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• Jason Aldean Sells Recorded Catalog to Spirit Music Group In Reportedly $100 Million Deal

  24-02-2022 23:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Back in October of 2021, Spirit Music Group owner Lyric Capital launched a $500 million catalog fund with Northleaf Capital Partners. Now, Spirit Music has acquired the song rights of country artist Jason Aldean in an estimated $100 million deal. 27-year-old Spirit Music Group announced its music-IP agreement with 44-year-old Jason Aldean today. The transaction […]
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• Jason Aldean Sells Recorded Catalog to Spirit Music Group In Reported $100 Million Deal

  24-02-2022 23:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Back in October of 2021, Spirit Music Group owner Lyric Capital launched a $500 million catalog fund with Northleaf Capital Partners. Now, Spirit Music has acquired the song rights of country artist Jason Aldean in an estimated $100 million deal. 27-year-old Spirit Music Group announced its music-IP agreement with 44-year-old Jason Aldean today. The transaction […]
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• Pete Doherty requires “immediate treatment” following “respiratory infection”

  24-02-2022 23:30 via nme.com
  
  Pete Doherty was advised to pull out of a Libertines gig in Bristol tonight (February 24) after it was discovered that he has a “respiratory infection”.READ MORE: Pete Doherty and Frédéric Lo on how French serenity and being drug-free shaped their new albumThe band, who are in the middle of their rescheduled ‘Giddy Up A Ding-Dong Tour’, took to social media this evening to share the news.
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• Sony Music Publishing Announces Partnership with Vertical Rights

  24-02-2022 23:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia has inked a partnership with Vertical Rights, the publishing arm of Lateral Management. SMP Scandinavia will support and collaborate with Vertical’s roster of songwriters across administration, sync, creative, and more as part of the agreement. Vertical Rights is a publishing company founded by Christian Wåhlberg, Jamie Binns and Jan Carl Adelswärd […]
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• The Avicii Museum Is Here — Swedish Royal Family Does the Opening Honors In Stockholm

  24-02-2022 23:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Avicii museum in Stockholm, Sweden, was officially inaugurated by Klas Bergling and Swedish royalty. The Avicii Experience is a tribute museum honoring Tim Bergling, better known as Avicii. Behind the museum is Pophouse Entertainment and Space, in close collaboration with Tim’s family, friends, and colleagues. Part of the proceeds go in full to the […]
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• Avicii Museum Inaugurated by Swedish Royal Family – Opens This Weekend

  24-02-2022 23:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Avicii museum in Stockholm, Sweden, was officially inaugurated by Klas Bergling and Swedish royalty. The Avicii Experience is a tribute museum honoring Tim Bergling, better known as Avicii. Behind the museum is Pophouse Entertainment and Space, in close collaboration with Tim’s family, friends, and colleagues. Part of the proceeds go in full to the […]
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• Why Taylor Swift and Drake Need to Be the Next Super Bowl Halftime Performers

  24-02-2022 22:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Rolling Stone Music Now podcast looks at the past, present, and future of the Super Bowl halftime show — including why it's insulting to call the Dr. Dre-led show "nostalgia"
  
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• Firefly 2022 announces headliners Dua Lipa, Green Day and Halsey

  24-02-2022 22:43 via nme.com
  
  Firefly festival has announced the line-up for its 2022 edition, with headliners Dua Lipa, My Chemical Romance, Green Day and Halsey.READ MORE: Dua Lipa: “If somebody told me not to discuss issues I’m passionate about? I wouldn’t listen”The Delaware festival will once again take place in September – the same as last year –  instead of returning to its previous June dates, on September 22-25 at The Woodlands in Dover.
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• Hercules And Love Affair share new song ‘Grace’ and unveil first album in five years

  24-02-2022 22:13 via nme.com
  
  Hercules And Love Affair have returned with a new single – listen to ‘Grace’ below.
  Andy Butler’s first Hercules And Love Affair album in five years will be released via BMG.
  ‘In Amber’ will arrive on June 17 and fans can pre-order the album here.
  Speaking about the new record, Butler said: “Across this record, there are emotional fields I hadn’t ventured into previously with Hercules And Love Affair.
  “Destruction, rage, loss, but also redemp
  
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• Spotify Announces Its First ‘Bookcast’ With Dolly Parton

  24-02-2022 22:11 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Spotify is debuting its first bookcast called ‘Run, Rose, Run.’ It’s a story-telling podcast featuring Dolly Parton. The podcast blends audio story-telling with original music and sound elements to create an immersive listening experience. The ‘Run, Rose, Run’ bookcast will combine excerpts of the co-authored fiction novel between Dolly Parton and James Patterson with an […]
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• Spotify Announces First ‘Bookcast’ Called Run, Rose, Run – Dolly Parton on Board

  24-02-2022 22:11 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify is debuting its first bookcast called ‘Run, Rose, Run.’ It’s a story-telling podcast featuring Dolly Parton. The podcast blends audio story-telling with original music and sound elements to create an immersive listening experience. The ‘Run, Rose, Run’ bookcast will combine excerpts of the co-authored fiction novel between Dolly Parton and James Patterson with an […]
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• Afghan Whigs’ ‘I’ll Make You See God’ Could Deliver on Its Titular Promise

  24-02-2022 22:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  With seething, psychedelic riffs and Greg Dulli's abstract passion, the track expands the band's signature angst in curious ways
  
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• Yungblud shares his support for people of Ukraine after Russian invasion: “I am with you”

  24-02-2022 21:44 via nme.com
  
  Yungblud has shared his support for the people of Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country earlier today (February 24).
  The country has officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia and declared martial law after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation, according to BBC News.
  Yungblud posted a video on social media expressing his support for Ukraine this evening.
  “I just want to get on here and express how absolutely devastated I am fo
  
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• The xx release live performance of Jamie xx’s ‘Stranger In A Room’

  24-02-2022 21:31 via nme.com
  
  The xx have shared a live rendition of Jamie xx‘s ‘Stranger In A Room’ which they performed as a band back in 2016.READ MORE: The xx – ‘I See You’ reviewThe song, which features xx bassist Oliver Sim on vocals, originally appeared on Jamie xx’s 2015 solo album ‘In Colour’.
  The band performed the track live a handful of times when they were preparing for their 2016 ‘I See You’ tour, and they’ve now decided to officially relea
  
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• Jennifer Lopez to receive Icon Award at 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards

  24-02-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The ceremony is set to take place on 22 March.
  
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• Rae Sremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi’s battery case dropped

  24-02-2022 20:55 via nme.com
  
  Rae Stremmurd’s Slim Jxmmi will not now face a battery charge that was filed against him earlier this year.
  Jxmmi was arrested on a battery charge in Miami in January after allegedly assaulting his partner following an argument.
  As reported on NBC6 at the time, Miami police arrested the rapper – real name Aaquil Brown – at an apartment on January 25 and charged him with one count of battery.
  Now, the charge, which was filed in Miami-Dade County, has been dropped (via Pitch
  
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• Warner Music Group, BlackRock Front $750 Million For Catalog Fund Targeting ‘Modern Evergreens’ and Releases From ‘Female Artists and Songwriters’

  24-02-2022 20:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  After dropping billions on song rights and other investments in 2021, Warner Music Group (WMG) has joined BlackRock in fronting a reported total of $750 million for music IP from “female artists and songwriters, with an emphasis on diversity.” This latest catalog play from Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) came to light in a formal […]
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• The Snuts take aim at social media on lively new single ‘Zuckerpunch’

  24-02-2022 20:33 via nme.com
  
  The Snuts have taken aim at social media on their lively new single, ‘Zuckerpunch’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: The Snuts: “Our debut album says there is a place for guitar music in 2021”The band’s new track is the second taste of new music since the release of their debut LP, ‘W.L.’, which topped the UK’s Official Albums Chart in April last year, marking the first time in 14 years that a Scottish band scored a UK Number One a
  
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• A Decade Under Spotify’s Streaming Influence

  24-02-2022 19:47
  
  Spotify launched in the U.S. in 2011, and by the following year, it was well on its way to remaking the music industry. But not without its artists detractors — whose calls got louder in 2022, in the wake of the platform's biggest controversy yet.
  
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• Dashboard Confessional Is an Endearing Sleeve-Tat Dad on ‘All the Truth That I Can Tell’

  24-02-2022 19:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chris Carraba hits middle age (hard) and goes back to his hard-strumming roots
  
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• Rosalía Is Giving Camp on TikTok Dance-Ready ‘Chicken Teriyaki’

  24-02-2022 19:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rosalía shouts out the New York bureaus on the choreo-ready new song
  
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• Florence Welch on how wanting a family “might not be as simple for me as it is my male counterparts”

  24-02-2022 19:26 via nme.com
  
  Florence Welch of Florence +The Machine has said that wanting a family “might not be as simple” for her “as it is [her] male counterparts.”READ MORE: Florence + The Machine’s new song ‘Light Of Love’ is a powerful warning against the easy way outWelch, who returned with new single ‘King’ this week, made the comment in a statement that accompanied the release.
  “As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much. I just
  
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• Phoebe Bridgers on first time texting Taylor Swift: “It was just a total high”

  24-02-2022 19:24 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers has recalled in a new interview the “total high” of talking to Taylor Swift for the first time in a text exchange.READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before”Last year, the pair collaborated on the song ‘Nothing New’, one of the “From The Vault” bonus tracks that appear on Swift’s re-recording of her 2012 fourth album, ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’.
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• BTS announced as the winners of IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award

  24-02-2022 19:15 via music-news.com
  
  IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has announced 21st century pop icons BTS
  
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• ‘a-ha The Movie’ documentary heading to UK cinemas in May

  24-02-2022 19:06 via nme.com
  
  a-ha The Movie, a documentary about the Norwegian synth-pop band, will be released in UK cinemas on May 27.
  The film follows a-ha over a period of four years, featuring unreleased footage and interviews with members Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, Magne Furuholmen and Morten Harket.
  Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, a-ha The Movie will be shown at Dublin International Film Festival on March 3 and Glasgow Film Festival on March 4-5.
  The film will then be released acro
  
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• Lost Dog Street Band Revive a Dying Busking Culture on Their New Album ‘Glory’

  24-02-2022 19:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  “Going around the country right after Covid last summer, I really saw the impact that it had on busking communities," says the group's Benjamin Tod, who started singing on Nashville sidewalks when he was just 13
  
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• Kehlani Wants to Be Part of Her Lover’s ‘Little Story’ in Cinematic New Video

  24-02-2022 18:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer's 2-year-old daughter Adeya makes a cameo in the gorgeous video
  
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• David Byrne, Montaigne Get Caught Up in a Giddy New Love on ‘Always Be You’

  24-02-2022 18:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  "How could I have not been aware of this person?” Byrne said of the Australian pop artist. “Someone I imagine might occasionally get labeled ‘quirky’ — as I often am"
  
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• Watch Dave Grohl drink multiple shots and discuss his love of UFOs on ‘Hot Ones’

  24-02-2022 18:03 via nme.com
  
  Dave Grohl has made his debut appearance on the hugely popular YouTube interview series Hot Ones.READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”The Foo Fighters frontman made the appearance on the First We Feast show, which sees celebrity guests answering questions while eating increasingly hot chicken wings, to promote the band’s new movie Studio 666, which is set to be released tomorrow (February 25).
  During the interview, which you can watch in full below, Grohl wa
  
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• Ticket ballot opens for Queen’s Jubilee concert

  24-02-2022 17:59 via nme.com
  
  A concert marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is set to take place in June, and a ballot for tickets to the star-studded event has now opened.READ MORE: The Big Read – Is George Ezra the nicest man in rock’n’roll?The ballot, which opened this morning (February 24), gives fans the opportunity to bag one of the tens of thousands of free tickets available for the Platinum Party at Buckingham Palace on June 4.
  George Ezra is the first performer to be named on the line-up, wh
  
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• Flashback: Heart Play a Blazing ‘Crazy on You’ on ‘The Midnight Special’ in 1977

  24-02-2022 17:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ann and Nancy Wilson are once again feuding and touring in competing camps, so here's a look back at happier days for the band
  
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• James Blake teams up with Monica Martin for ‘Go Easy, Kid’ collaboration

  24-02-2022 17:10 via nme.com
  
  James Blake has teamed up with Monica Martin for a new rendition of the latter’s track ‘Go Easy, Kid’ – you can watch the two artists perform their collaboration below.
  Originally released by the LA-based, Wisconsin-raised Martin back in September, ‘Go Easy, Kid’ has been described by Blake as “my favourite song to come out in years”.READ MORE: James Blake: “There’s always been more to me than sadness”Martin has now collaborated w
  
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• Leonard Cohen’s Unpublished Fiction Will Be Collected in New Book ‘A Ballet of Lepers’

  24-02-2022 16:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  Collection will include short fiction, a radio play, and the titular novel, which Cohen thought was "probably a better novel" than his 1963 book 'The Favorite Game'
  
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• Reservoir Acquires Stake In Catalog of Run-DMC, Whodini Producer Larry Smith

  24-02-2022 16:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  About two weeks after revealing that it had “$3 billion worth of deals in the pipeline,” Reservoir Media (NASDAQ: RSVR) has acquired a stake in the catalog of hip-hop producer Larry Smith. Reservoir, which generated $27.1 million during Q4 2021, announced this latest song-rights investment via a formal release today. Said release discloses only that […]
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• John Cale announces his first full UK tour in almost a decade

  24-02-2022 16:50 via nme.com
  
  John Cale has announced that he’ll be heading to the UK this summer for his first full run of tour dates in almost a decade.READ MORE: The Velvet Underground review: revisionist doc reworks narrative of New York rock and rollersThe last time the Velvet Underground multi-instrumentalist hit the road this side of the pond was for his ‘Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood’ European tour back in October 2012.
  The Welsh musician’s tour will begin in Liverpool at the Royal Philharm
  
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• Ed Sheeran 'can't find the words' following Jamal Edwards' death

  24-02-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran called Jamal Edwards his "brother".
  
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• Aaron Carter and fiancée break up again

  24-02-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Aaron Carter and Melanie Martin officially started dating in January 2020 and got engaged six months later.
  
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• Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have written original music for the new ‘Peaky Blinders’ season

  24-02-2022 16:27 via nme.com
  
  Peaky Blinders director Anthony Byrne has revealed that Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood have contributed some new and original music to the upcoming sixth and final season of the show.READ MORE: The final series of Peaky Blinders: “This is the end of the beginning”The Birmingham period crime-noir drama will premiere its final season this weekend (Sunday February 27), and, as usual, fans are eager to hear what music will feature in the show.
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• The Regrettes’ ‘You’re So F–king Pretty’ Is an Ode to Unrequited Love

  24-02-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  "It's sad to think about your younger self and think about how much fear stopped me from doing certain things"
  
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• Kim Kardashian Says Kanye West Must ‘Accept That Our Marital Relationship is Over’ In New Filing

  24-02-2022 15:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  “I very much desire to be divorced. I have asked Kanye to keep our divorce private, but he has not done so,” Kardashian says in a new statement to the court
  
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• Kim Kardashian Says Kanye West Must ‘Accept That Our Marital Relationship is Over’

  24-02-2022 15:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  “I very much desire to be divorced. I have asked Kanye to keep our divorce private, but he has not done so,” Kardashian says in new filing, saying his IG posts have caused her "emotional distress"
  
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• Watch Dave Grohl fail to name Foo Fighters songs on ‘The Late Late Show With James Corden’

  24-02-2022 15:55 via nme.com
  
  Dave Grohl failed to name Foo Fighters songs during a game on The Late Late Show With James Corden this week.READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music”The musician, who was joined on the talk show sofa by actress Hilary Duff, was tasked with guessing which songs the show’s host Corden was attempting to play on keyboard – despite him not knowing how to play the piano.
  A visibly frustrated Grohl failed to to guess a single song, shouting at one point: &l
  
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• IDLES announce new date for postponed Cardiff arena gig

  24-02-2022 15:54 via nme.com
  
  IDLES have announced a new date for their postponed show at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena.READ MORE: IDLES live in London: Bristol rockers gaze into the broken mirror that is modern BritainThe five-piece were due to perform at the venue last Friday (February 18) but the gig was postponed the day before due to the effects of Storm Eunice.
  “Safety is our number one priority, and with the inability for people to travel we are left with no choice than to not go ahead with the show tomo
  
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• Lizzo is “shocked” that her “musically badass” new album is about love

  24-02-2022 15:01 via nme.com
  
  Lizzo has revealed that her new album is about love – and that’s she’s shocked that it’s the record’s overarching theme.READ MORE: There’s a new wave of unrelatable pop, and I’m all for it – Lizzo, Normani, FKA Twigs and more lead the wayThe pop star, whose last album was 2019’s ‘Cuz I Love You‘, said in an interview that her “musically badass, daring and sophisticated” new album is autobiographical and set to explore
  
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• Dave reschedules UK tour dates following storm damage to The O2

  24-02-2022 14:13 via nme.com
  
  Dave has rescheduled a number of his upcoming UK tour dates after damage caused to London’s The O2 by last week’s Storm Eunice forced cancellations.READ MORE: The 2022 BRIT Awards proved just how magical UK rap stars are – and forever will beThe London musician was due to perform at the arena venue on Monday and Tuesday this week (February 21-22) as part of his ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ UK and Ireland tour.
  However, the damage caused to the roof of Th
  
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• Stereophonics to support Pearl Jam at BST Hyde Park

  24-02-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Stereophonics and Pearl Jam will both perform at BST Hyde Park.
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo says White House meeting was a 'pinch-me moment'

  24-02-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo has fond memories of her visit to the White House in 2021.
  
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• Fourteen new acts added to Download Festival

  24-02-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  A host of new acts, including Kid Brunswick, Bimini and Dana Dentata, have been added to this year's Download Festival.
  
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• Christina Aguilera: I've never stopped singing in Spanish

  24-02-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Christina Aguilera loved challenging herself with her Spanish project, an EP titled 'La Fuerza'.
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly will be a playable wrestler in ‘WWE 2K22’

  24-02-2022 13:44 via nme.com
  
  2K Sports has announced that Machine Gun Kelly will be a playable character in its upcoming wrestling game WWE 2K22.READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever”Alongside famous wrestlers such as Booker T, Undertaker, Rey Mysterio and more, Machine Gun Kelly will star in WWE 2K22 following its launch on March 11.
  On top of being a playable character, Machine Gun Kelly has also been named as executive soundtrack
  
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