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• Amy Grant Postpones Tour to ‘Concentrate on Her Recovery’ After a Bike Accident

  12-08-2022 23:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  "She wants to be able to give 100 percent when she tours and, unfortunately, we do not think that will be the case by the time rehearsals would start for the fall dates," her manager wrote
  
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• Endeavor Posts $1.31 Billion In Q2 Revenue Amid Live Concerts Comeback

  12-08-2022 23:03 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Endeavor (NYSE: EDR) generated north of $1.31 billion during Q2 2022 – a year-over-year increase of about 18 percent – as both events and representation revenue improved amid the return of live concerts. Beverly Hills-headquartered Endeavor just recently unveiled its performance specifics for April, May, and June of this year. The aforementioned income total consists […]
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• A Creepy Robot Doll Auditions to Replace M.I.A. in ‘Popular’ Video

  12-08-2022 22:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I am techno humanoid. I'm forever," a robot by the name of M.A.I. says
  
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• Exclusive: How Hit-Boy Produced Beyoncé’s New Song ‘Thique’ – Eight Years Ago

  12-08-2022 22:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Producer Hit-Boy breaks down the surprising story behind a Renaissance stand-out track, and other studio tales with Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z and Kanye West, and more
  
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• Exclusive: Hit-Boy Produced Beyoncé’s New Song ‘Thique’… Eight Years Ago

  12-08-2022 22:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Producer Hit-Boy breaks down the surprising story behind a Renaissance stand-out track, and other studio tales with Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z and Kanye West, and more
  
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• Bella Poarch drops EP ‘Dolls’, shares video for sinister new track ‘Living Hell’

  12-08-2022 22:02 via nme.com
  
  Bella Poarch has released her EP ‘Dolls’ today (August 12), as well as a new music video for her track, ‘Living Hell’. Listen to the EP and watch the new video below.READ MORE: Bella Poarch tells us about fighting Grimes in the ‘Dolls’ video and her “strong” new EPThe new EP includes previously released tracks ‘Build A Bitch’, ‘Inferno’ as well as title track ‘Dolls’. New single, ‘Living Hell’ also fe
  
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• Joseph Arthur Sues ‘L.A. Times’ for Defamation Over Covid-19 Vaccine Article

  12-08-2022 21:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  The suit comes one year after the newspaper highlighted Arthur's controversial views on the coronavirus vaccine
  
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• Sony Music Settles Lawsuit Over Fake Michael Jackson Tracks

  12-08-2022 21:44 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music and the Michael Jackson estate have reached a settlement over three songs that allegedly didn’t contain Michael Jackson’s voice on his 2010 posthumous album. Vera Serova sued Sony Music in a class action lawsuit back in 2014, alleging that Jackson’s voice was falsely attributed on the album. The case was appealed in several […]
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• Sony Music Quietly Settles Lawsuit Over Fake Michael Jackson Tracks

  12-08-2022 21:44 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music and the Michael Jackson estate have reached a settlement over three songs that allegedly didn’t contain Michael Jackson’s voice on his 2010 posthumous album. Vera Serova sued Sony Music in a class action lawsuit back in 2014, alleging that Jackson’s voice was falsely attributed on the album. The case was appealed in several […]
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• Megan Thee Stallion cried writing songs for new album Traumazine

  12-08-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion has never expressed her real feelings in her music before.
  
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• Jon Batiste Departing ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ After 7 Years

  12-08-2022 21:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Jon Batiste has announced he is departing ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ after seven years. The bandleader of ‘The Late Show’ won several Grammys at this year’s awards show. “We’ve been so lucky to have a front row seat to John’s incredible talent for the past seven years,” Colbert said on his show announcing […]
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• Beyoncé Has Her Beyhive Buzzing After Dropping Surprise ‘I’m That Girl’ Teaser

  12-08-2022 21:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Is it a teaser for the entire visual album? A new music video? We're not sure. But thanks anyway, Bey
  
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• Rod Wave Wants To Convince Us He’s a Complicated Man On ‘Beautiful Mind’

  12-08-2022 21:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  The trap crooner's real-life sins colors his music's macho aggression and heartbroken sensitivity.
  
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• Former T.J. Martell Foundation Exec Receives 4 Years in Prison for Embezzlement

  12-08-2022 20:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A former T.J. Martell Foundation executive vice president has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzlement. Melissa Goodwin (56), the former Executive Vice President and General Manager of the T.J. Martel Foundation for Cancer Research was sentenced yesterday. She received four years in prison for embezzling more than $3.7 million from the Foundation. Goodwin was […]
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• Concord Reportedly Purchases LA Reid’s Hitco Following Native Tongue Buyout

  12-08-2022 19:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  About one week after purchasing independent Australian music publisher Native Tongue, Concord has reportedly acquired LA Reid’s Hitco Entertainment label and artist-development company. Concord’s latest buyout came to light in a report from Variety, but at the time of this piece’s writing, neither the Nashville-headquartered company nor four-year-old Hitco (which is said to have raised […]
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• Capitol Music Group Signs Virtual Artist FN Meka

  12-08-2022 19:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Capitol Music Group signs FN Meka, the number one virtual artist on TikTok. Virtual artist FN Meka, the AI-powered rapper who first launched in 2019, is now the number one virtual artist on TikTok. The self-proclaimed “hypebeast” has teamed up with top gaming streamer Cody “Clix” Conrod and rapper Gunna to release the new single […]
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• Michelle Branch arrested for domestic assault following Patrick Carney split

  12-08-2022 19:33 via nme.com
  
  Michelle Branch was arrested for domestic assault on Thursday night (August 11).
  The arrest follows Branch’s split from Patrick Carney after three years of marriage. On Wednesday (August 10), the singer tweeted and then deleted a comment on the Black Keys‘ drummer’s alleged infidelity, writing, “Just found out my husband cheated on me … while I was home with our 6-month-old daughter.”
  According to Rolling Stone, police were called to the couple’s N
  
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• Jessie Reyez Previews ‘Yessie’ LP With ‘Mutual Friend’ Video

  12-08-2022 19:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  The new single follows the release of “Fraud” in June
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Says She Wanted to ‘Take Control of My Own Narrative’ on ‘Traumazine’

  12-08-2022 19:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I feel like it's been so easy for people to tell my story for me and speak on my behalf," said the Houston rapper
  
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• KSI and Tom Grennan earn highest new entry with 'Not Over Yet'

  12-08-2022 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  This week’s highest entry comes courtesy of KSI and Tom Grennan, whose collaboration Not Over Yet debuts at Number 4.
  
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• Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie still carries “real guilt” over near-fatal bus accident

  12-08-2022 18:49 via nme.com
  
  Pale Waves lead vocalist and guitarist Heather Baron-Gracie opened up about the band’s near-fatal bus crash in this week’s NME Big Read cover story.READ MORE: Pale Waves: “We’ve become the most resilient band we know”Three of the four members of Pale Waves — Ciara Doran (drums), Hugo Silvani (guitar) and Charlie Woods (bass) as well as the band’s crew — were on the bus during the accident which took place in February of 2020. The four-piece had bee
  
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• Lainey Wilson Writes Her Version of ‘Strawberry Wine’ With Nostalgic New Song ‘Watermelon Moonshine’

  12-08-2022 18:33 via rollingstone.com
  
  Louisiana country singer will release her second album Bell Bottom Country, out Oct. 28
  
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• Britney Spears’ Ex Jason Alexander Cops Plea in Felony Stalking, Wedding Trespass Case

  12-08-2022 18:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jason Alexander crept onto Spears' property the day of her wedding to Sam Asghari and tried to enter her bedroom, a security guard previously testified
  
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• Sam Morrow Cries ‘More, More, More’ in a New Song With Attitude to Burn

  12-08-2022 18:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  The L.A. roots-rocker channel his inner Billy Idol with the hypnotic blues-rock anthem 'More'
  
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• Megadeth Show No Signs of Slowing Down on Speed-Metal Single ‘Soldier On!’

  12-08-2022 18:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  "You have got to live for yourself to be worth a damn to anyone else," Dave Mustaine says of latest The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead!
  
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• Michelle Branch Arrested for Domestic Assault; Splits With Patrick Carney

  12-08-2022 18:09 via rollingstone.com
  
  "The rug has been completely pulled from underneath me and now I must figure out how to move forward," Branch says after accusing Black Keys drummer of infidelity
  
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• Wet Leg on hearing Harry Styles’ “beautiful” cover of ‘Wet Dream’: “It felt like we were in a parallel universe”

  12-08-2022 17:57 via nme.com
  
  Wet Leg have spoken about the “really cool” experience of seeing Harry Styles cover their single ‘Wet Dream’.
  The pop star recorded a live version of the song in May as part of a special Live Lounge session on BBC Radio 1. It came after Wet Leg – aka Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers – were announced as the support act for Styles’ 2023 Australian/New Zealand tour.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Wet Leg: “I think there’s more authent
  
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• Bella Poarch Delivers Darkly Hued Pop With a Winning Sneer on ‘Dolls’

  12-08-2022 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  The TikTok star's 14-minute debut EP mixes upbeat music and minor-key menace
  
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• Nicki Minaj Samples Rick James and Reveals Her Inner ‘Super Freaky Girl’ on New Song

  12-08-2022 17:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  The track samples Rick James’ 1981 hit "Super Freak"
  
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• How Much Do Songwriters Make?

  12-08-2022 17:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to make a living as a songwriter. But it is definitely possible. I today’s world, you’ll need to be many different things – not just a songwriter, but also an artist, producer, performer, and music marketer. But for this post, we’ll just cover how you can make money […]
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• Vended say they didn’t get help from their dads in Slipknot: “We learned this shit by ourselves”

  12-08-2022 17:03 via nme.com
  
  Vended have spoken of how they’ve carved out their own path in the music industry, without the help of their dads from Slipknot.
  Corey Taylor and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan are the fathers of the rising metal band’s members Griffin and Simon, respectively. The group is completed by Connor Grodzicki, Jeremiah Pugh and Cole Espeland.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Slipknot: “I’m just going to tell you the facts: ‘We Are Not Your Kind is a masterpie
  
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• Black Thought and Danger Mouse’s ‘Cheat Codes’ Will Make Old-School Heads Feel Seen

  12-08-2022 16:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Roots rapper and super producer deliver lush beats and bring on some high-end guests. But Black Thought's genius sometimes gets a little buried in the mix
  
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• Jon Batiste Exits ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ as Bandleader After Seven Seasons

  12-08-2022 16:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Grammy Award-winning artist is leaving the show to focus on his musical endeavors
  
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• Lady Gaga Reminds Us That She’s at Her Best When She’s at Her Weirdest During New Jersey Stadium Show

  12-08-2022 15:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  The pop star's recent music has been full of pain. But this night was all about joy — as well as brutalist stage sets, her immense voice, and interludes that don't always make sense (but are welcome anyway)
  
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• Lady Gaga Reminds That She’s at Her Best When She’s at Her Weirdest During New Jersey Stadium Show

  12-08-2022 15:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  The pop star's recent music has been full of pain. But this night was all about joy — as well as brutalist stage sets, her immense voice and interludes that don't always make sense (but are welcome anyway)
  
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• Danger Mouse & Black Thought share dizzying new ‘Strangers’ video

  12-08-2022 15:14 via nme.com
  
  Danger Mouse & Black Thought have shared the official video for their latest collaborative single, ‘Strangers’ – check it out below.
  The song – featuring contributions from A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels – appears on the pair’s new joint studio album ‘Cheat Codes’, which came out today (August 12) via BMG.READ MORE: Danger Mouse & Black Thought: “You can’t name a classic song that’s not sad”To coincide with the r
  
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• Danger Mouse & Black Thought share dizzying ‘Strangers’ video

  12-08-2022 15:14 via nme.com
  
  Danger Mouse & Black Thought have shared the official video for their latest collaborative single, ‘Strangers’ – check it out below.
  The song – featuring A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels – appears on the pair’s new joint studio album ‘Cheat Codes’, which came out today (August 12) via BMG.READ MORE: Danger Mouse & Black Thought: “You can’t name a classic song that’s not sad”To coincide with the record’s arriv
  
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• Blaze Bayley on Fronting Iron Maiden: ‘It Was Like Playing Soccer for England in the World Cup’

  12-08-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  He was removed from the band in 1999 to make way for a reunion with Bruce Dickinson, but Bayley says he has no regrets about his time in Maiden
  
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• Danny Dyer stars in Kate Nash's 'Wasteman' music video alongside daughter Sunnie

  12-08-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Danny Dyer and his daughter Sunnie are the stars of Kate Nash's new music video.
  
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• Liam Gallagher shares hip-hop infused ‘Diamond In The Dark’ remix by DJ Premier

  12-08-2022 13:53 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher has shared a new remix of his track ‘Diamond In The Dark’ by DJ Premier – you can listen to it below.
  The original version of the song appear’s on the former Oasis frontman third solo studio album, ‘C’mon You Know’, which came out in May.READ MORE: Liam Gallagher live in Knebworth: rock’n’roll star takes a leap of faith – and somehow pulls it offPremier’s spin on ‘Diamond…’ marks Gallagher’s
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion drops Traumazine amid record label legal drama

  12-08-2022 13:34 via music-news.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion is hoping to be free from her contract with 1501 Certified Entertainment after dropping her latest LP 'Traumazine'.
  
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• The Mars Volta say they’re not afraid of “losing fans” with their new style

  12-08-2022 12:51 via nme.com
  
  The Mars Volta have said that they’re not afraid of “losing fans” due to the new direction they’ve taken on their recent comeback tracks.
  The Texas-formed band – comprising Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López – returned in June with their first new song in 10 years, ‘Blacklight Shine’. They followed it up with ‘Graveyard Love’ last month, and have since announced a self-titled seventh album while sharing &ls
  
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• The Mars Volta say they’re not afraid of “losing fans” with new style

  12-08-2022 12:51 via nme.com
  
  The Mars Volta have said that they’re not afraid of “losing fans” while speaking about the response to their recent comeback tracks.
  The Texas-formed band – comprising Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López – returned in June with their first new song in 10 years, ‘Blacklight Shine’. They followed it up with ‘Graveyard Love’ last month, and have since announced a self-titled seventh album while sharing ‘Vigil&r
  
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• Michelle Branch announces separation from Patrick Carney

  12-08-2022 12:36 via music-news.com
  
  Michelle Branch accused Patrick Carney of infidelity on social media on Wednesday.
  
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• Wolf Alice’s Joff Oddie on post-Brexit touring: “We could lose this world-leading position if we don’t act now”

  12-08-2022 12:28 via nme.com
  
  Wolf Alice guitarist Joff Oddie has written an op-ed for NME regarding the ongoing problems for UK artists wishing to tour Europe post-Brexit, arguing that action is needed now for Britain to retain it’s “world-leading position” in music.READ MORE: UK touring bands are suffering due to “Brexit fuck-ups and a lack of government control”Last year, the UK music industry spoke out together on how they had essentially been handed a “No Deal Brexit” when
  
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• Brexit is “strangling the next generation of UK talent in the cradle” in returning summer of touring

  12-08-2022 12:27 via nme.com
  
  Figures from the UK music industry have spoken to NME about how the first summer of post-pandemic touring has shown that the complications of Brexit are “strangling the next generation of UK talent in the cradle”.READ MORE: UK touring bands are suffering due to “Brexit fuck-ups and a lack of government control”Last year, the UK music industry spoke out together on how they had essentially been handed a “No Deal Brexit” when the government failed to negoti
  
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• Listen to Enter Shikari’s new single ‘The Void Stares Back’ featuring Wargasm

  12-08-2022 12:00 via nme.com
  
  Enter Shikari have shared a new single featuring Wargasm – listen to ‘The Void Stares Back’ below.READ MORE: Wargasm: “We love being validated by all the nu-metal daddies”The collaborative track is said to signal “a new beginning” for Enter Shikari, whose sixth and latest album ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’ came out in April 2020.
  Speaking about the song, frontman Rou Reynolds explained: “It is with elation, and mo
  
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• Junny releases saccharine music video for new single ‘Not About You’

  12-08-2022 11:44 via nme.com
  
  Junny has unveiled his new single ‘Not About You’, the title track off his newly released album ‘blanc’.READ MORE:Chung Ha – ‘Bare & Rare, Pt. 1’ review: Surprising vulnerability though the songs don’t always stick the landing
  On August 12 at 6pm KST, the Korean-Canadian musician dropped the full-length record alongside an accompanying music video for ‘Not About You’, which features Junny and a love interest going through the highs
  
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• Reading & Leeds 2022: The 1975 replace Rage Against The Machine as headliners

  12-08-2022 11:36 via nme.com
  The 1975 have been announced as last-minute headliners for Reading & Leeds 2022 after Rage Against The Machine were forced to pull out.READ MORE: New song ‘Part Of The Band’ finds The 1975 ripping up their own rule bookYesterday (August 11) saw Rage cancel their upcoming UK and European headline tour due to frontman Zack de la Rocha’s ongoing leg injury. He’s been given “medical guidance” not to proceed with performing beyond the band’s run of d
  
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• The 1975 announces as last-minute co-headliners of Reading and Leeds

  12-08-2022 11:34 via music-news.com
  
  The 1975 will co-headline Reading and Leeds following Rage Against The Machine pulling out due to injury.
  
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