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• Björk, Mogwai, Groove Armada and more to headline Bluedot Festival

  01-02-2022 23:54 via nme.com
  
  Björk, Groove Armada and Metronomy are among the acts that have been announced as headliners for this year’s Bluedot Festival.READ MORE: Björk’s ‘Cornucopia’ live in London: an audacious, expectation-disrupting spectacular from an artist unbothered with people-pleasingThe fifth instalment of the music, science and culture event is set to take place at Cheshire’s Jodrell Bank Observatory on July 21–24, 2022.
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• Jon Zazula, Co-Founder of Metallica’s First Label Megaforce, Dead at 69

  01-02-2022 23:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  The label Zazula launched with his late wife Marsha was also home to metal favorites Anthrax, Testament, and Overkill
  
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• Dolly Parton doesn't want to live as long as Betty White

  01-02-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  In an interview with Access, the 76-year-old country singer discussed the late actress, who passed away at age 99 on New Year's Eve.
  
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• India.Arie says she’s leaving Spotify over Joe Rogan’s “language around race”

  01-02-2022 23:20 via nme.com
  
  India.Arie is leaving Spotify, citing their exclusive hosting of Joe Rogan’s podcast and his “language around race” as the reason she pulled her music.READ MORE: Swift vs Albarn, Morrissey vs Marr and Young vs Spotify: dissecting pop’s Beef WeekIn an announcement on her Instagram last night (January 31), she shared the details behind her decision to leave the streaming giant – following on from Neil Young’s exit due to Rogan spreading “misinformation&rdq
  
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• Warner, Universal Legacy Acts Will Finally Get Royalty Checks as Labels Wipe Debts

  01-02-2022 22:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sony became the first major to waive unrecouped advances last year
  
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• Alice Glass: “If I could take a pill and erase all my memories, I would”

  01-02-2022 22:52 via nme.com
  
  Alice Glass has opened up about her decision to write about her painful past in Crystal Castles on her forthcoming album ‘PREY/IV’.READ MORE: Alice Glass on the cover: “I never thought I would be talking openly like this… about anything”Speaking to NME for our latest Big Read, Glass got candid about her the reasons she wanted to share her experiences so openly.
  “If I could take a pill and erase all my memories, I would. I didn’t think I would be here &n
  
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• Listen to Arlo Parks’ sunny new single, ‘Softly’

  01-02-2022 22:36 via nme.com
  
  Arlo Parks has released her first new music of 2022, a single titled ‘Softly’ – you can watch the song’s video below.READ MORE: Arlo Parks: “I’d like to just still be really enjoying what I do because I’m so happy right now”The follow-up to the Mercury Prize winner’s critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’, is a juxtaposing track that pairs an upbeat, sunny backdrop with tender lyrics about a relationsh
  
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• Sarah Michelle Gellar mistaken for Big Sean at NFL game

  01-02-2022 22:05 via nme.com
  
  Sarah Michelle Gellar has joked about being confused with Big Sean at an NFL game over the weekend.READ MORE: ‘Buffy’ turns 20: a countdown of the show’s 20 best episodesThe Buffy star took to social media to post about being mislabelled as the rapper at the Los Angeles Rams game on Sunday (January 30) as they played the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship, winning 20-17.
  Gellar and Big Sean attended alongside R&B singer Jhené Aiko, with the SoFi Stadium
  
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• Enhypen Would Be Down to Film a Movie. And Its Title Would Be ‘Avengers’-Inspired

  01-02-2022 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  K-pop group answers a set of rapid-fire questions for Rolling Stone's Say Anything series
  
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• Kanye West Documentary Directors Shrug Off Ye’s Final-Cut Demand: ‘This Just Comes With the Territory’

  01-02-2022 21:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  'Jeen-Yuhs' co-director says he had a friendly encounter with West a week after his Instagram demand for control over the film
  
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• Spotify Stock (SPOT) Has Jumped 17% This Week As Analysts Set Optimistic Target Prices

  01-02-2022 21:43 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Despite having suffered a double-digit valuation decline since 2022’s beginning, Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has quietly rebounded by about 17 percent this week, as some analysts claim that shares are undervalued. At the time of this piece’s writing, Spotify stock was worth $202.09 per share. The figure marks a 2.97 percent boost from yesterday’s close […]
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• Kanye West Says No to Creating NFTs, But Ask Him Later

  01-02-2022 21:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Kanye West posted a note to his Instagram telling fans to stop asking him to do NFTs. On Monday, Ye posted a hand-written note to Instagram to address his fans. “Stop asking me to do NFTs; I’m not finna co-sign,” Kanye wrote in the comments. “For now, I’m not on that wave; I make music […]
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• Jennifer Lopez feels 'lucky and proud' to be with Ben Affleck once again

  01-02-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez is so proud of the man Ben Affleck has become.
  
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• Adele to perform at the BRIT Awards 2022

  01-02-2022 21:29 via nme.com
  
  Adele has confirmed that she will be performing at the BRIT Awards 2022.READ MORE: Adele – ‘30’ album review: dependable pop titan finally mixes things upThe singer-songwriter, whose latest album ’30’ was the UK’s biggest selling album of 2021, took to Instagram this evening (February 1) to announce the news.
  “Hiya, so I’m really happy to say that I am performing at the Brits next week!!” Adele wrote alongside a close up photo of herself
  
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• The Linda Lindas announce debut album ‘Growing Up’ and share title track

  01-02-2022 21:14 via nme.com
  
  The Linda Lindas have announced the details for their debut album ‘Growing Up’, as well as sharing the video for the title track and new single.READ MORE: LA teen punk band The Linda Lindas go viral with anti-racist anthem ‘Racist Sexist Boy’‘Growing Up’, the band’s first full-length record and follow-up to their 2020 self-titled EP, arrives on June 8 via Epitaph Records and is available for pre-order here. The band also shared a first listen to the
  
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• Graham Nash, India Arie Will Remove Music From Spotify Over Joe Rogan

  01-02-2022 21:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Graham Nash and India Arie are joining Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in removing their music from Spotify. Graham Nash states that he is removing his music to support his former bandmate Neil Young in protest over COVID-19 misinformation. “Having heard the COVID disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify, I completely agree with and […]
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• Cat Power on Lana Del Rey: “She reached out at a time when I felt really super-muted”

  01-02-2022 20:37 via nme.com
  
  Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, has revealed that Lana Del Rey was one of the few people to reach out to her after she was dropped by her label, Matador.READ MORE: Cat Power: “The music I’m drawn to is about either healing or abandon – one or the other”In an interview with NME, Marshall shared that Del Rey invited her out on the road during a difficult time in her career.
  “When I was told that my last record ‘Wanderer’ was no good, there was a
  
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• Warner records scraps unrecouped debts for heritage artists

  01-02-2022 20:27 via nme.com
  
  Warner Music Group has today (February 1) announced that it will be scrapping any unrecouped debt for artists who signed to the label before the year 2000.
  The move follows Sony Music’s announcement last year that it would begin to pay royalties from streaming and other revenue streams to thousands of artists who signed deals with the label before 2000 and were yet to recoup their advances.
  WMG, the world’s third largest music rights company, issued a statement confirming it would be
  
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• Warner Music Group scraps unrecouped debts for heritage artists

  01-02-2022 20:27 via nme.com
  
  Warner Music Group has today (February 1) announced that it will be scrapping any unrecouped debt for artists who signed to the label before the year 2000.
  The move follows Sony Music’s announcement last year that it would begin to pay royalties from streaming and other revenue streams to thousands of artists who signed deals with the label before 2000 and were yet to recoup their advances.
  WMG, the world’s third largest music rights company, issued a statement confirming it would be
  
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• Yungen on ‘Passionate & Paranoid’: “I just wanted to rap – I can’t put it any other way”

  01-02-2022 20:00 via nme.com
  
  Yungen has shared ‘Popstar’ – the lead single on his newly-announced project, ‘Passionate & Paranoid’. Check it out below along with NME’s interview with the south London rapper.
  ‘Popstar’, an explosive and high-energy reiteration of the rapper’s identity, looks to highlight the multi-million streaming Yungen’s dedication to sticking to his roots rather than getting swept up by success.
  “The reason I wanted that to be the song
  
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• ‘Lady A’ Name Lawsuit: Country Trio and Anita White Settle Dispute

  01-02-2022 19:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Seattle blues singer and the Nashville band filed a joint request to dismiss the lawsuit on Monday
  
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• Graham Nash pulls music from Spotify: “I completely agree with my friend Neil”

  01-02-2022 19:34 via nme.com
  
  Graham Nash has declared his support for Neil Young, announcing plans to remove his music from Spotify in protest of the service platforming misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine.READ MORE: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – ‘Barn’ review: rugged and rural beauty, with a sense of hopeYoung demanded that his music be pulled from Spotify last week, asserting in a since-deleted open letter to his management that content like the Joe Rogan Experience podcast “spread[s] fal
  
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• Lil Yachty Sues NFT Startup Opulous For Allegedly Promoting Its Launch With His Name and Likeness

  01-02-2022 18:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Rapper Lil Yachty is officially suing Singapore-based Opulous for trademark infringement, claiming that the NFT startup used his name and likeness without permission as part of its launch. 24-year-old Lil Yachty just recently submitted the straightforward complaint to a California federal court, naming as defendants (along with Opulous) Liverpool-headquartered Ditto Music and Lee Parsons, the […]
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• Check out the ticket details for Burning Man Festival 2022

  01-02-2022 17:56 via nme.com
  
  Burning Man has announced the ticket details for this year’s festival.
  The event will return to the Black Rock Desert, Nevada between August 28 and September 5, 2022 after the COVID pandemic forced the cancellation of both its 2020 and 2021 editions.READ MORE: Light your fire: this Burning Man doc will change the way you think about festivalsTickets for this year’s Burning Man will be available via multiple tier releases throughout the months leading up to the festival, the first bei
  
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• R. Kelly Contracts Covid-19 in Jail, Wins Two-Week Extension to File Appeal

  01-02-2022 17:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly ruled Tuesday that the R&B singer now has until Feb. 17 to formally fight his September conviction on charges he had sex with underage girls
  
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• Hear the 1986 Neil Young Show That Joe Rogan Worked as a Security Guard

  01-02-2022 17:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Thirty-six years ago, a teenage Joe Rogan quit his job after failing to break up fights that erupted near a bonfire at this Neil Young gig
  
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• Tori Amos Drops ‘Ocean to Ocean’ Tour Dates Ahead of ‘Tiny Desk’ Debut

  01-02-2022 17:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer will begin her trek through the states in April
  
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• Pro Skaters Get ‘Wild in the Streets’ in New Vid for Circle Jerks Classic

  01-02-2022 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tony Hawk and Eric Koston are among the skaters featured in the video for the legendary Southern California hardcore band
  
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• Wet Leg Show Off ‘the Good, the Bad, the Ugly’ Social Media Comments in New Video

  01-02-2022 16:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  Isle of Wight duo will finally drop their debut in April
  
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• Watch Anitta rock out during ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ performance on ‘Fallon’

  01-02-2022 16:41 via nme.com
  
  Anitta delivered a live performance of her recent single ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ on US TV last night – check out the video below.READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with AnittaThe Brazilian singer appeared as the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon yesterday (January 31) ahead of releasing her fifth studio album, ‘Girl From Rio’, which will follow 2019’s ‘Kisses’. A release date for the reco
  
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• Doja Cat pulls out of BRIT Awards performance

  01-02-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Doja Cat has been unable to rehearse properly due to Covid-19 cases in her team.
  
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• Vertigo’s New Off-App Weblinks Unlock New Power For Artists, New Access For Fans

  01-02-2022 16:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Fans can access artist content on Vertigo from anywhere, no app download required. Artists can further boost streams and sync any content to subscribers’ accounts. The following article comes from Vertigo, a proud partner of DMN. Vertigo, the social listening app, wants every fan to savor the amazing content artists share in its Artist Lounges. Once […]
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• Bright Eyes to Reissue Catalog — But Conor Oberst Doesn’t Feel ‘Nostalgic and Self-Indulgent’

  01-02-2022 16:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  All nine albums will be accompanied by a Companion EP — featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Waxahatchee, and more
  
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• Why Hiss Golden Messenger Changed Their American Flag Album Cover After the Jan. 6 Insurrection

  01-02-2022 16:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  “In an instant, the cover felt totally inadequate,” says songwriter M.C. Taylor. “The flag came to seem insensitive and overprivileged.”
  
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• Mickey Guyton to Sing National Anthem at Super Bowl LVI

  01-02-2022 16:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I am shook, I am grateful, I am praise dancing," Guyton said about being chosen to perform at Feb. 13 game
  
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• Sweetwater Now Offers Band & Orchestra Instruments and Accessories

  01-02-2022 16:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sweetwater now offers band & orchestra instruments and accessories in-store and online. Sweetwater is the biggest online musical instrument retailer in the US, so the move to offer band and orchestral instruments is a natural expansion. By including these additional instruments in its selection, Sweetwater has a top-quality showroom from the world’s leading manufacturers. The […]
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• Bright Eyes announce plans to reissue their back catalogue and share new recordings

  01-02-2022 16:00 via nme.com
  
  Bright Eyes have announced plans to reissue their entire back catalogue.READ MORE: Bright Eyes: “I hope our music makes people feel less alone”The band – comprised of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcot – will reissue all nine of their studio albums along with a Companion EP for each LP featuring new recordings of songs from the original release plus a cover version from an artist they found particularly inspiring at the time.
  They will kick off the campaign on May 2
  
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• Wet Leg announce run of UK in-store shows

  01-02-2022 15:42 via nme.com
  
  Wet Leg have announced an in-store UK tour for this spring – you can find all the details below.READ MORE: Wet Leg: “We want to be recognised as guitar heroes”The Isle Of Wight duo – comprised of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – will perform at Pryzm in Kingston upon Thames, London for Banquet Records on April 7 ahead of releasing their self-titled debut album on April 8.
  Fans can gain entry to the 14+ show by purchasing an album/ticket bundle here from 11a
  
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• Nash, Young Reunite Against Spotify: ‘I Completely Agree and Support My Friend Neil’

  01-02-2022 15:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Musician lambasts Joe Rogan's "dishonest and unsupported" vaccine stance, pulls solo recordings from "enabler" platform
  
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• Don Broco and Jamie Webster battling for this week’s Number One album

  01-02-2022 15:15 via nme.com
  
  Don Broco and Jamie Webster are battling for this week’s UK Number One album.
  The Bedford rock band are currently ahead of the solo artist from Liverpool in the midweek chart after their fourth album ‘Amazing Things’ was released on vinyl, CD and cassette. It originally came out in October last year.
  Webster meanwhile, is not far behind with his second album ‘Moments’. His debut ‘We Get By’ previously peaked at Number Six in the UK albums chart.
  He
  
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• ‘We’re Putting a Piece of Ourselves Out There’: The Linda Lindas Talk ‘Growing Up’ on Debut LP

  01-02-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  L.A. band that went viral in 2021 with punk anthem "Racist, Sexist Boy" announces debut full-length, due out April 8
  
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• India Arie to Pull Music From Spotify Due to Joe Rogan’s Comments on Race

  01-02-2022 14:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  Last week, Joe Rogan and his podcast guest Jordan Peterson — two white men — hosted a discussion on what it means to be Black
  
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• Rosalía shares ‘Motomami’ cover art, reveals new song is coming this week

  01-02-2022 14:24 via nme.com
  
  Rosalía has shared the official artwork for her forthcoming third album ‘Motomami’, while announcing that a new track is coming this week.READ MORE: Rosalía at Somerset House review – the making of a new kind of megastarFollowing on from 2018’s ‘El Mal Querer’, the Spanish singer-songwriter’s next full-length record will feature the previous single ‘La Fama’ (featuring The Weeknd). A release date is not yet known.
  Taking to soci
  
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• Lady Gaga to return to Las Vegas for more Jazz and Piano shows

  01-02-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lady Gaga has announced a string of new Vegas shows.
  
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• Ali Campbell's tour will go ahead in memory of UB40 bandmate Astro

  01-02-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Ali Campbell will tour in honour of late UB40 bandmate Astro.
  
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• Gomez member and streaming campaigner Tom Gray appointed Chair of the Ivors Academy

  01-02-2022 13:55 via nme.com
  
  Gomez‘s Tom Gray has been appointed as Chair of the Ivors Academy.
  The musician is the founder of the #BrokenRecord campaign as well as running the Academy’s #FixStreaming campaign, which are calling for better streaming revenues for artists and helped spark the Economics of Music Streaming inquiry.READ MORE: Streaming – what happens next? Artists demand “a shift in the way business is done”Earlier this month, Radiohead‘s Ed O’Brien thanked Gray and
  
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• Lionel Richie cancels summer tour and Isle Of Wight headline slot

  01-02-2022 13:19 via nme.com
  
  Lionel Richie has cancelled his forthcoming UK and European summer tour due to the continuing spread of COVID.
  The singer confirmed today all his 2022 ‘Hello’ shows which included the Eden Project, his Isle Of Wight and Cambridge Club Festival headline slots in June have been pulled. He was due to headline the former on the Friday night (June 17) alongside Lewis Capaldi.
  Further shows were also set to take place in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Dublin and Belfast.
  In a statement, h
  
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• New Keith Moon biopic to reportedly begin shooting this summer

  01-02-2022 12:59 via nme.com
  
  The long-awaited biopic about The Who drummer Keith Moon is set to begin shooting this summer, according to reports.
  Moon was the drummer for The Who between 1964 and 1978 when he died from an overdose of Heminevrin, a drug used to treat and prevent symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.
  The new film project, which is provisionally called The Real Me after the ‘Quadrophenia’ song, will be executive produced by The Who’s Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend.
  According to Variety, Paul
  
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• Sam Fender says people were “groomed to hate” Jeremy Corbyn

  01-02-2022 12:58 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender has said that people were “groomed to hate” the former Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
  The North Shields singer-songwriter spoke about Corbyn – who was succeeded by Keir Starmer as Leader of the Opposition in 2020 – during a recent interview with The Big Issue.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Sam Fender: “This album is probably the best thing I’ve done in my life”Fender also criticised the current UK government amid the ongoing parties s
  
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• Aerosmith cancel 2022 UK and European tour due to COVID

  01-02-2022 12:32 via nme.com
  
  Aerosmith have cancelled their forthcoming UK and European tour due to the coronavirus pandemic.READ MORE: Aerosmith: The best war storiesThe jaunt was originally scheduled to take place in 2020 but was pushed back to 2021. It was later rescheduled again for this summer but has now been pulled again.
  “It is with deep regret we must announce that our European Tour, scheduled to take place in June and July 2022, has been cancelled,” Aerosmith said in a statement.
  “We have co
  
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