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• Kanye West sparks backlash after making horrifying comments about Adolf Hitler

  01-12-2022 23:36 via music-news.com
  
  The rapper made an appearance on far-right commentator Alex Jones's Infowars talk show on Thursday.
  
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• Johnny Marr says he has written a new song for Blondie

  01-12-2022 23:11 via nme.com
  Johnny Marr says he has written a new song with Blondie.READ MORE: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – ‘This Is The Place’ review: The Smiths meets ‘cosmic pop’The former Smiths man, who most recently teamed up with Noel Gallagher on his new single ‘Pretty Boy’, previously penned ‘My Monster’ on the veteran rockers’ 2017 album ‘Pollinator’.
  Speaking on the Amazon Music podcast The Line-Up With Shaun Keaveny, Marr said
  
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• CNN Faces $17 Million+ Lawsuit From Freeplay Music Over ‘Blatant and Willful Copyright Infringement’

  01-12-2022 23:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  CNN is officially facing a multimillion-dollar copyright infringement suit for allegedly using approximately 115 works owned by Freeplay Music (FPM) in close to 280 segments without permission. 21-year-old production music library Freeplay Music just recently submitted the firmly worded action to a California federal court, naming as defendants CNN itself as well as CNN Chile […]
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• A Year After Astroworld, Houston Officials Issue New Permitting Procedures for Large Events

  01-12-2022 23:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  One year after Astroworld, Houston officials issued new permitting procedures for large-scale events. The City of Houston is fine-tuning its plans to deal with large-scale events following the Astroworld tragedy last year in which ten people lost their lives. On Wednesday, the city finalized the new ordinance with signatures from Susan Christian, Director of the […]
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• SKIMS Inks Holiday Branding Campaign with Snoop Dogg’s Entire Family

  01-12-2022 22:55 via digitalmusicnews.com
  SKIMS inks a holiday branding campaign with Snoop Dogg featuring three generations of his family. Loungewear and underwear brand SKIMS has announced the launch of its 2022 holiday campaign, featuring the legendary rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg and his wife, children, and grandchildren. Three generations of Snoop’s family show off SKIMS’ Fleece Sleep Sets and […]
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• TikTok CEO Tap-Dances Around Growing US Security Concerns

  01-12-2022 22:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  TikTok CEO Shou Chew is dancing around the growing security concerns about U.S. data ending up in the hands of the Chinese government. Several U.S. federal entities including the FCC and FBI Director Christopher Wray have expressed concerns about the app. Now TikTok CEO Shou Chew says the company is taking serious steps to keep […]
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• ¡Amante Bandido! Spanish Icon Miguel Bosé’s Life Captured in New Series

  01-12-2022 22:27 via rollingstone.com
  Paramount+'s six-episode series, Bosé, premieres Thursday
  
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• Moby sends “last Tweet” in protest of Elon Musk

  01-12-2022 22:09 via nme.com
  Moby has quit Twitter in protest of Elon Musk.
  The musician sent his last tweet on Tuesday (November 29) before he exited the social media platform.
  He wrote: “This will be my last tweet. Last night @elonmusk posted an alt-right anti-Semitic meme, a fake @cnn story, and an image of guns on his bedside table. @Twitterhas become a cesspool of racism, anti-semitism, disinformation, and dimwitted alt-right hate, and it’s time to leave.”
  His exit came on the same day actor Jim Carre
  
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• Billie Eilish wants to be on HBO’s ‘Euphoria’

  01-12-2022 22:07 via nme.com
  Billie Eilish has commented on rumours that she will be joining the cast of HBO‘s Euphoria for its third season, saying that she’d “like to be” a part of the show.READ MORE: ‘Euphoria’ season 3: everything we know so far Eilish was asked about the rumours in a video interview with Vanity Fair, her sixth interview in as many years with the magazine which has traditionally been filmed on October 18. She confirmed that she was aware of them, b
  
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• Jack Harlow announces 2023 Las Vegas residency

  01-12-2022 21:49 via nme.com
  Jack Harlow has announced a Las Vegas residency for spring 2023.READ MORE: Jack Harlow – ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’ review: charm and filler The rapper will be taking over Resorts World’s Zouk Nightclub for his ‘First Class’ residency on March 18 and May 27, 2023 after performing there earlier this year.
  “I had a great time performing at Zouk in 2022,” Harlow said in a press release. “The energy was electric and I’m looking
  
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• Morgan Wallen Will Take 2023 ‘One Night at a Time’ on a Massive World Tour

  01-12-2022 21:35 via rollingstone.com
  Wallen also plans to drop three new singles — "One Thing At A Time," "Tennessee Fan," and "Days That End In Why" — on Friday
  
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• Ashanti Resurfaces Claim Music Producer Offered Predatory Ultimatum: Shower With Him, or Hand Over $80,000 

  01-12-2022 21:33 via rollingstone.com
  "I thought he was joking, and then he was like, ‘Nah, I’m dead serious,'" the singer recalled about an exchange sparked over two songs she created with the unnamed producer
  
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• Dua Lipa unhappy with speculation over World Cup performance

  01-12-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Dua Lipa didn't like being linked to a country known for its human rights violations.
  
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• Rolling Stone India & Jio Team Up to ‘Disrupt’ Short-Form Social Media in India

  01-12-2022 21:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Rolling Stone India, Creativeland Asia, and Jio Platforms are teaming up to launch a short-form video app for entertainers called Platform. The app aims to disrupt the short-form social media landscape in India for entertainers, with an ecosystem built for organic growth and steady monetization. Platform is designed to be the social home for singers, […]
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• Kanye West praises Hitler during interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

  01-12-2022 21:07 via nme.com
  Kanye West has praised Hitler in a new interview with alt-right figure and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return?It comes after the rapper recently faced significant backlash after making a series of antisemitic remarks, wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt, and expressing false claims about the death of George Floyd.
  During an appearance on Infowars earlier today (
  
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• Self Esteem, Years & Years and Bloc Party to headline Standon Calling 2023

  01-12-2022 20:36 via nme.com
  Self Esteem, Years & Years, Bloc Party and The Human League will all be headlining next year’s edition of Standon Calling.READ MORE: Bloc Party: “We’re not the same band now. The chemistry is different”The Hertfordshire festival will be returning for its 17th year from July 20-23 and today (December 1) announced the first batch of artists who are set to take to the stage. Anastacia, Confidence Man, Dylan, Squid, Katy B, KT Tunstall and Melanie C will also be coming do
  
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• CNN Accused of Using Hundreds of Songs Without Permission in New Lawsuit

  01-12-2022 19:56 via rollingstone.com
  Freeplay Music, an online production music library, is seeking $17 million from the cable news giant
  
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• Chesney Hawkes says he’s England’s “one and only” World Cup mascot

  01-12-2022 19:34 via nme.com
  Chesney Hawkes has said the England team want to adopt him as their World Cup mascot following their 3-0 win over Wales in the tournament.
  Gareth Southgate’s side were drawing 0-0 with Wales at half-time before Hawkes came on to perform his 1991 hit ‘I Am The One And Only’ to both sets of fans during the interval at the Janoub Stadium.
  In the second half England went on to win 3-0 thanks to goals from Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden.
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• Carrie Underwood Schedules Las Vegas ‘Reflection’ Residency Return for Summer 2023

  01-12-2022 19:30 via rollingstone.com
  By the time the Denim & Rhinestones tour wraps in March 2023, Underwood will be swapping out her jeans and gems to pick back up where she left off in Las Vegas
  
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• Africa’s Boomplay Inks Partnership Deal With Telecom Giant MTN Ghana — ‘An Exciting Prospect for the Future of Our Music Industry’

  01-12-2022 19:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  African streaming platform Boomplay has officially inked a partnership deal with Accra-headquartered telecom company MTN Ghana, which is now set to bundle premium streaming with data plans. The high-profile tie-up between Boomplay and MTN Ghana (reportedly the third-largest business unit of Johannesburg-based MTN) just recently came to light in a release published via Ghanaian outlets […]
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• Listen to The xx’s Oliver Sim, Romy and more cover The Verve’s ‘Bittersweet Symphony’

  01-12-2022 19:11 via nme.com
  The xx‘s Oliver Sim and Romy have covered The Verve‘s ‘Bittersweet Symphony’, mixed with the latter’s recent Fred Again.. collaboration ‘Strong’ with various special guests.READ MORE: Oliver Sim: “If I’m not one-third of The xx, who the fuck am I?”
  The cover was recorded at BBC’s iconic Maida Vale studios as part of a live session that was broadcast on Radio 1’s Future Sounds last night (November 30). Sim was backed up
  
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• Most of the Top-Streamed Songs of 2022 Weren’t Even Released This Year

  01-12-2022 18:45 via rollingstone.com
  2022 was a big year for 2021 (and a particular song from 2020)
  
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• BBC Radio 2 to play ‘Fairytale Of New York’ without offensive lyric for first time

  01-12-2022 18:22 via nme.com
  BBC Radio 2 is to play The Pogues‘ ‘Fairytale Of New York’ without the song’s slur for the first time.READ MORE: 25 things you didn’t know about ‘Fairytale Of New York’The 1987 track, which is performed by Kirsty MacColl and The Pogues frontman Shane McGowan, is considered offensive because it has a homophobic slur in its lyrics.
  During the Christmas period the song often makes headlines due to its lyrics that contain the word “f****t”.
  
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• Former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall criticises music industry’s “self-censorship”

  01-12-2022 18:18 via nme.com
  Former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall has criticised the music industry and said there’s “a lot of self-censorship going on”.
  Marshall helped form the folk rock band in 2007 but faced an online backlash in March 2021 after tweeting praise for a book by the controversial US journalist Andy Ngo, titled Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan To Destroy Democracy.
  In a since-deleted tweet, Marshall said that the book was “important” and hailed Ngo
  
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• Red Hot Celebrates ‘Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti’ Tribute Album 20th Anniversary With Debut Streaming Release

  01-12-2022 18:14 via rollingstone.com
  The deluxe reissue features two hours of previously unreleased alternate versions and additional covers from D’Angelo, Questlove, Kuti’s son Femi Kuti, Sade, Nile Rodgers, Kelis, and more
  
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• Elton John for Glastonbury? Fans speculate after he teases “one final date”

  01-12-2022 17:52 via nme.com
  Elton John has added fuel to rumours that he will headline Glastonbury Festival 2023 after saying that he has “one final date to announce”.READ MORE: Elton John – “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past”The pop legend is currently on his final ever ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road‘ tour, which he has vowed will be his last ever live shows before he retires from performing. He’s due to complete the run of UK dates n
  
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• Sheryl Lee Ralph Wanted One Christmas Song. She Made An Album

  01-12-2022 17:51 via rollingstone.com
  Ralph spoke with Rolling Stone about her famed career in showbiz and shared an exclusive track off her upcoming holiday LP
  
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• Listen to a snippet of new Paramore song ‘The News’

  01-12-2022 17:12 via nme.com
  Paramore have posted a snippet of what appears to be their next single.READ MORE: Paramore’s ‘This Is Why’ is a snarling, defiant middle finger to the haters‘The News’, which is the second song on the tracklist of their forthcoming album ‘This Is Why‘ according to Genius, looks set to arrive next Thursday (December 8), according to a TikTok video posted by the band that’s soundtracked by it.
  In the clip, which was shared yesterday (Novemb
  
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• Haim “at a loss for words” after Stevie Nicks dedicates ‘Hallelujah’ to Christine McVie

  01-12-2022 17:07 via nme.com
  Haim have said they are “at a loss for words” after Fleetwood Mac‘s Stevie Nicks dedicated their song ‘Hallelujah‘ to Christine McVie who died yesterday (November 30).READ MORE: Christine McVie, 1943-2022: an eternal songbirdThe track featured on Haim’s 2020 album ‘Women In Music Pt. III‘, which Alana Haim wrote in memory of her best friend who passed away at the age of 21.
  In tribute to her bandmate’s passing, Nicks said yesterday: &ldq
  
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• Watch Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson Put the Country Spark Back Into ‘9 to 5’ During Live Duet

  01-12-2022 16:39 via rollingstone.com
  The pair delivered a high-energy performance of the duet originally recorded for Parton's documentary Still Working 9 to 5
  
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• Most-streamed UK Christmas Number Ones of all time revealed including songs by Ed Sheeran and Queen

  01-12-2022 16:34 via nme.com
  Ed Sheeran, Queen and Clean Bandit are among the acts with songs that make up the UK’s most-streamed Christmas Number Ones of all time.READ MORE: From the archives – the worst Christmas Number Ones of all timeThe Official Charts Company has compiled a Top 40 list for BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds that shows the most-streamed top festive hits since the company began its records in 1952.
  Sheeran’s 2017 song ‘Perfect‘ from his ‘÷‘ album is the UK’
  
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• Crisis of Faith: New Johnny Cash Movie Doesn’t Know If It’s a Documentary or a Sermon

  01-12-2022 16:33 via rollingstone.com
  Based on a book by a megachurch pastor, Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon distills the singer's complex life into a moralizing lesson in Christian salvation
  
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• ‘She Sings to Me Every Night’: Christine McVie on Her Friendship with Stevie Nicks – A Lost Interview

  01-12-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  In a never-before-published 2014 interview, the late Christine McVie talked about her decades-long collaboration with her Fleetwood Mac bandmate Stevie Nicks
  
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• ‘She Sings to Me Every Night’: Christine McVie on Her Friendship with Stevie Nicks

  01-12-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  In a never-before-published 2014 interview, the late Christine McVie talked about her decades-long collaboration with her Fleetwood Mac bandmate Stevie Nicks
  
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• Ken Jeong Whips Up Operatic ‘Jennifer Hudson Show’ Commercial Break Theme Song on the Spot

  01-12-2022 15:49 via rollingstone.com
  The Masked Singer judge stopped by the daytime talk show to talk stand-up comedy and his dream to have Jennifer Hudson on the musical series
  
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• Billie Eilish and Florence + The Machine lead Sziget Festival 2023 line-up

  01-12-2022 15:15 via nme.com
  Sziget Festival has announced the first wave of acts for its 2023 edition, with Billie Eilish, Florence + The Machine among the headliners.READ MORE: Sziget Festival 2022: a magical return for Budapest’s annual summer blowoutThe six-day event is due to take place at Óbuda Island in Budapest, Hungary between August 10-15. Tickets and accommodation options are available to purchase now from here.
  Joining Eilish and F+TM at the top of the bill are David Guetta and Imagine Dragons. Othe
  
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• The 100 Best Albums of 2022

  01-12-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  Beyoncé's dance-music ecstasy, Bad Bunny's latest world-conquering smash, Taylor Swift's late nights, Harry Styles' song cycle, and Pusha T's master class in metaphor were only some of the albums that rules our world this year
  
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• Guns N’ Roses to headline BST Hyde Park 2023 for concert series’ 10th anniversary

  01-12-2022 14:27 via nme.com
  Guns N’ Roses are to headline British Summer Time (BST) Hyde Park for first time next year.READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses – Rank The AlbumsThe US rock legends will top the bill on Friday, June 30, 2023. Fans will get the chance to see the line-up of Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Dizzy Reed, Richard Fortus, Frank Ferrer and Melissa Reese at the 10th anniversary of the concert series.
  Tickets go on general sale next Wednesday (December 7) at 10am GMT here. American Express cardholders
  
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• 2ManyDJs: “David Bowie used to post on our web forum”

  01-12-2022 14:21 via nme.com
  https://www.nme.com/artists/muse2ManyDJs have spoken to NME about the legacy of their ‘As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt.2′ mix, as well as the indie dance scene of 2002 and counting David Bowie as a fan.
  Brothers David and Stephen Dewaele, who are also members of Soulwax and run the DEEWEE record label, rereleased the classic 2002 mash-up album last week. A highly influential mix of the time, it combined the worlds of pop, rock, rap, indie and dance – bringing together the likes of
  
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• Farewell, Christine McVie, the Songbird Who Knew the Score

  01-12-2022 14:09 via rollingstone.com
  She was an oasis of sanity in Fleetwood Mac's dysfunctional family, a universally beloved piano woman who wrote so many classics that you can spend years catching up with her greatness
  
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• Neighbours who made made complaint against Manchester’s Night & Day speak out in court

  01-12-2022 13:45 via nme.com
  The partner of the man whose noise complaint against Manchester’s Night & Day venue is posing a threat to its closure has told a court that he’s become a “recluse”.READ MORE: Post-lockdown noise complaint threatens Manchester’s Night & Day venue – but they’re not aloneClaiming that he’s also lost 30kg due to stress, the partner added that press attention on them had left them feeling “uncomfortable” and comments about the pair o
  
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• Guns N' Roses will headline BST Hyde Park in June 2023

  01-12-2022 13:14 via music-news.com
  
  Guns N' Roses are headlining American Express presents BST Hyde Park for the first time in the summer.
  
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• YouTube’s most viewed music videos of 2022 revealed

  01-12-2022 13:05 via nme.com
  YouTube has revealed the UK’s top music videos of the year, with Dave and Bad Boy Chiller Crew leading the way.READ MORE: Dave live at Reading Festival 2022 review: a statement-making set from the youngest ever solo headlinerThe visuals for Dave’s 2022 single ‘Starlight’ came in at Number One on the Top 10 list, having racked up more than 37.7millon views globally on the platform.
  Bad Boy Chiller Crew’s ‘BMW (French The Kid, MIST, Bugzy Malone Remix)’ oc
  
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• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds announce special outdoor headline show

  01-12-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will play a special outdoor headline show for 'Heritage Live' in Essex next summer with The Zutons and former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan supporting.
  
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• Motorhead will give fans an ouija board with Seriously Bad Magic reissue

  01-12-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Motorhead are giving fans an ouija board to help them contact late frontman Lemmy Kilmister as part of the 'Seriously Bad Magic' box set.
  
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• Bill Clinton pays tribute to Christine McVie for lending Fleetwood Mac campaign song

  01-12-2022 12:58 via nme.com
  Bill Clinton has expressed his gratitude to the late Christine McVie for lending Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Don’t Stop’ to his 1992 presidential campaign.READ MORE: Christine McVie, 1943-2022: an eternal songbirdMcVie, who wrote and sang on the 1977 ‘Rumours’ single, died yesterday (November 30) aged 79. In a statement her family said that she “passed away peacefully at hospital” following a short illness.
  Many musicians have since paid tribute to McVie on s
  
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• Alana Haim 'speechless' after Stevie Nicks shares her song lyrics in Christine McVie tribute

  01-12-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Alana Haim wrote Hallelujah to process the death of her best friend in 2012.
  
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• Country star Jake Flint dies aged 37 just hours after getting married

  01-12-2022 12:08 via nme.com
  Country music singer-songwriter Jake Flint died unexpectedly at the age of 37 – hours after he got married on Saturday (November 26).
  The Oklahoma-based musician died in his sleep on Sunday (November 27) after marrying Brenda hours before. No official cause of death has yet been determined.
  Brenda Flint wrote on Facebook: “We should be going through wedding photos but instead, I have to pick out clothes to bury my husband in. People aren’t meant to feel this much pain.
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• Ninajirachi says game soundtracks “massively” influenced her music

  01-12-2022 11:32 via nme.com
  Speaking to NME, Ninajirachi shared that her music has been “massively influenced” by gaming soundtracks, and pointed to similarities between the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon soundtrack and her own music.READ MORE: Ninajirachi: “Magic is around all of us all the time, if we’re open to it”As the cover star of November’s NME Australia magazine, the electronic DJ sat down to discuss her career, influences, and her music.
  In the interview, Ninajirachi touched on
  
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• MOBO Awards 2022: Little Simz, Knucks, Central Cee, PinkPantheress and Jamal Edwards among winners

  01-12-2022 11:20 via nme.com
  The winners of the MOBO Awards 2022 have been revealed – check out the full list below.READ MORE: MOBO founder Kanya King on the awards’ new genres – “This felt like the right year to do it”Little Simz and Knucks were joint winners for Album Of The Year for ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert‘ and ‘Alpha Pace’, respectively, while Dreya Mac, FelixThe1st and Finch Fetti took home the Song Of The Year award for ‘Own Brand (Baddie)’.
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