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• Billy Bragg on why he’s made his lyrics trans-inclusive

  16-11-2021 23:28 via nme.com
  
  Billy Bragg has spoken out about why he’s changed the lyrics to his iconic track ‘Sexuality’ to make it trans-inclusive.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Billy BraggThe folk singer is currently on a UK tour and has changed the lyrics of the 1991 track from “Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away/ If you stick around, I’m sure that we can find some common ground” to “Just because you’re they, I w
  
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• Club nights and gigs halted in the Netherlands for three-week lockdown

  16-11-2021 22:43 via nme.com
  
  A three-week partial lockdown was brought into effect in the Netherlands last weekend, with clubs and live venues ordered to close early.READ MORE: Mental health charities on post-lockdown pressure and the importance of reaching out: “We don’t have a clear route to normality”Measures including bars and nightclubs closing at 8pm came into action last Saturday (November 13). It comes after the country recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day, res
  
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• Performing-Arts Networking Platform Stagetime Completes $1.5 Million Raise, Prepares to Launch ‘Casting Tool’

  16-11-2021 21:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Bloomington, Indiana-headquartered performing-arts networking platform Stagetime has officially announced the completion of a $1.5 million funding round. The two-year-old startup, which functions “as a custom solution for performing arts professionals and employers,” unveiled the multimillion-dollar raise this morning. Chicago-based VC group Hyde Park Angels led the round, which also drew support from M25 (another Chicago […]
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• Lil Nas X claims Drake and Nicki Minaj declined to feature on his album

  16-11-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Lil Nas X wanted Nicki Minaj to feature on Industry Baby.
  
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• Will Young handcuffs himself to gates of dog-breeding centre

  16-11-2021 21:19 via nme.com
  
  Will Young handcuffed himself to the gates of a dog-breeding centre this afternoon (November 16) in Cambridgeshire.
  The pop star joined animal rights protesters from ‘Camp Beagle’ to campaign for the closure of MBR Acres in Wyton, near Huntingdon. They were also demanding the release of the dogs in the facility and to end its use of beagles in laboratory testing.
  According to BBC News, Young travelled to the demonstration “because I am a dog-lover, an animal-lover and a human-l
  
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• Big Thief Tease New Album ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You’ With ‘Time Escaping’

  16-11-2021 20:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  The follow-up to 2019's Two Hands arrives next February
  
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• Who is ‘Fake Drake?’ Meet the Drake Impersonator Making $5,000 a Show

  16-11-2021 20:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Instagram has been blowing up with clips of ‘Fake Drake’ playing in clubs in Miami. Who is he? On October 31, Akademiks shared two videos showing ‘Fake Drake’ playing Drake songs at a club in Miami. The first clip shows “Trophies” playing, while “Way 2 Sexy” is playing in the next clip. So who is […]
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• Who is ‘Fake Drake?’ A Look at Drake’s Impersonator Blowing Up Miami

  16-11-2021 20:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Instagram has been blowing up with clips of ‘Fake Drake’ playing in clubs in Miami. Who is he? On October 31, Akademiks shared two videos showing ‘Fake Drake’ playing Drake songs at a club in Miami. The first clip shows “Trophies” playing, while “Way 2 Sexy” is playing in the next clip. So who is […]
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• Metallica Drop Massive ‘Black Box’ Project Overflowing With Rare Archival Content

  16-11-2021 20:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band will showcase an array of unreleased audio, video, photographs, ephemera, and more on the newly launched site
  
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• Darius Rucker Partners with NFL, Fanatics for Apparel Line

  16-11-2021 20:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Country music star Darius Rucker is teaming up with the NFL and Fanatics for a new apparel line. “I’ve been a huge NFL fan my entire life, so it’s a dream come true to see my logo right next to the NFL logo on these items,” Rucker says about the collection. The Darius Rucker NFL […]
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• KennyHoopla Wants to Make Gen Z’s ‘Mr. Brightside’

  16-11-2021 20:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  He made a mixtape with Travis Barker and opened for Machine Gun Kelly. Now, the 25-year-old musician is bringing pop punk to a new generation
  
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• Little Simz to release new film ‘I Love You, I Hate You’

  16-11-2021 20:02 via nme.com
  
  Little Simz has announced the release of a new film called I Love You, I Hate You – see the trailer below.READ MORE: Little Simz: “It’s nice to see my peers win. When they win, I win”Sharing its name with one of the tracks on the London rapper’s latest album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, the Sam Pilling-directed film is set to be released tomorrow (November 17).
  Written by Caroline Adeyemi, I Love You, I Hate You is a story by Simz, which
  
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• Justin Bieber Facing Pressure to Cancel Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Concert

  16-11-2021 19:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Justin Bieber is facing pressure from the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) to cancel his upcoming concert in Saudi Arabia. The HRF sent a letter to the Canadian singer, highlighting instances of abuse such as a crackdown on dissidents, women’s rights activists, and the LGBTQ community. Bieber’s latest album, Justice, features support for several social justice […]
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• Maxwell Is Finally Free

  16-11-2021 19:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  With the arrival of new single "Off," the singer looks ahead to a future where he finishes his BLACKsummers'night trilogy — and owns his music for the very first time
  
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• The Horrors announce line-up change, revealing they’re now a four-piece

  16-11-2021 19:08 via nme.com
  
  The Horrors have announced a line-up change that will see them perform as a four-piece moving forward.READ MORE: The Horrors Citadel Festival performance is a short but sweet triumphThe Southend band took to social media this afternoon (November 16) to inform fans that they would be rescheduling their upcoming Bristol and Manchester shows to 2022.
  “We are moving both our Bristol and Manchester shows to 2022,” the band’s tweet began. “Original tickets will be valid for the
  
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• Hear Bob Dylan Perform ‘He Was a Friend of Mine’ in Previously Unreleased Recording From 1961

  16-11-2021 18:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  The performance appears on one of several tapes from the very beginning of the artist's career, which were recently acquired by the Bob Dylan Center
  
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• Former Trump aide warned about playing Taylor Swift’s music in White House

  16-11-2021 18:27 via nme.com
  
  A former adviser to vice president Mike Pence has claimed that she was once warned about being fired for playing Taylor Swift‘s music in her White House office.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ review: a retread of heartbreakOlivia Troye, a homeland security, counterterrorism and coronavirus adviser, sat down with MSNBC‘s Chris Hayes to discuss her time working as an aide within the Trump administration.
  Troye explained that after losing
  
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• Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Plot First North American Tour As Duo

  16-11-2021 18:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  17-date run will begin in North Carolina next March
  
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• As Catalog Music Thrives, Universal Music Finalizes ‘Strategic Initiative’ With Brand-Management Company Authentic Brands Group

  16-11-2021 18:15 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Universal Music Group (UMG) has officially finalized a “strategic initiative” with New York City-headquartered brand-development and marketing company Authentic Brands Group (ABG). The Big Three record label and 11-year-old ABG just recently unveiled their deal, which will see the involved businesses “combine their respective leadership in artist brand management to expand the legacies and cultural […]
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• Watch Black Midi perform four tracks as they announce live album

  16-11-2021 18:02 via nme.com
  
  Black Midi have announced a special live album and released videos of them performing tracks from their recently released second album ‘Cavalcade’ – check them out below.READ MORE: Black Midi – ‘Cavalcade’ review: sonic scientists continue to confound‘Live-Cade’ is a special, five-track album featuring live recordings of the band at Soup Studios in London. The limited-edition 12” vinyl is being released this Friday (November 19) and is availa
  
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• Flashback: Neil Young Writes ‘After the Gold Rush’ for a Lost Dean Stockwell Movie

  16-11-2021 17:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  The title track to Young's 1970 solo LP was created for a surreal science-fiction flick that never got off the ground
  
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• Marilyn Manson reportedly had a “bad girl’s” room in his West Hollywood apartment

  16-11-2021 17:38 via nme.com
  
  Content warning: This story contains description of alleged sexual assault.
  It’s been reported that Marilyn Manson had a soundproof room in his West Hollywood apartment that he referred to as the “bad girl’s room”.
  In an in-depth report by Rolling Stone based on court documents and new interviews, it’s detailed that Manson (real name Brian Warner) would banish his various girlfriends to this “solitary-confinement cell used to psychologically torture women&rdqu
  
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• Jade Thirlwall wanted to wear outfits from each 'era' of Little Mix on tour

  16-11-2021 17:27 via music-news.com
  
  Jade Thirlwall's bandmates rejected her idea to wear outfits from each "era" of Little Mix on tour.
  
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• Kane Brown Banks 10th Hot Country Songs Top 10 With ‘One Mississippi’

  16-11-2021 17:26
  
  Kane Brown ups his career top 10 count to 10 on Billboard’s airplay-, sales- and streaming-based Hot Country Songs chart, as “One Mississippi” rises to No. 9 on the list dated Nov. 20.
  Brown wrote the single (expected to appear on his forthcoming album) with Jesse Frasure, Levon Gray and Ernest K. Smith. It increased by 9% to 5.4 million U.S. streams and 21% to 1,700 downloads sold in the week ending Nov. 11, according to MRC Data. On Country Airplay, it holds at its No. 13 hig
  
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• Justin Townes Earle Tribute Concert to Feature Jason Isbell and Lucinda Williams

  16-11-2021 17:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Justin's father Steve Earle is organizing Ryman Auditorium event on what would have been the late singer-songwriter's 40th birthday in January
  
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• Niall Horan & Anne-Marie collaborate for official BBC Children In Need single

  16-11-2021 17:14 via music-news.com
  
  BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 announced that they are bringing together global superstars, Niall Horan and Anne-Marie, to reimagine
  
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• Taylor Swift Reacts to Mr. Feeny From ‘Boy Meets World’ Praising ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’

  16-11-2021 17:08
  
  The praise for Taylor Swift’s new and improved Red (Taylor’s Version) continues to roll in, and a star from a popular ’90s sitcom has joined in to uplift the 31-year-old’s songwriting skills. On Monday (Nov. 15), William Daniels — who is known for playing Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets World — took to his granddaughter’s TikTok account to celebrate Red (Taylor’s Version) and tell her followers to stream the album.
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• Astroworld Tragedy Review: Officials Opt For County Administrator Review Over Independent Investigation

  16-11-2021 17:06
  
  Calls for an independent investigation into what led to 10 deaths at the Astroworld music festival went unheeded Monday (Nov. 15), as Houston-area officials instead chose to direct a county administrator to conduct a review with other governmental entities. County Judge Lina Hidalgo — the top elected official in Harris County, which includes Houston — had proposed a third-party probe of the planning and execution of the festival founded and headlined by rap supers
  
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• Reading & Leeds 2022 to make first line-up announcement “in early December”

  16-11-2021 17:05 via nme.com
  
  Reading & Leeds organisers have announced that the festival will be announcing line-up news for its 2022 event early next month.READ MORE: Reading Festival 2021 review: a triumphant return for end of summer blowout“Are you ready for some #RandL22 lineup news? Coming early December!” the festival wrote on Twitter today (November 16), teasing an incoming announcement.
  It comes after Festival Republic boss Melvin Benn told NME back in August that three of the six head
  
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• Miley Cyrus and Mickey Guyton Talk Breaking Barriers and Staying True to Themselves on Our Musicians on Musicians Podcast

  16-11-2021 17:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Listen to the two stars' conversation in the latest episode of our podcast
  
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• Maxwell Takes ‘Off’ with New Single; Closes Album Trilogy with ‘blacksummers’NIGHT’

  16-11-2021 16:38
  
  A week after announcing the partnership between his Musze label and BMG, Maxwell is back with more news. Along with the release on Tuesday (Nov. 16) of his new single “Off,” the artist revealed that his first full-length project under the new venture — blacksummers’NIGHT — will arrive in spring 2022.
  The forthcoming project closes out the album trilogy that Maxwell launched in 2009 with the Grammy Award-winning BLACKsummers’night, which debuted at No. 1 on the
  
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• New TuneCore Tool Helps Artists Drop, Monetize Songs on TikTok & Other Social Platforms

  16-11-2021 16:36
  
  TuneCore is getting social.
  For the first time, the indie distributor is enabling its community of creators to share their music directly into the music libraries of social platforms, which the company anticipates will create more viral opportunities and, potentially, income.
  TuneCore charges no upfront fee for the new service, named Social Platforms, a discovery tool which works across TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and other social channels.Social Platforms is presented as a “first
  
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• Watch the Rolling Stones Play ‘Ain’t Too Proud to Beg’ for First Time Since 2007

  16-11-2021 16:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Ever since we were really young, we always loved Motown," Mick Jagger told the audience. "We can't come to Detroit and not do a Motown number, right?"
  
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• Taylor Swift reacts to Red endorsement from Boy Meets World's William Daniels

  16-11-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  In a video posted to TikTok by his granddaughter Grace, the 94-year-old actor, who played the beloved character Mr Feeney on the sitcom, sits in a chair and shares some "wisdom".
  
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• Taylor Swift Debuts These Two Songs From ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ on Airplay Charts

  16-11-2021 16:29
  
  Taylor Swift sends two songs from her newly released album Red (Taylor’s Version) onto Billboard radio airplay charts.
  The traditional-country “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault),” featuring Chris Stapleton, jumps onto the Country Airplay tally (dated Nov. 20) at No. 23. Released Nov. 12 and aided by hourly plays that day on participating iHeartMedia stations, it bows with 6.1 million impressions at the format in its first three days, according t
  
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• Bree Runway announces debut UK headline tour for 2022

  16-11-2021 16:25 via nme.com
  
  Bree Runway has announced her first ever headline tour, with a trio of shows booked for 2022 – check out the dates below.READ MORE: Bree Runway live in London: statement of intent from a superstar-in-waitingFollowing a pair of shows at London’s Colours back in September, Runway has confirmed that she’ll be heading out on tour in March 2022, taking in Manchester, Birmingham and London.
  Tickets for the shows go on sale on Thursday (November 18) and will be available here. Fans wi
  
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• TV Ratings: ‘Adele One Night Only’ Oprah Interview/Performance Scores for CBS

  16-11-2021 16:21
  
  CBS got big ratings from its Adele concert special on Sunday (Nov. 14), outdrawing everything other than the NFL in primetime. The show also drew the biggest Sunday night audience for any network entertainment program so far this season. Adele One Night Only, which featured the singer performing past hits and songs from her upcoming album 30 — and sitting for an interview with Oprah Winfrey — averaged 9.92 million viewers, per time zone adjusted fast national ratings from Nielsen.
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• Former AEG Exec Adam Lublin Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Four Women

  16-11-2021 16:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lublin pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary as a sexually motivated felony and two counts of sexual abuse
  
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• ARIA Awards 2021: The Kid LAROI, Amy Shark, Rüfüs Du Sol to Perform

  16-11-2021 16:15
  
  The Kid LAROi will cap a record-busting year when he performs at the ARIA Awards, set for Nov. 24. The performer lineup announced on Tuesday (Nov. 16), includes LAROi (real name Charlton Howard) as well as Amy Shark, RÜFÜS DU SOL and Genesis Owusu.
  Sydney-raised, Los Angeles-based teen Howard has enjoyed a fine ride in 2021, during which time he led the Billboard 200, the Billboard Hot 100 and crushed both main charts in his homeland, setting records along the way. The 18-year-old sing
  
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• Taylor Swift Drops Live Acoustic Version of 10-Minute ‘All Too Well’ Performance

  16-11-2021 16:06
  
  The Taylor’s Version of Red is the gift that keeps on giving. Taylor Swift has dropped the live acoustic version of “All Too Well” that appears on the just-released Red (Taylor’s Version) album. The recording is taken from last week’s premiere of the epic Sadie Sink/Dylan O’Brien video for the single at the AMC 13 Lincoln Square in Manhattan; Swift wrote and directed the short film.
  In a tweet, Swift said that the live version marked the first-ever performance
  
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• Universal Music Partners With ABG to Buy, Boost Artist Brands

  16-11-2021 16:01
  
  Universal Music Group has partnered with Authentic Brands Group – a global brand owner, marketing and entertainment company – on a strategic initiative to acquire and actively manage artist brands, it was announced today.
  Under the deal, UMG and ABG will work with artists, their representatives and legal heirs to leverage artists’ names and likenesses in pursuit of merchandise, memorabilia, licensing, brand experiences and media and entertainment opportunities worldwide in an e
  
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• PJ Morton Talks His Game-Changing Maroon 5 Audition on ‘The First Time’

  16-11-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The New Orleans native also recalls winning his first Grammy, meeting Paul McCartney, and more
  
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• 500 Greatest Albums Podcast: Why ‘Let It Be’ Is Way More Than the Beatles’ Breakup Record

  16-11-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  In the first episode of Season Two, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and others join Rob Sheffield to tell the story of the band's misunderstood 1970 masterpiece
  
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• Watch Lizzo and Oprah belt out Adele’s ‘Hello’ during ‘One Night Only’ show

  16-11-2021 15:59 via nme.com
  
  Lizzo has shared footage of herself and Oprah Winfrey belting out Adele‘s ‘Hello’ during the taping of Adele: One Night Only – tune in below.READ MORE: Adele’s voice has never sounded better than on her stunning new song ‘Easy On Me’Airing on Sunday night (November 14), the two-hour CBS special saw Adele debut three new ’30’ tracks – ‘I Drink Wine’, ‘Hold On’ and ‘Love Is A Game’ – while al
  
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• ABBA Releasing First-Ever Christmas Single, ‘Little Things’

  16-11-2021 15:59
  
  ABBA are giving fans yet another gift this holiday season. The reunited Swedish megapop quartet announced on Tuesday (Nov. 16) that they will drop the new Christmas single, “Little Things” on Dec. 3 through Universal Music.
  The song, which appears on the the reformed group’s No. 1 album Voyage, is described as a “gentle reflection on the joy of Christmas morning and family time around this special time of year.” The band also teased that a video for their first-ever
  
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• Summer Walker Ties Taylor Swift for This Billboard Hot 100 Record

  16-11-2021 15:52
  
  Summer Walker claims a share of Billboard Hot 100 history, as she floods the chart (dated Nov. 20) with 18 songs from her new album, Still Over It.
  The set soars in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 166,000 equivalent album units earned, according to MRC Data, becoming her first leader on the list. It’s also the first R&B album by a woman to top the chart since Solange’s A Seat at the Table in October 2016. With 201.1 million streams for its songs earned in its first week, Still
  
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• Watch Genesis Play ‘Misunderstanding’ for the First Time Since 1984

  16-11-2021 15:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  The performance took place at the kickoff of what they are now saying is their final North American tour
  
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• Tyler, the Creator, Mickey Guyton, Måneskin Added to American Music Awards Lineup

  16-11-2021 15:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Cardi B-hosted awards ceremony will also feature Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo, Megan Thee Stallion and BTS
  
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• Pixies to headline Manchester’s Sounds Of The City 2022

  16-11-2021 14:58 via nme.com
  
  Pixies have announced a headline performance at Manchester’s Sounds Of The City 2022 – find all the details below.READ MORE: Pixies’ Joey Santiago on playing with Pearl Jam, new music and Ian Brown’s conspiracy theoriesThe Boston band will take to the stage at the outdoor Castlefield Bowl venue on Tuesday July 5, 2022. Tickets go on general sale here at 9:30am GMT this Friday (November 19).
  The Slow Readers Club and Klangstof are set to appear as special guests, with
  
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• The Enemy’s Tom Clarke on their reunion: “We need to do this without the industry”

  16-11-2021 14:56 via nme.com
  
  As The Enemy prepare for a reunion tour, frontman Tom Clarke has spoken to NME about the toll that success took on them in the ’00s and band’s decision to return “without the music industry” behind them.
  The ’00s Coventry indie veterans announced their return earlier this month with a September 2022 tour to coincide with the 15th anniversary of their acclaimed No.1 debut album ‘We’ll Live And Die In These Towns’.
  Before their split in 2016, th
  
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