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• How to Watch the 2021 MTV EMAs

  12-11-2021 23:52
  
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  The 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards are back in person this year, celebrating music around the globe with a star studded event on Sunday (Nov. 14) hosted by Saweetie.
  Justin Bieber leads the nominations pack with eight. Doja Cat and Lil Nas X each have six nods. Olivia Rodrigo, The Kid LAROI and Ed Sheeran each hav
  
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• Britney Spears’ Fiance Sam Asghari Declares ‘Britney Is Free’ After Conservatorship Ends

  12-11-2021 23:44
  
  After Britney Spears’ 13-year conservatorship was terminated by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Friday (Nov. 12), the pop superstar’s fiancé Sam Asghari took to Instagram to celebrate the ruling.
  Alongside a graphic emblazoned with the word “FREEDOM,” Asghari wrote in an Instagram caption: “History was made today. Britney is Free!” He ended the message with a single red heart emoji.
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• Britney Spears’ conservatorship has been terminated following court hearing

  12-11-2021 23:36 via nme.com
  
  Britney Spears conservatorship has been completely terminated.READ MORE: Controlling Britney Spears review: toxic conservatorship back under the microscopeIt comes after her father Jamie filed to immediately end his daughter’s conservatorship last week.
  In September, the star’s father was suspended from his role as her conservator by a judge. The conservatorship was not ended on the spot, with Spears’ lawyer Mathew Rosengart arguing for a new hearing to be held within 30 to 45
  
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• So Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Is Over. What Happens Now?

  12-11-2021 23:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Two attorneys explain how the pop star and her legal team may pursue damages and possibly even criminal charges against her former conservators
  
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• Starbucks Introduces ‘Taylor’s Version’ Latte as Latest Fast Food Promotion

  12-11-2021 23:26 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Starbucks and Taylor Swift is the latest fast food x music cross-promotion deal. Starbucks teamed up with Swift for ‘Taylor’s Version’ of their caramel latte – and to promote the re-release of her Red album. Starting November 12, Swifties can pick up Taylor Swift’s favorite Starbucks drink – a Grande Caramel Nonfat Latte. Just requesting […]
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• Britney Spears Conservatorship Ends

  12-11-2021 23:14
  
  The 13-year legal conservatorship over Britney Spears was formally terminated by a Los Angeles judge Friday after months of pressure by a passionate #FreeBritney movement, though investigations of her father and wrangling over legal bills will continue.
  At a hearing in L.A. County Superior Court, Judge Brenda Penny legally ended an arrangement that was imposed in 2008 following a string of erratic behavior and public incidents by the superstar singer.
  The move was largely expected after Spears&r
  
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• Judge Terminates Britney Spears Conservatorship

  12-11-2021 23:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  After nearly 14 years of having no say over her own finances and personal life, the pop star is back in control
  
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• Watch Big Sean and Hit-Boy toast to the good life in ‘Chaos’ video

  12-11-2021 23:04 via nme.com
  
  Big Sean and Hit-Boy have dropped a video for their latest collaborative track ‘Chaos’ – you can watch it below.READ MORE: Big Sean: “God has taken away all these special people – there has to be a reason I’m still here”The two artists released their surprise EP, ‘What You Expect’, last month (October 28), and have already shared visuals for the tracks ‘What A Life’, ‘The One’ and ‘Loyal To A Fault’, t
  
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• 90 more lawsuits have been filed by Astroworld attendees

  12-11-2021 23:01 via nme.com
  
  Lawyers representing more than 200 people claiming they were injured in last week’s Astroworld Festival have said they have filed another 90 lawsuits.
  Nine people died and hundreds more were injured during a “mass casualty” event that happened while Travis Scott was onstage at the event last weekend.
  In the wake of the tragedy, lawsuits have continued to grow against Scott, festival promoters Live Nation, and more.
  “We represent more than 200 victims who were injured
  
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• Watch Taylor Swift perform ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)’ for the first time

  12-11-2021 22:56 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift gave the debut live performance of ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)’ in New York today (November 12).
  The star made an appearance at the premiere of the short film that accompanies the expanded version of the ‘Red’ album track at Manhattan’s AMC 13 Lincoln Square cinema.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ review: a retread of heartbreakAfter the short film, which stars Stranger Things
  
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• The Audacity and Triumph of Taylor’s Versions – Plus, Rob Sheffield’s Taylor-Song Rankings

  12-11-2021 22:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  With the release of 'Red (Taylor's Version),' Rolling Stone Music Now looks at her re-recording project and our ranking of her songs
  
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• Las Vegas Police ‘Adjust’ Day N Vegas Plans After Astroworld Tragedy: ‘We Don’t Want a Repeat of That in Our City’

  12-11-2021 22:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Our department has been in touch with officials over in Houston," the LVMPD tells Rolling Stone, citing plans to change barrier setup and internal discussions over a variety of disaster scenarios
  
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• Personal Injury Attorneys Are Rushing to Represent Astroworld Clients

  12-11-2021 22:34
  
  In his 20th-floor office overlooking Houston, veteran personal-injury attorney Jim Adler reflects on why he hasn’t aimed any TV marketing at survivors of last weekend’s Astroworld festival disaster. “It’s just so tragic,” he says. “I don’t think there’s an appropriate type of TV ad.”
  For Adler, it was a rare moment of media restraint. Behind him, in his conference room, is a life-size cardboard cutout of himself as “The Texas Hammer,&rd
  
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• Instagram Is Paying Creators Up to $10,000 to Post on Reels – A TikTok Clone

  12-11-2021 22:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Instagram is paying creators up to $10,000 to post Reels – as TikTok surpasses the one billion monthly active users mark. Instagram isn’t the only social media platform hoping to incentivize users to post short-form videos, either. YouTube Shorts, Snapchat Spotlight, and Instagram Reels all have some type of creator incubator program. YouTube Shorts established […]
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• Radiohead Partners with Epic Games for KID A MNESIA Digital Exhibition

  12-11-2021 22:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Radiohead and Epic Games are teaming up for a digital exhibition of KID A MNESIA. The experience is described as “an upside-down digital/analog universe” featuring original artwork from Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood. The exhibition features sound design by Nigel Godrich and commemorates 21 years of Radiohead’s Kid A and Amnesiac albums. The KID A […]
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• Dave Gahan announces second London show with Soulsavers

  12-11-2021 21:55 via nme.com
  
  Dave Gahan & Soulsavers have announced a second London show to perform new album ‘Imposters’, due to phenomenal demand.READ MORE: Dave Gahan covers Cat Power, tells us about his “liberating” new album and the future of Depeche ModeEarlier this week, the Depeche Mode frontman and longtime collaborator Rich Machin announced an intimate headline show at London’s Coliseum on December 5. Tickets went on sale this morning (November 12) and sold out straight away. Now
  
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• ‘Unprepared and Unseasoned’: Astroworld Employees On How Disorganized Festival Ended in Tragedy

  12-11-2021 21:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Astroworld employees tell 'Rolling Stone' the event was understaffed and they felt underprepared for emergencies like the one at the festival last Friday.
  
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• ‘Unprepared and Unseasoned’: Astroworld Employees Describe Festival Disorganization Before Tragedy

  12-11-2021 21:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Astroworld employees tell 'Rolling Stone' the event was understaffed and they felt underprepared for emergencies like the one at the festival last Friday.
  
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• Indian Streaming Service JioSaavn’s Co-Founders to Step Down From Exec Roles

  12-11-2021 21:50
  
  MUMBAI — The three co-founders of Indian music streaming service JioSaavn — including CEO Rishi Malhotra, president Vinodh Bhat and executive vice chairman Paramdeep Singh — will be stepping down from their executive positions shortly, Billboard has learned.
  Three sources familiar with the matter say differences of vision with executives brought in by parent company Jio — which merged with Saavn in 2018 — were among the factors that contributed to the co-founders&rs
  
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• Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, TWICE & More: What’s Your Favorite New Music of the Week? Vote!

  12-11-2021 21:49
  
  One of pop’s biggest stars continues to get her devoted fanbase in their feels, while a certain queen returned to music for the first time in nearly a year. But which new music release is your favorite?
  Taylor Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version) is the talk of the town, with her devoted Swifties reduced to puddles of tears and crumpled-up tissues after the first few listens.Though details of a forthcoming Beyoncé album are hush-hush, the singer is lending her vocal chops to t
  
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• New Tom Petty documentary about the making of ‘Wildflowers’ has been shared

  12-11-2021 21:45 via nme.com
  
  A new documentary on the making of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers‘ 1994 album ‘Wildflowers’ has been shared.Tom Petty – ‘Wildflowers & All The Rest’ review: 10 ‘new’ songs honour the wishes of an all-time great Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free – The Making of Wildflowers, which you can watch below, is based around a collection of 16mm archives that weren’t discovered until last year.
  It follows the late icon from 1993 to 1995 dur
  
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• ‘Sex and the City’ Sequel ‘And Just Like That’ Gets HBO Max Debut Date, Trailer

  12-11-2021 21:43
  
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  HBO Max’s Sex and the City sequel has a premiere date.
  The WarnerMedia-owned streamer will debut And Just Like That with two episodes on Dec. 9, picking up 11-plus years after the last time Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Co. were on screens in the second SATC feature film. The remaining eight episodes will roll out wee
  
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• Astroworld Witnesses Speak as Hundreds More Included in Lawsuits

  12-11-2021 21:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I literally thought I was going to die," one plaintiff told reporters during a press conference Friday
  
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• Travis Scott's attorney insists rapper 'did not know' about crowd surge during Astroworld set

  12-11-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Edwin F. McPherson insisted his client couldn't see or hear anything on the stage.
  
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• Damon Albarn 'cut finger off' while making pesto last Christmas

  12-11-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Damon Albarn accidentally turned his blender on while his hand was inside.
  
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• First Country: Jason Aldean, Dolly Parton, Luke Combs, Carrie Underwood & More

  12-11-2021 21:29
  
  First Country is a compilation of the best new country songs, videos & albums that dropped this week.
  Jason Aldean, Macon
  This week, Aldean releases Macon, the 15-song first-half of his massive 30-track project Macon, Georgia (he’ll roll out the second portion of the release through next year). His Carrie Underwood collab “If I Didn’t Love You” is already a Billboard Country Airplay chart topper, and on the rest of the project, Aldean retraces familiar ground with his
  
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• Listen to Daði Freyr’s Christmas song ‘Something Magical’

  12-11-2021 21:16 via nme.com
  
  Daði Freyr, Iceland’s 2021 representative in the Eurovision Song Contestant, has released a Christmas song – listen to ‘Something Magical’ below.READ MORE: Eurovision 2021 was a giddy reminder of the joys of live music (and that no one likes us)Talking about the electro-pop track, Freyr said: “I like Christmas for the most part. But there are certain aspects of it that I love, but others that I really don’t like. The obligatory time spent with family
  
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• First Out: New Music From Shamir, Trixie Mattel, Claud & More

  12-11-2021 21:09
  
  As we inch closer towards the winter season, take some time to update your seasonal playlists with some new tracks from your favorite queer artists. Billboard Pride is here to help with First Out, our weekly roundup of some of the best new music releases from LGBTQ artists.
  From Shamir’s hypnotic new single to Trixie Mattel’s raucous reinvention of her sound, check out just a few of our favorite releases from this week below:Shamir, “Cisgender”The first off
  
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• Universal Music Group’s 10:22PM Announces Kingship, A Digital Band Featuring Four Characters From An NFT Project

  12-11-2021 21:03 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  10:22PM, “Universal Music Group’s next-gen label,” has officially launched Kingship, “a group consisting of four characters from the Bored Ape Yacht Club” non-fungible token (NFT) project. Universal Music higher-ups just recently announced the rollout of Kingship, which was established by 10:22PM founder Celine Joshua. The former Warner Music, Sony Music, and Disney Music Group exec […]
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• First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Chris Lake & Grimes, Martin Garrix & More

  12-11-2021 20:57
  
  This week in dance: Steve Aoki launched an NFT marketplace, Aluna announced that she’s hosting a dance festival with an all-Black lineup in New Orleans, event promoter Disco Donnie pledged a million dollars in ticket donations to veterans, Flight Facilities returned with a new album after a seven year hiatus, the women of dance music were commemorated in a new book and Meduza and Hozier made moves on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.
  Beyond that, this week saw the release of a metric ton of new
  
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• M.I.A. Reveals New Song ‘Babylon’ That’s Up for NFT Auction

  12-11-2021 20:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper will also release extended version of Vicki Leekx in support of a rehabilitation institute
  
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• Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders Says Band’s Next Album Is Almost Finished & Set for 2022

  12-11-2021 20:50
  
  Arctic Monkeys fans surely “wanna know” when the English rock band will return with a new record, and drummer Matt Helders recently gave an update on the band’s latest full-length effort.
  During BBC’s 2021 “Children in Need” Drumathon, Helders spoke with 5 Live Breakfast while giving a drum lesson and fielding questions about the band’s upcoming project. When asked if the new album was ready and good to go, he said, “Yeah, pretty much, ye
  
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• Experts on How Concertgoers Can Process Astroworld Fest’s Tragic Events: ‘Keep Talking’

  12-11-2021 20:37
  
  Following a year almost entirely without live music, the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines throughout the course of 2021 has allowed for concertgoers to return to live shows and see their favorite artists on stage again. But, already accounting for the ongoing health risks of attending concerts with the rampant Delta variant of COVID-19 still a major factor, the tragic events of last weekend’s Astroworld Fest have sparked discourse rooted in concern for concertgoers who might have been men
  
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• Listen to two new songs from the Taylor Hawkins, Dave Navarro supergroup, NHC

  12-11-2021 20:36 via nme.com
  
  NHC, the supergroup starring Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Jane’s Addiction’s guitarist Dave Navarro and bassist Chris Chaney have released two new songs – listen to them below.READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”Following on from the double release of ‘Feed The Cruel’ and ‘Better Move On’ in September, the band have now shared ‘Devil You Know’ and ‘Lazy Eye’.
  The former is a soaring, c
  
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• Listen to The Lathums’ uplifting new Christmas single ‘Krampus’

  12-11-2021 20:30 via nme.com
  
  The Lathums have shared a new Christmas single ahead of the festive season.READ MORE: The Lathums live in Manchester – the latest landmark in an incredible year‘Krampus’, which you can listen to below, was inspired by the BBC‘s dark comedy series Inside No.9’s ‘The Devil Of Christmas’ episode from 2016.
  “It was about halfway through the first lockdown when Johnny [Cunliffe] played the bassline in rehearsals and I thought it sounded like a Christmas
  
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• How to Watch ‘Adele: One Night Only’ Concert Special

  12-11-2021 20:06
  
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  Adele’s 30 is finally here, and the star is celebrating her long awaited fourth album with a two-hour prime time special titled Adele: One Night Only.
  The special will be Adele’s first televised show since Adele: Live in New York City, which aired on NBC in 2015. The Nov. 14 Adele concert special will be filmed at the legend
  
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• Capella Grey’s ‘Gyalis’ Hits Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart

  12-11-2021 20:01
  
  Capella Grey achieves his first top 10 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Gyalis” breaks into the top tier with a 14-10 lift on the list dated Nov. 13. The song ascends as it continues to make inroads at the R&B/hip-hop and rhythmic radio formats.
  “Gyalis,” released through Capella/Allepac The Family and Capitol Records, is the breakout hit for the 26-year-old, born Curtis Jackson II (and despite the similar name, he isn’t related to 50 Cen
  
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• Taylor Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version) Has A Song For Every Mood

  12-11-2021 19:58
  
  Taylor Swift's latest re-recorded album, 'Red (Taylor's Version),' has a song for every mood. Yes, the 10-minute 'All Too Well' is here — and we'll tell you exactly when you should play it.
  
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• Watch Charli XCX’s video for ‘New Shapes’ featuring Christine And The Queens and Caroline Polachek

  12-11-2021 19:55 via nme.com
  
  Charli XCX has shared the video for her new single ‘New Shapes’, featuring Christine And The Queens and Caroline Polachek.READ MORE: Charli XCX live in London: isolation anthems finally get their special airingThe clip, which you can watch below, sees the pop star on a fake chat show with Polachek before the pair team up with Chris on stage for the track.
  The single is taken from her fifth album ‘CRASH’, which is set to be released on March 18, 2022.
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• Reason to ‘Believe’: Aries Gets Out of His Head and Follows the Sun to Make His Major-Label Debut

  12-11-2021 19:43
  
  Aries pulls out a sketchbook. He flips through its pages, each one filled with drawings and scribbles, until he locates the original sketch of a wide-grinning sun that would become the cover art for Believe In Me, Who Believes In You, his first album since signing with Columbia Records in September 2019 and sophomore album overall, out Friday (Nov. 12).  “The album title is me talking to myself,” the 23-year-old, who prefers not to reveal his full name, tells Billboard over Zoom
  
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• Executive of the Week: Rhino Records President Mark Pinkus

  12-11-2021 19:39
  
  This week, the Grateful Dead rose to the band’s highest chart position in nearly 35 years, as the archival Dave’s Picks Vol. 40 reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200, the highest spot since 1987’s comeback album of sorts In The Dark reached No. 6. The album — a live release of two shows from July 1990 that took place in Noblesville, Ind. — sold 23,000 copies in the week ending Nov. 4, according to MRC Data, all from a four-disc box set put out by Warner Music Group&rs
  
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• Lawyer says Travis Scott “did not know what was going on” during his Astroworld set

  12-11-2021 19:34 via nme.com
  
  Travis Scott’s lawyer has said the rapper “did not know what was going on” during his set at Astroworld festival.
  Nine people died and hundreds more were injured during a “mass casualty” event that happened while Scott was onstage at the event last weekend.
  In the days since, Houston Police chief Troy Finner has said he “expressed concerns” to Scott regarding safety at the event in the days leading up to Astroworld while Houston Fire chief Samuel Pena ha
  
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• Shakira releases 20th anniversary edition of Laundry Service (Washed and Dried)

  12-11-2021 19:24 via music-news.com
  
  Shakira has released a 20th anniversary edition of ‘Laundry Service (Washed and Dried)’, and will host a listening party for the record on Saturday (13.11.21).
  
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• ABBA score 10th number one album with Voyage

  12-11-2021 19:14 via music-news.com
  
  ABBA have scored their 10th number one album with ‘Voyage’, which rocketed to the top of the charts on the first week of its release on Friday (12.11.21).
  
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• Avril Lavigne & Travis Barker Terrorize an Ex-Boyfriend In ‘Bite Me’ Video: Watch

  12-11-2021 19:11
  
  Avril Lavigne is ready to rock once more — this time, with pop-punk’s favorite drummer and DTA Records label head Travis Barker by her side. On Friday (Nov. 12), the singer released her video for “Bite Me,” the first single from her forthcoming, yet-to-be-titled album.
  The video sees Lavigne and Barker, with some help from their rowdy gang of tutu-wearing and axe-wielding friends, terrorizing the man that caused Lavigne heartbreak. The group crashes the man&rsqu
  
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• Congratulations, Indie Fans: We Finally Manifested a Taylor Swift/Phoebe Bridgers Duet

  12-11-2021 19:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  On “Nothing New,” two great singer-songwrtiers' voices meld together perfectly, meeting at a place of wisdom only achieved with time. How sweet it is
  
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• Police make appeal over 808 State member Andrew Barker’s last movements

  12-11-2021 19:03 via nme.com
  
  Police have made an appeal over the final movements of 808 State‘s Andrew Barker, who died last weekend.
  No details of the bassist and keyboard player’s death were revealed following his passing but in a lengthy statement, Greater Manchester Police’s Stockport division have now confirmed he was “found unresponsive on Peel Moat Road, Heaton Moor, just after 3pm” last Saturday (November 6).
  The statement added: “There are not believed to be any suspicious circum
  
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• Lady Gaga Talks Kindness and Overcoming Mental Health Stigmas in New Short Film

  12-11-2021 19:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  The pop star speaks with 11 young people about their mental health journeys in new Born This Way Foundation project, The Power of Kindness
  
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• 90 More Astroworld Lawsuits Filed By Attorney Ben Crump

  12-11-2021 19:00
  
  Attorney Ben Crump, known for representing George Floyd and Trayvon Martin, said Friday (Nov. 12) that he would be filing more than 90 additional civil lawsuits on behalf of over 200 victims of last week’s deadly crowd surge during a Travis Scott concert at Astroworld music festival.
  The new cases are a significant escalation to already sprawling litigation over the tragic incident, which left nine dead and scores seriously injured. At least 79 cases had been filed in Houston court as of T
  
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• 90 More Astroworld Claims Filed By Attorney Ben Crump

  12-11-2021 19:00
  
  Attorney Ben Crump, known for representing George Floyd and Trayvon Martin, said Friday (Nov. 12) that he would be filing more than 90 additional legal claims on behalf of victims of last week’s deadly crowd surge during a Travis Scott concert at Astroworld music festival.
  The new case is a significant escalation to already sprawling litigation over the tragic incident, which left nine dead and scores seriously injured. At least 79 cases had been filed in Houston court as of Thursday eveni
  
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