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• The Players Behind Rosé’s ‘On the Ground’: See the Full Credits

  24-03-2021 23:58
  BLACKPINK member Rosé has scored her first solo hit with the single “On the Ground,” which entered the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts at No. 1 this week.
  The singer’s chart-topping debut marks the first time an artist has led the Global Excl. U.S. tally both solo and with a group; BLACKPINK’s “Lovesick Girls” topped the survey dated Oct. 17, 2020. The popularity of “On the Ground” additionally rocketed Ros&e
  
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• System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian says he used to be “good friends” with Kanye West

  24-03-2021 23:53 via nme.com
  
  Shavo Odadjian, bassist in System Of A Down, has said that he and Kanye West were once “good friends”.
  In an interview with CBD website Puraphy, Odadjian was asked about his Armenian roots, a heritage he shares with West’s wife Kim Kardashian.READ MORE: Kanye West’s much-delayed 10th album ‘DONDA’: the story so far“Oh, I know the Kardashians quite well,” Odadjian said. “I used to be very good friends with Kanye. Though this was a few years ag
  
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• Warner Music Group Acquires Moscow-Based Zhara Music, Establishes Atlantic Records Russia

  24-03-2021 23:52 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Warner Music Group has acquired Zhara Music and renamed the Moscow-based indie label Atlantic Records Russia. Warner Music Group unveiled the buyout in a formal release this morning, and Zhara Music announced the deal as well as the rebranding in a brief YouTube video. (The latter account has already been renamed “Atlantic Records Russia.”) According […]
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• Warner Music Group Acquires Moscow-Based Zhara Music — Creates ‘Atlantic Records Russia’ Overnight

  24-03-2021 23:52 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Warner Music Group has acquired Zhara Music and renamed the Moscow-based indie label Atlantic Records Russia. Warner Music Group unveiled the buyout in a formal release this morning, and Zhara Music announced the deal as well as the rebranding in a brief YouTube video. (The latter account has already been renamed “Atlantic Records Russia.”) According […]
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• Here Are the Women Who Have ‘Truly Inspired’ Britney Spears

  24-03-2021 23:24
  Britney Spears is giving seven special and inspirational women their flowers for always adding a “spark” to the pop star’s day.
  On Wednesday (March 24), the singer posted pictures of her own little sister Jamie Lynn Spears; sisters Miley and Noah Cyrus; actresses Sharon Stone, Natalie Portman and Sarah Jessica Parker; and traveling yoga teacher and fitness instructor Tawny Janae along with a sweet note.
  “These are the women that have truly inspired my life!!!!&r
  
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• How Much Personal Data Do Music Apps Collect? Here’s the Latest Privacy Report

  24-03-2021 23:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  How much app privacy do you have with music streaming apps? Apple’s new privacy policy helps us find out. Apple’s new privacy policy forces app developers to disclose how much data they collect. It also must tell users what data is potentially shared with third-parties. By using the new privacy labels in the App Store, […]
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• How Much Data Do Music Apps Collect About You? – App Privacy Report

  24-03-2021 23:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  How much app privacy do you have with music streaming apps? Apple’s new privacy policy helps us find out. Apple’s new privacy policy forces app developers to disclose how much data they collect. It also must tell users what data is potentially shared with third-parties. By using the new privacy labels in the App Store, […]
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• Iceage share celebratory visuals for new single ‘Shelter Song’

  24-03-2021 22:59 via nme.com
  
  Danish punks Iceage have shared the latest taste of their forthcoming album ‘Seek Shelter’ in the form of the emotional ‘Shelter Song’.READ MORE: Iceage – ‘Beyondless’ reviewYou can watch a video for the track below, which was directed by longtime collaborator Catherine Pattinama Coleman and is inspired by the relationships between family and friends.
  “As a childhood friend of theirs, it was important for me to showcase our friendship and the peopl
  
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• Bobby Brown Calls for Criminal Charges In Wake of Son’s Drug Overdose

  24-03-2021 22:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Bobby Brown is calling for criminal charges in the accidental overdose death of his son, Bobby Brown Jr. An autopsy report revealed on Monday that the 28-year-old died of the effects of several drugs. Alcohol, cocaine, and the opioid fentanyl were in his system at the time of death. Brown Jr. was found dead in […]
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• Expanded ‘Amy Winehouse At The BBC’ triple album announced

  24-03-2021 22:43 via nme.com
  
  A triple album compilation ‘Amy Winehouse At The BBC’ will be released later this year, an expansion of the posthumous 2012 box set of the same name.READ MORE: A new Amy Winehouse box set, ‘The Collection’, delves into the late singer’s archives. But does it add anything?The release sees the audio of Jools Holland’s ‘A Tribute To Amy Winehouse’, a selection of the broadcaster’s personal favourite Winehouse performances made available for the
  
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• UK Rock Band Royal Blood Performing at the Roblox ‘Bloxy Awards’ for 2021

  24-03-2021 22:34 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  UK rock duo Royal Blood will perform live at the 2021 Bloxy Awards for the Roblox community. The British rock duo will perform a three-song virtual concert during the show. The Bloxy Awards are Roblox’s celebration of the passion, talent, and creativity of the Roblox community – between players and creators. The celebration will take […]
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• Barbra Streisand, Dee Snider & More Call for Gun Control After Colorado Shooting

  24-03-2021 22:25
  
  Barbra Streisand, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach and more celebrities are pleading for gun control reform following Monday’s mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
  A 21-year-old man opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle in a Boulder supermarket, killing 10 people. The mass shooting follows another attack just last week when a 21-year-old white man killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women, at three Atlanta-based spas in the midst of spiking anti-Asian hate crimes.
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• Triller Strikes Music Licensing Deal With Publishers

  24-03-2021 22:06
  
  Short-form video app Triller has come to an agreement with the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) on behalf of its members, compensating its network of publishers and songwriters when their songs are used in videos on the platform.
  “NMPA is pleased to have come to an agreement with Triller to account for the past use of songs as well as a forward-looking license for our eligible independent publisher members,” NMPA president and CEO David Israelite said in a statemen
  
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• Listen to All Time Low’s hopeful new single ‘Once In A Lifetime’

  24-03-2021 21:59 via nme.com
  
  All Time Low have shared a new song called ‘Once In A Lifetime’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Alex Gaskarth, All Time LowThe Baltimore band announced the track on social media last Friday (March 19), with guitarist Jack Barakat teasing that “it’s all happppppening.”
  Arriving today (March 24), the reflective new single was co-produced by Zakk Cervini and Andrew Goldstein who also helmed All
  
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• Hikaru Utada’s ‘One Last Kiss’ Hits No. 1 on Japan Hot 100

  24-03-2021 21:32
  
  Hikaru Utada’s “One Last Kiss” rises to No. 1 on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated March 15 to 21, after debuting last week at No. 2. The theme of the highly anticipated Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time is the J-pop superstar’s first No. 1 song on the Japan Hot 100 in over 10 years — she last hit No. 1 on the chart dated Dec. 6, 2010, with “Goodbye Happiness.”The 38-year-old singer-songwriter hit No. 1 on the Japan Hot Albums chart last wee
  
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• Ed Sheeran tearful as he performs new song at pal Michael Gudinski's state memorial

  24-03-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran wrote Visiting Hours while in quarantine in the country.
  
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• Eminem’s ‘Curtain Call: The Hits’ breaks Billboard chart history

  24-03-2021 21:22 via nme.com
  Eminem‘s greatest hits album ‘Curtain Call’ has spent a full decade on the Billboard 200 chart.
  Released back in 2005, the collection brought together Slim Shady’s biggest tracks of his career up until that point – including ‘My Name Is’, ‘Stan’, ‘Without Me’ and ‘Lose Yourself’. It debuted at Number One, shifting around 441,000 copies just two days.READ MORE: Everything we learned from Eminem’s ‘The Marsha
  
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• Boy George to release new music and art as NFT

  24-03-2021 21:15 via nme.com
  
  Boy George is the latest artist to release work as non-fungible tokens (NFT), with exclusive music and visual art on its way.
  The musician has signed a deal with cryptocurrency trading site Crypto.com to produce content for their new NFT platform.READ MORE: WTF is an NFT? Kings Of Leon’s weird non-fungible token thing – explained!“I think life turned me into art,” Boy George said of the deal. “My role models were both artistic types and hard working types. I’v
  
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• Miley Cyrus Passes a Note to Hannah Montana for Show’s 15th Anniversary

  24-03-2021 21:05
  
  Miley Cyrus lived the best of both worlds as Hannah Montana for six years when the teen sitcom ran on Disney Channel, and 15 years later, she’s saying thank you to her alter ego.
  The 28-year-old pop superstar penned a handwritten letter on Wednesday’s (March 24) 15th anniversary of Hannah Montana, recalling the show’s very first and last episodes and cherishing all the memories that happened in between, on a star-adorned sheet of pink paper with a sparkly purple border tha
  
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• Secretly Group Employees Unionize, Set Late-Thursday Deadline for Formal Acknowledgement From Management

  24-03-2021 21:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Employees at Secretly Group, a Bloomington, Indiana-based family of indie record labels including Jagjaguwar, Secretly Canadian, Numero Group, and Dead Oceans, have officially unionized. Secretly Group team members announced the unionization plans on social media, from an aptly named (and newly created) account called “Secretly Group Union.” In addition to explaining the reasons behind the […]
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• Jason Kupperman Launches Goldengate Talent Agency

  24-03-2021 21:04
  
  Former Paradigm agent Jason Kupperman was very particular on how he wanted to launch Goldengate Agency, and a press release wasn’t going to cut it. He wanted to create something tangible, something that could be mailed to new contacts, old friends and members of the media.
  He put together a package including two items — the first was a Goldengate Agency T-shirt, printed on a relaxed, poly-blend fabric. With it he included a note written on thick golden paper stock that said the
  
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• Obzesion Break Down Their Viral Hit ‘Mi Trokita’: ‘It Just Snowballed’

  24-03-2021 20:52
  
  A few days before their show at the Rodeo Disco in Houston on Oct. 9, Obzesión’s lead singer Juan Antonio Hernández felt they needed a new song to add to their repertoire, which mostly includes romantic Tejano norteñas and cumbias.
  “I decided to write a last-minute song before the show we had coming up,” Hernández, who is also the Tejano group’s songwriter and bajo sexto player, tells Billboard. “I wanted to write something happier that j
  
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• Over 300 songwriters write open letter to record labels calling for fair payment

  24-03-2021 20:38 via nme.com
  
  Hundreds of songwriters have signed an open letter to record labels, calling for better payment.READ MORE: Mark, My Words – from music to healthcare, the public is being asked to plug broken systemsThe letter, which you can read in full here, was written by Helienne Lindvall, Chair of the Songwriter Committee & Board Director at The Ivors Academy of Music Creators.
  It has over 300 signatories including MNEK, Toddla T, Giorgio Moroder, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Paloma Faith and Jess Gly
  
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• Beabadoobee shares new track ‘Last Day On Earth’ and announces ‘Our Extended Play’ EP

  24-03-2021 20:37 via nme.com
  
  Beabadoobee has shared a new track called ‘Last Day On Earth’ – you can listen to it below.
  The song was co-written and produced by The 1975‘s Matty Healy and George Daniel, who have also worked on Bea’s forthcoming new EP, ‘Our Extended Play’ (out this spring).READ MORE: Beabadoobee: “I wear my heart on my sleeve with this album”“‘Last Day On Earth’ is about all the things I would have done had I known we were going in
  
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• Facebook’s QAnon Crackdown Purges Adrenochrome, an Oakland Punk Rock Group

  24-03-2021 20:33 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook’s crackdown on QAnon conspiracies has destroyed the social media presence for Adrenochrome – a punk rock band. Members of the Oakland-based punk rock group, say they were taken by surprise by the censorship. Facebook completely disabled the band’s page, along with three of their personal accounts. Another page for the booking business run by […]
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• Beabadoobee Previews New EP With ‘Last Day on Earth,’ Co-Written by Matty Healy

  24-03-2021 20:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  “'Last Day on Earth' is about all the things I would have done had I known we were going into a lockdown and the world was going to change the way it has," Bea Kristi says
  
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• Justin Bieber Might Get a ‘Peaches’ Tattoo, But It Won’t Be On This Part of His Body

  24-03-2021 19:53
  
  Justin Bieber is trying to find room on his body for potentially new ink to commemorate the release of his sixth album Justice, but he knows where it won’t be.
  Bieber called into SiriusXM Hits 1 on Wednesday (March 24), and a fan asked him what tattoo design would best represent his favorite Justice track.
  “Maybe I’ll get like a small peach on my body somewhere,” he replied with a smile, referencing his song “Peaches” with Giveon and Daniel Caesar. B
  
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• Boris Johnson says getting the performing arts sector up and running will take “a huge amount of time, preparation and expense”

  24-03-2021 19:33 via nme.com
  
  Boris Johnson has responded to questions about the reopening of the UK’s performing arts sector during a 90-minute questioning from senior MPs.READ MORE: UK Festivals on COVID testing and vaccination passports this summer: “Safety is all we think about”Speaking to the Liaison Committee today (March 24), the Prime Minister was asked by Conservative MP and chair of The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Julian Knight whether he would support government-backed insurance f
  
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• Taylor Swift to release first Vault song on Thursday

  24-03-2021 19:24 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift is set to release the first song in her ‘From the Vault’ series on Thursday (25.03.21), which will be titled ‘You All Over Me (From the Vault)’ and will feature Maren Morris.
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker Go Goth For ‘A Girl Like You’ Cover in ‘Paradise City’ Trailer

  24-03-2021 19:22
  
  Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker go goth for their cover of Edwyn Collins’ signature 1994 hit “A Girl Like You” for the trailer to the upcoming Amazon Prime Video series Paradise City.
  The frequent collaborators turn the Scottish singer’s pop bop into a grinding dirge in the latest look at the American Satan spin-off that features Black Veil Brides singer Andy Biernsack and Asking Alexandria guitarist Ben Bruce alongside an all-star cast that includes Cameron Boyc
  
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• Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox on Their Viral Quarantine Videos: ‘We’re in This With You’

  24-03-2021 19:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  King Crimson's guitarist and his pop-star wife on what inspired them to cover everything from "Enter Sandman" to "Girls, Girls, Girls," and what everyone got wrong about their 'Swan Lake' tutu dance
  
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• Benny Blanco Lets His Lips Loose About Accidentally Kissing Beyoncé

  24-03-2021 19:14
  
  What happens in the Hamptons doesn’t always stay in the Hamptons. Case in point? Benny Blanco didn’t keep his lips sealed about what happened one night at Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s house 10 years ago.
  In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on Wednesday (March 24), the superstar producer revealed how close he got to Queen Bey while staying in her house in the Hamptons around 2010, and how his “very European” greeting went south.
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• Slaves side-project Larry Pink The Human share anthemic new single ‘ELEVEN11_GTR_SONG’

  24-03-2021 19:01 via nme.com
  
  Larry Pink The Human, the side-project of Slaves‘ Laurie Vincent, have shared a new track called ‘ELEVEN11_GTR_SONG’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Slaves’ Laurie Vincent and producer Jolyon Thomas on their soft, melancholy new project Larry Pink The HumanThe duo, completed by producer Jolyon Thomas, released their debut ‘Love You, Bye’ last April before following it up with ‘Might Delete Later’, ‘Purpose Built’ and
  
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• Miley Cyrus Reflects on ‘Hannah Montana’ on 15th Anniversary of Show’s Premiere

  24-03-2021 19:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Although you are considered to be an ‘alter ego’ in reality there was a time in my life when you held more of my identity in your glovette than I did in my bare hands"
  
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• Ashley Tisdale Gives Birth to First Child With Christopher French: Baby Has ‘Arrived Earth Side’

  24-03-2021 18:56
  
  Ashley Tisdale is a mom! The High School Musical alum announced on social media Wednesday (March 24) that she has given birth to her first child — a daughter — whom she shares with husband Christopher French.
  “Jupiter Iris French arrived earth side 3.23.21,” the singer-actress captioned a black and white photo of the newborn’s tiny hand wrapped around her thumb.
  Tisdale first announced her pregnancy via social media on Sept. 17. At the time, she shared two caption-l
  
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• BMG, KKR Unveil Agreement to Collaborate On Music IP Investments

  24-03-2021 18:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  BMG and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) have announced that they will “join forces” to acquire music IP – albeit while continuing to operate independently, without rolling out a jointly owned venture. The Berlin-headquartered Bertelsmann subsidiary and the New York City-based investment company revealed their partnership this morning, in a formal release that was emailed to […]
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• Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drivers License’ Rides to No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay Chart

  24-03-2021 18:31
  
  Olivia Rodrigo accelerates to the top of another Billboard chart, as her breakthrough smash “Drivers License” rises to No. 1 on Adult Pop Airplay (dated March 27).
  The track, released on Geffen/Interscope Records, spends a fourth week at No. 1 on Pop Airplay and a second week atop the all-genre Radio Songs chart, with 72.3 million audience impressions in the week ending March 21, according to MRC Data.The song soared in at No. 1 on the Jan. 23-dated all-genre, airplay-, sal
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow Sent Kelly Clarkson Into a Fit of Laughter With Her R-Rated Song Reveal: Watch

  24-03-2021 18:21
  
  Kelly Clarkson couldn’t control her laughter on Wednesday’s (March 24) episode of her syndicated talk show when guest Gwyneth Paltrow gave an R-rated response to a question about which song is her go-to when she is feeling down.
  “Wet A– P—y” Paltrow, dressed in a pink jacket and ivory button-down shirt, said with a sweet, straight-faced smile as she shared the entire, unabbreviated title of the raunchy Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion hit commonly ref
  
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• Kelly Clarkson’s Cover of The Clash Will Definitely Make You Want to Stay

  24-03-2021 18:03
  
  If you had a rough start to your hump day on Wednesday (March 24), Kelly Clarkson will restart it with a rocking cover of The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go” for her latest Kellyoke.
  The Kelly Clarkson Show host’s powerhouse vocals brought the house down, capturing Mick Jones’ punk spirit from the original song, but simmering down by the end of the chorus when she sings, “Should I stay or should I go now?/ Should I stay or should I go now
  
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• Porridge Radio share ‘Every Bad’ expanded edition with Dream Wife remix

  24-03-2021 17:59 via nme.com
  
  Dream Wife have remixed Porridge Radio‘s ‘Don’t Ask Me Twice’ – listen below.
  The swirling new remix, which puts a psychedelic spin on the song, is taken from a new expanded version of Porridge Radio’s 2020 album ‘Every Bad’, which also features re-workings of tracks on the album from NNAMDÏ, Clarence Clarity and more.READ MORE: The Big Read – Porridge Radio: “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world
  
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• Latin Hitmakers Chris Jedi and Gaby Music Launch La Familia Records: Exclusive

  24-03-2021 17:54
  
  Marquee Latin music producers Chris Jedi and Gaby Music, known for their work with Bad Bunny, Ozuna, Anuel, Lunay and, most recently, the Bad Bunny/Rosalía smash “La Noche de Anoche,” have launched a new record label.
  La Familia (The Family) will be home to Lunay as well as newly signed Puerto Rican acts Chanell and Julito and a roster of producers that includes Dímelo Ninow and Dulce Como Candy. The company also includes both Jedi’s and Gaby Music’s state o
  
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• Watch Girl In Red’s pop-punk cover of The Weeknd’s ‘Save Your Tears’

  24-03-2021 17:46 via nme.com
  
  Girl In Red has delivered her own take on The Weeknd‘s 2020 single ‘Save Your Tears’ for a live session – check it out below.READ MORE: The Big Read – Girl In Red: “World domination. That’s what I want”Performing with a full band, the fast-rising Norwegian musician turned the synth-pop original into a gritty, high-energy pop-punk track.‘Save Your Tears’ was originally released last year as the fourth single to be taken from The Wee
  
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• LL Cool J Teams Up With Henry Masks for Limited Edition Mask Pack

  24-03-2021 17:45
  
  Hip-hop meets fashion (and safety)!
  LL Cool J revealed on Tuesday (Mar. 23) that he teamed up with designer Fresh from Henry Masks to create a sleek, limited edition mask collaboration.
  See his Instagram post here.The Rock the Bells x Henry Masks collection features four reusable masks that incorporate Henry Masks’ characteristic origami-inspired design with the rapper’s hip-hop influence. The fun designs include a yellow mask with a smiley face and “Have a Nice Day”
  
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• Black Pumas Hit No. 1 on Emerging Artists Chart, Rosé Debuts at No. 2

  24-03-2021 17:43
  
  Black Pumas leap from No. 12 to No. 1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart (dated March 27) to become the top emerging act in the U.S. for the first time, thanks to gains following their performance at the Grammy Awards, broadcast on CBS, on March 14.
  After the duo performed its hit “Colors” at the Grammys, the song drew 1.4 million on-demand U.S. streams, up 91%, and sold 5,500 downloads, up 450%, in the week ending March 18, according to MRC Data. It also garnered 1.7 millio
  
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• Marty Stuart Readies New Album ‘Songs I Sing in the Dark’

  24-03-2021 17:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nashville vet previews 20-song acoustic project with 1976's "Ready for the Times to Get Better"
  
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• The Flaming Lips announce 4/20 space bubble show to launch new weed gummies

  24-03-2021 17:21 via nme.com
  
  The Flaming Lips‘ Wayne Coyne has created his own line of cannabis edibles, which will be launched at one of the band’s special space bubble shows on 4/20.
  The brain-shaped ‘Love Yer Brain’ edibles, marketed as “cannabis for creative humans,” are named after a track from the band’s 1987 album ‘OH MY GAWD’.READ MORE: The Flaming Lips – ‘American Head’ review: indie-rock’s space invaders crash-land back on planet EarthAv
  
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• Nashville Studio Engineer Gena Johnson Talks Groundbreaking ACM Nomination

  24-03-2021 17:08
  
  When the late John Prine received a pair of Grammy Awards on March 14, his widow/manager, Fiona Whelan Prine, made a point of including Gena Johnson in an acceptance speech during the pre-telecast.
  Johnson was a key member of his crew, serving as the recording engineer for the last vocal session of Prine’s life, when he sang that double-Grammy winner, “I Remember Everything,” in his living room on May 8, 2019.
  Now, with the Grammys in the rear view mirror, Johnson has
  
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• ‘Hannah Montana’ Music Exec and Songwriters Remember the Show’s Impact 15 Years Later

  24-03-2021 17:08
  
  Fifteen years ago, on March 24, 2006, Disney Channel premiered its newest TV series: Hannah Montana. Starring a then-little-known actress and singer, Miley Cyrus, and her famous father, Billy Ray Cyrus, the show opened to the highest ratings in the channel’s history, with 5.4 million viewers.
  Cyrus, then 13, played a teenager named Miley Stewart who lived a double life in Malibu as a student by day and pop star by night. Her cute and quirky persona (her catchphrase was “sweet niblets
  
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• ‘Cher & The Loneliest Elephant’ to Premiere on a Very Fitting Day

  24-03-2021 17:00
  
  Get your tissues ready. Smithsonian Channel announced on Wednesday (March 24) that Cher & The Loneliest Elephant is arriving to small screens soon.
  The emotional documentary featuring the iconic award-winning singer-actress and Kaavan the elephant is set to arrive on streaming service Paramount+ on the very fitting Earth Day (April 22), which was founded in 1970 to bring awareness to protecting the environment, and has led to the EPA, the Endangered Species Acts, and more. The documentary wi
  
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• Iceage Find Comfort Among Friends and Family in New ‘Shelter Song’ Video

  24-03-2021 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on Danish outfit's next LP, Seek Shelter
  
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