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• Slash says more new Guns N’ Roses music is coming

  21-02-2022 23:58 via nme.com
  
  Slash has revealed that there is more new music from Guns N’ Roses on the way soon – and some fresh tracks could arrive before they begin their next stint of shows.
  The band released two new singles last year in ‘Absurd’ and ‘Hard Skool’, with both tracks stemming from the sessions for the infamous ‘Chinese Democracy’ album.
  The guitarist has explained that those tracks weren’t the only pieces of new material the band had been planning t
  
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• Britney Spears lands multimillion-dollar book deal - report

  21-02-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The deal has been reported to be worth "as much as $15 million".
  
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• Britney Spears lands multimillion-dollar book deal

  21-02-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The deal has been reported to be worth "as much as $15 million".
  
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• Red Velvet to hold ‘The ReVe Festival: Prologue’ concert in March

  21-02-2022 23:27 via nme.com
  
  Red Velvet have announced their first concert in over two years as a full group, The ReVe Festival: Prologue, will take place next month.
  The K-pop girl group last gave an in-person concert in February 2020 when they performed in Fukuoka, Japan. However, they were without singer Wendy for the show, who was recovering from a stage accident that happened in December 2019.READ MORE: The 25 best K-pop songs of 2021Red Velvet’s full line-up – completed by Seulgi, Joy, Yeri and Irene
  
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• Camila Cabello announces new single ‘Bam Bam’ with Ed Sheeran

  21-02-2022 22:45 via nme.com
  
  Camila Cabello has announced details of her new single ‘Bam Bam’, which will feature an appearance by Ed Sheeran.
  The track will be the singer’s first piece of new material to be released this year and is thought to be taken from her upcoming album, ‘Familia’.READ MORE: The Big Read – Camila Cabello: “I’m the most emo person ever”Cabello announced the single on Instagram earlier today (February 21), sharing what looks like the artwork, w
  
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• Play MPE Connects Record Labels and Artists to Verified Tastemakers Around the World

  21-02-2022 22:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Happy clients turned Play MPE executives Glenn Aure and Allan Benedict explain why you should use the preferred music promotion and discovery platform too. The following comes from Play MPE, a proud and longtime and partner of Digital Music News. In an increasingly competitive market, Play MPE is helping new music stand out by streamlining […]
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• Royal Albert Hall launches music talent competition for 14-18-year-olds

  21-02-2022 21:59 via nme.com
  
  London’s Royal Albert Hall has announced a music talent contest that will give applicants the chance to perform on the iconic venue’s main stage.
  Future Makers, as the competition is titled, will see finalists perform on stage this November 2022 in front of an industry panel, invited guests and an audience of young people.
  The winning act will receive a unique package of support and opportunities from the Hall and its partners to continue their development as an artist. As part
  
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• Britney Spears reportedly lands “record-breaking” deal for tell-all book

  21-02-2022 21:59 via nme.com
  
  Britney Spears has reportedly signed a “record-breaking” deal to publish a tell-all book in which she will detail her career and family.READ MORE: Controlling Britney Spears review: toxic conservatorship back under the microscopeThe pop star was released from her 13-year court-ordered conservatorship last year and has been outspoken about her family’s treatment of her on social media since.
  According to Variety, publishers Simon & Schuster has agreed on a deal with Spears t
  
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• Amazon Announces ‘Fully Immersive Music Special’ Based On The Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’

  21-02-2022 21:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Amazon is officially set to debut a “fully immersive music special” based on The Weeknd’s Dawn FM this coming Saturday, February 26th. The Seattle-headquartered ecommerce giant, which was just recently removed from the U.S. government’s list of “notorious” counterfeiting and piracy platforms, unveiled the details of the “theatrical performance event” today. According to the corresponding […]
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• David Crosby on Spotify – “They’re Making Billions and They’re Paying Out Pennies”

  21-02-2022 21:34 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  David Crosby has spoken at length about the state of the music industry & the Spotify controversy. Spotify paid $200 million to get the Joe Rogan Experience as an exclusive podcast. But as the COVID-19 pandemic took over, Rogan’s insistence on hearing ‘both sides’ of any argument took a turn. 270 medical professionals wrote an […]
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• David Crosby says he’s unimpressed by Joe Rogan and criticises streamers for “ripping” acts off

  21-02-2022 21:18 via nme.com
  
  David Crosby has called Joe Rogan “not real impressive” amid detailing in a new interview his reasons for pulling all his music off of Spotify.READ MORE: Swift vs Albarn, Morrissey vs Marr and Young vs Spotify: dissecting pop’s Beef WeekEarlier this month, the member of the disbanded folk supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash (which when completed by Neil Young were known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) joined his former bandmates in support of Young’s
  
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• Britney Spears Lands Publishing Deal for Tell-All Book

  21-02-2022 21:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer will pen her memoir for publishing house Simon & Schuster
  
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• Corite Raises $6.2 Million in Funding Ahead of Blockchain Platform Launch

  21-02-2022 21:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Corite has secured $6.2 million in funding following a seed round and private token sale. The funding for its blockchain-based project Corite CO will see the project launch in Q1 2022. The CO project secured funding from ChromaWay, Charles Goldstuck, Kyros Ventures, and Kucoin. “Corite is uniquely positioned to help lead the music industry into […]
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• Porridge Radio announce new album and share ‘Back To The Radio’

  21-02-2022 20:18 via nme.com
  
  Porridge Radio have announced details of their third album ‘Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky’ and shared its first single ‘Back To The Radio’.READ MORE: Porridge Radio: “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world”The band have also confirmed their biggest-ever UK headline tour alongside a series of intimate in-store shows around the record’s release.
  ‘Back To The Radio’ was written by frontperson Dana Margo
  
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• Dave Grohl on his hearing loss: “I’ve been reading lips for 20 years”

  21-02-2022 20:09 via nme.com
  
  Dave Grohl has discussed his hearing loss, saying that he’s been lip-reading for years and that COVID mask-wearing has caused further issues for him over the past two years.READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”The Foo Fighters frontman explained in a new interview how it impacts his life, highlighting that it somehow hasn’t affected his ability to tune into the specifics of recording music.
  “If you were sitting next to me right here at dinne
  
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• Kaiser Chiefs and Jake Bugg head up At Ease Festival 2022 line-up

  21-02-2022 19:25 via nme.com
  
  Kaiser Chiefs and Jake Bugg are set to headline At Ease, a brand new festival that will be held in Suffolk this summer.
  The event takes place between August 26-28 and will be staged in Thetford’s Euston Park. It will raise money for two charities: Sporting Force and My Black Dog.
  Kaiser Chiefs and Jake Bugg will top the bill over the weekend, and will be joined by Happy Mondays, Natalie Imbruglia, The Bootleg Beatles, Noasis, Abba Gold and many more.
  The festival will also feature two days
  
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• Watch Drake give heartfelt toast at The Weeknd’s 32nd birthday

  21-02-2022 19:24 via nme.com
  
  Drake gave a heartfelt speech about his friend and collaborator The Weeknd for the latter’s 32nd birthday celebrations in Las Vegas over the weekend.READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’ review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsightThe rapper, who is in the OVOXO collective with The Weeknd, took to the mic at a casino and said: “I was there from day one and I’m grateful not only to be here with my brothers but just grateful that the family is back t
  
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• Sea Power lead a close race for this week’s Number One

  21-02-2022 19:00 via nme.com
  
  Sea Power are in the running for this week’s Number One with ‘Everything Was Forever’, their eighth studio album.READ MORE: Sea Power – ‘Everything Was Forever’ review: a defiant statement against insularityThe band – who were formerly known as British Sea Power – currently lead a very close race with their album the most physically purchased of the week so far. Though they have five Top 40 albums on the Official Albums Chart, ‘Everything Was
  
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• Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac, to get her own biopic

  21-02-2022 18:57 via nme.com
  
  A biopic on the life of Afeni Shakur, the mother of Tupac Shakur, has been announced.
  Peace, Love & Respect; the Afeni Shakur/Panther 21 story will follow a crucial two years in her life between 1969 and 1971, and her involvement in the Black Panther Party.
  Afeni, who passed away in 2016, was a prominent member of the organisation. She joined in 1968 and was arrested as a part of the ‘Panther 21’, who were put on trial accused of organising bomb attacks in New York before they we
  
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• Sea Power leading close race for this week’s Number 1 album

  21-02-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Sea Power could be heading for their first Number 1 album with Everything Was Forever, as they lead a very close Top 5 on the Official Albums Chart Update.
  
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• Maggie Rogers’ new album is “done”

  21-02-2022 18:33 via nme.com
  
  Maggie Rogers has revealed that she’s finished her second album.READ MORE: Maggie Rogers – “My story is the story of the internet”Writing in an Instagram message shared over the weekend, the singer-songwriter said that she was “celebrating” the achievement by going to watch a monster truck show. A photo of her posing from stadium stands accompanied the post.
  Rogers’ previous album, ‘Heard It It In A Past Life‘, was released in 2019. Her last
  
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• Justin Bieber Postpones World Tour After Testing Positive for COVID-19

  21-02-2022 18:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Following the opening show of his Justice World Tour, Justin Bieber has postponed the 105-concert tour after testing positive for COVID-19. Word of Justin Bieber’s positive COVID-19 test – and the Justice World Tour postponement – just recently came to light, including in a message posted via the verified “Bieber Fever” Twitter profile. The 27-year-old […]
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• Watch Kelly Clarkson Cover Bleachers’ ‘I Wanna Get Better’

  21-02-2022 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer performed the song as part of her Kellyoke video series on The Kelly Clarkson Show
  
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• Here’s My Number: How Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Call Me Maybe’ Dialed In A Moment In Pop

  21-02-2022 18:00
  
  Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' was a star-making moment for the Canadian singer in 2012. Co-writers Josh Ramsay and Tavish Crowe recall how it came together and the massive success that followed.
  
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• Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser announces first release in 13 years

  21-02-2022 17:55 via nme.com
  
  Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser has announced her first new release in 13 years as part of this year’s Record Store Day output.
  The Cocteau Twins singer’s last record came in 2009 with the single ‘Moses’, although she has collaborated with other artists on their own material since then.
  In April, she will share a new five-song EP under the name Sun’s Signature – a new project she has formed with her partner Damon Reece, who has played the drums for Spiri
  
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• Tool anger fans by selling signed vinyl for £600

  21-02-2022 17:54 via nme.com
  
  Tool have angered their fans by announcing plans to sell an ultra-deluxe vinyl version of their 2019 album ‘Fear Inoculum’ for $810 (£595).READ MORE: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ reviewThe album will only be available to fans who bought the Toolarmy VIP tickets to the forthcoming dates on their tour. For $810, the collection includes five discs of 180-gram vinyl, with music on one side and etched art on the other. The sets have also been autographed.
  The band m
  
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• Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser to Release Record Store Day EP

  21-02-2022 17:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sun's Signature's self-titled EP will feature five songs from Fraser and Damon Reece
  
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• ‘jeen-yuhs’ directors denied Kanye demands: “It’s not good for the filmmaking”

  21-02-2022 17:17 via nme.com
  
  The directors of the new Kanye West documentary jeen-yuhs have opened up about denying the rapper and producer’s demands to have a say in the editing process.
  The new three-part Netflix film event released its first part last week, with the series following the star’s music career and rise to fame.READ MORE: First look: ‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ review – the awakening of Mr WestWest – who is now legally known as Ye – previously demanded that he &ldquo
  
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• XXXTentacion’s ‘?’ passes Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ to become Spotify’s most streamed hip-hop album in history

  21-02-2022 16:35 via nme.com
  
  XXXTentacion‘s 2018 album ‘?’ has become the most streamed hip-hop album in Spotify history, surpassing Drake’s 2018 LP, ‘Scorpion’.READ MORE: XXXTentacion’s death has sparked debate about art, abuse and the mediaChart Data reported that as of last November, ‘Scorpion’ was ahead of ‘?’ by nearly one billion streams. XXXTentacion’s second studio album has since reached 7.884billion plays on the platform, with Drake curre
  
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• Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox Cover Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’

  21-02-2022 16:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The video is part of the pair's weekly Sunday Lunch series
  
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• The Weeknd to release new ‘Dawn FM’ TV special on Amazon this week

  21-02-2022 15:58 via nme.com
  
  The Weeknd has announced a new ‘Dawn FM’ TV special, airing this weekend on Amazon Prime Video.READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’ review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsightThe special, titled The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience and based on Abel Tesfaye’s recent studio album, will arrive on the streaming service on Saturday (February 26).
  Described as an immersive special, the TV show will also be released as an eight-track live EP on the
  
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• Nicki Minaj gets into it with Philadelphia health department over her viral vaccine tweet

  21-02-2022 15:50 via nme.com
  
  Nicki Minaj has responded to the Philadelphia Public Health Department’s take on her viral COVID tweet from last year, where she expressed scepticism around the vaccine.
  The rapper originally discussed the COVID vaccine in a series of tweets posted on September 13. She started by replying to a Twitter user who noted Minaj had last appeared in public over a year ago. “I have an infant with no nannies during COVID,” she said. “Who mad? Not risking his health to be seen.&rdq
  
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• Vigil to be held for Jamal Edwards in London tonight

  21-02-2022 15:19 via nme.com
  
  A candlelight vigil is being held for the late Jamal Edwards in West London tonight (February 21). Get full details of the event below.
  The influential British author, broadcaster, DJ and founder of SB.TV passed away yesterday (February 20) aged just 31.
  His death was confirmed by representatives of Edwards’ media company to the BBC following reports on social media that the entrepreneur died unexpectedly on Sunday morning. His mother, Loose Women panellist Brenda Edwards, then confirmed t
  
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• Suspect in Young Dolph murder case goes missing after prison release

  21-02-2022 15:02 via nme.com
  
  A suspect in the murder case of rapper Young Dolph has gone missing after he was released from prison.
  Dolph was shot and killed in Memphis on November 17, 2021. According to eyewitnesses, the 36-year-old musician was shot through the window of a bakery, Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies. A private funeral was held on November 30, before a section of a street in the neighbourhood he grew up in was renamed in his honour on December 15.
  28-year-old Shundale Barnett was arrested last mont
  
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• Channel Orange Found Frank Ocean Thinking About Forever

  21-02-2022 15:00
  
  Frank Ocean's 'Channel Orange' marked a key moment for queer visibility in the landscape of pop as its forward-thinking musicality expanded what R&B could be for a new decade.
  
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• ‘Absolute Certainty’: Earthgang Have Found a Way To Float Above the Chaos

  21-02-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Two years into a pandemic, the Atlanta rap experimentalists are building something stronger than fear
  
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• The Weeknd to Premiere ‘Dawn FM Experience’ Special This Weekend

  21-02-2022 14:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Prime Video will exclusively stream what Abel Tesfaye calls "a purgatory otherworld where live performance, theater, and performance art collide for a night out at the club"
  
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• Andrew Weatherall documentary ‘Sail We Must’ released on second anniversary of his death

  21-02-2022 14:01 via nme.com
  
  A new short film telling the story behind the late Andrew Weatherall‘s mantra ‘Fail We May, Sail We Must’ has been released. Watch Sail We Must below.READ MORE: From Primal Scream to New Order: the mighty Andrew Weatherall’s finest ever remixesThe 11-minute documentary unveils the story of Weatherall’s encounter with fisherman Gerard Sheehy in rural county Cork. As they exchange stories and tales of the sea, the seafarer shares some words of wisdom that end up
  
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• Kanye West says songwriters have been 'hurt' by streaming services

  21-02-2022 13:14 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West says songwriters are hurt by streaming services as he releases his new album exclusively on the Steam device.
  
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• James Bay announces first UK tour in three years

  21-02-2022 13:14 via music-news.com
  
  James Bay is going back on the road again, three years after his last tour.
  
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• Charlotte Church wants to make a new album.

  21-02-2022 13:14 via music-news.com
  
  Charlotte Church wants a musical comeback, but will always put her family first.
  
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• Two Door Cinema Club, The Wombats, Pale Waves to play London’s Community Festival

  21-02-2022 13:00 via nme.com
  
  London’s Community Festival has announced its return for 2022 with headliners Two Door Cinema Club alongside The Wombats, Pale Waves and more.
  After an enforced two year break due to COVID, the indie festival will return to the capital’s Finsbury Park on Saturday, July 16, set over two stages.READ MORE: 20 festivals to look forward to in 2022Two Door Cinema Club, who previously headlined the event in 2018, return for 2022, and commented: “We’re so happy to be headlining C
  
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• James Bay announces spring 2022 UK tour

  21-02-2022 12:39 via nme.com
  
  James Bay has announced his ‘Give Me The Reason’ tour, which will take place in the UK in April and May.READ MORE: James Bay on new single ‘Chew On My Heart’ and “boundary breaking” album: “It’s the most positive thing I’ve ever written”The BRIT award-winning singer-songwriter will start off in Oxford, before heading to cities including London, Leicester, Glasgow and Aberdeen. The spring tour finishes up at Sheffield’s Leadmi
  
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• Dua Lipa and Rita Ora lead tributes to SB.TV founder Jamal Edwards

  21-02-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Beloved music media entrepreneur Jamal Edwards has died.
  
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• Kanye West says songwriters have been “really hurt” by streaming services

  21-02-2022 12:17 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West has hit out at streaming services, saying the platforms have “really hurt” songwriters.READ MORE: Divorce, Drake disses and problematic features: 10 talking points from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’The comments come after the rapper and producer announced this week that the only way to listen to his forthcoming album ‘DONDA 2’ will be via his $200 (£150) Stem Player, a device that was first released in conjunction with last year’s
  
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• Bring Me The Horizon reduced emissions by 38 per cent on recent arena tour

  21-02-2022 11:57 via nme.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon‘s recent ‘Post Human’ arena tour succeeded in reducing carbon emissions by 38 per cent, emphasising that such changes to touring are possible.READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon live in London: a spectacular cyber-punk circusTaking place from September 20-26, the tour saw the band take a more sustainable approach to touring, the results of which have now been detailed in a report by AGF.
  According to the report, the reductions were achieved by using renewable f
  
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• Damon Albarn plays London’s Troxy for War Child in BRITs Week series

  21-02-2022 11:35 via music-news.com
  
  BRITs Week Presented by Mastercard For War Child continued last night with an intimate performance from Damon Albarn.
  
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• Mimi Webb wants to collaborate with Sam Smith

  21-02-2022 11:34 via music-news.com
  
  Mimi Webb wants to collaborate with Sam Smith after exchanging messages with the 'Stay With Me' singer.
  
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• Carrie Hope Fletcher to embark on first UK concert tour

  21-02-2022 11:34 via music-news.com
  
  Carrie Hope Fletcher is to embark on her first ever solo UK concert tour.
  
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• Jamal Edwards’ mother Brenda reveals cause of death and calls him “the centre of our world”

  21-02-2022 11:32 via nme.com
  
  Jamal Edwards’ mother Brenda has revealed the 31-year-old’s cause of death after he passed away this weekend (February 20).
  News of the influential British author, broadcaster, DJ and founder of SB.TV’s death was confirmed by representatives of Edwards’ media company to the BBC following reports on social media that the entrepreneur died unexpectedly on Sunday morning.
  Edwards attended the BRIT Awards earlier this month and reports say he performed as a DJ at a
  
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