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• Believe Reports 30.9% Revenue Growth for Q1 2022 As Africa and APAC Income Hikes 56.3%

  03-05-2022 23:55 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Indie label and distributor Believe achieved a 30.9 percent year-over-year revenue improvement for Q1 2022, which saw the Paris-headquartered company generate €162.5 million, according to a newly released earnings report. Believe unveiled its Q1 2022 financials today, after making several strategic investments during the period as well as Q4 2021. Revenue grew by 30.9 percent […]
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• Kendrick Lamar hints that his new record could be a double album

  03-05-2022 23:52 via nme.com
  
  Kendrick Lamar has teased that his upcoming new album, ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, could be released as a double disc project.READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar – ‘DAMN.’ reviewThe rapper, who is due to headline Glastonbury this summer alongside Paul McCartney and Billie Eilish, announced details of the new album last month, tweeting out a link to his Oklahoma website where he revealed the title along with its release date.
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• Kendrick Lamar hints that his new album could be a double disc

  03-05-2022 23:52 via nme.com
  
  Kendrick Lamar has teased that his upcoming new album, ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’, could be released as a double disc project.READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar – ‘DAMN.’ reviewThe rapper, who is due to headline Glastonbury this summer alongside Paul McCartney and Billie Eilish, announced details of the new album last month, tweeting out a link to his Oklahoma website where he revealed the title along with its release date.
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• Is Kendrick Lamar’s New Project a Double Album (and a Book)? A New Photo Hints At It

  03-05-2022 23:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper is set to release Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers on May 13
  
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• Jessie J hopes to start family with partner after going through miscarriage alone

  03-05-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Jessie J originally planned to raise the child on her own.
  
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• Phoebe Bridgers, Garbage, Questlove and more react to US ​​Supreme Court voting to overturn Roe v. Wade

  03-05-2022 22:55 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers, Garbage, Questlove and more have reacted to the US ​​Supreme Court’s private vote to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision which made abortion legal on a federal level.
  Yesterday (May 2) Politico published a leaked draft opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito which argued that Roe v. Wade was “egregiously wrong from the start” adding that “it is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected repre
  
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• Zach Bryan, Cody Jinks Lead Born & Raised Music Festival Lineup

  03-05-2022 22:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Three-day event focused on Red Dirt and Texas sounds will return to Pryor, Oklahoma, in September
  
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• Watch: Brittany Howard and Tia P. Go ‘Running With the Angels’ for New Angel City Football Club Anthem

  03-05-2022 22:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  'The energy was electric,' Howard tells Rolling Stone after playing the track live with Tia P. before the Angel City Football Club's first match in Los Angeles
  
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• Jack Harlow shares tracklist for new album, ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’

  03-05-2022 22:39 via nme.com
  
  Jack Harlow has shared the tracklist for his upcoming new album, ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’, which is set to arrive on Friday (May 6).
  The Kentucky rapper has already previewed the record with the release of singles ‘Nail Tech’ and ‘First Class’, the latter of which topped the Billboard 200 chart last month, giving Harlow his first-ever Number One as a lead artist.
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• Phoebe Bridgers Speaks Out About Her Abortion: ‘Everyone Deserves That Kind of Access’

  03-05-2022 22:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer-songwriter reveals she had an abortion last fall while on tour for Punisher
  
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• SoundCloud Acquires AI Music Metadata Company Musiio ‘To Identify What’s Next In Music Trends and Talent’

  03-05-2022 22:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  SoundCloud has officially acquired AI-powered music-analysis platform Musiio, which higher-ups say “will amplify SoundCloud’s existing music intelligence capabilities.” Berlin-headquartered SoundCloud today emailed DMN a release announcing its buyout of Singapore’s Musiio. The latter platform “focuses on B2B audio reference search (AI that can ‘listen’ to music), automated tagging, and playlisting tools for the music industry,” […]
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• IDK and Kaytranada team up with Denzel Curry on new single ‘Dog Food’

  03-05-2022 21:58 via nme.com
  
  IDK and Kaytranada have joined forces with Denzel Curry on a new single, ‘Dog Food’ – listen to the track below.READ MORE: Denzel Curry – ‘MELT MY EYEZ SEE YOUR FUTURE’ review: unexpectedly soothing melodiesThe new release follows last month’s collaboration between IDK and Kaytranada on ‘Taco’ (April 10), while Curry has previously teamed up with the Maryland rapper on ‘ONCE UPON A TIME (FREESTYLE)’.
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• Bandcamp Joins Litigation Against Google Over Google Play Billing – Seeks Injunction

  03-05-2022 21:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Bandcamp has filed legal papers seeking an injunction to stay in the Google Play Store. The Epic-owned direct-to-fan site is joining the litigation vs. Google. Both Google and Apple are insisting that they must maintain tight control over their respective app stores. That includes app developers collecting payments using their respective services, so Google and […]
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• Nicki Minaj almost suffered wardrobe malfunction at 2022 Met Gala

  03-05-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Anaconda hitmaker stepped out at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Monday night in a custom-made Burberry tiered tulle gown with ruffle and feather details.
  
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• Juice WRLD foundation launches new mental health campaign

  03-05-2022 21:28 via nme.com
  
  Juice WRLD‘s Live Free 999 foundation has launched a new mental health campaign to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month.READ MORE: The Big Read – Juice Wrld: “The rap game is so motherfucking soft now”Following the rapper’s death in December 2019 after suffering a drug-induced seizure at Chicago’s Midway airport, his mother, Carmela Wallace, launched the foundation to honour her son’s life.
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• Facebook Is Getting Out of Podcasts – Shutting Down in June

  03-05-2022 21:06 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook is shutting down its podcasts offering in June. The feature is less than a year old and marks a shifting focus for the embattled social media company. Parent company Meta confirmed to Bloomberg that it will wind down its podcasting unit in June. Soundbites and its general audio hub will also get the ax, […]
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• Facebook Is Abruptly Shutting Down Podcasts — Less Than One Year After Launch

  03-05-2022 21:06 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Facebook is shutting down its podcasts offering in June. The feature is less than a year old and marks a shifting focus for the embattled social media company. Parent company Meta confirmed to Bloomberg that it will wind down its podcasting unit in June. Soundbites and its general audio hub will also get the ax, […]
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• Jack Harlow Taps Drake, Pharrell, Justin Timberlake for ‘Come Home the Kids Miss You’

  03-05-2022 20:55 via rollingstone.com
  
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• Spotify Loses Another Podcast Exec – Anchor Co-Founder Michael Mignano Departs

  03-05-2022 20:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify has lost another podcast exec in just a few short weeks. Anchor Co-Founder Michael Mignano is leaving the company in June. Last month, Digital Music News reported that Spotify’s Head of Studios and Video, Courtney Holt, was leaving. Holt is responsible for the high-profile podcasting deals with Joe Rogan and the Obamas. Gimlet Media […]
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• Linkin Park to “begin sharing a little more regularly” with fans

  03-05-2022 20:12 via nme.com
  
  Linkin Park have said that they plan on communicating with their fans “a little more regularly” moving forward.READ MORE: Mike Shinoda on writing an album on Twitch, 20 years of ‘Hybrid Theory’ and Chester Bennington’s voiceThe band, who have been on hiatus since the death of frontman Chester Bennington in 2017, took to Instagram this evening (May 3) to share a statement with fans.
  “Two decades in and our LP community continues to inspire us,” Linkin Par
  
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• ‘Fake Drake’ speaks out: “I didn’t ask to become famous”

  03-05-2022 20:10 via nme.com
  
  A Drake impersonator going by the name of Fake Drake has claimed that his style and personality is all his own, despite booking a variety of public events based on his supposed visual likeness to the rapper.READ MORE: Kanye West and Drake live in Los Angeles: titans unite for a near-religious experienceThe copycat has attracted attention recently for attending a number of events designed to fool members of the public into mistaking him for the multi-platinum-selling Canadian star, incl
  
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• Courteeners announce one-off Middlesbrough show for later this month

  03-05-2022 19:32 via nme.com
  
  Courteeners have announced a one-off show in Middlesbrough set to take place later this month – get tickets here.READ MORE: Courteeners’ Liam Fray: “The band is my life. When it’s not going great, my life’s not going great”Set to take place at Middlesbrough Empire on May 27, the show – which is the band’s first of 2022 – is being billed as a warm-up gig ahead of their headline set at Neighbourhood Weekender 2022 the following day (May 28
  
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• Tove Lo Falls in Love With a Robot in Retrofuturistic ‘No One Dies From Love’ Video

  03-05-2022 19:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  "What I believe I do best is ‘heartbreak you can dance to.’ The song is that," the Swedish singer said of "No One Dies From Love," her new pop-perfect bop
  
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• ‘Spotify Island’ Launches On Roblox — Including Exclusive Merch, Artist Events, Quests, and More

  03-05-2022 19:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify has officially arrived in Roblox by launching Spotify Island, a virtual “paradise of sound where fans and artists from all over the world can hang out and explore a wonderland of sounds.” Stockholm-based Spotify and San Mateo-headquartered Roblox unveiled their collaboration via a formal release today. The companies’ pact arrives days after Lizzo’s pioneering […]
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• Regine, singer and discotheque pioneer, has died aged 92

  03-05-2022 18:57 via nme.com
  
  French singer and actor Regine, who claimed the invention of the modern discotheque and once ran a 22-venue nightclub empire across the world, has died aged 92.
  The news of her death on Sunday (May 1) was confirmed by her granddaughter, Daphne Rotcajg, who shared the news that Regine “left us peacefully at 11 am (0900 GMT) on this May 1.”
  In a statement sent on behalf of Regine’s family, her friend, the comic Pierre Palmade said: “The queen of the night has left. Closing
  
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• Blossoms on course for third UK Number 1 album

  03-05-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Blossoms look set to score this week’s Number 1 album with Ribbon Around the Bomb.
  
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• Hard-Fi talk playing more reunion gigs and plans for new music

  03-05-2022 18:43 via nme.com
  
  Hard-Fi singer Richard Archer has revealed to NME that the band are likely to play more shows, after their comeback gig at London’s O2 Forum sold out in just three minutes on Friday (April 29).READ MORE: The term ‘landfill indie’ is pure snobbery from people who don’t know how to have funThe concert on October 1 will be the Staines four-piece’s first gig since 2014, when the band went on hiatus after three Top 10 albums. Now, it looks like more gigs could be on the
  
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• The Afghan Whigs announce new album ‘How Do You Burn?’ and share ‘The Getaway’

  03-05-2022 18:03 via nme.com
  
  The Afghan Whigs have announced ‘How Do You Burn?’, their first new album in five years, and shared their latest single ‘The Getaway’ – you can hear the new song below.
  After returning with new music back in February, the five-piece are now set to release their ninth studio album, which will be the follow-up to 2017’s ‘In Spades’, on September 9 via Royal Cream/BMG. Pre-order is available here.
  Work on ‘How Do You Burn?’ started in Sept
  
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• Listen to Porridge Radio’s personal love song ‘End Of Last Year’

  03-05-2022 18:01 via nme.com
  
  Porridge Radio have shared their brand new single ‘End Of Last Year’, which is a love song frontwoman Dana Margolin wrote for the band.READ MORE: Porridge Radio – “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world”The track is taken from the Brighton band’s upcoming third album ‘Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky’ and follows on from singles ‘The Rip’ and ‘Back To The Radio’.
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• Guided by Voices Fatten Their Epic Setlists With Second Album of 2022

  03-05-2022 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tremblers and Goggles by Rank is out July 1 via frontman Robert Pollard's own Rockathon Records
  
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• Trevor Noah jokes about Will Smith slap at White House Dinner

  03-05-2022 17:44 via nme.com
  
  Trevor Noah made light of Will Smith‘s Oscars slap while presenting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
  During the Academy Awards back in March, Smith walked onto the stage and struck Chris Rock following a joke about the appearance of his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
  After returning to his seat, Smith proceeded to yell at Rock: “Keep my wife’s name out your fucking mouth”. Various comedians and presenters have since made jokes and commented about the slap,
  
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• Joan Jett shares her memories of “fuckin’ wonderful guy” Taylor Hawkins

  03-05-2022 17:13 via nme.com
  
  Joan Jett has shared her memories of the late Taylor Hawkins in a new interview with NME.READ MORE: Joan Jett: “Ted Nugent’s criticism? It’s what I’ve dealt with my whole life – being written off”Foo Fighters drummer Hawkins passed away in March in Bogotá, Colombia, where the band had been touring. He was 50.
  Speaking to NME, Jett remembered Hawkins as “a fuckin’ wonderful guy”, adding: “[He] would light up a room. Kick-ass drumm
  
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• Rosie Perez Will Narrate the Audiobook for Ronnie Spector’s Memoir, ‘Be My Baby’

  03-05-2022 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The audiobook arrives on June 7
  
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• Stormzy makes Met Gala debut: “It’s nice to shine today”

  03-05-2022 16:58 via nme.com
  
  Stormzy made his Met Gala debut in New York last night (May 2), wearing a custom-made Burberry suit and cape.READ MORE: Stormzy live at Reading Festival 2021: festival return is another rockstar momentThe Croydon rapper, who wrapped up his UK and Ireland arena tour last month, joined the likes of Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Olivia Rodrigo, Nicki Minaj and Anderson .Paak at the 2022 edition of the annual fundraising event at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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• Dolly Parton honours 'sister' Naomi Judd with emotional tribute

  03-05-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  In a message announcing Naomi Judd's death, Wynonna and Ashley Judd claimed they had lost their mother to "the disease of mental illness".
  
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• Lil Durk Puts on for Chicago at Triumphant Hometown Show

  03-05-2022 16:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  At his biggest show ever in the city, Durk celebrates the impact of drill music and his own success, with help from G Herbo, Katie Got Bandz, Calboy, and more
  
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• Cyndi Lauper Gets Her Own Documentary, ‘Let the Canary Sing’

  03-05-2022 16:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  The film chronicling the singer's rise to stardom will be directed by Alison Ellwood
  
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• Vampire community warn Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox about drinking blood

  03-05-2022 16:07 via nme.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox have received words of warning from high-profile members of the vampire community, advising them to be careful when drinking each other’s blood.
  Fox first announced her engagement to Kelly (real name Colson Baker) last November on Instagram, where she also revealed that they had drunk each other’s blood.READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly – ‘Mainstream Sellout’ review: the one-man pop-punk revival rolls onShe recently confirmed tha
  
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• Muse lead line-up for Mallorca Live Festival 2022

  03-05-2022 16:06 via nme.com
  
  Muse are among the leading names on the line-up for Mallorca Live Festival 2022.
  Held at the Old Aquapark in the Calvià region of the Balearic island, this year’s event – which will be Mallorca Live’s fifth anniversary edition – will take place from June 24-26.READ MORE: Global chaos? Corrupt politicians? Here’s why we need Muse more than everMuse will headline the final night (June 26) of this year’s Mallorca Live, joining Christina Aguilera (June
  
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• Nell and the Flaming Lips Traverse the Tundra in New Video for ‘The Weeping Song’

  03-05-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Cover of the NIck Cave and the Bad Seeds song appears on the collaborative Cave tribute album the rock outfit and 14-year-old singer-songwriter released last year
  
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• Arcade Fire’s Win Butler Doesn’t Believe in Hell, But If It’s Real, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Is ‘Going There’

  03-05-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Frontman explains how the treatment of Haitian migrants at the Texas border last fall fueled the band's recent single, "The Lightning II"
  
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• How to Add Music to TikTok – Getting Started with SoundOn, TikTok’s Distribution Service

  03-05-2022 15:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Are you a musician who is curious about how to add your music to TikTok? Here’s what you need to know about TikTok’s new music distribution platform, SoundOn. TikTok has launched its own promotion and music distribution platform dubbed SoundOn. The service allows artists to upload their music directly to TikTok and its music streaming […]
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• Sunflower Bean reflect on ‘Moment In The Sun’ streaming success after ‘Heartstopper’

  03-05-2022 15:43 via nme.com
  
  Sunflower Bean‘s Julia Cumming has reflected on the surprise surge in popularity that greeted their song ‘Moment In The Sun’ after it appeared in an episode of the new Netflix drama Heartstopper.
  The track, which was released as a single in September 2020, has recently skyrocketed, racking up three million streams on Spotify alone.READ MORE: Heartstopper stars Kit Connor and Joe Locke answer your burning questionsIn an Instagram Reel on Sunflower Bean’s account, overlaid
  
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• Jared Leto joins Gucci’s Alessandro Michele in matching suits at Met Gala

  03-05-2022 14:50 via nme.com
  
  Jared Leto dressed in matching suits with Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele at the 2022 Met Gala.
  The actor and musician appeared alongside Michele at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 2), wearing matching cream-coloured Gucci tuxedos with identical bow ties, clutch bags and hair styles for this year’s theme, ‘In America: An Anthology of Fashion’.READ MORE: ‘Morbius’ review: Jared Leto’s lifeless vampire thriller is bloody awf
  
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• Rod Stewart surprises pub-goers by pulling pints behind the bar

  03-05-2022 14:48 via nme.com
  
  Rod Stewart surprised drinkers at a pub in Glasgow on Sunday, by stepping behind the bar to serve pints to locals.
  “Great to have spare bartender Rod ‘the mod’ Stewart tonight!” said a post on the pub’s social media channels, along with a photo of the veteran musician speaking to locals.
  Stewart, a superfan of Glasgow football team Celtic, had been to see his team’s draw with Rangers in the Old Firm Derby hours earlier along with Scottish singer-songwriter Joh
  
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• Tove Lo announces 2022 UK and European tour

  03-05-2022 14:23 via nme.com
  
  Tove Lo has announced details of a UK and European tour which will take place later this year.
  The Sweden-born, Los Angeles-based artist will return with new music later today (May 3) in the form of ‘No One Dies From Love’, which will premiere along with an Alaska-directed music video at 6:30pm UK time.READ MORE: Tove Lo: “Sexuality is a fluid thing – it’s hard to be just one way”Accompanying the new single, Lo has now confirmed a host of UK, Ireland and Europ
  
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• Sex Pistols to reissue ‘God Save The Queen’ to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

  03-05-2022 14:07 via nme.com
  
  Sex Pistols are set to reissue their classic single ‘God Save The Queen’ to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next month.
  The protest song was officially released by the band via Virgin in May 1977. Despite being banned by the BBC, it reached number one on the NME chart and number two on the UK’s singles chart (the track was listed as a blank on the latter to avoid causing offence).READ MORE: Pistol: what the cast told us about their new Sex Pistols seriesPrior to that, h
  
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• Lily Allen compares Kylie Jenner’s Met Gala dress to her 2006 V Festival outfit

  03-05-2022 13:33 via nme.com
  
  Lily Allen has responded to fans who have been comparing Kylie Jenner’s Met Gala dress with her bridal-inspired outfit from V Festival.
  Jenner attracted attention at the celebration of fashion at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York on Monday (May 2), where she wore a wedding dress from Off-White with a white cap and veil.READ MORE: Lily Allen – ‘No Shame’ reviewOn social media, fans began to compare Jenner’s dress with Allen’s outfit from V Festival in
  
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• UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell and Astro release We'll Never Find Another Love

  03-05-2022 13:14 via music-news.com
  
  UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell and Astro's new single, 'Well Never Find Another Love', is out now.
  
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• Alana Haim covers ‘A Goofy Movie’ track at fan’s request

  03-05-2022 13:10 via nme.com
  
  Alana Haim has performed a cover of the song ‘I2I’, which appears in the 1995 Disney animation A Goofy Movie, following an audience request.
  Haim has expressed her love of the film on multiple occasions, telling Vice in January: “People make fun of me, but my favourite movie is A Goofy Movie.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Haim: “I think women make the best rock music”“If you haven’t seen it, you need to watch A Goofy Movie. It&rs
  
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