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• Dr. Dre’s Ex-Wife Wins Nine-Figure Divorce Settlement

  28-12-2021 23:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nicole Young will walk away from the 24-year marriage with more than one-fifth of the rap icon’s fortune and roughly half of his liquid assets
  
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• Dr. Dre’s Ex-Wife Scores Massive Divorce Settlement

  28-12-2021 23:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nicole Young will walk away from the 24-year marriage with more than one-fifth of the rap icon’s fortune and roughly half of his liquid assets
  
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• New details emerge about DMX’s unreleased gospel album

  28-12-2021 22:44 via nme.com
  
  New details have been shared online about DMX’s unreleased gospel album that the late rapper recorded in 2008.
  While living in Arizona in the late 2000s, the star worked on a double album called ‘Walk With Me Now And You’ll Fly With Me Later’.READ MORE: DMX, 1970 – 2021: hip-hop giant who shone brightest in the darknessThough the record was never released, it was intended to have one half be hip-hop tracks and the other made up of gospel songs. According to new
  
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• Dior ‘Indefinitely Suspends’ Travis Scott’s ‘Cactus Jack’ Collection

  28-12-2021 22:22 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  In the wake of the Astroworld tragedy, Dior has opted to “postpone indefinitely” its Cactus Jack collaboration with Travis Scott. Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) just recently reported on the partnership’s pause, which follows Travis Scott’s exit from the Coachella 2022 lineup as well as Nike’s shelving a planned sneaker release with the Texas-born rapper. According […]
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• Phish to Host ‘Dinner and a Movie’ Livestream Show After Canceling New Year’s Gigs

  28-12-2021 22:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band has provided a menu of lemon-themed recipes for fans to cook at home
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne Announces NFT Collection Dubbed ‘CryptoBatz’

  28-12-2021 22:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The Prince of Darkness is getting in on the NFT craze. Ozzy Osbourne is debuting limited edition ‘CryptoBatz.’ The non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will be available to purchase in mid-January 2022. The Ozzy-inspired collection features 9,666 unique NFT bats, giving collectors and fans a chance to own a piece of art history. The project takes its […]
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• Grimes says she will “change my main day job” after next album ‘Book 1’

  28-12-2021 21:57 via nme.com
  
  Grimes is looking at changing the main focus of her career after the release of her next album, the star has said.
  The musician is preparing the follow-up to her latest record ‘Miss Anthropocene’, which was released in February 2020. Her next album will be her first since leaving 4AD and signing with Columbia.READ MORE: Grimes – ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review: an iconoclast continues to march to the beat of her own drumBut the record, which will be called ‘Bo
  
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• Bebe Rexha gets candid about body image issues

  28-12-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  In a video posted to TikTok, the 32-year-old singer provided fans with an update about why she hadn't been posting as much.
  
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• Omicron Is Shutting Down New Year’s Celebrations — Here’s the List of Cancellations So Far

  28-12-2021 21:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Another socially distanced New Years’ celebration is upon us as 2022 appears on the horizon. Here’s a look at some of the events that are scaled back or canceled altogether. globalFEST | The annual one-day festival in New York City was set to return in 2022 on January 16 at Webster Hall. However, organizers decided […]
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• Omicron Is Shutting Down New Year’s Celebrations & Shows — Here’s the List of Cancellations So Far

  28-12-2021 21:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Another socially distanced New Years’ celebration is upon us as 2022 appears on the horizon. Here’s a look at some of the events that are scaled back or canceled altogether. globalFEST | The annual one-day festival in New York City was set to return in 2022 on January 16 at Webster Hall. However, organizers decided […]
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• New Year’s Celebrations Canceled Due to Omicron – The List So Far

  28-12-2021 21:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Another socially distanced New Years’ celebration is upon us as 2022 appears on the horizon. Here’s a look at some of the events that are scaled back or canceled altogether. globalFEST | The annual one-day festival in New York City was set to return in 2022 on January 16 at Webster Hall. However, organizers decided […]
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• Grimes Wants to Quit Her Day Job

  28-12-2021 20:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pop artists won't stop making music, but says the industry "feels old and tired, reliant on archaic systems"
  
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• Alana Haim’s “most awkward Passover dinner” inspired ‘Licorice Pizza’ scene

  28-12-2021 20:12 via nme.com
  
  A scene in Licorice Pizza was inspired by Alana Haim’s “most awkward Passover dinner”, the actor and musician has explained.
  Haim made her debut acting appearance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest movie, which arrives in cinemas in the UK on January 7.READ MORE: Licorice Pizza review: a sunny slice of California life topped with Alana HaimThe star plays Alana Kane in the movie, a photographer’s assistant, while her sisters Danielle and Este, and parents Moti and Donn
  
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• Madonna Issues Legal Warning to Tory Lanez — On Instagram — Over Alleged ‘Into the Groove’ Infringement

  28-12-2021 19:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Madonna has issued a firmly worded legal warning to Tory Lanez for allegedly infringing upon her “Into the Groove” (1985) song in “Pluto’s Last Comet,” the eighth track on his newly released Alone At Prom effort. 63-year-old Madonna took aim at the purported copyright infringement of Tory Lanez on Instagram, commenting on a post from […]
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• David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ resumes with modified show amid Omicron surge in New York

  28-12-2021 19:49 via nme.com
  
  David Byrne’s American Utopia is returning to Broadway in modified form due to the surge in Omicron COVID-19 cases in New York.
  The show started its second run in Manhattan earlier this year but was forced to cancel dates after a rise in cases and company members testing positive for the virus.READ MORE: Loved David Byrne’s American Utopia? Here are 10 more brilliantly unconventional concert films to watch right nowNow, Byrne has announced that American Utopia will resume tonigh
  
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• Ice-T calls David Bowie a “real one” as viral MTV clip resurfaces

  28-12-2021 19:03 via nme.com
  
  Ice-T has called David Bowie “a real one” after a viral MTV clip of the star did the rounds online again.
  The video is taken from a 1983 interview with MTV in which Bowie calls out MTV for the lack of Black artists on its playlist.READ MORE: An oral history of David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ – five years on from his deathWhen the interviewer tried to reason that the station had to “play the music that we think the entire country is gonna like” and q
  
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• Flashback: Phish Play a Funky ‘Punch You in the Eye’ at 1995 New Year’s Show

  28-12-2021 18:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Phish postponed their annual MSG New Year's Eve show due to Omicron, so take a trip back to the inaugural one in 1995
  
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• Flashback: Emmylou Harris Gives Townes Van Zandt a Boost With ‘Pancho & Lefty’

  28-12-2021 17:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  Harris's cover of the seminal country song about friendship and betrayal appeared on her album Luxury Liner, which turns 45 years old
  
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• Britney Spears Says Not Making Music Is Her Way of Saying ‘F–k You’

  28-12-2021 17:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pop star spoke about her decision to step back from music and railed against the creative limitations imposed on her during her conservatorship
  
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• Issa Rae says the music industry is “the worst industry I’ve ever come across”

  28-12-2021 17:43 via nme.com
  
  Insecure creator Issa Rae has called the music industry “probably the worst industry I’ve ever come across”.
  As well as starring in and creating the hit TV show, Rae also runs a label called Raedio, an imprint of Atlantic Records, and curated Insecure’s tastemaking soundtrack.
  In an interview with the LA Times, the star was asked if the music industry struck her “as a place where good ideas flourish”. “Absolutely not,” she replied. “It’
  
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• Britney Spears calls not doing music a “fuck you” after conservatorship

  28-12-2021 17:13 via nme.com
  
  Britney Spears has spoken about not continuing with music after having her conservatorship ended in a lengthy note.
  The pop star has not released new material since her 2016 album ‘Glory’ and, since ramping up her legal battle to end her conservatorship, has spoken about both retiring and making new music.
  In a new Instagram post shared earlier today (December 28), Spears wrote about how her treatment by her family had shaken her faith and that she had “asked for 13 years to pe
  
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• Miranda Lambert Records New Song for Latest Season of ‘Queer Eye’

  28-12-2021 17:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Y'all Means All" will be available Dec. 31 and is a gesture of support to the LGBTQ+ community
  
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• Britney Spears explains why she's not ready to return to music

  28-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Britney Spears sees her hiatus from music as an act of rebellion.
  
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• AJ McLean planning to undergo hair implant surgery

  28-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  AJ McLean first underwent a hair transplant procedure in 2011.
  
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• How DMX Met the Devil in God’s Country

  28-12-2021 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  In the late 2000s, the rapper went to the Arizona desert to make an album he hoped could save him. Then Sheriff Joe Arpaio — and his own demons — got in the way
  
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• Mitski Talks Writing Her First Song at a Bus Stop on ‘The First time’

  28-12-2021 14:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer-songwriter also shares stories about lingering nightmares from Ju-On, switching from piano to guitar, and falling in love with Princess Mononoke
  
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• Dior Drops Travis Scott Collaboration After Astroworld Tragedy

  28-12-2021 14:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  The upcoming capsule collection between the fashion house and the rapper's Cactus Jack label has been postponed indefinitely
  
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• Dior Axes Travis Scott Collaboration After Astroworld Tragedy

  28-12-2021 14:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  The upcoming capsule collection between the fashion house and the rapper's Cactus Jack label has been postponed indefinitely
  
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• Noel Gallagher to film making of new album

  28-12-2021 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Noel Gallagher has revealed his plans to have the making of his new album filmed at Abbey Road.
  
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• James Blunt spent more than a decade writing a song

  28-12-2021 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Music star James Blunt has revealed he spent more than a decade writing one song.
  
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• KISS’ Paul Stanley has contracted the Omicron variant of COVID-19

  28-12-2021 13:36 via nme.com
  
  KISS frontman Paul Stanley has tested positive for COVID-19 – as have the rest of his family – marking his second bout with the virus in less than six months.READ MORE: From the archives – KISS’ Gene Simmons: Does Rock’n’Roll Kill Brain Cells?Stanley first noted that he’d come down with the Coronavirus back in August. He sparked controversy at the time, as he was spotted in public without a face mask just days after he tested positive. 
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• The Flaming Lips Postpone 2021 New Year’s Eve Shows

  28-12-2021 13:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Psych-rock band were slated to play a pair of concerts at the Caverns underground venue near Nashville
  
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• Juice WRLD’s mother opens up about the Live Free 999 foundation launched in his honour

  28-12-2021 12:38 via nme.com
  
  Carmela Wallace – the mother of late emo-rap stalwart Juice WRLD (aka Jarad Higgins), who died from a seizure at age 21 – has opened up about Live Free 999, a foundation she started in Higgins’ honour.READ MORE: “He laid out his life for people to connect”: why Juice WRLD’s legacy lives onSpeaking to XXL yesterday (December 27), Wallace explained that the charity’s aim is “really to just normalise the conversation around mental health”, and &
  
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• Madonna accuses Tory Lanez of illegally sampling Into the Groove

  28-12-2021 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Madonna made the accusation in a comment on Tory Lanez's Instagram post.
  
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• Issa Rae claims music industry is full of 'crooks and criminals'

  28-12-2021 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Issa Rae believes the music industry has to "start all over again" as there are a lot of archaic mentalities.
  
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• Unknown Mortal Orchestra drop instrumental slow-burner ‘SB-09’

  28-12-2021 11:19 via nme.com
  
  Unknown Mortal Orchestra have shared their annual Christmas track for 2021: a sprawling, pseudo-tropical slow-burner titled ‘SB-09’.READ MORE: Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Inside their tasty, lurid new album ‘Sex & Food’The instrumental song is, as its title suggests, the ninth instalment of the New Zealand psych-rockers’ yearly ‘SB’ series. But despite its towering length, year’s edition actually comes as one of the series’ shortest –
  
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• Singapore artists take the spotlight in NME Radar Sessions come 2022

  28-12-2021 11:04 via nme.com
  
  Get ready: next year, NME Radar Sessions touches down in Singapore with four exciting and poignant chapters focusing on local artists and how the country has informed their music and lives. Get a taste of what’s to come in the trailer above.
  Art isn’t made in a vacuum. In this edition of NME Radar Sessions, which rolls out January 2022, four artists from the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore will share how their surroundings and places close to their heart have helped shape the
  
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• Paul Weller wants soul singers to cover his songs

  28-12-2021 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Paul Weller fears people will think of him as being self-indulgent.
  
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• Ed Sheeran vows to 'rewild as much of the UK as I can'

  28-12-2021 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran is buying up land and planting trees to help reduce carbon emissions.
  
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• GOT7’s BamBam releases ‘Who Are You’ with Red Velvet’s Seulgi

  28-12-2021 11:00 via nme.com
  
  GOT7‘s BamBam has released his new single ‘Who Are You’, a collaboration with Red Velvet‘s Seulgi.READ MORE:Mark Tuan on ‘Last Breath’ and the daunting reality of going solo: “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep pursuing music”
  The captivating music video features the BamBam and Seulgi performing an intricate dance routine in what appears to be a crumbling throne room while dressed in all black, intercut with solo shots of the two K-pop idols l
  
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• Madonna hits out at Tory Lanez over “illegal usage” of ‘Into The Groove’

  28-12-2021 10:10 via nme.com
  
  Madonna has addressed the supposed similarities between her 1985 song ‘Into The Grove’ and Tory Lanez’s recent ‘Pluto’s Last Comet’, calling out the R&B artist for his “illegal usage” of the track.READ MORE: The ages of Madonna – the evolution of an icon‘Pluto’s Last Comet’ appears on Lanez’s recent sixth album, ‘Alone At Prom’, which is heavily inspired by the pop greats of the ‘80s (a group Mado
  
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• Sam Fender promises Elton John collaboration will happen one day

  28-12-2021 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Fender will "definitely" work with Sir Elton John in the future after rejecting a duet for 'The Lockdown Sessions'.
  
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• Chris Martin takes up opera to strengthen vocals

  28-12-2021 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Chris Martin has been belting out opera to strengthen his vocals.
  
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• GOT7’s Mark Tuan teases what appears to be a new solo song

  28-12-2021 09:01 via nme.com
  
  GOT7’s Mark Tuan has released a snippet for what seems to be a new upcoming solo song.READ MORE: Mark Tuan’s ‘Last Breath’ is a liberating and addictive piece of raw emo-popEarlier today (December 28), the Taiwanese-American singer released a video titled “???” on his official YouTube account. The 15-second clip shows Tuan raising a finger to his lips, before panning the camera to a computer screen as it plays a piano instrumental.
  If the snippet is indeed a n
  
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• Taylor Swift files motion to have ‘Shake It Off’ lawsuit dismissed

  28-12-2021 08:49 via nme.com
  
  It was reported earlier this month that Taylor Swift would face a jury trial over accusations that she plagiarised the lyrics for ‘Shake It Off’. Now, lawyers for the singer have formally asked to have that trial scrapped.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ review: a retread of heartbreakBack in 2017, songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler claimed that Swift copied lines from the pair’s 2001 song ‘Playas Gon’ Play’, whic
  
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• ASTRO members JinJin and Rocky to collaborate on joint mini-album

  28-12-2021 08:48 via nme.com
  
  ASTRO members Jinjin and Rocky are set to collaborate on new music together.READ MORE: Rising singer-songwriter msftz: “I hope people will think of me as a storyteller”Yesterday (December 27), the K-pop idols’ agency Fantagio Music released teasers for the pair’s upcoming mini-album titled ‘Restore’. The concept poster, which features brightly-colored humanoid blobs, seems to reference social distancing measures that have been put in place over the past two ye
  
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• Killer Mike’s Atlanta barbershop vandalised by “mentally disturbed” man

  28-12-2021 06:15 via nme.com
  
  Rapper Killer Mike has taken to social media to reveal that his barbershop in Atlanta has been vandalised by someone he describes as “mentally disturbed”.READ MORE: Run The Jewels: “The world’s gonna reset and then we’re gonna burn that motherfucker down”The Run The Jewels rapper shared the news on Tuesday (December 28), saying “A mentally disturbed White Man who Calls himself “Druce Wayne” did this to our Shop downtown. He lives in the delus
  
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• MOMOLAND to return with new music after year-long absence

  28-12-2021 06:14 via nme.com
  
  MOMOLAND have confirmed that they will be making their long-awaited comeback early next year.READ MORE: ‘The Silent Sea’ review: the vast unknown belies deadly truths in this nail-biting battle for humanity’s survivalA representative from the girl group’s label MLD Entertainment told South Korean news outlet Osen that the six-member act are slated to release a new music next month, on January 14. The report adds that MOMOLAND are currently in the final stages of preparing
  
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• Listen to Deerhoof’s new live album, ‘Devil Kids’

  28-12-2021 04:04 via nme.com
  
  Deerhoof have shared a new live album entitled ‘Devil Kids’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: The 50 best albums of 2021The concert, which aired in December but was recorded in November, marks the first time that the band have performed together after “not playing or even seeing each other”.
  “When my friends asked if playing with band again was like riding a bike, I had to say no. We changed over two years. We played looser and got along nicer,” sa
  
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• SEVENTEEN’s Woozi unveils title, release date for first-ever solo mixtape

  28-12-2021 04:03 via nme.com
  
  SEVENTEEN member Woozi has revealed some details behind his upcoming solo mixtape.READ MORE: The 10 best Korean dramas of 2021Earlier today (December 28), the singer-songwriter announced that his first-ever solo mixtape, titled ‘Ruby’, will be released in a week’s time on January 3. The confirmation follows previous reports by South Korean news outlets, which claimed the singer would be release solo material next year that would show off a “different” side of himsel
  
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