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• New Update Brings Spatial Audio Support to Pixel 6 & Pixel 7 Series Phones

  05-01-2023 23:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A new update for Pixel smartphones finally brings spatial audio support to a limited number of devices. Namely, the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series now supports the new feature–older Pixel devices are out of luck. Spatial audio works to simulate a 3D soundstage in which users feel as if sounds are positioned around them. […]
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• Nirvana and The Supremes to receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards

  05-01-2023 23:26 via music-news.com
  
  The prizes will be presented the day before the Grammy Awards on 5 February.
  
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• Vevo and TikTok Announce Partnership, Launch Top-Trending Video Show

  05-01-2023 23:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Vevo and TikTok announce a new partnership, launching ‘Trending on TikTok,’ a weekly top-trending music video show. Music video network Vevo has announced a partnership with TikTok to create and program Trending on TikTok, a new weekly Vevo show covering the music videos of the top-trending songs on TikTok. The series will also feature clips of […]
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• Lineup for the 12th Edition of Beyond Wonderland SoCal Revealed — Featuring Tiësto, Kaskade, Dillon Francis, and More

  05-01-2023 23:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The lineup for the 12th Edition of Beyond Wonderland SoCal Revealed Featuring Tiësto, Kaskade, Dillon Francis, and more. Insomniac Events has announced the lineup for the twelfth edition of its fan-favorite two-day EDM festival, Beyond Wonderland SoCal. The psychedelic festival returns to the NOS Events Center on Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25, boasting […]
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• Six-day illegal rave in Spanish village “magnificently organised” according to mayor

  05-01-2023 22:40 via nme.com
  An illegal rave lasting six days brought 5,000 people to a small village in Spain over the New Year period.
  Lasting from December 30 to January 4, tents, stalls, caravans and seven stages popped up iout of nowhere reportedly less than a mile from the centre of the village of La Peza, The Guardian reports. The village has a population of 1,200, which quintupled in size when the rave was taking place. “By Saturday we were 6,000,” said Fernando Álvarez, the mayor of La Peza&rsquo
  
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• RAYE reveals tracklist for ‘My 21st Century Blues’

  05-01-2023 21:56 via nme.com
  RAYE has shared the tracklist for her upcoming debut album ‘My 21st Century Blues’.
  The artist made the announcement on Twitter today (January 5), posting a photo of herself holding a notebook with the song titles written in gold pen.READ MORE: RAYE: “I became a ‘rent-a-verse’. People knew my songs, but they didn’t know me” The album is due for release on February 3 and features her collaboration with 070 Shake, ‘Escapism’, as well as &l
  
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• SZA says being bullied as a teenager motivated her to succeed

  05-01-2023 21:54 via nme.com
  SZA has spoken about her experiences of being bullied as a teenager and how it contributed to her future success.READ MORE: SZA – ‘SOS’ review: a comeback album well worth the waitThe artist opened up about feeling misunderstood and experiencing different forms of bullying during her teenage years in a new interview with People.
  “I was bullied because I wasn’t quiet and I was awkward at the same time,” she said. “I wasn’t this tiny sad victim,
  
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• National Independent Venue Association Unveils Plan to Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Cups at Shows

  05-01-2023 21:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The National Independent Venue Association has announced a partnership with r.Cup to reduce single-use plastic cups at its shows. NIVA members in r.Cup operating cities can reduce their environmental footprint with r.Cup’s seamlessly integrated reusable cup system. The partnership also helps raise funds for the National Independent Venue Foundation. r.Cup is a full-service reuse system […]
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• Choir Of Young Believers’ Jannis Noya Makrigiannis dies aged 39

  05-01-2023 21:44 via nme.com
  Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, the founder and frontman of Copenhagen-based Choir Of Young Believers, has died at the age of 39.
  The musician’s death was confirmed by the band’s label Ghostly International, who posted in a statement that he had died late last year following a brief illness.
  “We mourn the loss of Jannis Noya Makrigiannis who passed away just before New Year’s Eve after a short period of illness,” they wrote.
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• ‘Wednesday’ star Emma Myers reveals she’s a massive SEVENTEEN fan

  05-01-2023 21:32 via nme.com
  Wednesday star Emma Myers has revealed she is a massive fan of K-Pop band SEVENTEEN.READ MORE: Here’s what we know about ‘Wednesday’ season twoAppearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Enid Sinclair actress opened up about her fondness for the group, while also explaining the reason for their name.
  “There are thirteen of them,” she began, “and there are three different groups. You have hip-hop, performance and vocal. And then there’s
  
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• Nirvana, The Supremes, Nile Rodgers and more for lifetime achievement Grammys

  05-01-2023 21:19 via nme.com
  The Recording Academy has announced that Nirvana, The Supremes and Nile Rodgers amongst others will be receiving lifetime achievement Grammys at this year’s ceremony.
  Ma Rainey, Slick Rick, Bobby McFerrin, and Heart’s Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson will also be taking home Grammys in recognition of their long and successful careers. Some of these awards, for Kurt Cobain, Ma Rainey and The Supremes’ Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, will be posthumous [as The Hollywood Reporter poi
  
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• Loski found guilty of possessing loaded revolver

  05-01-2023 21:06 via nme.com
  Loski has been found guilty of possessing a loaded revolver while in an Uber.
  The drill rapper, whose real name is Jyrelle O’Connor, was part of the Kennington-based drill group Harlem Spartans. The jury was told he was also a high-profile member of a south London gang who were involved in violent disputes with other gangs in Brixton, the Metropolitan Police said.READ MORE: Move over, Chicago: how the UK made drill its ownYesterday (January 4), a jury found him guilty of possessing a
  
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• A Justin Townes Earle Tribute Concert, Delayed by a Year, Revives the Late Singer’s Eclectic Songbook

  05-01-2023 21:02 via rollingstone.com
  Jason Isbell, Emmylou Harris, Shooter Jennings, and Steve Earle were among those performing Justin's songs onstage in Nashville
  
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• Brian Eno & Roger Eno’s ‘Live At The Acropolis’ concert film to hit UK cinemas

  05-01-2023 20:44 via nme.com
  A rare live concert featuring brothers Brian Eno and Roger Eno is to premiere in cinemas across the UK on March 2, 2023.READ MORE: Brian Eno – ‘FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE’ review: existential meditations and a groundwork for hope‘Live At The Acropolis’ was filmed at Athens’ Odeon of Herodes Atticus amphitheatre in August 2021, as part of the annual Epidaurus Festival.
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• Downtown Music Acquires Four-Year-Old Curve Royalty Systems, Announces Integration Plans

  05-01-2023 20:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Less than two months after backing music networking platform Vampr, Downtown Music Holdings has officially acquired four-year-old royalty processor Curve Royalty Systems. New York City-headquartered Downtown unveiled its buyout of London-based Curve this morning. Founded by former Essential Music and Marketing higher-up Tom Allen, former ADA digital-sales director Richard Leach, and The Music Royalty Company […]
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• YouTube lip-sync star Keenan Cahill dies aged 27

  05-01-2023 20:10 via nme.com
  Keenan Cahill, an American YouTuber known for his popular lip-sync videos, has died at the age of 27.
  The YouTuber passed away on December 29 following complications from heart surgery, as his manager confirmed to TMZ. He had been put on life support after open-heart surgery on December 15.
  Cahill was one of YouTube’s early stars, with a following of over 700,000 subscribers, which he built up over more than a decade. His first lip-sync video to Katy Perry‘s ‘Teenage Dream&rsqu
  
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• Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, Cyndi Lauper, Belinda Carlisle, Debbie Harry to Collaborate on New Song

  05-01-2023 19:22 via rollingstone.com
  The five musical queens will release Diane Warren-written "Gonna Be You"
  
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• BRIT Awards 2023 nominations reveal date announced

  05-01-2023 19:20 via nme.com
  Nominations for the 2023 BRIT Awards are to be announced via an exclusive live stream, broadcast on the official BRITs channels from 4pm GMT on January 12.READ MORE: Here are all the winners from the BRIT Awards 2022Presented by Vick Hope and Jack Saunders, Bring on The BRITs will be broadcast on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. The 30-minute show will include the full nominations list plus artist reactions and further information about the big ceremony.
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• Alien Ant Farm Singer Charged After Touching His Own Crotch With Fan’s Hand

  05-01-2023 19:19 via rollingstone.com
  Dryden Mitchell faces simple battery following incident at band's Fort Lauderdale concert last October
  
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• Skrillex: “We kicked Four Tet off ‘Rumble'”

  05-01-2023 18:49 via nme.com
  Skrillex has spoken about Four Tet‘s role in his new joint single with Fred Again.. and Flowdan.READ MORE: Fred again.. live in London: sheer ecstasy from a new superstar‘Rumble’ arrived yesterday (January 4), and is expected to feature on Skrillex’s double album that’s likely arriving later this year.
  In an interview with Jack Saunders on BBC Radio 1, the producer, real name Sonny Moore, spoke about the surprise release and how the track was originally a colla
  
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• The Supremes, Nirvana, Nile Rodgers Named 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients

  05-01-2023 18:06 via rollingstone.com
  Bobby McFerrin, Ma Rainey, Slick Rick, and Heart members Ann and Nancy Wilson will also be awarded with the honor at a special merit award ceremony on February 4
  
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• Watch IDLES’ intense performance of ‘The Wheel’ on ‘…Fallon’

  05-01-2023 17:57 via nme.com
  IDLES have kicked off their 2023 with a performance of ‘The Wheel’ on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon – check it out below.READ MORE: On The Cover – IDLES: “I wanted to be more than what we were becoming” ‘The Wheel’ is taken from the Bristol band’s 2021 album ‘Crawler’, which has been nominated for two Grammy awards – Best Rock Album and Best Rock Performance for the song ‘Crawl!’
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• The Hold Steady announce ninth album ‘The Price Of Progress’, share “rocking” new single ‘Sideways Skull’

  05-01-2023 17:57 via nme.com
  The Hold Steady have announced their ninth studio album, ‘The Price Of Progress’ – listen to new single ‘Sideways Skull’ below.
  The Brooklyn-based band are due to release the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Open Door Policy’ on March 31 through their own Positive Jams label via Thirty Tigers (pre-order/pre-save here).READ MORE: The Hold Steady – ‘Thrashing Thru The Passion’ reviewSpeaking about the first preview of the forthcoming recor
  
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• Yungblud: “Sex is going to save the world”

  05-01-2023 17:04 via nme.com
  Yungblud has declared that he thinks sex will “save the world”.READ MORE: Yungblud – ‘Yungblud’ review: rockstar returns with his most confident and cohesive yetThe artist, whose real name is Dominic Harrison, insisted that that the “expression and freedom” of sex is the antidote to the world’s hatred.
  Speaking to the Daily Star, Harrison said: “It’s time we talk about sex because I love sex, I think sex is fucking beautiful a
  
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• Miley Cyrus announces eighth studio album ‘Endless Summer Vacation’

  05-01-2023 17:01 via nme.com
  Miley Cyrus has announced her eighth studio album, ‘Endless Summer Vacation’ – check out the trailer below.
  The follow-up to 2020’s ‘Plastic Hearts’ is due to arrive on March 10 via Columbia – you can pre-order/pre-save it here.READ MORE: Miley Cyrus: her best rock covers, from Blondie to Nine Inch Nails Cyrus will release the first single from the record, ‘Flowers’, next Friday (January 13). Last week, the pop star celebrated NYE b
  
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• Judge dismisses another sexual abuse lawsuit against Marilyn Manson

  05-01-2023 16:51 via music-news.com
  
  Ashley Morgan Smithline failed to find new legal representation by a set deadline.
  
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• R Kelly silenced Aaliyah and her family with NDA after marriage annulment, docuseries reveals

  05-01-2023 16:44 via nme.com
  R Kelly silenced Aaliyah and her family with a non-disclosure agreement after the annulment of his marriage to the then-15-year-old singer.
  The allegations were made in the final episode of the Lifetime Surviving R Kelly: The Final Chapter docuseries, which aired on January 2 and 3. The two-parter focused on the disgraced artist’s 2022 federal trial, in which the aforementioned NDA was brought up as evidence against him. Aaliyah, who died in 2001, was listed as Jane Doe #1 in the trial.
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• Miley Cyrus Announces New Album ‘Endless Summer Vacation,’ Coming This Spring

  05-01-2023 16:42 via rollingstone.com
  Singer describes new LP - featuring producers like Kid Harpoon, Greg Kurstin and Mike WiLL Made-It - as a love letter to Los Angeles
  
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• Annie Mac’s stolen USB returned to her after fan’s “drunken madness”

  05-01-2023 16:07 via nme.com
  Annie Mac has thanked a fan for returning her USB stick that they stole in “a moment of drunken madness” last month.
  The DJ and presenter launched an appeal in December after the device – which contains a decade’s worth of music that doesn’t exist elsewhere – was stolen from the booth at one of her ‘Before Midnight’ club nights.READ MORE: Annie Mac bids farewell to Radio 1 after 17 years. Here’s why we’ll miss her“There will
  
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• Man Accused of Murdering Migos’ Takeoff Released on $1 Million Bond

  05-01-2023 16:03 via rollingstone.com
  Patrick Clark must remain under house arrest and wear a GPS monitoring device ahead of the murder trial
  
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• Wigan Pier, one of UK’s most legendary ’90s nightclubs, is getting redeveloped this year

  05-01-2023 15:52 via nme.com
  The redevelopment of Wigan Pier is set to begin in the early part of this year.
  The final section of the former Wigan Pier Nightclub, which was a popular venue during the ’90s house and rave scene, was demolished in 2014.
  Plans to kickstart a multi-million pound rejuvenation project were announced more than three years ago but developer Step Places said they were stalled due to the COVID pandemic as well as rising costs.
  Wigan Pier site will see the space turned into a multi-event space th
  
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• Sam Smith Schedules 27-Date ‘Gloria’ North American Tour

  05-01-2023 15:52 via rollingstone.com
  Jessie Reyez will join the singer for most dates of the tour beginning in July
  
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• Eurythmics celebrate 40 years of ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’

  05-01-2023 15:17 via nme.com
  Eurythmics have celebrated 40 years of ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’.
  The new wave pop duo’s second album was released on January 4, 1983. Weeks later, they shared the album’s title song as the record’s final single, which became a huge worldwide hit and propelled the pair to stardom.
  Scottish singer and songwriter Annie Lennox marked the song’s milestone anniversary by writing alongside clips from the music video: “It’s almost impossible to be
  
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• Shania Twain Gets the Dance Floor Going With New Single ‘Giddy Up!’

  05-01-2023 14:40 via rollingstone.com
  Queen of Me, the country star's first album in six years, arrives on Feb. 3
  
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• Even Cardi B is feeling the cost of living crisis

  05-01-2023 14:24 via nme.com
  Cardi B has expressed her frustration over inflation in the US, which has resulted in higher prices for basic goods.
  Per Reuters, American citizens are currently facing financial pressures similar to the cost of living crisis in the UK. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently told the outlet that inflation has not “turned the corner yet” in the states.
  Taking to Twitter on yesterday (January 4), Cardi wrote: “Naaaaaa grocery shopping prices are ridiculous right now. You
  
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• Skrillex, Four Tet and Fred Again.. announce surprise London gig happening tonight

  05-01-2023 14:22 via nme.com
  Skrillex, Four Tet and Fred Again.. have announced a last-minute gig tonight (January 5).READ MORE: Fred again.. live in London: sheer ecstasy from a new superstarThe producers and DJs will perform at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London.
  It comes after Skrillex, Fred Again.. and Flowdan released a joint single, ‘Rumble’, yesterday (January 4), which is expected to feature on Skrillex’s double album that’s likely arriving later this year.
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• Billie Eilish: “I feel like my body was gaslighting me for years”

  05-01-2023 13:20 via nme.com
  Billie Eilish has opened up about her struggles as a teenager, saying that she felt like her body was “gaslighting” her for years.
  The 21-year-old pop star has spoken about body image on numerous occasions in the past. Back in 2020 she delivered a powerful statement onstage in Miami, and later explained how it was “such a loss to always try to look good”.READ MORE: Every single Billie Eilish song ranked in order of greatness During a wide-ranging new interview with V
  
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• Quavo shares heartbreaking Takeoff tribute song Without You

  05-01-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Quavo saw Takeoff as much more than a nephew.
  
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• Iron Maiden honoured with Royal Mail stamp collection

  05-01-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Iron Maiden join The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Queen and The Beatles in receiving their own stamp collection.
  
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• Belle & Sebastian’s Richard Colburn shares memories of having Alan Rankine as a teacher

  05-01-2023 12:51 via nme.com
  Belle & Sebastian‘s Richard Colburn has written about the late Alan Rankine, a musician and college lecturer who was instrumental to the band’s early days.
  The drummer revealed in a post on Facebook yesterday (January 4) that the former guitarist of Scottish post-punk and pop band The Associates, who died after spending Christmas 2022 with his family, was an important mentor and advocate of their music in the mid 1990s.
  Writing in a post, the Belle & Sebastian drummer said: &
  
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• Rapper Theophilus London has been found 'safe and well'

  05-01-2023 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Theophilus London's cousin Mikhail Noel announced the news via Instagram on Wednesday.
  
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• Jamie Lynn Spears 'struggled' with self-esteem growing up in Britney Spears's shadow

  05-01-2023 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  During the premiere of Fox''s Special Forces: World''s Toughest Test on Wednesday, the actress/singer broke down in tears while discussing what it was like having a very famous sibling.
  
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• Alien Ant Farm frontman Dryden Mitchell charged with battery after pulling male fan’s hand into his genitals

  05-01-2023 12:25 via nme.com
  Alien Ant Farm frontman Dryden Mitchell has been charged with battery after pulling a male fan’s hand into his crotch during a live show.
  As The Daily Mail reports, the incident occurred when the US rock band were performing at the Broward Center For The Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on October 29, 2022.
  The moment was captured in a fan-shot video and subsequently posted on YouTube. In the footage, the audience member in question can be seen raising his hand towards Mitchell&
  
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• New Spotify feature invites users to create ‘Playlist in a Bottle’ time capsule

  05-01-2023 12:16 via nme.com
  Spotify has released a new feature called ‘Playlist in a Bottle’ that allows users to create their own music time capsule to open next year.READ MORE: Here’s how to turn your top Spotify habits into a festival line-upThe feature invited users to imagine which song will be a classic by 2024 or what they think they’ll be listening to this summer, among other selections.
  In January 2024, Spotify listeners will then be able to open their ‘Playlist in a Bottle’ to
  
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• Marilyn Manson sexual assault case dismissed

  05-01-2023 11:47 via nme.com
  A sexual assault case against Marilyn Manson has been dismissed.
  A California court has dismissed without prejudice a 2021 lawsuit from model and entertainer Ashley Morgan Smithline that accused Brian Warner (aka Marilyn Manson) of sexual assault and more.
  The Los Angeles Times has reported on the decision, which was confirmed by Pitchfork, that has seen Smithline’s case against Warner for alleged sexual assault, sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, unlawful impris
  
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• 'There’s always talking, isn’t there?': Emma Bunton would love a Spice Girls reunion at Glastonbury

  05-01-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Baby Spice revealed there are always talks of when the next Spice Girls gig will be.
  
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• Jesy Nelson goes DIY for her next solo project

  05-01-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Jesy Nelson has revealed she is going to learn how to record her music herself at home.
  
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• Calvin Harris announces first immersive concert on TikTok LIVE

  05-01-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Calvin Harris' avatar will play a DJ set next week on the video-sharing platform.
  
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• Listen to The Murder Capital’s anthemic new single ‘Return My Head’

  05-01-2023 11:01 via nme.com
  The Murder Capital have shared a new single called ‘Return My Head’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: The Murder Capital on new album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’ – “We had to find our sound”The track serves as the fourth preview of the Irish post-punk band’s second album ‘Gigi’s Recovery’, which is due for release on January 20 via Human Season (pre-order/pre-save here).
  “‘Return My Head’ was written
  
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• FLO crowned BBC Sound Of 2023 winners

  05-01-2023 10:17 via nme.com
  FLO have won the BBC’s Sound Of 2023 poll.READ MORE: FLO – “We don’t want to be in Little Mix’s shadow… obviously, they paved the way for us”The R&B trio beat off competition from Fred Again.., Nia Archives and others to clinch the top spot after being voted for by more than 130 music industry experts.
  Previous winners of the annual list, which showcases the next big things in music, include Adele, Sam Smith, PinkPantheress and Sam Fender.
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