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• How to Watch the 2021 CMT Music Awards

  08-06-2021 23:57
  
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  The 2021 CMT Music Awards are coming up this week, with the best and brightest in country music heading to Nashville, Tennessee, for the big night.
  The CMT Music Awards are an entirely fan-voted award show, and the two and a half-hour show will feature performances shot “in and around Music City.” Voting for video of the year is still open at vote.c
  
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• Travis Scott, J. Cole, 50 Cent to Headline Rolling Loud New York

  08-06-2021 23:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Expanded three-day festival will also feature Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Baby, Polo G, Playboi Carti, Rick Ross, and Gucci Mane
  
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• The Weather Station announces 2022 UK and European tour

  08-06-2021 23:49 via nme.com
  
  The Weather Station has announced a UK and European tour set to kick off in 2022.READ MORE: The Weather Station: “I realised people weren’t correcting me because I was wrong, but because of sexism”The Canadian folk musician and actor Tamara Lindeman’s musical project released its critically acclaimed fifth album, ‘Ignorance’, earlier this year, and Lindeman has now revealed that she will be heading out on tour to support the LP.
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• Watch Lynyrd Skynyrd Play ‘Free Bird’ at Their First Show Back in 15 Months

  08-06-2021 23:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Founding guitarist Gary Rossington and the enduring Southern-rock band headlined Florida's Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam
  
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• Sinead O'Connor backtracks on retirement announcement

  08-06-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The singer had revealed plans to step away from music and touring over the weekend.
  
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• Soulja Boy jokes that he’s the one who “invented Logan Paul”

  08-06-2021 22:49 via nme.com
  
  Soulja Boy has taken to social media to claim that he’s the one who “invented Logan Paul”.READ MORE: We need to talk about… YouTube. Here’s why the platform needs to get with the programmeIn a running joke that has been going on for years, the rapper has claimed on numerous occasions that there isn’t a trend in pop culture that he hasn’t had a hand in.
  His list of ‘I did it first’ claims range from being the first rapper to own a Lambor
  
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• Maren Morris & Gabby Barrett Back Out of 2021 CMT Music Awards Performances

  08-06-2021 22:45
  
  Maren Morris and Gabby Barrett will not perform on the CMT Music Awards, set to air Wednesday, as previously announced. The country stars took to social media to share the news.
  The moves were surprising, especially so close to the show and because their stated reasons for pulling out were so vague. Barrett cited “personal circumstances” as the reason she is unable to perform at the show in an Instagram post. In a since-deleted message on Instagram Stories, Morris cited a scheduling
  
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• Foo Fighters Are Playing Madison Square Garden at 100% Capacity

  08-06-2021 22:40 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Foo Fighters will headline a 100% capacity Madison Square Garden show this month. The June 20 show will be the first 100% capacity show in New York since the pandemic shutdown. Tickets for the show will go on sale Saturday, June 12 at 10 am ET. “We’ve been waiting for this day for over […]
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• Taylor Swift Extends Record Atop Artist 100 as ‘Evermore’ Breaks Vinyl Sales Record

  08-06-2021 22:31
  
  Taylor Swift logs her 48th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated June 12), extending her record for the most time spent as the top musical act in the U.S., thanks to unprecedented sales for the newly released vinyl version of her December 2020 album Evermore.
  Evermore rebounds from No. 74 to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 202,000 equivalent album units, according to MRC Data. Of that sum, 192,000 were in album sales, marking the biggest sales week of 2021 for an album, surpassi
  
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• The 2021 VMAs Are Heading Back To Brooklyn

  08-06-2021 22:29
  
  The 20212 MTV VMAs will take place Sunday, September 12 live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
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• R. Kelly Loses Three Lawyers Months Before New York Racketeering Trial

  08-06-2021 22:25
  
  Just months before he’s slated to go on trial in a racketeering case in federal court in Brooklyn, two of R. Kelly’s defense attorneys are seeking to leave his legal team. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday (June 7) that Chicago-based lawyers Steve Greenberg and Michael Leonard asked to withdraw from the case, though one of the remaining attorneys on the case is claiming that the pair were fired before they could quit. Billboard also confirmed on Tuesday that a third law
  
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• Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe and more turn Prince’s ‘I Would Die 4 U’ into a hardcore song

  08-06-2021 22:18 via nme.com
  
  A collective of heavy musicians including Lamb Of God frontman Randy Blythe have turned Prince‘s ‘I Would Die 4 U’ into a hardcore song – take a look below.READ MORE: Omar Apollo live at Paisley Park: socially distanced joy to make Prince proudThe group featured dozens of musicians including members of The Armed, Dillinger Escape Plan, Gorilla Biscuits, Ithaca, War On Women and more, all of whom recorded their parts remotely.
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• Fake Spotify Trial Offers Are Delivering Malware – How to Spot Them

  08-06-2021 22:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Hackers are using Spotify free trial offers to disguise malware-ridden links. Here’s how to spot them. Digital attackers often conceal their malicious activity under a veil of legitimacy. ESET reports that the Microsoft Store and Spotify free trial offers are just two of the latest vectors for this attack. Attackers use malicious advertisements for the […]
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• Fake Spotify Trial Offers Are Delivering Malware – Here’s How to Spot Them

  08-06-2021 22:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Hackers are using Spotify free trial offers to disguise malware-ridden links. Here’s how to spot them. Digital attackers often conceal their malicious activity under a veil of legitimacy. ESET reports that the Microsoft Store and Spotify free trial offers are just two of the latest vectors for this attack. Attackers use malicious advertisements for the […]
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• Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, Silk Sonic & More: Who Has the Best Song of 2021 (So Far)? Vote!

  08-06-2021 22:12
  
  Billboard picked 50 of the best songs of 2021 (so far), but we want to know which one is your No. 1 choice!
  Olivia Rodrigo’s eight-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Drivers License” is the staff’s top pick, as writer Rania Aniftos describes how the 18-year-old singer-songwriter behind the breakup pop ballad “hit a nerve by so eloquently capturing specific emotions — from betrayal to insecurity to wanting to shout ‘I still f–king love
  
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• Five Burning Questions: BTS Spend Second Week at No. 1 With ‘Butter’

  08-06-2021 22:08
  
  Few if any pop artists have proven as reliable for chart success in the early 2020s than K-pop septet BTS. Although at this time last year, the global sensations had yet to score even one No. 1 single on the Hot 100, by now they’ve managed to chart an impressive four chart-toppers — the latest being their new English-language single, “Butter.”
  After debuting at pole position on the Hot 100 last week, this week “Butter” spreads to a second week on top — m
  
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• Dierks Bentley Recruits Keith Urban, Old Crow Medicine Show for 2021 Seven Peaks Music Festival

  08-06-2021 22:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bentley's Colorado event returns for its third year September 3rd to 5th
  
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• Watch Leslie Grace & Melissa Barrera Talk ‘In the Heights’ Songs, Representation & More

  08-06-2021 21:50
  
  In the Heights is more than a celebration of Latin culture; it’s an honest representation of Latinos in the U.S. who represent a culturally, demographically and geographically diverse group.
  “You see the breadth of our culture and the full spectrum of Latinidad and not just one scope of it,” Leslie Grace, who plays Nina in the film directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), tells Billboard.
  In the Heights, an adaptation of the Broadway show that ran from 2008-11, was writ
  
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• Get Ready to Go ‘Boom Clap’ for Kelly Clarkson’s Charli XCX Cover

  08-06-2021 21:45
  
  Kelly Clarkson’s Tuesday morning pick-me-up is her energetic electro-pop performance of Charli XCX’s “Boom Clap” for her latest Kellyoke segment.
  While the lights beamed to the sound of “boom clap” each time Clarkson sang the titular phrase in the high-octane chorus, the host/singer’s unfiltered vocals gave the original hit a more supple sound. “You are the light and I will follow/ You let me lose my shadow/ You are the sun, the glowing halo/
  
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• Kim Kardashian will love Kanye West 'for life'

  08-06-2021 21:41 via music-news.com
  
  The superstar couple is currently in the midst of a divorce.
  
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• Mariah Carey Drops Roc Nation for Range Media Partners — No Bad Blood With Jay-Z

  08-06-2021 21:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Mariah Carey has officially dropped Roc Nation and signed with Range Media Partners, which launched about nine months back. However, the 52-year-old singer-songwriter has insisted that there was no falling out between her and Jay-Z, who founded Roc Nation in 2008. The Sun just recently indicated that Mariah Carey was set to depart Roc Nation […]
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• Ex-Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson’s Revenge Porn Police Report Details Emerge

  08-06-2021 21:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  More details about the revenge porn case of ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson have emerged. Ellefson admitted to Scottsdale police that he had been sexting with a Dutch teenager who captured video of their encounters without his consent. Rolling Stone obtained a copy of the police report to verify the information. According to that report, the […]
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• The Strokes to play in-person Maya Wiley fundraiser in New York this weekend

  08-06-2021 21:37 via nme.com
  
  The Strokes are set to play an in-person fundraiser this weekend in support of New York mayoral candidate Maya Wiley.READ MORE: The Strokes – ‘The New Abnormal’ review: proof that they’re still the best riff-makers aroundThe New York band will take to the stage at the freshly revamped Irving Plaza on Saturday (June 12), with all proceeds from the gig going to support Wiley in her attempt to become the city’s first woman mayor.
  It follows a virtual fun
  
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• 2021 CMT Music Awards: How to Watch, Who’s Performing, Who’s Nominated

  08-06-2021 21:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  Everything you need to know to watch the annual Nashville celebration of country music videos
  
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• Cambridge ‘Pink Floyd’ pub and grassroots venue set for demolition

  08-06-2021 21:17 via nme.com
  
  A pub and grassroots music venue famous for its links to Pink Floyd is to be demolished after a decade spent fighting redevelopment plans.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Pink Floyd’s Nick MasonThe Flying Pig in Cambridge was regularly visited by the band’s original frontman Syd Barrett. It is said to be the place where he first met future Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead vocalist David Gilmour, when it was named The Crown in the late 1950s.
  The pub’s managers Matt a
  
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• How Vinyl Got Its Groove Back

  08-06-2021 21:11
  
  The vinyl boom only accelerated during the pandemic, generating $626 million in revenue in 2020 in the United States. In a special Deep Dive report, Billboard looks at the limited editions and exclusive pressings driving the market; the supply-chain problems and manufacturing delays that could threaten sales; the way labels use data (and gut instinct) to decide what gets pressed on vinyl; and the move for greener pressing plants.
  The Pandemic Vinyl Boom — And Why T
  
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• After Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way,’ What Recent Classic Should Get Its Own Covers Album?

  08-06-2021 21:05
  
  Only 10 years after its release, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way is getting a special anniversary re-release, which will include six covers of the album’s songs by other artists. So far, Big Freedia released her bouncy take on “Judas” and Orville Peck gave us his retro-country twang on the title track from the June 18 project.
  On the latest episode of the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast (listen below), we talk about the 10th-anniversary reissue and what other modern albums — f
  
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• Mac Miller’s Drug Dealers Face Trial In November — All Three Have Pled Not Guilty

  08-06-2021 21:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A trial date has been set for three men accused of being drug dealers who sold Mac Miller the pills that killed him. The rapper died in September 2018 of a “mixed drug toxicity” overdose. Coroners found fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol in his blood at the time of his death. Real name Malcolm McCormick, Miller […]
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• Nipsey Hussle’s ‘Blue Laces III’ announced featuring Rick Ross and Trae Tha Truth

  08-06-2021 20:52 via nme.com
  
  The third track in Nipsey Hussle‘s ‘Blue Laces’ series has been completed and is coming soon, according to producer Mr. Lee.READ MORE: “Conspiracies come from a place of pain”: director Ben Zand on The Mysterious Murder Of Nipsey HussleThe Grammy Award-winning Houston producer, who produced both Nipsey’s 2010 track ‘Blue Laces’ and its 2018 follow-up ‘Blue Laces 2’, revealed in December that a third track was in the pipeline.
  Today (Jun
  
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• Kim Kardashian Wishes Kanye West Happy Birthday Amid Divorce: ‘Love U For Life’

  08-06-2021 20:35
  
  After filing for divorce from Kanye West in February after six-plus years of marriage, Kim Kardashian wished him a happy birthday on Tuesday (June 8).
  “Happy Birthday Love U for Life!” she captioned an old family photo of them on a private jet with their children North, Saint and Chicago before their fourth child, Psalm, was born.
  Khloe Kardashian sent a string of heart emojis in the Instagram comments, and also wished the rapper the best of birthdays on her own a
  
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• Inside The Rise of Vinyl Me, Please, The Hottest (And Biggest) Record Club Anyone Can Get Into

  08-06-2021 20:30
  
  In 2013, when monthly record club Vinyl Me, Please first launched, “we had one of those blue classic Ikea bags and were walking to the post office like, ‘Holy s–t, man, 12 people are paying us real money,’” recalls VMP co-founder/chairman of the board Matt Fiedler. “We had no idea it was going to be a real thing.”
  Within a year, the company had grown from 12 to 300 subscribers — and within two to 5,000. Now, with 80,000 active customers, the compan
  
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• Dick Clark Productions President Amy Thurlow to Exit

  08-06-2021 20:28
  
  Amy Thurlow will step down as president of Billboard Music Awards producer Dick Clark Productions at the end of June.
  Thurlow, who has been with DCP since 2014 and served as its president for the past year, is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Her departure comes as Dick Clark Productions, which produces several other awards shows in addition to the BBMAs, including the Golden Globe Awards, has seen viewership for such programming nosedive during the pandemic (tho
  
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• Blue Note Founder Don Was On Creating Demand For Jazz Reissues

  08-06-2021 20:20
  
  Vinyl jazz reissues usually come in two flavors: bare-bones budget releases or expensive audiophile editions. But in 2019, Blue Note Records president Don Was launched the label’s Tone Poet series, produced by Joe Harley, which offers high-quality reissues from the imprint’s storied catalog at a recommended price of $35 — more than most vinyl but a bargain by audiophile standards. Consumers are responding. Blue Note says projected orders for releases are up over 400%, to t
  
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• Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson admits to “masturbating encounters” with woman in new police report

  08-06-2021 20:07 via nme.com
  
  Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has admitted to “four to five masturbating encounters” online with a young woman in a new police report.
  The report came as Ellefson filed revenge-porn charges against a person who he alleges “illegally” uploaded a “very private video” that prompted allegations of grooming against him.
  The musician met with the Scottsdale, Arizona police to pursue his charges, who are now investigating.
  According to the police report obta
  
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• New Order release new ‘World In Motion’ merch in time for Euro 2020

  08-06-2021 19:59 via nme.com
  
  New Order have released a new line of merch inspired by their classic 1990 football single ‘World In Motion’ to mark Euro 2020, which kicks off this weekend.READ MORE: World In Motion: 10 Geeky Facts About The New Order Football ClassicThe track was initially released in 1990 to mark the FIFA World Cup in Italy, and featured vocal contributions from that year’s England Football Team and a memorable rap from striker John Barnes.
  Now, the band have released brand new t-shirts, ho
  
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• Miley Cyrus reacts to Eurovision winners Måneskin’s cover of ‘Midnight Sky’

  08-06-2021 19:58 via nme.com
  
  Eurovision winners Måneskin have shared a cover of Miley Cyrus‘ ‘Midnight Sky’ – you can listen to a clip of it below.READ MORE: Italian Eurovision winners Måneskin talk future plans and “bullshit” drug allegationsThe band, who represented Italy at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, and won with their entry song ‘Zitti e Buoni’, took to Instagram Stories yesterday to share a clip of them covering Cyrus’ 2020 track.
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• Big Freedia Is Proud to Represent the LGBTQ Community By Being Herself: ‘I Never Tone Nothing Down’

  08-06-2021 19:56
  
  As an LGBTQ star currently working in the music industry, Big Freedia knows that she is a loud, proud voice for queer people everywhere. And she has no intention of changing that.
  “I never tone nothing down,” she says with a smile.
  Freedia sat down with Billboard staff writer Taylor Mims as a part of Billboard’s “Inclusivity and Coming Out Stories” video series, presented by Captial One, to discuss how she broke into the music industry, what it m
  
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• Swizz Beatz, Timbaland & D-Nice to Receive ASCAP Voice of the Culture Award

  08-06-2021 19:52
  
  Songwriter-producers Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and D-Nice will receive the ASCAP voice of the culture award to kick off the 2021 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on June 22. Following the presentation, the music creators will take part in a 2021 ASCAP Experience conversation, “Voices of the Culture: How Swizz Beatz, Timbaland & D-Nice United the World Through Music,” at 12:00 p.m. ET/ 9:00 a.m. PT.
  The virtual conversation will explore how Timbaland and Swizz Beatz’s virtu
  
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• Billboard Teams Up With Rolling Stone For Special 2021 Pride Celebration

  08-06-2021 19:51
  
  This Pride Month, Billboard and Rolling Stone are joining forces to help you celebrate the LGBTQ artists, music and culture that you love. 
  Today, Billboard and Rolling Stone are launching their first ever joint Pride Celebration — an online hub of content focused on the LGBTQ experience in entertainment, featuring special videos, lists, articles and more. Capital One and Facebook are joining in the celebration as presenting
  
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• Salma Hayek Shows Off Her Killer Dance Moves to Britney Spears’ ‘Baby One More Time’

  08-06-2021 19:47
  
  Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” is Salma Hayek’s go-to soundtrack for shooting at trained killers in The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard trailer, and she’s taking her kick-a– moves to the dance floor in her latest Instagram video.
  The 54-year-old actress is promoting her upcoming action-comedy film — also starring Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson — with a revised dance routine to Spears’ 1999 No. 1 sm
  
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• Coldplay perform on alien planet in music video for Higher Power

  08-06-2021 19:34 via music-news.com
  
  Coldplay have released the intergalactic music video for their hit single 'Higher Power'.
  
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• Diplo Teams Up With Crocs for a Psychedelic New Collaboration

  08-06-2021 19:33
  
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  That’s the concept behind his fun new collaboration with Crocs, which dropped on Tuesday (June 8). The first-of-its-kind, two-style release features an iteration of both the Classic Clog and new Classic Crocs Sandal — both complete with groovy custom Jibbitz charms.
  “On a summer day deep in quarantine I was
  
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• Coldplay Chill With Robot Dogs & Dancing Aliens in Futuristic ‘Higher Power’ Video

  08-06-2021 19:21
  
  Coldplay dropped the effects-heavy video for their “Higher Power” single on Tuesday (June 8), a trippy exploration of a future planet populated by robot dogs and alien dancers. The clip overseen by director-to-the-stars Dave Meyers (P!nk, Drake, Harry Styles) plops singer Chris Martin onto the magical trash planet Kaotica, a dark, post-apocalyptic world piled high with the wreckage of a modern city.
  Propelling himself through the hologram-filled world, Martin boogies alongside ghostl
  
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• Khloe Kardashian Wishes Her ‘Brother For Life’ Kanye West a Happy Birthday

  08-06-2021 19:10
  
  Kanye West turns 44 on Tuesday (June 8), and one family is still keeping up with his birthday: the Kardashians.
  Kim Kardashian had filed for divorce from West after six-plus years of marriage in February, but she chimed in with the smallest note on a birthday post her sister Khloe Kardashian shared.
  “Happy birthday to my brother for life!!! Have the best birthday Ye! Sending you love and endless blessings!!” she captioned the throwback vacation shot of her with Tr
  
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• Lindsey Buckingham to release first album in a decade

  08-06-2021 19:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lindsey Buckingham will release his new self-titled studio album on September 17.
  
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• Future & Gunna to Headline Expanding JMBLYA Fest 2021

  08-06-2021 19:01
  
  Texas’ JMBLYA is going nationwide. The hip-hop festival promoted by ScoreMore Shows is bringing its flagship event to Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Massachusetts and California for six dates in 2021.
  Kicking off Labor Day weekend with three back-to-back concerts, attendees will first be treated to JMBLYA’s return to Rogers, Ark., on Sept. 3 near Fayetteville after the festival expanded to the state with a sold-out event in 2019. On Sept. 4 and 5, the festival will return to its home stat
  
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• Dierks Bentley Reveals Full Seven Peaks Lineup and Why He Feared His Festival Wouldn’t Return: Exclusive

  08-06-2021 19:00
  
  For Dierks Bentley, the return of his Seven Peaks Music Festival over Labor Day in Buena Vista, Colo., is especially sweet after having to take a year off during the pandemic and facing uncertainty about the status of the event he and Live Nation launched in 2018.
  “We haven’t made any money off it yet. We’re not doing it for that — we’re doing it because it’s awesome,” Bentley tells Billboard via phone from Nashville. “We’re hoping one day it
  
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• Courteeners announce Manchester Emirates Old Trafford show with Johnny Marr, Blossoms and more

  08-06-2021 19:00 via nme.com
  
  Courteeners have announced their live return with a huge homecoming gig at Manchester Emirates Old Trafford this September.
  The hometown heroes, who last played the 50,000 capacity home of the Lancashire County Cricket Club back in 2017 for a triumphant show shortly after the Manchester Arena bombing, will be back again on September 25 – joined by special guests Johnny Marr, Blossoms and Zuzu.
  Tickets are on sale from 9am on Friday June 11 and will be available here.COURTEENERS @EmiratesOT
  
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• Lindsay Buckingham announces first solo album since leaving Fleetwood Mac

  08-06-2021 18:54 via nme.com
  
  Lindsay Buckingham has announced the release of his first solo album since leaving Fleetwood Mac.READ MORE: Why Fleetwood Mac’s ’70s pop hit ‘Dreams’ keeps resurfacing almost every decadeThe band’s former lead guitarist took to social media earlier today (June 8) to reveal that he will be releasing his self-titled seventh studio album later this year.
  “My new self-titled album is one I’ve been intending to get out for a couple of years now, but on more t
  
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• One Year In: Lodge Room’s Raghav Desai Is Booking Full-Cap Shows, Marking Sobriety

  08-06-2021 18:47
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic enters its final phase in the U.S., Billboard is catching up with individuals we interviewed at the beginning of the crisis to see how they’ve weathered the past year.
  This installment is told by Raghav Desai, the talent buyer at Los Angeles venue The Lodge Room. After the venue was forced to shutter last March due to COVID-19, Desai was able to keep his job and has been helping the business stay afloat ever since, including through a partnership with Audiotree
  
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