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• Stella McCartney Drops Beatles Merch Collection – $105 Socks, $1,095 Sweatpants

  10-12-2021 23:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Fashion designer Stella McCartney has debuted a new Beatles merch collection. The collection is tied to the release of the documentary “The Beatles: Get Back,” which hit Disney+ last month. The fashion collection by the daughter of Paul McCartney features t-shirts, pants, sweaters, a bomber jacket, and socks.  “To me, Get Back is about so […]
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• Stella McCartney Drops a Beatles Merch Collection — $105 Socks, $375 Sneakers, $1,095 Sweatpants

  10-12-2021 23:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Fashion designer Stella McCartney has debuted a new Beatles merch collection. The collection is tied to the release of the documentary “The Beatles: Get Back,” which hit Disney+ last month. The fashion collection by the daughter of Paul McCartney features t-shirts, pants, sweaters, a bomber jacket, and socks.  “To me, Get Back is about so […]
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• Kim Gordon and J Mascis share two songs ‘Abstract Blues’ and ‘Slow Boy’

  10-12-2021 23:08 via nme.com
  
  Kim Gordon and J Mascis have shared two collaborative tracks as part of the Sub Pop Singles Club, the seminal indie label’s subscription-only seven-inch singles series.READ MORE: Kim Gordon interview: “The end of capitalism is coming”‘Slow Boy’ was originally released in 2015 by the pair on an EP curated by shoe brand Converse, called ‘CONS EP Vol. 3’. They originally wrote and performed ‘Abstract Blues’ last year for SMooCH, a benefit for Se
  
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• Jussie Smollett Found Guilty of Lying About Hate Crime Attack

  10-12-2021 23:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Former ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett was convicted on five charges of disorderly conduct. The actor staged a fake hate crime in Chicago over three years ago, then lied to police about it. The jury found the 39-year-old actor guilty of five counts – one for each separate time he was charged for lying to police […]
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• The Monkees star Michael Nesmith has died

  10-12-2021 22:44 via music-news.com
  
  The Monkees star Michael Nesmith has died aged 78 from natural causes, his family have confirmed.
  
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• Micky Dolenz Remembers Michael Nesmith: ‘He Was Our Leader the Whole Time’

  10-12-2021 22:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  "You could never, never have talked him out of the farewell tour," says Dolenz of his 55-year Monkees bandmate. "He was absolutely determined to finish that tour"
  
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• Mary Bono Moves to Dismiss Cher’s ‘Groundless’ $1 Million Lawsuit

  10-12-2021 22:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  In October, Cher sued Mary Bono, Sonny Bono’s fourth wife and the trustee of the Bono Collection Trust, over alleged copyright-termination notices. Now, the defendant has officially moved to dismiss the “groundless” complaint. 75-year-old Cher submitted the original action to a federal court in her native California, reiterating early on in the suit that she […]
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• Rapper Slim 400 Shot and Killed in Inglewood – Aged 34

  10-12-2021 22:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Rapper Slim 400 and was shot and killed in Inglewood on December 9 – he was only 34. The Compton native was found on the ground after officers patrolling heard gunshots. Paramedics were called to the scene to treat the rapper before he was transported to a local hospital for care – where he later […]
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• Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan has joined Cameo to raise funds for animal shelter

  10-12-2021 21:46 via nme.com
  
  Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has joined Cameo to help an animal shelter in his hometown.READ MORE: The Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan on being a reformed control freak: “I drove myself with my insecurities”The singer and his partner Chloe Mendel have joined the app, which allows fans to pay for personalised messages from celebrities, to raise funds for PAWS Chicago. Each message costs $250 (£188) per person or $4,500 (£3,392) for business use.
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• Big Sean says Juice WRLD’s music will “live forever”

  10-12-2021 21:24 via nme.com
  
  A video tribute to the legacy of Juice WRLD has been shared, featuring contributions from the likes of Trippie Redd, Migos, Lil Durk, SoFayGo and Big Sean – check it out below.READ MORE: Juice WRLD – ‘Fighting Demons’ review: posthumous album deepens rapper’s narrative“Juice (was a) tremendous, extraordinary, talented, honest artist. That’s going to live forever. Those songs, that honesty and how raw it was, that inspires me,” said Big Sean.
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• Taylor Swift Unable to ‘Shake Off’ Infringement Lawsuit, Will Go to Trial

  10-12-2021 20:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Who can really lay claim to "Players gonna play, haters gonna hate"? Superstar loses latest attempt to dismiss lawsuit
  
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• Watch Halsey get covered in honey in new video for ‘Honey’

  10-12-2021 20:40 via nme.com
  
  Halsey has shared a new video for ‘Honey’ from their recent Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross produced album ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power‘.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre”The clip, which you watch below, sees the singer-songwriter literally getting covered in honey while they perform the track.
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• Nick Cave reveals what advice he’d give his 16-year-old self

  10-12-2021 20:22 via nme.com
  
  Nick Cave has revealed what advice he’d give his 16-year-old self in his latest entry on his website, The Red Hand Files.READ MORE: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis live in London: Minimal elements for maximum impactAnswering the question from Taya, who is currently 16 and has “recently gotten really into” his back catalogue, Cave wrote: “I am often asked it, but I find it a very difficult question to answer.”
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• Michael Nesmith of the Monkees has died

  10-12-2021 19:52 via nme.com
  
  The Monkees‘ Michael Nesmith has died aged 78, his family have confirmed.
  “With Infinite Love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes,” his family said in a statement.
  Nesmith was part of the original lineup of the made-for-American-TV group that hit the airwaves in 1966 at the height of Beatlemania until their first breakup in 1970 alongside Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork. Nesmit
  
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• Billy Corgan Has Joined Cameo for the Noblest Cause of All: Cats

  10-12-2021 19:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  Corgan will record 100 personalized messages to raise money for no-killer animal shelter PAWS Chicago
  
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• Alicia Keys Delivers a Huge Album Without a Huge Ego

  10-12-2021 19:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Her eighth album is her most ambitious to date, going from torch ballads to dance tracks and spanning decades with ease
  
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• Bon Iver share new song ‘Second Nature’ from Netflix’s forthcoming ‘Don’t Look Up’ movie

  10-12-2021 19:36 via nme.com
  
  Bon Iver have shared a brand new song from Netflix‘s forthcoming movie Don’t Look Up.READ MORE: ‘Don’t Look Up’ review: searing satire with a worthy messageThe track, which you can listen to below, was written by composer Nicholas Britell who also produced the song with frontman Justin Vernon.
  It is due to feature on the soundtrack to the Adam McKay movie, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence and follows Ariana Grande and Kid Cudi&lsquo
  
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• Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John top UK Singles Chart with Merry Christmas

  10-12-2021 19:29 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have debuted at number one on the Official UK Singles Chart with their festive hit, ‘Merry Christmas’, after the track registered the biggest week of CD single sales of 2021 so far.
  
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• Bop Shop: Songs From Normani And Kaytranada, Grace Cummings, Kai, And More

  10-12-2021 19:18
  
  This week's MTV News Bop Shop features Kim Petras singing about her 'Coconuts,' Grace Cummings squaring off against a saxophone, Kaytranada giving a new spin to a Normani cut, and more.
  
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• Stereophonics, Declan McKenna, Self Esteem and more for Victorious Festival 2022

  10-12-2021 19:17 via nme.com
  
  Stereophonics have been announced as the Friday night headliner of Victorious Festival 2022 alongside 15 other acts.READ MORE: ‘Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day’ review: Kelly Jones doc offers a glimpse behind the curtainJoining the band on the Friday is James, while The Wombats and the recently-reformed original lineup of Sugababes will be playing the Saturday.
  Declan McKenna, Self Esteem, Becky Hill and We Are Scientists have also been announced to appear across the weeke
  
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• No Doubt’s Tony Kanal on Robbie Shakespeare: ‘You Can’t Overstate How Great He Was’

  10-12-2021 19:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  'You're sitting with these legends in the studio, and it was just mind-blowing,' Kanal recalls of No Doubt's sessions with the late, great bass player and producer in 2001
  
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• Tim McGraw, Star of the ‘Yellowstone’ Prequel ‘1883,’ Announces 2022 Tour

  10-12-2021 19:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Love You Like I Used To" singer Russell Dickerson will join the actor and country superstar for trek beginning in April
  
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• Ed Sheeran & Elton John debut at Number 1 with Merry Christmas

  10-12-2021 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran and Elton John fly straight to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their new collaboration Merry Christmas.
  
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• Jessie Ware postpones the rest of her UK tour after crew members contract COVID

  10-12-2021 18:40 via nme.com
  
  Jessie Ware has been forced to postpone the remaining dates of her UK tour after her crew members contracted COVID.
  The ‘What’s Your Pleasure?‘ singer was due to perform at the Glasgow O2 Academy last night (December 9) but the show was pulled at the last minute.
  She was due to perform at Bristol’s Marble Factory tomorrow (December 11) and two nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Sunday (12) and Monday (13) but they have been put back.
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• Utopia Music Announces ROSTR and ForTunes Acquisitions, Taps Former Spotify Exec to Lead ‘Creator Services’ Division

  10-12-2021 18:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Song-play monitor Utopia Music has officially acquired music-industry directory ROSTR and data-analytics platform ForTunes, which will be part of the purchasing company’s newly minted “Creator Services” division. Five-year-old Utopia Music just recently announced the purchases, which follow its late-September buyout of Quincy Jones-backed Musimap and its late-October acquisition of Nashville-headquartered artist-advance business Lyric Financial. California-based […]
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• Michael Nesmith, Monkees Singer-Songwriter, Dead at 78

  10-12-2021 18:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  “With infinite love we announce that Michael Nesmith has passed away this morning in his home, surrounded by family, peacefully and of natural causes,” his family said in a statement
  
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• Foals share dazzling ‘Wake Me Up’ remix by Gaspard Augé and Victor Le Masne

  10-12-2021 17:57 via nme.com
  
  Foals have shared a new remix of their recent single ‘Wake Me Up’ by Gaspard Augé and Victor Le Masne – listen below.READ MORE: Foals talk ravey single ‘Wake Me Up’ and party-ready new albumThe Oxford band returned with the track last month, marking their first material since 2019’s sister albums ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part One’ and ‘Part Two’.
  Today (December 10) Yannis Philippakis and co. released a
  
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• Slipknot’s Corey Taylor admits previous mask wasn’t the one he wanted

  10-12-2021 17:51 via nme.com
  
  Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has admitted that he wasn’t a fan of the mask he wore during the ‘We Are Not Your Kind‘ tour.READ MORE: The Big Read – Slipknot: “I’m just going to tell you the facts: this album is a masterpiece”Speaking during a Q+A at Texas Frightmare Weekend, he explained that he spent three months designing his latest mask, which he debuted for the first time in early September.
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• Mary Gauthier’s ‘Saved by a Song’ Is a Must-Read Music Book for a Crummy Year

  10-12-2021 17:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Grammy-nominated songwriter dissects her brutally honest songs and preaches the "magnificence of empathy" in a memoir that is just right for 2021
  
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• Elton John reveals he’s written three songs with Ed Sheeran – including another Christmas song

  10-12-2021 17:06 via nme.com
  
  Elton John has revealed that he and Ed Sheeran have written three songs together, including an as-yet unreleased Christmas song.READ MORE: The best (and worst) new Christmas songs of 2021 – ranked!This follows the release of their first festive collaboration ‘Merry Christmas’, which came out last week and is vying for this year’s Christmas Number One spot.
  Sheeran shared the news about ‘Merry Christmas’ with Dutch radio station NPO Radio back in October. Asked
  
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• Jack White announces two London shows as part of 2022 world tour

  10-12-2021 17:01 via nme.com
  
  Jack White has announced two London shows as part of his 2022 world tour – find all the details below.
  The former White Stripes frontman announced two new albums – ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ (out April 8) and ‘Entering Heaven Alive’ (July 22) – last month, having returned with the single ‘Taking Me Back’ in October.READ MORE: Jack White’s 10 most spectacular live performances caught on cameraToday (December 10) White confirmed an exte
  
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• The xx share footage of themselves playing together in the studio

  10-12-2021 16:59 via nme.com
  
  The xx have shared a snippet of footage of them playing together in the studio.READ MORE: Romy shows her true colours with new solo song ‘Lifetime’, a masterclass in pandemic popThe short clip shows the band performing in a speeded up video, which you can view below.
  This is the first time the trio have been seen together in quite some time. The last time The xx hinted at new music was in an Instagram post back in January 2020 before the start of the COVID pandemic.
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• Taylor Swift to face jury trial in Shake It Off copyright lawsuit

  10-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift is accused of copying some of the lyrics to 3LW's song Playas Gon' Play.
  
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• Kanye West calls on Kim Kardashian to 'run right back' to him during benefit concert

  10-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West buried his feud with Drake during the concert.
  
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• ABBA’s new album ‘Voyage’ has already gone Platinum

  10-12-2021 16:22 via nme.com
  
  ABBA’s new album, ‘Voyage’, has already gone Platinum.READ MORE: ABBA are back – here’s 10 songs their “ABBAtars” must play liveThe album, which debuted at number one on album charts in 18 countries – including the UK – broke multiple chart records and sold over one million copies during its first week.To date, the album has already received over 275 million combined streams.
  The album has now earned Platinum status within just the first
  
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• The Old Kanye, and a Renewed Drake, Share the Stage in Los Angeles

  10-12-2021 16:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  After settling their ongoing feud, Drake and Kanye treat a sold-out crowd to a display of their almost endless catalog of hits
  
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• Watch Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes and Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix jam to ‘Last Resort’

  10-12-2021 16:12 via nme.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has teamed up with Papa Roach‘s Jacoby Shaddix to perform the latter band’s classic track ‘Last Resort’.READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon talk headlining Reading & Leeds 2022: “We’re gonna go hard”The pair delivered a joint rendition of the 2000 single at Los Angeles’ Emo Nite event, which celebrated its seventh anniversary last week.
  BMTH later shared footage of Sykes and Shaddix behind the decks. The YouTu
  
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• Chronixx Expands His Universe

  10-12-2021 16:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Reggae star reveals the first new artist on his Soul Circle label and gives an update on fatherhood and his upcoming projects
  
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• Burna Boy to Be First Nigerian Artist to Headline Madison Square Garden

  10-12-2021 16:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Afro-fusion star will spend 'One Night in Space' at the venue in April
  
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• Jack White Maps Out Supply Chain Issues Tour in Support of 2022 LPs

  10-12-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rocker to play clubs, amphitheaters, and arenas on two-legged tour centered around release of Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive
  
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• Lady Gaga brings ten pop bangers to ‘Beat Saber’

  10-12-2021 15:50 via nme.com
  
  Meta and Beat Games have confirmed the next big name collection to come to Beat Saber, with the Lady Gaga Music Pack out now.READ MORE: The best VR games: What are the best PSVR, Oculus and other VR games?The ten-track bundle features tracks from across Gaga’s back catalogue, from early hits ‘Just Dance’ and ‘Poker Face’ to her recent collaboration with Ariana Grande, ‘Rain On Me’. The collection was announced at The Game Awards 2021 and was made availab
  
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• Anna von Hausswolff performs secret gig after being accused of making “satanic” music

  10-12-2021 15:35 via nme.com
  
  Swedish musician Anna von Hausswolff performed a concert in secret yesterday (December 9) after being accused of making “satanic” music.
  It comes after two of her French shows were cancelled due to pressure from fundamentalist Catholics earlier this week.
  Her Paris gig, which was due to take place at Saint-Eustache church, went ahead at an undisclosed church, but anyone who had a ticket was told the location (via BBC).Protesters have accused Hausswolff of playing the “devil&rsq
  
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• Taylor Swift to face trial in ‘Shake It Off’ copyright court case

  10-12-2021 15:12 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift will face a jury trial over accusations that she lifted the lyrics for ‘Shake It Off’ from another track.
  Back in 2017, songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler claimed that Swift copied lines from the pair’s 2001 song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’, which they wrote for the girl band 3LW.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ review: a retread of heartbreakThe case concerns the chorus of Swift’s 2014 single, in which
  
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• ‘Banjo-Kazooie’ is coming to Nintendo Switch Online in January

  10-12-2021 15:03 via nme.com
  
  Nintendo has announced the next N64 title to come to the Switch Online library is Banjo-Kazooie.READ MORE: The lost art of the video game manualThe platformer, created by Rare and originally released in 1998, will be available to play from January 2022 for all Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members though an exact date has yet to be announced.
  Rare studio head Craig Duncan took to Twitter to say: “Always a pleasure to work with our good friends at Nintendo, I’m a big fan of
  
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• The Cure add extra London date to 2022 UK tour

  10-12-2021 14:41 via nme.com
  
  The Cure have added an extra London date to their 2022 UK tour.READ MORE: On the cover: Exclusive – Robert Smith on 40 years and the future of The CureEarlier this week (December 6), The Cure shared details of a 44-date UK and European tour next year, including five arena shows in the UK.
  Now, an extra date has been added at London’s SEE Arena due to “overwhelming” demand on December 12.
  The band will kick the shows off in Riga, Latvia at the city’s arena on Oc
  
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• Bon Iver and Nicholas Britell’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ Song Is a Wicked Anthem for the End of the World

  10-12-2021 14:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Second Nature" plays over the end credits of Adam McKay's new satire about three scientists trying to warn the world about an incoming comet
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly plays a cowboy in ‘The Last Son’ first look clip

  10-12-2021 13:30 via nme.com
  
  A first look at Machine Gun Kelly in western movie The Last Son has been released, with the performer in full cowboy costume.
  He plays son to Sam Worthington’s murderous outlaw in the film, who must track down his estranged children when he learns of a prophecy in which one of them will kill him.READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”The musician, whose real name is Colson Baker, is seen in the
  
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• Reading & Leeds 2022: Tickets for Arctic Monkeys and Bring Me The Horizon days sell out

  10-12-2021 13:24 via nme.com
  
  Day tickets to catch Arctic Monkeys and Bring Me The Horizon at Reading & Leeds have already sold out after going on sale this morning (December 10).READ MORE: Reading Festival 2021 review: a triumphant return for end of summer blowoutAlex Turner and co. will headline R&L for the third time next August after recently revealing that their seventh album was “pretty much” finished. They’ll perform on the Main Stage East on Saturday, August 27 (Reading) and Sunday, August 2
  
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• Sam Fender's album was inspired by therapy sessions.

  10-12-2021 13:09 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Fender has revealed that his second album was inspired by sessions in therapy and counselling.
  
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• Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John team up with LadBaby for charity Christmas single

  10-12-2021 13:09 via music-news.com
  
  LadyBaby has teaemed up with LadBaby for a Christmas single to benefit a food bank.
  
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