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• Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian Dress Up as Famously Stable Couple Sid and Nancy

  22-10-2021 23:58 via rollingstone.com
  
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• Scotty McCreery’s ‘Five More Minutes’ Inspires Hallmark Christmas Movie

  22-10-2021 23:56
  
  Scotty McCreery’s 2018 Billboard Country Airplay chart-topper “Five More Minutes” will soon get the Hallmark television movie treatment. The song has inspired a movie by the same title, which will air Nov. 20 at 10 p.m. ET on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel.
  In the movie, which stars Nikki DeLoach and David Haydn-Jones, a woman’s holiday wish is answered in unexpected ways when her late grandfather’s journal is discovered, revealing a previously untold r
  
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• Taylor Swift Declares ‘It’s Red Season,’ Previews ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ in New Video

  22-10-2021 23:37
  
  We’re less than a month away from the release of Red (Taylor’s Version), and Taylor Swift is here to announce: “It’s Red Season.”
  In Swift’s first Instagram Reel video, it’s all Red everything. Swift wears a red ballgown with ruby earrings, a red manicure and a custom Red ring, and shows off her rows and rows of red shoes and clothing. “It’s Red Season,” reads an all-caps message across the video.
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• Young Thug Stays Consistently Brilliant Without Blowing Our Minds on ‘Punk’

  22-10-2021 23:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  While it doesn’t have the standout moments of some of his previous albums, the rapper's latest LP is a vibrant collection from one of music’s truest eccentrics.
  
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• First Stream Latin: New Music From Sebastian Yatra, Paloma Mami, Adriel Favela & More

  22-10-2021 23:30
  
  First Stream Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week’s picks below.
  Sebastian Yatra, “Tacones Rojos” (UMG Recordings)
  Sebastian Yatra’s new single “Tacones Rojos” is an upbeat pop-dance love song that starts off with electric guitar riffs followed by his plush and charming voice. “The song was inspired by morning rays of light that enter through y
  
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• Streaming Services Officially Publish Their 2023-2027 Mechanical Rate Proposals — This Is Gonna Be an Uphill Battle for Publishers

  22-10-2021 23:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Last week, National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) president and CEO David Israelite claimed that streaming services were demanding “the lowest royalty rates in history” ahead of the Copyright Royalty Board’s mechanical-rate determination for 2023 to 2027. Now, DSPs have officially published their rate proposals for the half-decade stretch. Prior to levying the firmly-worded criticism – […]
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• The Echo Lounge & Music Hall Opens in Dallas – Upcoming Schedule

  22-10-2021 23:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Live Nation and Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks have partnered for a 1,000-seat capacity club called The Echo Lounge & Music Hall. “The Echo Lounge & Music Hall is going to be a great new venue for artists to play in Dallas,” says Michael Rapino, CEO of Live Nation. “There’s a lot of opportunity to bring […]
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• Live Nation and Mark Cuban Open the 1,000-Seat Echo Lounge & Music Hall In Dallas

  22-10-2021 23:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Live Nation and Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks have partnered for a 1,000-seat capacity club called The Echo Lounge & Music Hall. “The Echo Lounge & Music Hall is going to be a great new venue for artists to play in Dallas,” says Michael Rapino, CEO of Live Nation. “There’s a lot of opportunity to bring […]
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• First Country: Lady A, Joy Oladokun, The Cadillac Three & More

  22-10-2021 23:06
  
  First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos and albums that dropped this week.
  Lady A feat. Darius Rucker, Thomas Rhett and Carly Pearce, “Friends Don’t Let Friends”As country artists are currently churning out several collaborations, trio Lady A offers another one that gives heartbreak an uptempo soundtrack with the help of Darius Rucker, Thomas Rhett and Carly Pearce. “If you’re gonna make a bad decision/ you shouldn’t make it on you
  
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• Listen to PVRIS’s electric new track ‘My Way’

  22-10-2021 23:04 via nme.com
  
  PVRIS have shared a brand new track called ‘My Way’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: PVRIS: “Sometimes you’ve got to have the power – and the courage – to walk away”The alt-rock band’s latest single follows August’s ‘Monster’, which marked the start of a “new era” for the Lynn Gunn-fronted band and was their first material since PVRIS’ acclaimed third album ‘Use Me’.
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• Rod Stewart & Son Facing Trial After Plea Deal on Battery Charge Falls Through

  22-10-2021 23:03
  
  A plea deal between British rock icon Rod Stewart and Florida prosecutors fell through Friday (Oct. 22), meaning he and his adult son are again scheduled to stand trial on charges they battered a security guard during a New Year’s Eve bash nearly two years ago.
  Neither Rod Stewart nor his son, Sean, were present when Judge August Bonavita announced that a hearing in which a deal was expected to be finalized had been canceled. The pair are now scheduled to stand trial on misdemeanor battery
  
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• Polo G Is Eligible for Best New Artist at 2022 Grammys, Morgan Wallen Is Not

  22-10-2021 22:56
  
  Polo G is eligible for a 2022 Grammy nomination for best new artist, vying for one of the eight nomination slots against such front-runners as Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI, Gabby Barrett, Saweetie, BLACKPINK and Måneskin.
  The best new artist eligibility for Polo G, whose Hall of Fame entered the Billboard 200 at No. 1 in June, was not considered a sure thing. His two previous albums, Die a Legend and The Goat, had also made the top 10 on the Billboard 200. But the Grammy screening committ
  
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• When Do You Celebrate ‘Lil Nas X Day’? Here’s a Calendar of Rappers’ Honorary Holidays

  22-10-2021 22:17
  
  Lil Nas X is the latest in a long line of hip-hop artists who have been embraced and honored by their hometowns — and other cities as well — with the special occasion of having an entire day dedicated to them.
  The Montero artist flew home to Atlanta on Wednesday to celebrate the city’s official proclamation of “Lil Nas X Day,” in which they recognized his monumental success “in the world of music, entertainment and popular culture.” &ldquo
  
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• The Rolling Stones share previously unreleased track ‘Come To The Ball’

  22-10-2021 22:01 via nme.com
  
  The Rolling Stones have shared a previously unreleased track called ‘Come To The Ball’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Revisit our 2018 video interview with late Rolling Stones legend Charlie WattsThe track appears on the band’s new deluxe reissue of their 1981 album ‘Tattoo You’, which was released today (October 22). The newly remastered and expanded 40th anniversary reissue includes nine extra songs as part of a ‘Lost & Found: Ra
  
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• Executive Turntable: T-Pain Links Up with Slip.stream, Recording Academy Hires New CIO

  22-10-2021 21:57
  
  T-Pain, the longtime Tallahassee R&B and hip-hop singer, has joined the advisory board of Slip.stream, the music platform that provides more than 50,000 royalty-free music tracks for content creators on the Internet. Pain has cultivated an additional following outside of his music with his love for video games and has been an active participant in the gaming world as a streamer on Twitch, the popular gaming and livestreaming platform.
  “Slip.stream just gets it and that’s why
  
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• Lee Mujin’s ‘Traffic Light’ Tops Billboard K-Pop 100 for Seventh Week

  22-10-2021 21:51
  
  Lee Mujin’s “Traffic Light” tops the Billboard K-Pop 100 chart (dated Oct. 23) for a seventh consecutive week, boasting the highest streaming count for the past seven weeks.
  The song, along with IU’s “Celebrity,” achieves the second-longest No. 1 record in K-Pop 100 chart history. “Celebrity” had first topped the chart on Feb. 6 and reigned until March 20. BTS’ “Dynamite” — the longest-ever No. 1 song in the chart’s hi
  
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• Elton John still prone to 'explosive' outbursts

  22-10-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Elton John is determined to ensure his children grow up in a more loving environment than he did.
  
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• Nikki Sixx Says Vince Neil Was Actually ‘Really Lucky’ With Stage Fall

  22-10-2021 21:28
  
  Nikki Sixx has written books about his heroin addiction, about Mötley Crüe, about his photography. But his latest literary endeavor is, in the comic book hero parlance, the rocker’s origin story.
  The title of the just-published The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx says it all; The 205-page tome runs from his early family history in Italy to Dec. 9, 1980, when the then Frank Feranna Jr. legally changed his name to Nikki Sixx, two days in front of his 22nd birthday and a week befo
  
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• Lana Del Rey, The Weeknd x Swedish House Mafia & More: What’s Your Favorite New Music of the Week? Vote!

  22-10-2021 21:21
  
  Collaborations are aplenty this week, while other artists took the solo route and put out long-awaited, full-length projects for fans to sink their teeth into. But which is your favorite?
  The Weeknd continued his new Dawn era with the help of electronic supergroup — and recently confirmed Coachella 2022 headliners — Swedish House Mafia for a shimmering, enigmatic effort on club banger “Moth to a Flame.”Lana Del Rey leans into the darkness of her past and tries to process
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion, Ozuna & BLACKPINK’s Lisa Star in DJ Snake’s Splashy ‘SG’ Video

  22-10-2021 21:17
  DJ Snake’s new single “SG” — short for “sexy girl” — arrived alongside a music video on Friday (Oct. 22), and all its international featured acts are along for the ride: Ozuna, Lisa of BLACKPINK and Megan Thee Stallion.
  Following early leaks this week, DJ Snake released the anticipated track with a new video from director Colin Tilley. The song mixes both Spanish and English lyrics and is driven by heavy bass production.The tropical-t
  
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• Flatland Cavalry’s Expansive, Inclusive Vision of Country

  22-10-2021 21:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  "We travel through the country and we play music. To me, that’s country music." says the Texas band's singer, Cleto Cordero, ahead of their Grand Ole Opry debut
  
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• Exceleration Music Acquires Influential Indie Label Bloodshot Records

  22-10-2021 21:02
  
  Exceleration Music has struck an agreement with to acquire Bloodshot Records, the company announced Friday (Oct. 22) — just three days after co-founder Rob Miller announced Bloodshot was shutting down after 25 years.
  Bloodshot Records was founded in Chicago in 1994 by Miller and Nan Warshaw and became a staple of Chicago’s music scene, releasing projects in genres from country, punk, gospel, bluegrass, R&B, blues, protest music and more. Among the artist that
  
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• Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne Announce Film About Their Love Story: All the Details

  22-10-2021 20:41
  
  Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne’s epic love story is getting the movie treatment. On Thursday, Variety revealed that the iconic rock ‘n’ roll couple’s relationship is the subject of a brand-new feature film that’s set to be released by Sony Pictures.
  The project — which comes courtesy of Polygram Entertainment — does not have an official title yet. The movie will take on a biopic format that will follow the Osbournes’ nearly 40 years of marriage that fans
  
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• Judge Dismisses Copyright Suit Against Nirvana Over Use of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ Illustration

  22-10-2021 20:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ruling states the United Kingdom would be a more appropriate jurisdiction as the plaintiff is British and the illustration is covered by U.K. copyright
  
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• Halsey, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Adele, Travis Barker & More of the Week’s Biggest Winners (Oct. 22)

  22-10-2021 20:02
  
  Good things came in threes this week, with Halsey and Nine Inch Nails members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross starring on the cover of Billboard’s 2022 Grammy Preview issue.
  And third time’s the charm for blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, as he got on one knee and asked girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian to be his wife – and she gave the best three-letter response: “Yes!”Take a look at Billboard’s weekly roundup and the “awards” it’s
  
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• Brandi Carlile On Her Love for ‘Ted Lasso’ & Starting her Second Book Ahead of ‘SNL’ Debut

  22-10-2021 19:53
  
  On Saturday (Oct. 23), Brandi Carlile will make her debut on Saturday Night Live, in support of her album In These Silent Days, which bowed at No. 1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart, as well as the Top Rock Albums chart, and Tastemaker Albums chart.
  Also on the bill? Ted Lasso star and former SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis, who serves as host for the evening.
  “I just feel like he is my people. I couldn’t be more happy to be on there with him,” Carlile tells Bill
  
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• Coldplay score ninth consecutive Official UK Albums Chart number one with Music of the Spheres

  22-10-2021 19:44 via music-news.com
  
  Coldplay have scored their ninth consecutive number one on the Official UK Albums Chart with their new record, ‘Music of the Spheres’, which debuted at the top spot.
  
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• Rauw Alejandro Earns His Coliseo Crown With a Celebratory Show in Puerto Rico

  22-10-2021 19:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer caps off his successful 2021 with a show full of hits and boundless energy at his island's most storied arena
  
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• Coldplay score ninth consecutive UK Number One album with ‘Music Of The Spheres’

  22-10-2021 19:35 via nme.com
  
  Coldplay have scored their ninth consecutive UK Number One album with new LP ‘Music Of The Spheres’.READ MORE: Coldplay: “This is our period of having no fear”The band’s new record, which arrived last week (October 15), debuted at the top spot shifting 101,000 chart sales – making it the year’s fastest-selling album, beating Dave’s ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’, which amassed 74,000 chart sales in its opening week back in Jul
  
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• Why “Don’t Let Me Down” is the Whole Beatles Story in One Song

  22-10-2021 19:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  The John Lennon ballad didn't even make the original 'Let it Be' album, but it's the star of the band's new box set. As the song evolves over multiple versions, you can hear the Beatles try to reach across their differences to find a moment of connection
  
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• ‘My Pen is on Fire’: How Doechii Won By Trading Perfection for Progression

  22-10-2021 19:27
  
  Before Doechii was a rapper, she was so many other things. For brevity, she shares a condensed list that includes everything from dancer and actor to creative director and, at one time, aspiring magician. Above all, though, the 22-year-old rapper born Jaylah Hickmon was a perfectionist who was acutely aware of her purpose as a “creative vessel.” In 2018, this pursuit of perfection landed Hickmon in an unfamiliar creative rut until it dawned on her that to develop her craft, she would
  
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• Nirvana Beats T-Shirt Copyright Lawsuit Involving Dante’s ‘Inferno’

  22-10-2021 19:23
  
  Nirvana has defeated a lawsuit that claimed one of the band’s famous t-shirts was based on a copyrighted illustration of Dante’s Inferno, but the dispute is likely to resurface in a British court.
  A California federal judge on Thursday (Oct. 21) dismissed the case against Nirvana and Live Nation’s merchandise unit, which centered on the band’s “Vestibule” shirt – an iconic design that features a drawing of a “seven circles of hell” below the
  
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• First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Whipped Cream, Benny Benassi & Ne-Yo and More

  22-10-2021 19:20
  
  This week in dance: There were major moves from Swedish House Mafia, with the trio announcing a set at Coachella 2022 set, dropping their collaborative track with The Weekend and announcing a 44-date 2022 arena tour.
  Meanwhile, David Guetta went deep on why he was nervous to release his 2011 genre-defining classic “Titanium,” Elton John and Dua Lipa hit No. 1 on Dance/Electronic Songs via the PNAU remix of “Cold Heart,” Day Zero announced the lineup for its 2022 event in
  
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• 3 Categories to Watch at the 2022 Grammys

  22-10-2021 19:05
  
  This story is part of Billboard’s 2022 Grammy Preview issue, highlighting the artists, issues and trends that will define awards season. Read our cover story on Halsey, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross here.
  Changes at the Recording Academy — and in the way music’s coolest names make their art — mean these down-ballot categories could be just as exciting (and informative) as the night’s marquee awards.Best Música Urbana Album
  As reggaetón and La
  
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• How $uicideboy$ Became the Multi-Million Dollar Brand You Never Heard Of

  22-10-2021 19:04
  
  This story is part of Billboard’s third annual package spotlighting the trends defining the independent music business.
  New Orleans-bred punk-rap duo $uicideboy$ has never charted on the Billboard Hot 100 or any airplay tally, but it has turned its SoundCloud-era success into an underground empire — and collected 5.3 billion streams along the way, according to MRC Data.
  Known early on for its shock-rap style and depression-laced lyrics, the duo’s origin stor
  
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• Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’ breaks chart record with highest first-week single sales in four years

  22-10-2021 19:00 via nme.com
  
  Adele‘s new single ‘Easy On Me‘ has shot straight to Number One in the UK singles chart.READ MORE: Adele’s voice has never sounded better than on her stunning new song ‘Easy On Me’The singer’s third chart topping single clocked up a massive 217,300 chart sales in its first week – the highest week one figure since Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’, earned 226,800 back in January 2017.
  Adele also broke another chart record with the track
  
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• Only Elton John Could Have This Much Fun Making a Quarantine Album

  22-10-2021 18:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  'The Lockdown Sessions' features a gaudy guest list, with everyone from Stevie Nicks to Young Thug stopping by for a quick catch-up with Sir Elton
  
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• Shawn Mendes Drops Surprise Virtual Concert Online, With Miguel, King Princess as Guests

  22-10-2021 18:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Streaming now on Messenger, the hour-long show features Mendes performing songs from his latest album, while also taking part in conversations about activism and change
  
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• Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar Founders On Celebrating 25 Years and Moving Beyond ‘The Sound of White Male Depression’

  22-10-2021 18:53
  
  This story is part of Billboard’s third annual package spotlighting the trends defining the independent music business.
  Long before Secretly Group formed in 2013, two of its initial label divisions, Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, were just getting off the ground in the Midwest in the mid-1990s.
  Neither Darius Van Arman, co-founder of Secretly Group and founder of Jagjaguwar nor Chris Swanson, president of A&R and co-founder of Secretly Group, thought they would become label hea
  
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• 2 Live Crew Hit With Lawsuit Over Bid to Reclaim Their Catalog

  22-10-2021 18:53
  
  The members of rap provocateurs 2 Live Crew are facing a courtroom fight from a small record label over efforts to win back control of their catalog, in the latest music industry battle over copyright law’s so-called termination right.
  In a complaint filed Thursday, Lil Joe Records Inc. asked a Florida federal court to rule that 2 Live Crew is not allowed to use the termination right — a provision that allows creators to regain ownership of their works decades after they sold them.
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• How My Morning Jacket, After Considering a Breakup, Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Jam

  22-10-2021 18:48
  
  Any fantasies of rock-star glamour are efficiently dispelled the moment Jim James materializes on a computer screen.
  Hopping on Zoom from a neutral-looking North Carolina hotel room — gray wallpaper; functional, forgettable furniture — James, an actual rock star, patiently answers questions while oscillating between the room’s desk and a stuffed chair. Mellow and thoughtful, dressed in a black t-shirt with his long hair framing his face, he’s perhaps a bit worn-out-lookin
  
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• Christina Aguilera Returns to Singing in Spanish on ‘Pa Mis Muchachas’

  22-10-2021 18:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer, who's joined by Becky G, Nicki Nicole, and Nathy Peluso on the track, is at work on her first Spanish-language album since 2000
  
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• Bop Shop: Songs From Coldplay And Selena Gomez, Duran Duran And Tove Lo, And More

  22-10-2021 18:45
  
  This week's MTV News Bop Shop features collabs between Coldplay and Selena Gomez, as well as Duran Duran and Tove Lo. Plus, tunes from Zach Matari, Keshi, and more.
  
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• Guns N’ Roses Are Fully Back — But Slash Can’t Quit His Solo Career

  22-10-2021 18:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  "The River Is Rising" set to appear on Slash's fourth album with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators
  
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• The Band Announces 50th-Anniversary Reissue for 1971 LP ‘Cahoots’

  22-10-2021 18:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  Box set features alternate takes, new mixes, an unreleased 1971 concert, and more
  
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• Hear Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ New Version of 1971 Classic ‘Bitterblue’

  22-10-2021 18:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song appears on his upcoming 50th-anniversary super deluxe edition of Teaser and the Firecat
  
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• Jack Harlow Talks Ye Obsession: ‘I Am Always Fascinated to See What He Does Next’

  22-10-2021 18:32
  
  Jack Harlow has been on an epic run over the past year, a sprint that peaked this week with his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 thanks to a feature on Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby.” In a new interview with British GQ, the Louisville, Kentucky rapper talks about the huge influence another MC, Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), has had on his style, from adding the crucial horn stabs on “Baby” to teaching him that songs are never really done.
  “I think he sees
  
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• Jack Harlow Reveals Some People Didn’t Want Him to Collab With Lil Nas X

  22-10-2021 18:32
  
  Jack Harlow has been on an epic run over the past year, a sprint that peaked this week with his first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 thanks to a feature on Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby.” In a new interview with British GQ, the Louisville, Kentucky rapper talks about the huge influence another MC, Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), has had on his style, from adding the crucial horn stabs on “Baby” to teaching him that songs are never really done.
  “I think he sees
  
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• Tom Petty Talks Working With Rick Rubin in Clip From ‘Wildflowers’ Documentary

  22-10-2021 18:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers arrives on YouTube on November 11th
  
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• Billy Strings Performs Bluegrass Jam ‘Red Daisy’ on ‘Austin City Limits’

  22-10-2021 18:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer and guitar virtuoso makes his debut on the October 23rd edition of live-music program
  
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