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• Baby Keem unveils ‘Melodic Blue’ tour dates

  31-01-2022 23:44 via nme.com
  
  Baby Keem has unveiled details of his 2022 tour dates.READ MORE: Baby Keem – ‘The Melodic Blue’ review: Kendrick’s protege forges his own path on exhilarating debutThe ‘Melodic Blue’ tour will see Baby Keem hit the road this spring for a North American tour in support of his debut album.
  The rapper took to social media last week to announce the tour, which will begin on March 7 in Cincinnati and will continue through New York, Atlanta, New Orleans an Chicago b
  
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• Lizzo and Nicki Minaj congratulate Rihanna on baby news

  31-01-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Umbrella hitmaker revealed her pregnancy by showcasing her growing bump while posing alongside her rapper boyfriend A$AP Rocky for photographers in Harlem, New York on Sunday.
  
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• Busch Light Taps Kenny G for ‘Smoothest Ad in Super Bowl History’

  31-01-2022 23:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Busch Light will run a Super Bowl ad featuring Kenny G for the ‘smoothest’ ad in Super Bowl history. Busch Light is partnering with the sax player for an advertisement that will air during the big game. The spot sees Kenny G’s figure superimposed over the screen as he blasts a sax solo next to […]
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• Rivers Cuomo Doesn’t Pull Music From Spotify, Launches Weezer-Specific Streaming Service Instead

  31-01-2022 23:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  The frontman created Weezify himself last year and loaded it with over 3,000 of his own demos from 1975 through 2017
  
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• Phoebe Bridgers, Mac DeMarco, Animal Collective and more announced for Kilby Block Party

  31-01-2022 23:02 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers, Mac DeMarco, Animal Collective and more have been announced for Utah festival Kilby Block Party.READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers interviewed: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before”The third edition of the festival will take place in downtown Salt Lake City at Library Square on May 13 and 14 with tickets going on sale Tuesday (February 1). You can purchase tickets here.
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• Lewis Capaldi announces huge concert in Cardiff

  31-01-2022 22:59 via nme.com
  
  Lewis Capaldi has announced a huge concert in Cardiff in the summer.READ MORE: The Big Read – Lewis Capaldi: “I make jokes because I’m comfortable with who I am”The singer-songwriter is set to play at Alexandra Head in Cardiff Bay on July 20 as part of The Bay Series. Tickets go on sale this Friday (February 4) at 10am and can be purchased here.
  The date comes in the middle of a busy UK tour in the summer, which will see him perform at Manchester Castlefield Bowl, along w
  
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• Kim Petras is teasing new music after sharing clips of new song

  31-01-2022 22:59 via nme.com
  
  Kim Petras is teasing more new music after sharing several clips of a new song – check it out below.READ MORE: Kim Petras live in Manchester: larger-than-life pop star wows with parallel universe mega-hitsIt comes after Petras shared new song ‘Coconuts’ last month and shared a teaser of a different track ‘Something About U’ in December.
  Petras shared this latest new snippet last Friday (January 28), which was also linked to a new website about the single, which you
  
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• Puppy unveil new album and share blistering new single ‘…And Watched It Glow’

  31-01-2022 22:38 via nme.com
  
  Puppy have unveiled details of a new album today (January 31) – listen to blistering new single ‘…And Watched It Glow’ below.READ MORE: “We aim for somewhere between Teenage Fanclub an Black Sabbath”: an interview with Puppy, your new favourite rock band Their second album, ‘Pure Evil’ will be released on May 7 via Rude Records. Pre-orders for  this will launch soon.
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• Warner Chappell Music France Signs Admin Agreement to Represent the Music of Jacques Brel

  31-01-2022 22:31 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Warner Chappell in France has signed an admin agreement with the estate of Jacques Brel for global representation outside of Belgium. Brel’s most famous musical works in English include “Ne Me Quitte Pas” (“If You Go Away”) and “Le Moribond” (“Seasons in the Sun”). The deal with the estate covers global representation outside the singer-songwriter’s […]
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• Watch Machine Gun Kelly confess new album title change to Travis Barker

  31-01-2022 22:15 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly has changed the name of his forthcoming new album just months after he got a matching tattoo with Travis Barker of the original LP’s title.READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”Back in August, the rapper/rocker shared a video of himself and Barker, the album’s executive producer, both brandishing new tattoos of the title ‘Born With Horns’.
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• DJ fined for “lending” soundsystem for warehouse rave days before Downing Street party

  31-01-2022 21:49 via nme.com
  
  A former BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ has been fined £1000 for supplying an illegal rave with a soundsystem during the second lockdown in 2020.READ MORE: The Tories’ funding cuts threaten to make the arts (even more of a) playground for the richMaressa Innerarity, who is also known as Carmen London, provided equipment at a warehouse rave for 200 people in Bethnal Green, City of London Magistrates’ Court heard.
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• Listen to Dashboard Confessional’s soaring new song, ‘Burning Heart’

  31-01-2022 21:31 via nme.com
  Dashboard Confessional has released a new song, ‘Burning Heart’ – give it a listen below.
  It’s the latest taken from their upcoming album, ‘All The Truth That I Can Tell’ – the band’s first LP since 2018’s ‘Crooked Shadows’. It’s set to arrive on February 25 via Hidden Note Records/AWAL.
  Speaking about the new single, the group’s frontman Chris Carrabba said: “In the song, there’s this sense
  
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• Lady Gaga announces return of Las Vegas residency

  31-01-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Lady Gaga will perform at the Park MGM from 14 April until 1 May.
  
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• BTS’ Jimin Making ‘Speedy Recovery’ After Appendicitis Surgery, COVID Treatment

  31-01-2022 21:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer was hospitalized Sunday night after experiencing "sudden abdominal pain" and a sore throat
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker Got Matching Album Title Tattoos. MGK Just Changed the LP’s Name

  31-01-2022 21:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Months after announcing Born With Horns in permanent ink, the musician told the drummer/producer his next record would now be called Mainstream Sellout
  
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• Warner Music Group Inks ‘Label-Wide Partnership’ With Music NFT Platform OneOf Following Blockparty Deal

  31-01-2022 21:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  10 days after striking a partnership agreement with five-year-old “digital collectibles platform” Blockparty, Warner Music Group (WMG) has formed a “label-wide partnership with” Quincy Jones-backed music NFT platform OneOf. The Big Three record label revealed this latest NFT-focused deal via a concise release today, and the pact arrives about eight months after OneOf scored $63 […]
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• Sony Music Publishing Launches Songwriter Assistance for Counseling & Mental Health Wellness

  31-01-2022 20:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Sony Music Publishing is launching Songwriter Assistance. It’s a new program to help its roster of songwriters and composers connect with mental health professionals. Sony says the program will begin on February 1 and will provide 24/7 counseling support via global hotlines. It will also offer ongoing counseling services for emotional health issues like stress, […]
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• The Black Keys announce 2022 ‘Dropout Boogie’ US tour

  31-01-2022 20:03 via nme.com
  
  The Black Keys have announced details of their ‘Dropout Boogie’ US tour –  the duo’s first outing since their 2019 studio album ‘Let’s Rock’. Check out full dates and ticket details below.READ MORE: The Black Keys on LP ‘Delta Kream’: “We never thought of it as an album”Band of Horses will be supporting on all 32 dates of the expansive North American tour, with Ceramic Animal, Early James, and the Velveteers opening select pe
  
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• Accused Rapist Marilyn Manson Working With Kanye West ‘Every Day’ on New Album

  31-01-2022 19:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Every day I go to the studio, Marilyn is there working on Donda 2," West collaborator Digital Nas says
  
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• Dave, Tyler, The Creator, Megan Thee Stallion and more announced for Longitude 2022

  31-01-2022 19:33 via nme.com
  
  Dave, Tyler, The Creator, Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat and many more have been announced for this year’s Longitude festival.READ MORE: At last! The BRIT Awards nominations feel like a real representation of UK musicThe three day Dublin event will take place from July 1-3 at Marlay Park with tickets going on sale this Friday (February 4) at 9am. You can purchase tickets here.
  It is the first time Longitude has been held since 2019 after COVID forced organisers to cancel the bash in 20
  
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• Alice Glass on referencing Crystal Castles on new album: “If I intentionally piss anyone off, then good”

  31-01-2022 18:57 via nme.com
  
  Alice Glass has revealed that the title of her forthcoming album is a nod to her former band Crystal Castles.READ MORE: Alice Glass: “I never thought I would be talking openly like this… about anything”Glass was speaking to NME for last week’s Big Read and reflected on her time leaving Crystal Castles after the release of their third album ‘III’.
  Three years after that in 2014, Glass released a statement about bandmate Ethan Kath, alleging that she&rsquo
  
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• Don Broco heading for first UK Number 1 album with 'Amazing Things' following physical release

  31-01-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Don Broco are heading towards their first ever UK Number 1 album this Friday with Amazing Things.
  
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• Primary Wave Acquires ‘Additional Stake’ in Def Leppard Publishing Catalog and Recorded Royalties

  31-01-2022 18:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Weeks after buying a stake in the music IP of America, Primary Wave has officially “expanded their partnership” with 45-year-old Def Leppard, including by securing a larger interest in the group’s publishing catalog and recorded royalties. Primary Wave unveiled the deal – one of many that the company has finalized since receiving a $375 million […]
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• Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo has built his own streaming platform, Weezify

  31-01-2022 17:56 via nme.com
  
  Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has built a streaming platform to host thousands of Weezer demos.
  The tracks were originally released in 2020 as part of Cuomo’s “web programming class”.READ MORE: Weezer: “’Ok Human’ is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it’s perfect for now”Available to buy in era-bundles, the demos range from Cuomo’s musical ventures pre-Weezer all the way through to 2017’s ‘Pacific Daydream&rsqu
  
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• Arlo Parks announces new single ‘Softly’: “I’m very proud of this one”

  31-01-2022 17:46 via nme.com
  
  Arlo Parks announced her new single ‘Softly’ will be arriving this week, which she describes as a “a piece of absolute yearning”.READ MORE: Arlo Parks: “I’d like to just still be really enjoying what I do because I’m so happy right now”The Mercury Prize winner shared that her first single of 2022, and follow-up to last year’s critically-acclaimed debut ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams‘ will be released on Tuesday (February 1). She also shar
  
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• Halsey announces Love And Power US tour

  31-01-2022 17:22 via nme.com
  
  Halsey has announced their Love And Power tour in support of fourth album ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’.
  Support for the tour comes from Beabadoobee, PinkPantheress, Wolf Alice, Abby Roberts and The Marías – check out dates below.READ MORE: Halsey: “I’ve always been driven to reinvent myself and reinvent my genre”Kicking off May 17 at the iThink Financial Amphitheatre in Palm Beach, FL, the twenty-two date tour will include shows at Hollywo
  
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• Rihanna pregnant with first child

  31-01-2022 17:06 via music-news.com
  
  The couple announced the news during a walk in New York.
  
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• Years & Years: 'I'm proud of all the songs. But writing ‘Crave’, was a really good experience'

  31-01-2022 17:05 via music-news.com
  
  Years and Years' Olly Alexander joins The Rebecca Judd Show on Apple Music 1 today to discuss his UK No.1 Album "Night Call"
  
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• Rihanna Reportedly Pregnant, Expecting First Child With A$AP Rocky

  31-01-2022 17:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  News comes following days of speculation by fans on social media
  
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• Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are expecting a child together

  31-01-2022 17:04 via nme.com
  
  Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are expecting a child together.READ MORE: Rihanna: every album ranked and ratedNew photographs captured the pair together in New York’s Harlem district last Friday (January 28). Rihanna unveiled her baby bump via an open coat accessorised with a chain as the pair walked around New York together.
  You can see some of the images here:OMFG RIHANNA IS WITH CHILD IM GOING TO BE AN AUNT THANK U GODCongrats sis I’m soooo happy!!!!! pic.twitter.com/rvw4RqUblc
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• Peaches announces 20th anniversary tour for ‘The Teaches Of Peaches’

  31-01-2022 16:36 via nme.com
  
  Art-punk icon Peaches has announced a 20th anniversary tour for her ‘The Teaches Of Peaches’ album – check out dates below.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Peaches‘The Teaches Of Peaches’ was the first album Peaches released under that stage name and features breakout single ‘Fuck The Pain Away’. As expected, the anniversary tour will see her playing the record in full.
  The run of shows will kick off May 16 2022 in Wash
  
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• Lily Collins celebrates dad Phil Collins's 71st birthday with sweet message

  31-01-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Emily in Paris star took to Instagram on Sunday to post a throwback photo depicting her as a baby perched on her dad''s shoulders.
  
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• PinkPantheress Has Refurbished Her Killer Debut Mixtape With a New Set of Remixes

  31-01-2022 16:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Breakout U.K. star adds new wrinkles to her mercurial tracks
  
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• Dark R&B singer/songwriter Avie Sheck shares captivating short film ‘Black $ummer'

  31-01-2022 16:10 via music-news.com
  
  L.A based Indian-American singer, songwriter and creative director Avie Sheck shares his contemporary short film ‘Black $ummer’ to
  
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• Madi Diaz and Waxahatchee’s ‘Resentment’ Will Emotionally Destroy You

  31-01-2022 16:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track is off Diaz's collaborative EP Same History, New Feelings, featuring Angel Olsen and more
  
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• Halsey’s ‘Love and Power’ Tour Only Hitting Outdoor Venues

  31-01-2022 16:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer will be joined on select dates by Beabadoobee, Pinkpantheress, the Marías, Abby Roberts, and Wolf Alice
  
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• Stax Museum offering virtual exhibition for Black History Month

  31-01-2022 15:58 via nme.com
  
  The legendary Stax Museum of American Soul Music is set to offer another virtual exhibition this year to celebrate Black History Month.READ MORE: The story behind 1967’s revolutionary Stax Records tourThe museum, set on the site of the iconic Stax Studios building in Memphis, Tennessee, which hosted sessions from Otis Redding and other soul stars, also runs a Stax Music Academy which teaches music theory, performance and business to students.
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• Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul share ‘Ceci n’est pas un cliché’, detail US tour

  31-01-2022 15:15 via nme.com
  
  Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul have shared another new track from their forthcoming joint album – listen to ‘Ceci n’est pas un cliché’ (‘This is not a cliché’) below.
  The pair’s debut album as a duo, ‘Topical Dancer’, will be released on March 4, 2022 via Deewee – the label owned by Soulwax, who co-wrote and co-produced the album.READ MORE: Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Belgian electro-pop duo laugh
  
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• The 20 Best Billie Eilish Songs

  31-01-2022 15:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Few artists in the past decade have changed the pop landscape like Billie — and here are the highlights from her already-historic run
  
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• ‘What Can I Do To Make It Hit Harder?’: How Sebastián Yatra Leveled Up His Sound

  31-01-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Colombian singer reveals the stories behind five of the best songs on his great new album, Dharma
  
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• Doja Cat Embarks on Intergalactic Rescue Mission in ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’ Video

  31-01-2022 14:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Planet Her universe gets an extension when Doja Cat’s feline companion is held hostage by a space alien
  
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• The Beach Boys confirm second UK show for summer 2022

  31-01-2022 14:39 via nme.com
  
  The Beach Boys have confirmed a second UK show, with the group taking to Dreamland in Margate on June 23, 2022.
  It follows on from the news that the legendary band will play London’s Royal Albert Hall on June 24. Both shows will form part of their ‘Sixty Years of the Sounds of Summer’ tour.READ MORE: The Beach Boys’ ‘Christmas Album’ – The full story of the festival classic recorded in the sunny summer of ’64The current iteration of The Beach Boys
  
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• Noel Gallagher: Ed Sheeran is a 'good lad'

  31-01-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Noel Gallagher was full of praise of Ed Sheeran despite previously dissing his music.
  
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• Lewis Capaldi announces open-air Cardiff concert

  31-01-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lewis Capaldi has been announced as a headliner for Cardiff's The Bay series this summer.
  
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• The Coral announce support acts for 20th anniversary tour

  31-01-2022 14:03 via nme.com
  
  The Coral have announced the six acts that will be supporting them across their upcoming UK tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album.
  Supporting The Coral at various shows on their twelve-date UK tour are Cut Glass Kids, Marvin Powell, The Dream Machine, Louis Croft, Rianne Downey and Brooke Combe. The run starts March 3 in Sheffield and ends with a pair of Liverpool shows on March 25 and 26. The complete run of shows can be seen below.
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• Black Country, New Road vocalist Isaac Wood announces departure from the band

  31-01-2022 13:33 via nme.com
  
  Black Country, New Road have announced that frontman Isaac Wood has left the band with immediate effect.
  The band, whose second album ‘Ants From Up There’ is due out this week (February 4), will continue as a six-piece, but their upcoming shows are cancelled. The news comes after the band postponed a UK and Irish tour late last year due to illness.READ MORE: Black Country, New Road: sax and violins from Britain’s most prestigious new bandIn a message shared by Black Countr
  
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• Paul McCartney still gets emotional listening to the John Lennon inspired ‘Dear Friend’

  31-01-2022 13:24 via nme.com
  
  Paul McCartney has admitted he gets “very emotional” listening to ‘Dear Friend’ because he wrote it about John Lennon.READ MORE: ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epicThe song was released in 1971 as part of McCartney’s post-The Beatles project Wings. To celebrate the 50th anniversary reissue of their debut album ‘Wild Life’, a Q&A about the record from 2018 has been shared on Pa
  
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• British folk legend Norma Waterson has died aged 82

  31-01-2022 12:49 via nme.com
  
  Legendary British folk singer Norma Waterson has died at the age of 82, her family have revealed.
  The news was revealed by Waterson’s daughter Eliza Carthy, also a folk singer and part of the Carthy folk family alongside her mother and father, Martin Carthy.
  No cause of death has yet been revealed, but in a recent fundraiser attempt, Eliza revealed that her mother had been hospitalised with pneumonia.
  “Not much to say about such monumental sadness, but mam passed away yesterday after
  
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• Joe Rogan promises to 'balance out' podcast following Spotify misinformation controversy

  31-01-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Last week, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell pulled their music from streaming service Spotify due to claims that Joe Rogan had shared misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines.
  
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• Sam Fender to perform at the BRIT Awards 2022

  31-01-2022 12:30 via nme.com
  
  It’s been confirmed that Sam Fender will perform at The BRIT Awards 2022.
  He’ll be sharing the stage with previously announced artists Doja Cat, Dave, Ed Sheeran, Holly Humberstone, Liam Gallagher and Little Simz.
  READ MORE: Sam Fender: “This album is probably the best thing I’ve done in my life”
  Fender won the Rising Star Award in 2019 and has been nominated for Artist Of The Year and Rock/Alternative Act Of The Year at the 2022 event while second album ‘Seve
  
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