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• One of Marilyn Manson’s Abuse Lawsuits Dismissed Over Statute of Limitations

  25-05-2022 23:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ashley Walters, the singer's former assistant, had alleged sexual assault and sexual abuse. A judge ruled that she "pleaded too few facts and too late to keep this case in court"
  
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• “Weird Al” Yankovic is getting his own graphic novel

  25-05-2022 23:47 via nme.com
  
  “Weird Al” Yankovic is set to feature in his own graphic novel.READ MORE: Potter in the CIA: what to expect from Daniel Radcliffe’s ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic biopicThe titular musician and actor has teamed up with Z2 Comics for The Illustrated Al: The Songs Of “Weird Al” Yankovic, which features illustrated interpretations of over 20 of his songs.
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• Watch Metallica Deliver National Anthem at San Francisco Giants Game

  25-05-2022 23:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Annual Metallica Night returns to Oracle Park for the first in-stadium celebration of the heavy metal legends in three years
  
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• Listen to Brandy Give Jack Harlow a ‘First Class’ Murk After He Didn’t Recognize Her Song

  25-05-2022 23:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brandy didn't play when she said she could outrap Jack Harlow after the white rapper didn't recognize one of her most iconic songs
  
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• ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Is Finally Getting the Graphic Novel He’s Always Dreamed Of

  25-05-2022 23:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Illustrated Al will find 20 cartoonists and artists visually interpreting over 20 songs by pop's premiere parody-maker
  
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• Girl In Red announces new London show for spring 2023

  25-05-2022 23:02 via nme.com
  
  Girl In Red has announced a new one-off show in London next spring.
  The Norwegian singer-songwriter will bring her ‘Make It Go Quiet Tour’ to the capital’s O2 Brixton Academy on April 3, 2023. Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday (May 27) and can be purchased here.READ MORE: Girl In Red on the cover: “World domination – that’s what I want”It comes after she recently postponed her European headline tour due to damage to her vocal cords.
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• XXXTentacion + Ye Collab is Dropping with Hulu Documentary

  25-05-2022 22:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A previously unreleased XXXTentacion and Ye collab is dropping alongside the Hulu documentary. The collab is also featured in Look At Me: XXXTENTACION, a Fader Films documentary on the rapper’s life. The doc hits Hulu on Friday, May 27. X’s team announced the forthcoming track in an Instagram post. The song will appear on Look […]
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• XXXTentacion + Ye Collab Is Dropping This Week Alongside Hulu Documentary

  25-05-2022 22:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A previously unreleased XXXTentacion and Ye collab is dropping alongside the Hulu documentary. The collab is also featured in Look At Me: XXXTENTACION, a Fader Films documentary on the rapper’s life. The doc hits Hulu on Friday, May 27. X’s team announced the forthcoming track in an Instagram post. The song will appear on Look […]
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• Watch Metallica perform the US national anthem at San Francisco Giants game

  25-05-2022 22:24 via nme.com
  
  Metallica made an appearance at San Francisco Giants’ baseball match with the New York Mets yesterday (May 24).READ MORE: Metallica and friends: “‘The Black Album’ was a victory for the underdog”The metal veterans returned to their hometown to perform the national anthem and see singer James Hetfield throw the first pitch. It’s the eighth time the band have performed the annual tradition.
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• Kelly Clarkson covers Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’, announces ‘Kellyoke’ EP

  25-05-2022 22:14 via nme.com
  
  Kelly Clarkson has shared a cover of Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’ to coincide with news of a new EP called ‘Kellyoke’.READ MORE: The Big Read – Billie Eilish: the most talked-about teen on the planetThe pop star-turned-TV host regularly covers other people’s songs on her eponymous daytime talk show, which airs weekdays on NBC. Some of the artists she’s covered so far include Harry Styles, The Smiths, Radiohead, Ed Sheeran, George Michael and
  
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• Bob Dylan to Auction ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ Recording On T Bone Burnett’s Ionic Original Format — Bids Could Top $1.25 Million

  25-05-2022 22:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  One month ago, T Bone Burnett unveiled an analog audio format, the Ionic Original, that he’d tested with Bob Dylan. Now, Dylan has rerecorded “Blowin’ in the Wind” on this new format, and the “one-of-one” disc is being auctioned off.   The quick-approaching sale of the “Blowin’ in the Wind” rendition – which marks the […]
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• Olivia Rodrigo calls for stricter gun control following Uvalde school shooting

  25-05-2022 21:37 via nme.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo has called for stricter gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas which left 19 young children and two adults dead.READ MORE: On the cover – Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter”On Tuesday (May 24), an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School, which teaches children aged seven to 10. Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed that the suspect was later shot
  
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• Spotify Expands Audio ‘Call to Action’ Advertising Cards in the App

  25-05-2022 21:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify is expanding its clickable ‘call to action’ audio advertising cards beyond just the United States. Reports from Australia highlight how the new call to action (CTA) cards are available for marketers to target audiences through the Spotify app. These CTA cards are powered by Spotify’s Streaming Ad Insertion (SAI) technology to provide the end […]
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• Taylor Swift 'filled with rage and grief' over Texas school shooting

  25-05-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo, Selena Gomez, and Khloé Kardashian also commented on the tragedy.
  
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• Watch kid join Limp Bizkit to rap ‘Break Stuff’ on stage in Wisconsin

  25-05-2022 21:27 via nme.com
  
  Fred Durst wasn’t the only one rapping at Limp Bizkit‘s Wisconsin gig on Sunday (May 22), as the band were joined on stage by a young fan who helped them perform ‘Break Stuff’.READ MORE: Limp Bizkit – ‘Still Sucks’ review: the nu-metal dads keep the good times rollin’The nu-metal icons are currently touring North America in support of recent album ‘Still Sucks’, which was released last October and featured lead single ‘Dad Vibes&r
  
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• Veeps Founder Sherry Saeedi, Mark Hoppus of blink-182, Pete Wentz of Fallout Boy, and Music Manager Nick Lippman Launch Verswire

  25-05-2022 20:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A group of industry veterans has announced the launch of Verswire, a VC-styled music startup. Veeps founder & COO Sherry Saeedi, blink-182 lead vocalist Mark Hoppus, and music manager Nick Lippman have come together to create Verswire. Fall Out Boy founding member & bassist Pete Wentz is also on board as a strategic advisor. Verswire […]
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• Veeps Founder Sherry Saeedi, Mark Hoppus of blink-182, and Veteran Music Manager Nick Lippman Launch Verswire

  25-05-2022 20:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A trio of music industry veterans has announced the launch of Verswire, a new venture capital music startup. Veps Founder & COO Sherry Saeedi, blink-182 lead vocalist Mark Hoppus, and veteran music manager Nick Lippman have come together to create Verswire. Fall Out Boy founding member & bassist Pete Wentz is on board as a […]
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• Veeps Founder Sherry Saeedi, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, Fallout Boy’s Pete Wentz, and Music Manager Nick Lippman Launch Verswire

  25-05-2022 20:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A trio of music industry veterans has announced the launch of Verswire, a new venture capital music startup. Veps Founder & COO Sherry Saeedi, blink-182 lead vocalist Mark Hoppus, and veteran music manager Nick Lippman have come together to create Verswire. Fall Out Boy founding member & bassist Pete Wentz is on board as a […]
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• Watch Yard Act’s James Smith and his grandad cover Tom Jones’ ‘Green Green Grass Of Home’

  25-05-2022 20:45 via nme.com
  
  Yard Act frontman James Smith has shared concert footage of him with his grandad covering Tom Jones‘ 1966 classic ‘Green Green Grass Of Home’.READ MORE: Yard Act: “Life is really fucking messy with no right answers”Smith took to Instagram to share a snippet of their cover at a recent gig in Warrington. You can view the footage below.
  “A few weeks ago my grandad Dave asked us if we knew ‘Green, Green Grass Of home’ by Tom Jones,” Smith wrote.
  
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• 6 Music stage announces line-up for All Points East 2022

  25-05-2022 20:26 via nme.com
  
  The 6 Music stage at this year’s All Points East festival will feature performances from Gilles Peterson, Norman Jay, Sherelle and more.
  Returning to the Victoria Park festival as official broadcast partners, 6 Music has today (May 25) announced the line-up for its stage at the two-weekend event, taking place August 19-20 and August 25-28.
  Peterson along with fellow 6 Music presenters Mary Anne Hobbs, Tom Ravenscroft, AFRODEUTSCHE, Jamz Supernova and Don Letts will curate th
  
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• Empress Of Drops New Breakup Anthem ‘Dance for You’

  25-05-2022 20:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lorely Rodriguez's new EP Save Me out June 24
  
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• Easy Life share new Kevin Abstract collaboration ‘Dear Miss Holloway’

  25-05-2022 19:49 via nme.com
  
  Easy Life have shared a new collaboration, ‘Dear Miss Holloway’ featuring Kevin Abstract, alongside details of their next album.READ MORE: Easy Life: “We bang the drum for places like Leicester because no one else will”The band teased their latest single last week with a brief video clip that sees the band and Abstract depicted in plasticine form.
  The video is set to come out at a later date but the band today (May 25) shared ‘Dear Miss Holloway’, which w
  
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• Japanese Breakfast to make guest appearance in ‘Helpsters’ season three

  25-05-2022 19:22 via nme.com
  
  Japanese Breakfast will feature as a musical guest on the Apple TV+ show Helpsters.READ MORE: Japanese Breakfast: “This year is about enjoying myself – my number one job is to have fun”From the makers of Sesame Street, Helpsters is a children’s show about a group of monsters who work together to solve the problems of customers in their shop. The first season launched alongside Apple TV+ in 2019, with the third season set to debut on Friday (May 27).
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• Mura Masa announces new album ‘demon time’ and drops futuristic single ‘blessing me’

  25-05-2022 19:18 via nme.com
  
  Mura Masa has released a brand new track, ‘blessing me’, featuring Pa Salieu and Skilliben – check it out below.READ MORE: The Big Read – Mura Masa: “If you’re smart right now, you’re making guitar music”The song comes alongside news of the musician/producer’s third album, ‘demon time’, which is set to be released on September 16 via Polydor Records and follows 2020’s ‘R.Y.C.’. The LP will also fea
  
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• Rob Da Bank is being sued for £650,000 over unpaid Bestival loan

  25-05-2022 19:17 via nme.com
  
  Bestival co-founder Rob da Bank is being sued after allegedly failing to repay a £650,000 loan.
  Loan provider TicketLine Network Ltd has said it personally loaned Da Bank (real name Robert Gorham) about £1million to keep the festival going, but he then refused to pay back about £650,000, Central London County Court has heard.
  The loan was taken out in 2018 to save the festival which nearly didn’t go ahead due to financial struggles.
  The company claimed at the time that it
  
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• The Harlem Music Festival From ‘Summer of Soul’ Gets Recognized by Congress

  25-05-2022 19:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  U.S. Senate unanimously approves resolution honoring the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival for representing 'a shift in Black culture, consciousness, and expression'
  
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• ‘A True Story’: Watch Kehlani Fall in Love in Romantic ‘Melt’ Music Video

  25-05-2022 19:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  With the video, Kehlani confirms her relationship with musician 070 Shake
  
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• Twitter Officially Launches ‘Twitter Create’ to Help Artists and Podcasters ‘Reach Their Goals’

  25-05-2022 18:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Twitter has officially launched “Twitter Create,” billing the promotion- and monetization-focused offering as content creators’ “own personal think tank.” The social-media platform – which in 2021 unveiled Ticketed Spaces and subscription-based super follows – just recently announced Twitter Create (formerly Twitter Media). Explaining the name change, Create said: “Like Twitter, we’re constantly evolving, and decided […]
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• Bob Dylan’s New Recording of ‘Blowin’ In the Wind’ Headed to Auction Before Song’s 60th Anniversary

  25-05-2022 18:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  The one-of-one recording was pressed on T Bone Burnett's new audio format, Ionic Originals, which he says captures better quality sound than digital, CD, or vinyl
  
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• Tom Grennan on his US attack and “different chapter” of a new album

  25-05-2022 18:18 via nme.com
  
  Tom Grennan has spoken to NME about his recent attack ordeal in New York, as well as revealing that work is almost complete on his third album.
  Last month, the singer-songwriter was the victim of an “unprovoked attack and robbery” in the US, which led to him suffering a ruptured ear, torn ear-drum and issue with his previously fractured jaw – forcing him to postpone a number of shows.
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• Sziget Festival announces programme of cultural events for 2022

  25-05-2022 17:58 via nme.com
  
  Sziget Festival has announced details of a wide-ranging programme of cultural events that will take place during their 2022 event.
  The Budapest, Hungary festival will return from August 10-15, with Arctic Monkeys, Dua Lipa, Calvin Harris and Tame Impala among the headliners.READ MORE: 10 acts you can’t afford to miss at Sziget 2022Sziget has now announced a series of additional live performances and cultural events – spanning “everything from theatre, burlesque, comedy, contemp
  
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• Watch My Chemical Romance play ‘Tomorrow’s Money’ live for the first time

  25-05-2022 17:24 via nme.com
  
  My Chemical Romance performed their 2012 single ‘Tomorrow’s Money’ live for the first time during their gig in Dublin last night (May 24) – you can watch fan-shot footage of the performance below.
  The returning band played the first of two nights at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham yesterday as they continue their UK and Ireland comeback tour.READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Cornwall: giddy rock’n’roll from returning emo heroesLast night’s Dublin setl
  
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• Chris Brown announced for Wireless 2022 in Crystal Palace and Birmingham

  25-05-2022 17:15 via nme.com
  
  Chris Brown has joined the line-up for this year’s Wireless Festival.
  After returning to action in 2021, Wireless 2022 will take place across three sites – two in London, one in Birmingham – in July.READ MORE: Wireless Festival 2021 review: superstar comeback for London’s biggest rap weekenderBrown will be performing at the Crystal Palace and Birmingham legs of the event on July 1 and July 8 respectively. He will not be appearing at the Finsbury Park leg of Wireless.
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• Lykke Li is “reworking” ‘EYEYE’ into an “ambient, instrumental, sonic dream”

  25-05-2022 16:50 via nme.com
  
  Lykke Li has revealed that she’s currently “reworking” her latest album ‘EYEYE‘ to make it “more like an ambient, instrumental, sonic dream”.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life – Lykke LiThe Swedish singer-songwriter released her acclaimed fifth album last week, with NME describing it as “more of an art-pop mood piece than a home for singles” and “a record that breathes, sighs and will leave you lost in the same dazed revery that the
  
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• Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa to reunite on new song Potion

  25-05-2022 16:36 via music-news.com
  
  Four years after collaborating on One Kiss, Calvin Harris has confirmed a second collaboration with Dua Lipa for their new track, Potion.
  
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• RAYE: “I’m worried for future songwriters – things need to change”

  25-05-2022 16:11 via nme.com
  
  RAYE has spoken out about the challenges facing young songwriters, and what needs to change with major labels in the shifting musical landscape.READ MORE: RAYE’s plight proves that the major label system is brokenThe singer made headlines when she parted ways with Polydor Records last year after claiming that the label had refused to release her debut album, despite signing a four-album deal in 2014.
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• Glastonbury 2022 bans sales of single-use plastic bottles

  25-05-2022 16:05 via nme.com
  
  Emily Eavis has confirmed that single-use plastic drinks bottles will not be sold on-site at Glastonbury 2022.
  The festival first introduced the policy for their 2019 event in a move that was praised by Sir David Attenborough during his surprise appearance on the Pyramid Stage that year.READ MORE: We’re gonna need a bigger farm: why Glastonbury 2022 could be the best in historyWriting on Instagram this afternoon (May 25), Eavis reminded festivalgoers that Glastonbury will not be selli
  
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• IDLES set to kick off relaunch of ‘From The Basement’ series

  25-05-2022 15:41 via nme.com
  
  IDLES are set to feature on the first episode of the relaunched live music show From The Basement.
  The show, which was created by producer and Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich, originally aired as a web TV series between 2006 and 2009.READ MORE: IDLES live in London: Bristol rockers gaze into the broken mirror that is modern BritainFrom The Basement will now return as a YouTube series, with Godrich producing the new episodes with James Chads and John Woollcombe.
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• Idlewild announce reissue and 20th anniversary tour for ‘The Remote Part’

  25-05-2022 15:22 via nme.com
  
  Idlewild have announced a reissue and 20th anniversary tour for their 2002 album ‘The Remote Part’ – get tickets for the gigs here and find all the details below.READ MORE: Idlewild – ‘Interview Music’ reviewThe new reissue comes on the back of the band celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2021 with a retrospective book and career-spanning UK tour.
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• The Future of Music Videos: Ganser Tap the Potential of Immersive LED Tech

  25-05-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chicago post-punk band use the same futuristic system used for The Mandalorian to film a pair of ambitious videos on a budget
  
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• Steve Albini hits out at Ricky Gervais’ “fucked up” Netflix special

  25-05-2022 14:41 via nme.com
  
  Steve Albini has criticised Ricky Gervais‘ for his “fucked up” new Netflix special and called him an “anti-woke trans-bash” comedian.
  Gervais has been criticised this week over “transphobic” jokes in his new comedy special SuperNature, in which the controversial comedian makes numerous jokes about the trans community.
  Oh, women,” he begins in the show. “Not all women, I mean the old-fashioned ones. The old-fashioned women, the ones with wombs
  
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• UK nightclub industry responds to publication of the Sue Gray report

  25-05-2022 14:10 via nme.com
  
  The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) has responded to the publication of the report by senior civil servant Sue Gray into the parties held in Downing Street and Whitehall during the UK’s COVID lockdowns.
  Gray’s long-awaited 37-page report, which includes nine photographs featuring Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was published this morning (May 25) and can be read in full here.READ MORE: Sadiq Khan on “piss-taker” Boris Johnson and talent coming from London“Wha
  
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• Reunited boy band Blue keen to do a biopic

  25-05-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Boy band Blue would love to make a biopic and have revealed who they'd like to play them.
  
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• Ed Sheeran's 2Step gets Denise Chalia remix treatment

  25-05-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran has released '2Step' remixed by Denise Chalia.
  
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• Rosé on the Power of Vulnerability and Why Blackpink Is Family

  25-05-2022 14:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  “That fierce [Rosé] persona — it’s fun when that happens, when I can turn on this whole different character.” 
  
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• Watch Pavement play their first gig in 12 years

  25-05-2022 13:02 via nme.com
  
  Pavement played their first gig in nearly 12 years earlier this week – you can watch fan-shot footage and see the setlist from the Los Angeles show below.
  The band kicked off their long-awaited reunion tour, which was initially announced in 2019, with a warm-up show at The Fonda Theatre in LA on Monday night (May 23), marking their first live appearance together since November 2010.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Stephen MalkmusAhead of the show, Pavemen
  
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• BVNDIT return from two-year hiatus with new single ‘Venom’

  25-05-2022 12:44 via nme.com
  
  BVNDIT have released the music video for ‘Venom’, the title track for their long-awaited third mini-album ‘Re-Original’.READ MORE: Yerin – ‘Aria’ review: the ex-GFRIEND singer breaks free on her optimistic, albeit sterile, solo debutIn the fierce new visual, the members of BVNDIT are riding bikes outside an abandoned factory. The scenes later reveal that the factory used to produce stuffed animals, as the video cuts to the girls in an abandoned studio wh
  
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• Iggy Pop and Diane Warren receive Polar Music Prize

  25-05-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  The two artists and the French music ensemble were awarded the prize during a ceremony held in Stockholm, Sweden.
  
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• Taylor Swift on the Uvalde school shooting: “Filled with rage and grief, and so broken”

  25-05-2022 12:25 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift has said that she is “filled with rage and grief” following a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas which left 19 young children and two adults dead.
  An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School, which teaches children aged seven to 10, yesterday (May 24). Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed that the suspect was later shot dead by responding law enforcement officials.
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• Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa set to release new collaboration ‘Potion’ this week

  25-05-2022 12:16 via nme.com
  
  Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa are set to share a new collaborative single called ‘Potion’ this week – get all the details below.
  The pair previously worked together on the smash hit ‘One Kiss’ in 2018, which spent multiple weeks at the top of the singles chart and NME called “the song of the summer.”
  Taking to TikTok this week, Harris shared a new video of himself working on the song and agreeing with Dua Lipa to have her sing on it.
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