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• Anita Baker thanks Chance the Rapper for helping her regain master recordings

  31-05-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  During a recent performance, Anita Baker gave Chance The Rapper a shoutout for helping her regain her master recordings.
  
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• Aespa Are Getting Ready to Release Their Next Mini-Album ‘Girls’

  31-05-2022 23:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rising K-pop group confirmed their second proper studio project will arrive in July
  
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• Mandated Content and Fake Viral Moments: Artists Are Fed Up with Labels’ TikTok Demands

  31-05-2022 23:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Halsey claimed their label won’t let them release music until there was enough buzz around the track. But if that’s the standard for superstars, what does that mean for everyone else?
  
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• He Had a Billion-Stream Hit. Now His Songs Are in Limbo Until They Go Viral on TikTok

  31-05-2022 23:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Trevor Daniel claims his label won’t let him release music until there’s enough buzz around the track. It’s an emerging label practice that’s happening to Halsey, Florence Welch and others too.
  
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• BTS visit the White House to discuss anti-Asian hate with President Biden

  31-05-2022 22:36 via nme.com
  
  BTS have today (May 31) taken part in a press conference at the White House.
  Last week, it was announced that BTS would be speaking with President Joe Biden at the White House to address the issue of “Asian inclusion and representation” and to discuss their platform “as youth ambassadors who spread a message of hope and positivity across the world”.
  All members of the group appeared at the press conference. RM spoke first at the conference and said it was “a gr
  
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• Listen to Working Men’s Club’s new song, ‘Ploys’

  31-05-2022 22:00 via nme.com
  
  Working Men’s Club have today (May 31) shared a new single – check out ‘Ploys’ below.READ MORE: Working Men’s Club: the Yorkshire group representing a frustrated Northern youthThe song is taken from their recently announced second album, ‘Fear Fear’, and follows on from the previously released tracks, ‘Widow‘ and ‘Circumference‘.
  The band’s self-titled debut album came out in 2020, and they announced last September
  
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• Gently Tender announce debut album, ‘Take Hold Of Your Promise!’

  31-05-2022 21:55 via nme.com
  
  Gently Tender have announced the release of their debut album, ‘Take Hold Of Your Promise!’ – listen to new single, ‘Love All The Population’ below.READ MORE: The Big Read – The Big Moon: “Everything feels big, strange, and very scaryThe band, made up from ex-Palma Violets members Sam Fryer, Will Doyle and Peter Mayhew alongside The Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown, returned last month with new single ‘Dead Is Dead’, aft
  
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• Pollen Lays Off 200 Employees — About One-Third of Its Team — Following $150 Million Series C

  31-05-2022 21:40 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A little over one month ago, Pollen (formerly Verve) unveiled a $150 million Series C funding round. Now, the destination-event company has laid off some 200 individuals, representing approximately one-third of its workforce. Details of Pollen’s far-reaching staff cutback just recently came to light in a report from The Pragmatic Engineer. For reference, London-based Pollen […]
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• Pink Floyd Needs No Education About TikTok as They Join Platform

  31-05-2022 21:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  The group is "Learning to Fly" on the vide app
  
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• White House Press Unleash Their Inner ARMY During BTS Briefing

  31-05-2022 21:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  The group took a moment during the conference to speak on the pressing concern of rising anti-Asian hate crimes, Asian inclusion, and diversity
  
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• ‘Don’t Choose To Be A Racist’: Star Wars Franchise Defends ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Star Moses Ingram After Online Hate

  31-05-2022 20:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  The actress took to Instagram to pull the curtain back on the racist responses that have flooded her DMs since joining the franchise as Inquisitor Reva Sevander
  
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• Cat Power shares cover of The Rolling Stones’ ‘You Got The Silver’

  31-05-2022 20:46 via nme.com
  
  Cat Power has shared a cover of The Rolling Stones’ classic hit, ‘You Got The Silver’ – listen to it below.READ MORE: Cat Power: “The music I’m drawn to is about either healing or abandon – one or the other”The song featured on The Stones’ 1969 album ‘Let It Bleed’ and was the band’s first song to feature Keith Richards on lead vocals. A Mick Jagger version was also recorded, but the band released Richards’ versio
  
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• Van Morrison Sues Northern Ireland Health Minister Over Criticism of His Anti-Lockdown Music

  31-05-2022 20:33 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Van Morrison is suing the Northern Ireland Department of Health and its minister, Robin Swann. Van Morrison is a noted anti-lockdown critic for COVID-19 prevention measures. The rocker released several anti-lockdown songs, singing about ‘fascist bullies’ and claimed governments were ‘enslaving’ its people. Rolling Stone published an article from North Ireland’s health minister criticizing the […]
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• Scorpions changed lyrics to ‘Wind Of Change’ because it “romanticised Russia”

  31-05-2022 20:33 via nme.com
  
  Scorpions have revealed why they’ve changed the lyrics to their chart-topping hit ‘Wind Of Change’, explaining that they no longer wanted to “romanticise Russia”.
  In light of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the German hard rockers decided to change the song’s lyrics for their ongoing US and European tour, which opened in Las Vegas on March 26, a month after the start of the invasion.
  “To sing ‘Wind of Change’ as we have
  
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• Eurovision 2022 Winners Auction Their Trophy to Support Ukraine’s Military

  31-05-2022 20:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Eurovision 2022 winners Kalush Orchestra have auctioned off their trophy to support the Ukrainian military against the Russian invasion. Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest this year with their entry, “Stefania.” The group announced they would auction off the trophy online for cryptocurrency via Facebook. The trophy sold for over $900,000 or […]
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• Fontaines D.C. meet family of the late Margaret Keane, who inspired song ‘In ár gCroíthe go deo’

  31-05-2022 20:01 via nme.com
  
  Fontaines D.C. have met the family of the late Margaret Keane who inspired their song ‘In ár gCroíthe go deo’.READ MORE: Fontaines D.C.: “People are looking to me for answers. What the fuck do I know?”Back in 2020, the band came across the story of Keane, who died in 2018, in The Irish Post.
  The family of the former dinner lady, who lived in Coventry for most of her life before passing at age 73, had originally planned to have the Irish epitaph &ld
  
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• Måneskin share chaotic video for new single ‘Supermodel’

  31-05-2022 19:25 via nme.com
  
  Måneskin have released a brand new video for their latest single, ‘Supermodel’ – you can check it out below.READ MORE: Måneskin: “Nobody is keeping rock’n’roll alive – it’s just impossible to kill”Produced by Max Martin, the Italian band’s first new music of 2022 is loosely based on characters they met during their time in LA.
  “We wrote ‘Supermodel’ after spending the best few months in LA,” M&ar
  
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• ENHYPEN’s Heeseung Delivers Wedding-Ready Take on Justin Bieber Deep Cut ‘Off My Face’

  31-05-2022 19:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song originally appeared on Bieber’s sixth studio album Justice
  
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• BTS Sets Apple Music 1 Streaming Record Ahead of Album Release: ‘Biggest Show of the Year’

  31-05-2022 19:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  K-pop sensation BTS has officially set an Apple Music 1 (formerly Beats 1) streaming record with the debut episode of BTS Radio: Past & Present, Apple Music has revealed. Apple’s streaming platform took to social media to unveil the listenership milestone for BTS Radio – albeit without disclosing the program’s precise streaming figures. “#BTSARMY you […]
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• Jimmy Eat World Are Hitting the Road Again This Fall

  31-05-2022 18:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band announces a new run of North American headlining shows, with support from Charly Bliss
  
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• Will Butler Returns With First Singles Since Arcade Fire Exit, Plots East Coast Tour

  31-05-2022 18:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  “A Stranger’s House” and “Nearer to Thee” come less than three months after his official split from Arcade Fire
  
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• ‘I’m Just Living My Dream’: Blackswan’s Fatou on Becoming K-Pop’s First African Idol

  31-05-2022 18:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  She grew up in Senegal and Belgium, then moved to Korea to pursue her dream of stardom. Now it's all happening — and she credits her group members with always being there for her
  
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• Harry Styles makes chart history with ‘Harry’s House’ around the world

  31-05-2022 18:02 via nme.com
  
  Harry Styles‘ hugely successful new album ‘Harry’s House’ has garnered a series of chart accolades and broken numerous records across the world.
  In addition to recording 2022’s fastest selling album in the UK, Styles achieved the rare feat of simultaneously holding the number one album and number one track (‘Harry’s House’ lead single ‘As It Was’) in a number of countries.READ MORE: The five most wholesome moments from Harry Styles&rsqu
  
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• Avril Lavigne reflects on early career: “I didn’t want to be all bubblegum pop”

  31-05-2022 17:57 via nme.com
  
  Avril Lavigne has reflected on her early career in a new interview and has spoken of the challenges of going against the pop norms of the day.READ MORE: Avril Lavigne – ‘Love Sux’ review: a modern update on early ’00s pop-punkSpeaking to The Guardian, Lavigne discussed being a grungy, alternative musician in an early noughties landscape where “bubblegum pop” dominated.
  “I was getting out of high school and I just wanted to rock out,” Lavigne t
  
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• Calvin Harris: 'I want to have a good time'

  31-05-2022 17:46 via music-news.com
  
  Calvin Harris joins Zane Lowe on New Music Daily on Apple Music 1 to discuss his new song “Potion” feat. Dua Lipa &
  
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• Beth Orton Takes In a Gorgeous Day on Serene New Song ‘Weather Alive’

  31-05-2022 17:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on the English musician's new album of the same name, which marks her first in six years
  
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• Listen to Beth Orton’s soaring new single, ‘Weather Alive’

  31-05-2022 17:26 via nme.com
  
  Beth Orton has released a new single today (May 31) called ‘Weather Alive’ – check it out below.
  It’s the title track from her new album, which is released on September 23 via Partisan Records – her first for the label. You can pre-order it here.
  A statement about the new album describes it as “a record that collates memories and experiences spanning a lifetime, with stories that touch on struggles, on healing and of beauty.”
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• Willow, Olivia Rodrigo and Pop Punk’s Long, Weird Legacy

  31-05-2022 17:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  The genre is thriving and (mostly) grown up. How the hell did this happen?
  
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• Will Butler shares first solo songs since leaving Arcade Fire

  31-05-2022 17:08 via nme.com
  
  Will Butler has shared his first solo tracks since his departure from Arcade Fire, as well as a host of US tour dates.
  You can take a listen to the two songs below, the slow-burning ‘A Stranger’s House’ and the intense, dramatic ‘Nearer To Thee’. ‘A Stranger’s House’ also comes with an intense and gothic video starring Butler himself.
  The two songs are released today via Merge Records, and will be supported with a run of North American tour dates i
  
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• Halsey’s Label Pledges Support for Singer Following TikTok Kerfuffle: ‘We Love You’

  31-05-2022 17:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer joined a growing collection of artists frustrated with their labels over the heightened role of virality in dictating music releases
  
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• Why ‘Harry’s House’ Is Harry Styles’ Best Album Yet

  31-05-2022 16:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Here's some of our track-by-track discussion of Harry's House from the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now
  
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• Kanye West features on new track from Vory, ‘Daylight’

  31-05-2022 16:53 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West has teamed up with Vory on his new track, ‘Daylight’ – listen to it below.READ MORE: Divorce, Drake disses and problematic features: 10 talking points from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’Vory featured as a guest on West’s last two albums, ‘Donda’ and ‘Donda 2’. The new track ‘Daylight’ will feature on Vory’s upcoming album, ‘Lost Souls’, which is released this Friday (June 3) via Dream Chasers/Un
  
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• Bo Burnham Expands His Latest Comedy Special With Hour-Long Addition ‘The Inside Outtakes’

  31-05-2022 16:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  The comedian compiled the new video over the past two months using footage that didn’t make the original cut for the special
  
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• Haçienda co-founder says club was nearly founded in a Castlefield warehouse

  31-05-2022 16:18 via nme.com
  
  Alan Erasmus, co-founder of The Haçienda, has revealed that the iconic superclub was almost located in a warehouse in Manchester’s Castlefield area, rather than its now famous site.
  The club was started in 1982 by Erasmus and his Factory Records colleagues Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, Martin Hannett and Peter Saville, and funded largely by the label and the band New Order. It was located in a former yacht builder’s shop on Whitworth Street West until its closure in 1997.
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• Lil Uzi Vert says Jack Harlow “doesn’t have white privilege”

  31-05-2022 16:11 via nme.com
  
  Lil Uzi Vert has said that Jack Harlow “doesn’t have white privilege”, after question marks surfaced around Harlow’s chart success in the face of some poor reviews of his new album.READ MORE: Jack Harlow – ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’ review: storytelling charm and filler tracksHarlow’s ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You‘, which was released earlier this month, has in general received average or poor ratings by critics [via Metacritic] despi
  
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• London’s 12 Bar to reopen under new name alongside another new central London venue

  31-05-2022 15:38 via nme.com
  
  London’s 12 Bar Club is reopening under a new name, The Lower Third, alongside the launch of the Outernet’s new 2,000-capacity live events venue called HERE this summer.READ MORE: Independent Venue Week 2022: “Now more than ever, small venues need to be shouted about”The venue on Denmark Street, which closed for redevelopment in 2015, was renowned for hosting early shows for acts who went on to reach stardom including Adele, Regina Spektor and Jeff Buckley.
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• Cat Power Delivers a Tender, Singular Take on the Rolling Stones’ ‘You Got the Silver’

  31-05-2022 15:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track was originally only available as a bonus cut on the Japanese version of Power's 2022 covers album
  
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• Snoop Dogg Is Sticking to the States, Pulls Out of All 2022 International Tour Dates

  31-05-2022 15:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper cites "unforeseen scheduling conflicts including family obligations and upcoming tv and film projects"
  
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• See first image of Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in new biopic

  31-05-2022 14:42 via nme.com
  
  The first image of Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in a forthcoming biopic has been released – take a look below.READ MORE: ‘A Star Is Born’ – soundtrack reviewThe star and director of A Star Is Born will be playing the iconic Broadway composer in a new film called Maestro, released by Netflix.
  Cooper will play Bernstein alongside Carey Mulligan as the composer’s wife Felicia Montealegre, and Succession star Jeremy Strong has been cast as critic John G
  
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• Here are the full set times for Liam Gallagher’s Knebworth shows

  31-05-2022 14:17 via nme.com
  
  The full stage times for Liam Gallagher‘s two forthcoming shows at Knebworth have been released – find them in full below.READ MORE: Liam Gallagher: “I sound good. I look cool. I talk from the heart”Gallagher will play two shows at the iconic venue – site of Oasis’ famous 1996 gigs – on June 3 and 4. Kasabian will be lead support on both nights, while Amyl And The Sniffers, Michael Kiwanuka, Fat White Family and Goat Girl will play across the two ni
  
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• Self Esteem on pressures to provide TikTok content: “The music industry thinks of social media as an inherently female thing”

  31-05-2022 13:35 via nme.com
  
  Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem, has penned an essay about the pressure she believes female artists face to provide TikTok content.
  The article comes following a number of artists speaking publicly about their experiences of their labels and management pushing them to post on the social media platform.READ MORE: Labels pushing artists to make TikToks: you’re spoiling the fun (and that’s not even the worst of it)They include FKA Twigs, who has said: “It’s true all rec
  
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• Måneskin respond to Mick Jagger’s comments about state of rock’n’roll

  31-05-2022 13:05 via nme.com
  
  Måneskin have responded to Mick Jagger’s comments about the state of rock’n’roll, disputing the idea that young artists are keeping the genre alive.
  The Italian band were speaking to NME for the latest Big Read cover story ahead of a huge homecoming gig in Verona when they shared their thoughts on The Rolling Stones frontman’s views.READ MORE: Måneskin on the cover: “Nobody is keeping rock’n’roll alive – it’s just impossible
  
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• Spiritualized and Kae Tempest join Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' APE bill

  31-05-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  The full lineup for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' All Points East day is here.
  
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• ASAP Rocky 'pushed myself to the limit' on his new album

  31-05-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  A$AP Rocky has teased what fans can expect from his follow-up to 2018's 'Testing'.
  
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• Snoop Dogg hints that Mount Westmore’s debut album is arriving next week

  31-05-2022 12:57 via nme.com
  
  Snoop Dogg has appeared to confirm the release date for Mount Westmore’s debut album.READ MORE: Snoop Dogg – ‘Algorithm’ review: Snoop’s shot at making old-school hip-hop great againThe rapper, who is in the supergroup with E-40, Too $hort and Ice Cube, shared a video via his Instagram that shows the bandmembers performing live with a new song soundtracking the montage. In a caption, he wrote: “June 7th. The wait is over. BadMFs. @mtwestmore.”
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• Here’s the weather forecast for Liam Gallagher’s Knebworth gigs

  31-05-2022 12:19 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher is set to play a pair of headline gigs at Stevenage’s Knebworth House this weekend (June 3-4) – see how the weather will fare below.READ MORE: Liam Gallagher: “I sound good. I look cool. I talk from the heart”The star will return to the venue for the first time since Oasis held two legendary shows there in 1996, which is often considered the band’s crowning moment.
  Gallagher will be supported at the shows by Kasabian on both days, with Paolo
  
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• Johnny Depp plays live with Jeff Beck for the second time

  31-05-2022 11:57 via nme.com
  
  Johnny Depp has appeared onstage with Jeff Beck for the second time, as the guitarist continues his European tour dates
  Depp made headlines on Sunday (May 29) when he was a surprise guest at Beck’s show in Sheffield. The pair performed covers of John Lennon, Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix.
  Last night (May 30) Depp returned to the stage during Beck’s show at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Beck is due to play a second set at the venue tonight (May 31) although it’s unclear whethe
  
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• Watch Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut new material at LA gig

  31-05-2022 11:19 via nme.com
  
  Yeah Yeah Yeahs played new songs to fans at LA’s Teragram Ballroom last night (May 30) – watch them perform ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ and see the setlist below.READ MORE: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 10 best songsThe New York band aired classics including ‘Maps’ and ‘Heads Will Roll’ but also treated fans to two new songs including ‘Spitting…’, which was announced last week (featuring Perfume Genius) and is release
  
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• Rina Sawayama reveals how Taylor Swift's Folklore inspired her new LP

  31-05-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Rina Sawayama has revealed how she was inspired by Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' album.
  
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• Full line-up for Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ All Points East show announced

  31-05-2022 11:04 via nme.com
  
  With Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds set to headline All Points East in London’s Victoria Park this summer, the festival has now announced the full schedule for the day.READ MORE: ‘This Much I Know To Be True’ review: an engrossing and intimate portrait of Nick CaveOn August 28 Cave and his band will headline the final night of the Victoria Park festival. Today (May 31), longstanding space rockers Spiritualized, acclaimed poet Kae Tempest, jazz pianist and composer Robert Glasper a
  
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