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• Meta Offers Catalog of Free, High-Quality Songs to Reels Advertisers

  05-10-2022 23:55 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Meta says it is opening its catalog of free, high-quality songs to Reels advertisers on Instagram. Meta saw 30% more engagement with its Reels across both Facebook and Instagram in Q2 2022. Now the platform is hoping to give advertisers a better hook to drive Reels engagement with a catalog of high-quality audio. “Businesses can […]
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• Easy Life share downbeat single ‘Fortune Cookie’ ahead of new album ‘Maybe In Another Life’

  05-10-2022 23:40 via nme.com
  Easy Life have shared the final single from their forthcoming album ‘Maybe In Another Life’, which is out later this week.READ MORE: Easy Life on Kevin Abstract joining them at Glastonbury 2022: “He’s a very inspiring dude”The downbeat track, ‘Fortune Cookie’, which you can listen to below, follows previous singles ‘Antifreeze’, ‘OTT’ (feat. BENEE), ‘Dear Miss Holloway’ (feat. Kevin Abstra
  
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• Coldplay Cancels Brazilian Tour Dates After Chris Martin Contracts “Serious Lung Infection”

  05-10-2022 23:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Coldplay has announced it is postponing several shows in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during its “Music of the Spheres” world tour following a “serious lung infection” contracted by lead singer Chris Martin. In a statement posted on the band’s website, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, Coldplay expressed “deep regret” and said that the […]
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• Ozzy Osbourne launches his very own range of beauty products

  05-10-2022 23:01 via nme.com
  Ozzy Osbourne has launched his very own range of beauty products.READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Patient Number 9’ review: a fizzing piece of hard-rock magicThe Black Sabbath legend has teamed up with Rock and Roll Beauty for The Ozzy Osbourne Collection, which features 21 separate pieces, including 14-pan eye shadow palettes (one shaped like a coffin and another like a bat), candles, Ozzy-styled body tattoos, lipsticks, a cosmetic bag, a gothic mirror, and nail stickers. You
  
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• The 1975 announce 2023 Australian tour

  05-10-2022 23:00 via nme.com
  In partnership with Secret Sounds
  The 1975 have announced they’ll return to Australia in April 2023 for the ‘At Their Very Best’ tour, their first of the country in three years.READ MORE: New song ‘Part Of The Band’ finds The 1975 ripping up their own rule bookThe band will kick off the run of dates at Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium on April 8, with shows in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney following before the tour wraps up at Riverstage in Brisbane on April 15. S
  
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• The 1975 announce 2023 Australia and New Zealand tour

  05-10-2022 23:00 via nme.com
  In partnership with Secret Sounds
  The 1975 have announced they’ll return to Australia and New Zealand in April 2023 for the ‘At Their Very Best’ tour, their first of the two countries in three years.READ MORE: New song ‘Part Of The Band’ finds The 1975 ripping up their own rule bookThe band will kick off the run of dates at Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium on April 8, with shows in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney following before the Aussie leg of the tour wraps up
  
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• The Eclectic Sounds Blooming in the Dominican Republic’s Indie Scene

  05-10-2022 22:54 via rollingstone.com
  Here are 14 songs by acts such as Mula, Martox, El Gran Poder De Diosa, and more that capture exciting fusions on the island
  
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• Nickelback namecheck Motörhead and Guns N’ Roses on rousing new single ‘Those Days’

  05-10-2022 22:21 via nme.com
  Nickelback have shared rousing new single ‘Those Days’ from their forthcoming album ‘Get Rollin’.
  The track sees the band reminiscing about their youthful adventures in the 1980s along with music and film from the time.
  Referencing music from the era, frontman Chad Kroeger sings about “our first slow dance” to Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, before namechecking Motörhead and Guns N’ Roses. “Remember every t-shirt we stole, from the l
  
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• HYBE Acquires AI ‘Singing Voice Synthesis’ Company Supertone in $32MM Deal

  05-10-2022 22:15 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Hybe has acquired AI tech startup Supertone in a deal worth an estimated $32 million. Supertone synthesizes realistic voices that can sing. According to Korean media, the deal follows a 4 billion won ($2.8M) investment to acquire an 18% stake in the startup last year. Now media reports say Hybe finalized a deal to buy […]
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• Paramore condemn audience member who allegedly assaulted female fans at Salt Lake City concert

  05-10-2022 22:02 via nme.com
  Paramore have condemned an audience member who allegedly assaulted “multiple women” at their concert in Salt Lake City last night (October 4).READ MORE: Yeah, Paramore’s ‘Misery Business’ is a banger – but it’s healthy for artists to reevaluate troublesome worksFollowing the show in Magna, Utah the band issued a statement condemning the incident involving the man.
  “At last night’s show in SLC, we were made aware of an incident that happe
  
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• SiriusXM Announces Exclusive Drake Livestream From the Apollo Theater

  05-10-2022 21:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  SiriusXM has partnered with Drake to live stream his performance at the Apollo Theater in New York. This marks Drake’s first time appearing at the iconic theater as part of SiriusXM’s ‘Small Stage Series.’ The November 11 performance at the Apollo will hold about 1,500 people–making this one of the biggest small events ever. Fans […]
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• Kanye West accuses Khloé Kardashian of 'lying' about his daughter's birthday party

  05-10-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West posted a series of rants via Instagram on Wednesday.
  
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• Music Creators North America Demands Phonorecords IV Settlement Transparency: ‘We Are Deeply Concerned By These Recent Efforts to Shield Secret Dealings’

  05-10-2022 21:11 via digitalmusicnews.com
  In late August, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) announced a settlement for the Phonorecords IV proceeding. Now, however, Music Creators North America (MCNA) is officially demanding the public disclosure of the compromise’s details as well as those of “related agreements” inked by the NMPA. Songwriters Guild of America president and MCNA officer Rick Carnes […]
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• Depeche Mode tell us about emotional new album ‘Memento Mori’ and losing Andy Fletcher

  05-10-2022 20:43 via nme.com
  Depeche Mode‘s Dave Gahan has spoken to NME about returning from the brink to make new album ‘Memento Mori’, and life after the loss of bandmate Andy Fletcher. Watch our video interview with the frontman above.
  Yesterday (October 4) saw the electro icons announce details of their 15th album and an upcoming world stadium tour from a press conference in Berlin. After the announcement, Gahan sat down with NME to tell us about the making of ‘Memento Mori’. Translating t
  
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• Ankhal Is Back and Stronger Than Ever

  05-10-2022 20:21 via rollingstone.com
  The Puerto Rican rapper talks for the first time about his future and new music after recovering from a grisly shooting that left him wheelchair bound
  
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• Oliver Sim says there will be “more music from The xx”

  05-10-2022 20:03 via nme.com
  Oliver Sim has promised there will be “more music from The xx” in the future.READ MORE: Oliver Sim on his soul-searching solo debut: “If I’m not one-third of The xx, who am I?”In a new interview with Consequence, Sim who released his own debut solo record ‘Hideous Bastard’ last month, spoke about where the band go from here.
  When asked about The xx’s future plans, he said: “The xx will always be my home and will always be my priority. And nor
  
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• Miles Kane, Eddie Izzard, Blossoms and more support fight for Sheffield’s Leadmill in new video

  05-10-2022 19:21 via nme.com
  Miles Kane, Eddie Izzard and many more have shared their support in the fight for iconic Sheffield venue The Leadmill in a new video. Check it out above and sign the venue’s petition here.READ MORE: If Sheffield’s Leadmill – the venue that helped break Arctic Monkeys – closes, we all lose somethingBack in March, the landmark venue and club told music fans of the “devastating news that in one year’s time, our Landlord is trying to evict us, forcing us to c
  
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• Bicep talk new single ‘Water’ and share what’s next: “We want to spend a few years experimenting”

  05-10-2022 19:02 via nme.com
  Bicep have released their magnetic new single ‘Water’ featuring Clara La San. Check it out below alongside an interview with the electronic music duo.READ MORE: Bicep – ‘Isles’ review: trippy electronic tales that transcend the club worldThe propulsive track arrives with B-side ‘Waterfall’ – an earlier, instrumental version of ‘Water’ – marking Bicep’s first brand new music since their 2021 album ‘Isles’.The Belf
  
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• Designers Say Kanye ‘Borrowed’ Ideas Without Their Knowledge

  05-10-2022 18:59 via rollingstone.com
  The Yeezy brand has been dogged by claims of idea theft from smaller artists
  
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• Ryan Gosling, Who? Guided by Voices’ New Album Is Called ‘La La Land’

  05-10-2022 18:42 via rollingstone.com
  The band's first — and unlikely last — album of 2023 will drop Jan. 20 via GBV Inc Records
  
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• Lucero Can Never Have Too Much Cowbell in New Kiss-Off ‘One Last F.U.’

  05-10-2022 18:27 via rollingstone.com
  The Memphis rock band's latest album Should've Learned by Now is due in February
  
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• Carly Rae Jepsen to release new single with Rufus Wainwright this week

  05-10-2022 18:27 via nme.com
  Carly Rae Jepsen is set to release a new collaborative single featuring Rufus Wainwright this week.
  Wainwright will appear on the title track from Jepsen’s fifth studio album ‘The Loneliest Time’, which is due out on October 21 via 604/Schoolboy/Interscope (pre-order here).READ MORE: Carly Rae Jepsen: “My relationship with ‘Call Me Maybe’ was a rollercoaster”On Monday (October 3), the Canadian pop star teased on social media that she’d be shar
  
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• There’s been an increase in David Bowie-inspired baby names since his death

  05-10-2022 17:55 via nme.com
  David Bowie-inspired baby names have been on the increase since the icon died in 2016, new figures have found.READ MORE: Inside Moonage Daydream: the David Bowie doc that nearly killed its directorAccording to the Office for National Statistics, the number of boys registered with the name Ziggy, a reference to his acclaimed 1972 album ‘Ziggy Stardust’, at birth in England and Wales rose from 49 to 136 between 2016 and 2021.
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• Listen to Fever Ray’s first new single in five years, ‘What They Call Us’

  05-10-2022 17:43 via nme.com
  Fever Ray has shared their first new single in five years – listen to ‘What They Call Us’ below.
  Karin Dreijer, former member of The Knife, last released music under their Fever Ray moniker in the form of 2017 album ‘Plunge’. That record followed on from Dreijer’s 2009 self-titled debut.READ MORE: The Knife – ‘Shaken Up Versions’ – review‘What They Call Us’ was co-written/co-produced by Fever Ray alongside their brother
  
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• Harry Styles Endorses Beto O’Rourke (Who Was in Attendance) During His Show in Austin

  05-10-2022 17:27 via rollingstone.com
  Voter registration against the gubernatorial election ends Oct. 11
  
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• Fleur East reveals why Strictly Movie Week song choice means so much

  05-10-2022 17:11 via music-news.com
  
  Hits Radio Breakfast Show host Fleur East prompted an emotional response from listeners this morning when she talked
  
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• Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster to release expanded reissue of ‘Hörse Of The Dög’

  05-10-2022 17:10 via nme.com
  Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster have announced plans to release an expanded 20th anniversary reissue of their debut album ‘Hörse Of The Dög’ next year.READ MORE: Simon Pegg tells Bastille’s Dan Smith what Shaun Of The Dead says about British cultureThe Brighton band who split in 2011, will release an expanded version of their 2002 debut on March 10 2023 on No Death Records which will feature the original album, along with an LP’s worth of unreleased tracks fro
  
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• Sharon Van Etten Sings About Her Son on ‘Never Gonna Change,’ Announces Deluxe LP

  05-10-2022 16:41 via rollingstone.com
   “I want him to know I was thinking of him,” she previously told Rolling Stone about her LP
  
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• Yungblud says he’s finished a new “psychedelic rock” album

  05-10-2022 16:36 via nme.com
  Yungblud has revealed that he’s finished work on a new “psychedelic rock” album.
  The Doncaster artist (real name Dominic Harrison) released his self-titled third record last month. In August 2021, Yungblud told NME that he already had a fourth full-length project “done and ready to go”.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Yungblud: “This album is about reclaiming my name and humanising the caricature”“I went straight up to Leeds to a studio 20 minut
  
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• Miguel's wife Nazanin Mandi files for divorce months after reconciliation

  05-10-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Miguel and Nazanin Mandi called off their separation in February.
  
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• Blake Shelton sells rights to music catalogue

  05-10-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Blake Shelton has sold the rights to his master recordings between 2001 and 2019.
  
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• J.D. Fortune on Fronting INXS: ‘I Had It All In My Hand, And I Couldn’t Hold Onto It’

  05-10-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  He won the chance to front the Eighties rock band on a CBS reality show, but coke binges and mental health challenges quickly took a toll on the Canadian vocalist
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne goes behind-the-scenes of ‘One Of Those Days’ video

  05-10-2022 15:57 via nme.com
  Ozzy Osbourne has shared a behind-the-scenes look at his recent official video for ‘One Of Those Days’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Patient Number 9’ review: a fizzing piece of hard-rock magicThe track appears on the Black Sabbath legend’s new album ‘Patient Number 9’, which was released last month, and ‘One Of Those Days’ comes complete with a guitar solo from Eric Clapton.
  The new BTS video sees Ozzy get
  
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• Amazon Music’s ‘One Take’ will pit A1 X J1, Lady Leshurr and more against ‘Fortnite’ pros

  05-10-2022 15:53 via nme.com
  Amazon Music has announced One Take, a three-part show that will partner a host of musicians with leading Fortnite players and influencers to see how they fare.READ MORE: Video game songs that had no right to bang as hard as they didHosted by YouTuber and musician Yung Filly, One Take will pit artists including A1 X J1, Deno and Lady Leshurr against each other in a livestreamed Fortnite tournament.
  Along with hosts Yung Filly and Leven2K, four competing duo teams have been confirmed. That includ
  
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• Fever Ray Returns After Five Years with Eerie New Single ‘What They Call Us’

  05-10-2022 15:47 via rollingstone.com
  Single was written and co-produced with Karin Dreijer’s The Knife counterpart Olof Dreijer
  
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• Pavement Go Back To Their Gold Soundz in Historic Brooklyn Stand

  05-10-2022 15:16 via rollingstone.com
  Playing New York for the first time in 12 years, the Nineties heroes delivered twin-guitar jams, fan faves, dollops of romance, phoneless ballads, top-shelf banter and much more over four gloriously surreal nights
  
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• Sea Girls to sponsor local football teams and sell upcycled shirts for charity

  05-10-2022 15:04 via nme.com
  Sea Girls are set to sponsor local Sunday League football teams and share upcycled shirts for charity as part of a new scheme.READ MORE: Sea Girls launch new album with ‘Sick’: “It’s basically me listing everything I’m pissed off with”The indie band have teamed up with Classic Football Shirts ahead of their upcoming ‘Hometown’ UK tour, and will sponsor local teams in each of the cities they will play, nominated by their fans.
  Each team chosen
  
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• Watch No Malice Join Pusha T for Surprise Clipse Reunion at 2022 BET Awards

  05-10-2022 14:42 via rollingstone.com
  Duo performed their 2002 single "Grindin'"
  
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• Listen to The Big Moon’s moving new song ‘This Love’

  05-10-2022 14:38 via nme.com
  The Big Moon have shared a touching new track called ‘This Love’ ahead of the release of their new album – check it out below.READ MORE: The Big Moon talk new album ‘Here Is Everything’: “I just couldn’t believe I would ever do anything creative again”The band will release third LP ‘Here Is Everything’ on October 14 via Fiction Records. The band announced the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Walking Like We Do’ in J
  
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• Liz Truss walks on-stage to M People’s ‘Moving On Up’ at Tory Party conference

  05-10-2022 14:21 via nme.com
  Prime Minister Liz Truss walked on-stage to M People‘s ‘Moving On Up’ at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham today (October 5).
  The PM delivered a 35-minute speech at the International Convention Centre (ICC) this morning. As the BBC notes, it was the shortest in-person conference speech by a Tory Prime Minister this century.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Heather SmallIn it, Truss outlined her economic vision for the UK and
  
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• Måneskin to play intimate London show tomorrow: “Surprise!”

  05-10-2022 14:16 via nme.com
  Måneskin have announced a last-minute intimate show in London.READ MORE: “The NME Big Read – Måneskin: “Nobody is keeping rock’n’roll alive – it’s just impossible to kill”The Italian rockers will perform at the 500-capacity Underworld in Camden Town tomorrow night (October 6) to mark the release of their new single, ‘The Loneliest’ (out this Friday, October 7). Måneskin are due onstage at 9pm, and will p
  
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• Kendrick Lamar wins big at BET Hip Hop Awards 2022

  05-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Kendrick Lamar, Lizzo and Drake were the big winners of the night.
  
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• Idris Elba and Slick Rick film music video for upcoming collaboration

  05-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Slick Rick will make a comeback on a track with Idris Elba.
  
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• Ellie Goulding ditched ballads post-pandemic

  05-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Ellie Goulding's new album was made to make people dance.
  
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• Drake announces intimate New York theatre show

  05-10-2022 13:04 via nme.com
  Drake has announced announced a small theatre show in New York for next month.
  The Canadian artist, who released his seventh album ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ in June, will take to the stage at the 1,500-capacity Apollo Theater in Harlem on November 11 as part of SiriusXM’s Small Stages series.READ MORE: Drake – ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ review: rapper’s house makeover provides long-overdue career boostAs Spin notes, Drake has only played four live shows so f
  
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• Watch Marcus Mumford perform ‘Grace’ on ‘Corden’

  05-10-2022 12:59 via nme.com
  Marcus Mumford was the musical guest on The Late Late Show With James Corden this week – watch him perform new single ‘Grace’ below.READ MORE: Marcus Mumford on solo album ‘(self-titled)’: “I’ve never felt so fulfilled around a project”The track appears the Mumford & Sons frontman’s debut solo album ‘(self-titled)’, which came out last month.
  In a new interview about the album with NME, Mumford spoke of how ‘Grace&r
  
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• Rihanna feeling 'nervous but excited' about performing at Super Bowl Halftime Show

  05-10-2022 12:41 via music-news.com
  
  Rihanna will be headlining the Halftime Show at the Super Bowl LVII, which will take place at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on 12 February.
  
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• Hans Zimmer to be celebrated with BBC documentary

  05-10-2022 12:41 via music-news.com
  
  The Lion King composer Hans Zimmer will be celebrated with a BBC Two documentary covering his 40-year career.
  
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• Nick Cave shares previously-unseen ‘Earthlings’ performance

  05-10-2022 12:14 via nme.com
  Nick Cave has shared a previously-unseen performance of ‘Earthlings’ – you can watch the video below.
  The track, an outtake from the Bad Seeds‘ ‘Ghosteen’ era, was originally released last year as a preview of the band’s ‘B-Sides & Rarities Part II’ album.READ MORE: This Much I Know To Be True review: an engrossing and intimate portrait of Nick Cave“‘Earthlings’ is the missing link that binds ‘Ghosteen’ toget
  
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• WOODZ to depart from Yuehua Entertainment following contract expiration this month

  05-10-2022 11:47 via nme.com
  South Korean singer WOODZ will be parting ways with longtime label Yuehua Entertainment following the expiration of his contract.READ MORE:WOODZ talks the creative challenge of ‘Only Lovers Left’: “There is no moment to stop thinking”
  The Beijing-based entertainment company published a statement today (October 5) through WOODZ’s official fancafe page announcing the singer’s – who is also known as Cho Seung-youn – departure from its ranks once his e
  
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