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• Angelo Badalamenti, ‘Twin Peaks’ Composer Who Helped Popularize Dream Pop, Dead at 85

  12-12-2022 23:45 via rollingstone.com
  Musician's work with filmmaker David Lynch transcended genre and earned him a Grammy
  
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• Record label bosses insist R. Kelly's new album isn't an 'official' release

  12-12-2022 23:11 via music-news.com
  
  The 13-track, 56-minute album is named after a 19-minute song R. Kelly released in 2018.
  
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• Composer Angelo Badalamenti, who scored ‘Twin Peaks’, ‘Blue Velvet’ and more, dead at 85

  12-12-2022 22:54 via nme.com
  Angelo Badalamenti, whose compositions considerably shaped the mood of David Lynch films and series including Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, has died at the age of 85.
  Badalamenti’s death was confirmed on social media by a relative of the famed composer, who said that their “great uncle Angelo Badalamenti has crossed the barrier onto another plane of existence”.
  “A true musical and artistic inspiration for me and countless others. Stayed true
  
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• Iggy Pop releases new song ‘Strung Out Johnny’

  12-12-2022 22:13 via nme.com
  Iggy Pop has shared a new song, ‘Strung Out Johnny’.
  The song is the second single to be taken from his upcoming 19th solo album ‘Every Loser’, following last month’s ‘Frenzy’. It paints an unflinching picture of life with addiction, detailing how seemingly innocent experiments turn into something more dangerous – “First time you do it with a friend, second time you do it in a bed, third time you can’t get enough and a life gets all fuc
  
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• Tyler Childers Duets With Warren Haynes, Brothers Osborne Tear the Roof Off ‘Christmas Jam’

  12-12-2022 22:05 via rollingstone.com
  After a four-year hiatus, the former Allmans guitarist and leader of Gov't Mule resumed his annual concert in Asheville, North Carolina, with one the Jam's strongest lineups yet
  
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• Ticketmaster Apologizes to Bad Bunny Fans for Ticketing Fiasco, Faces Fines

  12-12-2022 22:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Ticketmaster has apologized to Bad Bunny fans who were turned away from the concert in Mexico City. According to Ticketmaster, an ‘unprecedented‘ number of fake tickets were scanned at the event. That caused their systems to become overwhelmed, which led to hundreds of actual ticket holders being told their tickets were counterfeit. Angry fans who […]
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• Jennifer Coolidge says career was “flatlining” before Ariana Grande video

  12-12-2022 21:53 via nme.com
  Jennifer Coolidge has said she thought her career was “flatlining” before starring in Ariana Grande‘s music video for ‘Thank U, Next’.
  The White Lotus actor was interviewed by Grande for Entertainment Weekly‘s series of the publication’s 2022 Entertainers Of The Year.
  Coolidge told Grande that she believed her recent career successes, including the role of Tanya in both seasons of HBO series The White Lotus, began by starring in Grande’s
  
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• Caroline Polachek Welcomes Fans to Her Island in New Video and 2023 Tour

  12-12-2022 21:40 via rollingstone.com
  Singer announced tour dates and released the video for "Welcome to My Island"
  
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• Taylor Swift Finally Shakes Off ‘Shake It Off’ Infringement Suit

  12-12-2022 21:36 via rollingstone.com
  The copyright claim — which accused the pop star of biting lines about "players" and "haters" from 3LW's "Playas Gon' Play" — was set to head to trial next year
  
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• Orbital announce 2023 UK and Ireland tour, share single ‘Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song)’

  12-12-2022 21:34 via nme.com
  Orbital have announced a UK and Ireland tour for 2023.
  The tour is in support of their upcoming album ‘Optical Delusion’ and will see the pioneering electronic duo play 13 dates in the UK and Ireland next spring.
  It will kick off in Belfast on March 15 before making three stops in the Republic of Ireland. Following this, they will be playing in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Bristol, London, Leeds, Cambridge and Nottingham before wrapping things up in Brighton on April 8.
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• Peloton, Clubhouse Become Latest to Ban Kanye West Over Anti-Semitic Remarks

  12-12-2022 21:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Peloton and Clubhouse become the latest platforms to take action against Kanye West for anti-semitic remarks. Here’s the latest.  Kanye West was suspended from Clubhouse following remarks made during a private event on Saturday. Ye and Wack100 were hosting a Q&A session on the platform, with a $20 entry fee. The session went for about […]
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• Copyright lawsuit over Taylor Swift's Shake It Off dismissed

  12-12-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  A trial had been set to begin in January.
  
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• Sabrina Carpenter Teases ‘New Songs’ as She Announces 2023 Tour

  12-12-2022 20:12 via rollingstone.com
  "I can’t wait to see your faces," Carpenter wrote
  
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• Public Pressure Announces $6 Million Raise, Doubles Down On Goal of ‘Creating a More Equitable Music Industry’

  12-12-2022 20:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Days after disclosing that its initial non-fungible token (NFT) project had generated $2 million, “Web3 music specialist” Public Pressure has formally announced a $6 million funding round. London-headquartered Public Pressure, which arrived on the scene in its current form four months back, revealed the multimillion-dollar raise this morning. Before debuting in the Web3 arena in […]
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• Backstreet Boys’ Christmas TV special axed following Nick Carter rape allegations

  12-12-2022 19:01 via nme.com
  A Christmas TV special with Backstreet Boys has been pulled after sexual assault allegations were levelled against bandmember Nick Carter.
  A Very Backstreet Holiday, which was due to air on ABC in the US on Wednesday (December 14), is now no longer being shown, as Variety reports.
  The programme would have followed the release of the pop band’s first holiday themed album called ‘A Very Backstreet Christmas’, which arrived in October.
  Along with Carter, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardso
  
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• Sam Ryder takes flight towards debut Number 1 album with 'There’s Nothing But Space, Man!'

  12-12-2022 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Ryder’s debut album There’s Nothing But Space, Man! is heading towards Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, the Official Charts Company can confirm.
  
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• Joshua Bassett Announces 2023 ‘Complicated’ Tour

  12-12-2022 18:54 via rollingstone.com
  New tour follows the release of Bassett's Sad Songs in a Hotel Room EP and four one-off singles
  
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• DaBaby Hit With Copyright Lawsuit Over ‘Rockstar’

  12-12-2022 18:50 via rollingstone.com
  Craig Mims, also known as JuJu Beatz, claims rapper used his composition “Selena” to create hit song
  
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• Rage Against the Machine’s Tim Commerford Battling Prostate Cancer: ‘I’ve Never Felt Pain Like That’

  12-12-2022 18:42 via rollingstone.com
  Bassist had his prostate removed two months before Rage's reunion tour this summer
  
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• Morrissey announces recording of new album ‘Without Music The World Dies’

  12-12-2022 18:40 via nme.com
  Morrissey has announced the recording of a new album called ‘Without Music The World Dies’.READ MORE: Morrissey – ‘I Am Not A Dog On A Chain’ review: his best album in years (if you can tune out his opinions)The soloist and former The Smiths singer confirmed plans to record his 15th album between January and February next year.
  ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’, meanwhile, is expected to release in spring 2023. It was originally scheduled for release in Februa
  
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• Rage Against The Machine’s Tim Commerford reveals he has prostate cancer

  12-12-2022 18:07 via nme.com
  Rage Against The Machine‘s Tim Commerford has revealed that he has prostate cancer.READ MORE: Tom Morello: “I’ve wanted to use music as a battering ram for social justice” The bassist told SPIN that he had his prostate removed just before Rage Against The Machine were about to go on tour, and also went into more detail about how he got diagnosed.
  “I went to get life insurance but my PSA numbers were up. I couldn’t get it,” he said. “They
  
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• Kanye West suspended from Clubhouse over anti-Semitism

  12-12-2022 18:00 via nme.com
  Kanye West has been suspended from the social media site Clubhouse after making anti-Semitic comments during a chat with music manager Wack100 on the platform.READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return?The rapper, now called Ye, suggested on Saturday (December 10) that Jewish people “are used by the Chinese” to control Black people, describing them as “just middlemen”.
  Ye’s conversation with Wack100,
  
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• Taylor Swift Got Ticketmaster to Release a Few More ‘Eras Tour’ Tickets

  12-12-2022 17:50 via rollingstone.com
  Some lucky fans are getting the opportunity to request two tickets to next year's shows
  
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• Gucci Mane’s new album is 80 tracks long – and lasts almost four hours

  12-12-2022 17:13 via nme.com
  Gucci Mane has dropped the last instalment of his ‘Icy Boyz’ projects, ‘So Icy Boyz: The Finale’, which stands at a monumental 80 tracks long.
  The album, which was released on Friday (December 9), is a compilation of both new music and already-released tracks. Lil TJay, Jeremih and 2 Chainz appear on some of the new songs – ‘Hot Winter Freestyle’, ‘J and G’ and ‘Fuck Wit Zay’ respectively – while older cuts such as Offset co
  
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• Maluma, Snow Tha Product and Chesca Keep Crowds Warm on Day Two of the LA3C Festival 

  12-12-2022 17:12 via rollingstone.com
  Marc Segui, Fonseca, and Gerardo Ortiz also ruled the main stage as the inaugural edition of the festival closed out with a Latin-centric lineup
  
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• A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s ‘Me vs. Myself’ Is Musically Pleasant But Topically Tedious

  12-12-2022 17:07 via rollingstone.com
  Hip-hop is moving beyond the melodic style he does so well. But the Bronx rapper is staying with what's worked in the past.
  
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• Janet Jackson Announces 2023 ‘Together Again’ Tour With Ludacris

  12-12-2022 16:59 via rollingstone.com
  The tour will mark the singer's first in four years
  
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• Janet Jackson Announces 2021 ‘Together Again’ Tour With Ludacris

  12-12-2022 16:59 via rollingstone.com
  The tour will mark the singer's first in four years
  
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• Ab-Soul is Finally Ready to Share His Truth

  12-12-2022 16:58 via rollingstone.com
  The rapper discusses his first album in more than six years, 'Herbert'
  
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• Pop Heavyweights Taylor Swift, Rihanna, and Lady Gaga Are All Up for the Same Golden Globe

  12-12-2022 16:54 via rollingstone.com
  The trio will face off in the Best Original Song category, which also includes selections from RRR and Pinocchio
  
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• Bridger Releases Major Innovation for Music Copyright – Collaborative Works Registration

  12-12-2022 16:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Songwriters can now easily register collaborative musical works, and all the rights holders of a track can begin collecting their copyright in just a few minutes. Registering musical works is one of the most complicated administrative duties artists and songwriters have. A single track can sometimes have ten or more co-writers, which is why Bridger’s […]
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• Sheryl Crow Gets Her Flowers on ‘ACL,’ Sings ‘Every Day Is a Winding Road’ With Brandi Carlile

  12-12-2022 16:25 via rollingstone.com
  Live-music program's 48th season returns Jan. 7 with Crow's Austin City Limits Hall of Fame induction
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion to Face Tory Lanez in Shooting Trial Today: ‘I Want Him to Go to Jail’

  12-12-2022 16:10 via rollingstone.com
  Ahead of opening statements, a look back at what Meg told us about the alleged incident in a Rolling Stone cover story earlier this year
  
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• Steve Aoki on crew for first civilian flight to the Moon

  12-12-2022 16:08 via nme.com
  Steve Aoki will be part of the crew for the first ever civilian space mission to the Moon.
  The week-long mission will take place next year, with a final crew of eight flying to the moon on a rocket developed by Elon Musk‘s company SpaceX.READ MORE: Steve Aoki on collaborating with BTS and the appeal of K-Pop The mission is part of the dearMoon Project, a lunar tourism and art project created and financed by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. He bought all the seats in the rocket in
  
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• Benefits announce new 2023 UK tour dates

  12-12-2022 15:53 via nme.com
  Benefits have announced details of a new UK headline tour for 2023 – see the full list of dates and get ticket details below.READ MORE: Benefits live in London: a brutal but heartfelt wake up callThe Teesside punk outfit, who released most recent single ‘Thump’ back in October, will hit the road next April for a 10-date tour beginning in Glasgow.
  Dates in Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff, Brighton and more will follow, before the dates wrap up in Newcastle on April 30.
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• Blossoms announce huge outdoor shows in Manchester and Leeds for summer 2023

  12-12-2022 15:08 via nme.com
  Blossoms have announced outdoor shows in Manchester and Leeds for next year – find out more details including how to buy tickets below.READ MORE: Blossoms – “We don’t see a limit to what we can achieve”The Stockport band will play Manchester’s Castlefield Bowl on July 6, 2023, and Leeds’ Millennium Square on July 8, 2023.
  Tickets for the Sounds Of The City concert series gigs go on general sale from 9am this Thursday (December 15) here.
  Support for the M
  
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• Goo Goo Dolls announce 2023 UK and Ireland tour

  12-12-2022 15:05 via nme.com
  Goo Goo Dolls have announced their first UK and Ireland gigs in three years – find full details of their new 2023 gigs below.
  The duo comprising John Rzeznik and Robby Takac will head to these shores in June of 2023.
  In a statement, Rzeznik said: “Hello everyone, we are excited to be heading back to the UK and Ireland for the first time in over 3 years! Robby and I can’t wait to see all your faces again!”
  The tour begins in Dublin at Vicar Street on June 13, then hea
  
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• French Montana trolls Cristiano Ronaldo after Morocco World Cup win

  12-12-2022 14:37 via nme.com
  French Montana has trolled footballer Cristiano Ronaldo after Morocco kicked Portugal out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
  The Moroccan-American rapper took to Instagram on Saturday (December 10) to brag about his team country’s 1-0 win against Morocco that evening.
  Posting an image of the Moroccan men’s football team and a pride of lions chasing after Portugal team captain Ronaldo (Morocco’s national team is nicknamed the “Atlas Lions”), Montana wrote: “Ronald
  
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• 'It's all about the tour': George Ezra has no new music planned for 2023

  12-12-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  George Ezra admitted that while he'd like to write some new music, touring is his focus next year.
  
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• Ella Henderson to kick off 2023 with 'a few collaborations'

  12-12-2022 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Ella Henderson has been hard at work in the studio.
  
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• Boy George hits out at Matt Hancock’s reasons for doing ‘I’m A Celebrity’

  12-12-2022 14:04 via nme.com
  Boy George has cast doubt on Matt Hancock’s reasons for doing I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, saying that he did it to have fun and raise his profile.READ MORE: Matt Hancock’s most infuriating moments on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!The Culture Club singer, who appeared in the latest series of the ITV reality show, said in a new interview that he doesn’t believe the MP’s claims that he entered the jungle in order to harness what
  
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• The Anchoress granted stalking protection order against Mansun’s Paul Draper

  12-12-2022 13:08 via nme.com
  The Anchoress has been granted a stalking protection order against ex-Mansun singer and guitarist Paul Draper.
  The singer, real name Catherine Anne Davies, has allegedly been sent “abusive and sexually orientated” messages by Draper whom she helped get back into songwriting a few years ago. According to the Daily Mail, a Guildford court has imposed an interim stalking protection order at the request of Surrey Police.
  Barrister Kris Berlevy, speaking for the police, told the court tha
  
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• LadBaby announce rework of Band Aid for 2022 Christmas single ‘Food Aid’

  12-12-2022 13:06 via nme.com
  LadBaby have revealed their annual Christmas single for 2022 – get all the details on ‘Food Aid’, a Band Aid rework featuring Martin Lewis, below.READ MORE: Seasonably rich: here’s how much musicians make from our favourite Christmas songsYouTuber Mark Hoyle and his wife Roxanne first reached the top of the festive charts in 2018 with ‘We Built This City’, followed by ‘I Love Sausage Rolls’ in 2019, and ‘Don’t S
  
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• Cardi B reveals she is recovering from flu

  12-12-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Cardi B still has a residual cough following her bout with the flu.
  
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• KISS announce last ever UK tour dates

  12-12-2022 11:40 via nme.com
  KISS have announced details of their final ever UK gigs – see the full list of dates below and find ticket details.
  The legendary rockers have been on a farewell tour dubbed ‘End Of The Road’ since 2018. They’d announced at the time that they’d be embarking on one final tour before hanging up their iconic costumes.
  Bassist and co-vocalist Gene Simmons said in 2018 that they were retiring out of “self-respect” and because of the “love” fo
  
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• Cher’s mother, singer and actor Georgia Holt, dies aged 96

  12-12-2022 11:12 via nme.com
  Georgia Holt – singer, actor and mother of Cher – has died at the age of 96.
  Cher announced the death of her mother via Twitter on Saturday night (December 10), writing: “Mom is gone.”
  The news was then confirmed to The Washington Post by Cher’s representative Liz Rosenberg. No cause of death nor any more details have yet been revealed, although Holt was admitted to a hospital with pneumonia in September.
  Holt began her career in acting, taking on roles in works inc
  
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• Lewis Capaldi jokes he's got 'gripe to grind' with Michael Bublé over festive charts

  12-12-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lewis Capaldi said his latest tune has no chance of hitting number one in the UK due to the abundance of festive hits.
  
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• KISS announce final UK shows

  12-12-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  KISS will bring their 'End of the Road' tour to the UK for six farewell shows.
  
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• Bad Bunny fans denied entry to Mexico gig due to ticket fraud

  12-12-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Bad Bunny fans with real and fake tickets found themselves unable to attend the sold-out show.
  
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• Florence + The Machine and Ethel Cain duet on new live version of ‘Morning Elvis’

  12-12-2022 10:40 via nme.com
  Florence + The Machine and Ethel Cain have paired up for a new rendition of ‘Morning Elvis’, the closing track from the band’s latest album ‘Dance Fever’.READ MORE: Florence + The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ review: the triumphant sound of a singer rebornSinger Florence Welch invited the rising US singer-songwriter to record the live version during a recent concert in Denver, Colorado.
  Cain said in a statement: “I was giggling when we rehearsed t
  
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