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• Coolio’s Cause of Death Revealed to Be Fentanyl

  06-04-2023 23:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper, who died last September at age 59, also reportedly had traces of heroin and methamphetamines in his system
  
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• Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain Remember Kurt Cobain on 29th Anniversary of His Death

  06-04-2023 22:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Kurt D. C. we love & miss you"
  
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• Madonna shares behind the scenes video from ‘Celebration’ tour rehearsals

  06-04-2023 22:56 via nme.com
  
  Madonna has shared a behind the scenes video from the first week of rehearsals for her 2023 ‘Celebration’ world tour.READ MORE: The Big Read – Madonna: ”People pick on me. That’s just the way it is”The pop icon is due to hit the road this summer for a 35+ date stint to mark her 40 years in music. “I am excited to explore as many songs as possible in hopes to give my fans the show they have been waiting for,” Madonna said of the upcoming trek i
  
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• Niall Horan Shares His Unreleased Music With His One Direction Bandmates When He Needs ‘an Opinion’

  06-04-2023 22:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  “This time, I sent it to Louis [Tomlinson], and he gave me his honest opinion on it, which is always handy,” he said
  
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• Turnstile reschedule Brixton Academy show and announce new Manchester show

  06-04-2023 22:24 via nme.com
  
  Turnstile have rescheduled their upcoming Brixton Academy gig in London and announced a new date in Manchester.READ MORE: Turnstile: “When the stars align for things to happen, we follow them”The hardcore band announced their biggest UK gig to date in London last year, which was originally set for May 30.
  Now, the gig has been pushed back to August 15, with a new gig at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse now added for the following day. They will be the band’s only UK s
  
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• Kanye West’s Donda Academy: Constant Bullying, No Chairs and Pay Discrepancies, Lawsuit Claims

  06-04-2023 21:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Two former teachers say they were unfairly fired after raising issues about the school's alleged health, safety, and educational code violations
  
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• XXXTentacion Killers Sentenced to Life in Prison

  06-04-2023 21:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Dedrick Williams, Michael Boatwright, and Trayvon Newsome were found guilty of first-degree murder last month
  
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• Maggie Rogers to sell tickets in-person at box offices for new 2023 US tour: “We’re going analog”

  06-04-2023 21:40 via nme.com
  
  Maggie Rogers has announced new 2023 US tour dates, which will feature anti-scalping measures and tickets sold in-person at box offices.READ MORE: Maggie Rogers live in London: feeling it all, togetherThe singer recently brought her ‘Feral Joy’ tour to United States in support of last year’s ‘Surrender’ LP, and has now detailed new dates for summer.
  The shows, Rogers’ biggest to date that will see her playing alongside Soccer Mommy and Alvvays, will featu
  
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• John Lydon announces wife Nora Foster's death

  06-04-2023 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The former music promoter has died after a battle with Alzheimer’s.
  
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• Coldplay announce support acts for 2023 European tour

  06-04-2023 21:02 via nme.com
  
  Coldplay have announced the support acts for their upcoming 2023 UK and European ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour dates.READ MORE: Coldplay live in London: a fantastical, feel-good bonanza that delivers on a bold promiseThe band have been on tour across the planet since last spring, and played a host of UK stadium gigs last summer including six sold-out Wembley Stadium gigs.
  This summer, the band will return to the UK and Europe for further stadium dates following gigs in S
  
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• ‘La Usurpadora’ Cast Transforms Ricky Martin and Ana Gabriel Classics Into a Dramatic Medley

  06-04-2023 21:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Actress Isabella Castillo is joined by Alan Estrada and drag star Valentina in the new musical number
  
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• ‘La Ursurpadora’ Cast Transforms Ricky Martin and Ana Gabriel Classics Into a Dramatic Medley

  06-04-2023 21:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Actress Isabella Castillo is joined by Alan Estrada and drag star Valentina in the new musical number
  
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• Italy Announces Meta Antitrust Investigation, Expresses Need for ‘Interim Measures’ Amid SIAE Licensing Dispute

  06-04-2023 20:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Less than one month after Meta pulled a number of Italian creators’ music amid a licensing dispute with the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE), a government agency has initiated an antitrust investigation into the Facebook and Instagram parent. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) just recently announced its probe of Meta, which SIAE said […]
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• Burning Man’s Iconic Mayan Warrior Art Car Destroyed in Horrific Fire

  06-04-2023 20:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Burning Man’s iconic Mayan Warrior art car was destroyed in a horrific fire en route to a fundraising event in Mexico. Burning Man’s famous Mayan Warrior art car has burned to the ground in a fire this week in Mexico. The vehicle was en route to a fundraising event in Punta de Mita when it […]
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• Past Drinking and Near Divorce: 8 Revelations in Jason Isbell’s New HBO Documentary

  06-04-2023 20:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jason Isbell: Running with Our Eyes Closed offers an unflinching look at the intersection of the songwriter's personal and creative lives
  
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• Maggie Rogers Maps ‘Summer of ’23’ Tour, Skirts Bots and Fees With Box Office Presale

  06-04-2023 20:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I’m going analog. Come buy a ticket like it’s 1965," singer says
  
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• TikTok Bans Heat Up As Australian Government, More US States Enact Ban

  06-04-2023 20:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Australia bans TikTok from federal government-owned devices over security concerns as more US states enact similar bans. Australia banned TikTok this week from all federal government-owned devices, citing security concerns, as the latest US-allied country to take action against the Chinese-owned short video app. Additionally, more US states, including Arizona and Florida, continue to ban TikTok at […]
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• Photographer Leslie Lyons on The Strokes’ first publicity shoot: “I wanted to shoot them immediately if not sooner”

  06-04-2023 20:13 via nme.com
  
  Exclusive photos of The Strokes, taken during their first publicity shoot, will be on display and available for purchase for the first time.
  Shot by photographer Leslie Lyons after the New York City band’s Rough Trade Records signing, the photos were featured in the oral history and documentary, Meet Me In The Bathroom.READ MORE: Albert Hammond Jr on his new solo album, working with Matt Helders, and The Strokes’ next moveModern Rocks Gallery in Austin, TX, will be displaying and sel
  
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• Lizzo ‘Cried All Day’ Thinking About Her Late Dad After ‘Mandalorian’ Cameo

  06-04-2023 20:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Star Wars was a dream I never thought was possible," she wrote
  
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• Motley Crue’s Mick Mars Sues Bandmates, Alleging They Ousted Him and Fake Their Performances

  06-04-2023 20:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Guitarist claims he retired only from touring and did not quit the band, which has continued on without him
  
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• Watch Depeche Mode’s stripped-back performance with BBC Concert Orchestra

  06-04-2023 20:06 via nme.com
  
  Depeche Mode have shared two stripped-back performances with the BBC Concert Orchestra – check them out below.READ MORE: Depeche Mode: “Do the best you can – you don’t know if you’re going to be doing it again”The duo – Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – took to the Radio 2 Piano Room to share versions of ‘Walking In My Shoes’ and ‘Ghosts Again’. It aired on the radio during the band’s huge North American
  
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• How the Camp and Drama of a Beloved Nineties Telenovela Became ‘La Usurpadora The Musical’

  06-04-2023 19:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  A movie-musical version of a classic Latin American show adds a splash of comedy and self-awareness.
  
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• Snoop Dogg Leaves FaZe Clan Board as Stock becomes Worthless

  06-04-2023 19:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  FaZe Clan’s IPO hasn’t worked out so well for the gaming collective. The stock is down 95% from its IPO height—and Snoop Dogg is exiting through a doggy door.  The gaming collective claimed to be worth $700 million when it went public in 2021. Now just a few short years after that declaration, the stock […]
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• Snoop Dogg Abruptly Exits FaZe Clan Board as Stock Plunges Into Worthlessness

  06-04-2023 19:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  FaZe Clan’s IPO hasn’t worked out so well for the gaming collective. The stock is down 95% from its IPO height—and Snoop Dogg is exiting through a doggy door.  The gaming collective claimed to be worth $700 million when it went public in 2021. Now just a few short years after that declaration, the stock […]
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• Lynyrd Skynyrd to continue as a band after Gary Rossington’s death

  06-04-2023 19:19 via nme.com
  
  Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced that they will continue as a band following the passing of founding member and guitarist Gary Rossington.
  His death was confirmed last month in a Facebook Post on the band’s official page. It read: “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington”. No cause of death has been given.
  The band have now revealed that they debated whether to co
  
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• Nora Forster, Wife of John Lydon and Mother of Ari Up, Dead at 80 After Alzheimer’s Battle

  06-04-2023 19:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd. singer has spoken candidly about wife's condition after her diagnosis in 2018. "I don’t see how I can live without her," he said earlier this year
  
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• John Lydon’s wife Nora Forster has died after battle with Alzheimer’s

  06-04-2023 19:18 via nme.com
  
  After a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, John Lydon’s wife Nora Forster has died.
  Her passing was announced earlier today on social media. The former Sex Pistols singer – who went by the name Johnny Rotten – had devoted his time to being her full-time carer.
  Uploaded on the official Public Image Ltd (PiL) Instagram page, the post shared a photograph of Lydon and Forster together and asked fans to “respect John’s grief” by giving him space.
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• Drake samples Kim Kardashian on new song ‘Rescue Me’

  06-04-2023 19:12 via nme.com
  
  Drake has shared a preview of a new song speculated to be titled ‘Rescue Me’ – which samples reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
  Last Friday (March 31), the rapper previewed the unreleased track on Sound 42’s The Fry Yiy Show on SiriusXM Radio.
  The sample comes in after the first verse of the song and shares a line of dialogue from a conversation between the reality TV star and her mother Kris Jenner where they discussed her decision to separate from Kanye West.
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• Poppy and PVRIS announce co-headline North American tour

  06-04-2023 19:10 via nme.com
  
  Poppy and PVRIS have teamed up together to announce The Godless/Goddess co-headline tour in North America. See dates and ticket details below.
  The pair took to social media to share details of the tour, including that support will be coming from rapper Tommy Genesis – who just appeared on Lana Del Rey’s ‘Did you know there’s a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard‘ – and rising indie-rock band Pom Pom Squad.
  PVRIS posted a photo on Twitter with the caption: &ldquo
  
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• FBI Seizes Genesis Market — Hacker Marketplace for Stolen Logins

  06-04-2023 19:10 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The FBI and several international law enforcement organizations have seized Genesis Market. It was a notorious marketplace for hackers to sell compromised credentials, browser fingerprints, and website logins.  The FBI announced the takedown on Wednesday, called ‘Operation Cookie Monster’ and conducted in concert with several international organizations. “Genesis Market’s domains have been seized by the […]
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• 5 Seconds of Summer Continue Embracing ‘the Feeling of Falling Upward’ With Summer 2023 Tour

  06-04-2023 18:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band will also release the live album The Feeling of Falling Upwards – Live from The Royal Albert Hall on April 14
  
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• Diddy forced to pay Sting $5,000 a day for the rest of his life

  06-04-2023 18:00 via nme.com
  
  Diddy has been forced to pay Sting £4,020 ($5,000) each day for the rest of his life.
  The hip-hop icon was forced to pay the ongoing fee after sampling one of the musician’s tracks without permission in 1997.
  The sample in question was taken from The Police’s hit 1983 single, ‘Every Breath You Take’, which Diddy used in one of his most famous tracks, ‘I’ll Be Missing You”. He has now confirmed the hefty fees on Twitter after a 2018 Sting interview
  
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• Hold Steady Wake Up ‘Late Night’ With ‘Sideways Skull’

  06-04-2023 17:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track comes off group's new album, 'The Price of Progress'
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Takes on the Emotions Classic ‘Best of My Love’ for Kellyoke

  06-04-2023 17:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer expanded her usual set of performances for the cover, adding on a horn section
  
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• Federal Judge Once Again Dismisses Pandora Countersuit Against Word Collections and Spoken Giants — This Time With Prejudice

  06-04-2023 17:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A federal judge has officially dismissed with prejudice Pandora’s countersuit against Word Collections and Spoken Giants, which are suing the SiriusXM-owned platform for allegedly failing to license a multitude of compositions. This newest development in the high-profile legal battle just recently came to light in an almost 30-page-long order from Judge Mark C. Scarsi. As […]
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• Federal Judge Once Again Dismisses Pandora Antitrust Countersuit Against Word Collections and Spoken Giants — This Time With Prejudice

  06-04-2023 17:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A federal judge has officially dismissed with prejudice Pandora’s countersuit against Word Collections and Spoken Giants, which are suing the SiriusXM-owned platform for allegedly failing to license a multitude of compositions. This newest development in the high-profile legal battle just recently came to light in an almost 30-page-long order from Judge Mark C. Scarsi. As […]
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• How Punk Legend Paul Simonon Channeled Del Shannon and Oscar Wilde on New Song

  06-04-2023 16:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Room at the Top," Simonon's song with Galen Ayers from upcoming Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day? album, pays homage to 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and Shannon at the same time
  
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• Yourcodenameis:milo on their reunion, new music and producing The 1975

  06-04-2023 15:50 via nme.com
  
  Yourcodenameis:milo have spoken to NME about their upcoming reunion shows, their legacy and chances of new music, and dreams of hooking up to produce The 1975 again.
  The Newcastle post-hardcore pioneers released the highly influential Steve Albini-produced ‘All Roads To Fault’ and two acclaimed follow-up albums before they went on an “indefinite hiatus” in 2007 – with frontman Paul Mullen going on to join The Automatic as well as forming Young Legionnaire and Losers
  
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• The War and Treaty Bring Slow Burner ‘Have You a Heart’ to ‘Jennifer Hudson Show’

  06-04-2023 15:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Husband-and-wife duo also talk about appearing in Sister Act 2 and learning to play on one of Saddam Hussein's piano
  
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• BTS’ Suga Hangs Courtside in NBA Ambassadorship Announcement Video

  06-04-2023 15:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Music and basketball have been shared passions of mine since my youth, and it’s a dream to be named an NBA Ambassador,” said SUGA
  
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• Latitude announces George Ezra Sunday takeover

  06-04-2023 15:03 via music-news.com
  
  Latitude has announced a George Ezra takeover on the Sunday of the festival.A series of special events have been developed
  
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• Ace Frehley says Paul Stanley didn’t apologise to him but called to say “fuck you”

  06-04-2023 14:37 via nme.com
  
  Ace Frehley threatened to dish some “dirt” on KISS if Paul Stanley didn’t apologise for controversial comments. Now, the guitarist has confirmed that Stanley did call him, but only to say “fuck you”.
  The drama between the two started last month, after the KISS singer appeared on The Howard Stern Show and explained why the band didn’t perform when they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2014.
  Among other reasons, Stanley said that the choice w
  
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• Albert Hammond Jr on his new solo album, working with Matt Helders, and The Strokes’ next move

  06-04-2023 14:28 via nme.com
  
  Albert Hammond Jr has spoken to NME about his new hip-hop-inspired single ‘100-99’, his upcoming solo album ‘Melodies On Hiatus’, working with Arctic Monkeys‘ Matt Helders, and progress on The Strokes’ next record.
  The guitarist and singer-songwriter shared his latest solo track earlier this week (April 4) and announced details of the new record – which will be his fifth solo album and the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Francis Trouble’.
  The LP&r
  
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• Sugababes to perform half-time show at Twickenham Stadium for England Women’s rugby match

  06-04-2023 13:29 via music-news.com
  
  1990s pop sensations the Sugababes will perform the halftime show at the Twickenham Stadium for England Women’s rugby match this April.
  
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• KSI visits mosque and apologises for “hurt and disappointment” after using racial slur

  06-04-2023 13:27 via nme.com
  
  KSI has visited a mosque in Bradford and apologised again for using a racial slur in one of his YouTube videos.
  The rapper, boxer, gamer and YouTube personality received backlash earlier this week, following a video of him with his group The Sidemen. In the footage, KSI played a Countdown-style game with the group, and created a four-letter derogatory word for people of Pakistani origin.
  Following an initial apology, KSI has now used a boxing preview event to apologise again for the “hurt
  
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• 'That would really work!' Shania Twain wants to collab with Megan Thee Stallion

  06-04-2023 13:09 via music-news.com
  
  Shania Twain is keen to team up with Megan Thee Stallion for a collab after meeting her at the CMT Music Awards.
  
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• 'We didn't want to feel like we were milking it!' Why Linkin Park are celebrating 20th anniversary

  06-04-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Linkin Park were unsure whether they wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their second album in case fans thought they were "milking it."
  
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• Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler denies allegations of sexual assaulting minor

  06-04-2023 12:46 via nme.com
  
  Steven Tyler has denied all allegations from a recent lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a minor.
  The accusations were first raised in December, in which Julia Misley – who was known as Julia Holcomb at the time – accused the Aerosmith singer of sexual assault and battery dating back to the 1970s, when she was a minor.
  In the suit, she claimed that they were both involved in a sexual relationship for about three years and that the frontman convinced her mother to grant him g
  
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• Hayley Williams: Paramore bonded over trauma!

  06-04-2023 11:34 via music-news.com
  
  Hayley Williams says that Paramore bonded over "trauma" as she reflects on 10 years of their self-titled album.
  
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• 'It's an anthem!' Why Talia Mar loves her debut single

  06-04-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Talia Mar says her debut single is a "reflection" of where she is at mentally and describes the pop tune as an "anthem."
  
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