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• Cardi B set to testify in person in $5million cover art lawsuit case

  19-07-2022 23:47 via nme.com
  
  Cardi B is set to testify in person in a $5million (£4.17million) lawsuit case over the artwork on her 2016 mixtape, ‘Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1’.
  Kevin Brophy Jr alleged that the rapper photoshopped his distinctive back tattoo onto someone else’s body and used it without his permission, which ultimately appropriated his likeness in “a misleading, offensive, humiliating and provocatively sexual way.”
  At a hearing yesterday (July 18), a federal judge in Santa A
  
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• Apple Music Live Ramps Up Country With an Exclusive Luke Combs Performance — August 24th

  19-07-2022 23:44 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Apple Music is hosting an exclusive Luke Combs live stream performance on August 24th — a move that finally takes some steam out of Amazon Music’s country-focused initiatives. As Apple Music service ramps up its country offerings to compete with Amazon Music, country music fans are reaping the benefits. Apple Music Live will host a […]
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• Apple Music Live Presents Exclusive Luke Combs Performance – August 24

  19-07-2022 23:44 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Apple Music is hosting an exclusive Luke Combs live stream performance on August 24. As the service ramps up its country offerings to compete with Amazon Music, country music fans are reaping the benefits. Apple Music Live will host a live stream of Luke Combs’ upcoming hometown performance in Charlotte, NC, on August 24 at […]
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• Justin Bieber to resume tour following health scare

  19-07-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  In June, the popstar announced that he would be cancelling a series of concerts and appearances as he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
  
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• BMG Acquires Catalog Interest From ‘Core’ Simple Minds Members — Excluding Their ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ Hit

  19-07-2022 23:11 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  BMG has officially acquired “key music interests” from Scotland’s Simple Minds – though the deal doesn’t encompass a publishing stake in the 45-year-old rock group’s “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” hit. BMG unveiled this latest catalog play – which follows 2022 investments in the work of Primal Scream, John Legend, and blues legend John Lee […]
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• Andy Warhol’s Polaroid of Mick Jagger Touching Tongues With a Woman Could Be Yours

  19-07-2022 23:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Snapshot from the session for the cover of the Stones' Love You Live is part of a massive charity auction hosted by the Warhol Foundation
  
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• References to Apple Music Disappear From Tesla Software

  19-07-2022 23:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  In December 2020, Tesla added references to Apple Music in its software. Now those references have disappeared. Since those references, Tesla has added support for several music streaming services. Tidal support came in November 2021. The software also supports Spotify, TuneIn, and Slacker Radio. But Apple Music references have disappeared from Tesla’s current software code, […]
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• Bear’s Den share rousing new collaboration ‘Please Don’t Hide Yourself Away’ featuring Jade Bird

  19-07-2022 22:26 via nme.com
  
  Bear’s Den have shared a new collaboration featuring Jade Bird which is set to appear in the Apple TV+ series Trying.
  The uplifting track – ‘Please Don’t Hide Yourself Away’, which you can listen to below, will feature on the band’s soundtrack for the third season of the show.
  It is the first of two tracks Bird and the band have collaborated on.
  “The funnest part of making this soundtrack has been the opportunity to reach out and collaborate with other a
  
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• Usher says Justin Bieber “is doing great” following recent health issues

  19-07-2022 22:06 via nme.com
  
  Usher says Justin Bieber is now “doing great” following his recent period of ill health after being diagnosed with ‘Ramsay Hunt Syndrome’.READ MORE: Justin Bieber – ‘Justice’ review: pop star finds his purpose againOn June 11, Bieber posted a video explaining that he was recently diagnosed with the rare condition, which, according to the Mayo Clinic, “occurs when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near one of your ears”. In his
  
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• Hear Lou Reed’s Primordial, Super-Rare Country-Folk Recording of ‘Heroin’

  19-07-2022 21:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  Artist recorded track two years before Velvet Underground as a demo, which will be coming out officially on a comp this summer
  
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• Busted’s Charlie Simpson says son rushed to hospital over “secondary drowning” incident on holiday

  19-07-2022 21:38 via nme.com
  
  Busted’s Charlie Simpson has explained how his son was rushed to hospital after suffering from “secondary drowning”.
  The musician shared details of the incident on his Instagram page earlier today (July 19), to help warn other families of the potentially fatal condition.
  His son Jago, four, had been swimming underwater in a swimming pool when he emerged “spluttering and coughing.” While he initially seemed to recover, Simpson said his son later started to vomit and
  
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• Witness claims Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck 'cried to each other' as they got married

  19-07-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Kenosha Portis opened up about witnessing the ceremony on Good Morning America.
  
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• Cher recalls 'sobbing on floor' after suffering miscarriage at 18

  19-07-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, the Believe hitmaker revealed that she had three miscarriages as a young woman.
  
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• Slipknot hint at new music in cryptic video

  19-07-2022 21:16 via nme.com
  
  Slipknot have shared a cryptic video hinting that new material could drop very soon.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Slipknot: “I’m just going to tell you the facts: this album is a masterpiece”The band took to Twitter this evening (July 19) to share career spanning footage along with the caption “The beginning of The End” and a link which goes through to a black screen and various time zones.
  The video ends with the image of a mysterious bloody ma
  
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• Rolling Loud founder retracts Travis Scott Astroworld comments

  19-07-2022 20:55 via nme.com
  
  Rolling Loud Miami co-founder Tariq Cherif has retracted a comment he made about Travis Scott earlier this week.
  After Kanye West pulled out of this year’s event many fans speculated that Scott would be the perfect replacement.
  But Cherif quickly shut down the possibility of that happening after he responded to fan comments online, stating that “the venue won’t allow Travis because of Astroworld deaths”.
  Scott is currently facing several lawsuits after the 2021 crowd crus
  
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• Rolling Loud Miami’s Venue Banned Travis Scott – So Ye Dropped Out

  19-07-2022 20:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Rolling Loud Miami no longer features Yeezy, allegedly because he wanted to invite Travis Scott on stage. The official statement alludes to issues, but no specific reason is given. “We were looking forward to Ye headlining Rolling Loud Miami 2022,” the statement reads. “We spent months working with him and his team on the performance. […]
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• Settling Scores: Inside the New Rush to Buy Your Favorite Composers’ Catalogs

  19-07-2022 20:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  "[Hit films and shows] are going to keep playing around the world for decades," says one player in the growing composer rights acquisition market
  
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• Is BTS Breaking Up or Not? Member J-Hope Says They “Didn’t Mean It” After All

  19-07-2022 20:42 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  After a decade-long run, BTS announced plans to take a break and pivot to the second chapter of their respective careers—solo albums. But is BTS really breaking up? In a recent interview — and latest walk back — band member J-Hope said the band “are definitely not on hiatus.” Universal Music’s Geffen Records were to […]
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• Jessie Ware Delivers Disco Dancefloor-Ready ‘Free Yourself’

  19-07-2022 20:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song marks "the beginning of a new era" for the musician
  
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• YouTube Inks Shopify Integration Deal — Including On-Platform Checkouts For U.S. Customers

  19-07-2022 20:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  YouTube has inked a partnership agreement with ecommerce giant Shopify, enabling artists and others to promote and sell merchandise on their channels. The Google-owned video-sharing platform announced its pact with Shopify (which finalized a Spotify deal last October) via a formal release today. Representing one component of a broader merchandise-support initiative at YouTube, the tie-up […]
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• The Chainsmokers to become first band to perform on the edge of space

  19-07-2022 20:18 via nme.com
  
  The Chainsmokers are set to become the first band to perform on the edge of space.
  It’s been revealed that Drew Taggart and Alex Pall have signed up to get into a pressurised capsule that will be tethered to a stratospheric balloon to perform almost 20 miles above Earth.
  Ryan Hartman, chief executive officer at space tourism company World View, told the Associated Press (via Billboard) it would make the band the first to perform on the edge of space. He also went on to say that while most
  
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• 80s Band Naked Eyes Is Suing Reservoir Media for $1.8 Million In Copyright Infringement Claim

  19-07-2022 20:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  80s synth-pop band Naked Eyes has filed a lawsuit against Reservoir Media Management for copyright infringement. According to legal filings reviewed by Digital Music News, the band had sent a notice of termination to Reservoir, ending their rights to all tracks effective May 9th, 2022. According to the lawsuit, Reservoir continued to ignore the termination […]
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• Duke Deuce Is Memphis Rap’s Truest Apostle — But He’s Not Stopping There

  19-07-2022 19:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I’m not afraid to hit y’all in the head with some rock songs and switch it up," says the 'Crunk Ain't Dead' star
  
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• Sam Fender opens up about who might play him in a biopic

  19-07-2022 19:42 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender has opened up about who might play him in a biopic of his life.READ MORE: Sam Fender live in London: a special celebration of the Geordie star’s heroic ascentSpeaking to The Sun, Fender said he would like to see Evan Peters from American Horror Story play him if a film was ever made of his life.
  He told the publication: “Who would I want, compared to who would actually play us, is probably very different.
  “I’d want that kid who stars in American
  
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• The Smile tease ‘Pana-vision’ video from ‘Peaky Blinders’

  19-07-2022 19:14 via nme.com
  
  The Smile have teased a new video for recent single ‘Pana-vision’ which featured in the final episode of Peaky Blinders.READ MORE: How the ‘Peaky Blinders’ finale sets up a movie and TV spin-offsThe Radiohead side project – comprised of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Sons Of Kemet‘s Tom Skinner – shared the track back in April following the long-running BBC show’s season six finale.
  Now the band, have shared
  
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• Full line-up released for Tame Impala at All Points East

  19-07-2022 18:33 via nme.com
  
  Tame Impala’s full line-up for this year’s All Points East appearance has been unveiled.READ MORE: All Points East 2021 review: generations collide to end the summer in fervent styleJoining Kevin Parker and the band at London’s Victoria Park on August 25 will be Omar Apollo, Working Men’s Cub, Mattiel and Q.
  The festival will return for two editions in 2022, running run across two weekends: Friday, August 19 – Saturday, August 20 and Thursday, August 25 &n
  
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• Justin Bieber Eyes Return to Touring After Ramsay Hunt Diagnosis

  19-07-2022 18:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  After postponing a run of North American shows, the pop star's "Justice" world tour will pick up as scheduled in Italy later this month
  
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• Black Midi to man their own ice cream van as heatwave hits UK

  19-07-2022 17:46 via nme.com
  
  Black Midi will be taking to London later today, serving ice creams from their own ice cream van.READ MORE: Black Midi – ‘Hellfire’ review: intense first-person narratives fuel a genre-gnarling thrill rideIt comes as most of the UK is experiencing a heatwave, with London seeing temperatures exceed 40 degrees with the MET office issuing a “Red Extreme Heat Warning”.
  Announcing their plans on social media, Black Midi wrote: “We’ll be running an ice cream v
  
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• We Can’t Wait for the Chainsmokers to Launch Themselves Into Space

  19-07-2022 17:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Pop duo will perform some of their songs in a pressurized capsule about 20 miles above the Earth in 2024
  
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• Flume on new music: “I’ve got a full album’s worth of house”

  19-07-2022 17:19 via nme.com
  
  Flume has told NME that he’s created a “full album’s worth” of house music. Watch our video interview with the article above.
  Speaking to NME backstage at Mad Cool Festival 2022, the Australian producer – real name Harley Streten – discussed various projects that he’s been working on. His third album ‘Palaces’, released back in May, played host to a range of ideas which he hoped to later return to.
  “I mean I’ve got a full album&rs
  
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• PVA announce debut album ‘Blush’, share new single ‘Hero Man’

  19-07-2022 16:56 via nme.com
  
  PVA have announced details of their debut album ‘Blush’ as well as sharing new single ‘Hero Man’ – check it out below.READ MORE: How your new favourite bands are changing British guitar music by embracing the rave‘Blush’ follows on from 2020’s ‘Toner’ and is due for release 14 October on Ninja Tune.
  The album is being previewed with the haunting, rave-ready ‘Hero Man’ – check it out below.“We wanted to surprise p
  
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• Family of Big Jeff Johns share health update following house fire

  19-07-2022 16:49 via nme.com
  
  The family of Big Jeff Johns have shared a new update about his health following a recent house fire.
  The accidental fire, which happened in early June, left Johns “seriously injured” and requiring care in a specialist burns unit in Wales.
  A statement shared with NME on June 13 said: “Jeff Johns, known to all as Big Jeff, has been very seriously injured in a fire at his home in Bristol. He is in a specialist burns unit in Swansea in a stable condition. His family have aske
  
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• Pink protests sexism and racism in U.S. with Irrelevant music video

  19-07-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The superstar, real name Alecia Moore, dropped the track last week, and wrote on Instagram at the time, "Woke up. Got heated. Wrote song. Coming soon."
  
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• Cardi B expected to testify in trial over mixtape cover art

  19-07-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Cardi B and Kevin Brophy Jr. failed to reach a settlement in the case.
  
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• The Subways announce new album ‘Uncertain Joys’, share ‘Love Waiting On You’

  19-07-2022 16:17 via nme.com
  
  The Subways have announced details of their fifth album ‘Uncertain Joys’ and shared new single ‘Love Waiting On You’ – check it out below.
  Due 13 January 2023 on Alcopop! Records, The Subways’ ‘Uncertain Joys’ is the followup to 2015’s self-titled album. It’s available to pre-order here.
  ‘Uncertain Joys’ was recorded and produced by The Subways’ vocalist Billy Lunn, mixed by the Grammy Award-winning Adrian Bushby and m
  
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• Titus Andronicus Shake Up a New Jersey July 4th Parade in New ‘(I’m) Screwed’ Video

  19-07-2022 16:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on the band's upcoming album, The Will to Live, out in September
  
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• Rage Against The Machine call out violence against Indiginous people in Canada

  19-07-2022 15:54 via nme.com
  
  Rage Against The Machine displayed a protest message during one of their recent shows in which they condemned violence against Indiginous people in Canada.READ MORE: Tom Morello: “In the past, I’ve wanted to use music as a battering ram for social justice”At last Friday’s (July 15) set at Bluesfest in Ottawa, the band posted a message on a screen behind their stage set-up. “An Indigenous person in Canada is over 10 times more likely to be shot and killed by a p
  
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• Rock and Roll Gatsby: The Captivating, Confounding, Chaotic Career of Earl McGrath

  19-07-2022 15:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  A new compilation collects 22 recordings found in the closet of the enigmatic figure who helped discover Hall and Oates, ran Rolling Stones Records, and called Joan Didion and Harrison Ford friends
  
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• Eminem’s daughter Hailie Jade Mathers recalls “surreal” childhood experiences

  19-07-2022 15:25 via nme.com
  
  Hailie Jade Mathers has reflected on the “surreal” childhood experiences she had growing up with her rap icon father, Eminem.READ MORE: Eminem: Rank The Albums – will the best Slim Shady album please stand up?Launching her new podcast Just A Little Shady, Mathers spoke with her childhood best friend Brittany Ednie about how Eminem showed the girls round his tour bus or treated them to special days out.
  “It’s so fun to look back…thinking back as an a
  
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• Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes on getting sweets from James Hetfield and their card game ‘Halves’

  19-07-2022 15:23 via nme.com
  
  Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes have spoken to NME about being given sweets by Metallica icon James Hetfield – as well as what to expect from their next record and new card game Halves. Watch our video interview with the duo above.
  The band were speaking to NME backstage at the recent Mad Cool 2022, where Frank Carter and bandmate Dean Richardson started by reflecting on returning to touring and the world’s reaction to their 2021 album ‘Sticky‘.
  “What’s ha
  
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• Billie Eilish returns to the studio with brother Finneas

  19-07-2022 14:38 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish is back in the studio with Finneas.READ MORE: Billie Eilish – “I owe it to everyone to put on a good Glastonbury show”The pop star has returned to the US following the European leg of her ‘Happier Than Ever World Tour‘ and has shared a photo of herself in a recording studio with her producer/co-writer brother in view.
  It follows an interview with Billboard earlier this year in which Eilish spoke about her hopes of releasing a new album in 2023.
  She sai
  
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• ‘Isolated, Antisocial and Afraid of People’: Mike Patton Is Finally Ready to Talk About Last Year

  19-07-2022 14:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dead Cross singer opens up about battle with agoraphobia that derailed Faith No More and Mr. Bungle's tour plans last fall and how he hopes to get back on the road again this year
  
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• Government urged to appoint “touring tsar” to fix touring issues caused by Brexit

  19-07-2022 14:14 via nme.com
  
  A cross-party group of MPs and members of the House Of Lords have shared a new report on touring post-Brexit that urges the government to appoint a “touring tsar” to address various issues.READ MORE: “It’s going to be devastating” – here’s how Brexit will screw over British touring artistsThe Let The Music Move report was created by more than 100 government officials and warns that UK music workers are “facing more costs, more complications and get
  
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• Tame Impala's All Points East line-up unveiled

  19-07-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Omar Apollo and Working Men's Club are among the artists joining Tame Impala at All Points East.
  
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• Peter Hook and The Light to bring Joy Division: A Celebration' tour to North America

  19-07-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Peter Hook and The Light will play 26 dates across North America to celebrate the enduring influence of late Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis.
  
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• Watch Alex G Perform Emotive Single ‘Runner’ on ‘Fallon’

  19-07-2022 13:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song will appear on his new album, God Save the Animals
  
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• Justin Bieber confirms ‘Justice’ world tour will resume later this month

  19-07-2022 13:30 via nme.com
  
  Justin Bieber has confirmed he will be resuming his ‘Justice’ world tour later this month, with a show on July 31 at Lucca Summer festival in Italy.READ MORE: Justin Bieber – ‘Justice’ review: pop star finds his purpose againThe ‘Justice’ world tour originally kicked off in February but in June, Bieber postponed several North American shows due to a “sickness”. It was then revealed the singer was suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which had
  
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• Post Malone is streaming ‘Apex Legends’ for charity

  19-07-2022 13:21 via nme.com
  
  Post Malone is teaming up with fellow musician Ski Mask the Slump God and popular Twitch streamer Aceu to raise money for charity by streaming Apex Legends.READ MORE: Porter Robinson releases ‘League Of Legends’ anthem ‘Everything Goes On’: “I had to put some vulnerability on the line”Post Malone, also known by his birth name Austin Richard Post, has partnered with developer Respawn to offer a series of streams referred to as Gaming for Love, which will consis
  
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• Wolfgang Van Halen reveals why a planned Eddie Van Halen tribute hasn't happened

  19-07-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Eddie Van Halen's son has revealed tribute plans for his late father were plagued with issues.
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion announces one-off London show

  19-07-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion is bringing 'Hot Girl Summer' to Brixton this August.
  
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