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• Spice Girl Mel C Abruptly Pulls Out of Poland New Year’s Eve Concert

  27-12-2022 22:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Spice Girl Mel C has announced she will no longer be performing in Poland at a New Year’s Eve concert.  Mel C released the statement on Twitter, confirming she will miss the show. “In light of some issues that have been brought to my attention that do not align with the communities I support, I’m […]
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• Zach Bryan Releases Album Titled ‘All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster’

  27-12-2022 21:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Complaints about live music ticket prices have a new ally in country singer Zach Bryan. Bryan dropped a live album called All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster. The singer posted a statement to social media decrying the high ticket prices that many live music fans are faced with when attending shows. “Seems there is a massive […]
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• Zach Bryan Drops Ticketmaster Diss Album, Promises Better Ticket Prices

  27-12-2022 21:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Complaints about live music ticket prices have a new ally in country singer Zach Bryan. Bryan dropped a live album called All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster. The singer posted a statement to social media decrying the high ticket prices that many live music fans are faced with when attending shows. “Seems there is a massive […]
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• White House Officials Reportedly Push for TikTok ‘Forced Sale’ Amid Growing User-Data and Content Scrutiny

  27-12-2022 20:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  As states and universities continue to ban TikTok – and after Congress approved the No TikTok on Government Devices Act as part of its almost $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill – some members of the Biden administration are reportedly calling for a broader clampdown. This latest development in the overarching push to curb the threat […]
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• David Lee Roth shares solo version of Van Halen’s ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’

  27-12-2022 17:53 via nme.com
  David Lee Roth has shared a solo version of the 1980 Van Halen hit ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: RIP to a fire-fingered guitar colossus According to Blabbermouth, the re-recorded version of the track, taken from Van Halen’s album ‘Women And Children First’, was recorded earlier this year in Hollywood. It arrives just a few months after another unreleased track, ‘Nothing Co
  
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• Rodney Crowell Is Still Trying to Unlock the Mystery of a Great Song

  27-12-2022 16:44 via rollingstone.com
  At 72, the Americana godfather gives a peek into his process of writing (and rewriting) in the new book Word for Word
  
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• Pusha T and DJ Drama to team up for ‘Gangsta Grillz’ mixtape in 2023

  27-12-2022 16:37 via nme.com
  Pusha T has confirmed that he’ll have new music coming in 2023 in the form of a mixtape with DJ Drama.READ MORE: On The Cover – Pusha T: “I’ve won the wars. I have withstood everything” The rapper confirmed that he would be working with DJ Drama during a recent conversation with Rap Radar’s B Dot on Twitter Spaces, which will be the next instalment of DJ Drama’s ‘Gangsta Grillz’ series of mixtapes. He released one with Snoop Dogg, &
  
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• Kim Kardashian worries if Kanye West will scare off future boyfriends

  27-12-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Kim Kardashian remains hopeful that her "perfect person" will be able to handle all of her baggage.
  
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• 23-year-old man stabbed to death inside Birmingham nightclub CRANE

  27-12-2022 15:52 via nme.com
  A 23-year-old man was murdered at the CRANE nightclub in Birmingham, the venue has confirmed in a statement.
  As reported by Mixmag, the victim – who has not yet been named publicly – was stabbed on the dancefloor around 11:45pm on Monday (December 26), and while those in his immediate vicinity attempted to save his life, he was pronounced dead around 12:15am. At the time, CRANE was hosting a party headlined by Italian DJ Marco Carola.
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• Cher Has Flashbacks to Willie Nelson’s Weed-Filled Tour Bus: ‘Just Drugs Everywhere’

  27-12-2022 15:17 via rollingstone.com
  Cher and Kelly Clarkson traded stories about entering the country musician's hazy vehicle, which, to Clarkson's surprise, was not the inspiring scent behind the seventies edition of Cher's decades-themed perfume
  
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• Rivers Cuomo says he feels “postpartum depression” after releasing Weezer’s ‘SZNZ: Winter’ EP

  27-12-2022 15:07 via nme.com
  Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has opened up about his plans for the band’s future – now that they’ve completed their yearlong ‘SZNZ’ project – and the melancholy he feels being in “this weird in-between phase” with no new record on the cards.READ MORE: Rivers Cuomo on building an online community of fans who “like big guitars and weird lyrics”The band released the fourth and final instalment in the ‘SZNZ’ series, ‘Winte
  
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• Best Music of 2022: Staff Picks

  27-12-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  Which albums did Rolling Stone staffers love most this year? The answers range from beloved blockbusters to out-there sounds and new sensations of all kinds
  
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• Watch footage of Pantera’s gig at Knotfest Brazil

  27-12-2022 14:43 via nme.com
  Pantera played at Brazil’s edition of Knotfest during the week before Christmas – check out fan-filmed footage of the show below.READ MORE: Horns up! What’s driving film and TV’s metal revival? The gig was their fourth without bassist Rex Brown, who had to miss out on their South American Knotfest shows after testing positive for COVID-19. Cattle Decapitation bassist Derek Engemann, who also plays in several of frontman Phil Anselmo’s other bands, filled i
  
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• Offset honoured with key to Gwinnett County at inaugural Offset Toy Giveaway

  27-12-2022 14:15 via nme.com
  Offset has been honoured with a key to Gwinnett County – the suburban Georgia locale where he and his bandmates in Migos were raised – during the inaugural edition of his Offset Toy Giveaway event.READ MORE: Migos: “We show up with the goods and prove you wrong”As reported by Fox 5, the rapper (whose real name is Kiari Cephus) hosted the event in his hometown last Friday (December 23) in an effort to provide for children in situations of hardship.
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• Mel C pulls out of Poland gig over “issues that do not align with communities I support”

  27-12-2022 13:28 via nme.com
  Mel C has pulled out of a New Year’s Eve gig in Poland, citing “issues that do not align with communities I support”.
  The former Spice Girl was meant to perform for the Polish state broadcaster as a special guest, but told fans on social media that she would no longer make the trip to the Eastern European country.
  “In light of some issues that have been brought to my attention, that do not align with the communities I support, I’m afraid I will no longer be able to
  
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• Judas Priest’s Rob Halford records Christmas message for Ukrainian metal fans

  27-12-2022 13:08 via nme.com
  Judas Priest‘s Rob Halford has recorded a message sharing his well-wishes with Ukrainian “heavy metal maniacs”.READ MORE: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford: “I tried to throw a TV out of a hotel window once. It was like Mr Bean does Spinal Tap” Halford is seen in the clip wearing a Santa hat. “Hello, heavy metal maniacs of Ukraine!” he says. “It’s your Metal God. I’m sending you all of my love, all of my strength, all of my power to
  
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• Mel C pulls out of New Year’s Eve gig in Poland

  27-12-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Mel C has pulled out of performing in a New Year’s Eve concert in Poland.
  
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• Darren Hayes had no freedom with major label

  27-12-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Darren Hayes doesn’t think he’d have been allowed to make his album ‘Homosexual’ if he was still with a major record label.
  
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• Mel C pulls out of New Year's Eve performance in Poland

  27-12-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Mel C has been praised by her LGBTQ+ fans for her decision.
  
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• Kim Kardashian breaks down in tears over co-parenting difficulties with Kanye West

  27-12-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Kim Kardashian tries to protect her four children from the controversies surrounding their father as much as possible.
  
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• Pink Floyd have raised £500,000 with Ukraine charity single ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’

  27-12-2022 12:21 via nme.com
  Pink Floyd have revealed that, thanks to their recent benefit single ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’, they’ve raised £500,000 for humanitarian charities aiding those affected by the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war.READ MORE: Why new Ukraine benefit song ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’ could be Pink Floyd’s perfect final act‘Hey Hey Rise Up’ was released back in April as Pink Floyd’s first new song in nearly three decades. At the time, bandleader David Gilmour –
  
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• Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler has been diagnosed with pneumonia

  27-12-2022 11:11 via nme.com
  Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler has come down with pneumonia, his wife confirmed over the weekend.READ MORE: Black Sabbath made Birmingham the Home of Metal. Shouldn’t the city repay the favour?In a post shared to Instagram on Christmas Day (December 25), Gloria Butler jokingly explained that Geezer’s diagnosis came after two days of analysis, following negative tests for the flu, COVID-19, strep and tonsillitis: “I said, ‘Well, he’s positive for being a pain in
  
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• Garbage have started work on eighth studio album

  27-12-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Garbage have started work on their eighth studio album, lead singer Shirley Manson has confirmed.
  
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• Debbie Sledge wants Nile Rodgers collaboration

  27-12-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Debbie Sledge would “love” to work with Nile Rodgers again after previously teaming up with him during the disco era.
  
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• Kim Kardashian discusses difficulties of co-parenting with Kanye West

  27-12-2022 10:56 via nme.com
  Kim Kardashian has opened up about what it’s like co-parenting with Kanye West in a new interview.
  Kardashian and West were married for eight years and had four children over the course of their relationship. Their divorce was finalised last month.
  In a new interview on Angie Martinez’s IRL podcast, Kardashian tearfully described co-parenting as “really fucking hard”, especially when it comes to shielding them from their father’s recent spate of hateful, largely ant
  
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• Watch Nandi Bushell play bass, drums and saxophone on funky cover of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Sir Duke’

  27-12-2022 10:53 via nme.com
  Nandi Bushell has delivered another bewildering cover to show off her multi-instrumental skills, this time tackling Stevie Wonder’s jazzy, funk-tinged classic ‘Sir Duke’.READ MORE: Pre-teen drummer Nandi Bushell’s greatest cover songsA tribute to late jazz icon Duke Ellington (who died in 1974), ‘Sir Duke’ first appeared on Wonder’s 18th album, ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’, in September of 1976. It was issued as a single the following March, an
  
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• Miley Cyrus wants to be removed from Morrissey's new album

  27-12-2022 10:26 via music-news.com
  
  Miley Cyrus allegedly recorded backing vocals for the song I Am Veronica almost two years ago.
  
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• NewJeans, LE SSERAFIM and other rookie girl groups cover hits by Wonder Girls, Girls’ Generation and more

  27-12-2022 10:24 via nme.com
  Rookie K-pop girl groups NewJeans, LE SSERAFIM, IVE and NMIXX have performed covers of hits by iconic senior acts at this year’s Gayo Daejeon festival.READ MORE: From rookies on the rise to raved-about reunions, here’s a look back at K-pop in 2022On December 24, SBS aired its 2022 Gayo Daejeon year-end festival, at which several K-pop acts performed their latest hits as well as never-before-seen performances. In one special segment of the show, rookie girl groups NewJeans, LE SSERAFI
  
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• Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner says he was “ready for the challenge” of replacing K.K. Downing

  27-12-2022 09:18 via nme.com
  Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner has reflected on his origin story with the band, when he took over from K.K. Downing in 2011.READ MORE: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford: “I tried to throw a TV out of a hotel window once. It was like Mr Bean does Spinal Tap”Downing had been the metal icons’ longest serving guitarist, joining the band in 1970 – just a year after they formed (replacing the late John Perry and Ernie Chataway) – and performing with them until
  
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• Modest Mouse drummer Jeremiah Green diagnosed with stage four cancer

  27-12-2022 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Modest Mouse drummer and co-founder Jeremiah Green, 45, has been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
  
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• Iron Maiden release tour documentary

  27-12-2022 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Iron Maiden have released a new mini-documentary for their 'Legacy Of The Beast’ tour, which is narrated by frontman Bruce Dickinson.
  
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• Tory Lanez's fans call for appeal after he's found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion

  27-12-2022 09:01 via music-news.com
  
  Tory Lanez was found guilty on all three charges on Friday and will be sentenced on 27 January.
  
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• NCT 127 to drop repackaged album ‘Ay-Yo’ in January

  27-12-2022 08:54 via nme.com
  NCT 127 will be releasing ‘Ay-Yo’, a repackaged version of their fourth studio album ‘질주 (2 Baddies)’ in January.READ MORE:Watch NCT 127’s track-by-track guide to their album ‘질주 (2 Baddies)’
  NCT 127 have confirmed that they will be releasing a repackaged version of their fourth studio album ‘질주 (2 Baddies)’ next month. Titled ‘Ay-Yo’, the forthcoming release is due out on January 30.
  
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• Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany Young signs with Sublime Artist Agency

  27-12-2022 08:18 via nme.com
  Korean-American musician and actress Tiffany Young, best known for being a member of Girls’ Generation, has signed an exclusive contract with Sublime Artist Agency.READ MORE: From rookies on the rise to raved-about reunions, here’s a look back at K-pop in 2022On 26 December, South Korean entertainment agency Sublime Artist Agency announced that it had signed an exclusive contract with the Girls’ Generation singer. “We are truly pleased to be joined by Tiffany Young, who h
  
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• Deathcore “boy band” The Big Six cover Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, tease debut EP

  27-12-2022 07:59 via nme.com
  The frontmen of six prolific deathcore outfits – including Lorna Shore, Infant Annihilator and Fit For An Autopsy – have teamed up to form a “boy band” called The Big Six, with their first release being a gristly cover of Mariah Carey’s classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’.READ MORE: Jade Ewen on playing Mariah Carey: “It almost felt a bit weird and too close to home”The band only revealed their existence last week, posting on Instagram
  
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• Big Bang members Taeyang and Daesung end contracts with YG Entertainment

  27-12-2022 07:45 via nme.com
  Big Bang members Taeyang and Daesung have left longtime agency YG Entertainment following the expiration of their contracts.READ MORE: From rookies on the rise to raved-about reunions, here’s a look back at K-pop in 2022On December 26, YG Entertainment subsidiary The Black Label — headed by K-pop producer Teddy Park — announced that it had signed an exclusive contract with Big Bang member and soloist Taeyang. The label is currently home to stars like Jeon Somi, Zion.T and L&osl
  
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• Couple Hate ‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! So Much They’re Trying to Buy the Song Rights — To Take it Off the Air Forever

  27-12-2022 07:28 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A couple hates “Last Christmas” by Wham! so much they’re trying to buy the song rights so they can take it off the air forever. Tomas and Hannah Mazetti of Gothenburg, Sweden, hate “Last Christmas” by Wham! so much that they’re raising money to buy the song rights to take it off the air forever. The couple […]
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• SEVENTEEN’s Vernon unveils rebellious solo mixtape track ‘Black Eye’

  27-12-2022 07:15 via nme.com
  Vernon of SEVENTEEN has released his debut solo mixtape ‘Black Eye’ alongside a rugged new visual.READ MORE: How SEVENTEEN turned their Japan tour into buzzy city-wide extravaganzasOn December 23, the SEVENTEEN rapper dropped his debut solo mixtape ‘Black Eye’ across streaming platforms along with a brand-new music video for the pop-punk track, which Vernon had co-composed and co-written. In the moody visual, the idol wreaks havoc as he desperately runs through an abandon
  
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• PENTAGON’s Hongseok receives early military discharge due to health issues

  27-12-2022 07:08 via nme.com
  Hongseok of K-pop boyband PENTAGON has been medically discharged from mandatory military service due to health problems.
  On December 26, CUBE Entertainment released a statement sharing that the 28-year-old idol had received an early military discharge just over seven months into service because of worsening mental health issues. Under current South Korean law, all able-bodied male citizens are required to serve a military term of 18-21 months.
  “PENTAGON member Hongseok was classified for t
  
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• Morrissey ‘Dissociates’ with Capitol Records as Miley Cyrus Asks for Removal from Postponed Album

  27-12-2022 06:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Morrissey announces he’s “dissociated” with Capitol Records as Miley Cyrus asks to be removed from his finished but postponed album. In a pair of messages posted to Morrissey’s website on December 23 and 24, the polarizing singer announced that he’d split with his label, Capitol Records, before releasing any music with them. Additionally, the former […]
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• Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson takes fans behind the scenes on ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ tour

  27-12-2022 05:43 via nme.com
  Iron Maiden have shared a mini-documentary from their recent ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ tour, taking fans inside the mammoth shows’ production with the band’s frontman, Bruce Dickinson, as their guide.READ MORE: Iron Maiden – ‘Senjutsu’ review: an imaginative instant classicThe video, titled ‘Behind The Scenes With Bruce’, is split into two parts and runs for a total of around 18 minutes. The first part opens with Dickinson’s workout ro
  
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• Brixton Academy Shuts Down Indefinitely Following Asake Crowd Crush Deaths

  27-12-2022 05:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Brixton Academy is ordered to shut down temporarily following the crowd crush incident at an Asake concert that killed two people. The Brixton O2 Academy has been ordered to shut down temporarily after the venue’s license was suspended following the crowd crush that resulted in the deaths of two people. The Lambeth Council’s licensing subcommittee suspended the […]
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• Jury Convicts Tory Lanez of Assault in Shooting of Megan Thee Stallion

  27-12-2022 05:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A jury has convicted rapper Tory Lanez of assault for the 2020 shooting and wounding of Megan Thee Stallion. “I want to start by highlighting the bravery of Megan Pete,” Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said in an announcement of the conviction. “You showed incredible courage and vulnerability with your testimony despite repeated […]
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• The Black Keys, Bell Biv DeVoe Will Headline NHL Winter Classic 2023

  27-12-2022 04:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The Black Keys, Bell Biv DeVoe, and the Boston Pops are headlining the NHL Winter Classic 2023.  The outdoor matchup is happening on January 2 in a matchup between the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins at Fenway Park. The performances will be televised as part of the NHL Winter Classic broadcast on TNT in the […]
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• Wiz Khalifa says he’d go head-to-head with Lil Wayne and Kid Cudi in a ‘VERZUZ’ battle

  27-12-2022 04:11 via nme.com
  Wiz Khalifa (aka Cameron Thomaz) has named his two dream opponents in a hypothetical VERZUZ battle: Lil Wayne and Kid Cudi.READ MORE: Timbaland and Swizz Beatz on ‘VERZUZ’ battle series: “We want to celebrate the architects of good music”The topic was raised in an interview between Thomaz and DJ Superstar Jay, where the two spoke at length about the former’s new album ‘Multiverse’. 
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• Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp cover ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ for Christmas edition of ‘Sunday Lunch’

  27-12-2022 01:40 via nme.com
  Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have delivered a special Christmas edition of their Sunday Lunch series, covering Bobby Helms’ iconic 1957 tune ‘Jingle Bell Rock’.READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown cover songs – ranked! A notedly short edition this week, the jaunty performance sees Willcox clad in jangly gold bangles, singing enthusiastically as she bops Fripp – who plays the melody on his Les Paul with a tropical twinge &nda
  
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• SM Entertainment shares 2022 edition of annual compilation, ‘2022 Winter SMTOWN: SMCU Palace’

  27-12-2022 00:14 via nme.com
  SM Entertainment has shared this year’s edition of its annual end-of-year compilation, ‘2022 Winter SMTOWN: SMCU Palace’.
  The album sees artists from across the label – including members of Red Velvet, EXO, Girls’ Generation, aespa, NCT, SHINee, Super Junior, TVXQ and soloists Kangta and BoA – team up in new combinations.READ MORE: Minho: “There is a mutual desire among SHINee to constantly be better than ourselves”‘SMCU Palace’ fe
  
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