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• Lil Baby Heads to FIFA World Cup for ‘The World Is Yours to Take’ Video

  18-12-2022 23:53 via rollingstone.com
  The Tears for Fears-sampling track’s visual was filmed in Doha, Qatar
  
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• SZA finds the success of ‘SOS’ “scary” because she was expecting people to hate it

  18-12-2022 23:32 via nme.com
  SZA has admitted that the success of her recently-released second album ‘SOS’ is “scary” because she was expecting it to flop.READ MORE: SZA – ‘SOS’ review: a comeback album well worth the waitSZA released her long awaited second album ‘SOS’ last week (December 9) and it’s already topped the Billboard 200, reached Number Two in the UK Album Charts and seen SZA become the most listened to artist on Spotify. Her 17-date North American are
  
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• Sharon Osbourne released from hospital after suffering 'medical emergency'

  18-12-2022 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  On Saturday, editors at TMZ reported that the TV personality "fell ill" while filming a TV show in Santa Paula, California the previous evening.
  
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• Sharon Osbourne released from hospital in California after suffering medical emergency

  18-12-2022 23:19 via nme.com
  Sharon Osbourne has been released from a hospital in Santa Paula, California, after she suffered an unspecified medical emergency last Friday (December 16).READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Patient Number 9’ review: a fizzing piece of hard-rock magicThe television personality – and wife of Ozzy Osbourne – was staying at the Glen Tavern Inn, where TMZ reports that she’d “fallen ill” on the set of a new show she’s filming. According to her son J
  
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• Billy Joel postpones final Madison Square Garden show of 2022 due to viral infection

  18-12-2022 23:18 via nme.com
  Billy Joel has postponed his final show for 2022 – a sold-out gig at Madison Square Garden in New York, which was scheduled for tomorrow (December 19) – after coming down with a viral infection.
  In a statement shared to social media earlier today (December 18), Joel wrote: “I’m disappointed to share that l’m under doctor’s orders for vocal rest due to a viral infection so unfortunately, I must postpone my Monday, December 19th concert at Madison Square Garden
  
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• Ukraine’s 2023 Eurovision entry revealed from a bomb shelter in Kyiv

  18-12-2022 23:01 via nme.com
  Ukraine have chosen who’ll be representing them at Eurovision 2023, with a live broadcast from a bomb shelter in Kyiv.READ MORE: Kalush Orchestra: “It’s amazing that we can perform our music at Glastonbury”Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision 2022 but the country will not be hosting the 2023 event due to the ongoing invasion by Russian forces.
  Back in June, the event’s organisers said “with deep regret” that it will not be possible to provide
  
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• Watch Bring Me The Horizon perform ‘Antivist’ with Pabllo Vittar

  18-12-2022 22:28 via nme.com
  Bring Me The Horizon performed the last show of the Latin American leg of their ‘Post Human‘ tour on Friday night (December 16) with a headline show at the 7,000 capacity Vibra São Paulo. 
  During their show, Bring Me The Horizon brought local legend Pabllo Vittar onstage to perform their 2013 political rager ‘Antivist’. READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon on stepping up for the scene: “Things are better when you’re not the only one”Check out
  
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• Rihanna shares first look at baby son

  18-12-2022 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Barbadian singer welcomed a little boy in May.
  
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• Billy Joel Postpones Madison Square Garden Show Due to Viral Infection and Vocal Rest

  18-12-2022 20:56 via rollingstone.com
  "I’m so sorry to let you know so close to show day, but I was hoping to be closer to a full recovery by now. Sadly, that hasn’t happened," Piano Man says of final gig of 2022
  
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• Watch Gorillaz play augmented reality shows in London and New York

  18-12-2022 20:52 via nme.com
  Gorillaz took over New York’s Times Square and London’s Piccadilly Circus for two augmented reality (AR) shows in celebration of new single ‘Skinny Ape‘ this weekend- check out fan-shot footage below.READ MORE: ‘Gorillaz’ at 20: how Damon Albarn’s virtual band shaped music historyThe animated band announced the concerts earlier this month (December 8) with fans needing to download a special app to view the AR performance, which combined real world and co
  
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• LadBaby’s Food Aid leads in bid for Christmas Number 1

  18-12-2022 20:28 via music-news.com
  
  The Official Chart: First Look offers a first glance of the Top 20 ahead of Friday’s Official Singles Chart Top 100. The chart is based on preliminary sales and early streaming reports.
  
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• Entertainment world reacts as Argentina beat France to win the 2022 World Cup

  18-12-2022 20:08 via nme.com
  Argentina have beaten France to win the 2022 World Cup, after the game went to penalties – here’s how the entertainment world reacted.
  Argentina were winning for a majority of the game, after Lionel Messi scored in the 23rd minute followed by a goal from his teammate Angel Di Maria in the 36th minute. However, France’s Mbabbé scored two goals in 90 seconds to force the match into extra time.
  Argentina once again took the lead in the 108th minute with a Lionel Messi goal
  
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• SZA Was Ready For You to Hate ‘SOS’

  18-12-2022 19:29 via rollingstone.com
  "I'm not a nice girl," SZA says, revealing the battles behind her triumphant album, previewing her sold-out arena tour, and much, much more
  
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• Blink-182 are working on the follow-up to a fan favourite track

  18-12-2022 17:55 via nme.com
  It looks like Blink-182 are working on a follow-up to fan favourite tracks ‘Anthem’ and ‘Anthem Pt. 2’.READ MORE: Blink-182: every single album ranked and rated‘Anthem’ was originally released in 1999 as part of Blink-182’s breakout album ‘Enema Of The State’ while ‘Anthem Pt. 2’ appeared on 2001’s ‘Take Off Your Pants And Jacket’. A live version of ‘Anthem Pt. 2’ also featured on Blink-182’s &l
  
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• The 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2022

  18-12-2022 16:36 via rollingstone.com
  Ashley McBryde's small-town concept album, Adeem the Artist's revelatory songwriting, and Willie Nelson's celebration of the restless spirit were among the high points in a year that saw country music pushing even further past its boundaries
  
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• Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard on new album progress: “We’ve got demos for days.”

  18-12-2022 15:57 via nme.com
  Pearl Jam‘s Stone Gossard has given an update on the progress of the band’s forthcoming album.READ MORE: Pearl Jam – ‘Gigaton’ review: one of the biggest rock bands in the world return to semi-brillianceThe guitarist confirmed in an interview with Consequence of Sound back in March that work had begun on the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Gigaton’ and that Andrew Watt, who has previously worked with Justin Bieber, is behind the production desk this time arou
  
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• ‘Live And Let Die’: Paul McCartney was always intended to sing Bond theme, new documents reveal

  18-12-2022 15:56 via nme.com
  Paul McCartney was always the James Bond producers’ choice to sing ‘Live And Let Die’ in the closing credits of the 007 film, new documents show.
  The song, performed by McCartney with Wings, is one of the Beatle’s most successful solo hits as well as the post-credits soundtrack to the 1973 film.
  In the years following the track’s release, McCartney and George Martin have both told the story that the film’s producers wanted to replace McCartney with a female si
  
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• See Lizzo Cover a Stevie Wonder Christmas Classic on ‘SNL’

  18-12-2022 15:03 via rollingstone.com
  Singer/rapper also performs "Break Up Twice" and appears in Please Don't Destroy sketch
  
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• Squid announce long-awaited London headline show

  18-12-2022 14:54 via nme.com
  Squid have announced a new date for their long-awaited London headline show at Scala – find full details below.The NME Big Read: Squid: “I don’t think people take us seriously enough to think we’re ‘pretentious’”The headline show at the Kings Cross venue was first announced in October 2019 and would have been the band’s first headline show in London on its original planned date of April 2, 2020.
  Since then, the pandemic has meant the
  
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• Watch Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp perform ‘Sensational’ for Sunday Lunch

  18-12-2022 14:16 via nme.com
  Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have shared the latest instalment of their Sunday Lunch series – but in a break with tradition, they haven’t done a cover song.READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown cover songs – ranked! Instead, this week’s Sunday Lunch sees Willcox performing her own song, ‘Sensational (Posh Redux)’, on which Fripp is featured, which was released on Friday (December 16).
  The characteris
  
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• Britney Spears’ father Jamie gives first interview in a decade

  18-12-2022 14:10 via nme.com
  Britney Spears‘ father Jamie has given his first interview in a decade, in which he insisted that his daughter might not be alive today if it hadn’t been for the conservatorship she was placed under for 13 years.READ MORE: Why is #FreeBritney trending and what is conservatorship?The conservatorship was terminated in November 2021, which has brought Spears control of her her estimated $60million (£45million) estate and the freedom to make her own medical and personal decisi
  
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• ‘Drake curse’ could hit World Cup final as rapper bets $1million on Argentina to beat France

  18-12-2022 13:02 via nme.com
  The notorious ‘Drake curse’ is in danger of hitting today’s (December 18) World Cup final after the rapper bet $1million (£823,000) on Argentina to beat France.READ MORE: Is the ‘Drake curse’ real? Five times Drake’s support has been a pox on sportThe curse in question relates to the rapper garnering a long-standing reputation for being a bad luck charm after posing with sporting stars or their team’s shirt. In recent years, Manchester City ex
  
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• Razorlight: Our music was never meant for the charts

  18-12-2022 12:04 via music-news.com
  
  Razorlight "never meant" for their music to hit the charts and were "surprised" when it became mainstream.
  
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• Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’ vinyl on sale again for the first time in years

  18-12-2022 11:22 via nme.com
  Frank Ocean is selling vinyl copies of ‘Blonde‘ again for the first time in six years.
  The lauded and long-awaited third album from the star came out in September 2016, with Ocean then selling vinyl copies of the album for just 24 hours two months later.
  In the years since, those original copies have sold online for thousands, and last night (December 17) saw Ocean take to his Instagram page to direct fans towards his official website, where vinyl copies of ‘Blonde’ were
  
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• Jesy Nelson films new music video

  18-12-2022 11:09 via music-news.com
  
  Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson is said to have filmed a new music video on London.
  
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• Aled Jones’ Christmas album confusion

  18-12-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Aled Jones couldn’t tell whether it was him or Russell Watson singing on their new Christmas album because their voices work so well together.
  
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• Watch Lizzo bring ‘Someday At Christmas’ and ‘Break Up Twice’ to ‘SNL’

  18-12-2022 10:52 via nme.com
  Lizzo was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend (December 17) – watch her play ‘Break Up Twice’ and Stevie Wonder‘s festive tune ‘Someday At Christmas’ below.READ MORE: Lizzo – ‘Special’ review: joyful superstar uplifts with self-assured, self-empowering bopsThe episode was hosted by Elvis star Austin Butler, and it marked long-time cast member Cecily Strong’s last episode on the show.
  For her performance, Lizzo cov
  
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• Skateboarding Fleetwood Mac TikTok star arrested for cannabis possession

  18-12-2022 10:14 via nme.com
  Nathan Apodaca, the TikTok star who went viral in 2020 for his skateboarding clip to Fleetwood Mac‘s ‘Dreams’, has been arrested for possession of cannabis.
  TMZ reports that Apodaca was stopped by Idaho State Police while driving after they spotted that he was driving with an expired registration tag. When the officer approached the truck, he reportedly smelled cannabis.READ MORE: TikTok’s most popular songs of 2022 revealed The officer later said he noticed edi
  
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• Iggy Pop says Elton John pranked him in a gorilla suit in the ’70s

  18-12-2022 10:08 via nme.com
  Iggy Pop has recalled Elton John playing a prank on him in a gorilla suit back in the 1970s.
  The former Stooges frontman explained that the timing for the prank couldn’t have been worse – it happened while he was addicted to heroin, and on a day where he’d taken too much the night before.READ MORE: Iggy Pop: “I assumed things would quiet down once I turned 65. That hasn’t been the case.” “I was really out of it. I’d done too much on the downsi
  
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• The 1975’s Matty Healy gets “I’m a man” tattoo on stage

  18-12-2022 09:46 via nme.com
  The 1975‘s Matty Healy has continued his on-stage antics on the band’s current US tour – watch him get a tattoo on stage below.READ MORE: The 1975 live in New York City: a raw and raucous night at the GardenThe band are currently touring the States for the first leg of their ‘At Their Very Best’ tour, behind new album ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’.
  During their show in Newport, Kentucky on Friday (December 16), Healy sat on a sofa fo
  
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• Jean-Michel Jarre’s poignant tribute to music mentor on new album

  18-12-2022 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Jean-Michel Jarre has paid tribute to his late mentor on his new album.
  
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• Listen to Circa Waves’ new single ‘Living In The Grey’

  18-12-2022 05:00 via nme.com
  Circa Waves have returned with a stirring new slow-burner titled ‘Living In The Grey’, arriving this week as the fourth single from their upcoming ‘Never Going Under’ album.READ MORE: Circa Waves and Alfie Templeman talk their “prophetic” new collaboration ‘Lemonade’The song debuted on Friday (December 16) as a “fan exclusive” single, with a music video set to premiere exclusively on the band’s Discord server (which you can sign u
  
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• Pink Floyd release 18 archival live albums from pre-‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ era

  18-12-2022 03:38 via nme.com
  Pink Floyd have quietly uploaded 18 archival live albums from before the ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ era – as well as a five-song EP of “alternative tracks” from 1972 – to streaming services.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Pink Floyd’s Nick MasonAll 18 of the live albums are pulled from concert recordings over the year of 1972, when Pink Floyd were touring in support of their sixth and seventh albums – ‘Meddle’ (1971) and ‘Obscured
  
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• Sharon Osbourne hospitalised in California after suffering medical emergency

  18-12-2022 02:35 via nme.com
  Sharon Osbourne has been hospitalised in Santa Paula, California, after she suffered an unspecified medical emergency on Friday (December 16).READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne – ‘Patient Number 9’ review: a fizzing piece of hard-rock magicThe television personality – and wife of Ozzy Osbourne – was staying at the Glen Tavern Inn, where TMZ reports that she’d “fallen ill” on the set of a new show she’s filming. According to a representative of the
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Bodyguard Told Investigators Tory Lanez Apologized to Him for Shooting: Source

  18-12-2022 02:11 via rollingstone.com
  Justin Edison purportedly said Lanez claimed that he was shooting at the ground when Megan was wounded by accident
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Bodyguard ‘Missing’ Amid Tory Lanez Trial After Implicating Rapper

  18-12-2022 02:11 via rollingstone.com
  Justin Edison purportedly said Lanez apologized to him a day after Megan Thee Stallion shooting, claimed he was firing at the ground
  
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