‘I Don’t Think Putting Me on a Pedestal Is Appropriate at This Time’

  18-02-2021 20:23
  
  Dolly Parton is urging lawmakers in her home state of Tennessee to withdraw a bill that would erect a statue of her on the Capitol Grounds in Nashville.
  “Given all that is going on in the world, I don’t think putting me on a pedestal is appropriate at this time,” tweeted the 75-year-old singer.
  The bill was introduced last month to honor Parton’s contributions in music as well as philanthropy. “At this point in history, is there a better example, not just in America
  
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• Under Pressure: How Labels Are Navigating Cancel Culture After Morgan Wallen

  18-02-2021 20:16
  
  After a video leaked to TMZ of rising country artist Morgan Wallen using the N-word on Feb. 2, radio cut his songs, streaming services dropped him from official playlists, his booking agent stopped working with him and his label “suspended” his recording contract. The Academy of Country Music even deemed him ineligible for this year’s ACM Awards. He was essentially exiled from the music business.
  Except by fans. Wallen — who on Feb. 10 issued a video apolog
  
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• Why My Mom and the Go-Go’s Deserve to Be In the Rock Hall of Fame (Guest Op-Ed)

  18-02-2021 20:11
  
  I woke up last Wednesday (Feb. 10) to the amazing news that The Go-Go’s, of which my mother Belinda Carlisle is a founding member, had finally been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after 15 years of eligibility. I felt a strong sense of relief and satisfaction, as for a long time now — especially since a documentary on the band (The Go-Go’s) premiered at Sundance last year and was released to rave reviews — there had been a sense of confusion and frustration f
  
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• Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton to Host ‘The Celebrity Dating Game’ on ABC

  18-02-2021 20:10
  
  ABC, seemingly drunk on game shows, is updating another blast from the TV past. The network has given a season order to The Celebrity Dating Game, a spin on the series that showcased normies looking for love in the 1960s and ’70s.
  Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton are set to host the project, given an initial order of eight episodes, all but ensuring that music will be well-incorporated as bachelors and bachelorettes vie for the attention of mystery celebrity gues
  
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• Is There Room for Another BTS? UMG, Big Hit Are Creating a ‘New Global K-Pop Boy Group’

  18-02-2021 20:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Universal Music Group and Big Hit Entertainment have teamed up to create “a new global K-pop boy group” in the United States – in addition to establishing a record label for this as-yet-unformed act – as part of an “expanded strategic partnership.” The Big Three record label and the BTS agency recently unveiled their bolstered […]
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• Wolf Alice and BPI urge government to seize £1billion export opportunity for UK music

  18-02-2021 20:01 via nme.com
  
  Wolf Alice and the BPI have called on the government to take advantage of a £1billion exports opportunity for UK music.
  The latest figures for British music exports show that all sectors of music exports made £2.9billion between January 2019 and December 2019. Of that sum, recorded music brought in £518million.Read more: “It’s going to be devastating” – here’s how Brexit will screw over British touring artistsAccording to a new report, All Aro
  
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• Kings of Leon Release Video for New Song ‘Echoing’

  18-02-2021 19:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band will release first LP in five years this March
  
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• Marc Anthony Honors Johnny Pacheco: ‘He Was a Storyteller On and Offstage’

  18-02-2021 19:51
  Marc Anthony remembers legendary bandleader, producer and multi-instrumentalist Johnny Pacheco, who in 1964 co-founded Fania Records, which became so influential that a Fania All-Stars concert sold out Yankee Stadium in 1973. He was one of the leading architects of salsa music and helped launch the careers of Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe and Ruben Blades. Pacheco died Feb. 15, at the age of 85.
  Johnny’s music was the soundtrack of my life growing up in New York, and I had
  
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• Mahalia, Rico Nasty Wreak Some Havoc on an Ex in Video for ‘Jealous’

  18-02-2021 19:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Clip for U.K. singer's latest song recalls Hype Williams' 1998 film, Belly
  
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• Eve Hewson on her teenage Kings Of Leon obsession: “We got kicked out of a few after parties”

  18-02-2021 19:50 via nme.com
  
  Eve Hewson has discussed her teenage obsession with Kings Of Leon when they toured with her father’s band U2.READ MORE: Eve Hewson: “James Gandolfini took me in and looked after me”The actor, daughter of U2 frontman Bono, spoke to NME about being called a “stalker” of the Tennessee band in her younger years.
  “Did they say that I was a stalker?! Here’s the thing, they used to drop mine and my sister’s names in interviews back in the day an
  
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• The Strokes’ producer Gordon Raphael on why he moved to Hebden Bridge and makes cameo in The Lounge Society’s new video

  18-02-2021 19:48 via nme.com
  
  The Lounge Society have shared the video for new single ‘Cain’s Heresy’, filmed as a homage to The Strokes‘ ‘The Modern Age’ video and featuring the band’s legendary producer Gordon Raphael. Check it out below along with our interview with Raphael.READ MORE: The Lounge Society: Yorkshire teens making political punk for the dancefloorAs the Yorkshire Speedy Wunderground signees reveal details of their debut EP ‘Silk For The Starving’, the NME
  
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• The Strokes’ producer Gordon Raphael on moving to Hebden Bridge and working with The Lounge Society

  18-02-2021 19:48 via nme.com
  
  The Lounge Society have shared the video for new single ‘Cain’s Heresy’, filmed as a homage to The Strokes‘ ‘The Modern Age’ video and featuring the band’s legendary producer Gordon Raphael. Check it out below along with our interview with Raphael.READ MORE The Lounge Society: Yorkshire teens making political punk for the dancefloorAs the Yorkshire Speedy Wunderground signees reveal details of their debut EP ‘Silk For The Starving’, the
  
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• Amazon Prime Video Hosts ‘Coda Collection’ Channel of Music Docs, Concert Films

  18-02-2021 19:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Music, Money, Madness…Jimi Hendrix In Maui, The Rolling Stones on the Air, Johnny Cash at San Quentin among initial wave of 150 titles
  
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• Triple A Through the Years: Adult Alternative Programming Directors Discuss the History and Evolution of the Radio Format

  18-02-2021 19:39
  This week, we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart, which started in 1996 to recognize the rise in prominence of the adult album alternative (or Triple A) radio format.
  Over the past 25 years, much has changed in Triple A — both for commercial and listener-supported (non-comm) stations — in terms of the music, the technology, and the audience. To get a sense of that evolution, we asked programming directors and music dire
  
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• Triple A Through the Years: Adult Alternative Program Directors Discuss the History and Evolution of the Radio Format

  18-02-2021 19:39
  
  This week, we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart, which started in 1996 to recognize the rise in prominence of the adult album alternative (or Triple A) radio format.
  Over the past 25 years, much has changed in Triple A — both for commercial and non-comm stations — in terms of the music, the technology, and the audience. To get a sense of that evolution, we asked program directors and music directors from some of the co
  
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• Mariah Carey Special, Lady Gaga & Justin Bieber Videos Nominated For Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards

  18-02-2021 19:29
  
  If you thought Mariah Carey looked great in her recent TV special Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, you’re not alone. The members of the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild had the same reaction. They nominated Carey’s makeup artists and hairstylists for the 8th annual MUAHS Guild Awards (that’s short for Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists).
  OK, the MUAHS Guild Awards will never join the EGOT — good thing, it would make the acronym way too long &mdash
  
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• Foo Fighters Fly High With Their Cover of Bee Gees’ Hit ‘You Should Be Dancing’: Listen

  18-02-2021 19:24
  Dave Grohl, is that you?! The rocker revealed how high his pipes can go when the Foo Fighters covered the Bee Gees’ 1976 Billboard Hot 100 hit “You Should Be Dancing” for a recent interview with BBC Radio 2’s Sofa Session with Jo Whiley.
  In the band’s cover of the disco tune — which was featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack — Grohl matches Barry Gibb’s falsetto. The Foo Fighters stick pretty closely to the original, though they do add a t
  
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• ‘RS Interview: Special Edition’ With RZA

  18-02-2021 19:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Cut Throat City director talks finding peace during quarantine, what to expect from Season Two of An American Saga and why society "following all the precepts of humanity" is what makes this country great
  
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• ‘Roses’ Star Saint Jhn Aims Even Higher in 2021

  18-02-2021 19:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brooklyn musician went from songwriting for Usher to making a splash of his own
  
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• Dolly Parton responds to calls for her to get her own statue

  18-02-2021 19:01 via nme.com
  
  Dolly Parton has responded to calls for a statue to be built of her at Tennessee’s State Capitol.
  Last month, Tennessee Rep. John Mark Windle introduced a bill that would see the country star recognised with a statue in Nashville. Before that, more than 25,000 fans also signed a petition for all Confederate statues in the state to be replaced with ones of Parton.Read more: Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square review: a festive throwback to classic Hollywood“I am honored and h
  
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• Hear Foo Fighters cover The Bee Gees’ disco classic ‘You Should Be Dancing’

  18-02-2021 18:53 via nme.com
  
  Foo Fighters have performed a cover of The Bee Gees‘ 1976 classic ‘You Should Be Dancing’, with Dave Grohl taking on the disco legends’ famous falsetto vocals.READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”The band shared the new version for Jo Whiley’s Sofa Session on BBC Radio 2. You can hear a 30-second snippet below and find the full version here via BBC Sounds.
  Elsewhere in the session, Foo Fighters played live versions of 2002 hit &l
  
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• Jon Bon Jovi Honors His Family in ‘Story of Love’ Video

  18-02-2021 18:49 via rollingstone.com
  
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• Dave Matthews Band & The Wallflowers’ ‘One Headlight’ Top Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Charts

  18-02-2021 18:38
  
  During the first year of Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart, listeners of the rock radio format enjoyed tastes of both the survey’s all-time biggest artist and song.
  Upon the chart’s 25th anniversary (after the list launched with the ranking dated Jan. 20, 1996), Dave Matthews Band reigns as the top artist and The Wallflowers’ “One Headlight” is the No. 1 song.
  Check out Billboard’s exclusive Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Artists and Ad
  
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• Star Track, The Next Generation: What Do Major Catalog Sales Mean For Younger Artists?

  18-02-2021 18:30
  
  The market for publishing catalogs is booming as institutional investors and newer companies like Primary Wave Music and Round Hill Music compete with the majors and older firms. So far though, most of the attention has been focused on the rights to big-name songwriters: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks.
  Among those paying attention? Younger songwriters who may not have written “The Times They Are A-Changin’ ” — but can easily see that they are. “Every artist in
  
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• Mercuriadis Rising: Meet the Man Songwriters Love and Publishers Fear

  18-02-2021 18:30
  “They are trying to twist this for their own purposes.”
  Merck Mercuriadis’ eyes flash with exasperation. Over years spent managing the careers of uncompromising artists like Elton John, Beyoncé and Guns N’ Roses, the 57-year-old music industry veteran has perfected a demeanor of cordial unflappability. Yet a question skeptics have asked about his 4-year-old company, Hipgnosis, has gotten under his skin.
  Hipgnosis has spent almost $2 billion to date snappi
  
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