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• Belly contemplates an early demise on his new single ‘Flowers’

  18-11-2021 23:26 via nme.com
  
  Belly has shared a brand new single from his latest album ‘See You Next Wednesday’ – you can watch the video for ‘Flowers’ below.READ MORE: Belly talks new album ‘See You Next Wednesday’ and working with The WeekndThe Canadian rapper released his John Landis-inspired third LP back in August, featuring the singles ‘Die For It’ featuring Nas and The Weeknd, ‘IYKYK’, ‘Money On The Table’ featuring Benny The Butcher, &lsqu
  
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• Young Dolph Deserved to Live

  18-11-2021 23:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 36-year-old Memphis rapper's love for his city makes his death all the more sorrowful
  
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• ‘Montage of Heck’ Director Reportedly at Work on David Bowie ‘Cinematic Experience’

  18-11-2021 23:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brett Morgen's estate-approved project boasts rare concert performances, producer Tony Visconti's participation
  
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• Sting Reportedly Considers Catalog Sale Amid Rumored Negotiations For Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie Music IP

  18-11-2021 23:11 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Following reports that Bruce Springsteen and the estate of David Bowie are negotiating multimillion-dollar catalog sales, 70-year-old Sting is now looking to cash in on his own music IP, according to sources. Word of Bruce Springsteen’s possible catalog sale emerged towards the start of November, following comments from anonymous sources with knowledge of the matter. […]
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• Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner shares update on health seven weeks after heart surgery

  18-11-2021 22:44 via nme.com
  
  Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner has shared an update on his health seven weeks after having life-saving heart surgery.READ MORE: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford: “I tried to throw a TV out of a hotel window once. It was like Mr Bean does Spinal Tap”The guitarist suffered “an aortic aneurysm and complete aortic dissection” during the band’s performance at Louisville’s Louder Than Life festival in September.
  The 41-year-old was rushed off stage and&nb
  
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• Just Asking: Could Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ Be an Answer Song to an Old Don Henley Hit?

  18-11-2021 22:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Allow us a moment of fan-theory indulgence on two pop classics
  
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• Listen to Spoon get festive with cover of The Beatles’ ‘Christmas Time (Is Here Again)’

  18-11-2021 22:19 via nme.com
  
  Spoon have shared a cover of The Beatles’ ‘Christmas Time (Is Here Again)’ – you can listen to the track below.READ MORE: Spoon on new album ‘Lucifer On The Sofa’: “It’s just fun – a record for some good times”The Austin band are among the latest artists to share a festive cover for Spotify’s new holiday singles playlist, sharing a rendition of the Fab Four’s 1967 track.
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• Adele’s CBS Special Attracted More Viewers Than the Entire 2021 Grammy Awards

  18-11-2021 22:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Adele’s ‘One Night Only’ special on CBS was more popular than the 2021 Grammy Awards among TV viewers. Adele’s special has surpassed 10.33 million viewers, making it the most-watched special since the Oscars. Only 8.8 million people tuned in to watch the Grammys this year, meaning Adele handily beat the awards ceremony for the entire […]
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• Lizzo Returns to Stage for One-Night-Only Performance in Miami: Here’s How to Watch

  18-11-2021 22:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  The concert takes place during Art Basel weekend and is expected to run just over an hour long, with a setlist spanning some of Lizzo's most popular hits
  
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• Rico Nasty and Flo Milli Seek ‘Money’ on the Yellow Brick Road in New Video

  18-11-2021 22:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  Single interpolates 2 Live Crew's "We Want Some Pussy" and Tone Loc's "Wild Thing"
  
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• Tidal Launches Free Plan, Direct-to-Artist Payments & More

  18-11-2021 21:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Tidal is making some major changes to its service. An ad-supported free tier is coming – alongside direct-to-artist payments. The Tidal Free plan is available now in the United States only. Tidal says it offers access to the entire music catalog ‘with limited interruptions.’ Streaming quality is topped at 160kbps, too. Aside from the newly […]
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• Pond share video for ‘Take Me Avalon I’m Young’, announce 2022 UK tour dates

  18-11-2021 21:54 via nme.com
  
  Pond have shared the video for their sprawling new track ‘Take Me Avalon I’m Young’ and announced a run of UK headline shows.READ MORE: Pond face the chaos on new album ‘9’: “The world’s getting real fucking scary”Filmed in Hastings, England, and directed by Bunny Kinney, the music video sees frontman Nicholas Allbrook try his hand at a variety of sports.
  Allbrook described the music video – the song for which is lifted from Pond’s rece
  
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• Thomas Rhett becomes father-of-four

  18-11-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Their fourth daughter is named Lillie Carolina.
  
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• Watch Ibeyi’s hypnotic video for new single ‘Made Of Gold’ featuring Pa Salieu

  18-11-2021 21:23 via nme.com
  
  Ibeyi have released a brand new single called ‘Made Of Gold’ featuring Pa Salieu – you can watch the song’s hypnotic video below.READ MORE: Pa Salieu: “I’ve been cut from the system, but I will rise up like a phoenix”The Afro-French Cuban musical duo – comprising twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé Diaz and Naomi Diaz – shared the track on social media yesterday (November 17) alongside news of “a new beginning”.
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• Bad Boy Chiller Crew announce ‘Disrespectful’ mixtape, share new track ‘Messages’

  18-11-2021 20:47 via nme.com
  
  Bad Boy Chiller Crew have announced their ‘Disrespectful’ mixtape and shared new track ‘Messages’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Bad Boy Chiller Crew: “We’re not a proper boyband. There’s nothing normal about us”The 16-track mixtape is due for release early 2022 and follows on from their ‘Charva Anthems’ EP which came out in May.
  ‘Disrespectful’ is out January 21 2022 and can be pre-ordered here. It includes previous
  
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• Faster Horses Festival: New Report Says Country Music Concert Is Hotbed of Sexual Assault

  18-11-2021 20:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  An investigation by MLive depicts a culture of predatory behavior, overt misogyny, and excessive drinking at the Michigan festival
  
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• Placebo share video for ‘Surrounded By Spies’ and announce UK and Ireland tour

  18-11-2021 20:31 via nme.com
  
  Placebo have shared the video for new song ‘Surrounded By Spies’, plus announced details of a UK and Ireland tour.
  The longstanding band released their first single in five years in the form of ‘Beautiful James’ in September.READ MORE: Placebo explain how they wrote their new album “backwards”Now, they’ve followed it up with ‘Surrounded By Spies’, which frontman Brian Molko said was inspired by discovering his neighbours were spying on h
  
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• The Twilight Sad’s James Graham launches new Gentle Sinners project

  18-11-2021 20:24 via nme.com
  
  The Twilight Sad‘s James Graham has launched a new project under the moniker Gentle Sinners.
  READ MORE: The Twilight Sad on the legacy of Scott Hutchison and being Robert Smith’s favourite band
  The Scottish band, whose most recent album ‘It Won/t Be Like This All The Time’ arrived in 2019, took to Instagram today (November 18) to announce that their frontman is now part of a new project.
  The announcement comes with the release of the project’s first single, ‘K
  
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• Travis Scott, Drake, Apple and Live Nation Facing New $2 Billion Astroworld Lawsuit

  18-11-2021 20:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  New complaint filed on behalf of 282 plaintiffs is largest yet
  
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• Adele Has a Secret TikTok Account, and Nine More Things You Learn Hanging With Her

  18-11-2021 20:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  She loves Verzuz, is a huge fan of Tems, and would love to sing the hook on a rap track some day
  
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• Eric Clapton Turns to Anti-Vaxx Kingpin RFK Jr. to Bash ‘Rolling Stone’

  18-11-2021 20:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Guitarist chats about his "buzzsaw" of a year: "There’s been a lot of disappearing, a lot of dust around with people moving away quite quickly"
  
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• Jennifer Lopez Previews ‘Marry Me’ Soundtrack With Soaring Piano Ballad ‘On My Own’

  18-11-2021 19:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The soundtrack features original songs by Lopez and Maluma.
  
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• Paul McCartney says The Beatles were always for “the working people”

  18-11-2021 19:45 via nme.com
  
  Paul McCartney has spoken about the type of crowd The Beatles resonated with, saying they were always understood by “working people”.READ MORE: The Beatles’ split 50 years on: the best songs from the solo careersIn a new interview with The Guardian about Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back, McCartney looked back on the group’s final live performance.
  While the Fab Four performed on the roof of 3 Saville Road on January 30, 1969, local businessmen in the str
  
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• Poppy launches new virtual universe with ‘PoppySphere’ Metaverse app

  18-11-2021 19:41 via nme.com
  
  Poppy has launched a brand new Metaverse app for iOS and Android called ‘PoppySphere’.READ MORE: Poppy – ‘Flux’ review: determined, fun-filled and perception-defying alt-rockDeveloped in partnership with HIFI Lab, the pop star’s new app presents “a virtual 8-bit universe for fans to explore, with dynamic rooms and secrets to uncover as they navigate a realm of iconoclastic creation”.
  Users can customise their own avatar and text chat as they e
  
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• Drake pulls ‘Splash Brothers’ collab from French Montana’s new album

  18-11-2021 19:02 via nme.com
  
  Drake and French Montana‘s new track ‘Splash Brothers’ will no longer be released as part of the latter’s forthcoming album, ‘They Got Amnesia’.
  The collaboration was originally announced alongside the LP earlier this month but ahead of its release tomorrow (Friday 19), the track has been removed from the tracklist on streaming services. It’s been replaced by the French Montana solo track ‘Fraud’.#FrenchMontana reveals tracklist for albu
  
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• Flashback: Ray Parker Jr. Teams Up With Dancing Ghosts, Dom DeLuise for Weirdest Oscar Moment Ever

  18-11-2021 18:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  This is not a fever dream. It actually happened just like you see it here
  
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• Reservoir Acquires Stake In Songwriter-Producer Dallas Austin’s Catalog

  18-11-2021 18:44 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Reservoir Media has officially acquired an interest in the catalog of songwriter and producer Dallas Austin, who’s produced tracks including Pink’s “18 Wheeler” and Madonna’s “Honesty.” Reservoir (NASDAQ: RSVR), having previously closed noteworthy deals with rock producer Tom Werman and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joni Mitchell in 2021, unveiled its latest play […]
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• Paul Cauthen Puts Wannabes on Notice, Boasts He’s ‘Country as Fuck’ in New Song

  18-11-2021 18:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Texas native shouts out Lil Nas X and Tim McGraw, takes a shot at Kenny Chesney in first offering from new album Country Coming Down
  
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• Listen to a snippet of Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi’s new collaboration, ‘Just Look Up’

  18-11-2021 18:01 via nme.com
  
  A snippet of Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi‘s upcoming collaborative track ‘Just Look Up’ has emerged online – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Ariana Grande – ‘Positions’ review: lots of banging, but not so many bangersThe pair will appear in the Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence-starring film Don’t Look Up, which is set to land on Netflix on December 24. An official trailer arrived earlier this week (November 16).
  A clip of the movie was t
  
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• Arca ‘Queers the Void’ With New Album ‘Kick iiii’

  18-11-2021 17:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Record drops Dec. 3, the same day as KICK ii and KicK iii
  
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• Foo Fighters share Jason Sudeikis-starring new video for ‘Love Dies Young’

  18-11-2021 17:05 via nme.com
  
  Foo Fighters have shared the official video for their latest single ‘Love Dies Young’ – you can watch it below.READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”The track appears on Dave Grohl and co’s 10th studio album ‘Medicine At Midnight’, which arrived back in February.
  Written and directed by Grohl, the new visual stars Ted Lasso‘s Jason Sudeikis as a swimming coach who’s giving his team a stern telling off ahead
  
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• New Scott Hutchison book is “a place for Frightened Rabbit fans to go and feel connected”

  18-11-2021 16:36 via nme.com
  
  The family and collaborators of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison have spoken to NME about new book The Work – collecting the late singer’s lyrics and artwork together for the first time.READ MORE: “We’ll always miss him” – Frightened Rabbit, their closest friends and collaborators celebrate the beauty of Scott HutchisonHutchison, who died by suicide in 2018, is celebrated in the new book, gathering the band’s complete lyrics (includin
  
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• Jason Sudeikis Stars as the Anti-Ted Lasso in Foo Fighters’ ‘Love Dies Young’ Video

  18-11-2021 16:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rock Hall-inducted band form a synchronized swimming team in Caddyshack-inspired visual directed by Dave Grohl
  
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• Pink recovering from hip surgery

  18-11-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Pink has admitted the first week of recovery has been "brutal".
  
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• iHeartRadio Pledges to Exclusively Play ‘Taylor’s Version’ Tracks Moving Forward

  18-11-2021 16:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  iHeartRadio has officially pledged to exclusively play re-recorded Taylor Swift tracks moving forward, replacing the original masters with Taylor’s Version recordings as the latter become available to fans. The iHeartMedia (NASDAQ: IHRT) subsidiary just recently revealed its commitment to supporting Taylor Swift as she re-records the six albums that she released via Big Machine. In […]
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• U2’s the Edge Breaks Down 9 ‘Achtung Baby’–Era Rarities

  18-11-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the landmark LP, the guitarist looks back on tracks that didn't make the album, from Lou Reed and CCR covers to a Clockwork Orange–inspired experiment
  
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• Eddie Vedder Teases First Solo Album in 11 Years, ‘Earthling’

  18-11-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pearl Jam singer unveils new single "The Haves"
  
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• Listen to Aerosmith’s previously unreleased “1971 version” of ‘Movin’ Out’

  18-11-2021 15:58 via nme.com
  
  Aerosmith have shared ‘Movin’ Out (1971 Version)’ from their forthcoming limited edition vinyl, ‘1971: The Road Starts Hear’ – listen below.
  The previously unreleased seven-track record will arrive next week (November 26) as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday 2021 drop. It’s available as a black LP (10,000 copies) and on cassette (2000 copies).READ MORE: Aerosmith – The best war storiesTo preview the rare collection – which al
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo & Alanis Morissette Talk About Life in the Public Eye on Our Musicians on Musicians Podcast

  18-11-2021 15:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  Two stars who know what it's like to blow up with songs about heartbreak and betrayal connect in the latest episode
  
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• Special Podcast Report: Inside the Nightmare At Astroworld

  18-11-2021 15:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  New episode of Rolling Stone Music Now takes on one of the worst concert tragedies in history
  
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• Horsegirl’s ‘Billy’ Is a Compelling Character Study and Reverent Tribute to Long-Gone Music Scenes

  18-11-2021 15:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track marks just the fourth from the budding Chicago outfit, but also their first for new label Matador
  
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• Astroworld Is a ‘Wake-Up Call.’ Will the Concert Industry Listen?

  18-11-2021 15:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Our special podcast report goes inside the nightmare of Astroworld
  
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• Bob Vylan and Daniel Avery among new Music Venue Trust patrons

  18-11-2021 15:31 via nme.com
  
  The Music Venue Trust has announced details of their new patrons, including Bob Vylan and Daniel Avery.
  Artists have been at the forefront of the trust’s aims to raise money and awareness for the struggles facing grassroots venues in the UK across the COVID pandemic, supporting the the Music Venue Trust’s #SaveOurVenues campaign among other fundraising efforts.READ MORE: Music Venue Trust say that all venues can be saved with continued “people power”Earlier this year, The
  
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• Eddie Vedder Once Held a Flashlight for Joe Strummer While He Rolled a Spliff

  18-11-2021 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pearl Jam frontman recalls meeting the Clash frontman, and his furture bandmate Jack Irons, on the same fateful night in a new excerpt from his Audible Original, I Am Mine
  
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• Self Esteem, Yard Act, Berwyn and more to play Eurosonic Noorderslag 2022

  18-11-2021 14:43 via nme.com
  
  Eurosonic Noorderslag, the Dutch festival of new music, have announced a huge line-up for their 2022 edition.
  Over 200 acts will head to the town of Groningen from January 19-22 next year, including Self Esteem, Yard Act, Enny, Berwyn, Bob Vylan and Wet Leg.READ MORE: Eurosonic Noorderslag review: virtual showcase where discovering new music has never been easierAnnounced today (November 18) are the final 20 acts on the line-up, which include 12 as part of the Hit The North campaign, which suppo
  
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• Forget Thanksgiving, Mariah Carey Teases ‘Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues’

  18-11-2021 14:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer's second AppleTV+ Christmas special premieres Dec. 3
  
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• The War On Drugs announce global live-streamed concert

  18-11-2021 14:05 via nme.com
  
  The War On Drugs have announced a global live-streamed show for next month – find all the details below.READ MORE: The War On Drugs on an unlikely rise to the top: “Music should be filled with wonder” The Adam Granduciel-led band will take to the stage at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California for the special concert, which is titled Living Proof: The War On Drugs Global Live Event.
  Fans can tune into the broadcast on December 9/10, with the option t
  
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• Wolf Alice's Ellie Rowsell: Festivals need to be more gender-balanced

  18-11-2021 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Wolf Alice have called for festivals to work harder to add more female performers to their lineups.
  
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• Avril Lavigne: Travis Barker just gets me

  18-11-2021 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Avril Lavigne has opened up about her long-running working relationship with Travis Barker.
  
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• Metallica announce San Francisco takeover to coincide with 40th anniversary shows

  18-11-2021 13:17 via nme.com
  
  Metallica have announced a takeover of San Francisco to coincide with their upcoming 40th anniversary shows in the city.READ MORE: Metallica and friends: “‘The Black Album’ was a victory for the underdog”The legendary metal band, who formed back in 1981, are scheduled to perform two celebratory headline concerts at San Fran’s Chase Center arena next month (December 17/19).
  Yesterday (November 17) James Hetfield and co. outlined plans to “take over the cit
  
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