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• The Antlers share surprise new EP ‘Losing Light’, announce 2022 tour

  17-11-2021 23:56 via nme.com
  
  The Antlers have released a surprise new EP called ‘Losing Light’ and announced a headline tour for 2022 – see all the details below.
  The Brooklyn duo – comprised of Peter Silberman and Michael Lerner – returned back in March with ‘Green To Gold’, their first studio album in seven years. It followed on from 2014’s ‘Familiars’.READ MORE: The Antlers reflect on 10 years of ‘Hospice’, the saddest album of all timeAnnouncin
  
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• Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center to be renamed Crypto.com Arena

  17-11-2021 23:22 via nme.com
  
  Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center is changing its name to Crypto.com Arena, it’s been announced.
  Located in downtown LA, the 20,000-capacity multi-purpose venue has been known as the STAPLES Center since its opening back in 1999. It’s set to host concerts from Kacey Musgraves, The Weeknd, Imagine Dragons and more in the coming months.
  Aside from music, the arena is currently home to NBA franchises the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, as well as the Los Angeles Kings (of t
  
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• Glass Animals announce 2022 Australian tour

  17-11-2021 23:21 via nme.com
  
  Glass Animals have announced a three-date Australian tour to celebrate the release of their 2020 album, ‘Dreamland’.
  The tour will see the Oxford band perform arena shows in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne across July, marking their biggest Australian gigs to date. Curiously, the tour appears to coincide with Byron Bay festival Splendour in the Grass, the full line-up of which is yet to be unveiled.READ MORE: Glass Animals: “Everything that made me who I am was taken away by the ac
  
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• Why Was Young Dolph Murdered? Here’s What We Know So Far

  17-11-2021 23:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr. — aka Young Dolph — was murdered just hours ago while buying cookies in Memphis, TN. Here’s what we know so far about the motive for the killing. It’s now confirmed: rapper Young Dolph was killed this afternoon in Memphis, TN, at local bakery and cookie shop, according to details from […]
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• Why Was Young Dolph Murdered? Here’s What We Know

  17-11-2021 23:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr. — aka Young Dolph — was murdered just hours ago while buying cookies in Memphis, TN. Here’s what we know so far about the motive for the killing. It’s now confirmed: rapper Young Dolph was killed this afternoon in Memphis, TN, at local bakery and cookie shop. The death was confirmed […]
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• Why Was Young Dolph Murdered? Here’s the Latest (Updated)

  17-11-2021 23:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr. — aka Young Dolph — was murdered just hours ago while buying cookies in Memphis, TN. Here’s what we know so far about the suspects and possible motives for the killing. It’s now confirmed: rapper Young Dolph was killed on Wednesday afternoon (November 17th) in Memphis, TN, at a local bakery […]
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• Morgan Wallen Announces Massive US Tour With Live Nation – WME Involvement Remains Unclear

  17-11-2021 22:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Morgan Wallen is done taking time out of his career. The country singer has announced a 2022 stadium tour next year. Despite bans from the CMA Awards and the American Music Awards over his use of a racial slur, Wallen is giving fans what they want with a headlining tour. The eight-month tour will see […]
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• Rapper Young Dolph shot and killed in Memphis

  17-11-2021 22:43 via nme.com
  
  Rapper Young Dolph has been shot and killed in Memphis, it has been confirmed.
  Eyewitness Maurice Hill told Fox 13 that the 36-year-old musician was shot as he entered a shop, Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies. According to TMZ, a vehicle pulled up outside before someone fired at Young Dolph through the window.
  It is said that Dolph – real name Adolph Robert Thornton Jr – was accompanied by one other person at the time of the attack. No information is currently known about the s
  
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• Latin Grammys 2021: Meet Some Of This Year’s Exciting Best New Artist Nominees

  17-11-2021 22:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rita Indiana, Maria Becerra, and Boza are among the artists recognized by the Latin Recording Academy for their work this year
  
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• Adele Shatters Hearts as She Casually Belts ‘To Be Loved’ on Instagram

  17-11-2021 22:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer's 30 arrives on Friday
  
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• R. Kelly Associate Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Intimidating Victim

  17-11-2021 22:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Michael Williams previously charged with arson for setting fire to car to prevent Jane Doe witness-victim from cooperating with authorities
  
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• Los Campesinos! detail ‘Romance Is Boring’ and ‘Hello Sadness’ anniversary reissues

  17-11-2021 22:00 via nme.com
  
  Los Campesinos! have announced remastered vinyl reissues of ‘Romance Is Boring’ and ‘Hello Sadness’.
  The band’s 2010 album ‘Romance Is Boring’ is set to be pressed as a gold double vinyl and limited to 1,500 copies. The digital download card also includes the four songs from ‘All’s Well That Ends’ EP (2010), and pre-orders come with a copy of The Universe Replied: An Oral History of Romance Is Boring, a 35,000-word exploration of the al
  
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• Young Dolph Shot And Killed In Memphis

  17-11-2021 21:54
  
  Memphis rapper Young Dolph was reportedly shot and killed on November 17 in his hometown. He was 36.
  
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• Young Dolph Shot and Killed in Memphis: Report

  17-11-2021 21:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper was reportedly shot while trying to buy cookies at a local bakery
  
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• Rod Stewart explains why he didn’t play Live Aid in 1985

  17-11-2021 20:58 via nme.com
  
  Rod Stewart has revealed why he was absent from the Live Aid line-up in 1985, stating that he had “only just found out” the real reason.
  It had previously been suggested that the Scottish singer was unable to put a band together at short notice, despite having recently completed a world tour, but it now seems the decision had been taken out of Stewart’s hands.
  “We actually were supposed to do it,” he told the BBC yesterday (November 16), “but a few guys in the
  
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• Adele reveals she considered not releasing new album ’30’

  17-11-2021 20:49 via nme.com
  
  Adele has revealed that she considered not releasing her fourth album ’30’.
  The singer-songwriter’s new record – the follow-up to 2015’s ’25’ – is due to arrive this Friday (November 19), having been previewed by the comeback track ‘Easy On Me’ as well as ‘Hold On’.READ MORE: Adele’s voice has never sounded better than on her stunning new song ‘Easy On Me’Adele previously confirmed that the new materia
  
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• Dogleg announce hiatus as singer addresses previous “negative behaviors”

  17-11-2021 20:13 via nme.com
  
  Dogleg have announced that they will be going on hiatus as a band, after lead singer Alex Stoitsiadis posted a statement today (November 17) addressing recent “legitimate concerns” about toxic behaviour shared online.
  The band were due to head out on a North American tour in March and April 2022, supporting Touche Amore and Vein.fm, but have taken the decision following a number of claims made on social media regarding Stoitsiadis’ alleged conduct in past relationships.
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• Nick Cave and Warren Ellis announce first North American tour as duo

  17-11-2021 19:54 via nme.com
  
  Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have announced their first North American tour as a duo – find all the details below.READ MORE: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis live in London: Minimal elements for maximum impactThe longtime collaborators hit the road for a run of UK headline performances in September and October in support of their album ‘Carnage’, which came out back in February.
  In a five-star review of the pair’s concert in Croydon, NME said: “Cave and Ellis [are] i
  
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• Noel Gallagher on how “embarrassing” it was for Oasis to be compared to The Beatles

  17-11-2021 19:17 via nme.com
  
  Noel Gallagher has recalled how “embarrassing” it was for Oasis to be compared to The Beatles.READ MORE: The NME Big Read:  Liam Gallagher: “An Oasis reunion’s gonna happen very fucking soon”The iconic Manchester band made no secret of the Fab Four’s influence on their music and fashion sense. After releasing their hugely-successful first two studio albums – ‘Definitely Maybe’ (1994) and ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?&rsq
  
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• LA’s Staples Center Officially Renamed ‘Crypto.com Arena’

  17-11-2021 19:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  AEG’s Staples Center is officially rebranding as the Crypto.com Arena, The Anschutz Corporation subsidiary and the five-year-old cryptocurrency platform recently announced. AEG and Crypto.com are scheduled to formally change the Staples Center’s name on Christmas Day (when the Los Angeles Lakers will play the Brooklyn Nets), and the famed LA arena – which has hosted […]
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• Kanye West’s ‘The College Dropout’ bear costume put up for sale for $1million

  17-11-2021 19:13 via nme.com
  
  The bear costume famously used on tour and in promotional duties for Kanye West‘s 2004 debut album, The College Dropout, has been put up for sale for $1million (£740,000).
  Eric Arginsky, who had previously worked with Ye in an attempt to set up a line of replica plush bears, said in a new interview with Fake Shore Drive (per Complex) that the unrealised project led to his possession of a “Dropout Bear” costume.READ MORE: Kanye West – ‘DONDA’ review: some
  
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• The music world on the aftermath of COP26: “The future needs reinforcements”

  17-11-2021 18:16 via nme.com
  
  Figures from the world of music have spoken to NME about the positive and negative outcomes of the recent COP26 climate conference – as well as revealing what artists and fans can do to help.READ MORE: AURORA on COP26: “We’re fighting for the wellbeing of all living things”The summit, which ended over the weekend, aimed to bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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• Silk Sonic announce limited radio show on Apple Music

  17-11-2021 17:59 via nme.com
  
  Silk Sonic have announced a new limited radio series on Apple Music 1, An Evening With Silk Sonic.
  The group – comprised of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak – released their debut album ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’ last Friday (November 12).READ MORE: Silk Sonic – ‘An Evening With Silk Sonic’ review: an unashamedly retro delightToday (November 17) it’s been confirmed that the duo will launch their own radio show of the same name at 3am GMT tomorrow (N
  
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• “Fake Drake” claims rapper doesn’t mind him booking gigs as him

  17-11-2021 17:50 via nme.com
  
  A man impersonating Drake, dubbed “Fake Drake”, has said that the rapper has indirectly given him his blessing.
  In an interview with No Jumper, “Fake Drake”, also known as Izzy, spoke about his antics around town and how he has been able to book events while impersonating Drake. Promoters have paid him upwards of $5K to just show up at events, while also covering his travel and accommodation.
  “People DM me, like, ‘Do you want to come to my event? We can&r
  
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• Los Angeles’ Staples Center Swapping Office Supplies for Cryptocurrency With New Arena Name

  17-11-2021 17:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Iconic venue will rebrand as Crypto.com Arena for the next 20 years, beginning Dec. 25
  
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• Watch Genesis perform ‘Misunderstanding’ for the first time in 37 years

  17-11-2021 17:30 via nme.com
  
  Genesis performed ‘Misunderstanding’ for the first time in 37 years earlier this week – you can check out the footage below.
  Phil Collins and co. dusted off the 1980 single – which appears on the group’s 10th studio album, ‘Duke’ – during a concert at Chicago’s United Center on Monday (November 15). It was the first show on the ‘Last Domino?’ tour’s US leg.
  As Rolling Stone notes, Genesis hadn’t played the track since
  
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• Shooter Jennings Contemplates Legacy and Cocaine in ‘Leave Those Memories Alone’

  17-11-2021 17:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Unreleased track from 2017 is a tribute to a late friend and the first song off Jennings' lost 2017 LP 'Over a Cocaine Rainbow'
  
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• Molly Tuttle Celebrates a Woman Who Lives by Her Own Rules in ‘She’ll Change’

  17-11-2021 17:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer-guitarist wrote the new song with Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor for her upcoming 2022 album, her first with Nonesuch
  
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• Argentina’s María Becerra Is Going Global

  17-11-2021 17:27
  
  Ahead of the 2021 Latin Grammys where she is nominated for Best New Artist, MTV News talks to Argentina's most-streamed artist María Becerra about her rise, what fuels her, and a teased upcoming collab with Camila Cabello.
  
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• Birdy announces 2022 UK and European tour dates

  17-11-2021 17:06 via nme.com
  
  Birdy has announced that she’ll be heading to the UK and Europe in 2022 for a run of headline shows.READ MORE: Birdy – ‘Young Heart’ review: a beautiful, poetic journey through heartbreakThe English singer-songwriter (aka Jasmine van den Bogaerde) will be touring in support of her fourth studio album ‘Young Heart’, which was released earlier this year. Birdy’s shows kick off on May 3 2022 in London, where she will play two back-to-back dates at the Event
  
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• Bad Contracts Are a Music Industry Standard. Why Haven’t They Evolved?

  17-11-2021 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rolling Stone recently reported on the exploitative terms contained in the contract Summer Walker signed with her label/management company Love Renaissance
  
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• Crazy Frog to return with a new single next month

  17-11-2021 16:59 via nme.com
  
  Crazy Frog, the viral CGI creature that topped the charts in the mid-’00s, is set to make an unexpected return.
  The character – aka ‘The Annoying Thing’ – was marketed by the ringtone company Jamba! back in 2005, before famously beating Coldplay to Number One in the UK albums chart in May that year.Crazy Frog’s take on the ‘Axel F’ Beverly Hills Cop theme took the top spot over Chris Martin and co’s ‘Speed Of Sound’, the first sin
  
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• Billie Eilish and Finneas Lend Their Talents to Fictional Boy Band in ‘Turning Red’

  17-11-2021 16:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rosalie Cheng and Sandra Oh star in animated flick
  
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• The Bluetones’ Mark Morriss accused of abuse by ex-wife

  17-11-2021 16:41 via nme.com
  
  The Bluetones‘ frontman Mark Morriss has been accused of years of abuse by his ex-wife in a new blog post.
  The band found fame in the ’90s, with hit singles top 20 singles including ‘Slight Return’, ‘Cut Some Rug’ and ‘Marblehead Johnson’. They released their sixth and final album ‘A New Athens’ in 2010 and then split in 2011, before reforming in 2015 and continuing to tour. Morris also works as a solo artist, and has appeared as the vo
  
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• Travis Scott hit with $750 million lawsuit from victims of Astroworld Festival tragedy

  17-11-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The lawsuit has been filed on behalf of more than 125 fans.
  
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• Kanye West and Drake end feud after attending Dave Chappelle show together

  17-11-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The two rappers attended comedian Dave Chappelle's show in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday.
  
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• iHeartRadio will only play Taylor Swift's re-recorded songs

  17-11-2021 16:29 via music-news.com
  
  iHeartRadio has announced that their stations will only play Taylor Swift's re-recorded tracks following her dispute over the master recordings.
  
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• Astroworld medic company CEO calls festival “something I’ll have nightmares about for the rest of my life”

  17-11-2021 16:16 via nme.com
  
  The CEO of ParaDocs, the medical company hired by Astroworld, has shared his thoughts on the crowd surge tragedy.
  Alex Pollak said in an interview with CNN that his staff faced an “impossible feat” of treating 11 people with cardiac arrests at the same time.
  “This is something I’ll have nightmares about for the rest of my life,” Pollak said. “The team is extremely broken up about it. Seeing so many young people getting CPR at one time, it’s just somethin
  
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• Coldplay to Perform ‘My Universe’ With BTS at American Music Awards

  17-11-2021 16:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Cardi B-hosted awards ceremony will also feature Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and Megan Thee Stallion
  
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• The Rolling Stones perform Aint Too Proud to Beg for the first time since 2007

  17-11-2021 16:09 via music-news.com
  
  The Rolling Stones - who recently lost drummer Charlie Watts in August - performed their much loved rendition of The Temptations' 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg' in Detroit, the city which gave the world Motown.
  
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• Warner Music Group Launches $535 Million Series Note Offering, Debuts WMX Artist-Services Division

  17-11-2021 16:03 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Warner Music Group’s WMG Acquisition Corp. has officially launched a $535 million senior secured note offering, with the intention of using the capital to purchase “certain music and music-related assets.” The New York City-headquartered record label – which has quietly acquired Moscow’s Zhara Music, the assets of 12Tone Music, and invested a reported $200 million […]
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• Warner Music Group Launches $535 Million Senior Note Offering, Debuts WMX Artist-Services Division

  17-11-2021 16:03 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Warner Music Group’s WMG Acquisition Corp. has officially launched a $535 million senior secured note offering, with the intention of using the capital to purchase “certain music and music-related assets.” The New York City-headquartered record label – which has quietly acquired Moscow’s Zhara Music, the assets of 12Tone Music, and a reported $200 million stake […]
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• Tom Morello announces details of new album ‘The Atlas Underground Flood’ featuring IDLES

  17-11-2021 16:01 via nme.com
  
  Tom Morello has announced details of a new album – ‘The Atlas Underground Flood’ will come out next month and features collaborations with IDLES, Manchester Orchestra and more.
  The “sister” record to last month’s ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’ (itself a sequel to 2018’s ‘The Atlas Underground’) will come out on December 3 via Mom + Pop.READ MORE: Tom Morello – ‘The Atlas Underground Fire’ review: guitar hero pushes
  
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• ‘We Wanted to Write That Feeling of Being Addicted to Someone’: Momma Return With ‘Medicine’

  17-11-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track marks debut on Polyvinyl
  
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• Blur’s Dave Rowntree to release debut solo album with Cooking Vinyl

  17-11-2021 15:16 via nme.com
  
  Blur‘s Dave Rowntree has signed a deal with indie label Cooking Vinyl to release his debut solo album.
  As well as enjoying success as Blur’s drummer since 1988, Rowntree has more recently been working on music for film and TV. His compositions have appeared in titles such as the Bros documentary After The Screaming Stops, BBC series The Capture and Netflix’s The One. He also hosts The Dave Rowntree Show podcast on Spotify.
  “As a kid I used to spend hours spinning the
  
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• The Reinvention of Rosalía

  17-11-2021 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Spanish pop star on her innovative new album, embracing contradictions, and why she doesn’t worry about career pressures
  
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• Sophie Ellis-Bextor raises over £1million with 24-hour Kitchen Disco danceathon

  17-11-2021 14:43 via nme.com
  
  Sophie Ellis-Bextor has raised over £1million in a 24-hour charity dance marathon for Children In Need.READ MORE: Soundtrack of My Life: Sophie Ellis-BextorEllis-Bextor started dancing on Tuesday morning (November 16), moving non-stop for an entire day and night. Along the way, she performed karaoke to several tracks, did routines with a ribbon, sang with Tony Blackburn and changed into various sparkly costumes and animal masks.
  The challenge was streamed live on BBC iPlayer, with the star
  
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• Tom Morello Signs Open Letter Denouncing Amazon’s Palm-Scanning Concert Tech

  17-11-2021 14:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Denver's famed Red Rocks Amphitheater is adopting the tech, and artists are not happy
  
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• Audiotree co-founder accused of setting up hidden cameras to take nude photos

  17-11-2021 13:55 via nme.com
  
  Michael Johnston, co-founder of Chicago-based label Audiotree, has been accused of videotaping and photographing nude images of his children’s nanny using hidden cameras.
  NBC 5 Chicago reported that a civil suit had been filed against Johnston and his wife Kelly Halverson by the nanny and another woman – named as Jane Doe and Julie Doe in the court filing. Gail Eisenberg, a lawyer for the two women, noted that Jane worked for the couple as a home manager, child caretaker, and persona
  
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• Sophie Ellis-Bextor's 24 hour Kitchen Disco Danceathon raises over £1 million

  17-11-2021 13:36 via music-news.com
  
  This morning at 9.30am, Sophie Ellis-Bextor finished her epic 24 hour Kitchen Disco Danceathon – the challenge set by BBC Radio 2 s
  
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