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• NYPD Removes Three Rappers From Rolling Loud Festival

  22-09-2022 23:41 via rollingstone.com
  Sha Ek, Ron Suno, and 22Gz’s dismissal follows 2019 nixing of five rappers over “public safety concerns”
  
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• Tencent Music Has Lackluster Debut in Hong Kong

  22-09-2022 23:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group opened on the Hong Kong stock market yesterday to a lackluster debut. Tencent Music made its debut on the Hong Kong exchange after announcing last week that New York would remain its primary listing. The listing was carried out by introduction, meaning no new shares or capital were raised in […]
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• BTS’ J-Hope Joins Crush for His First Single Since Military Service, ‘Rush Hour’

  22-09-2022 23:15 via rollingstone.com
  Single follows the release of J-Hope's Jack in the Box LP
  
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• Despite H1 2022 Subscriber Dip, Deezer CEO Says His Company Will Break Even ‘By 2025’

  22-09-2022 23:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  After unveiling plans to generate €1 billion annually – and revealing that it had lost subscribers during H1 2022 – Deezer is poised to break even by 2025, according to CEO Jeronimo Folgueira. The head of Access Industries-owned Deezer, which listed shares on the Euronext Paris in July, made the bold prediction in his streaming […]
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• Floating Points drop sizzling new single ‘Problems’

  22-09-2022 23:07 via nme.com
  Floating Points – aka Sam Shepherd – has dropped a new single titled ‘Problems’, accompanied by an official music video.READ MORE: Field Day 2022 review: the past, present and future of electronic musicThe track sees Shepherd collaborate with creative studio Hamill Industries (Pablo Barquín and Anna Diaz) on the official music video.
  Taking its lead from the electric pulses established in their prior collaborations on music videos for singles ‘Vocoder’
  
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• Help Musicians launches new charity for Musician's Mental Health

  22-09-2022 23:01 via music-news.com
  
  Help Musicians has registered Music Minds Matter as a single-focus charity, set up and sustained by Help Musicians, to support
  
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• Jessie Reyez announces ‘YESSIE’ UK tour dates for 2023

  22-09-2022 22:33 via nme.com
  Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez has announced she’ll be touring the UK early next year – find tickets here.READ MORE: Jessie Reyez: “Death is a big part of who I am”Named after her latest album, The YESSIE Tour will be a limited run, kicking off on Saturday January 28 at Birmingham’s O2 Institute, followed by performances at Manchester’s Academy 2 and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
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• Kim Loaiza and Ovi Get Grupo Firme’s Eduin Caz to Try Reggaeton on ‘Después de las 12’ Remix

  22-09-2022 22:26 via rollingstone.com
  "I like challenges," Caz told Rolling Stone
  
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• Channel Tres Goes the Major Label Route, Signs with Godmode/RCA Records

  22-09-2022 22:10 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Compton-based house music producer and singer Channel Tres is joining RCA Records via Godmode. Channel Tres’ debut full-length album Real Cultural Shit is dropping later this fall. His new single “No Limit” is the first taste of one of the most distinctive voices in dance music right now. “‘No Limit’ was made about my time […]
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• Bizarre once spent 'six hours doing one verse over' while recording with Eminem

  22-09-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  In a new interview, D12 rapper Bizarre recounted his experiences of collaborating with Eminem in the late '90s.
  
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• B*Witched have reunited to join Blue on tour

  22-09-2022 21:24 via nme.com
  B*Witched have announced they will join Blue on the latter’s ‘Heart And Soul’ tour this December – find tickets here.
  The 90s Irish pop group – comprising Edele and Keavy Lynch, Lindsay Armaou and Sinead O’Carroll – will join the newly reunited boy band in support of their comeback album of the same name.
  The 12-date nationwide run (which also celebrates Blue’s 20th anniversary) kicks off on Sunday December 4 at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena. Fr
  
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• Kanye West still has political ambitions

  22-09-2022 21:06 via music-news.com
  
  In July 2020, the Stronger rapper announced that he would be running in America's presidential election.
  
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• David Bowie honoured on the Music Walk of Fame

  22-09-2022 21:04 via music-news.com
  
  David Bowie has been honoured with a stone on the Music Walk of Fame on the eve of the release of a new documentary on the late superstar's life and career.
  
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• Questlove to Executive Produce Documentary on Legendary Hip-Hop Producer J Dilla

  22-09-2022 20:39 via rollingstone.com
  "To be able to tell the world about the musician that had the most influence on me is a dream come true," Oscar-winning Roots drummer says of estate-approved film
  
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• Maren Morris Threatens to Skip the CMAs – “I Don’t Feel Comfortable Going”

  22-09-2022 20:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Country singer Maren Morris says she may skip the CMAs this year, despite being nominated for album of the year. Her social media feud with country singer Jason Aldean’s wife has been at the forefront of the conversation over the last few months. Maren Morris was one of the voices to speak out over comments […]
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• Sam Smith and Kim Petras Are No Saints on New Single ‘Unholy’

  22-09-2022 20:05 via rollingstone.com
  "It was so cathartic and freeing to experiment like this and throw out the rule book," Smith said
  
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• Senators Introduce the American Music Fairness Act After House Majority Backs the Opposing Local Radio Freedom Act

  22-09-2022 19:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  About 15 months after the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA) debuted in the House, Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) have introduced the legislation in the Senate. The arrival of the Senate version of the American Music Fairness Act was touted today by musicFIRST, which is backed by the major labels and says […]
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• Carin León Shows Off The Power of His Voice on New Single ‘Si Es Cierto Que Te Vas’

  22-09-2022 19:00 via rollingstone.com
  The rising Mexican star is riding high after an acclaimed Tiny Desk concert and a Latin Grammy nomination for best regional song
  
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• ‘Completely Abandoned’: Greyson Chance Is Finally Ready to Talk About Ellen

  22-09-2022 18:50 via rollingstone.com
  He went viral at 12 and shot to fame with the help of Ellen DeGeneres. Now 25, the singer opens up for the first time about how he's “never met someone more manipulative, more self-centered, and more blatantly opportunistic" than her
  
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• Lil Nas X Drops New Single ‘Star Walkin” for League of Legends Tourney

  22-09-2022 18:49 via rollingstone.com
  Rapper, former gamer, and newly-appointed President of League of Legends will perform the track at the San Francisco esport finals on Nov. 5
  
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• Kanye West apologises to Kim Kardashian for “any stress I have caused”

  22-09-2022 18:35 via nme.com
  Kanye West has apologised to his ex-wife Kim Kardashian for “any stress that [he’s] caused” her since their break-up.
  The former couple, who got married in 2014, were reportedly living “separate lives” by early 2021 before Kardashian filed for divorce the following month. They share four children: North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.READ MORE: ‘Donda 2’: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songsKardashian later beg
  
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• David LaChapelle’s Greatest Music Photographs: From Kanye to Lizzo to Doja

  22-09-2022 18:33 via rollingstone.com
  Rolling Stone readers first saw David LaChapelle’s work when he shot Tori Amos surrounded by fireflies in an English garden for the magazine’s June 25, 1998 cover. He’d been a professional photographer for more than a decade at that point, and was on his way to becoming one of the most celebrated visual artists of […]
  
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• ‘I Look Back, But I Don’t Stare’: Nile Rodgers on Turning 70, Facing Mortality, and Being Music’s Most Prolific ‘Worker Bee’

  22-09-2022 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  The Chic mastermind and philanthropist talks donating $1 million to his We Are Family Foundation charity and why he can still write eight songs in two days
  
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• ‘I Look Back, But I Don’t Stare’: Nile Rodgers on Turning 70, Facing Mortality, and Being Music’s Hardest-Working ‘Worker Bee’

  22-09-2022 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  The Chic mastermind and philanthropist talks donating $1 million to his We Are Family Foundation charity and why he can still write eight songs in two days
  
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• EA reveals ‘FIFA 23’ soundtrack, featuring Gorillaz and Yeah Yeah Yeahs

  22-09-2022 17:42 via nme.com
  EA Sports has revealed the full soundtrack for FIFA 23, featuring songs by Gorillaz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix and more.
  The next instalment in the long-running FIFA series is due to be released next Friday (September 30) on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Stadia, PS4 and Xbox One.READ MORE: New artists talk appearing on the FIFA soundtrack: “It’s validation”FIFA 23‘s soundtrack, as promised, will feature more than 100 tracks by “a range of global hitmakers” as well
  
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• The 50 Best Bad Bunny Songs

  22-09-2022 17:13 via rollingstone.com
  From his Soundcloud days to his rock experiments, here are the greatest hits from the Puerto Rican artist
  
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• A Decade After Viral Interview, Kanye West Admits ‘Sway Had the Answer’ About Yeezy

  22-09-2022 17:13 via rollingstone.com
  Rapper talks co-parenting, Gap split, Donda school, and return to politics during a new interview with GMA
  
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• 50 Best Bad Bunny Songs

  22-09-2022 17:13 via rollingstone.com
  From his Soundcloud days to his rock experiments, here are the greatest hits from the Puerto Rican artist
  
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• Steve Aoki Melds Guaynaa’s ‘Light-Hearted’ Reggaetón Into a Club-Ready EDM Banger on ‘Chi Chi’

  22-09-2022 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  The single is part of Aoki's "multilayered and complicated" album Hiroquest: Genesis, which dropped last Friday
  
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• Listen to Lil Nas X’s ‘League Of Legends’ anthem ‘STAR WALKIN”

  22-09-2022 17:00 via nme.com
  Riot Games and Lil Nas X have released ‘STAR WALKIN”, the anthem for this year’s League Of Legends World Championship.READ MORE: Why an old Dublin nightclub is the future of esports for Riot GamesThe music video for ‘STAR WALKIN” is available to watch on YouTube, while the track is also available on all streaming platforms.
  As part of Lil Nas X’s collaboration with Riot Games, the music video for ‘STAR WALKIN” is set in San Francisco &nda
  
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• Ghost’s ‘Mary On A Cross’ enters Billboard Hot 100 after going viral on TikTok

  22-09-2022 16:40 via nme.com
  Ghost‘s song ‘Mary On A Cross’ has entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart after going viral on TikTok.
  The track was originally released in 2019 as part of the Swedish band’s ‘Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic’ EP, which also features ‘Kiss The Go-Goat’.READ MORE: Ghost – ‘Impera’ review: Swedish metallers go bigger than everAs Consequence notes, there’s been a resurgence of ‘Mary…’ recently after someone on TikT
  
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• FIFA 23 soundtrack revealed with Bad Bunny, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more

  22-09-2022 16:09 via music-news.com
  
  Bad Bunny and Yeah Yeah Yeahs among the big names on the official 'FIFA 23' soundtrack.
  
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• Kevin Morby Wrestles With Mortality in ‘Bittersweet, TN’ Video

  22-09-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  Singer-songwriter says that the video for the latest song from his This Is a Photograph album was briefly interrupted by a shooting scare
  
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• Björk Shares New Song ‘Ancestress,’ a Tribute to Her Late Mother

  22-09-2022 15:58 via rollingstone.com
  "This song is a letter to my mother, her story seen from my point of view it is written in chronological order," singer writes of Fossora single
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne says ’13’ “wasn’t really a Black Sabbath album”

  22-09-2022 15:54 via nme.com
  Ozzy Osbourne has said that he feels that the last Black Sabbath album ’13’ wasn’t really one of the band’s records.READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Patient Number 9’ review: a fizzing piece of hard-rock magicThe former Black Sabbath singer was discussing his new solo album ‘Patient Number 9’ in an interview when he was asked to reflect on the group’s seemingly final ever record, which was released in 2013.
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• The Five New Names to Know in Michigan Rap

  22-09-2022 15:52 via rollingstone.com
  The rap coming out of the Mitten State is among the most vital in the country: These eclectic artists are the proof
  
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• We Are Scientists share punchy new single ‘Operator Error’

  22-09-2022 15:27 via nme.com
  We Are Scientists have shared their first new music of 2022, ‘Operator Error’.READ MORE: We Are Scientists look back on ‘With Love & Squalor’: “It’s been a rollercoaster ride, in that we’ve been throwing up a lot”The new single is said to precede more news that is to be revealed “shortly”. The New York duo’s latest album was last year’s ‘Huffy’.
  Bassist Chris Cain said of the new track: “It starts
  
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• Andy C to become first drum’n’bass act to headline The O2 in London

  22-09-2022 15:15 via nme.com
  Andy C is set to become the first drum’n’bass artist to headline The O2 in London – tickets for the show will be available here.
  The DJ, producer and RAM Records co-founder (real name Andrew Clarke) will host his “ground-breaking” ‘Alive 2.0’ show at the 20,000-capacity venue on Good Friday next year (April 7, 2023).
  “I can’t believe it… we’re going to The O2 ARENA LONDON!” Clarke wrote on social media to announce the miles
  
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• David Bowie honoured on Camden's Music Walk Of Fame

  22-09-2022 15:04 via music-news.com
  
  Universal Pictures, Warner Music and London’s prestigious Music Walk of Fame today honoured timeless icon David Bowie with a stone
  
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• Queens Of The Stone Age reissue debut album alongside ‘Like Clockwork’ and ‘Villains’ with limited edition vinyl and more

  22-09-2022 15:00 via nme.com
  Queens Of The Stone Age have announced reissues of three albums: their 1998 self-titled debut, their 2013 record ‘Like Clockwork‘ and their most recent album, 2017’s ‘Villains‘.READ MORE: The roots of… Queens Of The Stone AgeLimited edition vinyl including special colour vinyl pressings will be available as well as exclusive new and restored artwork, posters and more.
  ‘Queens Of The Stone Age’ is reissued digitally today (September 22), with a vin
  
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• Indie game publisher Wired Productions announces music label

  22-09-2022 15:00 via nme.com
  Wired Productions has announced the launch of Black Razor Records, a music label that will raise money for mental health charity Safe In Our World with its first EP.READ MORE: Video game songs that had no right to bang as hard as they didBlack Razor Records will aim to “merge video games with creative, original music and give music creators a paltform to showcase and commercialise their talent.”
  The label’s first release will be ‘Arcade Paradise EP’, which features
  
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• Björk shares personal new single ‘Ancestress’: “This song is a letter to my mother”

  22-09-2022 13:44 via nme.com
  Björk has shared a new single called ‘Ancestress’ – you can listen to it below.
  The song serves as the latest 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-pleasing‘Ancestress&rsqu
  
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• Olivia Wilde addresses Harry Styles spitting rumours

  22-09-2022 13:18 via nme.com
  Olivia Wilde has addressed the rumours that Harry Styles spat on Chris Pine at the Don’t Worry Darling premiere.
  The director was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on The Late Show and was asked about several rumours surrounding the film during its premiere at the Venice film festival, including a video many interpreted as Styles spitting on his co-star Pine.
  “Another one of our weird rumours, Spit-Gate, which you might have heard about, is I think …” Wilde began,
  
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• Sam Smith is entering their 'sexy villain' era

  22-09-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Smith fans can expect some "sexy" tunes from the star's new record.
  
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• Lorde planning to unveil new album 'sometime soon'

  22-09-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lorde teased fans that her fourth album is almost ready to be shared with the world.
  
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• Bluwitched reunited!: B'Witched to open for Blue on Heart and Soul Tour

  22-09-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  B'Witched and Megan McKenna are opening for Blue this December.
  
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• Melanie C gives update on Spice Girls reunion shows

  22-09-2022 12:58 via nme.com
  Melanie C has given an update on a potential Spice Girls reunion tour.
  The ’90s girl group – minus Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice) – hit the road for the first time in 11 years in 2019, playing a run of huge stadium concerts across the UK and Ireland.READ MORE: Spice Girls’ ‘Wannabe’ at 25: what we’ve learned from the iconic girl group sinceIt was reported in 2020 that Spice Girls were set to embark on a world tour to mark their 25th anniversary. Last
  
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• Watch My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way perform ‘Jet Black New Year’ with Thursday

  22-09-2022 12:53 via nme.com
  My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way invited the band’s tour support Thursday on stage on Tuesday (September 20) to perform the latter’s ‘Jet Black New Year’.READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Cornwall: giddy rock’n’roll from returning emo heroesTuesday’s show marked the reunited band’s first show in their home state of New Jersey, at the Prudential Center, which preceded another gig at the venue last night (September 21).
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• Palaye Royale share ‘Lifeless Stars’ and tell us about their Libertines-inspired new album

  22-09-2022 12:42 via nme.com
  Palaye Royale have released new single ‘Lifeless Stars’ from their upcoming album ‘Fever Dream’. Check it out below alongside an interview with the band.
  According to the art-punk band, the haunting, piano-led track is dedicated to their fanbase, The Soldiers Of The Royal Court and their family.
  “We all shine bright but we all shine even brighter together. You are all important,” they said in a statement.It’s a message that flows through their third albu
  
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• Kanye West apologises to Kim Kardashian for causing her 'any stress'

  22-09-2022 12:41 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West and Kim Kardashian were declared legally single in March as part of ongoing divorce proceedings.
  
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