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• Watch Jaden Smith perform surprise support set at sister Willow’s headline London show

  09-12-2021 23:33 via nme.com
  
  Jaden Smith appeared as a special guest performer at his sister Willow‘s headline show at London’s Electric Ballroom in Camden tonight (December 9).READ MORE: Willow: “Humans have never been good at accepting that people are different”The rapper and older brother of the ‘GROW’ singer – both of whom are the children of actor’s Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith – is in town for an event at Selfridges tomorrow (December 10) to celebrat
  
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• The Digital Music News Holiday Gift Guide!

  09-12-2021 23:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
    As we close another year out, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. We made it, folks, time off is just around the corner! But, it’s not just time off. It’s also the time of year that we help the economy by showcasing our sentiments and care for one another. I’m talking, of […]
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• Daughters Frontman Alexis Marshall Accused of Rape, Abuse by Former Partner

  09-12-2021 23:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Kristin Hayter, who records as Lingua Ignota, felt so distraught, according to a statement, that she attempted suicide in December 2020
  
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• Federal Court Delays App Store Rule Changes In Epic Games’ Apple Lawsuit

  09-12-2021 23:06 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Earlier this year, Apple was ordered to make several App Store changes as part of its legal battle with Epic Games. Now, a federal court has granted the Cupertino-headquartered company’s request to delay the implementation of said changes, which Spotify higher-ups claimed didn’t go far enough. This latest order in the courtroom confrontation – and […]
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• ‘He’s Guilty’: Astroworld Victims’ Family Blast Travis Scott’s First Interview

  09-12-2021 22:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I think he could have avoided all of this," says Jennifer Peña, whose brother Rudy died at the festival. "He could have stopped the concert and avoided all of this death”
  
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• From ‘Downpressor Man’ to ‘Jokerman’: 10 Essential Robbie Shakespeare Tracks

  09-12-2021 22:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hear the evolution of the late reggae bass legend's era- and genre-spanning mastery
  
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• Holly Humberstone wins BRITs Rising Star Award

  09-12-2021 22:04 via music-news.com
  
  Holly Humberstone has been named as the winner of the BRITs Rising Star Award.
  
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• Alexandra Burke will 'never' get bored of Hallelujah

  09-12-2021 22:04 via music-news.com
  
  Alexandra Burke will “never” get bored of performing ‘Hallelujah’ because it reminds her of how she found success.
  
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• Saweetie discusses mental health and feeling overworked: “I try to take things day to day”

  09-12-2021 21:58 via nme.com
  
  Saweetie has discussed her mental health and well-being in a new interview, revealing that she is looking to find more “balance” in her life.READ MORE: Mental health charities on post-lockdown pressure and the importance of reaching out: “We don’t have a clear route to normality”Speaking to People, the rapper reflected on how busy her 2021 has been. The year has included working on her long-awaited debut album ‘Pretty Bitch Music’, a bumper liv
  
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• Stromae announces first album in nine years, ‘Multitude’

  09-12-2021 21:54 via nme.com
  
  Stromae has announced the release of his long-awaited third album, ‘Multitude’, marking his first full-length offering in almost a decade.
  The announcement follows his October single ‘Santé’, which ended a three-year drought of new music for the Belgian singer-songwriter (real name Paul Van Haver). That song – a tribute to those employed in the service industry and other working-class jobs – will appear on ‘Multitude’, alongside 10 othe
  
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• Rolling Loud California 2021 Set List Announced – Twitch Named Exclusive Streaming Partner

  09-12-2021 21:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rolling Loud California 2021 set times are here. Twitch is the exclusive live stream partner for the festival. Rolling Loud has revealed the set times and live stream details for the festival. The festival kicks off on December 10 – 12 at NOS Event Center in San Bernadino. The live stream will be hosted by […]
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• Rolling Loud California 2021 Set List Announced – Twitch is Exclusive Streaming Partner

  09-12-2021 21:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rolling Loud California 2021 set times are here. Twitch is the exclusive live stream partner for the festival. Rolling Loud has revealed the set times and live stream details for the festival. The festival kicks off on December 10 – 12 at NOS Event Center in San Bernadino. The live stream will be hosted by […]
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• Coldplay: 'Without Jo [Whiley] there really would be no Coldplay so you can either thank her or blame her

  09-12-2021 21:32 via music-news.com
  
  This week, Coldplay performed at the BBC Radio Theatre for Radio 2 In Concert, live on Jo Whiley’s show.
  
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• Qrates Adds Cassettes To Its Indie Vinyl Production Platform, Making It A One-Stop-Shop For Artists Looking To Sell

  09-12-2021 21:31 via digitalmusicnews.com
  As demand for physical releases continues to grow, vinyl crowdfunding pioneers Qrates look towards cassettes as the next frontier in independent revenue building. It’s no secret that the popularity of vinyl has been accelerating around the world at breakneck speed. At the forefront of this explosion is Tokyo-based record manufacturing and sales platform Qrates (pronounced […]
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• Travis Scott Speaks With Charlamagne Tha God In First Interview After the Astroworld Tragedy

  09-12-2021 21:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Travis Scott gave a public interview for the first time after the Astroworld tragedy, speaking with Charlamagne Tha God. The hour-long interview is currently available on YouTube, with the two rappers having a candid conversation about what happened at Astroworld. Charlamagne asks Scott when he learned that the concert was becoming a mass-casualty event. Scott […]
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• Listen to Sam Fender and Holly Humberstone’s new version of ‘Seventeen Going Under’

  09-12-2021 20:35 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender and Holly Humberstone have collaborated for a new acoustic version of the former’s hit single ‘Seventeen Going Under’.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Sam Fender: “This album is probably the best thing I’ve done in my life”The track’s pared-back reimagining has Fender and Humberstone trading lines back and forth while the former strums gently on an acoustic guitar. The mix is filled out with spatial atmospherics including subtle, yet tastef
  
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• Gorillaz’ Jamie Hewlett Recruits 40 Artists to Reimagine Band in Upcoming ‘Art Book’

  09-12-2021 20:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Gorillaz Art Book — a collection of Jamie Hewlett's favorite artists' interpretation of the cartoon band — arrives in Spring 2022
  
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• Holly Humberstone wins the BRITS Rising Star Award for 2022

  09-12-2021 20:26 via nme.com
  
  Holly Humberstone has been announced as the winner of this year’s BRITS Rising Star Award, after fending off competition from Bree Runway and Lola Young.READ MORE: Holly Humberstone: “I have loads of new music that I’m so excited about”The 21-year-old now follows in the hallowed footsteps of other artists who have won the prize, including the likes of Adele, Celeste, Florence & The Machine, Sam Fender, Ellie Goulding, and last year’s winner Griff.
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• Finneas Didn’t Play His Solo Album ‘Optimist’ For Billie Eilish – and Four Other Things We Learned In His Podcast Interview

  09-12-2021 20:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I'd be honored to make some solo music with her at some point," Finneas says
  
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• Exclusive: Billie Eilish and Finneas Already Writing Music For Her Third Album

  09-12-2021 20:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I'm really excited," Finneas tells Rolling Stone Music Now. "I think we've got a lot to say."
  
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• The Wonder Stuff to perform ‘Never Loved Elvis’ in full on 2022 UK tour

  09-12-2021 20:07 via nme.com
  
  The Wonder Stuff have announced a 10-date run of UK shows for next June, commemorating the belated 30th anniversary of their acclaimed third album, ‘Never Loved Elvis’.
  The tour will kick off in Cardiff on Wednesday June 8, leading a slate of shows that’ll take the Stourbridge alt-rockers through Leeds, Bristol and Nottingham that week. They’ll pick back up in Manchester the following Wednesday (June 15), before jaunting through Liverpool, Holmfirth and Glasgow.
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• Tierra Whack Celebrates Love in Behind-The-Scenes Look at ‘Body of Water’ Video

  09-12-2021 19:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  What Whack and director Cat Solen give an exclusive breakdown of the surreal new visual
  
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• Björk announces pair of orchestral shows in Miami

  09-12-2021 19:32 via nme.com
  
  Björk has announced a pair of special orchestral shows set to take place in February next year at Miami’s Arsht Center.READ MORE: Björk’s ‘Cornucopia’ live in London: an audacious, expectation-disrupting spectacular from an artist unbothered with people-pleasingThe concerts – which are due to go down on February 13 and 16 – will see the Icelandic singer-songwriter perform acoustic orchestral arrangements of her work, with the accompaniment of conduct
  
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• Dr. Dre to Drop ‘A Ton of New and Unreleased Exclusive Tracks’ Through Grand Theft Auto Online

  09-12-2021 19:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Dr. Dre is officially set to make “a ton” of unreleased tracks available to Grand Theft Auto Online players as part of the popular video game’s upcoming “The Contract” story update. Rockstar Games just recently announced the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show headliner’s role in GTA Online, which has reportedly attracted north of 34 million […]
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• Drake ended Kanye feud because he saw the “bigger picture” of saving lives, says J Prince

  09-12-2021 19:03 via nme.com
  
  According to Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J. Prince, Drake agreed to squash his longstanding beef with Kanye West after being clued in to “the bigger picture” surrounding the forthcoming ‘Free Larry Hoover’ benefit concert.READ MORE: From the archives – Kanye West vs Drake: a timeline of their beefSet to go down in Los Angeles tonight (December 9), the show will mark Drake and West’s first time onstage together since 2016 (when West was brought out as a surprise gues
  
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• Gorillaz announce art book with contributions from Jack Black and Robert Smith

  09-12-2021 18:19 via nme.com
  
  Gorillaz have announced an official art book with over 40 guest artists teaming up alongside the band’s co-creator Jamie Hewlett.READ MORE: Gorillaz: “I could feel in my bones that we were due this current trouble”Released April 2022 via Z2 Comics, The Gorillaz Art Book promises to give fans “new interpretations of 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, and Russel Hobbs in one expansive volume”, with the likes of Jack Black, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Little Dragon
  
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• Listen to Shame’s festive new single ‘Baldur’s Gate’

  09-12-2021 18:13 via nme.com
  
  Shame have dropped off an early Christmas present to fans in the form of a festive new single called ‘Baldur’s Gate’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Shame: “If this is a good year, everything can change around”The band’s new original track – a dark take on a Christmas story, wrapped up in a set of winding guitars – follows on from their riotous 2018 rendition of José Feliciano’s ‘Feliz Navidad&rs
  
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• Professor Green surprises Londoners with Christmas carols

  09-12-2021 18:09 via music-news.com
  
  Professor Green surprised commuters with a festive performance on Thursday (09.12.21) in aid of Just Eat's Christmas Meal Appeal.
  
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• Monsieur Periné Don’t Make Songs for TikTok. But They Went Viral Anyway

  09-12-2021 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  After "Nuestra Canción" soundtracked millions of dance videos, the Colombian group returns with "Volverte A Ver"
  
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• Journalist denies “scamming” musicians in Outlaw Oceans Music Project

  09-12-2021 17:31 via nme.com
  
  Journalist Ian Urbina has apologised to more than 450 artists participating in The Outlaw Ocean Music Project, but denies “scamming” them.
  The project was launched in 2020 and invites producers to write music inspired by Urbina’s journalism series and subsequent book, The Outlaw Ocean, that chronicles lawlessness at sea around the world.
  Musicians could use the library of sounds collected by Urbina over the course of his reporting (everything from “rhythmic sounds like ma
  
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• Flashback: Bruce Springsteen’s Explosive Launch to 2016 ‘River’ Tour

  09-12-2021 17:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Watch them kick off the festivities with "Meet Me in the City" in Pittsburgh
  
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• Bronski Beat founder Steve Bronski dies aged 61

  09-12-2021 16:59 via music-news.com
  
  Bronski Beat founding member Steve Bronski, the man responsible for hits such as 'Smalltown Boy' and 'Hit That Perfect Beat', has died at the age of 61.
  
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• Metallica to Stream 40th-Anniversary Concerts for Free

  09-12-2021 16:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  The festivities will kick off next week
  
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• Travis Scott breaks silence on Astroworld Festival tragedy during sit-down interview

  09-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Travis Scott feels like he has a responsibility to find out what happened.
  
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• Rapper Slim 400 has been shot dead

  09-12-2021 16:28 via nme.com
  
  Rapper Slim 400 has been shot and killed in Los Angeles.
  The 33-year-old Compton-raised rapper was gunned down last night in Inglewood, police sources confirmed to TMZ.
  It’s currently unclear what led to the shooting or how many suspects were involved.
  Tributes have been pouring in for the rapper, who is a close friend of YG, on social media.
  Hip hop radio station 93.5 K-Day paid their respects to the rapper, writing: “Our condolences to his family and friends. Y’all please kee
  
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• Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody Help Adapt ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Musical Into Novel

  09-12-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Book, set to arrive in April 2022, was co-authored with YA writer Eric Smith and the show's other co-creator Glen Ballard
  
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• Bronski Beat co-founder Steve Bronski has died

  09-12-2021 15:56 via nme.com
  
  Steve Bronski, co-founder and keyboard player of pioneering synth-pop band Bronski Beat, has died aged 61.
  The musician formed the band in 1983 along with Jimmy Somerville and fellow musician Larry Steinbachek, who died after a battle with cancer in 2017.
  The group’s first two singles both cracked the Top Ten, helping to bring LGBT themes to mainstream attention. ‘Smalltown Boy’ told the story of a young gay man who felt compelled to leave home because of his sexuality, while &
  
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• The Absolute Thrill of a Good Kate Bush Meme

  09-12-2021 15:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  How did the reclusive U.K. songwriter become a favorite for very online fans in their twenties? Leading meme creators explain the phenomenon
  
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• Lower Dens split saying “we can not participate in the music industry any longer”

  09-12-2021 15:18 via nme.com
  
  Baltimore synth-pop group Lower Dens have announced their split, saying that “spiritually and physically, we, like, can not participate in the music industry any longer.”
  The band formed in 2010 and released their debut album ‘Twin Hand Movement’ the same year. That was followed up by ‘Nootropics’ in 2012 and ‘Escape From Evil’ in 2015. Their final album ‘The Competition’ was released in 2019.
  Announcing the breakup on his website, voca
  
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• French Montana: ‘Get Hip or Get Left With the Dinosaurs’

  09-12-2021 15:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper on his new album, why New York is the Mecca of hip-hop and almost seeing his friend Pop Smoke the night he died
  
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• BTS Turn A TV Studio Into A Disco Club Performing ‘Butter’ On The Late Late Show

  09-12-2021 15:16
  
  BTS bring their bubbly 'Butter' to a big celebration on 'The Late Late Show' to mark its 1,000th episode.
  
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• Travis Scott Breaks Silence on Astroworld Tragedy in First Interview Since Festival

  09-12-2021 15:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper reveals he didn't know that Houston fest was a "mass casualty event" until after police press conferences: "Even at that moment you’re like, ‘Wait, what?’"
  
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• Travis Scott says he has a “responsibility to figure out what happened” over Astroworld tragedy

  09-12-2021 15:00 via nme.com
  
  Travis Scott has admitted that he has a “responsibility to figure out what happened” over the Astroworld festival tragedy that left 10 people dead.
  Speaking in his first interview since the incident with Charlamagne Tha God, the rapper said he’s been on an “emotional rollercoaster” since the tragic events unfolded.
  “I’ve been on different types of emotions, an emotional rollercoaster, I mean,” he said. “It gets so hard because, you
  
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• Every Adele Song, Ranked

  09-12-2021 14:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pour some wine, grab a box of tissues and call your therapist before digging into our ranking of every officially released Adele song
  
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• My Chemical Romance announce extra European tour dates

  09-12-2021 14:31 via nme.com
  
  My Chemical Romance have announced seven new dates in Europe as part of their 2022 reunion tour.READ MORE: Life after death – Why My Chemical Romance still have so much more to giveFollowing on from a handful of extra UK dates, the New Jersey band have confirmed additional shows in France, Germany, Hungary and Poland to go alongside their already announced run of rescheduled reunion shows.
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• Mary Bono Asks Court to Dismiss Cher’s ‘Groundless’ $1 Million Royalties Lawsuit

  09-12-2021 14:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sonny Bono's widow claims federal law give his heirs the power to terminate the 50% share of royalties in songs such as "I Got You Babe" awarded to Cher in 1978 divorce agreement
  
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• The Kunts launch campaign to get ‘Boris Johnson Is Still A Fucking C**t’ to Christmas Number One

  09-12-2021 13:44 via nme.com
  
  Punk band The Kunts have launched a campaign to get their new song ‘Boris Johnson Is Still A Fucking C**t’ to Christmas Number One.READ MORE: Seasonably rich: here’s how much musicians make from our favourite Christmas songsThe track follows on from their 2020 effort, ‘Boris Johnson Is A Fucking C**t’, which reached Number Five in the charts (just below Wham! And Mariah Carey) despite being banned from radio and was supported by Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker.
  
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• Tickets on sale for ‘Scorcha’ UK Tour from International superstar Sean Paul

  09-12-2021 13:40 via music-news.com
  
  Tickets are on sale tomorrow for the incomparable, multi award-winning and global chart-topping Sean Paul’s ‘Scorcha’ UK
  
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• Roger Taylor says Sacha Baron Cohen would’ve been 'utter sh*t' as Freddie Mercury in biopic

  09-12-2021 13:19 via music-news.com
  
  Roger Taylor has blasted the idea that Sacha Baron Cohen could have been cast in the Freddie Mercury biopic.
  
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• Watch Natalie Hemby Perform ‘Pins and Needles’ on ‘Colbert’

  09-12-2021 13:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song comes off her recent album of the same name
  
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