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• YouTube Bans Joe Rogan Episode Over Nazi Germany Reference, COVID-19 Misinformation — Spotify Refuses to Censor

  05-01-2022 23:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  YouTube has banned a Joe Rogan episode over references to Nazi Germany and COVID-19 misinformation. The episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ featured Dr. Robert Malone and was quickly removed by YouTube. The episode #1757 was shared to YouTube by a third-party, as Rogan’s contract with Spotify does not allow him up upload full episodes […]
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• YouTube Bans Joe Rogan Episode Over Nazi Germany Reference, COVID-19 Misinformation

  05-01-2022 23:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  YouTube bans a Joe Rogan episode over references to Nazi Germany and COVID-19 misinformation. The episode of ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ featured Dr. Robert Malone and was removed by YouTube. The episode #1757 was shared to YouTube by a third-party, as Rogan’s contract with Spotify does not allow him up upload full episodes to YouTube […]
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• Grammy Awards 2022 postponed indefinitely

  05-01-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The event was originally scheduled for 31 January 2022.
  
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• Nas to perform with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra

  05-01-2022 23:19 via nme.com
  
  Nas is set to perform a special concert with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra later this year.READ MORE: Nas on being a hip-hop legend: “I’m rapping the same way I did when I was on the block”The rap icon has been added to the winter/spring schedule at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall, which was announced today (January 5).
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• Juice WRLD Is an Animated Samurai Warrior in ‘Already Dead’ Video

  05-01-2022 22:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  Posthumous visual also features footage of late rapper imparting an inspirational message
  
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• Metallica mixer says Lars Ulrich sounded “like ass” on ‘And Justice For All’

  05-01-2022 22:32 via nme.com
  
  The mixing engineer who worked on Metallica’s ‘…And Justice For All’ has spoken about Lars Ulrich’s drum tracks on the record, saying they sounded “like ass”.READ MORE: Various artists – ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ review: a sprawling tribute to ‘The Black Album’Steve Thompson was co-mixer on the 1988 album, which was the metal icons’ fourth LP and first since the death of their bassist Cliff Burton.
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• Live Nation, Ticketmaster Sued Again for ‘Predatory and Exclusionary Conduct’

  05-01-2022 22:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Consumers' class action suit revisits claims defendants have created a "barrier to entry" in the primary and secondary ticketing markets
  
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• Country Songwriter Tom T. Hall’s Death Ruled a Suicide

  05-01-2022 22:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Country Music Hall of Fame member known for songs like "Harper Valley PTA" and "Homecoming" died last summer
  
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• Sexual assault reports in London nightlife reached six-year high in 2021

  05-01-2022 21:51 via nme.com
  
  Reports of sexual assaults taking place in London’s clubs, bars, pubs and music venues rose were at their highest in six years in 2021, according to a new investigative report.
  According to information obtained by Time Out from the Metropolitan Police, 207 allegations of sexual assault and 29 reports of rape were recorded in London nightlife establishments between January 1 and October 31 of last year.
  The rise in assaults comes despite the fact that venues were closed – or otherwise
  
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• The 2022 Grammys Have Been Postponed Indefinitely [UPDATED]

  05-01-2022 21:44
  
  The 2022 Grammy Awards, initially set to air January 31 live from Los Angeles, have been postponed indefinitely, according to a joint statement from the Recording Academy and CBS.
  
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• The 2022 Grammys Have Been Postponed Indefinitely

  05-01-2022 21:44
  
  The 2022 Grammy Awards, initially set to air January 31 live from Los Angeles, have been postponed indefinitely, according to a joint statement from the Recording Academy and CBS.
  
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• Grammy Awards 2022 officially postponed

  05-01-2022 21:33 via nme.com
  
  The Grammy Awards 2022 has been postponed indefinitely due to concerns over the continued coronavirus pandemic, it has been reported.
  The now-postponed ceremony is the second year in a row that the annual awards show has been pushed back because of COVID-19.READ MORE: Why the Grammys are right to not add a Best K-pop category – and why it should stay that wayVariety reports that a spokesperson for the Recording Academy confirmed the delay to the publication, but no new date has been a
  
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• Mel B visited father's grave to tell him about MBE honour

  05-01-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Mel B was awarded an MBE on Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's Honours list for her services to charitable causes and vulnerable women.
  
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• Andrew Weatherall’s Heavenly Recordings remixes compiled for new album

  05-01-2022 21:00 via nme.com
  
  Andrew Weatherall‘s remixes for Heavenly Recordings have been compiled on a new album, due to arrive later this month.READ MORE: From Primal Scream to New Order: the mighty Andrew Weatherall’s finest ever remixesThe collection will be divided into two parts, ‘Heavenly Remixes 3 – Andrew Weatherall Volume 1’ and ‘Heavenly Remixes 4 – Andrew Weatherall Volume 2’, and is set to include the late Scottish DJ, producer, and artist’s mixes of origin
  
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• UK Music Consumption Records Modest 2021 Growth As 1,918 Artists Surpass 10 Million Domestic Streams

  05-01-2022 20:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The UK music industry’s total streams reached 147 billion in 2021 – a 5.7 percent increase from 2020 – as streaming accounted for 83 percent of the market’s overarching music consumption, according to newly released data from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The 49-year-old music industry organization revealed these and other noteworthy stats in its […]
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• British Recorded Music Industry Eeks a Modest 2021 Gain as 1,918 Artists Surpass 10 Million Domestic Streams

  05-01-2022 20:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The UK music industry’s total streams reached 147 billion in 2021 – a 5.7 percent increase from 2020 – as streaming accounted for 83 percent of the market’s overarching music consumption, according to newly released data from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The 49-year-old music industry organization revealed these and other noteworthy stats in its […]
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• Grammys Postponed for Second Year Amid Covid Surge

  05-01-2022 20:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  A new date for the show was not announced
  
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• Believe Acquires 51% Stake in French Independent Label Jo&Co

  05-01-2022 20:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Paris-based Believe has acquired a majority stake in French indie label, Jo&Co. Jo&Co founder Sébastien Saussez will continue to manage the label. Believe says the 51% stake will help diversify its roster and consolidate its position in France, which has the world’s sixth-largest music market. The move comes just two months after Believe announced it […]
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• Lil Nas X Says the Music Industry Sanitizes Gay Artists’ Sexuality

  05-01-2022 20:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Lil Nas X says the music industry forces queer artists to sanitize their sexuality – and he’s not about it. In a recent interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the rapper spoke about his career. He found overnight success with his hit “Old Town Road,” and subsequently came out to the world. He explains he felt […]
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• £65million recovery fund confirmed for Scottish culture and events

  05-01-2022 19:47 via nme.com
  
  £65million has been earmarked to support Scottish cultural businesses, organisations and events, as the economy continues to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
  The money includes the £20million of business support funding for culture and events that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on December 14, and the £27million for culture and £17million for events announced last week.READ MORE: Concerned UK music venues hit out at government COVID support a
  
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• 'The Beatles: Get Back' to make theatrical debut exclusively in Imax®

  05-01-2022 19:43 via music-news.com
  
  The Beatles’ unforgettable concert on the rooftop of Apple Corps’ Savile Row headquarters on January 30, 1969, will debut
  
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• ‘Yellowstone’ Truth-Seeker Luke Grimes Has a Vision: A Country Music Career

  05-01-2022 19:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  Before playing soul-searching badass Kayce Dutton, the actor was a drummer in an L.A. country band. These days, he listens to Colter Wall and writes songs about isolation
  
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• Griff and Sigrid reveal release date for collaborative single ‘Head On Fire’

  05-01-2022 19:22 via nme.com
  
  Griff and Sigrid have announced when their collaborative single ‘Head On Fire’ will be released after revealing its existence this week.
  The two pop stars began teasing the joint project last week in a series of cryptic videos posted on their social media accounts.READ MORE: Sigrid: “There’s a part of me that comes out when I play live – it’s my superpower”Now, the duo have confirmed when fans will be able to hear the track in full. “Pop girls
  
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• Rapper J $tash dead after allegedly killing woman in front of her children

  05-01-2022 18:51 via nme.com
  
  Florida-born rapper J $tash has died after allegedly shooting and killing a woman in front of her three children.
  The incident took place at approximately 7am on New Year’s Day in Temple City, California (per The Independent), where the county coroner’s office has confirmed that the 28-year-old artist – whose real name was Justin Alexander Joseph – and a woman named Jeanette Gallegos died at the scene.
  “Deputies from Temple Sheriff’s Station responded to a hom
  
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• Watch Travis Barker’s rocky cover of Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’

  05-01-2022 18:38 via nme.com
  
  Travis Barker has shared a video of him performing a rocky drum cover of Adele’s recent hit single ‘Easy On Me’.
  The Blink-182 drummer has given an unlikely makeover to the piano-led ballad, which marked the British pop star’s first new material in six years.READ MORE: Adele’s voice has never sounded better than on her stunning new song ‘Easy On Me’In a video posted to his Instagram page, Barker drummed along to the track, adding complex fills and a
  
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• Alt-J share new single ‘Hard Drive Gold’ from upcoming album ‘The Dream’

  05-01-2022 18:30 via nme.com
  
  Alt-J have shared a new track called ‘Hard Drive Gold’, which is the latest single to be taken from their new album ‘The Dream’.
  The energetic and quirky song – featuring the repeated refrain “Don’t be afraid to make money, boy” – is accompanied by a video, which also marks vocalist Joe Newman’s directorial debut.READ MORE: Every single Mercury Prize winner: what happened next?Speaking of the new track, keyboardist Gus Unger-Hamilt
  
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• Guided by Voices Bring Big Power-Pop Energy on New Song ‘Excited Ones’

  05-01-2022 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on the indie outfit's 35th studio album, Crystal Nuns Cathedral, out later this year
  
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• Tributes paid to hip-hop pioneer Jessie D, who has died aged 58

  05-01-2022 17:59 via nme.com
  
  Jessie D, one of the founding members of Force MDs, died yesterday (February 4), the group has confirmed on its official Facebook page.
  The star, whose real name was Jessie Lee Daniels, was 58 years of age. No cause of death has been confirmed at present.
  “To one hell of a entertainer. ‘Jessie D’ of legendary Force MDs,” a post on Force MDs’ Facebook page read. “He ate, sleep and breathe music everyday. Please put a heart up for him. He was loved!!!!!!!!!! To
  
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• Radiohead Side Project the Smile Drop ‘You Will Never Work in Television Again’ While Announcing Shows on Television

  05-01-2022 17:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner will play three consecutive shows in 24 hours
  
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• Radiohead side project The Smile share debut single ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’

  05-01-2022 17:02 via nme.com
  
  Radiohead side project The Smile have shared their debut single, ‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’ and announced three live shows.
  The group – which is comprised of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus Sons Of Kemet’s Tom Skinner – premiered the song during their Live At Worthy Farm secret show last year.READ MORE: Jonny Greenwood’s film scores – ranked!‘You Will Never Work In Television Again’ was produced by Y
  
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• ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ rooftop concert to screen in IMAX cinemas

  05-01-2022 16:53 via nme.com
  
  The Beatles‘ famous rooftop concert at their Apple Corps’ Savile Row headquarters on January 30, 1969 will be screened in IMAX later this month.READ MORE: The Beatles: every song ranked in order of greatnessThe Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert will premiere in theatres on January 30, celebrating 53 years since the band’s final public performance.
  The 60-minute feature follows on from Peter Jackson’s acclaimed three-part documentary The Beatles: Get
  
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• Warner Music Group Announces $351.06 Million Stock Sale — With Morgan Stanley Underwriting

  05-01-2022 16:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Access Industries, the parent company of Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG), has announced plans to sell $351.06 million worth of stock in the Big Three record label. Warner Music Group (WMG) unveiled the multimillion-dollar stock sale in a recent release, emphasizing at the outset that the New York City-headquartered label itself “is not selling any […]
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• Warner Music Group Announces $351.06 Million Stock Sale

  05-01-2022 16:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Access Industries, the parent company of Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG), has announced plans to sell $351.06 million worth of stock in the Big Three record label. Warner Music Group (WMG) unveiled the multimillion-dollar stock sale in a recent release, emphasizing at the outset that the New York City-headquartered label itself “is not selling any […]
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• Jack Harlow honoured with his own day in Louisville

  05-01-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The 23-year-old rapper shared a photo of the signed proclamation from Mayor Greg Fischer via Instagram on Tuesday.
  
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• Father John Misty Cruises Back into View With a Zany, Romantic Ballad

  05-01-2022 16:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  The first glimpse of the sardonic songwriter's new record dazzles with Harry Nilsson melodies and batshit Wizard of Oz imagery
  
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• The Weeknd reveals tracklist for new album ‘Dawn FM’

  05-01-2022 16:11 via nme.com
  
  The Weeknd has unveiled the tracklist for his forthcoming album ‘Dawn FM’ in a new video shared on social media – watch below.READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘After Hours’ review: his most all-encompassing record to date is also an existential quandary‘Dawn FM’ will arrive on Friday (January 7) and is The Weeknd’s (real name Abel Tesfaye) fifth album in addition to three mixtapes released in 2011.
  It’s the follow-up to 2020’s ‘
  
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• ‘Her Songwriting Has Been Criminally Overlooked’: Ben Gibbard Announces Yoko Ono Tribute Album

  05-01-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  David Byrne and Yo La Tengo preview Ocean Child with a cover of "Who Has Seen the Wind?"
  
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• St. Vincent recalls phone call she received from Paul McCartney: “He was the loveliest man on the planet”

  05-01-2022 15:58 via nme.com
  
  St. Vincent has recalled an impromptu phone call she received from Paul McCartney after she remixed one of his songs, describing the Beatles legend as “the loveliest man on the planet”.
  The artist (real name Annie Clark) told the story to James Corden on his Late Late Show last night (January 4) ahead of a live performance of her ‘Daddy’s Home’ track ‘… At The Holiday Party’.READ MORE: Inside St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein’s surreali
  
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• See Turnstile Blister Through ‘Glow On’ Songs for ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’

  05-01-2022 15:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Baltimore punks deliver seven songs from acclaimed LP ahead of Love Connection Tour next month
  
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• Beatles’ Famed Rooftop Concert to Screen in IMAX Theaters

  05-01-2022 15:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  Get Back director Peter Jackson will participate in a special Q&A following the concert film's special theatrical release
  
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• Watch Turnstile bring ‘GLOW ON’ to the ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ series

  05-01-2022 15:29 via nme.com
  
  Turnstile have performed a number of tracks from their acclaimed 2021 album ‘GLOW ON’ for their ‘Tiny Desk (Home) Concert’ debut – you can watch their set below.
  The Baltimore five-piece are the latest musical guests on the popular NPR Music series, which sees artists play stripped-down versions of their songs.READ MORE: Turnstile on communal new album ‘GLOW ON’: “We want to build something bigger than us”Turnstile filmed their ‘Tiny De
  
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• The Weeknd Teases New Music, ‘Dawn FM’ Track List in New Trailer

  05-01-2022 15:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dawn FM out Friday with a stacked guest list including Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne, and Oneohtrix Point Never
  
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• Big Thief: Looking for the Next Revelation

  05-01-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  With a new double album, indie rock’s most dogged seekers keep making profoundly moving music even as they question their role in the streaming economy
  
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• Original bassist of US nu metal band Coal Chamber has been missing for months

  05-01-2022 14:26 via nme.com
  
  Rayna Foss, the original bassist of the nu metal band Coal Chamber, has been missing since September.
  The 51-year-old musician was last seen in New Orleans at a group home that she was living in at the time of her disappearance. Local Fox TV station WVUE issued a notice via its official Facebook page in September:
  “MISSING: Rayna Foss, 51, was last seen by a group home manager on Sept. 7, according to NOPD,” the post reads.
  “Foss is described as being 5-foot-3 and 200 poun
  
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• Jamie T’s new album is complete, according to producer

  05-01-2022 13:50 via nme.com
  
  Jamie T‘s fifth studio album is seemingly on its way, as confirmed by engineer and producer Jag Jago on Twitter.READ MORE: 10 years on, these 2009 indie classics still absolutely bangJago wrote: “Jamie T album 5. Done. Seriously looking forward to 2022!” The new album would be the follow up to 2016’s ‘Trick’ as well as the album of B-sides Jamie released in 2018.
  The collection of B-sides spans songs that Jamie T wrote in his childhood bedroom to Corktown, Det
  
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• Wet Leg ranked #2 in BBC Sound Of 2022 list

  05-01-2022 13:43 via music-news.com
  
  Today, the Isle of Wight’s Wet Leg have been ranked #2 in the prestigious BBC Sound Of 2022 list. Having previously
  
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• Gal Gadot says ‘Imagine’ cover was “in poor taste”

  05-01-2022 13:10 via nme.com
  
  Gal Gadot has expressed regret over her star-studded cover of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’, describing it as being “in poor taste”.READ MORE: The Beatles: every song ranked in order of greatnessReleased at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, the cover video, led by Gadot, featured a bunch of celebrities including Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Jamie Dornan, and Natalie Portman each singing a line from the track.
  After the clip was widely mocked online at th
  
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• Janet Jackson addresses if Michael Jackson allegations have affected her career

  05-01-2022 13:06 via nme.com
  
  Janet Jackson has shared a new preview of her upcoming two-part Lifetime and A&E documentary – watch below.
  In the clip for JANET, which was first announced last year, Jackson addresses why she wanted to do the documentary, commenting: “It’s just something that needs to be done.”READ MORE: Janet Jackson at Glastonbury: a pop megamix, a stadium production and the making of a new ‘legends slot’“There were times when I didn’t actually underst
  
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• Mo Gilligan to donate BRIT Awards hosting fee to charity

  05-01-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Mo Gilligan has announced he will be donating his fee for the BRIT Awards 2022 to a maternity charity.
  
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• Bastille's Dan Smith takes up filmmaking

  05-01-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Bastille frontman Dan Smith has been living out his "film geek" dreams by working on projects in the "film and TV world".
  
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