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• John Dolmayan claims System Of A Down should have replaced Serj Tankian in 2006

  03-01-2023 23:48 via nme.com
  System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan has said the band should have replaced vocalist Serj Tankian back in 2006.READ MORE: Serj Tankian: “I think the whole world felt some relief that Trump was gone”The heavy metal group last released an album with 2005’s ‘Hypnotize’ and the group went on a four-year hiatus the following year.
  System Of A Down reunited in 2010 and have toured sporadically ever since. They even released two new charity singles ‘Protect The Lan
  
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• King Krule shares live ‘Man Alive!’ cuts from ‘Hey World!’ short film to streaming platforms

  03-01-2023 23:40 via nme.com
  King Krule has released the audio from his 2019 short film Hey World! to streaming platforms for the first time.READ MORE: King Krule – ‘Man Alive!’ review: the Krulean gloom lifts to reveal a more optimistic worldviewThe lo-fi film, directed by his partner Charlotte Patmore, captured Archy Marshall in the Cheshire countryside. He performed four songs from 2020 album ‘Man Alive!’ – ‘Perfecto Miserable’, ‘Alone, Omen 3’, ‘(Don
  
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• Lost Slipknot album ‘Look Outside Your Window’ could be released this year, says Clown

  03-01-2023 23:00 via nme.com
  Slipknot’s Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan has revealed that the band’s lost album ‘Look Outside Your Window’ could be released later this year.READ MORE: Slipknot – ‘The End, So Far’ review: strap in, Maggots – things get weird‘Look Outside Your Window’ was recorded by Slipknot’s Corey Taylor, Sid Wilson, Jim Root and Crahan at the same time as the group were working on 2008’s ‘All Hope Is Gone’. At one point,
  
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• Bad Bunny Refuses to Apologize After Throwing Fan’s Phone in the Water

  03-01-2023 22:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  After footage of Bad Bunny grabbing a fan’s phone and throwing it surfaced online, the rapper addressed the incident on social media. A video posted on Twitter shows the rapper walking along with his entourage in the Dominican Republic. A fan runs up and holds her phone up in front of them, trying to capture […]
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• Listen to a snippet of FLO’s collaboration with Stormzy

  03-01-2023 22:26 via nme.com
  FLO have teased a collaboration with Stormzy, with the buzzy pop trio set to appear on a remix of his ‘Hide & Seek’ – check out a snippet below.READ MORE: The 50 best songs of 2022During an interview with Capital XTRA last month, FLO revealed they’d love to work with Stormzy. Sharing the footage on a new TikTok earlier today (January 3) the pop trio wrote, “It’s happening! FLO ft Stormzy. Our ‘Hide & Seek’ remix is coming soon.”
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• Celine Dion Fans Miffed About Rolling Stone’s Top 200 Greatest Singers Snub

  03-01-2023 21:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Rolling Stone has released a list of its 200 greatest singers of all time. Celine Dion fans are miffed about her exclusion.  The magazine reiterates that this is a ‘greatest singers’ list rather than a ‘greatest voices’ list; but there are some notable exclusions. “I’ve never seen an entire list get invalidated on one omission […]
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• Skrillex teases double album with new single dropping this week

  03-01-2023 21:50 via nme.com
  Skrillex has announced that he will be releasing new single ‘Rumble’ tomorrow (January 4), with a double album likely arriving later this year.READ MORE: Skrillex Interviewed – 10 Things To Know About ‘Recess’The producer, real name Sonny Moore, posted a teaser of the track on his social media, tagging collaborators Fred again.. and Flowdan.
  The day before, on January 1, he previewed another snippet of new music with the caption “QFF/DGTC 2023”, lea
  
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• De La Soul Catalog to Arrive On Streaming Services ‘For the First Time Ever’ In March

  03-01-2023 21:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Reservoir Media (NASDAQ: RSVR) is officially set to bring the catalog of hip-hop trio De La Soul to leading streaming services. Reservoir detailed 35-year-old De La Soul’s quick-approaching (and long-awaited) arrival on streaming services via a formal release today. Previously, members Posdnuos (real name Kelvin Mercer), Trugoy (David Jude Jolicoeur), and Maseo (Vincent Mason) made […]
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• 10 Latin Acts Set To Make It Big In 2023

  03-01-2023 21:15 via rollingstone.com
  From dembow's breakout star Angel Dior to Latin pop spitfire Gale, here are the artists ready to take over this year
  
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• Chase Atlantic announce new venue and dates for London shows due to Brixton Academy closure

  03-01-2023 20:47 via nme.com
  Chase Atlantic have confirmed a new venue for their upcoming London residency, following the closure of Brixton Academy.
  The Australian band were set to play three, sold-out shows at the iconic London venue starting January 11 and running until January 13.
  However, following the closure of Brixton Academy after a crowd crush at the venue that left two people dead and another still in a critical condition, Chase Atlantic have been forced to move their shows.
  In a statement, Chase Atlantic wrote:
  
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• Watch The Smile perform trio of tracks for NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk’

  03-01-2023 20:44 via nme.com
  The Smile delivered a three-song set for the latest edition of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series – watch it below.READ MORE: The Smile live in New York City: an expansive and dazzling spectacleThe band – comprising Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood along with Sons of Kemet‘s Tom Skinner – stopped by the NPR office to perform songs from their debut album ‘A Light For Attracting Attention’.
  Joined by saxophoni
  
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• Tom DeLonge teases new Blink-182 album is “the best we’ve ever made”

  03-01-2023 20:01 via nme.com
  Tom DeLonge has said that Blink-182‘s forthcoming album is “the best we’ve ever made”.READ MORE: Blink-182: every single album ranked and ratedThe co-vocalist and guitarist, who rejoined the pop-punk band after seven years in October 2022, shared a post on Instagram last week, tagging his fellow bandmates Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker.
  “This is the best album we’ve ever made,” he wrote, accompanied by a picture of the cartoon rab
  
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• Brixton Academy Asake gig crush: Met Police issue new appeal with woman still in critical condition

  03-01-2023 19:17 via nme.com
  The Met Police have issued a new appeal following two deaths caused by a crowd crush at last month’s Asake gig at the O2 Academy Brixton.
  The incident occurred when people who were outside the venue were able to force their way in to the show, leading to overcrowding and the gig being cancelled half way through.
  Rebecca Ikumelo, aged 33, died in hospital on December 17, while Gaby Hutchinson, 23, died on December 19. A third attendee, aged 21, remains in hospital in a critical conditi
  
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• Snoop Dogg recalls being “out-gangstered” by Dionne Warwick

  03-01-2023 18:52 via nme.com
  Snoop Dogg has spoken about being “out-gangstered” by Dionne Warwick early in his career.
  Appearing in Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over, a documentary about the singer’s career that premiered on CNN on January 1, Snoop Dogg spoke about meeting Dionne Warwick as she tried to address the misogyny and hate in the ‘90s hip-hop scene.
  “These kids are expressing themselves, which they’re entitled to do. However, there’s a way to do it,” said Warw
  
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• Westside Gunn reveals post-2023 retirement plans

  03-01-2023 18:47 via nme.com
  Westside Gunn has revealed that he is considering retiring from music after 2023.
  The rapper, formerly signed to Eminem‘s Shady Records imprint, made the announcement on Twitter, writing “I don’t have nothing else 2prove”.READ MORE: Eminem vs everyone: a massive list of every one of Slim Shady’s lyrical feuds“23’ def my last year doing this shit,” he wrote in a series of tweets. “I put my team on, I put my city on, I worked w/everybody I
  
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• Glorilla pays tribute to Three 6 Mafia’s Gangsta Boo: “A real legend”

  03-01-2023 17:56 via nme.com
  Glorilla has paid tribute to Three 6 Mafia’s Gangsta Boo, calling her “a real legend”.
  Gangsta Boo – real name Lola Mitchell – passed away over the weekend aged 43. Her cause of death is currently unknown.READ MORE: Glorilla: boundary-pushing rap star with a best friend in Cardi BTaking to Instagram, Glorilla shared screenshots of conversations she’d had with Mitchell. In one, Mitchell wrote: “You’re smashing [it]. As a pioneer of Memphis female ra
  
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• Listen to Baek Yerin’s two-song project ‘New Year’

  03-01-2023 17:36 via nme.com
  Baek Yerin has shared a new two-song project to usher in 2023 – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: The 25 best K-pop songs of 2022The Korean singer-songwriter released the pair of tracks – titled ‘Fuckin’ New Year’ and ‘Big World’ – last Sunday (January 1). Together they make up the double single ‘New Year’, which follows on from 2022’s digital single album ‘Pisces’.
  Both new songs are accompanied by their own offic
  
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• Bad Bunny Cites Fan’s ‘Lack of Respect’ After Throwing Their Phone

  03-01-2023 17:35 via rollingstone.com
  "Those who come to put a damn phone in my face, I consider that what it is: a lack of respect, and I'll treat that the same way."
  
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• Margo Price Opens Up Like Never Before: ‘It Feels Freeing’

  03-01-2023 17:19 via rollingstone.com
  She’s never been one to hold her tongue, and her new memoir and album are bracingly honest about drinking, drugs, and the hard work of marriage
  
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• Associates musician Alan Rankine dead at 64

  03-01-2023 17:09 via music-news.com
  
  Alan Rankine, a founding member of the rock band The Associates, has passed away at the age of 64.
  
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• De La Soul’s back catalogue is finally coming to streaming

  03-01-2023 16:59 via nme.com
  De La Soul’s first six albums are set to be made available on streaming services from March 3, 2023.
  To coincide with the 34th anniversary of the release of their iconic debut album ‘3 Feet High And Rising’, De La Soul will be making it available on streaming platforms alongside ‘De La Soul Is Dead’ (1991), ‘Buhloone Mindstate’ (1993), ‘Stakes Is High’ (1996), ‘Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump’ (2000) and ‘Art Officia
  
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• Listen to The Lemon Twigs’ delicate new single ‘Corner Of My Eye’

  03-01-2023 16:32 via nme.com
  The Lemon Twigs have shared a new single called ‘Corner Of My Eye’ – you can listen to it below.
  The song marks the first material from the Long Island duo – comprising brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario – since their third album ‘Songs For The General Public’, which came out in 2020.READ MORE: The Lemon Twigs – ‘Songs For The General Public’ review: a few good ideas, spread very thinInspired by ’60s-era soft rock, the del
  
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• Taylor Swift set to secure first Number 1 album of 2023 with 'Midnights'

  03-01-2023 16:16 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift’s Midnights looks set to become 2023’s first Official Number 1 album as it returns to the top spot midweek.
  
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• Raye on track for first-ever Official Number 1 single with 'Escapism'

  03-01-2023 16:14 via music-news.com
  
  RAYE is on track for her first-ever UK Number 1 single, as independent hit Escapism. rebounds into the spotlight in the post-Christmas shake-up
  
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• Taylor Swift’s cat is reportedly worth £80million

  03-01-2023 16:12 via nme.com
  Taylor Swift‘s pet cat is worth a staggering $97million (£80million), it has been reported.
  According to The Ultimate Pet Rich List, the ‘Midnights’ pop star’s Scottish Fold companion, Olivia Benson, is the third richest pet in the world.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Midnights’ review: a shimmering return to pure pop“With a whopping $97 million net worth, Olivia has found success outside of the world of Instagram influencing,” the web
  
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• De La Soul’s Music is Coming to Streaming Services — For Real This Time

  03-01-2023 16:11 via rollingstone.com
  After long delays and legal disputes, the hip-hop trio's back catalog will arrive online March 3
  
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• Watch Green Day perform Nirvana, Ramones and more in New Year’s Eve Coverups set

  03-01-2023 15:55 via nme.com
  Green Day waved goodbye to 2022 by playing a set with their covers side-project The Coverups – watch them cover Nirvana, Ramones and more below.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Green Day: “We live our lives as if we have nothing”The side project, made up of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, began in 2018 as a covers band. The group also features Green Day touring musician Jason White.
  Most recently, they paid tribute to Jerry Lee Lewi
  
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• Cliff Richard: ‘I don’t want to play Glastonbury anymore’

  03-01-2023 15:23 via music-news.com
  
  Sir Cliff Richard has admitted he has changed his mind about performing at the iconic Glastonbury Music Festival.
  
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• Lewis Capaldi responds to fan after being mistaken for Susan Boyle

  03-01-2023 15:19 via nme.com
  Lewis Capaldi has responded to a fan after he was mistaken for Susan Boyle.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Lewis Capaldi: “Am I a body positive role model? It’s probably not good to call yourself a chubby c***”On New Year’s Eve (December 31), Capaldi performed as part of the BBC’s Hogmanay celebrations alongside host Edith Bowman.
  After the performance, one fan took to TikTok and told Capaldi: “Lewis, my dad saw you on TV and thought you were Susan Bo
  
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• Alan Rankine of The Associates has died aged 64

  03-01-2023 14:41 via nme.com
  Alan Rankine, singer of Scottish band The Associates, has died aged 64.
  The news was confirmed by Rankine’s sons Callum and Hamish today (January 3). He died peacefully at home shortly after spending Christmas with his family,” the sons said in a statement. “He was a beautiful, kind and loving man who will be sorely missed.”
  Rankine formed The Associates in the late 1970s with singer Billy Mackenzie, going on to release three albums, ‘The Affectionate Punch’ (
  
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• ‘White Noise’: watch the surreal LCD Soundsystem dance scene

  03-01-2023 13:53 via nme.com
  The LCD Soundsystem dance scene from White Noise has been shared online – you can watch it below.
  Released on Netflix on December 30, the ’80s-set absurdist comedy-drama stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle.READ MORE: White Noise review: don’t miss this darkly funny family drama starring Adam DriverThe film was written and directed by Noah Baumbach – a longtime collaborator of James Murphy –  based on Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel of the same name.
  
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• Sebastian Marino, guitarist for Overkill and Anvil, dies aged 57

  03-01-2023 13:50 via nme.com
  Sebastian Marino, who played guitar in Overkill and Anvil, has died at the age of 57.
  As Loudwire reports, Anvil singer/guitarist Steve “Lips” Kudlow confirmed the news on New Year’s Day (January 1). “Condolences to my friend Sebastian Marino’s family and friends,” he tweeted.
  “Seby was a dear friend and I will miss him profoundly!! Worth the Weight was an extremely special Anvil album and it will keep Seby alive through our history forever! RIP SEBASTIA
  
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• Porcupine Tree’s summer 2023 shows will “likely” be the band’s last

  03-01-2023 13:01 via nme.com
  Porcupine Tree‘s scheduled gigs for this summer look “likely” to be the band’s last, according to singer Steven Wilson.READ MORE: Porcupine Tree share video for ‘Rats Return’ and tell us: “We’re the quintessential cult band”The band returned last year after a 12-year hiatus, releasing new album ‘Closure/Continuation’ which went on to hit Number Two in the UK album chart.
  This summer, they’ll hit the road for a number of
  
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• Shania Twain was 'standing up for herself' with Man! I Feel Like a Woman

  03-01-2023 12:44 via music-news.com
  
  Shania Twain was "standing up for herself" when she wrote 'Man! I Feel Like a Woman' and explains the inspiration behind her most famous song.
  
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• Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi wants to make a solo album.

  03-01-2023 12:39 via music-news.com
  
  Black Sabbath star Tony Iommi wants to make another solo album.
  
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• Rod Stewart to be a grandfather again

  03-01-2023 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Rod Stewart's second grandchild is set to arrive in April.
  
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• Bad Bunny responds to viral video showing him throwing fan's phone

  03-01-2023 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Footage circulating on social media shows a fan approaching and attempting to take a selfie with the Un Verano Sin Ti star before he grabs the device and launches it into the air.
  
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• Iggy Pop was once asked to join AC/DC: “I’m not what they needed”

  03-01-2023 12:21 via nme.com
  Iggy Pop has revealed that he was once asked to join AC/DC, but thought he didn’t “fit the bill”.READ MORE: Iggy Pop: “I assumed things would quiet down once I turned 65. That hasn’t been the case”The legendary rocker told The New York Times that he was offered the job decades ago, but saw it as outside his skillset.
  “They had a manager many years ago, when I hadn’t reformed The Stooges, I hadn’t moved to England,” he recalled of the Au
  
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• Gabriella Cilmi shares amazing streaming figures as she welcomes 2023

  03-01-2023 12:11 via music-news.com
  
  Gabriella Cilmi has shared some very impressive streaming numbers, as she looks towards 2023.
  
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• TOWIE's Megan McKenna: I want to prove myself as a real singer

  03-01-2023 12:09 via music-news.com
  
  Megan McKenna wants to "prove herself" as a singer after becoming known as a reality star.
  
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• Watch Sam Ryder duet with The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins for NYE concert

  03-01-2023 11:58 via nme.com
  Sam Ryder recently teamed up with The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins at a special NYE concert – watch the performance below.
  The pair shared the stage during the two-part Sam Ryder Rocks New Year’s Eve, which aired on BBC 1 last Saturday (December 31).READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Sam Ryder: “Eurovision was the perfect point in my journey to throw all the chips on the table”“This next special guest is an absolute guitar hero god of mine,” Ryder said to
  
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• North West performs with Sia at Kardashian Christmas party

  03-01-2023 11:48 via nme.com
  Nine-year-old North West was a special guest during Sia‘s performance at this year’s Kardashian Christmas party.
  Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s daughter joined the celebrations on Christmas Eve (December 24) for the annual get-together.
  During the show, North got up to sing with Sia, turning the latter’s festive song ‘Snowman’ into a duet.
  Posting on their @kimandnorth TikTok account after the party, she simply wrote: “Christmas time.”
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• Iggy Pop: I was almost in AC/DC

  03-01-2023 11:09 via music-news.com
  
  Iggy Pop was asked to be a part of AC/DC but turned it down.
  
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• Liam Payne teases new music

  03-01-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Liam Payne has teased that new music could be on the way in 2023.
  
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• Janet Jackson to carry out #MeToo checks on her next tour

  03-01-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Janet Jackson is to carry out #MeToo checks on her next tour.
  
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• TWICE tease new English single ‘Moonlight Sunrise’

  03-01-2023 11:01 via nme.com
  TWICE have detailed their second English-language single ‘Moonlight Sunrise’, due out this month.READ MORE: TWICE: “Through honesty, we can protect ourselves”On January 3, the nine-member girl group shared the digital pre-save link for their upcoming single, also revealing its title ‘Moonlight Sunrise’ and release date. The song, which will be TWICE’s second English-language single, is due out on January 20 at 2pm KST/0am EST.TWICE Pre-Release English Si
  
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• Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi says he’s ready to make a new solo album

  03-01-2023 10:34 via nme.com
  Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed that he is gearing up to write and record a new solo album.
  The musician shared the news during an almost-eight-minute ‘New Year’s Message’ video on his official YouTube account on January 1 (watch below).READ MORE: 10 WTF things you didn’t know about Black Sabbath“It’s been a good year for me, 2022, in parts anyway,” Iommi said (via Blabbermouth). “I’ve been writing and recording. I’
  
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• G-Dragon reveals he is working on a new album

  03-01-2023 10:32 via nme.com
  K-pop soloist and Big Bang member G-Dragon has shed light on his plans for 2023, revealing that he is currently working on a new album.READ MORE: From rookies on the rise to raved-about reunions, here’s a look back at K-pop in 2022On January 1, the 34-year-old singer and rapper dropped a surprise video discussing his plans for 2023, which include an upcoming album. The new clip began with G-Dragon greeting his fans, adding that while 2022 had been quiet for him, he had spent much of the ye
  
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• Watch Judi Dench sing ABBA’s ‘Waterloo’ with Texas’s Sharleen Spiteri in hotel lobby

  03-01-2023 10:17 via nme.com
  Dame Judi Dench and Texas‘s Sharleen Spiteri gave hotel guests in Scotland a surprise rendition of ABBA‘s ‘Waterloo’ to mark New Year’s Eve.
  While celebrating hogmanay at the Fife Arms in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, the pair gave an impromptu rendition of the hit at the hotel lobby’s piano.
  Sharing a piano stool, Spiteri took on lead vocals, with Dench on piano. During the performance, Spiteri exclaimed of her partner: “What a pianist!”
  The video was f
  
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• Four members of ASTRO renew contracts with Fantagio Music

  03-01-2023 10:03 via nme.com
  Four members of K-pop boyband ASTRO have officially renewed their contracts with their agency, Fantagio Music.READ MORE: ASTRO talk pursuing a “relaxed, mature vibe” for ‘Candy Sugar Pop’, and their “meaningful” new solo songsOn December 30, Fantagio Music announced that ASTRO members Jinjin, Cha Eunwoo, Moonbin and Yoon Sanha had renewed their contracts with the agency. Remaining members Rocky and MJ have yet to conclude their renewal discussions.
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