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• Warner Records Unveils ‘Worldwide Joint Venture’ With Mel Carter’s Second Estate Records In Latest Hip-Hop Expansion

  03-10-2022 23:39 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Warner Records has announced a “worldwide joint venture” (including distribution as well as marketing) with the newly founded Second Estate Records, the professional home of rapper 2rare. Warner Music Group (WMG) revealed the tie-up between Warner Records and Second Estate Records today. Former Republic Records SVP of A&R Mel Carter – not to be confused […]
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• Billy Strings Picks and Sings With His Father on New Album ‘Me/And/Dad’

  03-10-2022 23:24 via rollingstone.com
  The bluegrass star and his dad Terry Barber drop "Long Journey Home" and "Life to Go" from the upcoming project
  
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• Emo supergroup L.S. Dunes announce UK tour for 2023

  03-10-2022 22:50 via nme.com
  Emo supergroup L.S. Dunes have announced their first ever UK tour in January 2023.
  The band is set to play across four cities in the UK, alongside special guests which are yet to be announced.
  “UK Lost Souls – They said it wasn’t a good time to come visit but we say fUK the dollar and fUK the pound – let’s dance!” the band said in a statement. “We would NEVER leave our UK Lost Souls alone, so here we come.  Mainland Europe – should we visit yo
  
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• SZA Says Her New Album Is ‘All Over The Place,’ But She’s Not Rushing to Release It: ‘I Don’t Have Any Deadlines’

  03-10-2022 22:48 via rollingstone.com
  “I don’t even know what this album is about and what it sounds like," says SZA
  
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• Tim Enso’s Latest EP, “Babylon,” Is Out Now on Sudam Recordings

  03-10-2022 22:28 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Tim Enso, an electronic music producer and DJ, has released his latest EP Babylon on Sudam Recordings. Known for his brilliant production skills, Tim is versed in incorporating influences from deep house to techno to give each song a unique twist. This latest project is no exception. Ascend Agency is working with Digital Music News […]
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• Christian Bale says daughter wasn’t impressed he sang with Taylor Swift

  03-10-2022 22:01 via nme.com
  Christian Bale has said his daughter wasn’t impressed he sang with Taylor Swift in Amsterdam.
  The actor stars in David O. Russell’s new comedy, which also features Swift in a smaller role and sees her sing alongside Bale and John David Washington towards the start of the film.
  Bale recalled first hearing the news and telling his family about the forthcoming role alongside Swift, and said his daughter seemed disappointed.
  “That was a real nice surprise, and I actually didn&
  
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• Paramore bring Misery Business out of retirement as comeback tour kicks off

  03-10-2022 21:41 via music-news.com
  
  Paramore retired their breakout song in 2018.
  
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• 2manydjs re-release ‘As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt.2’ and announce London gig

  03-10-2022 20:59 via nme.com
  2manydjs are re-releasing their 2002 LP ‘As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt.2’ to mark the 20th anniversary, and playing a show in London.READ MORE: Soulwax talk new single ‘Empty Dancefloor’: “We miss that emotion of making people lose their minds”The DJs, brothers Stephen and David Dewaele, will be giving the mix a deluxe reissue treatment, featuring restored photography from Richard Young. The mix will also be available to stream soon for the first time ever
  
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• Kid Cudi Sounds Pretty Happy on ‘Entergalactic’

  03-10-2022 20:47 via rollingstone.com
  The heart-on-sleeve rapper's latest is about the simple joys of love
  
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• From the Trump Supporter Who Called Slavery a Choice: Kanye West Wears ‘White Lives Matter’ T-Shirt

  03-10-2022 20:45 via rollingstone.com
  Candace Ownes matched racist shirts with trapper
  
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• Rammstein Secures Court Injunction Against Viagogo to Block Ticket Sales

  03-10-2022 20:28 via digitalmusicnews.com
  German heavy metal band Rammstein has secured yet another injunction against Viagogo to block ticket sales. The group secured their first injunction back in 2018 for their upcoming tour. This latest injunction references new German consumer protection regulations that have come into effect since then. “Purchasers often do not realize that they are not buying […]
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• ‘The Simpsons’ producer names John Lennon as his dream cameo

  03-10-2022 20:24 via nme.com
  The Simpsons producer Al Jean has said he wishes John Lennon could have featured as a cameo on the series.
  The longtime writer and executive producer recently reflected on “dream” cameos after telling the PA news agency (per Bloomberg) that it was too late to cast Boris Johnson.
  “He definitely was a character right for satire but we had our own issues in America,” Jean said of former prime minister Boris Johnson following his resignation.
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• Watch Billie Eilish Perform ‘Therefore I Am’ From Apple Music’s ‘Happier Than Ever’ World Tour Livestream Concert

  03-10-2022 20:21 via rollingstone.com
  The singer also shared the live performance of "I Didn't Change My Number"
  
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• California Passes ‘Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act’ – Restricts Use of Rap Lyrics in Criminal Trials

  03-10-2022 20:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the ‘Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act.’ Here’s what that means for rap lyrics in court. The California Senate and Assembly unanimously approved the measure in August. The move follows a similar one in New York, where a ‘Rap Lyrics on Trial’ bill would prevent prosecutors from entering rap lyrics as […]
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• Blackpink’s Management Asks Police to Investigate After Photo Leak

  03-10-2022 19:50 via rollingstone.com
  YG Entertainment said it has also filed a lawsuit after personal photos of Jennie and BTS’ member V surfaced online
  
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• Liam Gallagher backs “the king” Ian Brown amidst divisive solo tour without band

  03-10-2022 19:34 via nme.com
  Liam Gallagher has shared his support for “the king” Ian Brown following the Stone Roses‘ singer’s decision to go solo.
  Gallagher took to social media to back Brown ahead of his homecoming show in Manchester last Friday (September 30).
  Fans of Brown had shared their anger last week after the singer performed a sold-out show in Leeds (September 25) without a band.
  Brown began his first UK headline tour in a decade at the city’s O2 Academy, with dates running thr
  
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• Hipgnosis Announces ‘Successful Refinancing’ of Debt, Discloses ‘Advanced Talks’ For Interest Rate Swaps

  03-10-2022 19:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Nearly three months after signaling that it was “in the process of a review of its leverage structure with a view to reducing interest rate risk and control costs,” Hipgnosis Songs Fund (LON: SONG) has announced “the successful refinancing” of its debt facilities. Hipgnosis Songs Fund, along with its “investment adviser” Hipgnosis Song Management, unveiled […]
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• George Michael, Slipknot, The Snuts and more lead all-new midweek albums Top 5

  03-10-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  George Michael’s Older re-issue is currently leading a close race for this week’s UK’s Number 1 album, with the possibility of an all-new Top 5.
  
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• Monty Python-Star Eric Idle: Emotional nach überstandenem Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs

  03-10-2022 18:19 via music-news.com
  
  Der Komiker enthüllte, dass er in Tränen ausbrach, als sein Arzt ihm mitteilte, dass er nach seinem überstandenen Krebs leben würde.
  
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• Beyoncé Leaves Studio 54-Inspired Club in a Trance in ‘Summer Renaissance’ Visual

  03-10-2022 18:06 via rollingstone.com
  The Mark Romanek-directed visual arrives as part of the singer's partnership with Tiffany & Co. for the company's "Lose Yourself in Love" campaign
  
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• Ed Sheeran announces North American ‘Mathematics’ tour for 2023

  03-10-2022 18:02 via nme.com
  Ed Sheeran has shared details of a North American tour for 2023 – see dates below including how to buy tickets.READ MORE: 50 things you didn’t know about Ed SheeranThe pop star will bring his ongoing ‘Mathematics’ world tour to the US and Canada next year, with support from Khalid, Dylan, Rosa Linn, Cat Burns, Maisie Peters and Russ on differing dates. It’s in support of his latest album, 2021’s ‘=‘ and will also hear him play songs from his back c
  
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• Ringo Starr Puts Tour on Hold Due to Covid Diagnosis

  03-10-2022 17:57 via rollingstone.com
  Legendary Beatles drummer postponed weekend shows before diagnosis was confirmed on Monday
  
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• ‘There’d Better Be a Mirrorball’ on Arctic Monkey’s 2023 North American Fall Tour

  03-10-2022 17:36 via rollingstone.com
  Band will spend next fall touring in support of new album The Car
  
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• Go Behind-the-Scenes from Austin City Limits Music Festival

  03-10-2022 17:18 via rollingstone.com
  Live coverage of the first weekend of ACL (Oct. 7th - 9th) will air exclusively on our Twitch channel
  
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• Dizzee Rascal to celebrate 20 years of ‘Boy In Da Corner’ with gig at London’s The O2

  03-10-2022 17:17 via nme.com
  Dizzee Rascal has announced a headline show at The O2 Arena in London next year.READ MORE: From the archives – Dizzee Rascal and the birth of grime: 10 years onThe show on March 8, 2023 marks 20 years of his Mercury Prize-winning debut album, ‘Boy In Da Corner’, which was released in 2003.
  Tickets go on general sale here this Friday (October 7) at 10am BST.
  Dizzee released his latest album, ‘E3 AF‘, in 2020. In a review of his seventh album, NME wrote: “Throug
  
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• Lindsey Buckingham Cancels Remaining European Tour Dates Over Health Concerns

  03-10-2022 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  "Lindsey sends his deepest apologies to all his fans who were planning to attend and hopes to return to Europe in the future," his team said in a statement
  
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• Watch Eddie Vedder and Mike Campbell Honor Tom Petty on 5th Anniversary of Death

  03-10-2022 16:50 via rollingstone.com
  They played "Room at the Top" and "The Waiting" at the Ohana Festival
  
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• BLACKPINK's agency asks police to investigate 'illegal' distribution of Jennie's private photos

  03-10-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  YG Entertainment are also taking legal action against the photos' distributor.
  
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• Arctic Monkeys announce North American tour 2023 with Fontaines D.C. on support

  03-10-2022 16:23 via nme.com
  Arctic Monkeys have shared details of a North American tour for 2023 with Fontaines D.C. on support – see dates below as well as how to purchase tickets.READ MORE: Arctic Monkeys’ new song ‘Body Paint’ is an ambitious, swaggering rock balladThe Sheffield band first head stateside next summer, kicking the tour off at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US on August 25. They wrap the tour at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum in California, US on September 29.
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• Arctic Monkeys announce 2023 North American tour with Fontaines D.C.

  03-10-2022 16:23 via nme.com
  Arctic Monkeys have shared details of a North American tour for 2023 with Fontaines D.C. on support – see dates below as well as how to purchase tickets.READ MORE: Arctic Monkeys’ new song ‘Body Paint’ is an ambitious, swaggering rock balladThe Sheffield band first head stateside next summer, kicking the tour off at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US on August 25. They wrap the tour at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum in California, US on September 29.
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• Ed Sheeran Plots North American Stadium Tour

  03-10-2022 16:14 via rollingstone.com
  21-date trek marks the musician’s first stateside concerts in nearly five years
  
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• Paramore Officially Brings Back ‘Misery Business’ Four Years After Declaring They Would No Longer Play It

  03-10-2022 16:11 via rollingstone.com
  "About five minutes after I got canceled for saying the word ‘whore’ in a song, all of TikTok decided that it was ok," said Williams of the song. "Make it make sense."
  
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• Shania Twain “does plan” to collaborate with Harry Styles: “I’m going to hold Harry to that”

  03-10-2022 16:00 via nme.com
  Shania Twain says she expects to collaborate with Harry Styles in the future.
  The claim comes after the pair teamed up earlier this year during Styles’ headline set at Coachella 2022 in April. During the cameo, Shania joined Styles on stage to perform her hits ‘Man! I Feel Like a Woman!’ and ‘You’re Still The One’.
  Speaking to Extra, Twain said that she hopes that the onstage collaboration could lead to a studio-based link-up between the pair in the futur
  
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• Icelandic songwriter Prins Póló dies aged 45

  03-10-2022 15:48 via nme.com
  Icelandic songwriter Prins Póló had died at the age of 45 from cancer.
  Póló, whose real name was Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson, was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2018 [via Iceland Review]. His death was announced last Thursday (September 29).
  Eysteinsson’s last music release was a joint EP with S.H. Draumur called ‘Sjoppan’, which was shared in September. His latest Prins Póló album, ‘Falskar Minningar’, was released
  
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• Watch Yungblud’s NFL London Games Halftime Performance of ‘The Funeral,’ ‘Tissues’

  03-10-2022 15:36 via rollingstone.com
  The singer performed “The Funeral” and “Tissues” from his latest album Yungblud
  
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• Watch Yungblud Bring High Energy Rock Show to NFL London Games Halftime Performance With ‘The Funeral,’ ‘Tissues’

  03-10-2022 15:36 via rollingstone.com
  The singer performed “The Funeral” and “Tissues” from his latest album Yungblud
  
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• U2’s Bono announces ‘Stories Of Surrender’ worldwide book tour

  03-10-2022 15:16 via nme.com
  U2‘s Bono has announced a worldwide book tour in support of his forthcoming memoir Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story – find full details and tickets below.READ MORE: U2’s 10 best albums, rankedThe 576-page volume is due to land on November 1 via publishing house Alfred A. Knopf (and in audiobook form via Penguin Random House) and, as its title implies, will explore the origins of 40 key songs in U2’s discography. Each chapter is named for the song it covers, with B
  
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• Ian Brown dedicates Manchester gig to the late Paul Ryder

  03-10-2022 14:35 via nme.com
  Ian Brown played a homecoming Manchester gig this weekend (September 30), and dedicated the set to late Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder.
  Brown is currently on his first UK headline tour in a decade, and played the O2 Victoria Warehouse in his hometown on Friday night.
  As reported by the Manchester Evening News, Brown told the crowd: “I just want to dedicate tonight’s set to one of the greatest human beings I ever met. Let’s hear it for Mr Paul Ryder.”
  Ryder passed away o
  
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• Russian rapper Walkie suspected to have taken own life after refusing to go to war

  03-10-2022 14:27 via nme.com
  A rapper from Russia is believed to have taken his own life after he refused to be drawn into fighting in President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.READ MORE: ‘Am I depressed?’ – help and advice on mental health and what to do nextWalkie, whose real name was Ivan Vitalievich Petunin, told fans in a Telegram video that he couldn’t “take the sin of murder on my soul” and that his final protest would be expressed by his death. According to the Daily Ma
  
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• Watch Yungblud perform ‘The Funeral’, ‘Tissues’ and more at NFL London Games halftime show

  03-10-2022 13:43 via nme.com
  Yungblud performed a halftime show at the NFL London Games over the weekend – watch footage below.READ MORE: Yungblud – ‘Yungblud’ review: rockstar returns with his most confident, cohesive album yetThe musician announced on Friday (September 30) that he would be appearing at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – the first purpose-built NFL stadium outside of the US – on Sunday (October 2) where the Minnesota Vikings were playing against New Orleans Saints.
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• The Killers joined by Bruce Springsteen for 3 songs at Madison Square Garden

  03-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  The Killers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Jake Clemons performed in New York.
  
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• Machine Gun Kelly pays moving tribute to Chester Bennington at Wembley show

  03-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly recalled the last time he saw the nu-metal icon.
  
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• Lizzo adds UK arena dates to The Special Tour 2023

  03-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lizzo will play London's The O2 arena as part of her UK leg of 'The Special Tour'.
  
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• Craig David wants people to discover his music at Tesco

  03-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Craig David isn't concerned with streaming numbers and having hits.
  
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• WINNER, AB6IX, Weeekly and more to perform at the O2 in London for K.FLEX

  03-10-2022 13:03 via nme.com
  WINNER, AB6IX and Weeekly are on the lineup for K-pop music festival K.FLEX’s forthcoming show in London.READ MORE: KPOP.FLEX Frankfurt 2022 review: witnessing K-pop artists live will never not be worth itEurope’s largest K-pop festival, formerly known as KPOP.FLEX, announced through a press release that they are set to host another mega-concert later this year – this time, at The O2 in London on November 20.
  The event will feature performances from AB6IX, PENTAGON and WINNER &
  
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• Paramore return ‘Misery Business’ to setlist at first gig in four years

  03-10-2022 12:59 via nme.com
  Paramore made their live return last night (October 2), with previously axed hit ‘Misery Business’ returning to the setlist – see footage, reaction and the full setlist from their California gig below.READ MORE: Yeah, Paramore’s ‘Misery Business’ is a banger – but it’s healthy for artists to reevaluate troublesome worksIn 2018 at the end of their last tour vocalist Hayley Williams publicly announced that the controversial track had been pulled from
  
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• Lynne Spears apologises for 'anything and everything' that has hurt Britney Spears

  03-10-2022 12:41 via music-news.com
  
  Lynne Spears apologised to Britney Spears for all the pain she has suffered as a result of the conservatorship.
  
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• Kesha's mum defends Jeffrey Dahmer lyric in Cannibal song amid controversy

  03-10-2022 12:41 via music-news.com
  
  Kesha's mum has addressed the "big controversy" surrounding the Jeffrey Dahmer reference.
  
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• Jason Bateman nearly ran Michael Jackson over on his bike

  03-10-2022 12:38 via nme.com
  Jason Bateman has revealed that he nearly ran over Michael Jackson while working on a show in the ’80s.READ MORE: Ozark season four part two review: twists and turns in a souped-up Mexican standoffThe Ozark star appeared in TV show Silver Spoons in the early part of the decade, and explained in a new interview that he and co-star Rick Schroder almost hit Jackson with their bikes while the singer was visiting the set.
  “This is while we were doing Silver Spoons at U
  
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• Kanye West teases involvement in Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show

  03-10-2022 12:16 via nme.com
  Kanye West has hinted that he may be involved in Rihanna‘s Super Bowl halftime show early next year.READ MORE: Rihanna’s Super Bowl show will be an exhilarating reminder of her all-round brillianceAs revealed last week, Rihanna will play the legendary slot on February 12, 2023 after she turned down the offer to play the 2019 show in a bid to show solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who was the first NFL player to take a knee in
  
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