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• Ryan Adams Tests the Waters with a Comeback Tour

  15-06-2022 23:40 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Ryan Adams is attempting a mini-touring comeback, testing whether he’ll be able to pick up his career where he left it following sexual misconduct allegations. The eight-city tour begins on October 14 in Atlanta, GA, and ends in Ames, IA, on October 22. In-between dates include shows at the Chicago Theatre, Minneapolis’ State Theatre, Milwaukee’s […]
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• Hans Zimmer announces 2023 UK and Ireland arena shows

  15-06-2022 23:38 via nme.com
  
  Hans Zimmer has announced that he’ll be performing a series of arena shows in the UK and Ireland next year as part of his 2023 European tour – get tickets here.READ MORE: Johnny Marr on penning the ‘No Time To Die’ soundtrack: “I’m making a lot of nasty, nasty noises”Following the major success of his recent tour across Europe, the award-winning composer will return to the continent for a 32-date tour that will include a pair of shows at The O2
  
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• YouTube Shorts Tops 1.5 Billion Monthly Users

  15-06-2022 23:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Over 1.5 billion users watch YouTube Shorts every month. The Google-owned platform reports that more than 70% of those surveyed regularly watch short-form videos. The launch of Shorts is leading to the rise of multi-format YouTube creators. Those who incorporate short-form and long-form video see better overall subscriber growth and watch time than those only […]
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• Mark Ronson and Liam Gallagher to play U.K. Taylor Hawkins tribute gig

  15-06-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Foo Fighters are honouring Taylor Hawkins with two tribute shows.
  
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• SoundCloud Poaches Tracy Chan to Lead Creator Business

  15-06-2022 23:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  SoundCloud has announced Tracy Chan is joining the company as Senior Vice President of Creator. Tracy Chan will oversee the SoundCloud Creator ecosystem globally, including tools, services, products, and offerings. He will be responsible for evolving the SoundCloud Creator product for independent artists as they evolve their careers on the platform. Chan will report directly […]
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• Nipsey Hussle: Prosecutor Describes Rapper’s Harrowing Last Moments in Murder Trial Opening Statement

  15-06-2022 23:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Los Angeles Deputy D.A. calls the shooting by defendant Eric Holder Jr., who faces a possible life sentence, a premeditated and “very personal attack”
  
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• Joey Bada$$ announces 2022 UK and Ireland tour

  15-06-2022 23:02 via nme.com
  
  Joey Bada$$ has announced that he’ll be hitting the road later this year, with some UK and Ireland tour dates scheduled for winter – get tickets here.READ MORE: Joey Bada$$ – Soundtrack Of My LifeThe New York rapper will celebrate his acclaimed 2012 mixtape ‘1999’ and upcoming third album ‘2000’, out June 17 via Columbia Records, with a string of shows which kick off on December 13 at London’s Roundhouse.
  The tour will then take is shows in Ma
  
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• The Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert Lineup Announced

  15-06-2022 23:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Foo Fighters have shared the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert lineup for the US and UK dates. The announcement describes this as the ‘first wave’ of confirmed guests joining the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts. The concerts will celebrate the life, music, and love of one of the biggest figures in rock music. The Taylor Hawkins […]
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• Gunna issues statement on RICO case: “The picture that is being painted of me is ugly and untrue”

  15-06-2022 22:20 via nme.com
  
  Gunna has issued a statement about his current incarceration on racketeering charges, stating that he is “being falsely accused and will never stop fighting” to clear his name.READ MORE: Young Stoner Life – ‘Slime Language 2’ review: follow-up record doesn’t quite stickAfter being named in a 28-person grand jury indictment that also included Young Thug earlier this month, the rapper (real name Sergio Kitchens) was taken into custody on May 11 an
  
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• Dolly Parton Donates $1M to Pediatric Infectious Disease Research At Vanderbilt

  15-06-2022 22:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The donation will help support ongoing research in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at VUMC, which includes understanding how viruses and bacteria cause disease, treating infections, diagnosing infections in children with cancer, and learning more about childhood infections […]
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• Foals share sunny single ‘Crest Of The Wave’ ahead of new album ‘Life Is Yours’

  15-06-2022 22:17 via nme.com
  
  Foals have shared new single ‘Crest Of The Wave’ ahead of the release of their new album, ‘Life Is Yours’.READ MORE: Foals: “Life is something to be cherished and enjoyed”The track, which you can listen to below, is the fifth to be shared from the band’s seventh album, which will be released this Friday (June 17).
  “A portion of ‘Crest Of The Wave’ existed in 2011, and we had demoed it in Australia and just left it for years,&r
  
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• Primary Wave Announces ‘Multi-Million-Dollar’ Catalog Deal With ‘Danger Zone’ Songwriter Tom Whitlock

  15-06-2022 21:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Primary Wave has officially unveiled a “multi-million-dollar” catalog deal with “Danger Zone” songwriter Tom Whitlock. New York City-based Primary Wave – which has pursued an array of song-rights investments during 2022’s opening half – announced this latest play today. The pact covers “all of Whitlock’s music publishing interests,” higher-ups made clear, “including copyrights, administration, and […]
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• Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo on new furry costume: “It was very impromptu”

  15-06-2022 21:47 via nme.com
  
  Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo has opened up about performing in a new suit as his furry alter-ego Mortis Jackrabbit earlier this year.READ MORE: Car Seat Headrest – ‘Making A Door Less Open’ review: as confounding as its knowing title suggestsIn March, the frontman performed in a new fur suit for the first time at New York’s Brooklyn Steel, because he “wanted more furries in the crowd”.
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• Here’s what Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ will sound like remixed at every dance festival this summer

  15-06-2022 21:21 via nme.com
  
  LA electro duo Phantoms have shared footage of them mixing Kate Bush‘s ‘Running Up That Hill’.READ MORE: Kate Bush’s best on-screen syncs – from Stranger Things to Being HumanThe 1985 single has been witnessing a resurgence after it featured as a prominent part of the storyline in Stranger Things 4, and it reached a new peak on the UK singles charts last week, landing at Number Two.
  Now, the DJ duo – comprising former teenage
  
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• Jungkook Reassures BTS Fans They’re Not Breaking Up

  15-06-2022 21:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  The musician said the K-Pop outfit would continue to work together as a team on various projects even as they pursued solo endeavors
  
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• Goldie: 'You start to realise that reinvention is everything'

  15-06-2022 21:19 via music-news.com
  
  UK DJ, producer, and drum 'n' bass pioneer Goldie joins Zane Lowe live on Apple Music 1 to discuss his exclusive mix recorded
  
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• Alanis Morissette, Miley Cyrus and more to play Taylor Hawkins tribute gig in Los Angeles

  15-06-2022 20:37 via nme.com
  
  Alanis Morissette, Miley Cyrus, plus members of Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more are set to play at the tribute gig for late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins in Los Angeles.READ MORE: Taylor Hawkins, 1972 – 2022: Foo Fighters drummer who always stole the showHawkins, the band’s drummer since 1997, died in Bogotá, Colombia on March 25. He was 50 years old.
  Last week, Foo Fighters announced that, together with the drummer’s family, the band will cele
  
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• Post Malone asked Frances Bean Cobain’s permission to do Nirvana livestream

  15-06-2022 20:04 via nme.com
  
  Post Malone has revealed that he asked permission from Frances Bean Cobain to do his Nirvana charity livestream event in 2020.READ MORE: Post Malone’s Nirvana tribute livestream sounded like a wild and heavy garage band in rehearsalTaking place in aid of The United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for The World Health Organization (WHO), the rapper/rocker performed a 15-song set in celebration of the grunge icons.
  Among the songs he covered were versions of
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion says she “became the villain” following Tory Lanez shooting incident

  15-06-2022 19:23 via nme.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion has opened up about social media’s reaction to the night she was shot in an incident involving Tory Lanez.READ MORE: Megan Thee Stallion: “I’m really working on my dynasty right now”The Houston rapper (real name Megan Pete) was shot in the foot after a party at Kylie Jenner’s house in July 2020. She subsequently claimed that Lanez was the person who had fired at her.
  Lanez was later charged with assault with a semi-automatic firearm, persona
  
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• Listen to Beabadoobee’s rousing new single ‘10.36’

  15-06-2022 19:12 via nme.com
  
  Beabadoobee has shared another new single from her forthcoming album ‘Beatopia’.READ MORE: Beabadoobee live at Reading 2021: the rockstar that the future deservesThe track, which you can listen to below, is the the fourth taster to be lifted from her second album following ‘Lovesong’, ‘See You Soon’ and ‘Talk‘.
  According to a press release, the single “unpacks Bea’s personal relationships with the people in her life, and how she de
  
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• Beabadoobee on Fairies, Shrooms, and Standing Up for Her Vision

  15-06-2022 19:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer-songwriter says her most important goal is 'to be that person I really needed when I was growing up, for girls that look like me'
  
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• Eminem and CeeLo Green’s ‘Elvis’ track ‘The King & I’ arrives tomorrow

  15-06-2022 19:09 via nme.com
  
  Eminem has revealed that ‘The King & I’, his new collaboration with CeeLo Green, will be released tomorrow (June 16).READ MORE: Eminem vs everyone: a massive list of every one of Slim Shady’s lyrical feudsThe track is set to feature on the soundtrack for Elvis, the upcoming Presley biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann which arrives in cinemas later this month.
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• Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie Drops a New Eighties-Inspired Jam ‘Dave’s Place’

  15-06-2022 18:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Songs Without Jokes track honors a former collaborator of McKenzie's who died recently, audio engineer Dave Bianco
  
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• Hulu’s XXXTentacion Documentary and the Cult of Jahseh Onfroy

  15-06-2022 18:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  'Look at Me' raises more questions than it answers about the late rapper's life
  
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• Gunna Has a Situationship in Every City in Self-Directed ‘Banking on Me’ Music Video

  15-06-2022 18:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  The visual arrives a day after Gunna shared a public statement from jail declaring his innocence following RICO Act violation charges
  
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• Foo Fighters Enlist Miley Cyrus, Liam Gallagher, Brian May for Taylor Hawkins Tribute Shows

  15-06-2022 18:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chrissie Hynde, Alanis Morissette, Gene Simmons, Mark Ronson, Stewart Copeland among the various artists set to perform at the special gigs in London and Los Angeles
  
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• Hybe Stock Plummets By Nearly 25% After BTS Members Announce Plans to Pursue Solo Careers

  15-06-2022 18:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Shares of BTS agency Hybe (KRX: 352820) have parted with about one-quarter of their value following the announcement that the K-pop mainstay’s seven members will take time off to pursue solo projects. BTS revealed the much-discussed hiatus in a more than hour-long “Dinner Party” video. After sharing a meal, a drink, and some seemingly friendly […]
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• Will Hoge Finds Unbridled Joy in a Chance Encounter With ‘John Prine’s Cadillac’

  15-06-2022 18:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nashville singer-songwriter will release his new album Wings on My Shoes in August
  
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• Lil Wayne Denied Entry Into UK Ahead of Festival Date Over Past Criminal Record

  15-06-2022 18:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper was scheduled to perform at the Strawberries & Creem music festival on Saturday, June 18, and has been replaced by Ludacris
  
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• Röyksopp announce ‘Profound Mysteries II’: “We want to get your senses going”

  15-06-2022 18:00 via nme.com
  Röyksopp have announced details of their new album ‘Profound Mysteries II’. Check out new singles ‘Unity’ and ‘Sorry’ below, along with our interview with Svein Berge from the duo.
  The second part of their current project and follow-up to this year’s ‘Profound Mysteries‘ will be released on August 19, and sees the Norwegian electronic pioneers exploring “reoccurring themes such as love and loss, despair and reconciliation” wh
  
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• ‘A Roller Coaster Ride’: State Champs on Pop Punk’s Resurgence, New Album

  15-06-2022 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band performed tracks from their new album Kings of the New Age on our Twitch channel
  
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• Sex Pistols singles owned by John Peel sell for £20,400 at auction

  15-06-2022 17:54 via nme.com
  
  A pair of test pressings of a Sex Pistols single that were owned by the late DJ and broadcaster John Peel have sold at auction for £20,400.READ MORE: Pistol: the cast and crew pick apart punk’s “exhilarating” TV comebackA sale of 200 items from the John Peel Archive, including rare records, personal correspondence and memorabilia, took place at Bonhams in Knightsbridge, London, yesterday (June 14), with total sales reaching £465,783.
  Peel’s pair of 1976 test p
  
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• Mary J. Blige Announces ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ North American Tour

  15-06-2022 17:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ella Mai and Queen Naija will join Mary J. Blige on select dates
  
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• Mick Jagger Feeling ‘Much Better’ After Testing Positive for Covid-19

  15-06-2022 17:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Rolling Stones have rescheduled their postponed Amsterdam gig and will have a new date for their show in Bern, Switzerland soon
  
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• Mark Ronson Will Teach You How to Make a Hit in New BBC Maestro Course

  15-06-2022 17:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Producer and musician will deconstruct some of his biggest songs in a new 18-class virtual course
  
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• See Debbie Harry Transform Into H.R. Giger Alien in Rare Photos

  15-06-2022 17:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Blondie guitarist's pictures to feature in new book, Giger: Debbie Harry Species, out this fall
  
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• The Rolling Stones reschedule postponed Amsterdam show to next month

  15-06-2022 16:52 via nme.com
  
  The Rolling Stones have announced that their recently postponed gig in Amsterdam will now take place next month.
  The band postponed their Johan Cruijff ArenA show in the Dutch capital city on Monday (June 13) after frontman Mick Jagger tested positive for COVID-19.READ MORE: The Rolling Stones live in Madrid: Celebrating six decades at the top for rock’n’roll royaltyThe Stones have also been forced to postpone Friday’s gig (June 17) in Bern, Switzerland due to Jagger&rsquo
  
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• ‘The Paradigm Needs to Shift’: Why Pharrell Wants to Prep Marginalized Students for Tech Jobs

  15-06-2022 16:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 'Something in the Water' founder also tells us what to expect from this weekend's festivities
  
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• ‘The Paradigm Needs to Shift’: Why Pharrell Wants to Prep Low-Income Students for Tech Jobs

  15-06-2022 16:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 'Something in the Water' founder also tells us what to expect from this weekend's festivities
  
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• Watch the teaser trailer for Harry Styles’ new LGBTQ+ drama ‘My Policeman’

  15-06-2022 16:04 via nme.com
  
  The first teaser trailer for Harry Styles‘ new LGBTQ+ drama My Policeman has been released – you can watch it below.
  Styles portrays the younger version of policeman Tom in the adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel, which centres on a love triangle between a man, a woman and a policeman.
  Set in the 1990s, the drama begins when an elderly man arrives at Tom and his wife Marion’s (Emma Corrin) home, kickstarting an exploration of “seismic events from 40 years previ
  
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• Listen to Flight Of The Conchords’ Bret McKenzie’s new single ‘Dave’s Place’

  15-06-2022 16:04 via nme.com
  
  Bret McKenzie has shared his latest solo single ‘Dave’s Place’ – you can listen to the new track below.
  The song is taken from the Flight Of The Conchords musician’s full-length solo debut ‘Songs Without Jokes’, which is set for release on August 26 via Sub Pop.READ MORE: Flight of the Conchords: their five best songsSpeaking about ‘Dave’s Place’, McKenzie said in a statement: “Like most of my songs I wrote this one night at
  
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• Santigold Steps Into Her Own Power on New Song ‘Ain’t Ready’

  15-06-2022 16:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on the musician's new album, Spirituals, out in September
  
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• Coldplay joined on stage by H.E.R. as ‘Music Of The Spheres’ US tour concludes

  15-06-2022 16:00 via nme.com
  
  Coldplay wrapped up the US leg of their ‘Music Of The Spheres’ world tour in Florida last night (June 14) – watch support act H.E.R. join them on stage below.
  The band were playing at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, and toasted the end of the current leg of the huge 2022 world tour by inviting H.E.R. on stage.READ MORE: With Coldplay’s eco-friendly tour, music is again at the forefront of progressive ideasThey then proceeded to play ‘Let Somebody Go’,
  
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• Ben Harper Scrutinizes Slavery’s Long-Lasting Wounds on ‘We Need to Talk About It’

  15-06-2022 15:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on the musician's new album, Bloodline Maintenance, out this summer
  
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• Foals: 'We found a small room, and then within that we acted upon this urge to make a dance record'

  15-06-2022 15:46 via music-news.com
  
  Yannis from Foals spoke to Matt Wilkinson in Brighton for Apple Music 1 to discuss their new album Life Is Yours, due
  
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• Pale Waves Embrace Their ‘Chic’ Side

  15-06-2022 15:30
  
  Pale Waves have never been better. Ahead of their third album, 'Unwanted,' out in August, the indie-rock group's frontwoman, Heather Baron-Gracie tells MTV News about the romantic inspiration behind new single 'Reasons to Live.'
  
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• Britney Spears says her brother Bryan was “never invited” to her wedding

  15-06-2022 15:06 via nme.com
  
  Britney Spears has confirmed that her brother Bryan was “never invited” to her recent wedding, telling him to “go fuck [himself]” in a new Instagram post.
  Spears married Sam Asghari last Thursday (June 9) at their home in Thousand Oaks, California, with the guestlist featuring Paris Hilton, Madonna and Drew Barrymore, while Britney’s ex-husband Jason Alexander was arrested after gatecrashing the ceremony.
  In a new Instagram post, Britney discussed how Bryan was neve
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Will Not Back Down

  15-06-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  She's reigning over rap and pop culture while reeling from loss, violence, and a feeling of betrayal. Here, the superstar opens up about all of it like never before —including her most detailed interview yet on the shooting and its aftermath
  
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• Liam Gallagher, Brian May, Chrissie Hynde Set for Taylor Hawkins Tribute Show in London

  15-06-2022 14:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  Josh Homme, Mark Ronson, Stewart Copeland, and Dave Chappelle will also appear at the Foo Fighters first gig honoring their late drummer
  
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• Yard Act named as this summer’s most-booked new act at European festivals

  15-06-2022 14:17 via nme.com
  
  Yard Act have been named in a new study as this summer’s most-booked new music act on the European festival circuit.
  The annual study, which is conducted by the European talent exchange programme ESNS Exchange, sheds a light on “the most promising European emerging acts of the moment”.READ MORE: Yard Act: “Life is really fucking messy with no right answers”Yard Act have come out on top of this year’s study, racking up 11 bookings at ESNS Exchange-affiliated fe
  
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