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• Believe Generated Over $1 Billion From ‘Digital Music Sales’ During 2022, Execs Announce

  07-02-2023 23:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Paris-headquartered Believe has officially announced that its annual digital music sales cracked €1 billion ($1.07 billion at the present exchange rate) during 2022. The TuneCore owner Believe unveiled the digital-sales milestone today, via a concise announcement message that was emailed to DMN. Per this to-the-point release, Believe last year achieved north of €1 billion in […]
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• Greg Abbott Announces Plan to Ban TikTok on Texas Government Devices

  07-02-2023 23:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Greg Abbott announces a plan to ban TikTok on Texas government devices after an initial ban on the app from Texas government employees’ devices late last year. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to ban using TikTok and other software connected to Chinese and Russian companies from government devices. State agencies have until […]
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• Hollywood Bowl Reveals 2023 Summer Concert Season — LA Phil, Janet Jackson, The Beach Boys, & More

  07-02-2023 23:24 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  The Hollywood Bowl summer concert season for 2023 has been revealed. Here’s a peek at some of the acts slated for this iconic amphitheater this year. The LA Phil will continue its tradition of presenting classical concerts under the stars with the LA Phil Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel conducting the orchestra. “There is […]
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• Siouxsie Sioux, Sugababes, Glasvegas and more announced for Glasgow’s Summer Nights At The Bandstand 2023

  07-02-2023 22:58 via nme.com
  
  The first names have been announced for the Summer Nights At The Bandstand concert series in Glasgow.
  The concert series features a different artist headlining Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Park Bandstand each night, with other special guests, from July 25 – August 13. Siouxsie Sioux will kick off the run of gigs on July 25 in her first performance in Scotland for 15 years, with Sugababes, The Shires, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Glasvegas also set to headline.
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• Madison Square Garden Lifts Facial Recognition Ban Against Opposing Attorneys

  07-02-2023 22:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Following a massive wave of bad press starting in December 2022, MSG Entertainment is rescinding its adverse attorney policy–for one firm. Here’s the latest.  Digital Music News reported on facial recognition technology being used by MSG Entertainment to scan for lawyers belonging to law firms that are actively engaged in litigation vs. the company. These […]
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• Sharon Van Etten announces ‘Tramp’ anniversary reissue and shares unseen ‘Serpents’ video

  07-02-2023 22:01 via nme.com
  
  Sharon Van Etten has shared details of an anniversary reissue of her third album, ‘Tramp‘, and with it has released a previously unseen music video for ‘Serpents‘.READ MORE: Sharon Van Etten – ‘We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong’ review: fear and loving in lockdownThe singer-songwriter has today (February 7) celebrated 11 years of ‘Tramp’, her critically acclaimed 2012 Jagjaguwar debut, and announced the ‘Tramp (Anniversary Edi
  
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• Yeah Yeah Yeahs share ‘Blacktop’ video and announce US and European shows

  07-02-2023 21:35 via nme.com
  
  The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have shared the video for ‘Blacktop’ and announced US and European tour dates.READ MORE: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: every album ranked in order of greatness“’Blacktop’ stuck out to me early on, the demo was very stripped down instrumentally and emotionally,” said frontwoman Karen O in a statement [via Stereogum]. It was a step towards what radical closeness feels like after a long separation. Each record has one of these diamonds in the rough that ju
  
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• Barbra Streisand to release 'heartfelt and entertaining' memoir

  07-02-2023 21:31 via music-news.com
  
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• Franklin Jonas Is ‘Nostalgic for the Bad Times’ on Debut Single ‘Cocaine’

  07-02-2023 21:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Youngest JoBro previously opened up about his struggles with addiction and suicidal ideation
  
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• Spotify Stock (SPOT) Remains Above $120 Amid Bullish Analyst Expectations

  07-02-2023 21:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Bullish analyst sentiments are helping to keep the Spotify (SPOT) stock price above $120. Analysts at Wells Fargo and Atlantic Equities have lifted SPOT to ‘Overweight.’ Wells Fargo analysts raised their price targets for SPOT from $121 to $180, stating the company’s commitment to margin improvements as the reason. “When we upgraded SPOT to ‘Equal […]
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• Sharon Van Etten Is Finally Ready to Share the ‘Serpents’ Video She Made 11 Years Ago

  07-02-2023 20:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer-songwriter released the previously-unseen clip along with announcing a new anniversary edition of her 2012 album, Tramp
  
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• The Drifters’ Charlie Thomas dies, aged 85

  07-02-2023 20:29 via nme.com
  
  Charlie Thomas of The Drifters has died from liver cancer at the age of 85.
  The singer passed away last week, The New York Times has reported. He was a member of the R&B and soul group during their commercial success in the early 1960s.
  Thomas, who was born in Virginia, US in 1937, joined the band in the late 1950s after The Drifters’ manager George Treadwell fired all the existing bandmembers following a disastrous concert at the Apollo in Harlem, New York City.
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• Kelly Clarkson Rivals Adele’s Vocals in New ‘Set Fire to the Rain’ Cover

  07-02-2023 20:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  In the past, Clarkson has covered tracks like "Rumour Has It" and "Rolling in the Deep"
  
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• Laura Jane Grace Schedules Spring 2023 North American Tour

  07-02-2023 20:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  The musician will be joined by Weakened Friends on all headlining dates for the tour, scheduled to begin on April 5
  
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• Live Entertainment Platform Fever Raises $110 Million in Goldman-Led Round — Valuation Hits $1.8 Billion

  07-02-2023 19:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A little over one year after pulling down $227 million in a Goldman-led round, entertainment-discovery platform Fever has reportedly raised another $110 million. This newest capital influx for Fever, which bills itself as “the leading global live-entertainment discovery tech platform,” first came to light in reports from European outlets towards the month’s start. Operated by […]
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• Morrissey is “quickly coming around to that belief” that Capitol is “sabotaging” his new album

  07-02-2023 19:46 via nme.com
  
  Morrissey has said that he’s starting to think that his former label Capitol Records is intentionally “sabotaging” his new album, ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’.READ MORE: Morrissey – ‘I Am Not A Dog On A Chain’ review: his best album in years (if you can tune out his opinions)Morrissey “voluntarily” left the record label, as well as his management, just before Christmas 2022 after signing with it the previous year. He was dropped by BMG in 202
  
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• Wargasm drummer shares video of drum monitor catching fire at Japanese festival

  07-02-2023 19:33 via nme.com
  
  Wargasm‘s drummer has posted a clip of the moment his drum monitor caught fire during a festival show in Japan.READ MORE: Wargasm – “We love being validated by all the nu-metal daddies”Adam Breeze, who plays live with the London rock duo that comprises Milkie Way and Sam Matlock, shared a video of him alerting technicians to the blaze during their set at Nagoya’s Blarefest over the weekend (February 4-5).
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• Yo La Tengo Are Beautifully Bummed on ‘This Stupid World’

  07-02-2023 19:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Their indie-rock idyll feels threatened, and it gives their always-excellent songwriting more urgency
  
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• Dream Wife announce new album ‘Social Lubrication’, share ferocious single ‘Hot (Don’t Date A Musician)’

  07-02-2023 19:06 via nme.com
  
  Dream Wife have shared details of their third album ‘Social Lubrication’ along with a new single ‘Hot (Don’t Date A Musician)’ – listen below.READ MORE: Dream Wife – ‘So When You Gonna…’ review: the swagger of Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the sneer of riot grrrlThe album, which is the follow-up to 2020’s ‘So When You Gonna…‘ is released on June 9 via Lucky Number (pre-order here).
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• Foo Fighters, the Killers to Hit the Beach for 2023 Sea. Hear. Now Festival

  07-02-2023 18:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Weezer, Sheryl Crow, Greta Van Fleet, Tegan and Sara to also play the beachside fest in Asbury Park, New Jersey
  
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• Yeah Yeah Yeahs Are All Silhouettes and Technicolor Dreams in ‘Blacktop’ Music Video

  07-02-2023 18:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band also announced a slate of North American tour dates scheduled to go on-sale Friday, February 10
  
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• Zach Bryan’s Twitter Vanishes…Right When He Has a Hit Song and His Eagles Are in the Super Bowl

  07-02-2023 18:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  With "Something in the Orange" now a six-week Number One and a red-hot tour about to go on sale, the press-shy country singer has seemingly deactivated his primary source of communication
  
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• Rare and unheard demos, songs and live tracks by The Prodigy unearthed online

  07-02-2023 18:36 via nme.com
  
  People behind a website have discovered a host of rare and unheard demos, songs, and live tracks by The Prodigy.READ MORE: The Prodigy live in Liverpool: a wall-shaking return fuelled by anarchy and loveThe website, The Prodi.gy all souvenirs are here, presents a database of “live only” tracks, “rare studio tracks”, “side projects”, “samples”, “promo and rare releases”, “unreleased and unheard” and more – all available
  
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• All Saints’ Shazay Lewis says it “does not feel right that female artists have suffered” as a result of BRITs category changes

  07-02-2023 18:17 via nme.com
  
  All Saints‘ Shazay Lewis has spoken about this year’s all-male BRIT Awards line-up in the UK Artist Of The Year category, saying that it “does not feel right that female artists have suffered”.
  The Best Female and Best Male categories are merged for the second year at the 2023 awards – which is due to be held this Saturday, February 11 at London’s O2 Arena – however, the nominations did not recognise any female artists.READ MORE: Here are all the wi
  
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• Lucy Frazer, MP who made Scottish “slavery” joke in Parliament, promoted to Culture Secretary

  07-02-2023 17:30 via nme.com
  
  Lucy Frazer, the MP who hit headlines when she made a controversial slavery joke, has been promoted to Culture Secretary by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
  The MP for South East Cambridgeshire made a joke in the House of Commons in 2015 about sending Scottish people to the colonies as slaves, a video of which surfaced in 2020 following discussions about Britain’s role in the slave trade in the wake of Black Lives Matter.
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• Beyoncé fans report glitches and 500,000-strong queue in attempt for ‘Renaissance’ tour tickets

  07-02-2023 17:30 via nme.com
  
  Fans were met with huge queues as the general sale tickets for the UK leg of Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance‘ tour went on sale today.READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joyLast week, the singer announced her highly anticipated UK, Europe and North America tour in support of her 2022 album of the same name.
  Fans who were hoping to get their hands on tickets, however, quickly took to social media to voice their &ldquo
  
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• Beyoncé fans meet error messages and 500,000-strong queue in attempt for tour tickets

  07-02-2023 17:30 via nme.com
  
  Fans were met with error messages and huge queues as the general sale tickets for the UK leg of Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance‘ tour went on sale today.READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joyLast week, the singer announced her highly anticipated UK, Europe and North America tour in support of her 2022 album of the same name.
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• Beyoncé fans face frustration and 500,000-strong queue in attempt for ‘Renaissance’ tour tickets

  07-02-2023 17:30 via nme.com
  
  Fans have taken to social media to voice their frustration at being met with huge queues as the general sale tickets for the UK leg of Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance‘ tour were made available today (Tuesday February 7)READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joyLast week, the singer announced her highly anticipated UK, Europe and North America tour in support of her 2022 album of the same name.
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• Pharrell Teaches Tyler, the Creator the Other Meaning of House Music in ‘RapCaviar Presents’ Clip

  07-02-2023 17:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  New Hulu docuseries — inspired by the popular Spotify playlist — will premiere in March
  
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• Barbra Streisand’s Fabled, Long-Awaited Memoir Will Finally Be Published This Year

  07-02-2023 16:55 via rollingstone.com
  
  My Name is Barbra is expected to hit shelves in November
  
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• Doja Cat says she wants to do “deliberate weird ass shit” to fuel Illuminati conspiracies

  07-02-2023 16:46 via nme.com
  
  Doja Cat has joked that she plans to do “weird ass shit” to deliberately fuel conspiracy theories about her being in the Illuminati.
  Addressing rumours that the pop-rap star is involved in the supposed organisation of society’s elite that secretly runs the world, the singer said that she finds the conspiracy “so funny”.READ MORE: Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’ review: controversial pop-rapper enters her imperial phaseTaking to Twitter yesterday (February
  
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• Jay-Z on why Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ deserved Album Of The Year at the Grammys

  07-02-2023 16:40 via nme.com
  
  Jay-Z has explained why he believed Beyoncé deserved to win Album Of The Year at the 2023 Grammys with her recent album ‘Renaissance’.READ MORE: Here are all the winners from the 2023 GrammysThe rapper was speaking to Tidal Magazine ahead of the ceremony, which would see Beyoncé controversially lose out on the award to Harry Styles, who took the Grammy home for his album ‘Harry’s House’.
  “Look what it’s done to the culture,” J
  
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• Megan Fox praises Machine Gun Kelly's 'grace and maturity' following Grammy nomination

  07-02-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Machine Gun Kelly was nominated in the Best Rock Album category for Mainstream Sellout.
  
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• Harry Styles' dancers reveal technical malfunction during Grammys performance

  07-02-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles and his dancers had to perform the routine in reverse without notice.
  
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• Sigur Rós, Primal Scream, Gabriels and more for new UK concert series On The Mount

  07-02-2023 16:09 via nme.com
  
  Sigur Rós, Primal Scream and Gabriels are among the acts confirmed for new UK concert series On The Mount – find all the details below.
  The inaugural edition of the multi-day event is due to take place at the Wasing Estate in Aldermaston, Berkshire this summer. Tickets go on general sale at 10am GMT this Friday (February 10) – you’ll be able to buy yours here.READ MORE: Sigur Rós live in London: still the masters of swelling majestyLA R&B trio Gabriels, who we
  
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• Darwen’s Sunbird Records venue to close down

  07-02-2023 16:03 via nme.com
  
  Sunbird Records in Blackburn with Darwen is shutting its doors for good.READ MORE: With Nambucca closing and The Leadmill under threat, campaigners call for venues to own their buildingsThe venue had been open for seven years and several factors had been cited for its closure, primarily the cost of living crisis, but also falling profits and a recent flood that had caused the venue to close temporarily last month.
  General manager Ramsay Lohan told the Lancashire Telegraph that although
  
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• Yo La Tengo Deliver Ode to New Jersey on ‘Sinatra Drive Breakdown’

  07-02-2023 16:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song will appear on the group's upcoming album This Stupid World out Friday
  
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• Listen to Gilla Band’s trippy new single ‘Sports Day’

  07-02-2023 15:44 via nme.com
  
  Gilla Band have shared a new single, ‘Sports Day’, and announced a string of UK and European tour dates – check out the track with the accompanying visualiser below.READ MORE: Girl Band – ‘The Talkies’ review: wild experimentation borne of self-imposed limitationsThe video for the Dublin four-piece’s newest track was directed by Michael Speed, who also helmed the video for ‘Post Ryan’, which followed singles ‘Backwash’ and &l
  
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• Harry Styles was forced to “reverse” Grammys performance due to stage malfunction

  07-02-2023 15:13 via nme.com
  
  Harry Styles and his dancers were forced to “reverse” their routine live onstage at the Grammys 2023 after the revolving stage malfunctioned.
  The pop star sang his 2022 hit single ‘As It Was’ at the 65th Annual Awards in Los Angeles, California last Sunday (February 5).READ MORE: The best moments from the 2023 Grammys, from Beyoncé’s GOAT status to Wet Leg’s giddy winsMirroring the song’s official video, the performance saw Styles appear on a
  
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• Sound Credit Partners With PPL — North American Creators Can Now Collect Neighboring Rights Royalties

  07-02-2023 15:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A just-signed Sound Credit-PPL partnership will now allow North American performers to better collect international royalties from a range of neighboring rights. Music rights holders can now increase their payouts from music played overseas in public (shops, bars, nightclubs) or broadcast (TV, radio, and some online streaming services). The black box got a bit smaller […]
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• David Gilmour and wife attack Roger Waters with claims of antisemitism

  07-02-2023 14:44 via nme.com
  
  David Gilmour has attacked his former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters on Twitter, continuing a decades-long rift between the pair with claims of antisemitism.
  Yesterday (February 6), Gilmour’s wife, the author Polly Samson, shared a pointed tweet in which she accused Waters of being “antisemitic to [his] rotten core”.
  She continued: “Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac. Enough
  
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• Paramore Ignore the Hourglass on New Song ‘Running Out of Time’

  07-02-2023 14:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song will appear on the band's upcoming album This is Why, out February 10
  
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• Beyonce adds two further London dates due to phenomenal demand for Renaissance tour

  07-02-2023 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Beyonce's fans scrambled to get tickets to the tour when tickets when on sale on Tuesday morning (07.02.23).
  
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• Beyoncé adds fifth and final London date to 2023 ‘Renaissance’ tour

  07-02-2023 13:58 via nme.com
  
  Beyoncé has added an extra London date to the UK leg of her 2023 ‘Renaissance’ world tour – tickets are available here.
  The pop star is due to hit the road for an extensive run of headline concerts this May, with stop-offs scheduled in Europe, the United Kingdom and North America from that month until late September.READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joyUpon announcing the tour last week, Beyoncé
  
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• Etsy seller who designed Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ hat flooded with orders

  07-02-2023 13:52 via nme.com
  
  An Etsy seller who designed the hat Beyoncé wore in the poster for her ‘Renaissance’ tour has been overwhelmed with new orders.
  24-year-old Abby Misbin from Philadelphia, USA, has been selling glitter ball-inspired, mirror-sequinned cowboy hats on the creative marketplace since she graduated in 2021.READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joyOriginally starting as a “side-hustle”, Misbin received a message
  
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• Poe The Passenger announce release of viral AI generated TikTok hit ‘Hologram’

  07-02-2023 13:22 via nme.com
  
  Poe The Passenger have announced the release of their viral AI-generated TikTok hit ‘Hologram’.
  Last month, the US alt-rock band posted a TikTok with the caption: “Programmed a bot to listen to 1000 hours of Imagine Dragons / Linkin Park music & then make a song like it.”
  The song has since raked in more than 3.8million views and counting, though the original audio has now been muted.
  Now, the band have promised that they will officially release the track on February
  
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• The C-Series is back: NME and Bose announce the return of the iconic mixtape

  07-02-2023 13:15 via nme.com
  NME and Bose have announced the return of the iconic C-Series mixtape.
  The upcoming ‘Bose x NME Present C23’ mixtape will feature 15 exclusive tracks by 15 of the world’s most exciting and innovative emerging artists, creating an unmissable collection that will offer a definitive audio showcase of the future of music.
  The mixtape will be the first entry in the C-Series since 1996 and follow the tastemaking and scene-stealing compilations C81 and C86, both of which altered the l
  
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• Paramore's new album is their 'most political'

  07-02-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Paramore want to provide fans with an "escape" from the realities of the world and also address social issues head-on.
  
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• Harry Styles' Grammys performance went in the 'wrong direction'

  07-02-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles has been praised by his backup dancers for continuing his Grammys performance amid a technical glitch that saw the stage spin the wrong way.
  
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• Ian Brown, Happy Mondays and more for Warrington’s Live At The Big Top

  07-02-2023 12:41 via nme.com
  
  Ian Brown and Happy Mondays are among the acts set to appear at Live At The Big Top 2023 – see the line-up below.READ MORE: CVC – ‘Get Real’ review: retro rock sharp enough to strike a match onThe event, which is presented by Neighbourhood Weekender, is due to take place at Victoria Park in Warrington on Friday, May 26.
  Brown will headline the event following a performance from Happy Mondays. Also on the bill are Cast and rising Welsh psych-rock band CVC.
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