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• Meek Mill to Share Final ‘Dreamchasers’ Mixtape as NFT

  27-11-2021 22:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  The fifth and final installment in the series will also be the first time the rapper goes the NFT route
  
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• Ghostface Killah and Raekwon Drop New Collaboration ‘Bob James Freestyle’

  27-11-2021 20:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ghostface also shared new song "I Got Soul Freestyle"
  
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• Hear Chance The Rapper Team Up With Soul Legend Dionne Warwick on New Song ‘Nothing’s Impossible’

  27-11-2021 18:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  The duo's inspiring single will raise money for charities
  
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• Ray BLK: 'I had a lot of pressure to make the album'

  27-11-2021 16:30 via music-news.com
  
  Ray BLK joins Elton John on Apple Music 1 this weekend to discuss the release of her debut album "Access Denied"
  
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• Watch Pale Waves’ ‘Fall To Pieces’ live performance video shot at London’s The Pool

  27-11-2021 15:56 via nme.com
  
  Pale Waves have shared a live performance video of ‘Fall To Pieces’ from The Pool in London – see the footage below.READ MORE: Pale Waves – “I’ve been hiding who I am for so long now. I don’t wanna do that any more”The song is taken from the Manchester band’s second album, ‘Who Am I?‘, which was released in February.
  Lead singer Heather Baron-Gracie previously said of the song: “It’s easy to fall into the same patterns
  
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• The Eagles announce 2022 ‘Hotel California’ US tour dates

  27-11-2021 15:37 via nme.com
  
  The Eagles have announced US tour dates for their ‘Hotel California’ tour.
  The group, comprising Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill, will play eight new dates in the US from February.
  Each stop will feature a choir and an orchestra accompanying the veteran rockers for a run through of their 1976 album ‘Hotel California’ before an interval followed by a set of the band’s greatest hits.
  In October Eagles confirmed huge shows ac
  
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• Jake Gyllenhaal and Lin-Manuel Miranda lead tributes to composer Stephen Sondheim

  27-11-2021 15:21 via music-news.com
  
  The legendary composer and lyricist passed away at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut early Friday morning at the age of 91.
  
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• Hear Ghostface Killah and Raekwon team up for ‘Bob James Freestyle’

  27-11-2021 15:02 via nme.com
  
  Wu-Tang Clan‘s Ghostface Killah and Raekwon have joined forces for a new freestyle.
  ‘Bob James Freestyle’ arrives alongside Ghostface Killah’s new song ‘I Got Soul Freestyle’. You can listen to both tracks below.
  Killah said on Twitter that the songs are “a little something to help y’all enjoy the holiday weekend”, in reference to Thanksgiving being celebrated in the US.
  In March, the two rappers faced off in a VERZUZ battle.
  Raekwon shared a
  
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• Tony Iommi shares new song ‘Scent Of Dark’ and talks work on next Ozzy Osbourne album

  27-11-2021 13:08 via nme.com
  
  Tony Iommi has returned with his first music in eight years with the single ‘Scent Of Dark’.READ MORE: Black Sabbath – rate the albumsThe Black Sabbath guitarist has also launched a perfume under the same name as part of a collaboration with perfumer Sergio Momo, who features on the track.
  Besides a classical piece that he wrote for Birmingham Cathedral in 2017, it’s Iommi’s first new single proper since song releases from Sabbath’s 2013 album ’13’
  
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• Hayley Williams teases Paramore return

  27-11-2021 12:44 via music-news.com
  
  Hayley Williams has teased Paramore's return next year, five years after their last album and live shows.
  
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• Hailee Steinfeld seeking 'loyal and confident' partner

  27-11-2021 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Pitch Perfect 2 actress dated Niall Horan for a year until December 2018.
  
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• Hayley Williams teases Paramore’s return next year

  27-11-2021 12:14 via nme.com
  
  Hayley Williams has teased the return of Paramore in 2022, five years on from their last album and live shows.READ MORE: Hayley Williams: “Women’s rage has been such a catalyst for beautiful things”The singer, who released her debut solo album ‘Petals For Armor‘ in 2020 and its follow-up ‘Flowers For Vases / Descansos‘ earlier this year, hinted at her band’s comeback in a newsletter sent yesterday (November 26).
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• Chance The Rapper collaborates with soul legend Dionne Warwick on new song ‘Nothing’s Impossible’

  27-11-2021 10:58 via nme.com
  
  Chance The Rapper has teamed up with Dionne Warwick for a new song ‘Nothing’s Impossible‘ that will raise funds for charity.READ MORE: Chance The Rapper – ‘The Big Day’ reviewThe seemingly unlikely pairing came off the back of an inquisitive tweet Warwick posted last year about Chance’s stage name, Pitchfork reports. “Hi @chancetherapper. If you are very obviously a rapper why did you put it in your stage name? I cannot stop thinking about this,&rd
  
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• Green Day dig out 1998 performance of ‘Hitchin’ A Ride’ – listen

  27-11-2021 10:19 via nme.com
  
  Green Day have shared a 1998 live recording of them performing ‘Hitchin’ A Ride’ for the BBC.
  The pop punk legends said they were releasing the recording to celebrate Thanksgiving, writing: ​”Bringing you out of the food coma” on Twitter.
  ‘Hitchin’ A Ride’ is one of dozens of tracks performed by the band for BBC Maida Vale sessions in 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2001. The album, titled ‘The BBC Sessions’, is released on December 10.
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• Adele dialled back on social media after falling behind on errands

  27-11-2021 09:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Hello hitmaker boasts over44 million followers on Instagram.
  
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• Jade Thirlwall in talks with Atlantic Records for solo deal

  27-11-2021 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Jade Thirlwall has been meeting with Atlantic Records, home to stars including Ed Sheeran and Rita Ora, to discuss a new solo music deal.
  
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• Lady Gaga was 'only person' Ridley Scott wanted for House of Gucci role

  27-11-2021 05:01 via music-news.com
  
  Ridley Scott would have turned to Elizabeth Taylor if he was casting House of Gucci 40 years ago.
  
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• Snoop Dogg recognises Black creators in music video for ‘Make Some Money’

  27-11-2021 04:49 via nme.com
  
  Snoop Dogg has paid tribute to the artistry of Black creators in his official music video for ‘Make Some Money’, one of several collaborative cuts from his latest album, ‘The Algorithm’.READ MORE: Snoop Dogg – ‘Algorithm’ review: Snoop’s shot at making old-school hip-hop great againDropping on November 19, ‘The Algorithm’ marked Dogg’s 19th studio album. It also served as his first project for Def Jam, after coming onboard as the
  
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• Lorde, Hot Chip and Bicep announced for Forbidden Fruit 2022

  27-11-2021 04:31 via nme.com
  
  Lorde, Hot Chip, Bicep and more have been announced as part of the line-up for next year’s Forbidden Fruit festival in Dublin.READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now”The festival, which will take place at Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham on June 4 and 5, 2022, also boasts the likes of Peggy Gou, The Avalanches, Chet Faker and Princess Nokia, with more acts to be announced. Find the first-round artist announcement below.
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• UK’s ‘Brennan Bill’ Proposes Far-Reaching Creator Compensation Changes Following DCMS Committee Investigation

  27-11-2021 03:34 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Weeks after Universal Music CEO Lucian Grainge’s reportedly $201 million salary made headlines – and a little over a month after a competition watchdog announced a formal “probe into music streaming” – a newly introduced bill has proposed far-reaching changes to the way that UK creators are compensated. The legislation – officially entitled “Copyright (Rights and […]
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• Stephen Sondheim: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and more pay tribute to musical theatre composer

  27-11-2021 02:23 via nme.com
  
  Tributes have poured in for Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim who has died aged 91.
  Sondheim was best known for musical theatre classics including West Side Story, Sweeney Todd and Into The Woods.
  Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anna Kendrick, Uzo Aduba and more actors have remembered the renowned composer.
  Jackman, who has acted in more film musicals in recent years including Les Misérables (2012) and The Greatest Showman (2017), wrote: “Every so often someon
  
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• Renowned composer Stephen Sondheim has died, aged 91

  27-11-2021 02:23 via nme.com
  
  Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim – best known for classics like West Side Story, Sweeney Todd and Into The Woods – has died at age 91.
  The New York Times reports that Sondheim passed away early Friday (November 26) in his Roxbury, Connecticut home. His cause of death is yet to be released, though according to Sondheim’s lawyer and friend F. Richard Pappas, the renowned composer and lyricist had shown no signs of illness. It’s reported that he’d attended Thanksgiving
  
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