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• Listen to a moody drill remix of The Beatles’ classic, ‘Eleanor Rigby’

  05-07-2021 23:46 via nme.com
  
  A musician has repurposed The Beatles‘ classic ‘Eleanor Rigby’ as a UK drill song.READ MORE: The Beatles’ split 50 years on: the best songs from the solo careersThe track, which uses the original vocals from the Liverpool legends’ 1996 hit, is remixed with heavy hitting beats and sharp snare claps. Listen to the moody reversion below.
  YouTube user Zeke Lanham shared his remix on Reddit, writing” “For some fun I made this UK Drill remix of Eleanor Rigby b
  
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• Raffaella Carra, Iconic Italian Entertainer, Dies at 78

  05-07-2021 23:44
  
  Raffaella Carrà, for decades one of Italian television’s most beloved entertainers, a woman affectionately nicknamed the “queen of Italian TV,” died Monday (July 5) at 78, Italian state TV quoted her family as saying.
  Rai state TV read a statement from the star’s family, announcing that she died in Rome after a long illness. No further details were released.
  With her energetic presence and strong, almost husky singing voice, the trim Carrà was a wildly popul
  
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• Riot Games Releases Copyright-Free Lo-Fi Album for Streamers

  05-07-2021 23:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Riot Games has released an album of copyright-free music for streamers to use.  The 37-track album is titled Sessions: Vi, and it gives streamers music to play without fear of copyright strikes. Riot Games has made the album available on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. The move comes as game developers are working around Twitch’s […]
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• Post Malone to release new song ‘Motley Crew’ this week – hear snippet

  05-07-2021 23:11 via nme.com
  
  Post Malone will return with a new single on Friday (July 9) – listen to a snippet of the track below.READ MORE: Post Malone – ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ reviewThe singer and rapper’s manager, Dre London, shared the news via his Instagram yesterday (July 4). “I’m excited to finally announce new single ‘Motley Crew’ dropping Friday!” read part of London’s message in which he also wished Malone happy birthday.
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• Cardi B’s Daughter Kulture Kisses Mom’s Pregnant Belly in Precious New Video

  05-07-2021 23:08
  
  Last summer, Cardi B and Offset’s daughter Kulture Kiari joined Instagram. This summer, her account is proving to be the perfect place to document becoming a big sister.
  An adorable video of little Kulture, who’s almost 3 years old, and her pregnant mother was uploaded on the @kulturekiari account on Sunday (July 4).
  “I want to kiss the baby there,” Kulture, pointing to Cardi’s belly, tells her mom in the clip.
  After planting that kiss, Kulture sweetly says, “
  
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• Spotify App for Mac – Beta Version Launched for M1 Apple Processors

  05-07-2021 23:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Spotify app on Mac now has a beta to test for compatibility with Apple M1 processors.  Spotify has provided access to the beta from its community site. The music streaming company is seeking feedback from M1 Mac owners to see how the app runs. Spotify notes that there may be some unexpected behavior and […]
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• Porsche Developing Background Music to Match Your Driving Style

  05-07-2021 22:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Porsche is developing a system to deliver background music that matches your driving style. The system is currently in beta and is called Soundtrack My Life. It’s designed to take how you’re driving your car to the next level by offering music that changes with the surroundings. Say you’re on a chill drive with few […]
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• Oxford bands including Radiohead, Foals and Glass Animals help save local music magazine in four days

  05-07-2021 22:41 via nme.com
  
  Radiohead, Foals, Glass Animals, Supergrass and more Oxford bands have helped keep a local music magazine afloat with donations reaching a fundraising target.READ MORE: What’s Your Band Called, Mate? Get to know Oxford’s Lacuna CommonNightshift, Oxford’s monthly music magazine that has been in print since 1995, needed to raise £12,000 to cover printing and distribution costs after being forced to go on hiatus last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a freesheet mag
  
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• Miley Cyrus Chants ‘Free Britney’ During ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ at Las Vegas Concert

  05-07-2021 22:01
  
  Miley Cyrus is once again showing her support for the #FreeBritney movement.
  During the grand opening celebration of Resorts World Las Vegas on Sunday (July 4), Cyrus took the stage at the new casino-resort’s Ayu Dayclub and gave a fiery performance of her hit song “Party in the U.S.A.” Midway through the track, the 28-year-old pop star altered the lyrics to give a shout-out to Spears, who recently made a rare court appearance to explicitly address her desire to end her “
  
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• Trivium’s Matt Heafy tests positive for COVID-19: “Fortunately I’m vaccinated”

  05-07-2021 21:44 via nme.com
  
  Trivium frontman Matt Heafy has revealed he’s contracted the coronavirus but is recovering well with what “merely feels like a tour cold”.READ MORE: The anthropology of heavy metal – meet the academic challenging the metalhead stereotype with actual hard researchThanks to being vaccinated, the singer and guitarist said his symptoms have been manageable and that he would still do his planned livestream for fans today (July 5). You can watch part of the stream further
  
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• Sam Fender teases new music arriving later this week

  05-07-2021 21:43 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender has teased that he’ll be releasing some new music arriving later this week.READ MORE: Sam Fender – ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ reviewThe North Shields singer-songwriter, who released his debut album ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ back in 2019, took to Twitter this evening (July 5) to seemingly announce that he will be releasing new music on Wednesday (July 7).
  “HERE WE GO AGAIN. HOLD TIGHT. 2 DAYS,” Fender tweeted, adding his website address and sharin
  
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• Seinfeld Soundtrack Finally Drops 20+ Years After The Show Ends

  05-07-2021 21:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Seinfeld soundtrack finally dropped more than two decades after the final season of the show.  The unending contributions to pop culture have cemented the phrases of Seinfeld, but never the sound. Composer Jonathan Wolff told Variety that’s because the show wasn’t always a hit. “It struggled for the first few seasons,” Wolff says of […]
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• Courtney Love pays tribute to Britney Spears after taking part in expose

  05-07-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Courtney Love was visibly emotional in the video, which she posted to Instagram over the weekend.
  
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• Hipgnosis Spent Over $1 Billion on Catalogs in FY 2021 — As Net Debt Approached $500 Million

  05-07-2021 21:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Song-investment fund Hipgnosis recorded net revenue of $138.4 million during the 2021 fiscal year – covering the 12 months ending on March 31st, 2021 – in addition to dropping north of $1 billion on 84 new catalogs throughout the period. Hipgnosis revealed these and other operational specifics in its 2021 annual report. Spanning a staggering […]
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• Dave announces new album ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’

  05-07-2021 21:09 via nme.com
  
  Dave has announced the release of his second album, ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’.READ MORE: Dave at the Brits: how his searing performance of ‘Black’ took on every racist tosser in the countryThe rapper, who released his Mercury Music Prize-winning debut ‘Psychodrama‘ in 2019, took to social media this evening (July 5) to share news of the new album and its artwork with fans.
  Set to be released on July 23, the album’s announcement comes after
  
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• Sanford Clark, Rockabilly Performer, Dies at 85 from COVID-19

  05-07-2021 20:48
  
  Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a top 10 hit with “The Fool” in 1956, has died in a Missouri hospital from COVID-19. He was 85.
  Clark died Sunday (July 4) at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, where he had been receiving cancer treatment before he contracted the coronavirus, his publicist and fellow performer Johnny Vallis said Monday.
  Clark was born on Oct. 24, 1935, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Phoenix, where he first began performing in the early 1950s. “
  
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• Kim Petras reveals new album is “fully done” and first single is on its way

  05-07-2021 20:32 via nme.com
  
  Kim Petras has revealed that her new album is “fully done” and that fans can expect the first single to arrive in “a few weeks”.READ MORE: Kim Petras live in Manchester: larger-than-life pop star wows with parallel universe mega-hitsThere will be “no sad songs” on the follow-up to 2019’s Halloween-themed ‘Turn Off The Light’, according to Petras, who shared news of the new album on Twitter yesterday (July 4).
  She also confirmed that the album
  
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• Isle Of Wight Festival 2021 reaffirms plans to go ahead after government’s latest unlocking announcement

  05-07-2021 20:10 via nme.com
  
  Isle Of Wight Festival has reaffirmed its plans to go ahead with its 2021 event following the government’s latest announcement about full coronavirus unlocking in England.READ MORE: What’s the point of festival pilots if the Government won’t publish the results?Promoter John Giddings was asked by a fan on Twitter today (July 5) whether the delayed event will go ahead. “What do you think? You heard the same broadcast that I did! Here we come @IsleOfWightFest’21!
  
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• Milburn to celebrate 15th anniversary of ‘Well Well Well’ with UK live dates

  05-07-2021 19:26 via nme.com
  
  Milburn have announced a string of special 2021 UK live dates to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their debut album ‘Well Well Well’.READ MORE: Joe Carnall and Matt Helders – ‘Good Cop Bad Cop’ reviewThe Sheffield band, who reunited in 2016 after disbanding eight years earlier, will perform their 2006 debut in full alongside other tracks from their back catalogue at three of their favourite venues: Sheffield’s Leadmill, London’s Scala, and Manchester&rs
  
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• Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Shares Post-Chemotherapy Photo After Cancer Diagnosis

  05-07-2021 19:09
  
  Blink-182 singer and bassist Mark Hoppus has shared the first photo of himself after revealing his cancer diagnosis in June.
  The 49-year-old rocker — who has been undergoing chemotherapy for several months — took to social media on Sunday (July 4) to wish fans a happy Independence Day and share a smiling picture of himself with a bald head and wearing black sunglasses.
  “The Cancer Haver wishes you all a very happy Fourth of July weekend,” Hoppus captioned the snapshot on
  
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• Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ on course to reclaim Number One spot for the first time in 40 years

  05-07-2021 19:01 via nme.com
  
  Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ is eyeing up its return to the UK Number One spot on the Official Albums Chart this week.READ MORE: Will there be a Bohemian Rhapsody 2? Everything we know about the Queen and Freddie Mercury sequel filmA special 40th anniversary edition of the compilation album is the reason for the original 1981 record’s current surge to the top, with 86 per cent of the new special edition record’s sales so far coming from physical formats.
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• Queen’s Greatest Hits eyes return to Number 1 for the first time in 40 years

  05-07-2021 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Queen’s Greatest Hits could return to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart this week following the release of a special 40th
  
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• Music industry welcomes COVID-19 unlocking plan in England that will see live music’s full return

  05-07-2021 18:49 via nme.com
  
  Leading figures of the live music industry have welcomed the government’s proposed full easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England from July 19.READ MORE: What’s the point of festival pilots if the Government won’t publish the results?Prime Minister Boris Johnson today (July 5) announced details for the fourth and final stage of unlocking in England later this month, which is set to be confirmed next Monday (July 5) after a data review. It was originally schedu
  
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• Hear Jennifer Lopez and Rauw Alejandro Team Up on ‘Cambia El Paso’

  05-07-2021 18:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lopez is currently finishing her ninth studio album
  
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• Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton Get Married in Intimate Oklahoma Wedding

  05-07-2021 18:14
  
  Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are officially married! The all-star couple got married in Oklahoma over the Fourth of July weekend, according to People.
  After more than eight months of being engaged, Stefani and Shelton tied the knot on Saturday (July 3) at country singer’s Tishomingo ranch, Page Six reports, sharing multiple photos of what appear to be the intimate wedding site.
  TMZ reported that the two applied for their marriage license in Shelton’s home state on Tuesday
  
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• Slipknot’s Clown recalls tense ‘Iowa’ recording sessions: “We hated each other”

  05-07-2021 17:57 via nme.com
  
  Slipknot‘s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has recounted the band’s tense recording sessions for their 2001 album ‘Iowa’.READ MORE: NME meets Slipknot’s Clown and Tortilla Man: “There’s been a lot of blood on stage”The metal band’s second studio album, which included the songs ‘Left Behind’ and ‘My Plague’, celebrates its 20th anniversary next month.
  Speaking to Metal Hammer in a new interview about the making of
  
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• Jehnny Beth on mental health and the music industry: “I know a lot of musicians who struggle to be heard and respected”

  05-07-2021 17:57 via nme.com
  
  Jehnny Beth has written about ongoing mental health issues in the music industry and her hopes for younger artists to resist “age-old patriarchal abuse”.READ MORE: Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth – ‘Utopian Ashes’ review: rockers go countryThe Savages frontwoman and soloist, who last week released a collaborative album with Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, posted a video of herself holding a burning stick as a symbol of shining “a light” on the sta
  
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• Brian Blessed to make special appearance at Bloodstock Festival

  05-07-2021 17:17 via nme.com
  
  Brian Blessed is set to make a special guest appearance at the heavy metal festival Bloodstock next month.READ MORE: We went to Bloodstock in search of the best time that heavy metal had to offerThis year’s festival is set to take place from August 11-15 in the grounds of Catton Park, Derbyshire.
  Blessed will make an appearance at Bloodstock on the final day of this year’s event (August 15) when Judas Priest, Saxon and other acts are set to perform.
  Confirming the news today (Ju
  
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• Damon Albarn teases concert film for forthcoming solo album

  05-07-2021 16:42 via nme.com
  
  Damon Albarn has posted a teaser for what appears to be a concert film accompanying his forthcoming new album.READ MORE: Damon Albarn – “I had to do something to lift me out of these storms”‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’, the Blur frontman’s second solo album, is set to drop on November 12.
  In the video shared today (July 5), Albarn is seen tuning up with an ensemble who are readying themselves for a live performance.
  The supposed concer
  
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• UB40 announce new lead singer following Duncan Campbell’s retirement

  05-07-2021 16:26 via nme.com
  
  UB40 have announced that KIOKO musician Matt Doyle will be their new lead singer.READ MORE: UB40 aren’t the first or last act to be monitored by spooks: a brief history of music under surveillanceThe move follows on from last week’s news of Duncan Campbell’s retirement from music after he suffered a seizure at his home in June.
  Doyle was already known to UB40 for his work with the Birmingham reggae band KIOKO, who have supported the former on numerous occasions in recent years.
  
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• Former Spotify boss says artists are “entitled” in asking for streaming rise

  05-07-2021 16:05 via nme.com
  
  A former Spotify executive has sparked controversy after claiming that musicians are “entitled” in asking for more money from the streaming service.
  Spotify’s business model has faced increasing scrutiny in recent years, with many musicians claiming that the meagre amount paid per stream is severely affecting their ability to earn a living.
  As Digital Music News notes, former executive Jim Anderson recently spoke at a music conference in New York where he was grilled on Spotify
  
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• Watch John Stamos Join Beach Boys for ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’

  05-07-2021 15:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  The performance aired on on CNN's "Fourth in America Special"
  
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• Richard Ashcroft pulls out of Tramlines Festival due to it becoming government test event

  05-07-2021 15:06 via nme.com
  
  Richard Ashcroft has announced he will pull out of a headline set at Sheffield’s Tramlines Festival after being informed that the event will form part of the government’s Events Research Programme (ERP).
  It comes after Tramlines organisers confirmed last week that a full capacity crowd will descend on Sheffield’s Hillsborough Park from July 23-25 as part of ongoing research into the return of live music.
  Earlier stages of the ERP have seen audiences attend a weekend of events i
  
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• RS Country Music Picks for Week of July 5th

  05-07-2021 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Must-hear songs by Ray Fulcher, Grace Pettis, and Ashley Cooke
  
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• Boris Johnson set to outline final coronavirus lockdown easing for England

  05-07-2021 14:50 via nme.com
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to outline the final easing of England’s coronavirus lockdown later today (July 5).
  The fourth and final stage of the UK’s Government’s ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown has already been delayed from June 21, with a new date of July 19 now in place for the relaxation of the majority of the remaining lockdown rules.READ MORE: Music venue bosses “numb and frustrated” with £36 million set to be lost as June 21 reopening del
  
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• Watch Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ Livestream Concert

  05-07-2021 14:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper performed at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg
  
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• Watch Coldplay Perform ‘Higher Power’ to Celebrate Fourth of July

  05-07-2021 14:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  The previously-taped performance aired on the Macy’s Fourth of July Spectacular
  
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• Watch Coldplay’s firework-fuelled ‘Higher Power’ performance for Independence Day

  05-07-2021 13:29 via nme.com
  
  Coldplay have marked Independence Day in the US by delivering a firework-fuelled performance of ‘Higher Power’ for Macy’s Fourth of July Spectacular.
  While 500 vaccinated fans were originally set to attend the Queens recording, a crowd of roughly 8000 New Yorkers eventually turned out to transform the event into a stunning celebration which boasted the band’s biggest live audience since the coronavirus pandemic began.
  More than 1,000 fireworks were also set off on a barge
  
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• Mark Hoppus shares first photo since confirming cancer diagnosis

  05-07-2021 13:29 via nme.com
  
  Mark Hoppus has shared the first photo of himself since he announced his cancer diagnosis last month.
  The Blink-182 bassist told his fans about his diagnosis in a post on his social media channels on June 23, writing: “For the past three months I’ve been undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. I have cancer.
  “It sucks and I’m scared, and at the same time I’m blessed with incredible doctors and family and friends to get me through this.”
  Posting on social media yes
  
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• Britney Spears' mother has 'mixed feelings' over conservatorship controversy

  05-07-2021 13:16 via music-news.com
  
  Lynne Spears declined to answer specific questions about the case.
  
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• Britney Spears borrows strangers' phones to call ex-manager - report

  05-07-2021 13:16 via music-news.com
  
  The star's former manager believes Britney's phone is monitored by her conservatorship
  
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• Grimes teases new album is a 'space opera' about AI lesbian romance

  05-07-2021 13:09 via music-news.com
  
  Grimes has given fans an overview of the story behind her s
  
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• Lana Del Rey pushed back album release date

  05-07-2021 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lana Del Rey has said her upcoming album 'Blue Banisters' won't be out a little while longer.
  
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• Britney Spears borrows strangers' phones to call ex-manager

  05-07-2021 13:03 via music-news.com
  
  The star's former manager believes Britney's phone is monitored by her conservatorship
  
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• Mick Jagger’s ghostwriter recalls “awful experience” of writing scrapped autobiography

  05-07-2021 13:02 via nme.com
  
  Writer Barry Coleman has recalled the two frantic weeks he was given in 1983 to ghostwrite Mick Jagger‘s autobiography – a project which was ultimately axed.
  The Rolling Stones frontman has still never published a memoir, and recently described the process of writing an autobiography as “simply dull and upsetting”.READ MORE: Roll up, tune in and drop out: an oral history of The Rolling Stones’ star-packed folly, Rock And Roll CircusSpeaking to The Guardian, Col
  
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• Johnny Marr says The Smiths had a “blind spot” of being obsessed with media and notoriety

  05-07-2021 12:45 via nme.com
  
  Johnny Marr has reflected on his time in The Smiths in a new interview, discussing how the seminal Manchester band had a “blind spot” of being obsessed with media and notoriety.
  The Manchester icons became indie darlings at the height of their fame, before calling it a day in 1987.
  Speaking to Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for the new BBC Radio 4 series The Poet Laureate Has Gone to His Shed, Marr said that the band could have done with “less” coverage at the height of the
  
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• T-ARA to reunite on upcoming episode of ‘Knowing Bros’

  05-07-2021 12:42 via nme.com
  
  The members of girl group T-ARA are set to reunite in an upcoming episode of the South Korean variety show Knowing Bros (also known as Ask Us Anything).READ MORE: SUPER JUNIOR – ‘The Renaissance’ review: of present-day relevance and past remembranceOn July 3, the official Knowing Bros YouTube channel teased an upcoming episode featuring the veteran girl group. In the clip, the members are seen engaging in playful banter with the show’s regular cast, which includes fellow
  
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• Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes announce new album ‘Sticky’ and 2021 UK and Ireland tour

  05-07-2021 12:00 via nme.com
  
  Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes have announced their new album ‘Sticky’, as well as details of a UK, Irish and European tour.
  The band’s first new album since 2019’s ‘End of Suffering’ is set for release on October 15 and has already been previewed with ‘My Town’, their recent collaboration with IDLES frontman Joe Talbot.READ MORE: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes tell us about their Joe Talbot collaboration ‘My Town’‘Sticky&
  
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• Flashback: See Johnny Cash’s Final Public Performance

  05-07-2021 12:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  On July 5th, 2003, the Man in Black sang "Understand Your Man," "Ring of Fire" and other classics
  
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• Ed Sheeran’s ‘Bad Habits’ Heading for Second Week Atop U.K. Chart

  05-07-2021 11:32
  
  Ed Sheeran’s “Bad Habits” debuted at No. 1 in the U.K. last week, and it appears unlikely to budge.
  The British singer’s new release leads the First Look chart, which ranks the most popular songs after the first weekend in the chart cycle.
  “Bad Habits” is the market-leader on streams, and has snagged more digital downloads than the rest of the Top 10 combined so far this week, according to the Official Charts Company. Based on those metrics, it should cruise t
  
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