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• Nipsey Hussle, DJ Khaled & More Selected for Hollywood Walk of Fame

  17-06-2021 23:59
  
  The late rapper Nipsey Hussle is among 38 honorees invited to join the Hollywood Walk of Fame, whereby tourists from around the world can take a selfie with a celebrity’s sidewalk star.
  Other artists selected in the recording category are Black Eyed Peas, George Clinton, Ashanti, DJ Khaled, Avril Lavigne, Los Huracanes Del Norte and Martha Reeves.
  These honorees were chosen from among hundreds of nominees at a meeting of the Walk of Fame selection committee held Monday and ratified by the
  
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• Does Offset Want His Kids to Go Into the Family Music Business?

  17-06-2021 23:56
  
  With Father’s Day coming up Sunday, Offset is breaking down his plans for the holiday and his hopes for his children’s future — whether it involves music or not.
  The Father of 4 artist showcased all of his children on the cover of his 2019 album: Jordan (11), Kody (6), Kalea (6) and Kulture (2), the youngest of whom he shares with fellow rapper Cardi B. He told guest host tWitch on the Father’s Day segment of The Ellen DeGeneres Show Thu
  
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• Security Missed Chances to Stop Bombing at Ariana Grande Manchester Concert, Inquiry Finds

  17-06-2021 23:48
  
  LONDON — Security teams missed multiple chances to prevent a suicide bomb attack outside an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in 2017, a public inquiry has found.
  The terror attack on May 22, 2017, caused 22 people to die and more than 800 to be injured, many of them children. It happened at the end of a sold-out Ariana Grande show at Manchester Arena (also now known as AO Arena) when bomber Salman Abedi detonated a home-made explosive device in the venue foyer as fans were exiting
  
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• Paul McCartney, The 1975, Liam Gallagher, Foals and more donate prizes to help London’s homeless

  17-06-2021 23:39 via nme.com
  
  Paul McCartney, The 1975, Liam Gallagher and Foals are among those donating prizes to a new campaign to help London’s homeless.READ MORE: Paul McCartney – ‘McCartney III: Imagined’ review: Macca shines with a little help from his friendsStreets Of London, the registered charity which funds specialist support for people who are homeless in the capital, has kickstarted its #comeonhome campaign with a unique prize draw.
  Prizes in the draw include a signed gift box from
  
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• Exercise Your Pride With This 2021 LGBTQ Workout Playlist

  17-06-2021 23:38
  
  Ready for some Pride Month motivation? We’re here with our 2021 Pride Workout Playlist, a collection of songs to soundtrack your running, lifting, cycling, squats, burpees, planks, stairs, dancing or whatever else you get up to.
  In addition to spotlighting LGBTQ+ artists and longtime allies on this exercise playlist, we’re breaking each track down by its energy level, how it makes you feel, what to use it during and which lyrics are the most motivational. Sure, some of these lyrics m
  
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• Wolfgang Van Halen Tells All: His Debut Album, Playing in Van Halen and Much More

  17-06-2021 23:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Wolfgang Van Halen gives a revealing interview about being a teenager in Van Halen and striking out on his own in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now
  
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• The Beatles: Get Back original documentary series directed by Peter Jackson

  17-06-2021 23:28 via music-news.com
  
  The Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films Productions Ltd. announced today that Disney+ will bring “The Beatles
  
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• Rise Against Nabs First Hot Hard Rock Songs No. 1 With ‘Nowhere Generation’

  17-06-2021 22:58
  
  Concurrent with the chart start of its new album of the same name, Rise Against’s “Nowhere Generation” becomes the band’s first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs tally, crowning the June 19-dated survey by leaping 4-1.
  The song reigns with 4.9 million airplay audience impressions and 580,000 U.S. streams in the tracking week of June 4-10, according to MRC Data.
  “Nowhere Generation” is Rise Against’s first No. 1 on Hot Hard Rock Songs, which
  
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• Interpol have “been working on new music since last summer”

  17-06-2021 22:54 via nme.com
  
  Interpol have revealed that they’ve been working on new music remotely for the last year, and have recently started developing tracks in person.READ MORE: Interpol tell us about their new ‘A Fine Mess’ EP: “This is about taking the party by the horns”In a post on Instagram, the band said that due to the coronavirus pandemic “we had to use the internet to circulate ideas and collaborate remotely. This was a new experience for us.
  “Fortunately, in recent m
  
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• How to Watch the Prime Day Show Featuring Billie Eilish, Kid Cudi & More

  17-06-2021 22:52
  
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  The Amazon Prime Day festivities have officially begun!
  The biggest Amazon shopping day of the year kicks off with the immersive Prime Day Show on Thursday (June 17), which will feature star-studded performances and more.
  See below for how to tune in.How to watch Amazon’s Prime Day Show 2021
  The three-part musical event is available on Amazon here.  
  
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• Executive of the Week: TaP Music Co-founder/Co-CEO Ben Mawson

  17-06-2021 22:37
  
  When Dua Lipa and her team were gearing up to release the pop star’s anticipated second album, Future Nostalgia, at the start of 2020, they didn’t anticipate a pandemic derailing their plans.
  “The pandemic felt like a curse for the project at the time,” says Lipa’s longtime manager Ben Mawson, TaP Music co-founder/co-CEO. “But we pivoted our strategy in light of it — and Dua’s music and visual aesthetic was so compelling we managed to have the
  
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• Big Boi Offers Guest Stays at the ‘Birthplace of Southern Hip-Hop’ — ‘The Dungeon’ House

  17-06-2021 22:35
  
  Big Boi has teamed up with AirBnb to give fans the opportunity of a lifetime.
  In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Outkast’s classic sophomore album ATLiens, the hitmaker has purchased “The Dungeon” house, where the dynamic duo first got their start in music. The now iconic dungeon is the birthplace of such Outkast fan favorites as “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik,” “Spottieottiedopaliscious” and “Elevators.”
  “I wanted to preserve
  
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• Miley Cyrus Recruits Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne & More for Pride Special: See the Trailer

  17-06-2021 22:29
  
  Get your boots on, because Miley Cyrus is gearing up to throw a Nashville dance party to celebrate Pride Month.
  On Thursday (June 17), Cyrus announced the lineup of her new Pride special, Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You, streaming exclusively on Peacock. Filmed at Nashville’s iconic Ryman Auditorium, the hourlong concert special will see Cyrus take the stage with a number of country artists to celebrate all things LGBTQ.
  The event, which was filmed June 8 at the Ryman, will feature perfo
  
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• Here’s How You Can Have a Harry Styles Themed Spa Day

  17-06-2021 22:26
  
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  Lounge and enjoy the taste of strawberries on a summer evenin’!
  Spa booking service SpaSeekers launched an entire Harry Styles-themed spa day on Thursday (June 17), with services inspired by the superstar himself.
  The fittingly titled Watermelon Sugar High Spa Day is available at the Abbey Hotel in Styles’ hometown of Redditch, England, and now that
  
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• Calvin Harris & Tom Grennan’s ‘By Your Side’ Debuts on Dance/Electronic Charts

  17-06-2021 22:26
  
  Calvin Harris and Tom Grennan vault onto Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart (dated June 19) at No. 6 with “By Your Side.”
  It’s Harris’ 19th top 10, tying him with Kygo and The Chainsmokers for the most dating to the chart’s January 2013 inception. British singer-songwriter Grennan earns his first top 10 upon his introduction to the chart.
  The No. 6 start is Harris’ highest in close to six years, since “How Deep Is Your Love,” with D
  
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• Foo Fighters Announce Bee Gees Tribute Album for Record Store Day 2021

  17-06-2021 22:19
  
  You could be dancing to the Foo Fighters’ Bee Gees tribute album next month, when the “Dee Gees” make their proper debut on Record Store Day 2021.
  Dave Grohl already has the pipes like Barry Gibb for the project, after the rock band covered the Bee Gees’ 1976 Billboard Hot 100-topping disco tune “You Should Be Dancing,” from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, during an appearance on BBC Radio 2’s Sofa Sessio
  
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• Latin Artist on the Rise: How Danny Felix Created His Own Regional Urban Style & Landed A Collab with Karol G

  17-06-2021 22:16
  
  Danny Felix’s rodeo has spanned nearly two decades — but it’s only been in recent years that he gotten long-overdue exposure in the music industry, guiding some of Natanael Cano’s earlier hits, collaborating with Karol G, and ultimately landing on the Billboard charts.
  “I’ve been producing music since I was 17,” the 29-year-old Phoenix-based artist tells Billboard. “At that age, I did more than 100 songs, easily, for local artists.”
  His passi
  
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• Latin Pride: Raymix Says LGBTQ Artists Are Important Because ‘They Have a Story to Share, Like Me’

  17-06-2021 22:14
  
  A little over a year ago, Mexican electrocumbia singer Raymix came out as gay in a five-minute video posted on his YouTube channel. “I was nervous and shaking,” he previously told Billboard. “I’m typically a very calm person, but this was hard and I worried about my career that I’ve worked so hard for.”
  Since coming out, Raymix, who grew up in the small town of San José El Vidrio in Mexico with no internet (therefore not much knowledge on the LGBTQ
  
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• Eurovision winners Måneskin set to gatecrash UK singles chart this week

  17-06-2021 21:46 via nme.com
  
  Italian rock outfit Måneskin, the winners of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, look set to land their first UK Top 10 single this week.READ MORE: Italian Eurovision winners Måneskin talk future plans and “bullshit” drug allegationsThe band’s track ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’, which appeared on their second album ‘Teatro d’ira: Vol. I’ in March, has moved from Number 12 to Number Seven, according to The Official Charts Company&rsquo
  
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• My Obsession: Syd’s World of Vintage Trucks

  17-06-2021 21:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer-songwriter-producer has amassed — and restored — her own small fleet. Meet Shea, Piper, and the rest
  
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• Paris Jackson: 'My family doesn't really accept homosexuality'

  17-06-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Paris Jackson has been able to get to a point where she "respects" her family's beliefs and religion.
  
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• Graham Nash Releases Animated ‘Dirty Little Secret’ Short Film

  17-06-2021 21:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Video based on singer-songwriter's 2002 song commemorates victims of the 1921 Tulsa massacre
  
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• Demi Lovato Launches Pride Campaign With Propeller Auctioning Their Outfits & More: ‘I Want All of Us to Take Action’

  17-06-2021 21:17
  
  Demi Lovato is ready to give back to the LGBTQ community, and they’re teaming up with public-benefit corporation Propeller to help make it happen.
  On Thursday (June 17), Lovato unveiled their new campaign with Propeller to help raise money and take action on LGBTQ issues, specifically aligned with organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign, the Trevor Project and the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness.In the new campaign, the “Met Him Last Night” singer is auctioning
  
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• Imagine Dragons’ ‘Follow You’ Rules Rock & Alternative Airplay Chart

  17-06-2021 21:06
  
  Nearly two months after leading Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart, Imagine Dragons’ “Follow You” crowns the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay survey, rising 2-1 on the list dated June 19.
  The song reigns with 7 million audience impressions, up 2%, in the week ending June 13, according to MRC Data.
  It’s the Dan Reynolds-led group’s fifth leader, good for sole possession of the fifth-most No. 1s in the chart’s history, whic
  
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• Latest Industry Gigs: TuneCore, Sony Music Publishing, iHeartMedia, More

  17-06-2021 21:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Here’s a recap of recent executive shuffles — including both hirings and in-house promotions — from across the music industry. If you have a job shuffle to share, we’re all ears. Send us a note to [email protected]. If you’d like to post a job on our Job Board, just send us a request to [email protected]. And, keep track of […]
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• Foo Fighters announce new album as disco alter-ego The Dee Gees

  17-06-2021 21:04 via nme.com
  
  Foo Fighters have announced that they will be releasing a new album next month under the moniker the Dee Gees.READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”Taking to social media earlier this evening (June 17), the band revealed that they will be putting out a disco-inspired album called ‘Hail Satin’ for the second Record Store Day drop on July 17.
  “Introducing…the Dee Gees!!!” the band tweeted. “HAIL SATIN – coming to a local rec
  
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• Demi Lovato Launches Pride-Themed Face Mask Collaboration

  17-06-2021 20:55
  
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  Demi Lovato has teamed up with Henry Masks for a special 2021 Pride collaboration. As part of the collab, Lovato helped design four reusable face masks — perfect for travel, concerts, festivals or everyday wear.
  The Demi Lovato x HENRY four-pack includes three prints inspired by the colors of the trans flag and non-binary flag. There is also a purple mask with
  
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• XTC’s Andy Partridge Announces First Volume in ‘My Failed Songwriting Career’ Series

  17-06-2021 20:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  EP features rejected tracks singer penned for other artists
  
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• Peter Gabriel warns he may have to cancel WOMAD without government insurance

  17-06-2021 20:45 via nme.com
  
  WOMAD founder Peter Gabriel has said that this year’s edition of the festival may be cancelled, unless the government offers an insurance program.READ MORE: UK Festivals on testing, vaccine passports, line-ups and what to expect from the summer: “Safety is all we think about”All limits on social distancing and crowd capacities were due to be lifted on June 21, however Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced earlier this week (June 14) that this will now not take place until
  
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• CMA Extends Relationship With ABC Through 2026

  17-06-2021 20:43
  
  ABC has extended its broadcast agreement with the Country Music Association (CMA), solidifying the network as the home of The CMA Awards, as well as CMA-branded broadcast specials CMA Fest and CMA Country Christmas, through 2026.
  The CMA Awards have aired on all three legacy networks (as have the rival Academy of Country Music Awards). The CMA Awards launched on NBC in 1968 and remained there for four years. The show moved to CBS in 1972 for a remarkable 34-year run, extending through 2005. It h
  
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• How YouTube Serves 2B Monthly Music Users Without Human-Curated Playlists

  17-06-2021 20:36
  
  From June 2020 to June 2021, YouTube paid more than $4 billion to the music industry, the company announced this month — a much-increased sum from the world’s biggest video platform where product reviews, how-to videos, and vlogs share the spotlight with music. Rights holders have historically complained that YouTube hasn’t been paying enough for its offering, but the 2020 payout was a notable jump from 2019, when YouTube paid over $3 billion to music rights holders, thanks in
  
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• Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Headed to Disney+ For Thanksgiving Bow

  17-06-2021 20:34
  
  Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back six-hour documentary series is headed to Disney+ for a Thanksgiving holidays debut.
  The Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films Productions Ltd. unveiled the timing for the bow on Disney’s flagship streaming platform, having opted against Jackson directing a single movie for a theatrical release (it was previously set to hit theater this August).
  The Beatles: Get Back will comprise of three episodes, each around two
  
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• Kaleo’s ‘Way Down We Go’ Is Back Atop Top TV Songs Chart

  17-06-2021 20:23
  
  Kaleo’s “Way Down We Go” is a common presence on Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart, powered by Tunefind, and May 2021 is just another one of those months, as the song places at No. 1 on the latest tally.
  Rankings for the Top TV Songs chart are based on song and show data provided by Tunefind and ranked using a formula blending that data with sales and streaming information tracked by MRC Data during the corresponding period of May 2021.
  “Way Down We Go,” which mo
  
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• Belgian Officials Force Tomorrowland to Cancel 2021 Festival

  17-06-2021 20:18
  
  After some encouraging signs that Belgian dance mega-festival Tomorrowland would move forward with its 2021 event, hopes were dashed Thursday (June 17) when local government officials said they will not allow the festival to happen because of concerns about rising cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant and the limitations of enacting health and safety protocols for such a massive crowd.
  While the Belgian national government said two weeks ago that major outdoor events with up to 75,000 pe
  
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• Paris Jackson opens up about past suicide attempts: “Things have gotten better”

  17-06-2021 20:16 via nme.com
  
  Paris Jackson has opened up about her past suicide attempts in a new interview with friend and fellow musician Willow Smith.READ MORE: Paris Jackson – ‘Wilted’ review: enthralling, inconsistent and, at times, excellentIn 2017, Jackson, who is the daughter of the late Michael Jackson, told Rolling Stone that she had tried to kill herself multiple times, with her last attempt being in 2013.
  Speaking to Smith during an episode of her Red Table Talk Facebook Watch show, Jackso
  
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• Inside Track: Leadership Shakeup at UMG Latin; KAABOO’s Future Up In the Air

  17-06-2021 20:00
  
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  Leadership Shakeup at UMG Latin With Departures and New Executive Appointments
  Universal Music Latin Entertainment has announced a major leadership shift, namely the appointment of Angel Kaminsky as president of Universal Music Latino. Kaminsky, who’s been with the company since 2010, most recently as executive vp for Universal Music Latin America and Iberian Peninsula, will report directly to Jesús López, Chairman/CEO Universal Music Latin America & Ibe
  
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• Foo Fighters’ Bee Gees Tribute Band Announces ‘Hail Satin’ LP

  17-06-2021 19:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dee Gee's limited-edition, Record Store Day vinyl features five Brothers Gibb classics, five live Medicine at Midnight tracks
  
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• Paula Abdul Recalls Recording Her Hit ‘Straight Up’ in a Shower & Her Neighbor’s Caught-on-Tape Reaction

  17-06-2021 19:56
  
  Singing in the shower is all-too common, especially with how much better the acoustics are. So it doesn’t come as a total surprise that pop superstar Paula Abdul once recorded her ’80s breakthrough smash “Straight Up” … in the shower.
  The former American Idol judge spoke about the song that “changed my life” in the People in the ’90s podcast on Thursday (June 17). She discussed how “obsessed” she was with
  
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• Tyler, The Creator Reveals His New Album ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ Is Arriving Soon

  17-06-2021 19:26
  
  Tyler, the Creator announced on Thursday (June 17) that his new album, Call Me If You Get Lost, will drop on June 25. The reveal came via an Instagram post in which the rapper appears in a furry blue Kangol and matching fur-lined jacket on a travel license bearing the collection’s title.
  The rapper began cranking up the hype machine for his sixth album — the follow-up to his Grammy-winning 2019 release Igor – last week with a series of cryptic billboards in cities includin
  
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• Done Deal: Imran Majid and Justin Eshak Joining Island as Co-CEOs

  17-06-2021 19:24
  
  Universal Music Group made it official on Thursday (June 17) that Imran Majid and Justin Eshak will be taking over Island Records as co-CEOs, starting Jan. 1, 2022.
  As previously reported, the duo will not begin their new posts until the new year, which was expected given their contracts with current label Columbia Records run through 2021. Majid and Eshak have served as Columbia’s A&R co-heads since 2018.Now that it’s in the books, Majid and Eshak will replac
  
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• Brandi Carlile’s 2022 Girls Just Wanna Weekend Recruits Sheryl Crow, Tanya Tucker

  17-06-2021 19:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  Festival kicks off February 1st at the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico
  
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• Tyler, The Creator announces new album ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’

  17-06-2021 19:22 via nme.com
  
  Tyler, The Creator has announced details of his new album ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’, which is due to be released next week.
  Tyler shared the new album’s artwork on Twitter, along with the release date of June 25. He then shared a link to the project’s official website, with the album available for pre-order across a variety of formats.CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: JUNE 25TH pic.twitter.com/2FkiNkLJl5
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• How to Watch the ‘iCarly’ Reboot

  17-06-2021 19:22
  
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  The day has finally come! Nine years after iCarly wrapped up in 2012, the reboot has officially hit Paramount+.
  The first three episodes of the iCarly reboot are now available to stream online on Paramount+. Sign up for the service here. Additionally, Amazon Prime is offering a Prime Day deal for Prime members, in which you can sign up for two mo
  
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• Taylor Swift Fans Are Convinced ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Is Coming Really Soon

  17-06-2021 19:20
  
  Taylor Swift’s fans believe their wildest dreams of the re-recorded version of 1989 is coming true soon.
  Twitter picked up the #1989TaylorsVersion trend on Wednesday night, as Swifties started predicting that she would announce the release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) on Friday (June 18) with just one day’s notice, staying true to her impromptu album rollout style with her Grammy-winning album Folklore and its sister LP Evermore last y
  
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• Miley Cyrus Sings With Orville Peck, Maren Morris in New Pride Month Special

  17-06-2021 19:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Miley Cyrus Presents Stand by You, a Peacock concert event, premieres on the streaming service on June 25th
  
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• See Busta Rhymes’ Reflective ‘Deep Thought’ Video

  17-06-2021 19:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper drops latest visual from Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God, his first LP in over 11 years
  
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• Nightclubs threaten Government with legal action over reopening delays

  17-06-2021 19:03 via nme.com
  
  The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has lent its support to an open letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, threatening legal action should there be any further delay to the lifting of lockdown restrictions.READ MORE: Restarting live music in 2021 – Gig and festival bosses on what to expectIt was confirmed earlier this week (June 14) that the date to drop all coronavirus restrictions will be delayed from June 21 until July 19 in light of the spread of new COVID variants.
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• David Guetta Sells Recording Catalog to Warner Music Group In Broader $100 Million Deal

  17-06-2021 18:52 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Paris-born DJ David Guetta has sold his recorded catalog to Warner Music Group (WMG) as part of a broader “worldwide pact” worth a reported $100 million. New York City-headquartered Warner Music Group announced the high-profile deal via a formal release this morning. Under the “career-spanning, groundbreaking” agreement that the 53-year-old David Guetta inked with WMG, […]
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• Tyler, the Creator Drops New Quick-Hit Song, ‘Lumberjack’

  17-06-2021 18:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track clocks in at just over a minute and arrives with a video Tyler directed under his Wolf Haley alias
  
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• DaBaby, H.E.R. & More Set to Perform At 2021 BET Awards

  17-06-2021 18:19
  DaBaby, who has seven nominations for the 2021 BET Awards, putting him in a tie with Megan Thee Stallion for the lead, is set to perform on the show on June 27. BET announced 16 performers on Thursday (June 17), which it says is the highest number of performers in the show’s 21-year history.
  Other artists set to perform on the show, which will air live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, are Andra Day, City Girls, DJ Khaled, H.E.R., Jazmine Sullivan, Kirk Franklin, Lil Baby, Lil Dur
  
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