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• John Legend keeps promise to get tattoo inspired by daughter's drawing

  13-12-2021 23:56 via music-news.com
  
  During an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this month, the All of Me hitmaker's wife Chrissy Teigen spoke about how she had one of her five-year-old daughter Luna's butterfly doodles inked on her arm.
  
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• Watch Kanye West make a surprise appearance during Future’s Rolling Loud California set

  13-12-2021 23:49 via nme.com
  
  A little over halfway through his set at last week’s Rolling Loud California festival, Future whipped his crowd into a frenzy with a surprise appearance by Kanye West.READ MORE: Kanye West and Drake live in Los Angeles: titans unite for a near-religious experienceRiding hot on the heels of West’s ‘Free Larry Hoover’ benefit concert – which featured his monumental reunion with Drake after the pair put an end to their longstanding feud – the ‘Donda’
  
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• Roddy Ricch shares trailer for album ‘Live Life Fast’ featuring new song

  13-12-2021 22:43 via nme.com
  
  Roddy Ricch has posted a trailer for his new album ‘Live Life Fast’ that features an intro song in the background.
  The rapper, who announced earlier this month that he would be releasing his second album on Friday (December 17), has now unveiled a teaser clip for the record.
  As Complex notes, the trailer is soundtracked by a Ty Dolla $ign-featuring song that is thought to be the album’s opening track. A tracklist has not yet been revealed.
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• Britney Spears Talks Previous Touring Pace: ‘I Don’t Think I Ever Want to Do it Again’

  13-12-2021 22:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I know I'm not playing in huge arenas with my loud band anymore but I will be honest and say life on the road is hard," pop star reflects on her past and present in new post
  
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• Audoo Raises Over $9.5 Million In ‘Pre-Series B Funding’ From Paul McCartney’s MPL Ventures, Edinv, and More

  13-12-2021 22:33 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  About 13 months after wrapping a roughly $6.87 million (£5.2 million) Series A, London-based music-tech startup Audoo has secured another $9.51 million (£7.2 million) via “a pre-series B funding round.” Audoo announced this latest multimillion-dollar raise – as well as plans for “a significant Series B” – today, via a formal release that was emailed […]
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• Tool Drummer Danny Carey Arrested After Altercation at Kansas City Airport

  13-12-2021 22:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  No charges have been filed yet and Carey is no longer in police custody
  
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• Billie Eilish says that she recently had COVID: “It was bad”

  13-12-2021 22:00 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has revealed that she was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this year.
  The singer told Howard Stern’s Sirius XM radio show that she came down with the virus despite being fully vaccinated.
  “It was bad,” she said. “I mean, I didn’t die, and I wasn’t gonna die, but that does not take away from how miserable it was. I mean, it was terrible. I still have side effects. I was sick for, like, two months almost.
  Eilish continued: “I want it to be cle
  
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• TikTok Charts for 2021 – The Most Popular Music of the Year

  13-12-2021 21:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Take a look at the TikTok Charts for 2021 – which music was most popular and who debuted this year. TikTok has continued its dominant growth as the favored social media platform for the musically-inclined. ByteDance says 430 songs surpassed one billion video views on TikTok this year. That’s more than three times the number […]
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• TikTok Charts for 2021 — Here’s the Most Popular Music on the Platform

  13-12-2021 21:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Take a look at the TikTok Charts for 2021 – which music was most popular and who debuted this year. TikTok has continued its dominant growth as the favored social media platform for the musically-inclined. ByteDance says 430 songs surpassed one billion video views on TikTok this year. That’s more than three times the number […]
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• Lewis Black Asks Spotify to Remove His Comedy Too

  13-12-2021 21:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Comedian Lewis Black has asked Spotify to remove his body of work to support fellow comedians. Black made the request after Spotify yanked down hundreds of comedy albums on November 24. An ongoing dispute between Spoken Giants and Word Collections has led to a dispute concerning comedians earning royalties on their written work as well. […]
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• Avril Lavigne is going to adapt ‘Sk8r Boi’ story for a film

  13-12-2021 21:11 via nme.com
  
  Avril Lavigne has revealed that she’s going to turn her 2002 hit ‘Sk8er Boi’ into a film.READ MORE: Is Avril Lavigne Really Dead? Assessing The Endless Rumours About Her ‘Imposter’The pop-punk singer said in a new interview that the song’s story about a “missed opportunity at love” will be explored in a movie, however, she did not confirm if she’s had anything green-lit by film production companies.
  Lavigne was addressing the track’s up
  
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• Steve Bronski’s carer claims Bronski Beat co-founder died in a flat fire

  13-12-2021 21:00 via nme.com
  
  Steve Bronski, co-founder and keyboard player of pioneering synth-pop band Bronski Beat, died in his flat following a fire, according to his carer.
  The musician’s death was announced last Thursday (December 9) but no cause of death was given at the time.
  Now, Josephine Samuel, who had cared for Bronski after he suffered a stroke three years ago, said he lived in a flat in Soho, central London that was the scene of a fatal fire last Tuesday (December 7)
  Samuel told The Guardian that she had
  
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• James Brown Estate Sold for a Reported $90 Million

  13-12-2021 20:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  Primary Wave has bought Brown's music assets, including publishing, master income stream, and name and likeness rights
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly says he’s “new to being vulnerable” about his mental health outside of his songs

  13-12-2021 20:34 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly has revealed that he is “new to being vulnerable” about his mental health outside of singing about it in his music.READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly – “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”The singer and rapper said in a new interview that he credits his girlfriend Megan Fox with helping him to open up, which is a step that he described as “big”.
  He told The Drew Barrymore Show: “I don
  
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• Billie Eilish Recounts Covid-19 Experience: ‘If I Weren’t Vaccinated, I Would Have Died’

  13-12-2021 20:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer told Howard Stern she still has side effects after experiencing a breakthrough case in August
  
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• Museum Of Modern Electronic Music to open in Frankfurt in April 2022

  13-12-2021 19:58 via nme.com
  
  A museum dedicated to electronic music is finally set to open in Frankfurt next year.READ MORE: Mental health charities on post-lockdown pressure and the importance of reaching out: “We don’t have a clear route to normality”The Museum Of Modern Electronic Music (MOMEM) was due to open in October this year but due to delays as a result of a lack of funding it will now open its doors on April 6, 2022, reports DJ Mag.
  The project was first announced in 2015 and was set to ope
  
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• Slipknot, In Flames and Ghostmane announced for inaugural Knotfest Germany 2022

  13-12-2021 19:48 via nme.com
  
  Slipknot, In Flames and Ghostmane are the first acts confirmed for Knotfest Germany.READ MORE: That Slipknot style – the evolution of the fright masks through the agesThe inaugural German stop of Slipknot’s travelling festival will see 10 acts in total perform at the Oberhausen Arena on July 30, 2022. Knotfest Germany, which is described as “an aggregate of the most engaging artists in the genre”, will announce the remaining acts at a later date.
  Last month, Knotfest head
  
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• Fan No-Shows Surge to An Estimated 40% Ahead of Packed 2022 Concert Schedule

  13-12-2021 19:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Despite the substantial number of tour announcements and ticket sales that recent months have brought – Live Nation said that it had sold north of 22 million passes to 2022 events as of mid-October – fan no-shows are becoming increasingly common at gigs, according to a new report. Up to 40 percent of ticketholders are […]
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• Recording Artist D’usé Saida Is Here to Take Over the Music Industry

  13-12-2021 19:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  People often talk about diligence and dedication to achieve success, but no one mentions courage and focus. The following comes from Ascend Agency, which has partnered with Digital Music News to bring you this profile on D’usé Saida. It takes a lot of courage to chase one’s passion and overcome all the challenges. Staying focused […]
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• Arcade Fire play first gig since COVID pandemic

  13-12-2021 19:12 via nme.com
  
  Arcade Fire have performed their first gig since the COVID pandemic began.READ MORE: From the archives – Arcade Fire’s ‘Funeral’ at 15: the album that killed indie rock as we knew itThe band’s frontman Win Butler and multi-instrumentalist Régine Chassagne were on stage at Las Vegas’ Zarkana Theater on Saturday night (December 11) for Gala Games’ Galaverse crypto party.
  The band’s last in-person show was when they headlined New Orleans’
  
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• Molly Tuttle, Asleep at the Wheel Set for New Season of ‘Bluegrass Underground’

  13-12-2021 19:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  PBS live-music show starts filming its next season in the depths of Grundy County, Tennessee's Caverns in March
  
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• Paul Weller heading for highest new entry as Adele’s 30 hold's firm

  13-12-2021 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Adele is surging towards her fourth consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with 30.
  
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• Brad Pitt and producer Damien Quintard are reopening historic French recording studio

  13-12-2021 18:50 via nme.com
  
  Brad Pitt and French producer and composer Damien Quintard have teamed up to renovate and reopen a recording studio in France that the actor has owned since 2012.READ MORE: The 20 best films of 2021Miraval Studios, which has been inactive since the early 2000s, will begin hosting sessions in summer 2022.
  In the past the likes of Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ and The Cure’s ‘Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me’ have been recorded there. AC/DC, Sade, The Cranberries, Courtney L
  
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• Kid Cudi Teases Album Ahead of ‘Entergalactic’: ‘I Wanna Drop Another Album Before That’

  13-12-2021 18:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  The announcement was made during his set at Rolling Loud in California where he also debuted a new song
  
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• Dr. Dre confirms collaboration with Marsha Ambrosius: “This is some of my best work!”

  13-12-2021 18:07 via nme.com
  
  Dr. Dre has confirmed that he’s finished recording an album with Marsha Ambrosius, with both artists describing the finished product as some of their “best work”.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: O’Shea Jackson Jr.The announcement of new music follows on from the recent speculation that Dre is readying a new solo album release. Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav claimed back in August that he will be a guest on the upcoming record.
  Dre’s next full-length release, howe
  
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• Dirty Pretty Things announce 15th anniversary ‘Waterloo To Anywhere’ gig in London

  13-12-2021 18:04 via nme.com
  
  Dirty Pretty Things have shared details of an anniversary gig at London’s Electric Ballroom next year.
  The one-off show on March 24, 2022 is being held to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the disbanded group’s debut album ‘Waterloo To Anywhere’ (2006), after plans to do so in 2020 were quashed by the COVID pandemic.
  Tickets for the gig go on general sale from 10am this Thursday (December 16) here.
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• Rick Ross is Realer Than Reality on ‘Richer Than I’ve Ever Been’

  13-12-2021 18:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  It's all smooth sailing on the Miami rapper's latest.
  
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• The Best DAWs for Beginners

  13-12-2021 17:55 via digitalmusicnews.com
  As a music producer, your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) is your main tool, so it has to do what you tell it to do. And if you’re just starting out, you need a DAW you can quickly learn and will allow you to produce music with minimal hiccups. So below are the 6 best DAWs […]
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• Sam Fender says he’s making a start on new album with plans to record it in New York

  13-12-2021 17:39 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender has revealed that he wants to get straight into working on his next album and that he hopes to head stateside to lay the tracks down.READ MORE: Sam Fender on winning NME’s Album of the Year for ‘Seventeen Going Under’ – “It means the world to me”The singer-songwriter was speaking to NME after his second album, ‘Seventeen Going Under‘, was crowned Album Of The Year 2021 when he said that he will only take a small amount of time off at Chr
  
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• Alicia Keys: 'I'm definitely an animal and I definitely have a crazy drive inside of me'

  13-12-2021 17:39 via music-news.com
  
  Alicia Keys joins Ebro Darden on R&B Now Radio on Apple Music 1 to discuss her new double-album ‘KEYS’. She tells Ebro that the album is
  
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• David Bowie loved the crime drama ‘Gomorrah’ and lent Sofia Coppola DVDs to watch

  13-12-2021 17:33 via nme.com
  
  Gomorrah star Salvatore Esposito has revealed that David Bowie was a huge fan of the Italian crime drama series.
  The hit show, which began in 2014 and wraps up its five-season run in Italy later this week, follows the criminal underworld of Naples, and is based on creator Roberto Saviano’s book of the same name.READ MORE: An oral history of David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ – five years on from his deathEsposito, who plays Gennaro “Genny” Savastano on the show,
  
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• Eddie Van Halen set to be honoured with new Funko Pop! figure

  13-12-2021 17:04 via nme.com
  
  Eddie Van Halen is to be the latest musician to be honoured with a new Funko Pop! figure of his likeness.READ MORE: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework displayThe late Van Halen guitarist passed away in October 2020 at the age of 65 following a battle with cancer.
  Van Halen signed off on the design of his Funko Pop! vinyl figure back in 2019, according to his son Wolfgang.
  “Pop signed off on this way back in 2019 and it’s wonderful t
  
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• Ed Sheeran, PinkPantheress, Tion Wayne and Russ Millions among TikTok’s top UK acts of 2021

  13-12-2021 16:59 via nme.com
  
  Ed Sheeran, PinkPantheress, Tion Wayne and Russ Millions are among some of the music acts who’ve made the biggest impact on TikTok in the UK this year.READ MORE: TikTok’s #ThisIsBlack campaign: meet the social media heroes igniting the small screenTikTok has unveiled its statistics for 2021, which range from the most-used songs in videos to the most-watched livestreams.
  Tion Wayne and Russ Millions’ song ‘Body’ is the video-sharing platform’s biggest 2021 trac
  
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• H.E.R.: 'I was talking to Dave Grohl last night and he is incredible and a big fan of mine'

  13-12-2021 16:48 via music-news.com
  
  Award-winning singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist H.E.R. joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to discuss winning an
  
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• One Degree Hotter: How Megan Thee Stallion Made Good on Her Promise to Graduate College

  13-12-2021 16:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I feel like it taught me discipline and I met some of my best friends"
  
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• Doja Cat drops out of tour after testing positive for Covid-19

  13-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  On Sunday, the 26-year-old revealed she had tested positive for the virus for the second time in two years.
  
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• Camila Cabello's songwriting for Cinderella helped her overcome mental health struggles

  13-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  During The Hollywood Reporter's Songwriter Roundtable, the Grammy nominee revealed that she was struggling with her mental health while writing songs for the fairy tale remake.
  
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• Paul Weller adds huge UK outdoor shows to summer 2022 tour

  13-12-2021 16:05 via nme.com
  
  Paul Weller has added a trio of huge UK outdoor shows to his existing summer 2022 tour – see the full list of dates below.
  The new dates come after Weller last week (December 3) cancelled all of his remaining 2021 tour dates due to a band member testing positive for COVID.READ MORE: Paul Weller: “I’m trying different things as much as I can – time is of the essence, man”Weller’s UK tour, which was previously rescheduled due to COVID, will resume in M
  
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• Former Ghost members share new single ‘A Signal In The Noise’ as Priest

  13-12-2021 15:52 via nme.com
  
  Priest, the band which features two former members of the Swedish metal outfit Ghost, have shared their latest single, ‘A Signal In The Noise’ – you can hear the track below.
  The trio, who have been releasing music since 2017, consist of vocalist Mercury (who was known as Water when he played bass for Ghost), keyboardist Salt (formerly known as Ghost keyboardist Air) and programmer/keyboardist Sulfur.READ MORE: Ghost interview: the masked metal band on their new “positive
  
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• Music venues call for “decisive and immediate action” for help as COVID sees audience numbers decline

  13-12-2021 15:18 via nme.com
  
  The Music Venue Trust has called for “decisive and immediate action” as COVID worries are causing audience numbers to decline at live shows.
  Today (December 13), industry experts reported that up to 40 per cent of fans are not showing up to UK gigs due to worries over the Omicron variant, saying that it is “decimating the whole industry”.READ MORE: Music Venue Trust say that all venues can be saved with continued “people power”In response to the worries,
  
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• The 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2021

  13-12-2021 15:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Morgan Wade's invigorating debut and Sturgill Simpson's concept record to Allison Russell's musical memoir and Eric Church's magnum opus, these are the best from Nashville and beyond
  
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• Future Welcomes Kanye West for Surprise Mini Set at Rolling Loud California

  13-12-2021 14:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper ran through some old and new classics, and freestyled a bit on Future's "Fuck Up Some Commas"
  
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• FKA twigs teases new The Weeknd collaboration ‘Tears In The Club’

  13-12-2021 14:46 via nme.com
  
  FKA twigs has teased a new collaboration with The Weeknd – listen to a snippet of ‘Tears In The Club’ below.
  The singer returned last month with new track ‘Measure Of A Man’, which features Central Cee and appears in upcoming film The King’s Man.Yesterday (December 12), twigs took to TikTok to share a snippet of a new song called ‘Tears In The Club’, alongside the caption “pre-game” and footage of her applying lipstick in the mirror.
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• BADBADNOTGOOD co-founder Matthew Tavares addresses his 2019 departure from the band

  13-12-2021 14:19 via nme.com
  
  BADBADNOTGOOD co-founder Matthew Tavares has spoken out about his departure from the band in 2019.
  Tavares, who played keyboard and guitar in the band, left BADBADNOTGOOD in October 2019 after he stopped touring with the group in 2017.
  Tavares has now spoken out on the reasons behind his departure in 2019, sharing his side of the story in a lengthy Instagram post on Friday (December 10).
  “I realise I’ve never really publicly talked about leaving BADBAD in anyway other than my post ab
  
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• Primavera Sound Barcelona adds Grimes, Wet Leg and more to 2022 line-up

  13-12-2021 14:11 via nme.com
  
  Primavera Sound has added a number of new names to the 2022 line-up of their Barcelona festival – check out the new additions below.
  The popular Barcelona event cancelled both its 2020 and 2021 editions due to the coronavirus pandemic, but now intends to return in 2022 with a bumper festival that will feature 11 days of live music.READ MORE: Primavera Sound: the 12 best acts we caught at the Spanish festival’s groundbreaking 2019 editionSet to run f
  
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• Unheard early David Bowie-featuring record could fetch £12k at auction

  13-12-2021 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Another David Bowie gem is set to go under the hammer.
  
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• Sam Fender to headline huge Finsbury Park gig

  13-12-2021 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Fender is putting on a one-day music event at London's Finsbury Park next summer.
  
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• Foo Fighters scrap Grand Prix gig due to medical issue

  13-12-2021 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Foo Fighters didn't play their Grand Prix gig at the weekend after a band member allegedly fell poorly at Chicago airport.
  
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• Years & Years’ Olly Alexander teases “sneaky collaboration” in “the dance music world”

  13-12-2021 13:01 via nme.com
  
  Years & Years‘ Olly Alexander has teased a “sneaky” forthcoming collaboration, which he describes as being “in the dance music world”.
  The band, which now operates as a solo project for Alexander, will release new album ‘Night Call’ early next year, while Alexander recently collaborated with Kylie Minogue on the song ‘A Second To Midnight’.READ MORE: Olly Alexander on It’s A Sin: “There’s not been a British Aids dra
  
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• TLC announce further UK tour dates for summer 2022

  13-12-2021 12:31 via nme.com
  
  TLC have announced a new pair of UK tour dates for summer 2022.
  The long-running pop group, made up of Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, were already set to perform in London on June 28 next year after their O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire gig was rescheduled.READ MORE: TLC’s ‘CrazySexyCool’ at 25: The inside story of the game-changing R&B classicTLC will now perform in Birmingham and Manchester in June 2022, with dates scheduled fo
  
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