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• Björk announces new ‘Cornucopia’ US tour dates for 2022

  07-10-2021 23:40 via nme.com
  
  Björk has announced that she’ll be bringing her immersive theatrical tour ‘Cornucopia’ to Los Angeles next year for a trio of dates.READ MORE: Björk’s ‘Cornucopia’ live in London: an audacious, expectation-disrupting spectacular from an artist unbothered with people-pleasing‘Cornucopia’ is based on the singer’s 2017 album ‘Utopia’ and is her first official theatrical concert tour. It’s directed by Argentine filmmak
  
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• Lil Wayne Has Dropped a New (Old) Song, ‘Ya Dig’

  07-10-2021 23:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track, which unexpectedly on streaming services Thursday, dates back to Tha Carter III era
  
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• Longest-Leading No. 1s Ever on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay Chart

  07-10-2021 23:00
  
  Since 1994, the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart has recorded not only the biggest hits of a diverse genre underpinned by Caribbean beats, but its continual evolution. Featuring salsa, bachata, merengue and the fusions that have marked the 21st century Latin sound, our list of the longest-leading No. 1s ever on the survey.
  The list includes salsa anthems such as “Yo No Sé Mañana” by Luis Enrique to La India’s “Seduceme” and Aventura’s bachat
  
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• Bugzy Malone goes into ‘War Mode’ on his latest single

  07-10-2021 22:32 via nme.com
  
  Bugzy Malone has released a brand new track called ‘War Mode’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Bugzy Malone – ‘The Resurrection’ review: cinematic sounds and confessional rhymesIt’s the Manchester rapper’s first new music since being cleared of assault charges last month which stemmed from an incident that took place in September 2018.
  Proving he’s triumphant in times of adversity, ‘War Mode’ – released
  
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• Koffee Returns With ‘West Indies,’ a Joyful Homage to Home

  07-10-2021 22:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Its video is a gorgeous survey of Caribbean landscapes
  
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• DubVision & ANML KNGDM Roar to No. 1 on Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart With ‘I Wanna Be There’

  07-10-2021 22:23
  
  Dutch DJ duo DubVision (brothers Stephan and Victor Leicher) and U.K.-based act ANML KNGDM pounce to No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart (dated Oct. 9) with “I Wanna Be There.” It’s DubVision’s third chart hit, after “I Found Your Heart,” featuring Emeni (No. 29 peak, 2015), and “One Last Time,” with Alesso (No. 22, 2020). ANML KNGDM leads in its first visit to the list.
  The song is scoring core-dance airplay at leaders SiriusXM
  
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• Nervo’s New Track Is Debuting in a Surreal Art Film Made Inside a Las Vegas Super-Club: Premiere

  07-10-2021 22:17
  
  Last year, influential dance-focused YouTube platform Proximity announced a partnership with Montraa, a new company from Omar Zabian, the former Cirque du Soleil Director of Global Events and Sr. Director Strategic Development and Partnership.
  That announcement forecasted a project series called One, comprised of content focused on storytelling, music, dance and exotic locations, all with a dance music sound and Cirque du Soleil flair.On Thursday (Oct. 7), the first inst
  
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• LA to require COVID vaccinations for indoor gigs

  07-10-2021 22:03 via nme.com
  
  Los Angeles is enforcing the requirement of COVID vaccinations in indoor spaces, which includes music venues.READ MORE: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live musicAs of today (October 7), Los Angeles County now requires proof of at least one vaccine dose in order to enter indoor spaces including bars, wineries, nightclubs, and lounges. Proof of full vaccination will be mandatory from November 4.
  Meanwhile, Los Angeles City Council has passed a new ordinance that comes into effe
  
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• Lana Del Rey Enjoys Idyllic Day in the Sun in Alternate ‘Arcadia’ Video

  07-10-2021 21:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer drops second visual for latest Blue Banisters single
  
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• Coldplay Partners With Amazon Music to Launch ‘An Intergalactic Audio-Visual Experience’

  07-10-2021 21:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Yesterday, Coldplay reupped with Warner Music Group’s Parlophone and Atlantic Records. Now, the five-piece act has partnered with Amazon Music to deliver an “intergalactic audio-visual” event, dubbed “The Atmospheres,” in New York City, London, Tokyo, and Berlin. Amazon Music and London-based Coldplay unveiled their “exclusive, two-day pop-up event” today, via a formal release that was […]
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• Adele candidly discusses divorce from Simon Konecki

  07-10-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Adele filed for divorce from husband Simon Konecki in 2019.
  
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• Inside Track: RCA’s Top Two Execs Move West

  07-10-2021 21:23
  
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  RCA Records’ two top executives have relocated to Los Angeles from New York.
  Over the last several weeks, both label chairman/CEO Peter Edge and chief operating officer John Fleckenstein have made the move.A source tells Billboard the shift is in large part “because the creative community is in Los Angeles, including artist managers.” RCA had no official comment.
  With RCA employees still working from home during the pandemic, a source says there is no word on
  
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• Los Angeles Will Require Proof of COVID Vaccination at Indoor Venues

  07-10-2021 21:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A new ordinance approved by the LA City Council now requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter indoor venues. The vote on the new ordinance was 11-2, with Councilman John Lee joining Joe Buscaino in opposing the law. Lee released a statement saying he believes the law is “punitive toward businesses, doesn’t provide an incentive […]
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• How to Watch Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ Concept Film

  07-10-2021 21:20
  
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  Madonna is giving fans a look inside the dramatic staging and costumes of her Madame X tour in her new film about the global adventures of her sultry secret agent character.
  Madame X is available to watch on Friday (Oct. 8) exclusively on Paramount+. Paramount+ is ViacomCBS’s streaming service that launched in March, when CBS All Access was rebr
  
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• Flashback: Radiohead’s Rejected James Bond Theme ‘Spectre’

  07-10-2021 21:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band took a break from the 'A Moon Shaped Pool' sessions in 2015 to record this song, but it was ultimately rejected in favor of a Sam Smith tune
  
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• Watch Manuel Turizo’s 2000s-Inspired ‘Te Olvido’ Video: Exclusive Premiere

  07-10-2021 21:17
  
  Manuel Turizo isn’t dwelling on the past. In fact, he can forget about an ex-girlfriend overnight, he suggests in his new single titled “Te Olvido,” which was released Thursday (Oct. 7) alongside a new music video.
  Taking inspiration from the early 2000s — from sporting denim-on-denim outfits to instant messaging chat rooms — Turizo narrates the tragic ending of a love story in his music video directed by P The Chemist. “Don’t even bother giving my
  
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• Adele Gives Fans a Window Into ’30,’ Apologizes for Appropriating Hairstyle

  07-10-2021 21:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  "This is my album. I want to share myself with everyone, but I don’t think I’ll ever let this one go," singer says of upcoming LP
  
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• We Have Some Questions About the Beach Boys and Monkees ‘Good Vibrations’ Cruise

  07-10-2021 21:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  From "special guest" Mark McGrath to an ongoing pandemic, there's a lot to unpack here
  
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• Dolly Parton and her businesses raise $700,000 for Tennessee flood relief

  07-10-2021 21:06 via nme.com
  
  Dolly Parton and her Smoky Mountain businesses have raised $700,000 to help residents impacted by recent floods in Tennessee.READ MORE: The Big Read – Dolly Parton: “I take care of business”On August 21 more than 500 homes and 50 businesses were damaged after up to 17 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours, causing rising waters to tear through Humphreys, Hickman, Houston and Dickson counties.
  Parton chose United Way of Humphreys County to receive and distribute he
  
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• Diplo Responds to Sexual Assault Allegations – “I Will Not Be Extorted”

  07-10-2021 21:03 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Diplo has responded to sexual assault allegations made against him nearly a year ago. The DJ and producer started his post by saying he never intended to address his’ stalker.’ The artist Thomas Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, tells his side of the story. The caption for the story reads, “Here’s a story about […]
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• Britney Spears’ Sons Sean & Jayden Are All Grown Up: See New Photos

  07-10-2021 21:03
  
  Britney Spears’ two sons she shares with ex-husband Kevin Federline — Sean Preston Federline, 16, and Jayden James Federline, 15 — are all grown up. The teenagers, who rarely appear on social media, were spotted in an Instagram post on Wednesday posing alongside Eddie Morales, CEO of Movision Entertainment and a friend of Federline’s.
  Morales’ photo set also highlights Jayden’s musical skills, seemingly inherited from his musically inclined parents,
  
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• Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason “flabbergasted” that Roger Waters felt bullied within the band

  07-10-2021 20:46 via nme.com
  
  Nick Mason has said he is “flabbergasted” by Roger Waters saying that he felt bullied by members in Pink Floyd.
  The former Floyd drummer said in a new interview that he was surprised to hear Waters claim last month that ex-guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour and ex-keyboardist Richard Wright were “always trying to drag me down”.
  “I’m slightly flabbergasted by it,” Mason told journalist Jim DeRogatis of The Coda Collection. “But I think that’s a
  
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• Adele on her most personal album yet: “It was more me divorcing myself”

  07-10-2021 20:17 via nme.com
  
  Adele has spoken about her “sensitive” new album, saying that it is more personal to her than any of her previous records.READ MORE: 15 times Adele was truly hilariousIn interviews published by Vogue and British Vogue today (October 7), the star opened up about her upcoming fourth album, which is rumoured to be called ’30’. She teased comeback single ‘Easy On Me’ earlier this week, but no information about the album’s release date has been disclosed.
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• Lana Del Rey shares alternative video for new single ‘ARCADIA’

  07-10-2021 20:07 via nme.com
  
  Lana Del Rey has shared an alternative video for her latest single, ‘ARCADIA’ – you can watch it below.READ MORE: Every Lana Del Rey song ranked in order of greatnessProduced with Drew Erickson, the song will appear on Del Rey’s long-teased forthcoming LP, ‘Blue Banisters’, set to be released on October 22.
  The ‘White Dress’ singer previewed the follow-up to ‘Chemtrails Over the Country Club’ in May with the surprise release of&nbs
  
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• Adele Emerges to Talk New Love & Her ‘Best’ Album Yet — But Don’t Expect a ‘Divorce Record’

  07-10-2021 19:57
  
  When Adele is on, she’s the biggest pop star on the planet. But when she’s gone, she’s practically invisible. That’s why the singer’s first sit-down interview in five years, a flowery profile in the upcoming issue of both U.K. and American Vogue, is like a deep, refreshing drink for her fans after an endless drought.
  Speaking to the magazine in the wind-up to the release of her upcoming single, the gentle piano ballad “Easy On Me,” due out Oct. 15,
  
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• How Universal Music Going Public Ushers in a New Era for Music

  07-10-2021 19:51
  
  Not all that long ago, most serious thinking about the future of the music business involved predicting the collapse of major labels. In 2002, David Bowie said music would “become like running water” and copyright would vanish within a decade. And once music became free, who would need a company to help promote it? As recently as 2013, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke called Spotify “the last desperate fart of a dying corpse,” meaning the labels, then distributed his album T
  
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• Tattooed Man Suing Cardi B for Using Likeness on Cover Art Calls B.S. on Trial Delay

  07-10-2021 19:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  Plaintiff Kevin Brophy says Cardi’s trip to the French capital and her appearance at multiple “highly public events” last week show she was “misleading” the court
  
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• Liam Gallagher adds second Knebworth show due to “phenomenal demand”

  07-10-2021 19:22 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher has announced a second Knebworth Park show due to “phenomenal demand”.READ MORE: Oasis Knebworth 1996 review: an era-defining gig that will live foreverGallagher will perform at Knebworth next year to further celebrate the 25th anniversary of Oasis’ landmark outdoor shows at the venue in August 1996.
  Last week, the singer announced he would be playing the biggest solo show of his career at Knebworth Park on June 4, 2022, with support from Kasabian, Michael Kiwanu
  
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• CMA Awards Will Require Vaccination for Its Audience — But Not for Performers

  07-10-2021 19:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Country music org will adhere to TV union Covid regulations when its annual ceremony returns to the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on November 10th
  
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• Cordae Is the CEO of Cordae Cola in New ‘Super’ Video

  07-10-2021 19:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on upcoming sophomore album From a Bird's Eye View
  
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• Geeking Out With James Blake on the Synths ‘That Pay For Themselves’ on His New Album

  07-10-2021 19:02
  
  In December 2019, singer/songwriter/producer James Blake tested out a new, unreleased song for fans during his Piano Only tour. It was, as the name implies, just him and his piano , and for once, Blake was totally unarmed onstage.Though he has always performed with as little extra personnel as possible — often only accompanied by one or two other musicians — Blake has been known to perform from within a cocoon of stacked synthesizers on three sides, leaving just enough space for him
  
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• Live Nation Stock Breaks $100 Per Share for the First Time in Company History

  07-10-2021 19:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Live Nation stock (NYSE: LYV) has recorded a more than 40 percent value hike since 2021’s start, and shares have officially cracked $100 apiece for the first time in company history. At the time of this piece’s writing, Live Nation stock was trading for an even $100 per share – down slightly from yesterday’s close […]
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• Kanye West to Open Donda Academy, A K-12 Prep School

  07-10-2021 18:56
  
  Kanye West is expanding his empire to include private education. The “Hurricane” rapper is planning to open a school in California called the Donda Academy. The academy is named after West’s tenth studio album of the same name, Donda, though it also honors his late mother, Dr. Donda West, former professor and English department chair at Chicago State University.
  Donda Academy appears to have a heavy focus on basketball, as four elite basketball prospects — 
  
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• Tainy Is First to Spend 100 Weeks at No. 1 on a Billboard Producers Chart: ‘I Am Truly Grateful’

  07-10-2021 18:48
  
  Tainy makes history as the first person to spend 100 weeks at No. 1 on any of Billboard’s producers charts.
  The multi-hyphenate artist (real name: Marco Masis) spends a record-extending 100th week at No. 1 on the Latin Producers survey (dated Oct. 9), thanks to his production on seven tracks on the latest Hot Latin Songs chart.
  (Billboard launched all-genre Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts in June 2019, as well as those for country, rock & alternative, R&B/Hip-Hop,
  
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• Tainy Is First to 100 Weeks at No. 1 on a Billboard Producers Chart: ‘I Am Truly Grateful’

  07-10-2021 18:48
  
  Tainy makes history as the first person to spend 100 weeks at No. 1 on any of Billboard’s producers charts.
  The multi-hyphenate artist (real name: Marco Masis) spends a record-extending 100th week at No. 1 on the Latin Producers survey (dated Oct. 9), thanks to his production on seven tracks on the latest Hot Latin Songs chart.
  (Billboard launched all-genre Hot 100 Songwriters and Hot 100 Producers charts in June 2019, as well as those for country, rock & alternative, R&B/Hip-Hop,
  
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• Kanye West is reportedly helping Kim Kardashian with her ‘SNL’ hosting gig

  07-10-2021 18:47 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West is helping Kim Kardashian prepare for her debut Saturday Night Live hosting gig this Saturday (October 9).READ MORE: Kanye West – ‘DONDA’ review: some gems among lots – and lots – of fillerThat’s according to Page Six, which has reported that the separated couple have met up in New York where Kardashian is readying herself for the US entertainment show.
  A source told the publication: “Kim is nervous about hosting SNL, it’s a big cha
  
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• How Kanye West Inspired Tom Morello to Record His New Solo Album

  07-10-2021 18:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  When the pandemic forced Rage Against The Machine to postpone their reunion tour, Tom Morello began recording new music on his iPhone to stay sane
  
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• Allison Russell, Yola, Rissi Palmer, Amythyst Kiah Speak Out in ‘Once & Future Sounds’ Panel

  07-10-2021 18:41
  
  “This is the oldest trick in the white supremacist, patriarchal, homophobic, everything phobic playbook — to divide and conquer,” said Allison Russell at Oct. 5’s “Once & Future Sounds: Black Women’s Voices in Music” panel.
  The panel, hosted by BMI Nashville executive director/creative and Nashville Music Equality president Shannon Sanders and MNRK Music senior vice president/general manager and Nashville Music Equality vice president Gina Miller, al
  
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• Aespa’s Savage Science Fiction

  07-10-2021 18:36
  
  The first K-pop group with AI avatars, Aespa blends the real and virtual on the mini-album 'Savage.' Members Giselle, Winter, Karina, and Ningning break it down for MTV News.
  
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• Drake Has Twice As Many No. 1s As Anyone Else on This Chart

  07-10-2021 18:27
  
  Drake successfully laps all competitors in the No. 1 race on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart as “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug, becomes his 40th leader on the list, twice as many as any other act.
  “Sexy” rises two spots from No. 3 to rule the chart dated Oct. 9. The single advances with a 17% surge in plays in the week ending Oct. 3, according to MRC Data, to rank as the most-played song at the radio format in the U.S.With th
  
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• Jennifer Hudson’s R. Kelly Collab ‘Where You At’ Has Vanished From Streaming

  07-10-2021 18:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track was lead single from singer's 2011 album IRemember Me
  
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• Chris Brown Won’t Face Criminal Charges In Battery Case

  07-10-2021 18:20
  
  Chris Brown won’t be charged for allegedly hitting a woman in his Los Angeles home back in June.
  The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office confirmed to Billboard that it “declined to file charges due to insufficient evidence.”
  An LAPD spokesperson told Billboard that on the night of June 18, police officers responded to a report of a domestic argument in the 19600 block of Citrus Ridge Drive in the San Fernando Valley area — which matches the a
  
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• Grace Gaustad Unmasks Her Struggle with Mental Health and Sexuality

  07-10-2021 18:18
  
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  Grace Gaustad remembers the teasing starting like it did for most kids: In middle school. There would be comments about weight or looks, the sort of casual cruelty that teens start to deploy as a way to insulate themselves from insecurity and create a savage social pecking order. But as Grace got older and her sexuality took shape, the comments took on a newfound venom. She was desperately worried about how her relationship with an
  
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• Pat Fish, AKA The Jazz Butcher, has died aged 64

  07-10-2021 18:02 via nme.com
  
  Pat Fish, best known for performing under the moniker The Jazz Butcher, has died aged 64.
  His death was confirmed by his frequent collaborator and lead guitarist Max Eider, who took to the official Jazz Butcher Facebook page to reveal that Fish died on Tuesday night (October 5). A cause of death has not yet been revealed.
  “Very sad to announce that my old friend Pat Fish died suddenly but peacefully on Tuesday evening,” Eider wrote. “Pat rocked my world in every
  
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• Revealed: Billboard’s 2021 Latin Power Players

  07-10-2021 18:00
  
  Noah Assad, Bad Bunny’s longtime manager, has helped the Puerto Rican superstar conquer the world without compromising — or losing his independent streak — which puts him atop Billboard’s annual list of executives leading the charge within the genre.Last September, in the thick of the pandemic, Bad Bunny livestreamed a performance from atop a flatbed truck decked out like a subway car that meandered through the streets of New York, thrilling fans and puzzling pedestrians
  
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• Latin Executive of the Year Noah Assad on Realizing a ‘Vision’ With Bad Bunny

  07-10-2021 17:59
  
  Noah Assad is Billboard’s 2021 Latin Power Players executive of the year. To read this year’s Latin Power Players list in its entirety, click here.
  Last September, in the thick of the pandemic, Bad Bunny livestreamed a performance from atop a flatbed truck decked out like a subway car that meandered through the streets of New York, thrilling fans and puzzling pedestrians all the way from Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, to the Harlem Hospital Center. Over 10 million viewers wa
  
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• 5 Seconds of Summer Ink Global Record Deal With BMG

  07-10-2021 17:59
  
  5 Seconds of Summer have signed a global recording deal with BMG, making it the pop/rock chart-toppers’ first pact since parting with Interscope earlier this year, Billboard can exclusively announce.
  The Australian quartet expects to release new music in early 2022 with a full album coming later in the year.
  “We partnered with BMG as they shared the band’s vision for the future and showed an incredible passion to be part of it,” says 5SOS’s manager Benjamin Evans of
  
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• Baby Keem Sets The Melodic Blue U.S. Fall Tour Dates

  07-10-2021 17:49
  
  Two-phone Baby Keem is taking The Melodic Blue on the road. The 20-year-old rapper announced a brief tour of 15 shows across the United States Thursday morning (Oct. 7) that will hit many of the country’s major cities, including Los Angeles, New York City and Atlanta.
  Titled after the 16-track, 53-minute-long record of the same name he released early last month, the upcoming fall tour will be Keem’s first substantial stretch of shows in his young career, capitalizing on an
  
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• Oak View Group Enters Canadian Market With Ontario Arena Project

  07-10-2021 17:38
  
  Oak View Group is entering the Canadian market with a renovated arena in Hamilton, Ontario. The venue development company will team up with Hamilton Urban Precinct Entertainment Group (HUPEG) — a private consortium led by Carmen’s Group and the Mercanti Family & Associates — on the redevelopment of downtown Hamilton’s arts and entertainment district.
  In a 49-year agreement with the city, the partnership will take over responsibility for the operations and ma
  
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• Aaron and Bryce Dessner on their ‘Cyrano’ film soundtrack: “They’re National songs in a way, and have an interior, intimate feeling”

  07-10-2021 17:32 via nme.com
  
  Back in early 2018 whispers first emerged that The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner were working on a musical version of the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, with lyrics from the band’s frontman Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser.
  Later that year, the play – titled Cyrano and starring Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage in the title role – enjoyed a short run at the historic Goodspeed Opera House’s Terris Theatre in Connecticut, before heading off-Broadway in
  
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