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• Peter Gabriel adds more US dates to his ‘i/o’ tour

  25-03-2023 23:47 via nme.com
  
  Peter Gabriel has added further dates to his upcoming ‘i/o’ tour of North America – see dates below and buy tickets here.READ MORE: Peter Gabriel on working with Arcade Fire and making touring greenerThe former Genesis singer turned solo artist previously announced that he would be heading to Europe and the UK in spring this year in support of his 10th studio album. His ninth and most recent studio album, ‘New Blood’, came out in 2011.
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• The American Music Awards may take year off in 2023

  25-03-2023 20:50 via nme.com
  
  The American Music Awards might be taking a year off in 2023, following the news that the Billboard Music Awards would be moving their date.
  According to Variety, the sabbatical is likely to take place because the Billboard Music Awards are moving to November 19, which is typically when the American Music Awards are held.
  Parent company Dick Clark Productions may choose to move the awards to 2024, taking up the slot in May previously held by Billboard.
  Variety reports that multiple sources have
  
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• NBA YoungBoy announces new album ‘Don’t Try This At Home’

  25-03-2023 20:20 via nme.com
  
  NBA YoungBoy has announced that he’ll be releasing his new album, titled ‘Don’t Try This At Home’, next month.
  The news was shared on Instagram via a fan page but then reshared by his label’s official account on their stories.
  The post revealed that the album would be out on April 21, including its artwork and the news that it’ll feature 33 songs.
  ‘Don’t Try This At Home’ follows YoungBoy’s fifth studio album ‘I Rest My Case&rsquo
  
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• Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth describes David Byrne as “insecure”

  25-03-2023 19:48 via nme.com
  
  Talking Heads’ bassist Tina Weymouth has described frontman David Byrne as “insecure” in a series of essays in the Sunday Times.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Talking Heads’ Tina WeymouthAlongside drummer and husband Chris Frantz, who released a memoir titled Remain In Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina in 2020, she opened up about their complicated relationship with Byrne.
  “I recently described David Byrne as Trumpian, which didn’t go down w
  
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• Rosalia and Rauw Alejandro Pull Back the Curtain on Their Romance — and Engagement — on RR

  25-03-2023 19:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  Their three-song EP is a chance for the couple to share their buzzy relationship on their own terms
  
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• Richard Ashcroft announces Heritage Live show at Berkshire country estate

  25-03-2023 18:48 via nme.com
  
  Richard Ashcroft has announced a show at Englefield House in Berkshire, England, this summer.READ MORE: We Need To Talk About: Richard Ashcroft burning a copy of NMEThe former The Verve frontman will play the grounds of the Elizabethan country house on July 22, as part of the Heritage Live concert series. He’ll be joined by special guests Ocean Colour Scene and The Sherlocks.
  Tickets for the show will be available and on general sale at 9am on Friday, March 31 – purchase yo
  
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• Taylor Swift Debuts ‘Snow on the Beach’ Live, Praises Lana Del Rey at Las Vegas Show

  25-03-2023 18:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  "It’s just extraordinary," Swift says of Ocean Blvd. "I just think she’s the best that we have"
  
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• Nikki Sixx to appear on Dolly Parton’s new rock album

  25-03-2023 18:07 via nme.com
  
  Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has revealed that he’ll be making an appearance on Dolly Parton‘s forthcoming rock album.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Dolly Parton: “I take care of business”Titled ‘Rock Star’, the new record is set to feature covers of classic songs by the likes of Prince, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
  Earlier this week, Nikki Sixx shared that he was the latest
  
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• Listen to Kele’s ominous new single ‘And He Never Was The Same Again’

  25-03-2023 17:37 via nme.com
  
  Kele has shared the latest single from his new album ‘The Flames Pt. 2’ – listen to ‘And He Never Was The Same Again’ below.READ MORE: Kele – ‘The Waves Pt. 1’ review: a meditative pandemic-induced experiment The Bloc Party frontman’s sixth solo studio album was released yesterday (March 24) via KOLA Records / !K7.
  ‘And He Never Was The Same Again’ is an ominous and discordant track, which gently builds tension to t
  
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• Lil Yachty views himself as 'student of music'

  25-03-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The rapper dropped his fifth studio album, Let's Start Here, to critical acclaim in January.
  
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• Taylor Swift is donating to food banks on the ‘Eras’ tour route

  25-03-2023 15:57 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift quietly made donations to food banks in cities where she was playing shows for her ‘Eras’ tour.READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour kick off: top five moments from the star’s transcendent performance The tour kicked off last week in Glendale, Arizona, which was temporarily named ‘Swift City’ in her honour, and it was reported on Monday (March 20) that while she was there, she made a sizeable donation to the Arizona Food Bank Netw
  
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• ‘Mountain Stage’ Has Featured Everyone From Tyler Childers to Tori Amos. 40 Years on, It’s Still Breaking Artists

  25-03-2023 15:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  Go backstage at the wildly eclectic public-radio music program: “It’s not easy to explain what Mountain Stage is," says the show's EP. "We have no boundaries"
  
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• Music Venue Trust has raised 75 per cent of its £2.5million target for #OwnOurVenues campaign

  25-03-2023 14:59 via nme.com
  
  The Music Venue Trust has put out another call for donations as its #OwnOurVenues campaign enters its final week.READ MORE: Call for venues to own their buildings after Leadmill threat & Nambucca closure As it stands, the Music Venue Trust has raised over 75 per cent of its £2.5million target to take public ownership of nine grassroots venues “but there’s only five days until its final deadline of March 30th to secure the remaining investment needed,” said t
  
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• Kanye West Says Jonah Hill in ’21 Jump Street’ ‘Made Me Like Jewish People Again’

  25-03-2023 14:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  "No one should take anger against one or two individuals and transform that into hatred towards millions of innocent people," rapper writes in return to social media
  
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• Spotify only spent 10 per cent of its $100million diversity fund in the past year

  25-03-2023 13:56 via nme.com
  
  Spotify executives have only spent 10 per cent of their $100million (£81.75million) budget on a new fund to promote music and audio content by members of “historically marginalised groups”.
  The Creator Equity Fund was launched last year in the wake of controversy surrounding Joe Rogan’s Spotify-exclusive podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, due to uses of the N-word and COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.
  Just over a year on, however, Bloomberg has found that the ini
  
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• Taylor Swift dedicates ‘Our Song’ to Beabadoobee, praises Lana Del Rey as the ‘Eras’ tour resumes

  25-03-2023 13:50 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift resumed her ‘Eras’ tour last night (March 24) at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium and took a request from opening act Beabadoobee.READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour kick off: top five moments from the star’s transcendent performanceSwift kicked off the run of shows last week with a mammoth 44-song set that pulled from across her back catalogue. She played a similar set last night with the exception of the “acoustic surprise” porti
  
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• Ticketmaster faces class action lawsuit over Drake ticket prices

  25-03-2023 13:18 via nme.com
  
  Ticketmaster has been served a class action lawsuit over allegedly price gouging tickets for Drake’s upcoming tour.READ MORE: Drake and 21 Savage – ‘Her Loss’ review: exciting prospect marred by lazy songwriting The Montreal-based law firm LPC Avocat Inc., which focuses on the protection of consumer rights, argued in the suit that the ticketing giant “intentionally misleads consumers for their own financial gain.”
  According to the filing, which was obtain
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow questioned about Taylor Swift friendship in ski accident trial

  25-03-2023 12:41 via nme.com
  
  Gwyneth Paltrow was questioned about her relationship with Taylor Swift during her trial about an accident on a ski slope.
  Paltrow took the stand yesterday (March 24) as part of a civil trial that claims the actor seriously injured a man in a skiing accident in Utah in 2016.
  The suit concerns a collision at a ski resort in Park City, with Terry Sanderson claiming that Paltrow collided with him and knocked “him down hard, knocking him out,”
  Sanderson claims the incident left him
  
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• James Hetfield says Metallica is made up of “average” musicians

  25-03-2023 12:07 via nme.com
  
  James Hetfield has claimed that the individual members of Metallica are “average” musicians.READ MORE: Horns up! What’s driving film and TV’s metal revival?In a new interview with Cigar Aficionado magazine, the Metallica vocalist said “I know individually, we’re all really average players.”
  He went on to claim that something special happens when the four of them team up though. “When you put us together, something happens,” he explained. &ldq
  
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• Demi Lovato reimagines ‘Heart Attack’ as a rock song for its 10th anniversary

  25-03-2023 12:05 via nme.com
  
  Demi Lovato has released a rock reworking of ‘Heart Attack’ to mark its tenth anniversary.READ MORE: Demi Lovato – ‘Holy Fvck’ review: a sonic middle finger and bold return to their rock rootsLovato had previously played a rock version of her 2013 song on tour in support of their recent album ‘Holy Fvck’, but has now released a studio version with re-recorded vocals and fresh production provided by Warren “Oak” Felder and Mitch Allan, who pro
  
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• Watch MUNA cover Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’

  25-03-2023 11:23 via nme.com
  
  MUNA have reworked Celine Dion’s iconic track ‘My Heart Will Go On’ for Triple J’s Like A Version – check it out below.READ MORE: MUNA: “We believe in people taking moments of freedom and love where they can find it”Speaking about their cover of Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’ to Triple J, MUNA’s Katie Gavin said: “This song is a song I’ve always loved. iIt took us a while to figure out what we were going to do tho
  
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• Punk rock duo Nova Twins refuse to reveal the secrets to their sound

  25-03-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Nova Twins are holding off sharing the secret recipe to their sound because that's part of their 'magic'.
  
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• Ed Sheeran's special album show

  25-03-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran has announced a special gig in support of his new album 'Subtract', where he and Aaron Dessner will play the album "all the way through".
  
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• Kanye West now “likes Jewish people again” – thanks to Jonah Hill in ’21 Jump Street’

  25-03-2023 10:37 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West has seemingly backtracked on his spate of anti-Semitic comments made over the last few months by saying he “likes Jewish people again” after watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return? West posted a photo of the 2012 film’s poster to Instagram alongside a caption that read: “Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street made me like Jewish people aga
  
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• Watch Jimin bring ‘Like Crazy’ to ‘Jimmy Fallon’

  25-03-2023 10:35 via nme.com
  
  Jimin was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (March 24) where the BTS member performed his solo single ‘Like Crazy’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Jimin – ‘FACE’ review: BTS singer captures the turbulence of modern life in shadowy debut solo album‘Like Crazy’ comes from Jimin’s debut solo album ‘FACE’ which was released yesterday alongside a trippy music video for the track.
  Celebrating the rel
  
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• Watch Lizzo join SZA onstage for final show of ‘SOS’ tour

  25-03-2023 10:02 via nme.com
  
  SZA was joined by Lizzo and Phoebe Bridgers during the final show of her North American ‘SOS’ arena tour – check out fan-shot footage below.READ MORE: SZA live in New York City: a star-studded spectacle at The GardenSZA’s ‘SOS’ tour kicked off last month and ended Thursday evening (March 23) with a show at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.
  During the gig, Phoebe Bridgers joined SZA onstage to perform their collaborative track ‘Ghost In The Machine’. Th
  
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• U2's The Edge wants to be the 'vanguard' of the 'resurgence' of guitar music

  25-03-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  The Edge wants to lead the resurgence in the popularity of guitar music.
  
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• Becky Hill moving to Ibiza

  25-03-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Becky Hill has decided to relocate to the Spanish island of Ibiza for the summer and she is looking forward to doing some writing there.
  
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• Jimin Loses Himself in ‘Like Crazy’ Fallon Performance

  25-03-2023 06:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The BTS member's song appears on his debut solo album Face
  
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• Summerfest Announces 2023 Headliners for 55th Anniversary

  25-03-2023 02:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Milwaukee’s Summerfest announces the 2023 headliners for its 55th anniversary. Summerfest has announced over 100 artists for the Milwaukee festival’s 55th anniversary. The multi-genre lineup includes Dave Matthews Band, ODESZA, Eric Church, Zach Bryan, Imagine Dragons, Santa Fe Klan, Earth Wind & Fire, Noah Kahan, Ava Max, The Pretty Reckless, Sean Paul, Smokey Robinson, Fleet […]
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• Neil Young Says ‘Concert Touring Is Broken’ After The Cure/Ticketmaster Debacle

  25-03-2023 01:35 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Following The Cure’s showdown with Ticketmaster, Neil Young says the current concert touring model is broken. “It’s over. The old days are gone,” Neil Young begins his complaint. He says he gets letters from fans who are angry at $3,000 tickets for a benefit concert. “That money does not go to me or the benefit. […]
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• Tidal Owner Block Fires Back Against ‘Misleading’ Hindenburg Report, Intends to ‘Explore Legal Action’

  25-03-2023 01:22 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  With Hindenburg Research having criticized Tidal owner Block (formerly Square) – including the company’s alleged “inflated user metrics” and “fraud facilitation” – in a comprehensive analysis, the Tidal owner is now firing back against the “inaccurate short seller report.” In its firmly worded assessment (based upon a “2-year investigation”) of Block, Hindenburg took aim at numerous […]
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• ‘I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston’ Album & Documentary Showcase the Late Singer’s Deep Love For Gospel Music

  25-03-2023 01:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Whitney Houston’s Estate, Gaither Music Group, and Arista/Legacy Recordings release the long-awaited album and documentary I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston. Gaither Music Group, Arista/Legacy Recordings, and The Estate of Whitney E. Houston release the long-awaited project, I Go to the Rock: The Gospel Music of Whitney Houston. The album features 15 […]
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• Raye: 'There are 100 royalty points on a record & record labels are taking eighty points for marketing'

  25-03-2023 00:57 via music-news.com
  
  Raye is the focus of the latest Amazon Music's +44 Podcast, hosted by Zeze Millz and David “Sideman” Whitely.
  
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• Kakao Inks Major Partnership with Columbia Records with Initial Focus on K-Pop Girl Group IVE

  25-03-2023 00:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Kakao Entertainment announces a significant new partnership with Columbia Records, beginning with the global expansion of rising K-Pop stars, girl group IVE. Kakao Entertainment has inked a significant new partnership with Columbia Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music, via Kakao Entertainment America. This partnership will focus on expanding Kakao’s music distribution network to elevate its position in […]
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