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• Karol G to Embark on Sexy ‘$trip Love Tour’ After Successful Coachella Run

  25-04-2022 23:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  Thirty-date arena trek will launch in early September and wrap in October
  
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• Live Nation Acquires Music Management International, Establishes Philippines Division

  25-04-2022 23:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Live Nation has officially launched in the Philippines by acquiring Taguig-based promoter Music Management International (MMI) and rebranding the company as Live Nation Philippines. Beverly Hills-headquartered Live Nation, which had previously named Music Management International a “preferred partner,” today unveiled the buyout and highlighted its related expansion plans for Asia. MMI’s website indicates that the […]
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• Fontaines D.C. cancel Boston show after Grian Chatten diagnosed with laryngitis

  25-04-2022 23:06 via nme.com
  
  Fontaines DC have cancelled tonight’s (April 25) show in Boston, Massachusetts, after vocalist Grian Chatten was diagnosed with laryngitis.READ MORE: Fontaines D.C.: “People are looking to me for answers. What the fuck do I know?”The Irish band is currently on a run of sold-out or upgraded US shows, and were meant to play at the Paradise Rock Club, before headlining two dates at New York City’s Brooklyn Steel on April 26 and 27. As of now, those shows are still set t
  
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• Doja Cat announces ‘Elvis’ biopic soundtrack contribution, ‘Vegas’

  25-04-2022 23:06 via nme.com
  
  Doja Cat has announced the release of ‘Vegas’, her contribution to the soundtrack for the upcoming Elvis biopic.
  The Baz Luhrmann-directed film will be released in cinemas on June 24, with Austin Butler portraying the King of Rock’n’Roll.READ MORE: Elvis ain’t dead – the weirdest Elvis Presley sightings and conspiracy theoriesAfter previewing ‘Vegas’ in her set at Coachella 2022 earlier this month, Doja has now confirmed the release of the tra
  
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• Photos: An Exclusive Look Into Aespa’s Historic Coachella Experience

  25-04-2022 23:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The four-piece K-pop girl group, Aespa, surprised the crowd at Coachella as part of 88rising's Head in the Clouds Forever showcase
  
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• Cher’s $1 Million Royalty War With Sonny Bono’s Widow Tested in Court

  25-04-2022 22:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Royalty rights are not rights under the Copyright Act," Cher's lawyer argued at a hearing as he challenged Mary Bono's claim that federal copyright law trumps Sonny and Cher's 1978 divorce agreement
  
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• Sam Fender announces North American headline tour

  25-04-2022 22:14 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender has shared dates for an upcoming North American headline tour, which is set to kick off this July in Toronto.READ MORE: Sam Fender live in Newcastle: a euphoric homecoming for the Toon’s finestThe new round of shows comes after the announcement that Fender will be supporting select dates of Florence + The Machine’s US tour, including a stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on September 16.
  The headline tour is also set to stop in New York City on August
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion says Torey Lanez offered “a million dollars if y’all don’t say nothing” after shooting

  25-04-2022 22:14 via nme.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion has shared more details of the night she was shot during a July 2020 incident involving Torey Lanez.
  In her first TV interview which aired today (April 25) on CBS Mornings, the rapper, whose real name is Megan Pete, told Gayle King what happened the night she says Lanez shot her in both feet at a party in Los Angeles.
  “I was ready to go, and everybody else wasn’t ready to go. But that’s, like, normal friend stuff,” she told King. “So I get o
  
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• Listen to Sleaford Mods’ fiery ’Live From Nottz Arena’ EP

  25-04-2022 22:13 via nme.com
  
  Sleaford Mods have today (April 25) released a new digital EP, ‘Live At Nottz Arena’, which was recorded in their hometown last year.
  The new release features six tracks and a couple of special guest appearances from Billy Nomates and Amyl And The Sniffers’ Amy Taylor.READ MORE: Sleaford Mods live in Nottingham: bewildering joy at duo’s first-ever headline arena show“Back in November we played a storming show at Nottz Arena and today we’ve released Live f
  
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• Primary Wave Music Announces Stake in Songwriter David Malloy’s Publishing Catalog

  25-04-2022 20:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Primary Wave Music has acquired a stake in songwriter David Malloy’s music publishing catalog. The terms of the deal will also see Primary Wave acquiring various producer royalties, too. Malloy’s career includes 41 number one hits, multiple Grammy nominations, and a BMI Burton Award. The partnership with Primary Wave Music includes hits like “I Love […]
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• Arcade Fire announce new single ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’

  25-04-2022 20:35 via nme.com
  
  Arcade Fire have announced details of ‘Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)’, the next single to be taken from their forthcoming album ‘WE’.
  The track will follow ‘The Lightning I’ and ‘The Lightning II’, both of which arrived in March and are the only tastes of the album to be shared so far.READ MORE: Arcade Fire’s new single ‘The Lightning I, II’ finds the band at their ambitious bestThe band first began teasing the release of &ls
  
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• Nine Inch Nails reveal 100 Gecs, Yves Tumor and more as US support acts

  25-04-2022 20:21 via nme.com
  
  Nine Inch Nails have revealed the list of support acts joining them on their first US tour since 2018.
  Boy Harsher, 100 Gecs, Yves Tumor, Ministry and Nitzer Ebb are among the openers personally curated by frontman Trent Reznor. The tour, which was announced back in February, is set to kick off on Thursday (April 28) in Raleigh, North Carolina.READ MORE: The Roots Of… Nine Inch NailsThe line-up announcement comes after the news that Nine Inch Nails would be replacing Foo Fighters at
  
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• Eric Church Says He Doesn’t Use Social Media, Responds to Canceling San Antonio Concert

  25-04-2022 19:53 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Country star Eric Church says he knows nothing about social media. He missed the backlash to his canceling of a concert in San Antonio to attend a Final Four game. In a recent episode of the Rob + Holly podcast, Church talks about his lack of social media presence. “I’ve never been on social media; […]
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• Bush announce first London show in five years

  25-04-2022 19:37 via nme.com
  
  Bush have announced details of their first London show in five years, with a one-off UK gig taking place in the capital this summer.
  The Gavin Rossdale-led band will head out on a European tour in support of their 2020 album ‘The Kingdom’ in June. A North American run of dates will follow later, stretching from July to October.READ MORE: Gavin Rossdale on Bush’s new album ‘The Kingdom’, ‘The Voice’ and catching flak in the ’90sAs part of the t
  
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• ‘All the Instruments in the World’: Jorge Drexler on His Bountiful New Album ‘Tinta y Tiempo’

  25-04-2022 19:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Uruguayan musician found that time in lockdown inspired him to embrace collaboration and expand his horizons
  
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• Lizzo announces expansive ‘Special’ North American arena tour with Latto

  25-04-2022 19:06 via nme.com
  
  Lizzo has announced tour dates for a massive North American arena tour, with special guest Latto, to take place later this year.READ MORE: The Big Read – Lizzo: “If I feel worthy, then everyone gonna want to eat my pussy”The new dates will support the singer’s fourth album, ‘Special’, which is set to drop on July 15. Tickets are set to go on sale Friday (April 29) at 10 am local time. The tour will make more than 20 stops, kicking off in Sunrise, Florida on Se
  
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• Fontaines DC outselling closest competition 4:1 on track for first UK Number 1 album

  25-04-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Irish rockers Fontaines D.C. are on course to score their first-ever UK Number 1 album with Skinty Fia.
  
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• The Fratellis on first hearing the term “indie landfill”: “I thought, ‘I bet they’re referring to people like us’”

  25-04-2022 18:10 via nme.com
  
  The Fratellis have opened up about their music being described as “indie landfill” in a new interview.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – The FratellisSpeaking to NME, the band were asked about Vice rating their hit song ‘Chelsea Dagger’ number one on a list entitled ‘Top 50 Greatest Landfill Songs Of All Time’.
  Discussing the list and the term, frontman Jon Lawler said: “I didn’t see it [the list], but I live in my
  
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• Maroon 5 Expand World Tour With New North American Dates

  25-04-2022 18:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band adds 13 arena shows to summer trek
  
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• Beabadoobee shares sparkling new single ‘See You Soon’

  25-04-2022 18:00 via nme.com
  
  Beabadoobee has released a sparkling new single in ‘See You Soon’, following March’s ‘Talk’ – scroll down the page to listen to the new track now.
  ‘See You Soon’ is the second single to be taken from the Dirty Hit star’s second album ‘Beatopia’ (pronounced bay-a-toe-pee-uh), which will be released on July 15.READ MORE: Beabadoobee live at Reading 2021: the rockstar that the future deservesIn a press release, Beabadoobee
  
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• Fontaines D.C. praise Slowthai’s “incendiary quality” in new interview

  25-04-2022 17:45 via nme.com
  
  Fontaines D.C. have opened up about working with Slowthai in a new interview, praising his “incendiary quality.”READ MORE: Fontaines D.C.: “People are looking to me for answers. What the fuck do I know?”Speaking to NME for this week’s Big Read, the band were asked about working with the  Northampton rapper after a video emerged of Fontaines D.C. in the studio with Slowthai and his producer, Kwes Darko back in February.
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• Scott Weiland’s son opens up about comparisons to his father

  25-04-2022 17:08 via nme.com
  
  Scott Weiland’s son Noah has opened up about comparisons with his father over both musicians’ issues with drugs.
  Noah was a member of the band Suspect208 alongside Slash’s son London Hudson, Robert Trujillo’s son Tye, and Niko Tsangaris.
  However, he was fired from the group early last year, with his former bandmates citing his “dark path of drug use” making it impossible to continue with him in the line-up. The band broke up entirely shortly after.
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• Lizzo Announces North American Headlining Tour in Support of ‘Special’

  25-04-2022 16:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer and rapper will receive support from Latto throughout the trek
  
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• Sorry share new bittersweet single, ‘There’s So Many People That Want To Be Loved’

  25-04-2022 16:43 via nme.com
  
  Sorry have unveiled a new single ‘There’s So Many People That Want To Be Loved’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Sorry on 2021 EP ‘Twixtustwain’ – “It might tap into how people are feeling now”It’s said to be the “first taste of a future fuller release slated for later in the year” according to a press statement.
  Speaking about the new song and its accompanying video, Sorry’s Asha Lorenz said: “‘There’
  
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• Lorde explains why she 'shushed' audience during concert

  25-04-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Melodrama singer, real name Ella Yelich-O'Connor, responded to the footage via a clip posted to Instagram over the weekend.
  
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• Halsey has been 'in and out of hospital' for past few weeks

  25-04-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Halsey underwent surgery earlier this month.
  
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• 070 Shake announces second album ‘You Can’t Kill Me’ with new single ‘Skin And Bones’

  25-04-2022 16:25 via nme.com
  
  070 Shake has announced her second studio album, ‘You Can’t Kill Me’ – listen to the lead single ‘Skin And Bones’ below.
  The New Jersey rapper/singer released her first record, ‘Modus Vivendi’, in early 2020. Featuring the single ‘Guilty Conscience’, it went on to appear in NME‘s 20 best debut albums list of that year.READ MORE: 070 Shake – ‘Modus Vivendi’ review: with no features, the rapper’s vision comes
  
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• ‘PUBG Mobile’ to feature K-pop group BLACKPINK in Version 2.0

  25-04-2022 16:02 via nme.com
  
  As part of next month’s Version 2.0 update, PUBG Mobile will be crossing over with both K-pop group BLACKPINK and the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime.READ MORE: How upcoming survival-crafting game ‘Nightingale’ will “put worldbuilding front and centre”Announced last week (April 23), PUBG Mobile will be featuring the band and anime as part of May’s Version 2.0 update, which also includes improvements to the Ban Pan anti-cheat software and the official launch
  
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• ‘PUBG Mobile’ to crossover with K-Pop group BLACKPINK in Version 2.0

  25-04-2022 16:02 via nme.com
  
  As part of next month’s Version 2.0 update, PUBG Mobile will be crossing over with both K-Pop group BLACKPINK and the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime.READ MORE: How upcoming survival-crafting game ‘Nightingale’ will “put worldbuilding front and centre”Announced last week (April 23), PUBG Mobile will be crossing over with the band and anime as part of May’s Version 2.0 update, which also includes improvements to the Ban Pan anti-cheat software and the offici
  
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• New Foundation launched to help survivors of sexual abuse in music industry

  25-04-2022 15:30 via nme.com
  
  A new foundation has been launched in a bid to help survivors of sexual abuse in the music industry.
  As Mixmag reports, the initiative – which is called Face The Music Now – was set up by author and talent manager Dorothy Carvello, who became the first female A&R scout for Atlantic Records.READ MORE: How gigs can be made safer for women: “We need to involve acts, venues and gig-goers”“As a survivor myself, I have seen and experienced firsthand how sexual ha
  
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• Super Bowl Ball Signed by Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Eminem Heads to Auction

  25-04-2022 15:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  The leather Wilson ball also dons the signatures of Mary J. Blige and Anderson .Paak
  
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• Watch Pusha T perform ‘Dreamin Of The Past’ with The Roots

  25-04-2022 14:40 via nme.com
  
  Pusha T delivered a live rendition of ‘Dreamin Of The Past’ on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon last week – tune in below.READ MORE: Pusha T – ‘It’s Almost Dry’ review: Virginia legend still going strong in his rap tenureThe Kanye West-featuring song appears on the New York rapper’s fourth studio album ‘It’s Almost Dry’, which came out last Friday (April 22).
  On the eve of his latest record’s release (April 21), Pusha T &n
  
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• Yeah Yeah Yeahs Nick Zinner releasing instrumental suite ‘41 Strings’

  25-04-2022 14:07 via nme.com
  
  Nick Zinner, guitarist in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, is releasing his instrumental suite ’41 Strings’ digitally and on vinyl for the first time this summer.READ MORE: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 10 best songsThe collection, which is made up of four movements that mirror the seasons, arrives on July 1 via Chaikin Records – a label imprint run by Zinner’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmate, Brian Chase.
  You can listen to one of the songs from the collection, ‘Fall’, here:The co
  
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• That Time Kacey Musgraves Wowed Nashville — But Still Didn’t Get Played on the Radio

  25-04-2022 14:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  In the new book Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Became the Success They Were Never Supposed to Be, author Marissa R. Moss exposes the gender bias (and horror stories) prevalent in country music
  
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• George Ezra, Harry Styles and KSI to play Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard

  25-04-2022 13:14 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Capital Breakfast' team Roman Kemp, Sonny Jay and Sian Welby have announced George Ezra, Harry Styles and KSI and many more will play 'Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard 2022' at Wembley Stadium this summer.
  
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• Logic slams Def Jam for allegedly “fucking up” his releases

  25-04-2022 13:06 via nme.com
  
  Logic has hit out at his record label, Def Jam, for allegedly “fucking up” his releases.READ MORE: Logic – ‘No Pressure’ review: positive rapper bids farewell with an elegiac and heartfelt swan songThe rapper took to Instagram last week (April 21) to call out his label.
  “Def Jam, why you fucking up my releases, man?” Logic said in a video.
  “First of all, I love you Tunji. Tunji’s my guy, he ain’t got nothing to do with this. What t
  
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• Lady Gaga records song for Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack

  25-04-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lady Gaga is to release new single 'Hold My Hand', which features on the 'Top Gun: Maverick' soundtrack, in May.
  
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• Tyler, The Creator breaks record for biggest vinyl sales for rap album

  25-04-2022 13:00 via nme.com
  
  Tyler, The Creator has broken the record for the biggest vinyl sales week for a rap album in over 30 years with his most recent full-length, ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’.
  The Californian artist released his critically acclaimed sixth studio effort in June 2021, with the LP going on to win Best Rap Album at the Grammy Awards 2022 earlier this month.READ MORE: Tyler, the Creator – ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ review: a love letter to the genre that made himAs Stereogum repo
  
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• ‘Heartstopper’ soundtrack: every song played in the new Netflix drama

  25-04-2022 12:40 via nme.com
  
  Netflix‘s new coming-of-age drama Heartstopper has drawn huge acclaim since its release last week, and its much-loved soundtrack is now broken down in full.
  The series, which is based on Alice Oseman’s comic and graphic novel, follows the budding romance between high schoolers Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) and Nick Nelson (Kit Connor).
  Among the acts making appearances on the soundtrack are Wolf Alice, Girl In Red, Beabadoobee and Baby Queen – the latter of whom has released a new
  
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• Harry Styles to headline BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2022

  25-04-2022 12:34 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles has been announced as a headliner for the upcoming BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2022 in Coventry on Sunday, May 29.
  
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• DaBaby involved in physical brawl with label signee Wisdom

  25-04-2022 12:32 via nme.com
  
  DaBaby (aka Jonathan Kirk) has been involved in another violent altercation, this time between himself and Charlotte rapper Wisdom, a recent signee to Kirk’s Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment roster.
  The fight reportedly occurred backstage at one of Kirk’s recent shows; it’s unclear exactly where or when it happened, though as XXL pointed out, the rapper’s most recent performance was at the South Jam festival in Columbus last Friday (April 22).
  Footage from the alleged in
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion details Tory Lanez shooting allegations

  25-04-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Positions rapper Megan Thee Stallion has opened up about the alleged incident in an interview with Gayle King for CBS.
  
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• Gene Simmons and Ice-T defend Mike Tyson for punching man on aeroplane

  25-04-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Representatives for the airline and the San Francisco Police Department have not yet commented on the incident.
  
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• 50 Cent announces Snoop Dogg series is no longer in production

  25-04-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Starz''s upcoming series covering Snoop Dogg''s 1993 murder trial, Murder Was The Case, is no longer in production, according to executive producer 50 Cent.
  
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• Roger Daltrey says the music industry has been “stolen” from artists

  25-04-2022 12:18 via nme.com
  
  Roger Daltrey has said he believes that the music industry has been “stolen” from artists.
  During a recent interview with The Independent, the frontman of The Who claimed that the band’s 2019 album ‘WHO’ left him £10,000 out of pocket. “Musicians cannot earn a living in the record industry anymore,” Daltrey told the publication.READ MORE: Streaming – what happens next? Artists demand “a shift in the way business is done”“Tha
  
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• Live music revenue fell even further in 2021

  25-04-2022 11:52 via nme.com
  
  A new report has revealed that royalties from performances of live music fell close to 30 per cent in 2021, despite some concerts returning last year.READ MORE: Gig, festival and nightclub bosses talk masks, testing and COVID safety for re-openingAccording to PRS for Music, the organisation that collects royalties for songwriters, revenues from concerts was £8million in 2020, down from £11.3million in 2020 and £54million in 2019.
  19,300 setlists were reported last year, compare
  
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• ‘Succession’ star Nicholas Braun writing series about a struggling 2000s indie band

  25-04-2022 11:50 via nme.com
  
  Succession star Nicholas Braun is working on a series centred on an indie band in the 2000s.
  The actor, who is best known for playing Cousin Greg in the hit HBO show, is co-writing One For The Road with Chris Buongiorno (Spider-Man: No Way Home) for the same network.READ MORE: ‘Succession’ season three review: dynastic drama is still the best show on TVThe half-hour show will be an intimate and candid story focused on a talented but chaotic band in the changing landscape of indie roc
  
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• Harry Styles to play Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard 2022

  25-04-2022 11:25 via nme.com
  
  Capital’s Summertime Ball with Barclaycard is set to return this year with performances from Harry Styles, George Ezra and KSI.READ MORE: Harry Styles’ new song ‘As It Was’ is a reflective ode to the bittersweet nature of changeDescribed as “the UK’s biggest summer party”, the event will take place at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday, June 12. Tickets go on general sale exclusively on Global Player this Thursday (April 28) – buy yours here.
  
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• Killer Mike on new marijuana docu-series: “I think it should be legal from day one for adult usage”

  25-04-2022 11:06 via nme.com
  
  Run The Jewels‘ Killer Mike has opened up about a new pro-marijuana documentary he’s been working on.READ MORE: Watch Run The Jewels’ brilliant reaction to winning NME’s Album of the Year 2020Tumbleweeds with Killer Mike is a new docu-series where Mike discusses the “impact and evolution” of cannabis culture, the history of marijuana and its legalisation in states such as Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago, and New York.
  Speaking to Consequence a
  
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• Liam Gallagher would rather be in a band

  25-04-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Liam Gallagher finds recording songs as a solo artist "boring" and would rather be in a band.
  
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