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• Morgan Wallen Protest Billboards Appearing All Around Nashville

  15-04-2021 23:59 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Morgan Wallen is excluded from the ACM Awards. Now, protest billboards are popping up all over Nashville. Fans are banding together to rent out billboards all around the city. The billboard declares the singer “fan’s choice for entertainer of the year.” The billboards include a silhouette of Wallen’s mullet and the hashtag of his signature […]
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• NFT Auction Raises $200K for ‘Save Our Stages,’ Round Two Coming Tomorrow

  15-04-2021 23:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  An NFT fundraiser for ‘Save our Stages’ raised more than $200,000 last week. Second round incoming. The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) and Goldflyer are teaming up with Nifty Gateway for the second drop. It’s happening Friday, April 16 at 1:30 pm ET and will feature several artists who have supported the cause so far. […]
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• 9 Memorable Covers of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’

  15-04-2021 23:35
  
  Name the song “Nothing Compares 2 U,” and most people will immediately think of Sinead O’Connor’s worldwide hit, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1990 and remained on the chart for 21 weeks. What some might not be aware of, however, is that the song is a cover, and was not penned by the Irish singer herself.
  That honor goes to Prince, who wrote the emotional ballad in the ’80s for The Family, the short-lived group he put together in 1984 and signed t
  
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• Chvrches appear to tease new music with creepy “video diary” clip

  15-04-2021 23:34 via nme.com
  
  Chvrches appear to be teasing new music with a series of cryptic posts – you can check them out below.
  The synth-pop trio – comprised of Lauren Mayberry, Martin Doherty and Iain Cook – are due to release their fourth studio album in 2021, having written and recorded it over the course of the coronavirus pandemic.The NME Big Read: Chvrches: “The coven is pissed, the reckoning is coming”Taking to social media last week, the group began posting screenshots displaying i
  
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• 65% of Streaming Music Users Share Credentials — How Many Billions Are Still Being Lost?

  15-04-2021 23:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A new study suggests around 65% of music users share credentials, while 40% may sell access to their accounts. The study published by Red Points this morning looks at how prevalent credential sharing is in 2021. Notably, Spotify and Netflix have begun cracking down on the practice, with Spotify requiring address check-ins. It’s predicted that […]
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• 65% of Streaming Music Users Share Credentials, 58% Purchase Access From Someone Else

  15-04-2021 23:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A new study suggests around 58% of users share credentials, while 40% may sell access to their accounts. The study published by Red Points this morning looks at how prevalent credential sharing is in 2021. Notably, Spotify and Netflix have begun cracking down on the practice, with Spotify requiring address check-ins. It’s predicted that account […]
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• Olivia Rodrigo Makes History on Streaming Songs Chart

  15-04-2021 23:04
  
  No one has had a better start on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart in its eight-year history than Olivia Rodrigo.
  “Deja Vu,” Rodrigo’s latest single, debuts at No. 4 on the Streaming Songs chart dated April 17. It bows with 20.3 million U.S. streams in its first full week of tracking (April 2-8), according to MRC Data.
  Rodrigo becomes the first artist in Streaming Songs history to debut their first two entries in the chart’s top five, following the No. 1 start
  
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• ILLENIUM, Dabin & Lights Are ‘On Fire’ Atop Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart

  15-04-2021 22:51
  
  ILLENIUM, Dabin and Lights lift to No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated April 17) with “Hearts on Fire” (3-1). It’s the third topper for ILLENIUM (real name: Nick Miller) and the first each for Dabin and Lights. Previously, ILLENIUM led with “Nightlight” (November 2020) and “Takeaway,” with The Chainsmokers and featuring Lennon Stella (November 2019).
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• This 10-Year-Old Made an Alphabet Book for Music Lovers

  15-04-2021 22:46
  
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  At just 10 years old, Jude Evans has already attended Coachella five times.
  While the global pandemic has prevented the tiny music lover from heading out to Indio, California for a weekend of music, Evans filled the void by publishing his first book, BANDS by Jude.
  The alphabet book features 26 colorful illustrations representing Jude’s favorite rock and
  
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• Louis Tomlinson Trolls Liam Payne Into Calling Him Back (Again)

  15-04-2021 22:43
  
  If you’re Louis Tomlinson and your old bandmate won’t answer the phone when you call, you can just sic your 35 million-plus Twitter followers on him.
  That’s what the One Direction singer did Thursday (April 15) to Liam Payne, tweeting, “I see you on Instagram lad @LiamPayne, answer your phone!!!!!”Payne was busy over on IG Stories showing off his new short haircut along with a really impressive watercolor painting of the late Prince Phillip. Tomlinson took note of h
  
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• Arlo Parks and Headie One to perform at The BRIT Awards 2021

  15-04-2021 22:40 via nme.com
  
  Arlo Parks and Headie One will perform at this year’s BRIT Awards, it has been announced.
  The two nominated artists will take to the stage at London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday, May 11, joining the previously announced performers Dua Lipa and Griff on the line-up.READ MORE: At last! The BRIT Awards nominations feel like a real representation of UK music“I’m performing at the @BRITs!!!! Can’t wait to spread sunlight and flower power at The O2 Arena,” wrote Parks on T
  
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• 20 Questions With Piano House Star LP Giobbi: ‘The Dance Community Is About to Come Out And Show Up’

  15-04-2021 22:18
  
  With each respective release, LP Giobbi has been taking us back to the diva house golden age of the ’90s, when the vocals were big, the clubs were packed and all of us who were too young to attend were getting our fix via top 40 radio and the Jock Jams compilations.
  Reprising the era’s emphatic piano stabs, bombastic, big-lunged vocals and general vibe of empowered euphoria, the producer has risen swiftly and deservedly through the scene during the last few years. Her firestarter pro
  
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• Hear Low’s beautiful cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’ to mark his 80th birthday

  15-04-2021 22:02 via nme.com
  
  Low have shared their take on Bob Dylan‘s ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’, recorded to mark Dylan’s 80th birthday next month.READ MORE: Bob Dylan’s poetic mastery: 10 of his finest lyricsYou can hear Low’s beautiful cover below, which is being released as part of Uncut magazine’s new ‘Dylan Revisited’ compilation.
  ‘Dylan Revisited’ also features covers by the likes of Flaming Lips, Courtney Marie Andrews, We
  
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• The National, Julien Baker and more to auction off items to fight climate change

  15-04-2021 21:45 via nme.com
  
  The National and Julien Baker are among the acts to auction off items in aid of charities fighting the climate crisis.
  The musicians will join Propeller’s NOW: Climate Action Campaign to design their own custom Solé bicycles, with proceeds going towards the Natural Resources Defense Council and other “leading environmental groups”.READ MORE: “I’d rather be called a hypocrite than do fuck all”: how music is tackling climate changeOther act
  
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• Questlove to publish new book ‘Music Is History’

  15-04-2021 21:32 via nme.com
  
  Questlove will publish a new book Music Is History, which sees The Roots drummer exploring one song per year since 1971.
  “Here we’ll look at the last 50 years of America through the prism of music, and the last 50 years of music through the prism of history,” Questlove said on Instagram, where he also revealed the book’s cover.
  Although it’s not yet known which 50 songs Questlove will cover, a press release said it will include “how Black identity reshape
  
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• Trisha Yearwood launching pet line

  15-04-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The singer will unveil the Trisha Yearwood Pet Collection on Friday.
  
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• Kylie Minogue working on extended Disco reissue

  15-04-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Magic singer has confirmed that 2021 will see her "repack" her chart-topping album.
  
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• J Balvin and Valentina Ferrer expecting first baby

  15-04-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  J Balvin and Valentina Ferrer started dating after meeting on the set of his 2017 music video Sigo Extranandote.
  
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• Harry Connick, Jr. returning to American Idol for faith-based show

  15-04-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Connick, Jr. will perform two songs from his new Christian album, Alone with My Faith, during his appearance.
  
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• Luke Bryan Jokes About the NSFW Secret to His Marriage

  15-04-2021 21:21
  
  Say what?! Luke Bryan had a little fun with theSkimm’s program “Texting With,” and joked about his marriage to wife Caroline, fellow country singer Blake Shelton and more.
  In the video, the country star kicks off by making some lighthearted jabs at his country colleague. When theSkimm texted to ask the “One Margarita” crooner whose account is his favorite to follow on social media, he deadpanned, “I don’t want to say Blake because I don’t want to g
  
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• Kygo Unveils Summery New Palm Club Apparel Drop

  15-04-2021 21:07
  
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  Just a month after Kygo dropped a Puma Golf collaboration to get fans in the spring and summer mood, the superstar DJ has another surprise in store.
  Kygo and his manager Myles Shear released a limited merch capsule on Thursday (April 15) through their lifestyle company, Palm Tree Crew.The fittingly titled Palm Club Apparel collection features a crewneck that comes i
  
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• Here’s a teaser of Wolf Alice’s next single ‘Smile’, out next week

  15-04-2021 20:48 via nme.com
  Wolf Alice have previewed an upcoming new single called ‘Smile’ – you can check out the clip below.The NME Big Read: Wolf Alice: “We’re a tiny bit more comfortable in the world”The London group will premiere the track – the second to be lifted from their third album ‘Blue Weekend’, out June 11 – on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show next Tuesday (April 20), following on from ‘The Last Man On Earth’.
  A 12-second teaser p
  
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• The Coral share hypnotic new psych-pop single ‘Vacancy’

  15-04-2021 20:46 via nme.com
  
  The Coral have shared the latest taste of their forthcoming 10th album ‘Coral Island’, in the form of new psychedelic pop track ‘Vacancy’.READ MORE: The Coral talk upcoming double album ‘Coral Island‘You can watch a lyric video for the organ-led new single below, which is the third taste of the Wirral band’s upcoming double album, which is released on April 30.
  “We boarded a ghost train with T. S. Eliot, The Kinks and Karloff and we came out the ot
  
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• J Balvin & Valentina Ferrer Are Expecting Their First Baby: See the Announcement

  15-04-2021 20:21
  
  J Balvin and girlfriend Valentina Ferrer are expecting their first baby together. The Argentine model showed off her baby bump while gracing the black-and-white cover of Vogue México, which was unveiled Thursday (April 15). On her Instagram account, she captioned the photo of the cover, “The family is growing.”
  Balvin commented on her post with a simple heart emoji.
  In the interview with the magazine, she revealed that she took a pregnancy test three times because “I cou
  
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• Arlo Parks and Headie One confirmed to perform at the BRITs

  15-04-2021 20:08 via music-news.com
  
  The BRIT Awards 2021 today announced that one of this year’s most nominated artists Arlo Parks, and twice nominated British rapper
  
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• Listen to Pendulum’s riff-heavy new single ‘Come Alive’

  15-04-2021 20:07 via nme.com
  
  Pendulum have shared a new track called ‘Come Alive’ – you can listen to it below.
  The Australian drum and bass outfit, who had announced their split in 2012, released their first new music in a decade last year with ‘Driver’ and ‘Nothing For Free’.READ MORE: Pendulum drop two new songs and tell us about returning after a decadeArriving today (April 15), ‘Come Alive’ fuses dance and heavy rock elements across its four minutes. “Head aga
  
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• Rapper Nas Makes at Least $40 Million Off Coinbase Investment from 2013

  15-04-2021 20:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rapper Nas has reportedly earned north of $40 million from an eight-year-old investment that his QueensBridge Venture Partners made in cryptocurrency-exchange platform Coinbase. The “EPMD” artist and his venture-capital firm, which has also exited investments in Dropbox and Lyft, participated in Coinbase’s $25 million Series B funding round in 2013, when the now-massive company was […]
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• Adam Schlesinger tribute concert to feature Courtney Love, The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney and more

  15-04-2021 20:01 via nme.com
  
  A tribute concert has been announced in honour of the late Fountains Of Wayne songwriter Adam Schlesinger.READ MORE: From Fountains of Wayne to ‘My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’: Adam Schlesinger’s 10 best songsOrganised by Shlesinger’s Fountains Of Wayne bandmate Jody Porter, the virtual gig will benefit the Grammy Awards-affiliated charity MusiCares, which provides relief for those in the music industry affected by COVID-19, as well as currently-closed New York venue Bowery Elec
  
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• Porter Robinson Is Hosting Another Virtual Festival With a Massive Lineup: See Who’s Playing

  15-04-2021 20:00
  
  Last May, four million people tuned in to Porter Robinson’s 14-hour virtual festival Secret Sky. It was Robinson’s only live set of the year. He invited a bunch of his musical friends, he played new music from his forthcoming album Nurture, and next week, he’s doing it all over again.
  Robinson announced the second iteration of Secret Sky on Tuesday (April 15), and it looks to be just as massive. Happening April 24 (the day after Nurture’s release), the show will feat
  
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• The Deals: Def Jam Strikes JV With Poo Bear; Deadmau5 Cosigns New Gaming Startup

  15-04-2021 19:57
  
  Poo Bear, who served as the principal songwriting and producing collaborator on Justin Bieber’s multi-platinum 2015 album Purpose, has signed a joint venture agreement with Def Jam Recordings for his label Bearthday Music.
  “Poo Bear is one of the singular songwriting talents in music today,” said Jeff Harleston, interim CEO at Def Jam Recordings, in a statement. “His innate ability to understand artists, to help them find their voices, and to articulate the universality o
  
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• Rob Delaney joins David Bowie TV reboot of ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’

  15-04-2021 19:53 via nme.com
  
  Rob Delaney has joined the cast of the forthcoming TV reboot of David Bowie‘s The Man Who Fell To Earth.READ MORE: ‘The Man Who Fell To Earth’ TV series should tread carefully around Bowie’s legacyThe classic sci-fi movie, based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel of the same name, marked one of Bowie’s most memorable roles, as Thomas Jerome Newton – an alien posing as a human in an attempt to save his home planet.
  Delaney, who will play the character Hatch Ford
  
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• Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet Tests Positive for COVID-19, Will Sit Out ACM Awards Performance

  15-04-2021 19:48
  
  Little Big Town will be a bit smaller when they take the stage at the ACM Awards on Sunday (April 18). The country music group announced during an interview on Thursday (April 15) that Phillip Sweet has tested positive for COVID-19.
  “Well, Philly’s not feeling good,” Jimi Westbrook explained about Sweet’s absence from the interview with Audacy.
  Added Karen Fairchild: “We might as well break the news: He’s got the COVID.”
  Westbrook noted that though Sweet
  
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• R. Kelly Federal Trial for Sexual Exploitation Set for August in Brooklyn

  15-04-2021 19:38
  
  R. Kelly’s federal trial for racketeering, sexual exploitation of a child, bribery, kidnapping, forced labor and enticement is set to begin Aug. 9 in a Brooklyn courtroom.
  Kelly, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, appeared telephonically along with his legal team for a status hearing Thursday (April 15) where U.S. Judge Ann M. Donnelly firmly set his trial date. Both Kelly attorneys and the prosecution told Donnelly that they were ready to proceed on that date. Questionnaires to potent
  
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• Bebe Rexha announces second album ‘Better Mistakes’, arriving next month

  15-04-2021 19:21 via nme.com
  
  Bebe Rexha has announced details of her forthcoming second album, ‘Better Mistakes’.
  The New York singer-songwriter revealed the record’s title, artwork and release date of May 7 on her official social media channels. She later posted to confirm that her new single ‘Sabotage’ will be arriving tomorrow (April 16).READ MORE: Bebe Rexha: Meet The Woman Secretly In Charge Of Pop“One more surprise since it doesn’t seem like you all can wait any longer fo
  
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• Joey Ramone Biopic Starring Pete Davidson As the Punk Icon Is Coming to Netflix

  15-04-2021 19:17
  
  Lanky Saturday Night Live and The King of Staten Island star Pete Davidson has been tapped to portray punk icon Joey Ramone in Netflix’s upcoming I Slept With Joey Ramone biopic. The news about the film honoring the lead singer of New York punk godfathers The Ramones was announced on Thursday (April 15), the 20th anniversary of Ramone’s death at age 49 after a seven-year battle with lymphoma.
  Netflix and STXfilms are developing and producing the film from a treatment written by David
  
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• Rolling Loud Miami Pushes 2021 Dates Again: Here’s When the Hip-Hop Festival Will Return

  15-04-2021 19:06
  
  Rolling Loud festival will return to Miami for the first time since 2019. The hip-hop festival usually occurs in May, but will move to July 23-25 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
  Producers for Rolling Loud said they intend to keep as much of the 2020 lineup as possible. Headliners for last year’s lineup included Post Malone and A$AP Rocky.
  “We can’t wait to reunite together in the pits we’ve all grown to love (and miss) so much,” producers said in a
  
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• Pete Davidson to lead Netflix biopic ‘I Slept With Joey Ramone’

  15-04-2021 19:00 via nme.com
  
  Pete Davidson is set to play Joey Ramone in Netflix biopic I Slept With Joey Ramone.
  The film will be directed by Jason Orley, who worked with Davidson on Big Time Adolescence and Pete Davidson: Alive from New York and will be based on Ramone’s brother Mickey Leigh’s memoir of the same name.READ MORE: ‘The King Of Staten Island’ review: Pete Davidson bares his soul in a raw comedy inspired by childhood lossI Slept With Joey Ramone will be produced
  
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• Tiësto Starting ‘New Life in Las Vegas’ With 3-Year Zouk Group Deal

  15-04-2021 18:51
  
  Tiësto loves Las Vegas and it all started two decades ago when he first played Baby’s Nightclub at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. In those days, the pioneering EDM artist was spinning vinyl to 300 people.
  “I didn’t even have a phone back then,” says the Dutch DJ in an exclusive interview with Billboard.
  For the last seven years, Tiësto called Hakkasan Nightclub at MGM Grand home — he even
  
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• Lizzo Feels the Body-Positivity Movement Has Been ‘Co-Opted by All Bodies’

  15-04-2021 18:49
  
  Lizzo’s long been outspoken about loving your body and normalizing larger shapes, but she’s got a gripe with how the body-positivity movement’s been going.
  “Please use the body positivity movement to empower yourself,” she captioned a recent TikTok video on the topic. “But we need to protect and uplift the bodies it was created for and by.”
  The “Truth Hurts” singer went into detail in her passionate video. “Now that body positivity has
  
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• Brockhampton Teams Up With Monty’s Good Burger for Limited Edition Shakes & Merch

  15-04-2021 18:48
  
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  While listening to Brockhampton’s new album Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine, grab the band’s go-to snack.
  The group teamed up with vegan cult-favorite restaurant Monty’s Good Burger for a four-piece capsule collection and two limited edition shakes, with a portion of proceeds going toward L.A. Animal Services. 
  The shakes, fittingly ca
  
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• Keith Urban says he was Christmas shopping when Taylor Swift enlisted him for ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’

  15-04-2021 18:37 via nme.com
  
  Keith Urban has said that he was midway through last minute Christmas shopping when Taylor Swift asked him to feature on her new, re-recorded version of 2008’s ‘Fearless’.READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s new ‘Fearless’ is a success, but beware the dangers of the re-record“I’m at the shopping mall doing my Christmas shopping and I get a text from Taylor saying, ‘I’ve got these couple of songs I’d like you to sing on, do you want to hear t
  
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• A Year Later: Billboard Revisits Young Artists Whose Careers Were Derailed by COVID

  15-04-2021 18:35
  
  Back in early April 2020, Billboard reached out to eight young artists whose budding careers screeched to a halt by the COVID-19 pandemic, which had just caused the entire world to go into lockdown mode. At that time so much was unknown: how long would the novel coronavirus be with us and when we would be allowed to go out again? What would concerts look like once it was over and would the promised vaccine make everything normal again?
  The artists we spoke to — who ranged from unsigne
  
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• Mick Jagger to sell ‘Easy Sleazy’ NFT to raise funds for independent venues

  15-04-2021 18:04 via nme.com
  
  Mick Jagger has announced that he is selling an art piece built around his new solo track ‘Eazy Sleazy’ as an NFT (non-fungible token) to raise funds for beleaguered independent music venues.READ MORE: Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl’s coronabanger ‘Eazy Sleazy’ is lockdown in a songThe surprise track from the Rolling Stones frontman sees him collaborating with  Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl and was shared on YouTube earlier this week (April 13), having been penned
  
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• Lali, Sebastian Yatra, Pablo Alboran, & More Bring Light Amid Pandemic in ‘Himno a La Alegria’ Video

  15-04-2021 18:00
  
  Bringing some light and hope during the global pandemic, more than 40 artists, athletes and actors have joined forces in “Himno a la Alegria,” Billboard can share.
  Artists who participate in the star-studded song include Aitana, Alejandro Lerner, Alejandro Sanz, Alessia Cara, Alex Ubago, Ana Mena, Andrés Calamaro, Andrés Dvicio, Antonio José, Antonio Orozco, Brian May, Camilo, Carlos Rivera, David Bisbal, Dulce Pontes, Draco, Fher Olvera (Maná), India Mart
  
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• Andrew Gertler’s AG Artists Launches NFT-Focused Division

  15-04-2021 18:00
  
  Manager Andrew Gertler unveiled on Thursday (April 15) the newest division of his AG Artists: Permanent Arts, an NFT artist management and creative venture. In addition to representing visual artists, including 18-year-old painter and NFT act Fewocious, Permanent Arts will also support and invest in NFT-related projects and companies, IP and digital art, and collectibles.
  Permanent Arts is the latest addition to the quickly expanding AG Artists, which includes an investment arm, AG Ventures, and
  
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• Baby Queen shares buoyant new single ‘Dover Beach’

  15-04-2021 17:42 via nme.com
  
  Baby Queen has shared her latest single in the form of ‘Dover Beach’. You can watch the video, filmed at the location of the same name, below.READ MORE: Baby Queen: pop newcomer offering support in difficult, digital worldThe buoyant new single is inspired by Baby Queen’s trip there last year, a location she’d long wished to visit.
  “In school I was obsessed with this poem called ‘Dover Beach’ by Matthew Arnold and I always wanted to visit the Dover
  
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• Jay-Z, Nas and Diddy join forces to back Ray McGuire’s NY mayoral campaign

  15-04-2021 17:40 via nme.com
  
  The likes of Jay-Z, Nas and Diddy have all joined forces to declare their support for Ray McGuire, who is vying for the Democratic Party nomination in New York’s forthcoming mayoral election.
  McGuire faces stiff competition from favourite Andrew Yang ahead of the Democratic Primary on June 22, but he has now received high profile support in a new video.
  As well as the aforementioned rappers, music executive and businessman Steve Stoute and radio personality Angie Martinez are among those t
  
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• Warner Music Group, Spotify Ink ‘Innovative Podcast Development Deal’

  15-04-2021 17:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Warner Music Group (WMG) and Spotify have agreed to an “innovative podcast development deal” that will see them jointly create “a series of original podcasts built around WMG’s vast and diverse artists’ and songwriters’ catalogs.” Manhattan-headquartered Warner Music Group and Stockholm-based Spotify detailed their podcast-focused development deal in a formal release this morning. The leading […]
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• Courtney Love, Chris Carrabba & More to Perform at ‘Adam Schlesinger: A Musical Celebration’ Livestream

  15-04-2021 17:37
  
  An all-star lineup of rock and pop musicians have signed on for the virtual “Adam Schlesinger: A Music Celebration,” taking place on May 5.
  The tribute to the late Emmy-winning Fountains of Wayne/Ivy singer/bassist, who died at 52 from coronavirus complications on April 1, 2020, will feature a wide-ranging group of performers playing songs from his catalog of original pop nuggets led by his FoW bandmate guitarist Jody Porter.
  Among the performers filmed at New York’s Bowery Ele
  
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• Hear Alexa Ray Joel’s Lush Love Song to Her Fiance: Exclusive

  15-04-2021 17:34
  
  On “Seven Years,” Alexa Ray Joel’s new pop single, she celebrates the many highs and occasional lows that come from her long-term relationship.
  Inspired by her fiance Ryan Gleason, the lush piano ballad, premiering below, is filled with sweet slices of life drawn from the couple’s true story. The rich, detailed lyrics play out over the building melody that sounds straight out of a Broadway musical. The similarity is not a coincidence, says the native New Yorker.
  “Mu
  
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