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• Adele Drops ‘Easy On Me’ Song Preview on Instagram Live: Listen

  09-10-2021 23:58
  
  Adele unexpectedly played about 40 seconds of new single “Easy On Me” for fans Saturday afternoon (Oct. 9).
  The singer had an hour to kill before an interview, so she hopped on to Instagram Live to chat. Toward the end of her time logged on with fans, she gifted those tuning in with a taste of the new ballad.
  “There ain’t no gold in this river/ That I’ve been washing my hands in forever/ And there is hope in these waters/ But I can’t bring myself to swim when
  
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• Adele Previews New Song ‘Easy on Me’ Ahead of Single’s Release

  09-10-2021 23:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer turns to Instagram Live to share 45-second snippet of much-anticipated return to music
  
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• Alanis Morissette postpones her previously rescheduled UK and European tour

  09-10-2021 23:28 via nme.com
  
  Alanis Morissette has postponed her previously rescheduled UK and European tour, which was set to celebrate 25 years of her seminal album ‘Jagged Little Pill’.READ MORE: Alanis Morissette – ‘Such Pretty Forks In The Road’ review: a cutting return after eight years awayThe shows were originally due to take place in autumn 2020, but were moved to October 2021 and then November due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  However, Morissette has now announced that the gi
  
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• Adele shares surprise preview of upcoming new single ‘Easy On Me’

  09-10-2021 22:32 via nme.com
  
  Adele has shared a snippet of her much anticipated new single ‘Easy On Me’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: 15 times Adele was truly hilariousEarlier this week, the singer-songwriter confirmed that she will release the track on Friday (October 15), marking her first new music since her third album ’25’ (2015). It comes after fan and media speculation that its follow-up ’30’ is incoming.
  Alongside the release date and title for her comeback so
  
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• Demi Lovato Shares ‘Unforgettable (Tommy’s Song)’ in Memory of Friend Who Died From Drug Overdose

  09-10-2021 22:22
  
  Demi Lovato is honoring their late friend with an emotional new song.
  On Saturday (Oct. 9), the 29-year-old singer took to social media to share “Unforgettable (Tommy’s Song),” a heartfelt track dedicated to model Thomas Trussell III, who died in October 2019 after battling a drug addiction.
  “Two years ago I lost someone who meant so much to me. His name was Tommy and he was such a beautiful, special man,” Lovato captioned a clip of the song. “I wrote this son
  
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• The Weeknd on U.N. Goodwill Ambassadorship: ‘We Need to Save Lives for All People’

  09-10-2021 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Because people are dying and that is what I care about," Abel Tesfaye says of role with World Food Programme
  
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• Madonna & Jon Batiste Lead Impromptu ‘Like A Prayer’ Sing-Along Down the Streets of Harlem

  09-10-2021 21:51
  
  Night owls roaming the streets of Harlem, New York at 2 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 9) were treated to a near-religious experience when Madonna and Jon Batiste led an impromptu sing-along of “Like a Prayer” down 126th Street.
  The New Orleans-style street party started nearby at Ginny’s Supper Club in the basement of inventive eatery Red Rooster, where Madonna, Batiste and his band performed a selection of her classic hits and songs from her Billboard 200-topping Madame X album
  
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• Jameela Jamil responds to criticism over her contributions to James Blake’s new album

  09-10-2021 21:39 via nme.com
  
  Jameela Jamil has responded to criticism she received after being credited on partner James Blake‘s new album, ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’.READ MORE: James Blake – ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’ review: fearless revelations and expansive soundsThe actor and activist is credited as a producer on nine of the 12 tracks on Blake’s fifth studio album, which was released on Friday (October 8).
  Jamil took to Twitter this morning (October 9) to air her frus
  
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• See footage from first night of Blossoms and Rick Astley’s Smiths cover shows

  09-10-2021 20:46 via nme.com
  
  Blossoms and Rick Astley performed the first of two one-off Smiths cover shows last night (October 8) at Manchester’s Albert Hall – you can see footage below.READ MORE: Blossoms and Rick Astley play The Smiths? All collaborations should be this randomBilled as ‘The Songs Of The Smiths’, the gig saw Blossoms become Astley’s backing band for a full set of theirs and fans’ most-loved Smiths songs, including ‘This Charming Man’, ‘Heaven
  
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• Alan Jackson Puts Songs & Memories Center Stage at Nashville Concert: 5 Standout Moments

  09-10-2021 20:25
  
  Alan Jackson performed a headlining show to a packed house at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Friday (Oct. 8). The show was originally set for May, though as with many concerts in 2021, it was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.
  But on Friday, the fans came ready to sing along with some of their all-time favorite hits. With 26 Billboard No. 1 country songs to his credit (and 51 top 10 singles), the country music legend certainly filled his show with classics such as “Midnight in Mon
  
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• Bob Weir, Billie Eilish to Take Part in Farm Sanctuary’s 35th Anniversary Livestream

  09-10-2021 20:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Grateful Dead guitarist discusses how the jam band inspired the founding of the animal sanctuary and advocacy organization
  
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• Britney Spears Welcomes ‘Newest Member to the Family,’ an Adorable Doberman Puppy

  09-10-2021 19:54
  
  Britney Spears is the proud owner of an adorable new puppy.
  On Friday (Oct. 8), the 39-year-old pop star’s fiancé, Sam Asghari, shared footage on Instagram of the couple’s latest family addition, a cuddly Doberman named Porsha.
  “Surprised my fiancé with our newest member to the Family,” the actor and personal trainer, 27, captioned a video of himself giving the puppy to Spears.In the clip, Asghari tells the singer that Porsha’s purpose is to “unc
  
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• Watch Dave Grohl read Ringo Starr’s ‘Octopus’s Garden’ children’s book on ‘CBeebies’

  09-10-2021 19:35 via nme.com
  
  Dave Grohl is the latest high-profile star to appear on BBC’s CBeebies Bedtime Stories, reading Ringo Starr‘s children’s book, ‘Octopus’s Garden’.READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”The Foo Fighters frontman read the 2014 story based on the lyrics of ‘Octopus’s Garden’, a 1969 cut from The Beatles’ album Abbey Road’, on yesterday’s (October 8) episode of the CBeebies show.
  The story
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly says next album is “more guitar-heavy” and lyrically “deeper”

  09-10-2021 18:54 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly has teased details about upcoming album ‘Born With Horns’, revealing that it’s “more guitar-heavy” and lyrically “deeper”.READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”News of MGK’s fifth studio album was unveiled back in August, when the rapper/rocker shared a video of himself and the album’s executive producer, Travis Barker on I
  
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• James Blake: 'I think mental health has become somewhat of a catch phrase'

  09-10-2021 18:30 via music-news.com
  
  James Blake joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 for a conversation about the importance of mental health and the process of creating
  
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• 5 Uplifting Moments in Latin Music This Week (October 9)

  09-10-2021 17:27
  
  From career milestones and new music releases to major announcements and more, Billboard editors highlight the latest news buzz in Latin music every week. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
  Celia Cruz at Florida International University
  Florida International University has been gifted the Celia Cruz Music Score Collection, which includes 230 long- and short-form musical scores belonging to the iconic Cuban singer. Celia Cru
  
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• Watch Dave Grohl Read Ringo Starr’s ‘Octopus’s Garden’ Children’s Book

  09-10-2021 17:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  Foo Fighters frontman and The Storyteller author appears on BBC kids show CBeebies to recite bedtime story written by "my hero"
  
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• An Ode to Sault’s Disappearing Album ‘Nine’

  09-10-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  After leaving streaming platforms last week, we revisit the mysterious U.K. collective's ephemeral album experiment
  
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• Charli XCX: 'It's dark, it's kind of sexy and sexual and sort of demonic at points'

  09-10-2021 15:30 via music-news.com
  
  Charli XCX takes over The Chart Show on Apple Music 1 with her new single “Good Ones,” and talks about the sound of her
  
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• See Aaron Dessner Perform Big Red Machine’s ‘The Ghost of Cincinnati’ on ‘Fallon’

  09-10-2021 15:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  The National member delivers low-key solo rendition of How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? track
  
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• Influential ska drummer Everett Morton of The Beat has died

  09-10-2021 14:45 via nme.com
  
  Influential ska drummer Everett Morton has died, age 71.
  The news was announced by his band, The Beat, earlier today (October 9) on social media. No cause of death has yet been given.
  They wrote: “It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Everett Morton, a beautiful and talented man.
  “His family are naturally grieving. Please respect their privacy. RIP Gaffah!”It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Everett Morton, a beautiful and
  
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• Liam Gallagher thanks fans after both Knebworth shows sell out

  09-10-2021 13:56 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher has thanked fans after both his Knebworth shows sold out this week.READ MORE: Oasis Knebworth 1996 review: an era-defining gig that will live foreverEarlier this month, 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 Kiwanuka, Fat White Family and Goat Girl.
  Then, due to “phenomenal demand”, he announced that a second date would be added on June 3. Support for this
  
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• Eddie Van Halen memorial plaque to be unveiled next week

  09-10-2021 13:31 via nme.com
  
  A memorial plaque to Eddie Van Halen is due to be unveiled next week.READ MORE: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework displayVan Halen died from throat cancer on October 6, 2020. Tributes from members of AC/DC, KISS, Muse and Pearl Jam among many others, poured in following news of his passing last year.
  Now, according to Pasadena Star-News, a new plaque will be unveiled in his hometown of Pasadena, California, to remember the musician o
  
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• Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak unveil ‘Silk Sonic’ album release date

  09-10-2021 12:59 via nme.com
  
  Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have unveiled the release date for their ‘Silk Sonic’ album.
  The album, ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’, will arrive on November 12 and will feature previously released singles, ‘Leave The Door Open‘, ‘Skate‘ and ‘Silk Sonic Intro’.
  The pair announced the project back in February and performed ‘Leave The Door Open’ at the Grammy awards a few weeks later.
  Back in August, the duo suggested that
  
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• Lorde intentionally explored 'lighter' sound with new album

  09-10-2021 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Lorde wanted to invoke a much more optimistic feel with her latest record.
  
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• Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson making rap debut

  09-10-2021 12:19 via music-news.com
  
  Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is making his rap debut on Tech N9ne’s new single, 'Face Off'.
  
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• Watch Aaron Dessner perform Big Red Machine’s ‘The Ghost Of Cincinnati’ on Fallon

  09-10-2021 11:53 via nme.com
  
  Aaron Dessner has performed Big Red Machine’s ‘The Ghost Of Cincinnati’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – watch it below.READ MORE: Big Red Machine – ‘How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?’: Taylor Swift-assisted melancholyIt’s taken from Big Red Machine’s latest album, ‘How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last’, their second album together which was released at the end of August.
  Reviewing the album, 
  
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• Tom Grennan inspired by Elton John, Amy Winehouse and more for Evering Road

  09-10-2021 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  'Little Bit of Love' hitmaker Tom Grennan reveals how he was inspired by Sir Elton John, Alex Turner, Aretha Franklin and more for his latest album.
  
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• Thom Yorke and artist Stanley Donwood open up about creating Radiohead album covers

  09-10-2021 11:01 via nme.com
  
  Thom Yorke has opened up about working with artist Stanley Donwood on creating Radiohead’s album covers.
  In a new short film for Christies (which was made to coincide with the display of six of Donwood’s ‘Kid A’ era paintings at the auction house), Donwood and Yorke recall their first meeting together at art college and how Donwood later went on to create the cover artwork for ‘The Bends’.
  Yorke recalled: “He was the guy at art college who could act
  
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• Jesy Nelson's album inspired by break-up

  09-10-2021 09:19 via music-news.com
  
  Jesy Nelson's debut solo album was inspired by a break-up and she never wants "to experience that again".
  
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• The Killers' Dave Keuning says Thriller sparked his dreams of being a musician

  09-10-2021 08:04 via music-news.com
  
  The Killers guitarist Dave Keuning has opened up on the impact Michael Jackson's hit 'Thriller' had on him.
  
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• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss share new original single ‘High And Lonesome’

  09-10-2021 06:20 via nme.com
  
  Led Zeppelin‘s Robert Plant and singer-songwriter Alison Krauss have shared a new single titled ‘High And Lonesome’, taken from the duo’s forthcoming collaborative album, ‘Raise The Roof’.
  The track, per Rolling Stone, was co-written by Plant and T-Bone Burnett, who also produced ‘Raise The Roof’, as well as Plant and Krauss’s previous album, 2007’s ‘Raising Sand’.
  It’s starts with a grooving little rumble, with some t
  
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• Alice Cooper opens up on battle with alcohol addiction: “I loved my life, but I hated my life.”

  09-10-2021 04:17 via nme.com
  
  Alice Cooper has opened up about his past struggles with alcohol addiction.READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Alice CooperIn the excerpt taken from Who I Really Am: Diary of a Vampire – as part of Audible’s Words + Music series – the shock-rock icon opened up about his battle, which reached its peak in the late ’70s.
  As reported by Rolling Stone, Cooper was frank about his issues in the clip. “I was drinking more and more,&rdq
  
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• Gary LeVox Opens Up About the End of Rascal Flatts: ‘I Wasn’t Happy That Joe Don Quit’

  09-10-2021 01:10
  
  Last year, Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus appeared on CBS This Morning and announced that their 20th-anniversary tour would also be the official farewell tour for Rascal Flatts, as each wanted to pursue other creative endeavors. However, the COVID-19 pandemic halted the tour plans, and those Flatts dates were never rescheduled.
  Now, in an interview with People, LeVox says there is more to the story and that the band’s breakup was initiated by Rooney.
  “I’ve nev
  
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• Japan’s YOASOBI Set to Drop New Single ‘Tsubame’

  09-10-2021 00:33
  
  J-pop duo YOASOBI are set to release a new single called “Tsubame” on Oct. 25.
  The track is being featured as theme of NHK’s SDGs TV series for children Hirogare! Irotoridori, a show that introduces projects and special programs that make learning about Sustainable Development Goals fun and accessible.
  The title of the song means “swallow” and it was written based on a Japanese story with a title that translates to “A Little Swallow’s Big Dream” by
  
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• Everything We Learned About Adele’s New Album From ‘Vogue’ Interview

  09-10-2021 00:29
  
  Adele is gearing up to release her fourth studio album, which fans believe is titled 30 due to mysterious billboards that have popped up around the world. The British singer recently sat down with British and American Vogue to share several details about the upcoming release, including lyrical content, song inspirations and overarching themes on the album.
  Below, we’ve rounded up the most important revelations from Adele’s interviews with Vogue.
  Don’t Expect
  
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• Eric Church Sets 2 Solo Shows After Bandmates Test Positive for COVID-19

  09-10-2021 00:14
  
  This weekend, Eric Church will perform two solo concerts on his The Gather Again Tour after members of his band tested positive for COVID-19. Church will turn his Friday (Oct. 8) show in Pittsburgh and his Saturday show in Philadelphia into solo performances.
  On Friday, Church posted a message on social media explaining the situation. “Despite thorough safety protocols, a limited number of breakthrough cases have occurred within the Eric Church Band. In the best interest of everyone&r
  
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• Merch Aimed at Taylor Swift Fans Removed From Virginia Democrats’ Web Store

  09-10-2021 00:08
  
  On Thursday, the Democratic Party of Virginia posted and then pulled down “Swifties Against Youngkin” merchandise from their web store.
  The move follows Terry McAuliffe — the Democratic candidate for Virginia governor — running ads across Facebook, Instagram and Google starting Tuesday that highlighted his Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin’s connection to the sale of Taylor Swift’s masters back in June 2019. Youngkin was the co-CEO of the Carlyle Group, which
  
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