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• Lizzo speaks out on abusive online comments: “This shit should not fly”

  18-08-2021 23:48 via nme.com
  
  Lizzo has opened up about the abusive comments she’s received online following the release of ‘Rumors’.
  The Cardi B-featuring single arrived last Friday (August 13) alongside an official video, which was seemingly inspired by Disney’s animated movie Hercules (1997).READ MORE: ‘Rumors’, Lizzo’s new song with Cardi B, is a dizzying, multi-layered returnSince the track and its accompanying visuals’ release, however, Lizzo has been targeted with fat-sh
  
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• Dan + Shay Rob a Bank, Lead a Group Dance in ‘Steal My Love’ Video

  18-08-2021 23:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Country-pop duo's new video screams "big budget" and features subtle allusions to a number of movies
  
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• Drake reveals contracting Covid-19 caused chaos on his hairline

  18-08-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Canadian rapper responded to an Instagram fan account, explaining the virus caused him to restart a heart in his hairline.
  
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• Here’s Why Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak Pushed Back Silk Sonic Album Release

  18-08-2021 23:30
  
  Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak are pushing back the release of their Silk Sonic debut album until January 2022, according to their Rolling Stone cover story.
  In the new interview, Mars and .Paak explained their decision to postpone the original release of the group’s debut album An Evening With Silk Sonic, which was slated for this fall, and slowly release more songs in the meantime.
  “I don’t want to be binge-watched,” Mars said. “We’re
  
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• Downtown Music Holdings Announces Executive Shuffle

  18-08-2021 23:28 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Downtown Music Holdings has announced an executive shuffle. Current CEO Justin Kalifowitz will take on a new position as Executive Chairman. Current COO Andrew Bergman will assume day-to-day responsibilities as the company’s CEO, starting September 1. Kalifowitz has served as the CEO of Downtown Music Holdings for 14 years. “Downtown has always set ambitious goals […]
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• Every 2021 Concert & Festival Canceled Due to COVID-19

  18-08-2021 23:21
  
  While there are a lot of promising signs in the current touring landscape — from the successful rollouts of the Rolling Loud and Lollapalooza festivals to major events like Bonnaroo and ACL Fest remaining on the fall schedule — there are plenty of examples of the surging COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on an already-struggling industry.
  Because there are near-daily announcements of cancellations and postponements, we’re keeping track of the latest in this updating list. Below, f
  
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• Reservoir Posts 23 Percent Year-Over-Year Revenue Boost in First Earnings Report As a Publicly Traded Company

  18-08-2021 23:15 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Having arrived on NASDAQ late last month, New York City-based music publisher Reservoir Media has officially released its first earnings report as a publicly traded company. Reservoir Media (NASDAQ: RSVR) made its way onto the stock market after merging with Roth CH Acquisition II, a blank-check acquisition company operated by Roth Capital and Minneapolis-based Craig-Hallum […]
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• The Killers Offer a Widescreen Chronicle of Small Town Life on ‘Pressure Machine’

  18-08-2021 22:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brandon Flowers ably channels his Springsteen side on the band's latest album
  
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• Neil Young Pulls Out of Farm Aid Due to Pandemic: ‘My Soul Tells Me It Would Be Wrong’

  18-08-2021 22:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  "All you people who can't go to a concert because you still don't feel safe, I stand with you," musician says
  
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• Actor Tony Way recalls time he met Paul McCartney thanks to Sean Lock

  18-08-2021 22:58 via nme.com
  
  Actor Tony Way has recalled the time he met Paul McCartney thanks to Sean Lock, whose death was confirmed today (August 18).
  Lock, best known for appearing on 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, died from cancer at the age of 58. Shortly after the news broke, tributes to the late comedian were posted online by Jimmy Carr, Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais and many more.READ MORE: RIP Sean Lock, a comic everyman and master of the madcapWriting on Twitter this afternoon,
  
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• Nas’ ‘King’s Disease II’ Reigns Atop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart

  18-08-2021 22:56
  
  Nas returns to the throne of Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for the first time in just over nine years as King’s Disease II debuts at No. 1 on the list dated Aug. 21. The set starts with 56,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Aug. 12, according to MRC Data.
  Of the album’s first-week total, just under 35,000 units derive from streaming-album equivalents — representing 47.4 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks ­– 19,50
  
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• TikTok Partners With Audius Streaming Service for New ‘Sounds’ Library

  18-08-2021 22:55 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  TikTok has launched a partnership with music streaming platform Audius in a first-of-its-kind deal. The partnership aims to streamline the process of uploading music to TikTok. Audius users can now upload tracks and share them to TikTok, which takes less than a minute. The Audius music streaming platform is built on top of the Ethereum […]
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• Nathaniel Rateliff Previews New Album With Thumping Track ‘Survivor’

  18-08-2021 22:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Soul singer reunites the Night Sweats for The Future, a new LP arriving in November
  
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• Parquet Courts Tease New Album With Frenetic ‘Walking at a Downtown Pace’

  18-08-2021 22:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Indie rock outfit's next LP Sympathy for Life will arrive in October
  
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• Los Angeles County Issues Mask Mandate for ‘Outdoor Mega Events’

  18-08-2021 22:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Los Angeles County has issued a mask mandate for what it calls ‘outdoor mega events.’ The mask mandate goes into effect on August 19 and affects any event with 10,000 or more attendees. SoFi Stadium is included in the mandate, so attendees there will have to mask up regardless of their vaccination status. “Masks will […]
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• Maroon 5 Will Be First Major US Act to Perform in Canada After Border Reopening

  18-08-2021 22:18
  
  Maroon 5 will keep a scheduled Sept. 2 date at Budweiser Stage in Toronto after the land border between Canada and the U.S. reopened last week to fully vaccinated Americans and permanent residents, Billboard has learned.
  After being closed to non-essential travelers since March 18, 2020, the newly re-opened border means U.S. acts can finally perform again in Canada. As of Sept. 7, Canada plans to allow in all other fully vaccinated foreign nationals.
  “This step opens possibilities to get C
  
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• Meet Surf Gang, the Gen-Z Rap Heroes You Didn’t Know You Needed

  18-08-2021 22:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  For the members of the sprawling collective, the vibes in New York are just fine.
  
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• Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats announce third album ‘The Future’

  18-08-2021 22:05 via nme.com
  
  Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats have announced the release of a new album set to arrive later this year.READ MORE: Soul sensations Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats interviewed‘The Future’ will be the eight-piece party band’s third studio record, and follows the frontman’s 2020 solo album ‘And It’s Still Alright’. It is due to be released on November 5 via Stax.
  Recorded at Rateliff’s studio just outside of Denver, with Rateliff,
  
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• How Risky Are Concerts? We Asked an Infectious Disease Expert

  18-08-2021 22:01
  
  For a year and a half during the pandemic, concerts seemed more dangerous than just about any other setting. Then came vaccines, and shows trickled back, from Madison Square Garden to Red Rocks Amphitheatre — until the fast-spreading delta variant ripped through a Netherlands festival, leading to 1,000 infections, and the Foo Fighters postponed a show after a member of the band’s organization tested positive. Then Chicago public-health officials reported just 
  
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• Melvin Crispell III Tops Gospel Airplay Chart With Song Written by His Dad Nearly 30 Years Ago

  18-08-2021 21:58
  
  Melvin Crispell III scores his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart (dated Aug. 21) as his debut single, “Wonderful Is Your Name,” ascends to No. 1 in its 28th week on the list.
  In the tracking week ending Aug. 15, the song gained by 17% in plays, according to MRC Data.
  “Wonderful” was authored by Crispell III’s father, the late Melvin Crispell Jr., who was also a gospel musician and songwriter.“Of course it is incredible to top the charts, an
  
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• Barbra Streisand Makes Chart History With ‘Release Me 2′ Billboard 200 Debut

  18-08-2021 21:52
  
  Barbra Streisand adds another chapter to her storied Billboard chart career, as her latest album, Release Me 2, debuts at No. 15 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Aug. 21). With the debut, she becomes the only woman with new top 20 — or even top 40 — albums in every decade from the 1960s through the 2020s.
  The rarities compilation includes archival recordings from Streisand’s vault, including duets with Willie Nelson (“I’d Want It to Be You”), Barry Gibb (&ldq
  
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• Sam Hunt Pleads Guilty to DUI Charges, Will Spend 48 Hours in ‘Alternate Sentencing Facility’

  18-08-2021 21:46
  
  Sam Hunt has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges in Tennessee’s Davidson County Circuit Court,  stemming from a 2019 DUI arrest in Nashville.
  Hunt pleaded guilty on two counts of DUI Wednesday (Aug. 18) and will spend 48 hours in the “alternate sentencing facility” DUI Education Centers, according to The Tennessean. The singer-songwriter was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in jail, though all time was suspended except for 48 hours. In addit
  
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• Halestorm Go to the Grave and Back in New Video ‘Back From the Dead’

  18-08-2021 21:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lzzy Hale and company are on the cooling board and in the morgue in an intense new song and video
  
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• Why Country Music Was (Finally) Ready to Come Out

  18-08-2021 21:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  “It was like, ‘I can be comfortable and out and gay, or I can do country music, but I definitely can’t do both,’” says one artist. Now that dichotomy appears to be falling apart
  
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• The Weeknd’s ‘Thursday’ Mixtape Lands on Streaming Services for 10th Anniversary

  18-08-2021 21:10
  
  On Wednesday (Aug. 18), The Weeknd released his second mixtape Thursday on streaming services in honor of its 10th anniversary.
  The Canadian-Ethiopian superstar shared a video — soundtracked by Thursday’s title track — of multicolored balloons flooding outside of a door on his Instagram Story, which revealed that the original version of the nine-track tape was now available on all platforms.
  On March 21, The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) released the origi
  
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• John Mayer Returns to No. 1 on Adult Alternative Airplay Chart With ‘Last Train Home’

  18-08-2021 21:09
  
  John Mayer leads Billboard’s Adult Alternative Airplay chart for the first time since 2009, as “Last Train Home” rolls to No. 1 on the ranking dated Aug. 21.
  “Train” is Mayer’s seventh Adult Alternative Airplay No. 1. He logged his first six in the 2000s, starting with his breakthrough hit “No Such Thing” in 2001. His sixth, “Who Says,” ruled for five weeks in late 2009.
  Between “Who Says” and “Train,” Mayer char
  
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• Facebook & Instagram Are Removing Hateful Comments on Lizzo’s Accounts After Her Tearful Reaction

  18-08-2021 20:56
  
  Facebook and Instagram have been removing hateful comments under pop superstar Lizzo’s accounts after she broke down in a video about the hate she’s faced, a Facebook company spokesperson confirmed to Billboard.
  Upon the release of her first single in two years, “Rumors” featuring Cardi B, on Aug. 13, Lizzo hopped on Instagram Live over the weekend and shared an emotional confession about how much vitriol she’s suffered from online trolls. The Grammy-
  
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• Listen to Bastille’s new “love letter to escapism”, ‘Thelma + Louise’

  18-08-2021 20:55 via nme.com
  
  Bastille have shared a new track called ‘Thelma + Louise’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: What Bastille learned from making revelatory tour doc ‘ReOrchestrated’The song was premiered by Yungblud on BBC Radio 1’s ‘Future Sounds’ show tonight (August 18) as the Hottest Record.
  Frontman Dan Smith explained that he penned “the bones of” the new single over Zoom during lockdown along with two other tracks, which will all appear
  
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• John Mayer shares comically nostalgic video for new song ‘Wild Blue’

  18-08-2021 20:55 via nme.com
  
  John Mayer has shared a video for his latest single, ‘Wild Blue’ – you can watch the colourful new clip below.READ MORE: John Mayer – ‘Sob Rock’ review: guitar hero mines nostalgic goldThe new track, which was produced by Don Was, is taken from the singer-songwriter and guitarist’s eighth studio album ‘Sob Rock’, which was released last month.
  “Wild blue deeper than I ever knew/ Wild blue on a bed of grey/ Oh baby, what a
  
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• Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Faces Investor Lawsuit Over Legal Classification, “Astronomical” Compensation Paid to Board Members

  18-08-2021 20:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, the SPAC that abruptly canceled its Universal Music acquisition deal last month, is facing a lawsuit over its legal classification, which allegedly enables higher-ups associated both with Pershing Square Capital Management and the SPAC allegedly to use “their positions of control to extract compensation from PSTH in forms and amounts that […]
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• Bad Bunny Announces Special ‘P FKN R’ Concert in Puerto Rico

  18-08-2021 20:38
  
  When Bad Bunny unveiled dates for his 2022 El Último Tour del Mundo back in April, fans were quick to notice that a Puerto Rico show was not in the plans. Until now.
  In true Bad Bunny fashion, the Latin superstar surprised fans with the announcement of an upcoming concert in his native Puerto Rico set for Dec. 10, 2021.
  Named after his Arcangel and Kendo Kaponi-assisted trap song “P FKN R,” the one-time show is how Bad Bunny plans to close off the year and prepare for his high
  
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• Iggy Azalea Is Super Psyched About Touring With Pitbull: ‘I Wish I Could Be In the Crowd Watching’

  18-08-2021 20:27
  
  Iggy Azalea isn’t sure how much touring she’ll do in the future after announcing that she plans to pull back from releasing music after dropping her The End of an Era album Aug. 13. But what she does know is that her upcoming tour with Pitbull is going to be one hell of a going away party.
  “It’s interesting and unexpected but at the same time it makes perfect f—ing sense,” the rapper tells Billboard about the all-bangers combo tour called I Don’t Kn
  
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• Lizzo Thanks Cardi B, Sings Ariana Grande & More: 5 Best Moments From Her Instagram Live Celebrating ‘Rumors’

  18-08-2021 20:17
  
  She does it for the culture, godd—. Following the release of her single “Rumors” featuring Cardi B, Lizzo hopped on Instagram Live Tuesday (Aug. 17) to celebrate the song and talk to her fans about everyone from Cardi B to Harry Styles to Ariana Grande to Dua Lipa to BTS.
  “Having my Cake and eating it b—-,” she captioned the video she later shared in a permanent post. “Finally celebrating the success of ‘Rumors’.”
  Here are five of the m
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Nas X, Lorde to Perform at 2021 MTV Video Music Awards

  18-08-2021 20:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Camila Cabello and Machine Gun Kelly also among first slate of performers
  
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• Listen to Spector’s soaring new single ‘Bad Summer’

  18-08-2021 20:10 via nme.com
  
  Spector have shared a new single called called ‘Bad Summer’ – you can listen to it below.
  The retrospective, emotionally charged track is the third taste of the London band’s upcoming album ‘Now Or Whenever’, which arrives on October 1 via Moth Noise.
  “Written in the August rain, on a summer’s day like this one. For when every night feels like a honeymoon and every morning feels like a funeral,” the band explained of the song in a joint state
  
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• Garth Brooks Cancels Remainder of 2021 Stadium Tour Due to Pandemic

  18-08-2021 20:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Watching this new wave, I realize we are still in the fight and I must do my part," country star says
  
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• Chart Rewind: In 2001, Alicia Keys’ ‘Fallin” Rose to No. 1 on the Hot 100

  18-08-2021 20:01
  
  At the age of 16, Manhattan native Alicia Keys dropped out of one Columbia — the Ivy League New York university — to pursue her musical dream at another: the prestigious, Sony-owned record label. She almost came to regret the decision.
  Keys signed with Columbia Records at age 15, after a bidding war that resultedin the label throwing in the $26,000 baby grand piano on which she had auditioned. But after presenting executives with a set of songs that she intended to record for he
  
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• Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Machine Gun Kelly, Olivia Rodrigo To Perform At 2021 VMAs [Updated]

  18-08-2021 20:01
  
  The 2021 Video Music Awards are set to see some exciting performances from Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Machine Gun Kelly, and Olivia Rodrigo.
  
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• Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Lorde, Machine Gun Kelly, Olivia Rodrigo To Perform At 2021 VMAs

  18-08-2021 20:01
  
  The 2021 Video Music Awards are set to see some exciting performances from Camila Cabello, Lil Nas X, Lorde, Machine Gun Kelly, and Olivia Rodrigo.
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo & Machine Gun Kelly Set to Perform on MTV Video Music Awards for the First Time

  18-08-2021 20:00
  
  Olivia Rodrigo and  Machine Gun Kelly are set to perform on the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 8 pm. ET/PT on MTV. It will mark the first VMAs performances for both artists.
  In addition, Lil Nas X, Camila Cabello and Lorde are set to return to the VMAs stage.
  This will be Lil Nas X’s first VMAs performance since 2019 (“Panini”), Cabello’s first since 2019 (“Señorita,” with Shawn Mendes), a
  
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• Kanye West Announces Third ‘Donda’ Event, This Time in Chicago

  18-08-2021 20:00
  
  Kanye West is taking Donda, his 10th studio album named after his late mother, back to the beginning by hosting a third listening event in Chicago.
  The rapper announced on Instagram Wednesday (Aug. 18) that he will host the third of a series of listening events dedicated to his latest, still-unreleased body of work at Soldier Field stadium near the South Side of Chicago on Aug. 26. According to his post, the show will begin at 10 p.m. ET, and tickets will go on sale on Aug. 20 at 1 p.m. ET.
  
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• Saweetie talks homophobia in hip-hop: “We all bleed the same”

  18-08-2021 19:58 via nme.com
  
  Saweetie has spoken out about homophobia in hip-hop during a new interview.
  Misogyny and homophobia within the culture has been a hot topic of conversation in recent weeks, following the controversial backlash to Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow‘s ‘Industry Baby’ video as well as DaBaby’s hateful remarks at Rolling Loud Miami.
  Speaking to People magazine, Saweetie has now weighed in on the issue, saying she believes it is necessary to “call out what we&rsquo
  
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• John Mayer Plays Up in the Clouds in ‘Wild Blue’ Video

  18-08-2021 19:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Mayer released his latest album Sob Rock last month
  
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• Garth Brooks Cancels Next Five Stadium Shows Citing COVID-19 Concerns: ‘We Are Still in the Fight’

  18-08-2021 19:47
  
  Citing concerns about the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, Garth Brooks has canceled the next five cities on his stadium tour a month after he had returned to the road.
  The five concert locations being canceled are Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati (Sept. 18), Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte (Sept. 25), M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore (Oct. 2), Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. (Oct.9), and Nissan Stadium in Nashville, which has not been rescheduled after being rai
  
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• Carrie Underwood Faces Backlash For Liking Tweet Rejecting Nashville School Mask Mandates

  18-08-2021 19:38
  
  Carrie Underwood is facing backlash for liking a tweet by a conservative podcaster who spoke out against mask mandates for schoolchildren at a Nashville School Board meeting. In the tweets video, conservative podcaster Matt Walsh lashed out at authorities for what he said was their decision that kids should “go to school all day every day wearing muzzles like rabid dogs.”
  The like for the tweet of a speech by Walsh — whose recent episodes have included “A Pandemic of Enti
  
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• Griff announces release of new single ‘One Night’ coming next week

  18-08-2021 19:29 via nme.com
  
  Griff has announced the release of a new single called ‘One Night’ which is set to be released next week.READ MORE: Griff: meet Britain’s next great pop starThe BRITs Rising Star winner took to Instagram yesterday (August 17) to share the artwork for her first new material since June’s ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ mixtape.
  “There have been alot of nights in between going to bed and falling asleep where random anxieties come rushing back and every bur
  
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• Sigrid previews “clubby” new single ‘Burning Bridges’, arriving next week

  18-08-2021 19:15 via nme.com
  
  Sigrid has announced her next single ‘Burning Bridges’ – you can listen to a snippet below.READ MORE: Sigrid: “There’s a part of me that comes out when I play live – it’s my superpower”The Norwegian singer-songwriter will release the follow-up to ‘Mirror’ next Wednesday (August 25) as she continues to preview her upcoming second album.
  Taking to social media today (August 18), Sigrid shared the official cover art for ‘Burning
  
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• Kanye West confirms his next ‘DONDA’ listening event in Chicago

  18-08-2021 19:15 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West is hosting a ‘DONDA’ listening event in Chicago later this month, it has been confirmed.
  The rapper and producer has already held two listening events at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for his forthcoming album, which has still yet to be released.READ MORE: Kanye West’s much-delayed 10th album ‘DONDA’: the story so farFollowing speculation from fans, West has now announced that he’ll host the next ‘DONDA’ event at the Soldier Field
  
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• R. Kelly’s Sex Trafficking Trial Opens: Defense and Prosecution Give Opening Statements

  18-08-2021 19:10
  
  On Wednesday (Aug. 18), the defense and prosecution made their opening statements in R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly’s sex trafficking trial, which was held at the Eastern District of New York courthouse in Brooklyn.
  More than two years after his arrest stemming from charges related to sex crimes, the trial began with the prosecution, as Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Cruz Melendez delivered the opening statement for the government in front of U.S. District Judge Ann M. Do
  
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• Isley Brothers Deliver All the Classics During ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’

  18-08-2021 19:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Soul legends performed hits like "Between the Sheets," "Footsteps in the Dark" and "That Lady"
  
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