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• Watch The Weeknd’s full Coachella 2022 headline set

  20-05-2022 23:15 via nme.com
  
  The Weeknd‘s entire Coachella 2022 headline set is now available to watch. Check out the entire set from the festival’s second weekend below.READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’ review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsightAbel Tesfaye topped the desert festival’s bill alongside Swedish House Mafia, with the pair replacing Kanye West as headliners. During his sets, he debuted a host of new ‘Dawn FM‘ tracks.
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• Pusha T on Kanye West: “Ye and I are very different people”

  20-05-2022 22:50 via nme.com
  
  Pusha T has talked about working with Kanye West and how different they are from one another.READ MORE: Pusha T: “I’ve won the wars. I have withstood everything”In an interview for NME’s most recent Big Read, the Virginia rapper talked about the creative and personal differences between him and Ye. The rapper worked with Ye’s G.O.O.D Music as a signed artist before becoming the label’s President.
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• Easy Life tease brand new Kevin Abstract collaboration

  20-05-2022 22:47 via nme.com
  
  Easy Life have shared a teaser of a new collaboration with Kevin Abstract, ‘Dear Miss Holloway’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Easy Life: “We bang the drum for places like Leicester because no one else will”The indie five-piece released their debut album ‘Life’s A Beach’ in May last year, and last month they shared new track ‘Beeswax’.
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• Billie Eilish and Finneas Give David Letterman a Crash Course in Vocal Production

  20-05-2022 22:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  On My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, the siblings explain how the final vocals on Eilish's studio recordings are stitched together from numerous takes
  
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• Florida Georgia Line’s Tyler Hubbard Makes Solo Debut With ‘5 Foot 9’

  20-05-2022 22:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer praises a woman who loves Tim McGraw in breezy new tune
  
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• Viagogo Loses Appeal of Nearly $5 Million Consumer-Protection Penalty In Australia

  20-05-2022 21:43 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Viagogo has officially lost an appeal of a roughly $5 million (AUD 7 million) penalty imposed against it in Australia over alleged violations of the nation’s consumer-protection laws. The Federal Court of Australia just recently dismissed the StubHub owner Viagogo’s appeal, which related to a verdict that was handed down in 2019. In brief, regarding […]
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• Sharon Osbourne reveals daughter Aimee 'lucky' to be alive after recording studio fire

  20-05-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Aimee Osbourne and her producer were evaluated for smoke exposure.
  
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• Doja Cat undergoes tonsil surgery

  20-05-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Doja Cat had a "nasty growth" removed from her left tonsil on Thursday.
  
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• Sony Music Announces RCA Records Launch in Mainland China

  20-05-2022 21:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music Entertainment has announced the launch of RCA Records Greater China. The label will focus on signing artists from mainland China. Sony says the label will also invest in artists looking to broaden their artistic and commercial opportunities across gaming, virtual reality, augmented reality, NFTs, and the metaverse. Superstar A-Lin joined RCA Records Greater […]
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• Doja Cat’s “whole throat is fucked” after tonsil surgery

  20-05-2022 21:29 via nme.com
  
  Doja Cat has revealed that her throat is in bad condition following surgery on her tonsils.READ MORE: Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’ review: controversial pop-rapper enters her imperial phaseThe rapper shared the news yesterday (May 19) on Twitter, noting that she had to have an “abscess” removed before adding that she might have “bad news” for fans.
  “Dr. just had to cut into my left tonsil,” Doja said in the post. “I had an abscess in it
  
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• Check out Placebo’s setlist from My Chemical Romance’s Milton Keynes show

  20-05-2022 21:29 via nme.com
  
  Placebo supported My Chemical Romance at their huge Milton Keynes show last night (May 19) – check out their setlist and footage from the gig below.READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Cornwall: giddy rock’n’roll from returning emo heroesOn the first of three nights supporting the emo giants at the MK Dons Stadium, Placebo performed five tracks from their latest album, ‘Never Let Me Go’, alongside a few fan favourites.
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• Trueno Ushers in a New Era of Socially Conscious Rap en Español

  20-05-2022 21:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Argentinean rapper talks about making his striking new album Bien o Mal, joining Gorillaz onstage, Nicki Nicole, and his secret collaborations
  
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• Yerba Buena Return With Buoyant ‘The Man With the Hat and the Tan (ManHatTan)’

  20-05-2022 21:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jon Batiste, Pedrito Martinez, Dayme Arocena, Alain Perez and Ron Blake appear on new single
  
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• Dio’s Monumental ‘Holy Diver’ Will Be Expanded to Mark Late Singer’s 80th Birthday

  20-05-2022 20:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Super deluxe edition, due this summer, will include a new remix, a live album, and outtakes
  
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• Composer and Early Synth Pioneer Vangelis Has Died – Age 79

  20-05-2022 20:53 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Famed composer and early synth pioneer Vangelis is dead. The composer’s assistant confirmed the news. Vangelis lent his famous sound to movie soundtracks, including Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner. The Greek composer was 79 years old and died on May 17 in a hospital in Paris due to heart failure. Vangelis moved from his […]
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• ‘Chariots of Fire’ Composer and Early Synth Pioneer Vangelis Has Died – Age 79

  20-05-2022 20:53 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Famed composer and early synth pioneer Vangelis is dead. The composer’s assistant confirmed the news. Vangelis lent his famous sound to movie soundtracks, including Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner. The Greek composer was 79 years old and died on May 17 in a hospital in Paris due to heart failure. Vangelis moved from his […]
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• Kelly Clarkson Brings Some Joni Mitchell ‘Blue’ to Daytime TV With Tender ‘River’ Cover

  20-05-2022 19:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  Performance was part of the singer's recurring "Kellyoke" segment on The Kelly Clarkson Show
  
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• ‘The Marathon (Cultivation)’: Nipsey Hussle Creates Cannabis Strain in New Doc

  20-05-2022 19:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  The film follows the late rapper/entrepreneur as he launched his music career and opened his first dispensary
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimée narrowly escapes deadly studio fire

  20-05-2022 19:20 via nme.com
  
  Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimée Osbourne escaped a deadly fire yesterday (May 19) that claimed one life at a Hollywood recording studio complex.READ MORE: The Big Read – Ozzy Osbourne: “This album saved my life”Aimée, who makes electro-pop music under the alias ARO, and the producer she was working with made it out of the building located at 6600 W. Lexington Ave. alive, according to the singer’s mother Sharon Osbourne.
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• Paris Jackson Pays Homage to Nirvana’s ‘Sliver’ With New ‘Lighthouse’ Video

  20-05-2022 19:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer goes grunge on latest single
  
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• Bop Shop: Songs From Harry Styles, Rina Sawayama, Bad Bunny, And More

  20-05-2022 19:07
  
  This week's Bop Shop features a horny cut from Harry Styles, the long-await return of Rina Sawayama, Bad Bunny's continued dominance, and more.
  
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• Lainey Wilson Tames a Wild Horse in the New ‘Heart Like a Truck’ Video

  20-05-2022 19:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Things a Man Oughta" know singer returns with first offering from follow-up to Sayin' What I'm Thinkin'
  
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• Florence + The Machine secure fourth UK Number 1 album with 'Dance Fever'

  20-05-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Florence + The Machine score their fourth UK Number 1 album with Dance Fever this week.
  
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• Harry Styles’ notches up seventh week at Number 1 with 'As It Was'

  20-05-2022 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  After a nail-biting finish in what proved to be the most exciting chart battle of the year so far, Eurovision hero Sam Ryder is just pipped to UK Number 1 by Harry Styles’ As It Was.
  
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• Sam Ryder’s 'Space Man' becomes highest-charting UK Eurovision entry in 26 years

  20-05-2022 18:53 via music-news.com
  
  SPACE MAN claims the UK’s most-downloaded song of the week, landing Number 1 on the Official Download Chart.
  
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• ‘We Were Just Kids With Unswerving Focus and Drive’: Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Celebrates 25 Years of ‘OK Computer’

  20-05-2022 18:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  The guitarist prematurely celebrates the band's first masterpiece in new Instagram post
  
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• Florence + The Machine score fourth UK Number One album with ‘Dance Fever’

  20-05-2022 18:30 via nme.com
  
  Florence + The Machine have scored their fourth Number One album with ‘Dance Fever’.READ MORE: Florence + The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ review: the triumphant sound of a singer rebornFlorence Welch’s band’s fifth studio album beat Kendrick Lamar‘s Mr Morale & The Big Steppers’ to the top spot.
  The band’s previous chart toppers include 2009 debut ‘Lungs’ follow up ‘Ceremonials’ and 2015’s ‘How Big, H
  
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• Epic Games and Google Ink Temporary Agreement to Keep Bandcamp on the Play Store

  20-05-2022 18:26 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Late last month, reports revealed that Bandcamp was facing a possible removal from the Play Store amid a broader billing-policy battle between its Epic Games parent and Google. Now, the involved parties have finalized a temporary agreement that will keep Bandcamp available for download as the courtroom confrontation plays out. The just-inked deal from Google, […]
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• IDLES, Holly Humberstone, Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler join Connect Festival 2022

  20-05-2022 18:14 via nme.com
  
  Connect Music Festival has announced IDLES, Holly Humberstone, Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler, will be joining the festival’s 2022 line-up.READ MORE: IDLES live in London: Bristol rockers gaze into the broken mirror that is modern BritainThe National and The Chemical Brothers were previously announced as headliners of the Scottish festival, which takes place at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Centre from August 26 – 28. View the line-up poster below.
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• Chester Bennington’s Grey Daze Share New Version of ‘Starting to Fly’

  20-05-2022 17:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Phoenix, a second album of rerecorded songs from Linkin Park singer's first band, out June 17
  
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• ‘You Can Let It Go’: Why Harry Styles’ ‘Matilda’ Is His Heartbreak Masterpiece

  20-05-2022 17:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  'Harry's House' is an idyllic place to spend an hour, and its best song is Styles at his deepest and most soulful.
  
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• Paul Heaton on buying everyone a pint and why “the Royal Family is the one thing worth privatising”

  20-05-2022 17:29 via nme.com
  
  Before picking up his Ivor Novello award for Outstanding Song Collection yesterday (May 19), Paul Heaton spoke to NME about giving away free pints for his birthday and why he thinks the Royal Family should be privatised.
  The Housemartins and Beautiful South legend made headlines earlier this month when he generously bought a round for patrons at 60 pubs around the UK to mark his 60th birthday.
  “It was brilliant. I expected a few people to say, ‘Oh cheers!’ – but I got vid
  
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• John Legend: 'I’ve just always thought collaboration was a great way to make music'

  20-05-2022 17:28 via music-news.com
  
  John Legend joins Eddie Francis on Apple Music 1 to discuss his new song “Dope” feat. JID. He tells Eddie why he chose to connect
  
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• ‘Everything I’m Expressing Is Very, Very, Very Real’: The Chaotic Rise of Tokischa

  20-05-2022 17:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  She has become the most provocative superstar in Dominican dembow by making songs that pull no punches about sex, drugs, and queerness. She wants to go even further
  
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• Kim Gordon Seethes Against a Looming Housing Crisis on New Song ‘Debt Collector’

  20-05-2022 17:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  Collaboration with Bikini Kill's Erica Dawn Lyle and musician/filmmaker Vice Cooler will appear on their upcoming LP, Land Trust: Benefit for North East Farmers of Color
  
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• Watch Paris Jackson pay homage to Nirvana with new single ‘Lighthouse’

  20-05-2022 17:13 via nme.com
  
  Paris Jackson has released a new ’90s rock inspired track called ‘Lighthouse’ – you can watch the video for the song below.READ MORE: Paris Jackson – ‘Wilted’ review: enthralling, inconsistent and, at times, excellentInspired by Nirvana’s iconic music video for ‘Sliver’, Jackson pays homage to the grunge band in her version of the clip, at one point even featuring a photo of Kurt Cobain.
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• Charlie Hickey’s Songs About Family Love And Middle-School Enemies

  20-05-2022 17:01
  
  Singer-songwriter Charlie Hickey delves into platonic love songs and ode to past enemies on 'Nervous At Night,' his debut LP, out on Phoebe Bridgers's Saddest Factory label. He tells MTV News how it all came together.
  
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• Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter pulls out of UK and European tour dates

  20-05-2022 16:56 via nme.com
  
  Deftones guitarist Stephen Carpenter has pulled out of the band’s forthcoming UK and European tour dates.READ MORE: Deftones: “Even in our worst moments, we persevere”The band are currently coming to the end of their North American tour but they are set to kick shows off in Europe next month in Germany on June 4 before they hit British shores for a huge slot at Download Festival followed by a concert at London’s O2 Kentish Town.
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• Hear New Songs From Beck, Mark Ronson With Damon Albarn From ‘The Birdsong Project’

  20-05-2022 16:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hundreds of artists — from Flaming Lips and Karen O to Animal Collective and Jeff Tweedy — contribute new work to the five-volume collection, benefitting the National Audubon Society
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker to marry in Italian castle this weekend

  20-05-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Kourtney Kardashian, Travis Barker and Kris Jenner were photographed in Portofino on Friday.
  
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• Johnny Cash water tower mural shot 'in very sensitive area'

  20-05-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  A mural of Johnny Cash in his Arkansas hometown of Kingsland was vandalised last week, causing the water tower it was painted on to leak.
  
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• Brooklyn Drill Has Never Been Hotter. Can It Rise Above the Violence?

  20-05-2022 16:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Critics including New York's mayor blame a thriving scene for causing bloodshed. Fivio Foreign, Bizzy Banks, and other leading artists say that’s all wrong
  
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• Doja Cat Shared All the Grisly Details of Her Tonsil Infection and Surgery: ‘Hurt a Lot But I’m Okay’

  20-05-2022 16:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pop star didn't get a tonsillectomy, but underwent a procedure after an abscess formed
  
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• Morrissey to showcase songs from new album ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ at upcoming Las Vegas residency

  20-05-2022 16:08 via nme.com
  
  Morrissey has said that songs from his long-mooted fourteenth solo album ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ will be given their debut at a Las Vegas residency.READ MORE: Morrissey at Riot Fest review: pop’s problematic uncle wisely shuts up and plays the hitsA post on his website said: “The Morrissey concerts in Las Vegas in July will showcase songs from the album ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’, which was recorded in January 2021.”
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• Mike Campbell and Stan Lynch on Their Surprise Heartbreakers Reunion

  20-05-2022 15:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  "We have the same musical pulse we always had," says Campbell of hitting the road with his old Tom Petty bandmate after decades of estrangement
  
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• The Wombats launch mobile game inspired by ‘This Car Drives All By Itself’

  20-05-2022 15:48 via nme.com
  
  The Wombats have teamed up with Be-Games to create a first-of-its-kind Music Video Game inspired by ‘This Car Drives All By Itself’.READ MORE: The Wombats – ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’ review: bold brushstrokes and modernist melodyThe track is taken from The Wombats’ Number One album ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’ while the mobile game takes inspiration from the official music video.
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• Man arrested for shooting Johnny Cash tribute to make it look like he’s peeing

  20-05-2022 15:33 via nme.com
  
  A man in Kingsland, Arkansas, the birthplace of the country music legend Johnny Cash, has been arrested for shooting a tribute to the late musician.
  The town has a silhouette of Cash painted on a huge water tower, which has been shot in the crotch area. A steady stream of water is now flowing from the tower and gives the impression that Cash is peeing.
  According to TMZ, Timothy Sled has been arrested following a police investigation. He has received two felony charges – one for impair
  
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• UMI’s Peaceful Soul: ‘I Can Be Whatever I Want to Be’

  20-05-2022 15:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  The R&B artist on her major-label debut, spirituality, staying in touch with nature, and how her mixed heritage informs her art
  
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• Gerard Way pays tribute to My Chemical Romance fans who have died with memorial flag

  20-05-2022 15:21 via nme.com
  
  Gerard Way paid tribute to My Chemical Romance fans who have passed away over the last two years at their Milton Keynes show last night (May 19).READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Cornwall: giddy rock’n’roll from returning emo heroesThe frontman held aloft a flag with the names of deceased MCR followers at Stadium MK after a fan passed it on to him.
  “So this is kind of crazy, this is our third show, we’ve played two shows and I think it was the first night where were
  
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• A Notorious B.I.G. Classic Gets Flipped Into a New Song Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Bella Alubo

  20-05-2022 15:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  "G.O.A.T." pairs verses from Life After Death's "I Love the Dough" with a distinctly Afrobeats vibe
  
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