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• Cardi B, Bobby Shmurda, Noname & More Stars Voice Their Support for #FreeHaiti Movement

  15-03-2021 23:49
  
  Cardi B, Bobby Shmurda, Noname and more are showing support to Haiti following the people’s continued plea for peace in the nation.
  Last Friday, a botched anti-gang operation in Port-au-Prince’s Village of God slum, which is run by the 5 Seconds gang, left an unknown number of Haitian National Police officers dead and eight injured, according to The Associated Press. The incident has continued fueling Haitian protesters’ demands for new democratic elections and t
  
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• Foogiano Arrested by Federal Agents After Being On the Run for Months

  15-03-2021 23:41
  
  U.S. Marshals in Tennessee have arrested Georgia rapper Foogiano, who was wanted for nearly three months after violating his probation by melting off his court-ordered ankle monitor and disappearing, according to authorities.
  The rapper (real name: Kwame Khalil Brown) was arrested by a U.S. Marshal’s Office task force Thursday in Memphis on a fugitive from justice warrant, The Athens Banner-Herald reported Monday (March 15), citing Memphis police.
  The 27-year-old Atlanta-based rapper is re
  
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• MF DOOM fans left upset after Grammys fail to capitalise late rapper’s name

  15-03-2021 23:32 via nme.com
  
  Fans of MF DOOM have been left upset after last night’s Grammys failed to capitalise the late rapper’s name during the ‘In Memoriam’ segment of the show.Read more: MF DOOM, 1971 – 2020: world-building rap hero who styled himself as a supervillainThe 63rd Annual Grammy Awards paid tribute to a number of artists who passed away over the last year including DOOM, Pop Smoke, Whodini’s John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, Toots Hibbert of Toots & The
  
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• Wolfgang Van Halen: The Grammys Almost Had Bigger Eddie Van Halen Tribute

  15-03-2021 23:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Guitarist's son, who says he's disappointed with the Grammy's tribute to Eddie Van Halen, wants to talk to the Academy about "the legacy of the rock genre going forward"
  
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• The Limited-Edition Beatles Turntable Just Got Re-Stocked

  15-03-2021 22:56
  
  After Ringo Starr made a surprise appearance and handed out the record of the year Grammy to Billie Eilish on Sunday night (Mar. 15), searches for Beatles merch have gone up online.
  For music lovers looking for more than just a t-shirt or hat, Ringo has an official drumstick collaboration with accessories brand, Zildjian. Designed with the drummer himself, the $11.99 sticks feature his signature and trademark star. See them here.Turntable brand Pro-Ject also recently re-stocked their limited-edi
  
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• Paul Wall Has Entered the Chat: The Rap Icon on Going Viral and Getting Vaccinated

  15-03-2021 22:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  The legendary MC would prefer it if you compared him to Lil' Keke
  
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• Muse give their approval of Nandi Bushell’s cover of ‘Plug In Baby’

  15-03-2021 22:34 via nme.com
  
  Muse have given their approval of Nandi Bushell‘s latest impressive cover, which saw the young musician take on the band’s ‘Plug In Baby’.READ MORE: 10-year-old drummer Nandi Bushell’s greatest cover songsThe at-home Muse cover follows on from previous Bushell renditions of such classic songs as Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’, Blur’s ‘Song 2’, The Who’s ‘My Generation’, and more recently, Red Hot Chili
  
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• Geezer Butler on Why Black Sabbath’s Manager Didn’t Want Ronnie James Dio

  15-03-2021 22:15
  
  Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler may consider the latest batch of album reissues something “to just keep the name going, I suppose.” But they certainly bring back some memories for the group’s co-founder, bassist and primary lyricist.
  The iconic heavy rock troupe recently released deluxe editions of three of its titles — 1972’s Vol. 4, the first album the band produced itself and recorded outside of England, and Heaven and Hell (1980) and Mob Rules (1981), which
  
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• Lil Baby Met Jay-Z at the 2021 Grammys & He Was on Some ‘Boss Sh–‘

  15-03-2021 22:14
  
  While everyone at the 2021 Grammy Awards on Sunday night was the epitome of Tiffany “New York” Pollard’s “Beyoncé?!” meme when the superstar arrived, Lil Baby was more focused on meeting Jay-Z.
  The 26-year-old rapper, who performed his Grammy-nominated song “The Bigger Picture” at Sunday’s awards show, took to Twitter after the ceremony to tell the story of how he met the hip-hop’s heavyweight. “I met jay z,” he wrote while
  
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• Grammys Suffer Steep Fall in Early 2021 Ratings

  15-03-2021 22:10
  
  The Grammy Awards joined a host of other awards shows in experience sizable ratings losses.
  CBS’ broadcast of the awards drew 8.8 million viewers and a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49, according to time zone-adjusted fast national ratings from Nielsen. Out of home viewing — added in the final ratings — will likely bump that total up further, but the show will still likely end up with only about half of its 2020 audience: 18.69 million viewers and 5.4 in the final ratings.The Gram
  
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• Mick Jagger once pretended to be in a band with pre-fame Jon Bon Jovi

  15-03-2021 22:07 via nme.com
  
  Jon Bon Jovi has recalled encounters he had with David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Mick Jagger during his pre-fame days.Read More: The Rolling Stones – their 10 best songsAppearing on Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt’s Rockonteurs podcast, the Bon Jovi frontman spoke about the time he spent working at The Power Station recording studio in New York when he was just 18 years old.
  “They paid me $50 a week to be the gofer and if it was a weekend or a late, late night, I could go in and recor
  
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• Kid Cudi says he’s working on adding ‘A Kid Named Cudi’ mixtape to streaming platforms

  15-03-2021 21:56 via nme.com
  
  Kid Cudi has said he’s working on adding his ‘A Kid Named Cudi’ mixtape to streaming platforms.Read more: Kid Cudi – ‘Man On The Moon III: The Chosen’ review: an art piece of epic highs and honest lowsThe rapper’s debut mixtape, which was released independently in 2008, hears him rap over a variety of well-known instrumentals by the likes of Outkast, N.E.R.D., Paul Simon, Gnarls Barkley, Monsters Of Folk and more.
  It also contains the ‘Day ‘n
  
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• DaBaby asked JoJo Siwa to join him for Grammys performance

  15-03-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  DaBaby wanted to prove there was no bad blood between the pair.
  
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• Courtney Love 'almost died' while battling anaemia in hospital

  15-03-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Courtney Love was in "indescribable pain" last August.
  
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• The Anchoress shares powerful ‘5am’ video highlighting abuse against women

  15-03-2021 21:23 via nme.com
  
  The Anchoress has shared the powerful new video for her latest single ‘5am’ – you can watch it below.
  The song, which tackles past experiences of trauma, appears on the musician’s (real name Catherine Anne Davies) second album ‘The Art Of Losing’.
  Davies posted the official visuals yesterday (March 14) amid the growing #ReclaimTheseStreets movent in London and across the UK following the abduction and murder of Sarah Everard.Here’s the video for 5AM
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• Elton John Condemns ‘Hypocrisy’ of the Vatican After Same-Sex Union Ruling

  15-03-2021 21:13
  
  On Monday (March 15), the Vatican declared that the Catholic Church will not bless same-sex unions because God “cannot bless sin” — and Elton John took major issue with the ruling.
  The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a two-page decree that was approved by Pope Francis, according to The Associated Press. The statement made a point to say the Catholic Church still welcomes and blesses gay people but cann
  
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• Morgan Wallen Number One on RS 200 For Ninth Straight Week

  15-03-2021 21:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  'Only the Family - Lil Durk Presents: Loyal Bros' and Chevelle's 'Niratias' make top ten debuts.
  
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• J Balvin Adds Karol G, Jhay Cortez, Tainy, Rauw Alejandro & More to Neón in Las Vegas

  15-03-2021 21:00
  
  J Balvin will be joined in Las Vegas by Karol G, Jhay Cortez, Rauw Alejandro, Jowell & Randy and producers Tainy and Sky Rompiendo in September for a weekend of experiences and performances he’s dubbed his “Neón Experience.”
  Also included in his roster of events will be DJ Alex Sensation, Cornetto, DJ Pope, Agudelo888 and Matt Paris and La Gabi, the first two artists Balvin signed to his own label.The Neón Experience will take place in Las Vegas during Mexican
  
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• Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Gives Impromptu Performance at Vaccine Center in Massachusetts

  15-03-2021 20:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Yo-Yo Ma celebrated his second vaccine dose yesterday by performing at the Massachusetts center. The internationally-acclaimed cellist was at the Berkshire Community College vaccination site yesterday. He was filmed performing with his cello and mask for those who were behind him. The 15-minute performance included pieces by Bach and Schubert, with Ma receiving a hearty […]
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• The Weeknd Is Boycotting the Grammys for Life: “I Will No Longer Allow My Label to Submit My Music to the Grammys”

  15-03-2021 20:52 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
    The 63rd Grammys are in the books, and The Weeknd – who boycotted the event after receiving zero nominations for his commercially successful After Hours effort – has signaled that he won’t be part of the awards show moving forward. Billie Eilish (who swept the main-four Grammys categories last year), Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and […]
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• Listen to Teenage Fanclub’s wistful new song ‘The Sun Won’t Shine On Me’

  15-03-2021 20:51 via nme.com
  
  Teenage Fanclub have shared ‘The Sun Won’t Shine On Me’, a new single taken from the Scottish indie stalwarts’ forthcoming album ‘Endless Arcade’.Read more: Teenage Fanclub: the story behind their brilliant Creation-era albums – and the time Liam mimed an entire Oasis album for themIt marks the third song fans have heard thus far from the the record, which the band announced back in November alongside lead single ‘Home’ and followed by &
  
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• Apple Kills Off Original HomePod Speakers to Focus on HomePod Mini

  15-03-2021 20:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  After four years, Apple has officially discontinued its original HomePod speakers. Instead, the Cupertino giant will focus on the HomePod mini, which it introduced last year. The larger HomePod speaker was supposed to be the answer to Amazon’s Echo and Google Home devices. But many people are happier with the cheaper, HomePod mini. It offers […]
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• Livestreams & Virtual Concerts to Watch: Week of March 15

  15-03-2021 20:23
  
  While it may still be a bit too chilly for socially distanced outdoor concerts, artists are keeping fans entertained at home with a bevy of livestream and virtual concerts this week.
  That includes U2, who are kicking off a streaming concert series on St. Patrick’s Day in which the band resurfaces four past shows for the first time. Other notable performances include Charli XCX, who is doing a Q&A and set on the 19th, and the “Wu vs. Wu” Verzuz featuring Wu-Tang Clan’s
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Puts Some Extra Pep in Her Step for Cover of Faith Hill’s ‘Keep Walkin’ On’

  15-03-2021 20:23
  
  For anyone who’s exhausted on this Monday (March 15) — between losing an hour of sleep to daylight saving time, the 2021 Grammy Awards running late on Sunday night, and the 2021 Oscar nominations being announced first thing in the morning — Kelly Clarkson knew just the thing to get people going to start their week off right.
  She got The Kelly Clarkson Show viewers to “Keep Walkin’ On” with her take on Faith Hill and Shelby Lynne’
  
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• Grateful Dead Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With Limited Edition Bobblehead

  15-03-2021 20:21
  
  Deadheads, it’s your lucky day.
  St. Patrick’s Day is coming up, and in celebration, Grateful Dead launched a limited edition, officially licensed Shamrock Dancing Bear bobblehead.The figurine features the classic dancing bear, decked out in his best leprechaun outfit, grooving on top of a four-leaf clover.
  The Shamrock Dancing Bear is available for $39.95 on Amazon here.
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• Facebook Expands Music and Instagram Reels Into Several New Countries – Here’s the Details

  15-03-2021 20:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook is expanding the countries where users can add background music to their posts. On March 8, Facebook and Instagram users in thirteen new territories got access to music. Today, Facebook is granting eighteen more countries access to Instagram Reels and Facebook Stories. These new creative tools are expanding the reach of creators on social […]
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• Facebook Expands Music and Instagram Reels Into 18 New Countries — Here Are the Details

  15-03-2021 20:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook is expanding the countries where users can add background music to their posts. On March 8, Facebook and Instagram users in thirteen new territories got access to music. Today, Facebook is granting eighteen more countries access to Instagram Reels and Facebook Stories. These new creative tools are expanding the reach of creators on social […]
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• KSI says his genre “fluid” next album will “blow people away”

  15-03-2021 20:16 via nme.com
  
  KSI has spoken on what to expect from his second album, which he has said “is gonna blow people away”.READ MORE: KSI: “A YouTuber doing music leaves a sour taste in people’s mouths. They despise it”The London rapper – who’s also known as a YouTuber, boxer, actor and author – released his debut record ‘Dissimulation’ last May, and recently teamed up with Yungblud and Polo G on ‘Patience’.
  Speaking in a new interview with
  
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• Foals reschedule majority of their UK tour dates to 2022

  15-03-2021 20:15 via nme.com
  
  Foals have rescheduled their forthcoming UK tour for a third time – see the new dates in full below.Read more: Foals’ Yannis Philippakis: “It’s perfectly fine to just sit around and do fuck all”The Oxford group, who released their latest album ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt.2’ in October 2019, were originally due to hit the road in April last year. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, they were forced to reschedule their tour to Apr
  
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• Meet the 2021 Latin American Music Awards’ New Artist of the Year Nominees

  15-03-2021 20:08
  
  The 2021 Latin American Music Awards (Latin AMAs), led by nine-time nominees Karol G and J Balvin, are taking place in April.
  Honoring some of the most influential Latin artists of today — as voted by fans — the ceremony includes 25 categories including pop, urban, tropical, regional Mexican, and the newly added category of favorite virtual concert.
  One of the coveted awards of the night is the new artist of the year. Newcomers Camilo, Eslabon Armado, Los Dos Carnales, Myke Towers, N
  
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• Hear Brandi Carlile’s Studio Recording of John Prine’s ‘I Remember Everything’

  15-03-2021 20:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  After performing Prine's final recorded song on the Grammys, Carlile provides a studio version for the upcoming Prine tribute album 'Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows'
  
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• Drake’s ‘What’s Next’ & Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Rule Global Charts

  15-03-2021 20:05
  
  Drake’s “What’s Next” debuts atop the Billboard Global 200, while Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” posts a record-breaking ninth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.
  Drake debuts two more songs in the Global 200’s top 10: “Wants and Needs,” featuring Lil Baby, at No. 2, and “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” featuring Rick Ross, at No. 4.
  Plus, Silk Sonic, the duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, enters each cha
  
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• Jeff Tweedy Discusses Decision to Pledge Royalties to Social Justice Groups

  15-03-2021 19:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  "We have a large segment of our population that worked to build this country and were never paid for it. That needs to be repaired," Wilco frontman says in new interview
  
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• Kaytranada Is the First Black Artist to Win Best Dance/Electronic Album Grammy

  15-03-2021 19:49
  
  Kaytranada won for both best dance recording and best dance/electronic album at the 2021 Grammys on Sunday (March 14) — and made history in the process.
  The Haitian-Canadian producer took home the best dance recording award for his Kali Uchis collab “10%” from his 2019 album, BUBBA, which itself won best dance/electronic album. This latter win made the 28-year-old artist the first Black producer to win in the category since it launched in 2004. He is also the first openly gay p
  
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• Tiffany Haddish Learned She Won a Grammy While on Another Show: Watch Her Tearful Reaction

  15-03-2021 19:44
  
  Tiffany Haddish won her first Grammy Award on Sunday (March 14) for best comedy album, but she gave a tearful acceptance speech on a different national telecast.
  Her 2019 special Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah won for best comedy album, making Haddish the sixth woman overall to win in this category and the second Black woman to receive the accolade after Whoopi Goldberg 35 years ago in 1986. She’s the first woman to win for best comedy album since Kathy Griffin in 2014.
  While fil
  
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• Elton John criticises “hypocrisy” of Vatican refusing to bless gay marriage

  15-03-2021 19:37 via nme.com
  
  Elton John has criticised the Vatican over its decision not to allow gay marriage in the Catholic church.Read More: Rocketman film review – a hurricane of imagination and exuberanceReplying to a question on whether Catholic priests could bless homosexual couples, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) said today (March 15) that same-sex nuptials “cannot be considered licit”.
  The formal response from the Vatican’s orthodoxy office, which has been approved by
  
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• Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Talk Double Oscar Nomination: ‘Surreal and Humbling’

  15-03-2021 19:36
  
  By now, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross should be getting use to their names being called in the score category when awards season rolls around. The pair — who won an Academy Award in 2011 for their pulse-pounding work on David Fincher’s The Social Network — saw their names in the mix not once but twice on Monday (March 15) when the nominations for the upcoming Oscars were announced.
  The longtime musical compatriots earned a bid in the best original sc
  
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• E-40, Joyner Lucas Team Up for ‘I Stand on That’ Video

  15-03-2021 19:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper released new album Terms and Conditions last December in bundle package with Too $hort
  
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• Someone’s mashed together Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’ and Tame Impala’s ‘Currents’

  15-03-2021 19:23 via nme.com
  
  A YouTuber has mashed together Frank Ocean‘s ‘Blonde’ album with Tame Impala‘s ‘Currents’ – listen to the result below.Read more: The Big Read – Tame Impala: “This band is the fantasy of music. It’s The Lord Of The Rings”Calb’s creation, titled ‘Blonded Currents: A Frank Ocean & Tame Impala Album’, was shared on the video streaming platform last week (March 7) and has since clocked up almost 20,000 views
  
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• 15 Thoughts on the 2021 Grammys

  15-03-2021 19:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion, BTS, Harry Styles, and more gave unforgettable performances — but fixing the Recording Academy will be harder
  
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• Travis Scott Launches Cacti Agave Spiked Seltzer: Here’s Where to Buy It

  15-03-2021 19:13
  
  Cheers to Travis Scott, whose highly anticipated new beverage venture launched on Monday (Mar. 15).
  The Cacti Agave Spiked Seltzer, in partnership with brewing company Anheuser-Busch, is now available nationwide. The 7% ABV seltzer made with 100% premium blue agave from Mexico comes in three flavors: pineapple, strawberry and lime.
  During Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, the world was introduced to Cacti via an adventurous, Trey Edward Shults-directed commercial that follows th
  
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• Celeste receives Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for 'Hear My Voice'

  15-03-2021 19:12 via music-news.com
  
  Today CELESTE received an Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song for “Hear My Voice” which she co-wrote with composer Daniel Pemberton
  
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• How BRS Kash Makes Post-Pandemic Club Anthems

  15-03-2021 19:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  BRS Kash got famous off of the viral hit "Throat Baby." Now he's ready to soundtrack the post-pandemic club
  
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• Burna Boy wins Best Global Album at Grammys

  15-03-2021 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  This year is the ultimate year of wins for multiple award-winning Afrofusion pioneer, Burna Boy as he bags the much-coveted
  
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• Flea says Gang Of Four’s Andy Gill “shaped my approach to music profoundly”

  15-03-2021 18:58 via nme.com
  
  Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Flea has looked back on his friendship with Andy Gill, saying that he “shaped my aesthetic and approach to music profoundly”.READ MORE: Andy Gill – the NME obituary, 1956-2020: The guitar hero who made radical politics danceableThe bassist teamed up with his RHCP bandmate John Frusciante on ‘The Problem Of Leisure’, a forthcoming tribute album to the late Gang Of Four musician (out May 14). Together the pair recorded a joint renditi
  
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• Tom Grennan on path towards first UK Number 1 album with 'Evering Road'

  15-03-2021 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Tom Grennan is heading for Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart with his new album Evering Road.
  
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• Teenage Fanclub Release Bittersweet New Song ‘The Sun Won’t Shine on Me’

  15-03-2021 18:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on Scottish outfit's next album, Endless Arcade
  
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• Columbia Records’ Jenifer Mallory on Navigating a ‘New World’ of Breaking Artists & NFTs

  15-03-2021 18:53
  
  In May 2013, thousands of people descended on the small Australian town of Wee Waa for the global album launch of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, a dance party on a giant LED floor that marked the first time anyone heard the French duo’s Grammy Award-winning release — even though the DJs never planned to show. For Jenifer Mallory, then vp international marketing for Sony Music, the event was “one of the most impactful, pivotal campaigns I’ve ever worked on in my
  
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• Watch Taika Waititi accept Grammy award for ‘JoJo Rabbit’ on ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ set

  15-03-2021 18:51 via nme.com
  
  Taika Waititi won the Best Compilation Soundtrack award at the Grammys 2021 last night (March 14) for JoJo Rabbit.Read more: Here are all the winners from the Grammys 2021It comes a year after the director won an Oscar for adapting the screenplay for the World War II satire in which he played a caricature of Adolf Hitler.
  “I guess they’re just giving Grammys to anyone now! I’ll take it, thank you,” said Waititi from the Sydney set of his latest film, Thor: Love and Thunde
  
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• Drake Makes Historic Hot 100 Start at Nos. 1, 2 & 3, Led by ‘What’s Next’

  15-03-2021 18:37
  
  The lyrics of Drake’s new song “What’s Next” have proven prophetic, as the track debuts at numero uno on the Billboard Hot 100 (aka, the “Hot one hundo”). He also becomes the first artist to enter the chart at Nos. 1, 2 and 3 simultaneously, as the song is joined by his “Wants and Needs,” featuring Lil Baby, new at No. 2, and “Lemon Pepper Freestyle,” featuring Rick Ross, new at No. 3.
  The tracks were released March 5 on OVO Sound/Repub
  
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