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• PJ Harvey announces ‘The Hope Six Demolition Project’ reissue with ‘The Wheel’ demo

  15-01-2022 23:30 via nme.com
  
  PJ Harvey has announced a forthcoming reissue of her most recent studio album, 2016’s ‘The Hope Six Demolition Project’.
  The reissue, set to be released on March 11, is the final entry in the singer-songwriter’s career-spanning reissue series, which has seen every album from her career reissued on vinyl.
  To announce the reissue of ‘The Hope Six Demolition Project’, Harvey has shared a demo of ‘The Wheel’, which appears on a second disc featuring a
  
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• Celine Dion Cancels Upcoming North American Tour Due to Health Issues

  15-01-2022 21:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer still recovering from "severe and persistent muscle spasms" that forced the postponement of her new Las Vegas residency
  
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• The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon to play ‘The ’59 Sound’ in full on livestream

  15-01-2022 21:56 via nme.com
  
  The Gaslight Anthem‘s Brian Fallon has announced details of a new livestreamed event where he’ll play classic album ‘The ’59 Sound’ in full.
  The announcement comes as Fallon revealed to fans that he has to cancel a number of forthcoming gigs with his band The Howling Weather due to the spread of Omicron.
  “NOT PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE: I AM CANCELING MORE SHOWS,” he wrote on Twitter this week. “There are way too many cases happening for us to be able to
  
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• Arab Strap return with new song ‘Aphelion’ from upcoming 7″

  15-01-2022 21:16 via nme.com
  
  Arab Strap have returned with a brand new song and announced details of a forthcoming 7″ single – hear ‘Aphelion’ below.
  The Scottish duo – Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton – returned in 2021 with their first album as Arab Strap in 16 years. ‘As Days Get Dark’ went on to be nominated for the SAY (Scottish Album Of The Year) Award.READ MORE: Arab Strap – ‘As Days Get Dark’ review: a superbly seedy career-best‘Aphelion&rsquo
  
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• Vinyl albums outsold CDs in US for first time in 30 years in 2021

  15-01-2022 20:36 via nme.com
  
  In 2021, vinyl albums outside CDs in the United States for the first time in 30 years.
  According to data from the MRC and Billboard, 38.3 per cent of all album sales in the country last year were in vinyl format, while it accounted over 50 per cent of all physical album sales (41.72 million sales out of a total of 82.79 million).
  The rate of vinyl albums sold last year went up by a massive 51.4 per cent to 41.72 million compared to 27.55m in 2020.
  Some of the biggest sellers included Adele&lsquo
  
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• Watch Geese make TV debut, playing ‘Low Era’ on ‘Colbert’

  15-01-2022 19:44 via nme.com
  
  Geese made their TV debut this week – watch the New York band perform ‘Low Era’ on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert below.READ MORE: Geese live in London: intimacy and intensity from fast-rising Brooklyn teensThe post-punk quintet released their debut album ‘Projector’ last October via Partisan, and headed out on a first UK tour shortly afterwards.
  For their Colbert performance, the band performed ‘Low Era’ wearing all white inside a sweaty small venue
  
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• Razorlight are in the studio working on their fifth album

  15-01-2022 18:53 via nme.com
  
  The recently reunited Razorlight have confirmed that they’re currently in the studio working on a new album.
  Last April, the band confirmed that their original line-up of Johnny Borrell, Andy Burrows, Björn Ågren and Carl Dalemo were reuniting after a 10-year hiatus for a livestreamed show that summer.
  Borrell, Ågren and Dalemo first formed the band in 2002, with Andy Burrows joining in 2004. Together, the quartet released three studio albums (2004 debut ‘Up All Nigh
  
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• Six people wounded after shooting at concert in Oregon

  15-01-2022 18:16 via nme.com
  
  Six people are wounded and in hospital following a shooting outside a concert in Eugene, Oregon last night (January 14).
  According to a report from NPR, the incident occurred in the car park of the WOW Hall venue, where rappers Lil Bean and Zay Bang were performing.
  Speaking in a press conference following the incident, Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner said that all six victims who are in hospital had suffered gunshot wounds.
  He said: “What law enforcement found when they came on scene is
  
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• Prince’s Estate Valued at $156 Million as Legal Battle Nears End

  15-01-2022 17:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  Six years after singer's death, estate's administrators and IRS reach agreement on value of Prince's real estate holdings and recordings
  
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• Dallas Frazier, Country Songwriter of ‘Elvira’ and ‘Beneath Still Waters,’ Dead at 82

  15-01-2022 17:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Oak Ridge Boys gave Frazier his biggest success with their indelible version of "Elvira," but legends like Merle Haggard, George Jones, Charley Pride, and Willie Nelson all recorded his songs
  
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• The Most Anticipated Hip-Hop Albums of 2022

  15-01-2022 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Kendrick Lamar to Megan Thee Stallion, here are the rap albums we'd like to hear in 2022
  
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• Neck Deep, The Bronx, Cancer Bats and more added to Slam Dunk 2022

  15-01-2022 16:01 via nme.com
  
  It’s been revealed that Neck Deep will headline Slam Dunk 2022, alongside previously announced headliners Sum 41, Alexisonfire and Dropkick Murphys.READ MORE: The Bronx on their “big, badass new rock record” and the return of Mariachi El BronxAlso added to the bill at Slam Dunk Festival are As December Falls, Cancer Bats and The Bronx, while The Summer Set, Point North and Mom Jeans will also be playing.
  “We’re really stoked to be back at Slam Dunk. It’s one o
  
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• Meshuggah announce new album ‘Immutable’ with teaser video

  15-01-2022 16:01 via nme.com
  
  Meshuggah have announced their ninth studio album, ‘Immutable’, teasing its as-yet-untitled lead single in a video revealing the record’s Luminokaya-designed cover art.
  ‘Immutable’ is set for release on April 1 via Atomic Fire Records, and comes as the follow-up to the Swedish death-metallers’ 2016 album, ‘The Violent Sleep Of Reason’.
  Have a look at the teaser video for ‘Immutable’ – as well as its cover art – below:Meshugg
  
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• Coheed And Cambria set May release for new album ‘Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind’

  15-01-2022 15:47 via nme.com
  
  Coheed And Cambria have announced their 10th studio album, ‘Vaxis II: A Window Of The Waking Mind’, priming it for release in the second quarter of 2022.
  It marks the longest gap the New York prog-rockers have taken between releases, landing four years after 2018’s ‘Vaxis I: The Unheavenly Creatures’. Revealed yesterday (January 14), the new record will be out on May 27 via Roadrunner, and features singles ‘Shoulders’ and ‘Rise, Naianasha (Cut
  
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• Six People Hospitalized Following Shooting Outside Eugene, Oregon Concert

  15-01-2022 15:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  At least one person in critical condition after suffering gunshot wounds outside Lil Bean + Zay Bang concert
  
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• Olly Alexander laughs off complaints about “sexualised” Years & Years performance

  15-01-2022 14:47 via nme.com
  
  Olly Alexander has responded to a series of complaints against Years & Years’ performance on New Year’s Eve.READ MORE: Years & Years: How They Became The Most Important Pop Band Of Our TimeThe performance was part of The Big New Years And Years Eve Party, which was broadcast on BBC One on December 31. The show saw Alexander collaborate with Kylie Minogue and Pet Shop Boys.
  Some viewers found the show offensive, however, with 179 complaints received by the BBC. Many people who
  
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• Watch St. Vincent honour the ‘70s with ‘Down’ performance on ‘Austin City Limits’

  15-01-2022 14:31 via nme.com
  
  St. Vincent will help premiere the 47th season of Austin City Limits tonight (January 15), performing the track ‘Down’ from her recent sixth album, ‘Daddy’s Home’.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – St. Vincent: “I wanted to tell my story with humour and compassion”Premiered earlier today by Consequence, a clip of the performance shows the artist – real name Annie Clark – jamming on the track with her backing back, The Down And
  
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• Lil Yachty joins Slowthai onstage during intimate $1 gig

  15-01-2022 14:04 via nme.com
  
  Slowthai played an intimate gig at New York’s Baby’s All Right on Thursday night (January 13), where he was joined onstage by Lil Yachty.READ MORE: Slowthai at Reading Festival 2021: rap devil defies you to ‘cancel’ himTickets for the gig cost just $1 (73p), and Slowthai (real name Tyron Frampton) announced it on Wednesday (January 12) via social media. “My New York family, I’m coming to see you,” he wrote. “Spread the word but wear a mask&rdq
  
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• Listen to King Princess’ driving new single ‘Little Bother’ with Fousheé

  15-01-2022 12:36 via nme.com
  
  King Princess has teamed up with alt-soul singer Fousheé for a driving indie-rock anthem titled ‘Little Bother’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Fousheé: “Black women have been the workhorses of the music industry since time began”‘Little Bother’ was written alongside multi-instrumentalist Zach Fogarty. Speaking about the track, King Princess (real name Mikaela Straus) said: “I have been a big fan of Fousheé for a while, so when
  
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• Eminem revisits his beef with Tekashi 6ix9ine on new Cordae album

  15-01-2022 12:24 via nme.com
  
  Eminem has revisited his beef with Tekashi 6ix9ine during his verse on Cordae’s ‘Parables (Remix)’ – check it out below.READ MORE: The troubling rise of Tekashi 6ix9ineDuring the track, which features on Cordae’s recently released album ‘From A Bird’s Eye View’, Eminem can be heard rapping: “Shit’ll make you wanna cop out like a plea deal / So I treat a beat like it’s Tekashi, spit on that bitch like Meek Mill.”
  During a 201
  
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• FBI website asks Astroworld punters to submit footage from the event

  15-01-2022 11:30 via nme.com
  
  A new website set up by the FBI is asking people that attended last year’s Astroworld festival – where a tragic crowd surge killed 10 and left hundreds more injured – to submit photos and video taken from the event.
  The site – fbi.gov/astroworld – was launched in tandem with the Houston Police Department. Noting that they’d already sifted through “countless hours of video evidence”, the administration wrote in a statement shared yesterday (January
  
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• Listen to Avril Lavigne’s pop-punk anthem ‘Love It When You Hate Me’

  15-01-2022 11:18 via nme.com
  
  Avril Lavigne has released the second single from her upcoming album – check out pop-punk banger ‘Love It When You Hate Me’ below.READ MORE: The 16 best pop-punk bands of all timeThe track, lifted from Lavigne’s seventh album ‘Love Sux’, also features a guest spot from emo rapper Blackbear. It follows on from ‘Bite Me’, which was released last November.
  Check out ‘Love It When You Hate Me’ below:‘Love Sux’ is out Februa
  
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• Kanye West hits out at Kim Kardashian on new song with The Game, ‘Eazy’

  15-01-2022 10:39 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West and The Game have joined forces for a searing new track titled ‘Eazy’, on which the former takes aim at his estranged wife (Kim Kardashian) and her new beau (Saturday Night Live mainstay Pete Davidson).READ MORE: Divorce, Drake disses and problematic features: 10 talking points from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’After a few bars spent embracing his ego as “Mr. Narcissist”, West raps: “N****, we havin’ the best divorce ever / If we go to cour
  
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• Listen to a snippet of a new Rex Orange County song

  15-01-2022 10:34 via nme.com
  
  Rex Orange County has taken to TikTok to share a snippet of a new track seemingly titled ‘Keep It Up’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Rex Orange County Live in London: despair and self-doubt dispelled with manic and mellow energyIn the clip of the uptempo emo track, Rex Orange County (real name Alex O’Connor) lip-syncs along to the lyrics: “Every time I open my mouth, I have regrets in my mind / Every time / And no one seems to figure me out / I guess, it’s st
  
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• Sinéad O’Connor admitted to hospital following her 17-year-old son’s death

  15-01-2022 09:46 via nme.com
  
  Sinéad O’Connor has been admitted to hospital following the death of her 17-year-old son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor.
  The singer’s son passed away last Friday (January 7) after going missing earlier in the week.
  According to CNN, she told fans last night (January 13) that she was heading to hospital to receive help following a series of now-deleted posts on an unverified Twitter account linked to her official account.
  “I’ve decided to follow my so
  
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• Richard Ashcroft's C'mon People remix

  15-01-2022 09:44 via music-news.com
  
  Richard Ashcroft has shared a new remix of 'C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’ with Liam Gallagher, which featured on his 2021 album 'Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1'.
  
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• Janet Jackson vows not to overdo cosmetic procedures as she ages

  15-01-2022 09:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Together Again hitmaker, who is known for her flawless complexion and razor-sharp cheekbones, has never discussed whether she has had fillers or Botox.
  
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• Ronnie Spector 'a hero' to Amy Winehouse

  15-01-2022 09:29 via music-news.com
  
  Amy Winehouse's collaborator Mark Ronson has revealed that the late Ronnie Spector was "a hero" to Amy.
  
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• Kanye West Calls Out Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson On New Track ‘Eazy’

  15-01-2022 08:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper has been in the studio working on the follow-up to Donda
  
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• Lady Gaga wants to make a movie with Tom Hanks

  15-01-2022 05:01 via music-news.com
  
  Following the success of her films A Star Is Born and House of Gucci, the superstar has cemented her status as a Hollywood actress.
  
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• SoundCloud Releases Feature Film With Music From SoFaygo, Lourdiz, and Other Artists

  15-01-2022 02:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  SoundCloud has released a feature film, The Day Ones, featuring tracks from a number of artists who rose to prominence on the music-sharing platform. Berlin-headquartered SoundCloud just recently debuted the 59-minute-long film, which was directed by Jams x Bash and created “in partnership with Ruffles.” Starring Matthew James Elam, Jasmine Sargent, and Noa Drake, The […]
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• Richard Ashcroft shares new remix of ‘C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’ with Liam Gallagher

  15-01-2022 00:08 via nme.com
  
  Richard Ashcroft has shared a new remix of ‘C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)’ featuring Liam Gallagher.READ MORE: Richard Ashcroft – “Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1” review: stripped-back re-imaginings of indie classicsThe original collaboration appeared on the former Verve man’s 2021 album ‘Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1’.
  Now, Ashcroft has shared a new reworking of the track entitled the ‘Don’t Stop Now’ mix.
  According to a pre
  
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• StubHub is Going Public with a Spotify-Style Direct Listing

  15-01-2022 00:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  StubHub Holdings is exploring going public via a direct listing. It’s the same avenue Spotify took for its Wall Street debut. Bloomberg reports that StubHub confidentially filed the paperwork with the U.S. Security and Exchanges Commission this year. The company could pursue a direct listing as soon as this year, at a value of more […]
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• Colombian Rapper Farina Is ‘Adicta al Perreo’ on Her Newest Single

  15-01-2022 00:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I hope [the song] makes everyone want to get on their feet and dance!" the Latin Grammy-nominated singer tells Rolling Stone
  
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