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• The Music Acquisition Corp. Floats Proposal for Full Liquidation — Shareholder Meeting Set for November 30th

  07-11-2022 23:42 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Late last month, it came to light that the Music Acquisition Corporation (TMAC) was in the process of being delisted from the NYSE in the absence of a buyout. Now, higher-ups have officially floated a proposal for full liquidation. This latest development in the roughly 21-month-old entity’s operations – and in the previously popular special […]
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• Lionel Richie to receive Icon Award at American Music Awards

  07-11-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Lionel Richie will also take to the stage to look back at his biggest hits.
  
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• Taylor Swift releases limited-time download of ‘Anti Hero’ single featuring Bleachers

  07-11-2022 23:19 via nme.com
  Taylor Swift has released a limited-time download of ‘Anti Hero’ single featuring her ‘Midnights‘ co-producer, Jack Antonoff of Bleachers.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Midnights’ review: a shimmering return to pure popThe new version of the lead single from the pop star’s 10th album is available to download exclusively at her online store until 11.59pm ET today (November 7), which is 4.59am tomorrow (November 8) in the UK.
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• Drake Postpones Apollo Show to ‘Pay Respect’ to Takeoff at Funeral

  07-11-2022 23:02 via rollingstone.com
  The rapper added a second date to his two "Live From Apollo" shows with SiriusXM
  
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• Kid Cudi Confirms ‘1 More Album’ While Hinting at Retirement: ‘Not Sure What Ima Do After That’

  07-11-2022 22:46 via rollingstone.com
  The rapper recently hinted at retiring from music soon, telling Hot Ones host Sean Evans: “I just don’t know if I want to do music and drop albums for much longer"
  
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• Sech Is Renewed, Reenergized, and Ready to Start Trouble

  07-11-2022 22:09 via rollingstone.com
  The Panamanian star is back after a year-long hiatus with 'Ya Casi Vienen,' an EP full of his most fun songs yet
  
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• Artifacts rapper Tame One has died aged 52

  07-11-2022 22:06 via nme.com
  Tame One, the New Jersey rapper known for his work with Artifacts and the rap supergroup The Weathermen, has died at the age of 52.
  As reported by NJ.com, the rapper whose real name was Rahem Brown died on Sunday (November 6). Brown’s mother announced the death of her son in a Facebook post.
  “I can‘t express this any other way,” she wrote. “My son, Rahem Brown, Tamer Dizzle, is dead. The medical examiner says the six pharmaceutical drugs that Trinitas hospital presc
  
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• Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon and Slipknot to headline Download Festival 2023

  07-11-2022 22:00 via nme.com
  Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon and Slipknot have been announced as the headliners of next year’s Download Festival.READ MORE: Download Festival 2022 review – metal’s fearsome energy rages on the smaller stagesIn celebration of the rock and metal festival’s 20th year, event organisers have extended it to four days (June 8-11) with four headline slots.
  Metallica will perform two unique headline sets over the weekend with no songs repeated, on Thursday (June 8) and Saturday
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne Is Reconsidering His Family’s Move to England: ‘I Don’t Want to Go’

  07-11-2022 21:52 via rollingstone.com
  Osbourne previously said he and wife Sharon were leaving the U.S. after becoming "fed up" with the country's growing problem with gun violence
  
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• Watch Cat Power recreate Bob Dylan’s classic 1966 “Royal Albert Hall” concert

  07-11-2022 21:33 via nme.com
  Cat Power performed a show at the Royal Albert Hall where she covered Bob Dylan‘s legendary 1966 gig in its entirety – watch below.READ MORE: Cat Power: “The music I’m drawn to is about either healing or abandon – one or the other”The gig took place on Saturday night (November 5), with Chan Marshall playing Dylan’s exact set from the gig. The first half of Marshall’s show was acoustic before she was joined by an electric band for the remainder
  
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• Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are raising 'the happiest baby'

  07-11-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Rihanna has reached a new level of tiredness.
  
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• Lars Ulrich’s sons’ band Taipei Houston share energetic video for ‘Respecter’

  07-11-2022 21:17 via nme.com
  Taipei Houston have shared the video for their new song ‘Respecter’. Watch below.
  The track, which is taken from their debut project ‘Once Bit Never Bored’, is rowdy and full of energy, with hardcore riffs and heavy drums.
  In the new video the pair comprising Myles and Layne Ulrich – sons of Metallica drummer Lars – are seen playing in what looks like the back of a truck with the visuals shifting quickly and continuously between cuts.
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• Jessica Simpson Rebuffs the ‘Destructive Noise’ After Fans Speculated About Her Health in Recent Video

  07-11-2022 21:16 via rollingstone.com
  Simpson appeared to be responding to a deluge of comments on a recent Instagram post suggesting she was unwell
  
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• Twitter Blue ‘Coming Soon’ – Get Ready for $8-a-Month Blue Check Verifications

  07-11-2022 20:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Twitter will begin rolling out an $8/month subscription charge for its verification badge, among other features. The changes to the business model come after a takeover by Elon Musk of the social media platform. Details for the new ‘Twitter Blue’ subscription hit the App Store over the weekend. “Starting today, we’re adding great new features […]
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• Twitter Blue ‘Coming Soon’ – $8/Monthly Subscription Features

  07-11-2022 20:51 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Twitter will begin rolling out an $8/month subscription charge for its verification badge, among other features. The changes to the business model come after a takeover by Elon Musk of the social media platform. Details for the new ‘Twitter Blue’ subscription hit the App Store over the weekend. “Starting today, we’re adding great new features […]
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• Lolo Zouaï Didn’t Come to Play as She Announces ‘Playgirl’ World Tour

  07-11-2022 20:41 via rollingstone.com
  Zouaï headlines her first tour since opening for Dua Lipa during her Future Nostalgia era
  
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• Kesha’s Defamation War With Dr. Luke Gets New July Trial Date

  07-11-2022 20:37 via rollingstone.com
  N.Y. judge set the new mid-summer date Monday after seeing “no way” the February trial would work with pending appeals
  
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• Greenberg Traurig LLP Is Attempting to Dump Kanye West as a Client

  07-11-2022 20:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Miami law firm Greenberg Traurig is seeking to withdraw as Kanye’s legal counsel in a copyright case.  The law firm asked a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday for permission to drop Kanye West. This would be the fifth law firm to drop Kanye West, now legally known as Ye, after repeated anti-semitic remarks the rapper […]
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• Ticket-Scalping Sites Are Shirking New York’s Ticket Laws, Claims New York Lawmaker

  07-11-2022 20:22 via rollingstone.com
  “The statute doesn’t provide for leeway," New York State Senator James Skoufis says. "Either you're showing all-in prices or ... disclosing the face-value prices, or you're not"
  
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• Macklemore shares details of new album ‘BEN’ alongside 2023 UK and European tour

  07-11-2022 20:06 via nme.com
  Macklemore has shared further details about his new album ‘BEN’ alongside announcing 2023 UK and European tour dates.READ MORE: 11 songs about sobriety, from hardcore to hip-hop – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ ‘Starting Over’The US rapper is following up his last solo album, 2017’s ‘Gemini’, with ‘BEN’ on March 3, 2023 (pre-save/pre-order here). Today (November 7) the artist has revealed the album artwork, which you can view further
  
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• Rihanna Crushes Hope for New Album, But Keeps Dream of New Music Alive

  07-11-2022 20:04 via rollingstone.com
  The pop star said she knew the announcement of her Super Bowl performance would spark speculation about an Anti follow-up
  
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• Watch Phoenix’s lively new music video for ‘After Midnight’

  07-11-2022 19:55 via nme.com
  Phoenix have shared the music video for ‘After Midnight’, which appears on their new album ‘Alpha Zulu’.READ MORE: Phoenix: “We’ve had fun breaking the rules throughout our career”The video for ‘After Midnight’ takes place predominantly from the perspective of a window in the backseat of a car, as the vehicle travels through cityscapes, busy streets and past various people.
  In the end though it’s revealed that the car has been stat
  
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• Artifacts Rapper Tame One Dead at 52

  07-11-2022 19:54 via rollingstone.com
  The celebrated underground MC and graffiti artist also worked with El-P, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
  
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• The ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Album is Everything A Soundtrack Should Be

  07-11-2022 19:51 via rollingstone.com
  Rihanna is the biggest bold-face name but the entire project is musically rich and carefully curated.
  
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• New Details About TikTok Music Revealed – What We Know

  07-11-2022 19:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A new music streaming service from ByteDance called TikTok Music might be on the way. Here’s what we know. After the discovery of ‘TikTok Music’ trademarks and several TikTok Music Twitter accounts earlier this year, it’s hardly a secret that ByteDance is working on a new DSP. A new report from TechCrunch reveals that are […]
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• New Details About TikTok Music Revealed – Here’s What We Know

  07-11-2022 19:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A new music streaming service from ByteDance called TikTok Music might be on the way. Here’s what we know. After the discovery of ‘TikTok Music’ trademarks and several TikTok Music Twitter accounts earlier this year, it’s hardly a secret that ByteDance is working on a new DSP. A new report from TechCrunch reveals that are […]
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• Rosalía, Carlos Vives, Silvana Estrada Added to Latin Grammy Performers Lineup

  07-11-2022 19:20 via rollingstone.com
  Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Nicky Jam, Marc Anthony, Angela Aguilar, Carin León, Banda los Recoditos, and Sin Bandera will also take the stage
  
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• Father of Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter is releasing a compilation of his own music

  07-11-2022 19:15 via nme.com
  Daniel Vangarde (born Daniel Bangalter) has announced a double compilation album of his music made between 1971 and 1984.READ MORE: The enduring influence of Daft Punk: “They gave off this attitude of not giving a fuck”Vangarde, who is the father of Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter, was a prolific songwriter and producer throughout the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. ‘The Vaults Of Zagora Records Mastermind (1971-1984)’ marks the first time the musician has
  
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• Slowthai confirms third album is complete

  07-11-2022 19:13 via nme.com
  Slowthai has confirmed via his social media that his third album is complete.READ MORE: Slowthai – “I want a day where everyone can be free of their stresses”The rapper, whose real name is Tyron Frampton, posted a photo on Twitter and Instagram that shows him pulling a face next to a mirror and a profile constructed out of hair. The accompanying caption reads: “album 3 done . ugly”.
  Slowthai released his second studio album ‘Tyron’ in Febr
  
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• Drake & 21 Savage eye first collaborative Number 1 album with 'Her Loss'

  07-11-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Drake and 21 Savage are on course to claim their first Official Number 1 album as a duo this week with Her Loss.
  
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• Spencer Sutherland Plots ‘In His Mania’ Tour Across the U.S.

  07-11-2022 18:50 via rollingstone.com
  Victoria Justice, Max, and Big Time Rush were among the stars to encourage him to hit the road in a TikTok video last week
  
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• 2022 CMA Awards: How to Watch, Who’s Nominated, Who’s Performing

  07-11-2022 18:39 via rollingstone.com
  Peyton Manning joins Luke Bryan as co-host and Morgan Wallen returns from exile to perform on the show's 56th edition
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne, Motorhead, Megadeth and more to play virtual Ozzfest 2022

  07-11-2022 18:35 via nme.com
  Ozzy Osbourne, Motorhead, Megadeth and many more acts have been announced for Ozzfest 2022, which is taking place for the first time as a metaverse music festival.READ MORE: The Big Read – Ozzy Osbourne: “This album saved my life”The hard rock music festival founded by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne has today (October 7) announced its full artist line-up, which also includes Black Label Society, Skid Row, The Raven Age and Britoff.
  Ozzfest is the first major IRL festival in music his
  
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• See Metallica Revisit Early Eighties Thrash Classics at Jon and Marsha Zazula Tribute Show

  07-11-2022 18:31 via rollingstone.com
  Group played songs only from its first two albums at Florida gig to raise money for charity
  
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• Rihanna on playing Super Bowl halftime show: “I have to live up to that challenge”

  07-11-2022 18:17 via nme.com
  Rihanna has spoken about the “challenge” of performing at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show, describing the honour as “an entertainer’s dream”.READ MORE: Rihanna’s Super Bowl show will be an exhilarating reminder of her all-round brillianceSpeaking to ET on the red carpet of her Savage X Fenty Show she said: “I can’t believe I even said yes. It was one of those things that even when I announced it, I was like, ‘OK, I can’
  
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• Britney Spears says she has permanent nerve damage: “It stings and it’s scary”

  07-11-2022 17:41 via nme.com
  Britney Spears has revealed that she has permanent nerve damage on the right side of her body.READ MORE: The story of Britney Spears’ …’Baby One More Time’Posting about the incurable condition on Instagram alongside a video of her dancing to Foster The People’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’, she wrote: “I’m dancing in time now Victoria … yes … nerve damage on the right side of my body … there’s no cure except God I guess &hell
  
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• Harry Styles Postpones LA Concerts Due to Illness: ‘I’m So Sorry to Do It’

  07-11-2022 17:31 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Harry Styles has officially postponed three Los Angeles concerts after coming down with the flu. The 28-year-old informed fans of the postponed stops – originally scheduled for November 5th, 6th, and 7th – on Instagram. Having kicked off the long-running Love On Tour back in September of 2021, Harry Styles is scheduled to complete five […]
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• Dua Lipa on breaking into acting: “For me it’s baby steps”

  07-11-2022 17:28 via nme.com
  Dua Lipa has spoken about her first foray into acting.READ MORE: Dua Lipa – “If somebody told me not to discuss issues I’m passionate about? I wouldn’t listen”The pop star plays an undisclosed role in Apple TV+‘s forthcoming spy thriller Argylle, which is slated for release next year, opposite Henry Cavill.
  Lipa has addressed her acting debut on a recent episode of her podcast Dua Lipa: At Your Service on iHeartMedia.
  Speaking to Schitt’s Creek crea
  
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• The Best Podcasts for Musicians (2022)

  07-11-2022 17:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  As of June 2022, there are over 2.4 million podcasts and nearly 400 million podcast listeners in the world. So for a podcast to rise to the top of its niche, it has to be very good. With that in mind, below are five of the best podcasts for musicians. The Digital Music News Podcast […]
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• Peter Hook & The Light announce new ‘Joy Division: A Celebration’ dates for 2023

  07-11-2022 17:01 via nme.com
  Peter Hook & The Light have announced additional dates for ‘Joy Division: A Celebration’ in April 2023 – find the full list of dates and purchase tickets below.READ MORE: Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’: How they made the unimpeachable proto-goth masterpieceFollowing ‘Joy Division: A Celebration’ shows across the UK, Europe and North America throughout 2022, the band have now announced nine more UK dates, starting in Edinburgh on April 13 an
  
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• Britney Spears Reveals She Sustained Irreversible Nerve Damage to Her Body: ‘When I Dance I Don’t Feel the Pain’

  07-11-2022 16:59 via rollingstone.com
  The singer explained that the damage was caused by a lack of oxygen to her brain that she sustained during her 2019 hospitalization
  
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• Watch Metallica play concert honouring couple who gave them first record deal

  07-11-2022 16:41 via nme.com
  Metallica have played a tribute concert for Jon “Jonny Z” Zazula and Marsha Zazul, the founders of Megaforce Records, which released the metal legends’ first two albums.READ MORE: Mad Cool Festival 2022 Day One – Metallica, Twenty One Pilots, Chvrches and Yungblud kick things offHusband and wife duo Jonny and Marsha died just over a year apart, in February 2022 and January 2021, respectively. Megaforce’s roster has included Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, Raven and mo
  
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• Rexx Life Raj Sees Life and Death in Music through his Life in 10 Songs

  07-11-2022 16:38 via rollingstone.com
  When Rexx Life Raj calls The Blue Hour his most personal record, he ain’t kidding. If the lyrics and somber melodies don’t give it away, the rapper wrote his latest album while doing everything he could to spend time with his parents and make them comfortable in their final months as their health declined in […]
  
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• Noel Gallagher and Craig David to play London’s South Facing Festival 2023

  07-11-2022 16:04 via nme.com
  Noel Gallagher and Craig David are the first two headliners for 2023’s South Facing Festival in London.READ MORE: 5 things you didn’t know about South Facing festivalThe festival is held at the capital’s Crystal Palace Bowl, and debuted in 2021 with a line-up including Supergrass, The Streets, Sleaford Mods and Max Richter.
  2022’s program then saw London Grammar, Jungle, Richard Ashcroft and more head south of the river.
  The first gig of the 2023 series to be announced wi
  
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• Snoop Dogg responds to claim he smokes equivalent of 75-100 blunts a day

  07-11-2022 16:02 via nme.com
  Snoop Dogg has addressed the claim that he smokes around 75-100 blunts a day.
  Last month, the rapper’s personal blunt roller said in an interview that she’s rolled “over 450,000 joints” for Snoop since she’s been in the job.
  “I do about half a pound a day, which is 75 to 150 joints,” Renegade Piranha told The Kyle And Jackie O Show, adding that Snoop smokes roughly that amount per day.
  The rapper has now taken to Instagram in response to the claims. Post
  
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• Nick Carter Breaks Down While Paying Tribute to Brother Aaron Carter During Backstreet Boys Concert

  07-11-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  Aaron Carter, brother to Nick Carter, died Sunday at the age of 34
  
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• Fans complain after Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson was “slurring” and “forgetting lyrics” at London show

  07-11-2022 13:43 via nme.com
  Fans have shared their disappointment and concern at Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson “slurring”, “stumbling” and “forgetting lyrics” at the band’s London show this weekend.READ MORE: Kaiser Chiefs share new single ‘How 2 Dance’ and talk new album: “No-one’s stopping us”Kaiser Chiefs performed at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night (November 5), with a number of fans taking to social media during and after the show
  
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• The Walkmen tease new announcement with live video of ‘The Rat’

  07-11-2022 13:11 via nme.com
  The Walkmen appear to be teasing an upcoming announcement – watch the new video below.
  The indie band formed in 2000 and have seven studio albums, most recently 2013’s ‘Heaven’. The following year, they announced an “extreme hiatus” at a final gig in New Orleans.
  During that show, frontman Hamilton Leithauser said the band would never reunite. “This is the end,” he told the crowd. “This is the last thing we’ll ever do. But this is great
  
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• Primal Scream and Happy Mondays are headed to Margate next summer

  07-11-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Margate will be alive with the sound of music next summer.
  
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• Low's Mimi Parker loses battle with ovarian cancer aged 55

  07-11-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Mimi Parker performed alongside her husband for three decades in Low.
  
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