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• Kanye’s Twitter and Instagram accounts locked after antisemitic posts

  09-10-2022 23:50 via nme.com
  Kanye West, who is now known as Ye, has had both his Twitter and Instagram accounts locked following a series of antisemitic posts.READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return?Twitter locked West’s account on Sunday (October 9) following an antisemitic tweet. The social media platform later removed the tweet before locking his account.
  A spokesperson from Twitter told BuzzFeed News that “the account in question has been
  
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• Kanye West's Instagram and Twitter accounts locked following antisemetic posts

  09-10-2022 22:51 via music-news.com
  
  In response to the messages, a representative for the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has condemned the rapper's behaviour.
  
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• Dua Lipa shares support for women in Iran following protests

  09-10-2022 21:52 via nme.com
  Dua Lipa has shared her support for women in Iran following a number of recent protests in the country.
  The musician posted on Instagram yesterday (October 8) to share a post about the recent deaths of young women in Iran as protests continue following the death of Masha Amini, 22.
  Amini died in Tehran earlier last month (September 16) after being arrested for not wearing her hijab in accordance with government standards. Police claimed she suffered heart failure at the station, although wi
  
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• Beyoncé rejects Right Said Fred's 'erroneous' sampling claims

  09-10-2022 20:36 via music-news.com
  
  Right Said Fred's Fred and Richard Fairbrass confirmed they had a writing credit on Alien Superstar earlier this year.
  
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• Beyoncé rejects Right Said Fred's 'erroneous' sampling claims

  09-10-2022 20:36 via music-news.com
  
  Right Said Fred's Fred and Richard Fairbrass confirmed they had a writing credit on Alien Superstar earlier this year.
  
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• See Megan Thee Stallion Twerk With Master Chief From ‘Halo’ at TwitchCon

  09-10-2022 20:32 via rollingstone.com
  Rapper will be both host and musical guest on next week's Saturday Night Live
  
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• Sam Smith and Kim Petras set to secure third consecutive week at Number 1 with 'Unholy'

  09-10-2022 19:55 via music-news.com
  
  The Official Chart: First Look offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.
  
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• Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox enlist Chesney Hawkes for cover of ‘Summer of 69’

  09-10-2022 19:23 via nme.com
  In the latest edition of Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox’s Sunday Lunch series, they were joined by Chesney Hawkes for a cover of ‘Summer of 69’ – check out the moment below.READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked!In the latest edition of Sunday Lunch, Hawkes played guitar and sang the song while Willcox and Fripp appeared only in the background, dressed in inflatable dinosaur costumes.
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• Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox enlist Chesney Hawkes for cover of ‘Summer of 69’

  09-10-2022 19:23 via nme.com
  In the latest edition of Robert Fripp and Toyah Wilcox’s Sunday Lunch series, they were joined by Chesney Hawkes for a cover of ‘Summer of 69’ – check out the moment below.READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked!In the latest edition of Sunday Lunch, Hawkes played guitar and sang the song while Wilcox and Fripp appeared only in the background, dressed in inflatable dinosaur costumes.
  The edition today also feature
  
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• Kanye West’s Instagram and Twitter Accounts Restricted After Criticism Over Anti-Semitic Posts

  09-10-2022 18:05 via rollingstone.com
  Rapper returns to Twitter and gets locked out by social media company over "Jewish People" tweet
  
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• Self-Deprecating Power Pop Is the Beths’ Specialty. Why Change It?

  09-10-2022 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  After messing with the formula on album two, the New Zealand quartet returned to the uptempo perfection that made them blow up in the first place for their excellent new 'Expert in a Dying Field'
  
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• John Legend hoped to work as management consultant for year before career took off

  09-10-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  John Legend pursued his side hustle as a musician while working as a management consultant.
  
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• System Of A Down fans “scare the shit out of” Serj Tankian in public by screaming ‘Chop Suey!’ lyrics

  09-10-2022 15:50 via nme.com
  Serj Tankian has discussed how System Of A Down fans “scare the shit out of” the singer by screaming the lyrics to ‘Chop Suey!’ at him in public.
  The rock band’s iconic 2001 song opens with Tankian screaming the lyrics “wake up!” which has become a curse for him when going about his daily life, as he revealed.
  “People will scare the shit out of me when they yell, ‘Wake up!’ behind me somewhere — wherever, in public,” Tankian
  
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• Blink-182 wipe Instagram as mysterious posters appear

  09-10-2022 13:59 via nme.com
  Blink-182 fans are convinced the band are set to announce something in the very near future after they wiped their official Instagram page.
  The official Blink-182 website is currently down, displaying a message saying that it’s “under construction” and to “check back soon” while the band’s Instagram page is completely blank.
  It comes as the band’s official Twitter account has liked a series of tweets from 2013, talking about Blink-182 in 2023 while acros
  
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• Rivers Cuomo reflects on “blowing minds” at Harvard following Weezer’s success

  09-10-2022 13:21 via nme.com
  Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has spoken about going incognito at Harvard University following the success of their self-titled debut.READ MORE: Weezer: “This album is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it’s perfect for now”Released in 1994, Weezer’s self-titled debut (also known as the ‘Blue Album’) reached number 16 in the Billboard 200 chart and was certified triple platinum within a year.
  Following its release though, vocalist Rivers Cuo
  
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• Stevie Nicks and Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart share new Ukraine relief song ‘Face To Face’

  09-10-2022 12:57 via nme.com
  Stevie Nicks has featured on a new collaborative song to raise money for the Ukraine relief effort.
  The song, ‘Face To Face’, is part of the ‘Collaborate For Peace’ project from Eurythmics‘ Dave Stewart, Russian musician Boris Grebenshchikov and Ukrainian Serhii Babkin. All proceeds will go to the Global United24 initiative from the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  Nicks said in a statement: “Since the day the war began, I have carried Ukraine and it
  
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• Watch Willow deliver a punishing two-song set on ‘SNL’

  09-10-2022 12:51 via nme.com
  WILLOW made her solo Saturday Night Live debut last night (October 8) and delivered a punishing two-song set – watch ‘Curious/Furious’ and ‘Ur A Stranger’ below.READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with WILLOW
  Fresh from releasing fifth album ‘COPINGMECHANISM’, WILLOW appeared on Saturday Night Live for a guitar-heavy performance.
  First track ‘Curious/Furious’ blended her soulful vocals with jangly indie melod
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion performs with ‘Halo”s Master Chief at TwitchCon

  09-10-2022 12:32 via nme.com
  Megan Thee Stallion was joined by Halo‘s Master Chief during her TwitchCon set this weekend – see footage below.READ MORE: Megan Thee Stallion live at Reading Festival 2022: A joyful dose of ‘real hot girl shit’The fictional character and protagonist of the Halo series emerged on stage during the San Diego performance on Saturday night (October 8) to dance alongside Megan as she played ‘Freak Nasty’.
  TwitchCon has come to San Diego for 2022 and allows pla
  
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• Pavement are like “a tiger let out of the cage” on reunion tour

  09-10-2022 11:44 via nme.com
  Pavement have reflected on their latest reunion, saying they feel like “a tiger let out of the cage” now they’re back on the road.
  The indie legends initially announced a reunion tour in 2019, which was then delayed due to COVID and eventually kicked off in Los Angeles in May, where they played their first gig in nearly 12 years.
  After headlining Barcelona’s Primavera Sound the following month, the band are currently on a North American headlining run, and will play a hos
  
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• Josh Klinghoffer says Red Hot Chili Peppers were 'enormously stifling creatively'

  09-10-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer found his time in the Red Hot Chili Peppers to be "enormously stifling creatively".
  
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• Charlie Puth felt ignored by Ellen DeGeneres' record label

  09-10-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Charlie Puth felt abandoned by Ellen DeGeneres' record label because he heard nothing from anyone after recording his first demo.
  
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• Lil Nas X responds to Andrew Tate criticism: “Never gonna let you smash, loser”

  09-10-2022 10:37 via nme.com
  Lil Nas X has taken to Twitter to ask controversial internet personality Andrew Tate to “please stop mentioning me”.READ MORE: Lil Nas X – ‘Montero’ review: ‘Old Town Road’ prankster makes his case as a Serious ArtistTate has previously called Lil Nas X “dangerous” and recently did an interview where he claimed he wasn’t “the worst influence out here. You have Lil Nas X twerking on the devil in music videos which our children are
  
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• Ed Sheeran performs surprise gig outside Ipswich Town Hall

  09-10-2022 10:29 via nme.com
  On Friday (October 7), Ed Sheeran performed a surprise hometown gig on the steps of Ipswich Town Hall – see footage and reaction below.
  Fans in the Suffolk city were surprised to see Sheeran, who sponsors the town’s football club, rock up in the centre of town to perform his debut album track ‘The A Team’.
  “I’ve played so many shows here and have such love for this place,” he told the large crowd who had gathered. “I’m so happy to be back her
  
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• Taylor Swift organises her lyrics into three “dorky” pen-themed categories

  09-10-2022 09:59 via nme.com
  Taylor Swift has revealed one of the secrets behind her songwriting process, saying how she sorts her lyrics into one of three “dorky” pen-themed categories.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ review: a retread of heartbreakDuring her acceptance speech after winning NSAI’s Songwriter-Artist of the Decade Award, Swift said how she’s “never talked about this publicly before because, well, it’s dorky. But I have secretly est
  
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• Watch Eddie Vedder cover The Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’

  09-10-2022 09:44 via nme.com
  Eddie Vedder performed a cover of The Cure‘s ‘Just Like Heaven’ at a solo show this week – check it out below.
  On Friday night (October 7), the Pearl Jam frontman played a gig with his band The Earthlings at the Dolby Live at Park MGM venue in Las Vegas.
  During the gig, Vedder explained how he and his family would host COVID dance parties at home during lockdown, and that ‘Just Like Heaven’ was on the playlist.
  “I will always have great memories of those
  
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• Pink Floyd infighting delays catalogue sale

  09-10-2022 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  The $500 million sale of Pink Floyd's music catalogue has been delayed due to "months of arguing" within the band.
  
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• Anne-Marie's dream collaboration is Alanis Morissette

  09-10-2022 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Anne-Marie revealed she would love to write a song with Alanis, Kendrick Lamar or Khalid.
  
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• Fat Joe has known about Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime Show gig 'for months'

  09-10-2022 08:31 via music-news.com
  
  Rihanna is to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on 12 February.
  
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• ‘SNL’: Willow Brings Defiance, Electric Guitars in Debut Solo Set

  09-10-2022 08:22 via rollingstone.com
  Singer performed "Curious/Furious" from forthcoming album 'Copingmechanism,' out October 7
  
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• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Japanese Breakfast and The Linda Lindas join forces to cover Kim Wilde’s ‘Kids In America’

  09-10-2022 03:41 via nme.com
  To kick off the encore at their LA show on Thursday (October 6), Yeah Yeah Yeahs welcomed out The Linda Lindas and Japanese Breakfast – both of whom opened the show – to perform a cover of Kim Wilde’s 1981 hit ‘Kids In America’.READ MORE: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 10 best songsYeah Yeah Yeahs are currently touring in support of their recent fifth album, ‘Cool It Down’. The LA gig – one of two special shows announced back in May – took place
  
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• Kanye West makes Twitter comeback after Meta restricts Instagram account

  09-10-2022 03:07 via nme.com
  Kanye West has reportedly been banned from Instagram, leading him to make a comeback on Twitter after two years away.READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return?NBC News confirmed that the rapper was barred from the social photo-sharing platform, with a representative for Meta – the company that owns Instagram – saying he was restricted from posting, and had content removed by a moderator, after violating the rules and
  
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• Rivers Cuomo Talks Surprising Harvard Classmates With Weezer Reveal in ‘Conan’ Podcast

  09-10-2022 02:59 via rollingstone.com
  “I’d be riding the bus with other students that were wearing Weezer shirts that didn’t even know,” musician tells Conan O’Brien
  
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• See Eddie Vedder, Earthlings Cover the Cure’s ‘Just Like Heaven’

  09-10-2022 00:09 via rollingstone.com
  Pearl Jam frontman’s solo band performed the song during an encore in Las Vegas
  
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