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• R. Kelly Convicted of Six Counts in Federal Child Pornography Trial

  14-09-2022 23:39 via rollingstone.com
  Singer found guilty on three counts each of child pornography and enticing a minor, but is acquitted on seven other charges
  
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• R. Kelly Convicted of Six Counts at Chicago Federal Trial

  14-09-2022 23:39 via rollingstone.com
  Singer found guilty on three counts each of child pornography and enticing a minor, but avoids conviction on seven other charges
  
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• Paul McCartney pens letter requesting immediate aid of abused Indian elephant

  14-09-2022 23:38 via nme.com
  Sir Paul McCartney has penned a letter requesting immediate action be taken to aid an abused Indian elephant.
  McCartney – a long-time PETA supporter – sent an urgent letter to Indian Union Cabinet Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, requesting immediate action be taken to send an abused elephant named Jeymalyatha (also known as Joymala) to a rescue centre for her recovery from psychological trauma.
  Joymala has been held captive the Srivilliputhur Nac
  
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• Nicki Minaj files defamation lawsuit against blogger over drug allegation

  14-09-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Nicki Minaj is seeking $75,000 (£65,000) in damages.
  
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• Check out Bikini Kill’s rescheduled 2023 tour dates

  14-09-2022 23:10 via nme.com
  Bikini Kill have announced details of their rescheduled tour dates for 2023 – check out the new dates below and buy tickets here.READ MORE: A brief history of Riot Grrrl – the space-reclaiming 90s punk movementThe reunited riot grrrl stars were originally set to play a host of North American shows across June and July this year, but had to postpone them due to a positive COVID case in their touring party.
  After a set of Pacific Northwest tour dates wrap up this week, the band will re
  
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• Eminem Reflects on the Most Harrowing Moments of His Battle With Drug Addiction

  14-09-2022 23:05 via rollingstone.com
  Rapper remembers taking trips to Tijuana to buy pills, taking Ambien before performances, and his problem going "through the fuckin’ roof" after the death of his friend Proof
  
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• Ghost fans crash Spotify Live servers forcing cancellation of band’s Q&A

  14-09-2022 23:00 via nme.com
  Fans of Ghost crashed the Spotify Live servers as they waited for a special Q&A session with the masked rock band, forcing the event to be cancelled.READ MORE: Ghost – ‘Impera’ review: Swedish metallers go bigger than everA special appearance and Q&A session with Ghost was due to take place on September 13. Due to overwhelming demand, however, fans crashed the Spotify Live servers, forcing the platform to cancel the event.
  Both Spotify Live and Ghost confirmed in tweets
  
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• Lars Ulrich’s sons’ band Taipei Houston announce debut album ‘Once Bit Never Bored’

  14-09-2022 22:20 via nme.com
  Taipei Houston – the band comprising Myles and Layne Ulrich, sons of Metallica drummer Lars – have announced their debut album.
  The Ulrich brothers announced the formation of their band in the summer of 2021, and played their first gig together in Long Beach, California last September.
  On November 4, they will release debut album ‘Once Bit Never Bored’ via C3 Records. Today (September 14), it is being previewed by new single ‘The Middle’.
  The track follows the
  
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• Rina Sawayama Says Pop Music Became a ‘Way to Fit in’ at School as a Japanese Immigrant

  14-09-2022 22:09 via rollingstone.com
  “I think when you spend your whole life trying to make other people happy, whether it's your parents or school or this societal notion of what’s good [...] you genuinely forget what you want to do," she said
  
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• Spotify Moves Past SiriusXM As Largest Podcast Network in the US

  14-09-2022 22:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A new report suggests Spotify has surpassed SiriusXM as the largest podcast network in the United States. Conducted by Edison Research, the report examines the top ten networks by Q2 2022. The list ranks the most-listened-to podcast networks based on their total audience reach, as determined by Edison Podcast Metrics. It measures reach as a […]
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• Billie Eilish: 'I really don't like the idea of doing a show, like, doing a show for people'

  14-09-2022 22:03 via music-news.com
  
  This morning on Fitzy & Wippa, we chat with the very talented Billie Eilish. While talking about her love for Aussie bird sounds and
  
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• Melanie C says she was sexually assaulted before first ever Spice Girls show

  14-09-2022 21:48 via nme.com
  Melanie Chisholm has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a masseur the night before the Spice Girls’ debut live performance.
  Speaking on the How To Fail podcast to promote her new memoir Who I Am, the singer – best known known as Mel C or Sporty Spice during her time with the 90s girl group – says the incident took place at a hotel in Istanbul (per The Guardian).
  “What happened to me, I kind of buried immediately, because there was other things to focus on,”
  
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• White Lies share ‘Trouble In America’ from bonus edition of new album

  14-09-2022 21:44 via nme.com
  White Lies have shared a new song called ‘Trouble In America’, taken from an upcoming bonus edition of their 2022 album ‘As I Try Not To Fall Apart’.
  The trio’s latest album came out in February, and featured the singles ‘Blue Drift‘, ‘I Don’t Want To Go To Mars‘, ‘Am I Really Going To Die‘ and the album’s title track.
  On October 21, they will release a bonus edition of the album featuring four previously unreleased tr
  
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• Morrissey announces US tour for November 2022

  14-09-2022 21:40 via nme.com
  Morrissey has shared details of a forthcoming US tour, taking place across this November and December – tickets available here.READ MORE: Morrissey at Riot Fest review: pop’s problematic uncle wisely shuts up and plays the hitsThe ‘Live In Concert’ tour – in support of Morrissey’s latest album, ‘Bonfire Of The Teenagers’, featuring the single ‘I Am Veronica’ – kicks off in Ontario, California on Friday November 11. Morrissey is th
  
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• ‘I Buried It’: Spice Girls’ Melanie C Reveals Sexual Assault Before Group’s Debut Concert

  14-09-2022 21:34 via rollingstone.com
  Singer, who went by Sporty Spice, say she was assaulted by a masseur in Istanbul in 1997
  
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• Katy Perry hints she's working on new music

  14-09-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Katy Perry released her sixth studio album Smile, which featured the single Daisies, in August 2020.
  
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• The Snuts on Kings of Leon: “One of the best bands the world’s seen”

  14-09-2022 21:30 via nme.com
  The Snuts have spoken about touring with Kings Of Leon, as well as the influence that Arctic Monkeys have had on the band.READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with The SnutsThe West Lothian band’s frontman Jack Cochrane spoke to NME about their new album ‘Burn The Empire’ in a new interview published yesterday (September 13), and recalls being blown away by the experience of touring with the Followill brothers.
  “I remember listening t
  
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• Wizkid’s ‘Bad to Me’ is Good for Grooving — and Getting Some Folks Heated

  14-09-2022 20:52 via rollingstone.com
  On his first solo single of the year, Wizkid ups the energy and causes some commotion around Amapiano’s influence over Afrobeats
  
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• Nicki Minaj Sues Blogger For Calling Her a ‘Cokehead’

  14-09-2022 20:51 via rollingstone.com
  "Plaintiff has never used cocaine," Minaj's lawsuit seeking damages of at least $75,000 says
  
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• BMI Announces Record-Breaking Revenue & Royalty Distributions

  14-09-2022 20:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  BMI announces record-breaking revenue and royalty distributions with an all-time high of $1.471 billion to songwriters, composers, and publishers — $136 million more than last year. BMI reported record-setting revenue and royalty distributions for its fiscal year ending June 30, 2022. The company announced it had administered an unprecedented $1.471 billion to its songwriters, composers, […]
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• Bomba Estéreo and Manu Chao Take It to the Cartoon Tropics With ‘Me Duele’ Video

  14-09-2022 20:41 via rollingstone.com
  Single follows Bomba Estéreo's genre-bending "Ojitos Lindos" with Bad Bunny
  
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• The New York State of Mind Tour Proves That Rap’s Forefathers are Here to Stay

  14-09-2022 20:22 via rollingstone.com
  Nas, Busta Rhymes and Wu Tang Clan performed a cross-generational showcase in New Jersey, proving that the genre's elders have real staying power
  
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• Clear Channel Communications Founder Lowry Mays Passes Away at 87

  14-09-2022 20:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Lowry Mays, the founder of Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), has died at age 87. Mays’ alma mater Texas A&M University announced his death following his significant contributions to the institution. The announcement did not reveal the cause of death. “We are saddened to hear of Lowry Mays’ passing today,” says Texas A&M University President […]
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• Podcast and Audiobook Platform Podimo Announces $59 Million Raise, Touts Subscriber Growth and Profitability in Denmark

  14-09-2022 20:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  About 10 months after unveiling a roughly $78 million Series B funding round, audiobook and podcast platform Podimo has announced a €58.6 million (currently $58.99 million) raise and claimed that it managed to increase “the amount of paying members 5x year on year.” Three-year-old Podimo (pronounced “POD-ee-mo,” the Copenhagen-based company’s website makes clear) detailed its […]
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• Show Me The Body share single ‘We Came To Play’ and announce album ‘Trouble The Water’

  14-09-2022 20:02 via nme.com
  Show Me The Body have shared a new single ‘We Came To Play’, alongside announcing new album ‘Trouble The Water’.
  The second offering from the upcoming album, ‘We Came To Play’ follows on from previously released single ‘Loose Talk’ and the new single has arrived with visuals directed by Zev Deans.
  “Although the title invokes the ancient alchemy Moses wielded to free and unite Israelite peoples, ‘Trouble The Water’ refuses nostalgi
  
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• See ‘The Voice’ Vets Join New Coach Camila Cabello for ‘Havana’ Performance

  14-09-2022 20:00 via rollingstone.com
  John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani join singer for all-star rendition of hit single
  
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• Katy Perry hints at plans to “make another record soon”

  14-09-2022 19:47 via nme.com
  Katy Perry has hinted that she could be starting work on a brand new album “soon”.
  Talking to the The Drew Barrymore Show last night, the singer opened up about her plans to make the follow up to 2020’s ‘Smile’.
  Discussing her Play Las Vegas residency, where Perry will perform at The Theatre at Resorts World until September 22, Perry said of writing new music: “I’ll probably go and make another record soon and write it and tour the world after this, whic
  
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• Sam Fender Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates to Look After Mental Health

  14-09-2022 19:46 via rollingstone.com
  "It seems completely hypocritical of me to advocate discussion on mental health and write songs about it if I don’t take time to look after my own mental health"
  
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• Becky G’s ‘Shower’ Was Originally Written for Katy Perry: ‘Anyone Could Have Sung’ It

  14-09-2022 19:31 via rollingstone.com
  Though the "California Gurls" icon never heard the song, Katy Perry was who R. City originally had in mind for it
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne Once Picketed His Own Gig and 12 Other Things We Learned Hanging out With the Iron Man

  14-09-2022 19:26 via rollingstone.com
  The Prince of Darkness discusses the meaning of "heavy," seeing Jimi Hendrix, acid flashbacks, and more for Rolling Stone's recent profile
  
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• Black Dahlia Murder Set Trevor Strnad Memorial Concert for This Fall

  14-09-2022 19:23 via rollingstone.com
  Guitarist Brian Eschbach will take over vocal duties
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion, Maluma Top Lineup for Inaugural LA3C Festival

  14-09-2022 19:00 via rollingstone.com
  Two-day event from Rolling Stone parent company Penske Media Corporation will also feature Seventeen and Snoop Dogg
  
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• Noah Cyrus Finds Her Own Voice

  14-09-2022 18:05 via rollingstone.com
  Her debut album 'The Hardest Part' is unflinching yet tender.
  
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• Jedward say they’ve received death threats over anti-monarchy comments

  14-09-2022 18:00 via nme.com
  Jedward have claimed to have received death threats after expressing a series of anti-monarchy views online in the wake of the Queen’s death.
  Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, died at her Balmoral estate last Thursday (September 8). She was 96 years old. Her eldest son, the former Prince of Wales, immediately became King Charles III.READ MORE: Entertainment world reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth IIShortly after the Queen’s passing, Dublin-born p
  
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• Jesse Powell, R&B Singer Who Scored a Hit With ‘You,’ Dead at 51

  14-09-2022 17:33 via rollingstone.com
  Nineties singer "passed away peacefully" at his home in Los Angeles, his family said
  
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• Is It Too Late to Make the Music Industry Sustainable?

  14-09-2022 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  Climate change is reshaping the reality of the touring business. This musician says a radical response is needed
  
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• Ashley McBryde’s ‘Lindeville’ Album to Feature Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark

  14-09-2022 17:02 via rollingstone.com
  Multi-artist concept record grew out of a songwriting exercise among McBryde and friends
  
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• How Jackson, Mississippi Became a Hotbed for Southern Hip-Hop

  14-09-2022 16:54 via rollingstone.com
  The city synonymous with the blues is cultivating a vibrant rap scene with gifted lyricists like 5th Child and Dear Silas. “There’s so many dope artists here right now," Silas says
  
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• Supergrass’ Danny Goffey pays tribute to “almost superhuman” Taylor Hawkins

  14-09-2022 16:42 via nme.com
  Supergrass drummer Danny Goffey has paid fresh tribute to the “unstoppable” Taylor Hawkins while sharing some memories of touring with Foo Fighters.
  Goffey spoke to NME as part of this week’s special Big Read cover feature, which offers an in-depth and behind-the-scenes look at this month’s star-studded Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in London.READ MORE: Inside the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert: “A gigantic fucking night for a gigantic fucking person”Supergra
  
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• Dear Snoop Dogg, Your Death Row Records Dream Has Come True!

  14-09-2022 16:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The following comes from Rhythmic Rebellion, a company DMN is proud to be partnering with. Dear Snoop Dogg, Congrats on being the new proud Papa of Death Row Records. So you pulled the music off the streaming platforms and want to build your own music streaming, video, exclusive content, and merch selling platform? Done! I’m […]
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• Watch Yungblud roar through ‘Tissues’ on ‘Kimmel’

  14-09-2022 15:59 via nme.com
  Yungblud was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week – watch his exuberant performance of ‘Tissues’ below.READ MORE: Yungblud: “This album is about reclaiming my name and humanising the caricature”The singer appeared on the TV on Monday night (September 12) following the release of his new self-titled album.
  Dressed in a shirt and tie and rocking an acoustic guitar, the singer performed an energetic run through of his recent single.
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• ‘It’s so Common’: PnB Rock Discussed Robbers Targeting Rappers Weeks Before Shooting Death

  14-09-2022 15:55 via rollingstone.com
  A clip of a recent conversation with DJ Akademiks recirculated after the Philadelphia MC was killed during a robbery in Los Angeles
  
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• Watch Ellie Goulding Bring New Single ‘Easy Lover’ to ‘Fallon’

  14-09-2022 15:47 via rollingstone.com
  Track is the first single of pop singer's upcoming new album, due out early 2023
  
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• Bring Me The Horizon say ‘Post Human’ EP series is “still the plan”

  14-09-2022 15:29 via nme.com
  Bring Me The Horizon have revealed that they’re still planning to continue with their ‘Post Human’ EP series at some point.
  The Sheffield band released the nine-track ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’ collection in October 2020, following on from their six studio album ‘Amo’ (2019).READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Bring Me The Horizon: “Headlining Reading & Leeds is amazing. It’s been a crazy journey”Upon the EP’s rel
  
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• Billie Eilish Learned All the Etiquette Before Meeting the Royal Family — Then Didn’t Even Curtsy

  14-09-2022 14:59 via rollingstone.com
  "I was ready to curtsy. I was ready to not shake a hand. I was ready to not ask questions and not speak unless I was spoken to," the pop star said on Australian radio
  
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• Listen to Björk’s meditative new love song, ‘Ovule’

  14-09-2022 13:49 via nme.com
  Björk has shared a new single called ‘Ovule’ – you can listen to it below.
  The song serves as the second preview of the Icelandic artist’s 10th studio album ‘Fossora’, which is due for release on September 30 via One Little Independent Records (pre-order here).READ MORE: Björk’s ‘Cornucopia’ live in London: an audacious, expectation-disrupting spectacular from an artist unbothered with people-pleasingFollowing on from the track
  
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• Watch James Taylor Revisit ‘Fire & Rain,’ ‘You Can Close Your Eyes’ at White House Event

  14-09-2022 13:26 via rollingstone.com
  The musician appeared with his wife Kim at a celebration to mark the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
  
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• Overflo Festival “forcibly postponed” due to Queen’s funeral

  14-09-2022 13:09 via nme.com
  Overflo Festival festival has been “forcibly postponed” due to Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
  The event had been scheduled to take place at Burgess Park in Camberwell, south London this Sunday (September 18), the day before the late Queen’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey.READ MORE: Entertainment world reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth IIIn a statement, however, organisers have confirmed that Southwark Council has withdrawn the permission for Overflo to go ahead as
  
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• Lorde’s younger sister Indy Yelich to release debut single ‘Threads’ tomorrow

  14-09-2022 13:05 via nme.com
  Lorde‘s younger sister Indy Yelich has announced that she will release her debut single, ‘Threads’, this week.READ MORE: ‘Melodrama’ at five: how Lorde’s cinematic pop opus inspired a new generation of artistsThe first music from 23-year-old Yelich – who has released a number of poetry books in recent years – will arrive tomorrow (September 15), and was recently previewed by the singer on social media.
  “My debut song ‘Threads&rsquo
  
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• Marcus Mumford inspired by Neil Young advice a decade ago

  14-09-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Mumford and Sons frontman Marcus Mumford has been inspired by songwriting advice Neil Young gave him a decade ago.
  
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