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• Rowdy Rebel Says Epic Records Hasn’t Paid Him A Dime Since 2014

  15-12-2021 23:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rowdy Rebel says his label Epic Records hasn’t paid him a dime since he was arrested in 2014. “I’m not dropping no more music until Epic Records pay me,” the rapper wrote on Instagram. “I haven’t received not one check for all the music I put out since 2014. I been patient but enough is […]
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• From Olivia Rodrigo to Rauw Alejandro, Inside Our Picks for 2021’s Best Albums

  15-12-2021 23:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Genre-spanning discussion is featured on the latest Rolling Stone Music Now podcast
  
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• Cher stuns 'beautiful couple' by offering to take date night photo

  15-12-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The superstar took to Twitter to post a photo of a man and woman wearing matching black outfits on Tuesday.
  
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• Watch St Vincent’s ‘Austin City Limits’ performance of ‘At The Holiday Party’

  15-12-2021 23:18 via nme.com
  
  St Vincent‘s Austin City Limits live performance of ‘At The Holiday Party’ has been shared. The NME Big Read: St. Vincent: “I wanted to tell my story with humour and compassion”The clip, which you can view below, sees the singer-songwriter deliver a performance of  the track from her recent album, ‘Daddy’s Home‘ in a forthcoming episode featuring Annie Clark in the long running US concert show.
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• Waxahatchee Returns With Uplifting ‘Tomorrow’

  15-12-2021 23:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song is off the soundtrack for the Apple TV+ series El Deafo
  
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• Pink Floyd Surprise-Release a Dozen Pre-‘Dark Side’ Live Albums

  15-12-2021 23:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  Previously uncirculated versions from Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Obscured by Clouds and more appear on streaming services
  
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• The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021

  15-12-2021 22:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  The year's most impressive rap releases included bold moves from Young Thug, Drake, Doja Cat, and Playboi Carti
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly music saga ‘Taurus’ casts Megan Fox, Ruby Rose and Lil Tjay

  15-12-2021 22:47 via nme.com
  
  Taurus, the upcoming movie starring Machine Gun Kelly has added Megan Fox, Ruby Rose and Lil Tjay to its cast list.
  The film spotlights the performer, whose real name is Colson Baker, as a talented but troubled musician who spends his days and nights searching endlessly for the inspiration to record one last song.READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”According to Deadline, Fox will play Colson&rsquo
  
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• Three Major Record Labels Form Pact to Reach Carbon Neutral by 2050

  15-12-2021 22:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  All three major record labels have signed a pact to become carbon neutral by 2050. Here’s what it means. Sony, Universal, and Warner will seek to halve their carbon emissions by 2030. The three labels will have until 2050 to reach a goal of net-zero emissions. Several independent record labels have already started realigning their […]
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• The Three Major Labels Form Pact to Become Carbon Neutral by 2050

  15-12-2021 22:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  All three major record labels have signed a pact to become carbon neutral by 2050. Here’s what it means. Sony, Universal, and Warner will seek to halve their carbon emissions by 2030. The three labels will have until 2050 to reach a goal of net-zero emissions. Several independent record labels have already started realigning their […]
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• Watch Billie Eilish make cameo in soothing video for Finneas’ new song ‘Only A Lifetime’

  15-12-2021 22:25 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has made a brief cameo in her brother and creative partner, Finneas O’Connell‘s new video ‘Only A Lifetime’READ MORE: Billie Eilish: the most talked-about teen on the planetThe track, which is taken from Finneas’ recent album ‘The Optimist‘, sees him walking around an aquarium. Towards the end, he meets up with Eilish and what appears to be their parents. You can view the video below.
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• Famous names from the world of entertainment honour George Harrison in ‘My Sweet Lord’ video

  15-12-2021 22:08 via nme.com
  
  An all-star cast from the worlds of music, TV, film and comedy have joined forces to honour George Harrison in the first-ever official music video for his 1970 song, ‘My Sweet Lord’.READ MORE: Why George Harrison is the coolest BeatleOriginally released on November 23 (in the US), the track featured on the late Beatle’s third studio album, ‘All Things Must Pass’. The new video version boasts a fresh 2020 mix by Paul Hicks (The Beatles, The Rolling Sto
  
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• ‘The Matrix’ soundtrack is getting a vinyl remaster in 2022

  15-12-2021 21:44 via nme.com
  The score to the original Matrix films are getting remastered on vinyl in 2022, following a fourth instalment in the movie franchise.
  The Matrix: The Complete Edition will comprise of three LPs, which will hold the entire soundtrack with 44 remastered tracks featuring across the three records.READ MORE: Like the original’s, ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ soundtrack should reflect our fragmented realityThe vinyl and packaging will be released in The Matrix‘s signature neon gre
  
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• Flavor Flav 'grateful to be alive' after boulder drops onto car

  15-12-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The boulder smashed into the right side of Flavor Flav's vehicle.
  
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• Ziemba’s René Kladzyk Wants To Be Haunted

  15-12-2021 21:29
  
  René Kladzyk, who makes music as Ziemba, created her fourth album, 'Unsubtle Magic,' in the wake of her father's death. The collection is a journey through stages of grief, and a reckoning that moving on might be the most painful of them all.
  
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• The 100 Greatest Neil Young Songs

  15-12-2021 21:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  From tender ballads to raging grunge, the songwriter's nearly 60-year career has produced some of rock’s most enduring music
  
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• Watch the first trailer for Charli XCX’s ‘Alone Together’ documentary

  15-12-2021 21:20 via nme.com
  
  Charli XCX has shared the trailer for her forthcoming documentary Alone Together.READ MORE: ‘Alone Together’ review: quarantine creativity in Charli XCX’s lockdown diaryThe film documents the creation of the singer’s lockdown album ‘How I’m Feeling Now’, while in isolation in 2020.
  In the trailer, which you can view below, Charli films herself going through the difficulties of lockdown before putting together her new album.
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• Music world reacts to death of award-winning author and activist bell hooks

  15-12-2021 21:15 via nme.com
  
  The music world is paying tribute to award-winning author and activist bell hooks, who has died aged 69.
  Her death was confirmed on Wednesday (December 15) by Berea College, where she founded the bell hooks Institute. She passed away at her home in Berea, Kentucky, after an extended illness.
  “Berea College is deeply saddened about the death of bell hooks, Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies, prodigious author, public intellectual and one of the country’s forem
  
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• Midem Music Conference Officially Canceled — Future In Doubt After 55-Year Run

  15-12-2021 20:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Midem 2022 has been canceled, and organizers have cast doubt upon the future of the 55-year-old music conference. Midem higher-ups just recently revealed the 2022 iteration’s cancelation and disclosed that RX France (formerly Reed Midem, it bears noting) “has decided to no longer continue to organize the Midem event.” The four-day-long happening had been scheduled […]
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• Listen to new Dr. Dre tracks featuring Eminem and Snoop Dogg

  15-12-2021 20:29 via nme.com
  
  Dr. Dre has shared a series of new songs from GTA Online’s new expansion The Contract featuring collaborations with Eminem, Anderson .Paak and Snoop Dogg.READ MORE: Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip-hop foreverUp to six tracks have been shared featuring two solitary tracks by the legendary rapper and producer – ‘Black Privilege’ and ‘Fallin Up’, alongside team ups with Eminem (‘Gospel’), .Pa
  
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• Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer sued by Washington D.C. Attorney General over US Capitol attack

  15-12-2021 19:54 via nme.com
  
  Iced Earth‘s Jon Schaffer is being sued by Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine for his role in this year’s attack on the US Capitol Building.
  On January 6, the guitarist was among a group of Donald Trump supporters who stormed Capitol Hill to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory in Congress, which resulted in the complex being locked down.
  A number of protesters breached security and got inside the building while others clashed with
  
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• Finneas Takes Lonely Stroll Through the Aquarium in Video for ‘Only a Lifetime’

  15-12-2021 19:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Billie Eilish makes cameo in visual for Optimist single
  
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• Frank Carter and Dean Richardson launch “eco-friendly” NFT

  15-12-2021 19:25 via nme.com
  
  Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have put an “eco-friendly” NFT up for auction.READ MORE: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes tell us about their Joe Talbot collaboration ‘My Town’The item entitled ‘Vita Brevis’ – which features a single digital skull – is the first in a collection of NFTs designed by frontman Frank Carter and guitarist Dean Richardson.
  They said in a statement: “Life is short, this NFT will last longer. A single skul
  
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• The Way Down Wanderers Want to Save the World With Bluegrass and Art Rock

  15-12-2021 18:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  Illinois band led by brothers-in-law lead singers foster community and address accountability on More Like Tomorrow
  
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• Best Coast recruit The Linda Lindas for raucous new single ‘Leading’

  15-12-2021 18:31 via nme.com
  
  Best Coast have teamed up with The Linda Lindas on their new track ‘Leading’.READ MORE: Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino: “I questioned whether I would ever be able to make music again”The song will be a bonus track on the forthcoming deluxe release of Bethany Cosentino and co.’s 2020 album ‘Always Tomorrow’, which is out on January 7.
  The track, which you can listen to below, finds Cosentino grappling with reality as she sings: “I’m a be
  
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• Jungle reschedule a number of their European tour dates due to COVID restrictions

  15-12-2021 17:59 via nme.com
  
  Jungle have rescheduled a number of live dates on their 2022 European tour due to coronavirus restrictions.
  The band are now due to tour from March through to August next year in support of their recent album ‘Loving In Stereo’, which was released back in August.READ MORE: Jungle on their uninhibited third album: “The older we get, the more we stop giving a fuck”Jungle had been set to begin touring next month, with dates in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands all
  
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• Digital Hearing-Test Company Mimi Hearing Technologies Announces $25 Million Series B

  15-12-2021 17:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Digital hearing-test company Mimi Hearing Technologies has announced the completion of a $25 million Series B funding round. Berlin-headquartered Mimi Hearing Technologies, which says that it “aims to give users the best possible listening experience by tailoring audio signals across any electronic audio devices” based upon “individual hearing ability,” publicly detailed the $25 million raise […]
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• Whitney Houston Unreleased Demo Sells for $1 Million at NFT Auction

  15-12-2021 17:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Full-length track was recorded when singer was 17
  
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• Listen to Burna Boy and Wizkid’s new single ‘B. D’OR’

  15-12-2021 17:29 via nme.com
  
  Burna Boy and Wizkid have shared their new collaboration ‘B. D’OR’ – you can hear the track below.
  The song is the pair’s first collaboration since their 2020 single ‘Ginger’, which featured on Wizkid’s October 2020 album ‘Made In Lagos’.READ MORE: Burna Boy: “A revolution is needed. I want to inspire it”Produced by the Nigerian-British producer P2J, ‘B. D’OR’ is inspired by football’s annual Ballon d
  
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• Here are all the new songs on ‘GTA Online: The Contract’

  15-12-2021 17:19 via nme.com
  
  GTA Online’s new expansion ‘The Contract’ is live today, and features a bunch of new music, including classic tracks from Dr. Dre and a radio station hosted by Rosalía and Arca.READ MORE: How ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’’s ‘The Housebuilding Song’ was built: “It’s not a piece of Mozart, it’s corny but it works perfectly”All-new station Motomami Los Santos is hosted by Rosalía and longtime Rockstar collaborator Arca
  
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• Questlove, Black Thought Help Turn Christmas Classic ‘Toyland’ Into Psych Rock Stomper

  15-12-2021 17:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  "#Toyland" is the latest offering from Ray Angry and Katherine McMahon's ongoing project, Public Domain
  
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• Ringo Starr Chucks Popcorn at Fred Armisen in Video for George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’

  15-12-2021 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lance Bangs' new clip for the classic track also features Vanessa Bayer, Joe Walsh, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jon Hamm, Mark Hamil, and many more
  
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• Sam Fender postpones in-store shows after touring party member contracts COVID

  15-12-2021 16:59 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender has postponed the final two in-store shows of his current UK tour after one of his touring party came down with COVID-19.
  The North Shields singer-songwriter was due to play the Sheffield Foundry tonight (December 15) and Fat Sams in Dundee tomorrow (December 16), but he has had to call both shows off following the touring party member’s illness.READ MORE: Sam Fender on winning NME’s Album of the Year for ‘Seventeen Going Under’ – “It means the worl
  
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• Sam Fender postpones in-store shows after touring party contracts COVID

  15-12-2021 16:59 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender has postponed the final two in-store shows of his current UK tour after one of his touring party came down with COVID-19.
  The North Shields singer-songwriter was due to play the Sheffield Foundry tonight (December 15) and Fat Sams in Dundee tomorrow (December 16), but he has had to call both shows off following the touring party member’s illness.READ MORE: Sam Fender on winning NME’s Album of the Year for ‘Seventeen Going Under’ – “It means the worl
  
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• St. Vincent Raises a Toast With ‘At the Holiday Party’ Performance on ‘Austin City Limits’

  15-12-2021 16:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Long-running PBS concert series details second half of its Season 47 lineup, featuring Olivia Rodrigo, Phoebe Bridgers, Duran Duran, and more
  
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• ‘GTA Online: The Contract’ is out now featuring new music from Dr. Dre

  15-12-2021 16:30 via nme.com
  
  GTA Online’s new expansion The Contract is now live, and features new music from Dr. Dre, a radio station hosted by Rosalía and Arca as well as a host of other features.READ MORE: Dan Le Sac on turning to video game soundtracks: “it’s really similar to being in a band”The Contract is a brand-new GTA adventure set in the city of Los Santos. Players will help Franklin and friends set up his “celebrity solutions agency” and do whatever they can to hel
  
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• Dr. Dre Just Released New Music, But Only ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Fans Can Hear It

  15-12-2021 16:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Legendary producer-rapper is also now a character in the game, and players can hear six new Dre tracks, including an Eminem collaboration
  
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• Siedah Garrett on Her Years With Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Diana Ross

  15-12-2021 16:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer-songwriter co-wrote "Man in the Mirror" and duetted with Jackson on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," and also penned Oscar-nominated songs for Dreamgirls and Rio
  
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• The Kinks’ Dave Davies announces autobiography ‘Living On A Thin Line’

  15-12-2021 16:04 via nme.com
  
  The Kinks’ Dave Davies has announced details of his forthcoming autobiography Living On A Thin Line.
  The guitarist will use the book to “revisit the glory days of the band that spawned so much extraordinary music, and which had such a profound influence on bands from The Clash and Van Halen to Oasis and Blur”.READ MORE: A music lover’s visitors guide to Soho, inspired by Last Night In Soho“Full of tales of the tumultuous times and the ups-and-downs of his relationsh
  
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• Kano celebrates his Jamaican heritage in new short film ‘A Blessed Place’

  15-12-2021 16:04 via nme.com
  
  Kano has shared a new short film celebrating his Jamaican heritage – watch A Blessed Place below.
  The 11-minute film was directed by Aneil Karia and shot in Kingston and Browns Town. It arrives to mark the release of Duppy White, a new white rum from Kano in collaboration with Duppy Share Caribbean Rums.READ MORE: The Big Read – Kano: “I’m planting seeds to try and stop violence”“I think there’s a few different rhythms to a place like Jamaica,&rdquo
  
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• One-of-a-kind Kanye-signed ‘DONDA’ vest and NFT sell for £55,000

  15-12-2021 15:25 via nme.com
  
  A ‘DONDA’ vest, said to have been worn by Kanye West at his Atlanta listening party for the new album this summer, has sold alongside an NFT at auction for $75,000 (£56,000).READ MORE: On the scene at Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ playback in Atlanta: “It feels cathartic”The sale features the vest, which features a hand-painted “DONDA” logo and is signed by Kanye with the acronym “MBD” (meaning My Body Different, the name of the secu
  
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• Flavor Flav avoids accident after a boulder crashed into his car

  15-12-2021 14:40 via nme.com
  
  Flavor Flav has avoided a potentially fatal accident after he swerved off the road yesterday (December 14) after a boulder crashed into his car.
  As TMZ report, the Public Enemy rapper was driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles when a boulder from the La Tuna Canyon fell onto the road after significant rainfall.
  The report adds that the incident totalled Flav’s car, and caused him to swerve off the road. Representatives for the rapper told TMZ that the incident may have been fatal if the bou
  
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• New study claims that listening to Drake while jogging makes you run slower

  15-12-2021 14:31 via nme.com
  
  A recent study has claimed that listening to Drake‘s music while jogging will actually make you run slower than normal.
  The non-scientific study, which was conducted by the sportswear retailer Pour Moi, tracked 60 running times by 20 runners and their varying speeds while they listened to a range of artists, with each artist being played for at least 1 kilometre of a run.READ MORE: Kanye West and Drake live in Los Angeles: titans unite for a near-religious experiencePour Moi found that lis
  
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• Watch Bruce Springsteen perform with Steve Earle and The Dukes

  15-12-2021 14:00 via nme.com
  
  Bruce Springsteen performed a special set with Steve Earle and his band The Dukes on Monday night (December 13) – you can see fan-shot footage of the gig below.
  The performance at The Town Hall in New York City was part of the seventh annual John Henry’s Friends benefit concert, which raised money for The Keswell School, an educational programme for children and young adults with autism.READ MORE: Every single Bruce Springsteen album ranked in order of greatnessEarle and The Dukes we
  
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• Human remains found four decades ago identified as The O'Jays musician

  15-12-2021 13:09 via music-news.com
  
  Human remains discovered in 1982 have been identified almost four decades later as late O'Jays musician Frank “Frankie” Little Jr.
  
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• Kylie Minogue has 'always' seen inclusivity in her audience

  15-12-2021 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  'I Should Be So Lucky' hitmaker Kylie Minogue has "always" seen inclusivity in her fanbase, and it's something she has "naturally" been drawn to.
  
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• Alt-J frontman Joe Newman reveals aftermath of wild mushroom trip which left him 'hyper-vulnerable'

  15-12-2021 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Alt-J frontman Joe Newman has revealed he was left feeling "hyper-vulnerable" after taking mushrooms for the first time at university.
  
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• Rare 1965 David Bowie demo ‘I Want Your Love’ up for auction

  15-12-2021 12:58 via nme.com
  
  A vinyl copy of a rare David Bowie demo recorded in 1965 is set to go up for auction.
  The song, titled ‘I Want Your Love’, was recorded by a teenage Bowie with his band at the time, Davy Jones and the Lower Third.READ MORE: Brilliant Adventure: David Bowie’s 10 defining moments from the ‘90sAccording to Variety, the vinyl will go for sale tomorrow (December 16) and is expected to fetch up to £12,000.
  Auctioneer Martin Hughes said: “The seller purchased th
  
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• 1.2 million people sign up for ‘Christmas Rave’ at 10 Downing Street

  15-12-2021 12:51 via nme.com
  
  1.2 million Facebook users have signed up to a parody ‘Christmas Rave’ event at 10 Downing Street.
  The fictitious Facebook event page was set up following the news last week that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an official investigation into three government staff parties – including two parties at Downing Street – which allegedly took place in November and December 2020.READ MORE: Here’s why I want to see The Kunts’ Boris-bashing anthem vying for Chr
  
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• Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo says his band “thought we were the next Nirvana”

  15-12-2021 12:36 via nme.com
  
  Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has reflected on his band’s debut album, saying he believed they would be “the next Nirvana“.
  After forming in 1992, Weezer released their first self-titled album – dubbed ‘The Blue Album’ – in May 1994, a month after the death of Kurt Cobain and the dissolution of grunge heroes Nirvana.READ MORE: Weezer: “This album is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it’s perfect for now”Speaking
  
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