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• Gunna to be released from prison after pleading guilty to RICO charge

  14-12-2022 23:55 via nme.com
  Gunna is set to be released from prison after pleading guilty to a racketeering conspiracy charge in a sweeping gang indictment.
  Earlier this year, Young Thug and Gunna were charged with conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) with their label, YSL Records, alleged to be the centrepiece of a gang.
  The case centres around the YSL label founded by Thug and two others in 2016. Authorities claim that the label, to which Gunna is also signed, is a &ldq
  
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• Jukebox Heavyweight AMI Entertainment Network Acquired by LA-Based Coral Tree Partners

  14-12-2022 23:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Jukebox heavyweight AMI Entertainment Network has just been acquired by Coral Tree Partners. Is a post-pandemic revenue boom ahead? Leading digital jukebox business AMI Entertainment Network has announced its acquisition by Los Angeles-based media and entertainment-focused private equity firm Coral Tree Partners, from The Gores Group, a global investment firm. The deal was confirmed to […]
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• Jukebox Heavyweight AMI Entertainment Network Acquired by Coral Tree Partners, Gores Group

  14-12-2022 23:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Jukebox heavyweight AMI Entertainment Network has been acquired by Coral Tree Partners and The Gores Group. Leading digital jukebox business AMI Entertainment Network has announced its acquisition by Los Angeles-based media and entertainment-focused private equity firm Coral Tree Partners, part of The Gores Group, a global investment firm. Founded in 1909 under the name National […]
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• Megan Thee Stallion’s Ex-Assistant Testifies Tory Lanez Threatened Her With Gun in Car

  14-12-2022 23:32 via rollingstone.com
  Kelsey Harris also called it "ridiculous" to suggest she's the one who opened fire on Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion’s Ex-Assistant Said Tory Lanez Threatened Her With Gun in Car: Prosecutors

  14-12-2022 23:32 via rollingstone.com
  Kelsey Harris took the witness stand Wednesday and called it "ridiculous" to suggest she opened fire on Megan Thee Stallion in July 2020
  
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• Spotify Axes Multiple Live Audio Shows Following Podcast Cancellations, Layoffs

  14-12-2022 23:26 via digitalmusicnews.com
  After canceling a number of original podcasts and making related layoffs, Spotify has officially cut several live audio shows. The Stockholm-based platform’s latest effort to dial back its non-music spending came to light in a new report from Bloomberg. Of course, it’s hardly a secret that Spotify has injected billions into audio entertainment, including podcasting […]
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• Spotify India Launches In-App Rewards Program for Premium Mini Users

  14-12-2022 22:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Spotify is testing a new feature for its pay-as-you-go plans in India, dubbed Premium Mini. Here’s how it works. Spotify Premium Mini service provides access to the service for a day for seven rupees ($0.085) or a week for 25 rupees ($0.30). The experiment offers Premium Mini users a discount and other benefits based on […]
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• Gunna Released From Jail After Taking Plea in YSL Gang Case

  14-12-2022 22:19 via rollingstone.com
  The rapper is still maintaining his innocence and stressed that he is not cooperating with prosecutors
  
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• After a Surprise Grammy Nomination, Cimafunk Wants to Keep People Dancing

  14-12-2022 22:09 via rollingstone.com
  The Cuban artist, known for having one of the most exciting live shows of 2022, has big plans for the year ahead.
  
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• BERWYN has shared two new songs ‘3450’ and ‘Chasing Lights (demo)’

  14-12-2022 22:06 via nme.com
  BERWYN has shared two new tracks ‘3450’ and a demo of ‘Chasing Lights’.READ MORE: BERWYN at the BandLab NME Awards 2022: rising star sheds a triumphant tearThey follow the Trinidad-born, Romford-raised rapper, singer, songwriter and producer’s first new material of 2022 – ‘Path To Satisfaction’ – which came out last month.
  Speaking about the two new tracks, which you can listen to below, he said: “‘3450’ understands the trau
  
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• Christine and the Queens to read CBeebies bedtime story while sitting on a crescent moon

  14-12-2022 21:50 via nme.com
  Christine and The Queens has been announced as one of the names set to read a bedtime story on CBeebies over the Christmas period.
  The artist will be reading The Moon Keeper, a picture book that tells the story of a polar bear who begins working in the titular job. While other celebrities usually read the bedtime story from the CBeebies studio, Chris will instead be in London’s Royal Festival Hall, where he will read the story sitting on a suspended crescent moon [via BBC MediaCentre]. Thi
  
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• Sony Music Sues Original Ultra Records Founder After Acquiring Label

  14-12-2022 21:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Sony Music is suing former Ultra Records founder Patrick Moxey over using the word ‘Ultra.’ Here’s the latest. Sony Music acquired 50% of Ultra Records LLC from Moxey in 2012, with Moxey continuing to run the company. Under the terms of that interest purchase agreement, Ultra International Music Publishing and its affiliates “were only permitted […]
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• Trump’s Cringiest Reply Guys Are Out of Twitter Jail. Their New Target Is Elon Musk

  14-12-2022 21:26 via rollingstone.com
  Stars of the #Resistance movement, the Krassenstein brothers are back and pushing NFTs — despite past allegations of fraud
  
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• Hundred Reasons share spirited new single ‘The Old School Way’

  14-12-2022 20:55 via nme.com
  Hundred Reasons have shared another new single, ‘The Old School Way’ – check it out below.
  The track is the third single to be taken from their upcoming album ‘The Glorious Sunset’, after the title track and ‘New Glasses’. ‘The Glorious Sunset’ is their first release in over 15 years and is set for release on February 24, 2023.READ MORE: Hundred Reasons on ‘Glorious Sunset’, their first album in 15 years Speaking about t
  
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• Watch Sam Smith perform ‘Stay With Me’ at the White House

  14-12-2022 20:33 via nme.com
  Sam Smith appeared at the the White House yesterday (December 13) to perform ‘Stay With Me’.READ MORE: Sam Smith – ‘Love Goes’ review: pop balladeer leans even further into heartbreak than beforeThe singer-songwriter was among a host of stars who were supporting President Biden’s signing of the Respect for Marriage Act, which pledges to protect same-sex and interracial marriage under federal law.
  Smith stepped up to perform a soulful rendition of their 20
  
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• Flow Festival announces FKA Twigs, Caroline Polachek and more for 2023 bill

  14-12-2022 20:08 via nme.com
  Flow Festival have announced the first names for its 2023 edition.
  FKA Twigs and Caroline Polachek lead the list of acts coming to Helsinki for the festival next summer. Meanwhile, Devo will be making a stop at the festival as part of their farewell tour. Also set to play the festival are Suede, Amyl and the Sniffers, Jockstrap and 070 Shake, while Sexmane, Ege Zulu, Ruusut, Yona & Tapiola Sinfonietta, Olavi Uusivirta and Anna Puu have also joined the lineup.READ MORE: Flow Festival: Fi
  
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• The Weeknd adds Wembley Stadium date to ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour

  14-12-2022 19:32 via nme.com
  The Weeknd has announced a new date at London’s Wembley Stadium as part of his ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour in 2023.READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’ review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsightIt comes after Abel Tesfaye recently announced a series of European dates for the new leg of his tour, which included two shows at London Stadium on July 7 and 8.
  Now, he has announced an extra UK date at Wembley on August 18 with tickets going
  
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• Seoul’s Beyond Music Purchases Catalog of Veteran Songwriter and Producer Greg Wells In Its ‘First Major U.S. Acquisition’

  14-12-2022 18:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Beyond Music has officially purchased the catalog of veteran producer and songwriter Greg Wells, who’s worked with Adele, Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Quincy Jones, and a number of others. Seoul-based Beyond Music, which arrived on the scene in May of 2021 and secured a ₩200 billion (currently $154.31 million) investment from Praxis Capital in December […]
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• Fall Out Boy are sending fans cryptic postcards

  14-12-2022 18:54 via nme.com
  Fall Out Boy have been sending fans cryptic postcards from the band with the title ‘Pink Seashell Beach’.
  The postcards contained the message: “I saw you in a bright clear field. Hurricane heat in my head. The kind of pain you feel to get good in the end. Inscribed like stone and faded by the rain: ‘Give up what you love give up what you love before it does you in…'”READ MORE: How Fall Out Boy’s ‘From Under the Cork Tree’ inspired a generati
  
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• ‘Ellen Show’ DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss has died, aged 40

  14-12-2022 18:25 via nme.com
  Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss has died at the age of 40.
  His wife Allison Holker confirmed his death in a statement today (December 14).
  “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us. Stephen lit up every room he stepped into,” she said (via TMZ).
  “He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband an
  
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• Watch Billie Eilish perform ‘Euphoria”s ‘I’ve Never Felt So Alone’ with Labrinth

  14-12-2022 17:41 via nme.com
  Billie Eilish brought out Labrinth at her Los Angeles concert last night (December 13) to perform a song from the Euphoria soundtrack.
  The pop star is capping off her year with three headline shows at the city’s Kia Forum, with the final two nights taking place tomorrow (15) and Friday (16).READ MORE: Overheated review: Billie Eilish-produced doc spotlights systemic climate inactionTowards the end of the first of the three gigs, Eilish invited Labrinth to join her on stage to perform two s
  
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• Survivors Detail Trauma in ‘Surviving R. Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter’ Trailer

  14-12-2022 17:40 via rollingstone.com
  The conclusion to the series will premiere on Lifetime beginning January 2
  
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• Online ticket touts ordered to pay £6.1m or face jail

  14-12-2022 17:25 via nme.com
  Two ticket touts who fraudulently resold event and concert tickets have been ordered to pay back £6.1million or face jail.
  Peter Hunter and David Thomas Smith were previously prosecuted and jailed in February 2020 following an investigation by the National Trading Standards.
  The pair traded under the company name BZZ Limited, which they used to purchase and resell hundreds of tickets at inflated prices for events and concerts, including Ed Sheeran, Adele, Madness and Harry Potter And The C
  
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• Elizabeth Cook, Katie Pruitt, and Butch Walker’s Jim Croce Cover Is as Sweet as a Peach

  14-12-2022 17:20 via rollingstone.com
  The three singers with Georgia roots release a version of Croce's 1972 song "Walkin' Back to Georgia" to raise funds for music education
  
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• Cyndi Lauper and Sam Smith perform at White House to celebrate marriage equality act

  14-12-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Cyndi Lauper and Sam Smith performed at the signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House.
  
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• Tomorrow X Together announce new mini-album ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’

  14-12-2022 16:20 via nme.com
  K-pop boyband Tomorrow X Together (or TXT) have announced details of their upcoming new mini-album, ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’.
  The group’s new record – their fifth mini-album overall – will follow May’s ‘minisode 2: Thursday’s Child’.READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together: “Our fans are always there by our side. That’s why they’re our heroes”The release was announced earlier today (December 14) via a teaser video on
  
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• Watch The Smile’s full set from Montreux Jazz Festival

  14-12-2022 15:56 via nme.com
  The Smile’s full set from this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival is now available to watch on YouTube – check it out below.READ MORE: The Smile live in New York City: an expansive and dazzling spectacleYesterday it was announce that the band – comprising Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood along with Sons of Kemet‘s Tom Skinner – would release a live album recorded during their set at this year’s Switzerland festiva
  
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• ‘The Harder They Come‘ Was a Hero’s Journey Set to Reggae. It’s About to Become a New Musical

  14-12-2022 15:52 via rollingstone.com
  On its 50th anniversary, the groundbreaking 1972 film starring Jimmy Cliff is being adapted for the stage by the creatives behind musicals about Ray Charles and the Temptations
  
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• Michael Bublé says Christmas should be cancelled if Lewis Capaldi doesn’t get festive Number One

  14-12-2022 15:43 via nme.com
  Michael Bublé has joked that Christmas should be cancelled if Lewis Capaldi doesn’t get this year’s festive Number One.READ MORE: Lewis Capaldi: “I make jokes because I’m comfortable with who I am”Earlier this week, Capaldi ignited a playful feud with Bublé, whose festive track ‘It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas’ is currently 10 chart places ahead of Capaldi’s recent single ‘Pointless’.
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• Lizzo finds allegations she makes 'music for white people' very 'hurtful'

  14-12-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Lizzo finds it "very hurtful" that she's been accused of writing "music for white people" when she just records songs for "literally everybody and anybody".
  
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• Feeder and Jake Bugg to headline Teddy Rocks

  14-12-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Feeder and Jake Bugg will headline the 2023 Teddy Rocks Festival, a non-profit event which raises money for children's cancer charities.
  
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• Rod Stewart reveals Penny Lancaster is his first wife to go through menopause

  14-12-2022 12:36 via music-news.com
  
  Rod Stewart explained what it was like helping his wife of 15 years, Penny Lancaster, through hormonal changes brought on by menopause.
  
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• Cher 'not sad' about mother's death because she is 'no longer crying out in pain'

  14-12-2022 12:36 via music-news.com
  
  Cher reflected on her mother's final moments on Twitter on Tuesday.
  
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• The 1975 to play tiny Manchester gig next year

  14-12-2022 12:23 via nme.com
  The 1975 have announced a tiny gig at Manchester’s Gorilla for February 2023.READ MORE: The 1975: “I’d rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero”Sharing the news on Instagram, Matty Healy said: “Hello everybody, we are playing a show in Manchester on the 1st of February at Gorilla. And all the money will be going to War child so try and get tickets for that one.”
  Healy also confirmed that the show’s capacity will be around 550, though no fu
  
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• The Prodigy, Skrillex and more to headline EXIT 2023

  14-12-2022 12:18 via nme.com
  The Prodigy, Skrillex and Viagra Boys have been confirmed as some of the first headliners for EXIT 2023.
  The Prodigy returned to the live stage earlier this year with a tour across the UK, including a trio of gigs at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. They have now been confirmed as one of the headliners for EXIT 2023.READ MORE: The Prodigy live in Liverpool: a wall-shaking return fuelled by anarchy and loveFrontman Keith Flint was found dead at his home in Essex on March 4, 2019. A coroner
  
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• Sigrid, Devo, FKA Twigs lead Øya Festival 2023 line-up

  14-12-2022 11:30 via nme.com
  Sigrid, Devo and FKA Twigs are among the first wave of artists that have been announced for Øya Festival 2023.READ MORE: Øya Festival 2022 review: Aurora and Nick Cave shine at the fest of the futureThe Norwegian festival is set to return again next year from August 8 to 12, 2023, taking place in Tøyenparken, Oslo.
  Swedish singer-songwriter Håkan Hellström is set to headline on Friday, August 11, while Sigrid will headline on Saturday, August 12.
  The festival will
  
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• Sir Elton John thinks metaverse is 'perfect' for next career stage

  14-12-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Sir Elton John thinks the metaverse is "perfect" for the next stage of his career after teaming up with Roblox for a 10-minute virtual experience.
  
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• Muse look up to Iron Maiden

  14-12-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Muse have "always looked up to" Iron Maiden, though they "connected" more over 90s US rock bands.
  
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• Kehlani claims they were sexually assaulted by fan after concert

  14-12-2022 10:41 via music-news.com
  
  Kehlani told fans that they were sexually assaulted following their concert at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in the United Kingdom.
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion delivers emotional testimony in Tory Lanez trial: “I wish he had just shot and killed me”

  14-12-2022 10:36 via nme.com
  Megan Thee Stallion delivered an emotional testimony in court yesterday (December 13) on the second day of the Tory Lanez trial over whether he shot her in the foot in July 2020.
  Lanez (real name Daystar Peterson) is accused of shooting Megan Pete in the foot in July of 2020 during a dispute that unravelled following a pool party at reality star Kylie Jenner’s house in California.
  Lanez faces three felony charges: one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, one count of ca
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion testifies in Tory Lanez's assault trial

  14-12-2022 10:26 via music-news.com
  
  Tory Lanez stands accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet after a party in July 2020.
  
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• Kehlani speaks out after being sexually assaulted at Manchester show

  14-12-2022 10:19 via nme.com
  Kehlani has spoken out after they were allegedly sexual assaulted at a recent show in Manchester.READ MORE: Kehlani – ‘Blue Water Road’ review: R&B star swaps badass braggadocio for quiet confidenceThe Californian R&B artist recently finished the European leg of the ‘Blue Water Road Trip’ tour in support of their third album ‘Blue Water Road’, which closed out at Victoria Warehouse, Manchester on Monday (December 12).
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• Naked Blink-182 from ‘What’s My Age Again?’ video turned into Funko Pops

  14-12-2022 09:38 via nme.com
  Blink-182 have announced their own Funko Pop collection called ‘Pixelated Runners’, inspired by the ‘What’s My Age Again?’ music video.READ MORE: Famous fans react to return of Blink-182In the video for the band’s 1999 single, Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker run through Hollywood naked – though pixelated to protect their modesty – and it remains one of their most popular music videos.
  “‘Pixelated Runners’ @Original
  
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• LOONA announce upcoming title track ‘Freesm’ and tracklist for ‘The Origin Album: 0’

  14-12-2022 09:32 via nme.com
  Blockberry Creative has unveiled the tracklist for LOONA‘s January comeback as an 11-member group, their first new music since the expulsion of Chuu earlier this month.READ MORE:LOONA – ‘Flip That’ review: an understated but subtly addictive return
  The tracklist was released via LOONA’s official social media earlier today (December 14) at midnight KST, detailing the five new tracks to be expected on the upcoming record ‘The Origin Album: 0’. The EP
  
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• K-pop group OnlyOneOf unveil dates and cities for 2023 Grand America Tour

  14-12-2022 09:23 via nme.com
  South Korean boyband OnlyOneOf have announced a Grand America Tour of 2023.READ MORE: RM of BTS: “My whole twenties were an exhibition… but I chose to be a star”Earlier today (December 14), US-based event organisers Studio PAV took to its social media to announce that the group will be embarking on a tour across the United States next year. OnlyOneOf will be kicking their tour off in late March 2023 in Jersey City, New Jersey, before moving on to cities across the US the follo
  
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• Snoop Dogg reveals he used to write lyrics on a typewriter

  14-12-2022 09:11 via nme.com
  Snoop Dogg has revealed that he used to write lyrics on a typewriter in the early days of his career.READ MORE: Mount Westmore – ‘Snoop, Cube, 40, $hort’ review: rap supergroup overstuffed with ideas and personalitiesThe rapper shared that he used to borrow a typewriter from 2Scoops of G-funk group The Dove Shack, instead of penning his words in a notebook.
  “Them the little homies,” he said of the rap trio on a recent episode of The 85 South Comedy Show. &ldquo
  
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• Michael Bublé jokes he'll cancel Christmas if Lewis Capaldi isn't No1

  14-12-2022 09:04 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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• Michael Bublé jokes he'll cancel Christmas if Lewis Capaldi isn't No1

  14-12-2022 09:04 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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• Kim Petras and Sam Smith plan Unholy 2.0

  14-12-2022 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Kim Petras wants to get Sam Smith on her new album.
  
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• Diddy insists Yung Miami is 'not my side chick' after announcing daughter's birth

  14-12-2022 08:31 via music-news.com
  
  Rapper and music executive Diddy asserted City Girls rapper Yung Miami “is not my side chick” after announcing the birth of his seventh daughter by another mother.
  
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