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• Yeah Yeah Yeahs celebrate 20 years of ‘Fever To Tell’ with documentary

  29-04-2023 22:47 via nme.com
  
  Yeah Yeah Yeahs have commemorated the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘Fever To Tell’ with the release of a half-hour documentary.READ MORE: Yeah Yeah Yeahs: every album ranked in order of greatnessThere Is No Modern Romance was shot on the band’s 2002 tour by their frequent collaborator Patrick Daughters.
  “In honor of this whopping passage of time we present to you a look back at those early rock-yyy days with There Is No Modern Romance,” they wrote
  
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• Chromeo team up with La Roux on funky new single ‘Replacements’

  29-04-2023 22:05 via nme.com
  
  Chromeo have released their latest single ‘Replacements’ featuring La Roux –check it out below.READ MORE: Chromeo talk to us about Prince, Stefflon Don, and music in the time of #MeTooThe Canadian duo – made up of David “Dave 1” Macklovitch and Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel – performed the song live during their Coachella sets this year, bringing out the synthpop singer as a special guest. They also gave La Roux’s biggest hits ‘Bullet
  
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• Taylor Swift debuts The National collaboration ‘coney island’ live on ‘Eras’ tour

  29-04-2023 21:56 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift paid tribute to The National by playing ‘coney island’, on which they guested, for the first time on the latest stop of her ‘Eras’ tour.READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour kick off: top five moments from the star’s transcendent performance The song, taken from her 2020 album ‘evermore’ was played along with ‘The Other Side Of The Door’ from ‘Fearless’ as part of the “surprise song”
  
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• LL Cool J announces first headline tour in 30 years

  29-04-2023 21:44 via nme.com
  
  LL Cool J has revealed his first headline tour in 30 years – featuring the likes of The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt-N-Pepa and many more.
  The F.O.R.C.E. Live, standing for Frequencies Of Real Creative Energy, Live tour is set to commence on  June 25 in Boston at TD Garden. It will also be stopping in Brooklyn at Barclays Center on June 27, rolling through arenas across the US and Canada, and wrapping things up on September 3 in Los Angeles at Kia Forum
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• Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett shares new single ‘Dead And Gone’

  29-04-2023 21:30 via nme.com
  
  Foo Fighters‘ guitarist Chris Shiflett has shared his latest single ‘Dead and Gone’ from his forthcoming solo album.READ MORE: “The canvas is open”: Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett talks solo album ‘Hard Lessons’The track, written in 2020 during the pandemic and recorded with producer Jaren Johnston of the Cadillac Three in Nashville, features Charlie Worsham on dobro and Tom Bukovac on guitar.
  Shiflett shared that the song is an ode to the characters
  
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• Juice WRLD and Frankie Knuckles murals painted over in Chicago

  29-04-2023 21:06 via nme.com
  
  Murals memorialising Juice WRLD and Frankie Knuckles have been mysteriously painted over in Chicago.READ MORE: “He laid out his life for people to connect”: why Juice WRLD’s legacy lives onThe murals dedicated to the Chicago icons were a part of street gallery in the city’s West Loop neighbourhood called The B_Line, and have been completely painted over in brown paint. As reported by The Chicago Reader, artists from all over the world have contributed to the collecti
  
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• Filmmaker Faces Cease-and-Desist From AEG Over Frank Ocean Coachella Video

  29-04-2023 20:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brian Kinnes edited together over 150 fan-shot YouTube clips to recreate Ocean's chaotic headlining set before Coachella's parent company had video removed
  
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• Tyler, The Creator debuts three new ‘The Estate Sale’ songs at LA show

  29-04-2023 20:48 via nme.com
  
  Tyler, The Creator performed three new songs from the deluxe version of his sixth album ‘Call Me If You Get Lost‘ at a pop-up show in Los Angeles.
  The rapper took to Twitter to announce that he would perform on April 26 at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. The intimate show which he said would be “just me and a mic nothing special” instantly sold out.
  The show’s set included the live debut of ‘Dogtooth’ and ‘Sorry Not Sorry’ from the ne
  
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• Beyoncé contests claim that she owes $2.7million in unpaid tax and penalties

  29-04-2023 19:35 via nme.com
  
  Beyoncé has filed a petition challenging a claim made by the US federal tax office that she owes $2.7million (£2.1million) in unpaid tax and penalties.READ MORE: Beyoncé – ‘Renaissance’ review: a celebration of love and Black joy The filing argues that several errors were made in the determinations of the singer’s 2018 and 2019 tax returns.
  According to the petition addressed to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which was seen by Forbes, Be
  
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• Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Charlotte Church and more to perform at official Liverpool Eurovision 2023 village

  29-04-2023 18:30 via nme.com
  
  Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Charlotte Church are among the names who have been lined up to perform at the official Eurovision 2023 village in Liverpool.READ MORE: UK Eurovision entry Mae Muller on the “empowering” ‘I Wrote A Song’ According to the official website, the Eurovision Village, located in Pier Head, “is the first port of call for anyone touching down in the city and hoping to soak up as much Eurovision atmosphere as possible”. A nine day programme
  
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• Taylor Swift Dedicates Live Debut of ‘Coney Island’ to the National at Atlanta Show

  29-04-2023 18:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer celebrates arrival of First Two Pages of Frankenstein will first-ever performance of Evermore collaboration
  
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• Timbaland worked on public speaking after appearing 'grumpy' in interviews

  29-04-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Timbaland is currently working on new music with the likes of Justin Timberlake and Missy Elliott.
  
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• Study finds 50 per cent of vinyl buyers in US don’t have a record player

  29-04-2023 15:14 via nme.com
  
  Only 50 per cent of vinyl buyers in the US own a record player, a new study has found.READ MORE: The CD revival? It might become the punkest music format out there According to Luminate, which recently published its Top Entertainment Trends for 2023 report, “50 per cent of consumers who have bought vinyl in the past 12 months own a record player, compared to 15per cent per cent among music listeners overall” [via Music Business Worldwide].
  Luminate appears to have credited
  
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• Noel Gallagher tells Ian Wright which footballers he’d want in his band

  29-04-2023 14:39 via nme.com
  
  Noel Gallagher has told to Ian Wright which footballers he’d want in his band.READ MORE: In the age of AI Oasis, there’s no point being ordinary The High Flying Birds frontman and former Oasis guitarist, vocalist and songwriter appeared on the pundit and former footballer’s podcast Wrighty’s House this week for a live special recorded at Spotify‘s HQ.
  Speaking to co-host Ryan Hunn alongside Wright’s son, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Gallagher went straight
  
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• Kesha officially releases ‘Eat The Acid’ and ‘Fine Line’

  29-04-2023 14:18 via nme.com
  
  Kesha has officially released her two singles ‘Eat The Acid’ and ‘Fine Line’ from her forthcoming album ‘Gag Order’.READ MORE: Kesha on the cover: “I made this record because it made my heart happy”The two tracks were previously shared on SoundCloud last month, before being revmoed. Both songs allude to the singer’s difficult and public struggles, including her legal battle with producer Dr Luke, as well as featuring candid lyrics that s
  
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• Nova Twins announce ICMP scholarship for budding musicians

  29-04-2023 14:12 via nme.com
  
  Nova Twins have been named as ambassadors for London’s Institute of ContemporaryMusic Performance brand-new Creative Musicianship Scholarship.READ MORE: Nova Twins on the cover: “The massive surge of POC pop-punk and rock is an act of rebellion”The initiative was created to provide an opportunity to anyone passionate about creative musicianship who may not be able to seek Higher Education as part of their career.
  The duo – consisting of Amy Love and Georgia Sout
  
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• Garbage share cover of Siouxsie And The Banshees’ ‘Cities In Dust’

  29-04-2023 13:57 via nme.com
  
  Garbage have shared their cover of Siouxsie And The Banshees’ ‘Cities In Dust’ on streaming services – check it out belowREAD MORE: Garbage: “If you’re as successful as we were in the ‘90s, that is a burden”The cover originally featured on Garbage’s Record Store Day exclusive EP ‘Witness To Your Love’ alongside a remastered version of the rare 2008 title track and two previously unreleased tracks from the sessions for Garbage&rsqu
  
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• Pinegrove annonce hiatus and departure of drummer Zack Levine

  29-04-2023 13:52 via nme.com
  
  Pinegrove have announced a hiatus, as well as the departure of drummer and founding member Zack Levine – marking “the end of an era”.
  The band have announced that they will be going on an indefinite hiatus “on a more casual basis”, with each member focusing on different side projects. Frontman Evan Stephens Hall shared in a lengthy Instagram post that “Pinegrove is not over, but it seems this era is.”
  “After a lot of touring in ’22 you may ha
  
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• The Gaslight Anthem return with first new song in nine years, announce US tour

  29-04-2023 13:02 via nme.com
  
  The Gaslight Anthem have returned with their first new track in over nine years – listen to ‘Positive Charge’ below.
  The New Jersey rockers went on hiatus in 2015 before reuniting in 2018 for a string of anniversary shows in celebration of ‘The ‘59 Sound’. They resumed their hiatus shortly afterwards but confirmed in 2022 they were back in the studio working on a sixth album and confirmed details of a world tour.
  “I am very pleased to announce to you all
  
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• Confidence Man team up with Daniel Avery on ‘On & On (Again)’

  29-04-2023 12:57 via nme.com
  
  Confidence Man have teamed up with Daniel Avery for their new track ‘On & On (Again)’.READ MORE: Confidence Man on the cover: “Our live shows? It’s all the fun without any faff”The new single marks the beginning of a more club-focused chapter for the electro-pop duo at their new label home at Polydor. ‘On & On (Again)’ is A heady mix of Confidence Man’s maximalist songwriting and the thunderous energy of producer Avery’s left-fie
  
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• Ed Sheeran announces intimate North American tour dates

  29-04-2023 12:35 via nme.com
  
  Ed Sheeran has shared details of intimate North American tour dates, which take place amid his stadium tour.READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘=’ review: the millennial Lionel Richie indulges his saccharine streakThe pop titan kicks off his ‘+ – = ÷ x Tour’ (‘Mathematics’ tour) in North America next month.
  He will stage more intimate performances at 14 theatres and auditoriums across the US and Canada during the stadium shows. Ben Kweller will pr
  
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• Bamboozle 2023 cancelled week before festival was due to take place

  29-04-2023 12:18 via nme.com
  
  Bamboozle 2023 has been cancelled a week before the revived festival was due to open its doors.
  2023 was set to be the first time the New Jersey festival had taken place since 2012 and was described by founder John D’Esposito as “a party 20 years in the making”.
  Acts including Limp Bizkit, Mayday Parade and Papa Roach were due to play Bamboozle, which was set to run from May 5-7 at Bader Field, Atlantic City, US.
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  However in a statement posted yesterday (April 28)
  
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• Watch trailer for Donna Summer film ‘Love To Love You’ about Queen of Disco’s reign

  29-04-2023 11:49 via nme.com
  
  The trailer for Love To Love You, a new documentary film about Donna Summer‘s reign as the “Queen of Disco”, has landed.
  Love To Love You is described as a “deeply personal portrait” of the late star and her rise to fame with hits including as ‘I Feel Love’, ‘Love To Love You Baby’, ‘MacArthur Park’, ‘Bad Girls’ and ‘Hot Stuff’. It will be released on HBO and HBO Max on May 20.
  The film, directed by Roger R
  
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• The Courteeners saw Oasis as 'superstars from outer space'

  29-04-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  The Courteeners looked up to Oasis but aspired to be like Stephen Fretwell.
  
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• Kylie Minogue features on Jessie Ware's new record

  29-04-2023 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Jessie Ware's new record features Kylie Minogue, Clara Amfo and Aisling Bea, after she asked a number of her famous friends to contribute.
  
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• The National’s Aaron Dessner defends working with Ed Sheeran: “I’ve tired of the ‘what’s cool?’ debate”

  29-04-2023 10:46 via nme.com
  
  The National’s Aaron Dessner has defended working with Ed Sheeran on his upcoming album ‘–’, saying he’s “tired of the ‘what’s cool?’ debate.”READ MORE: The National – ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’ review: their best record in a decadeDessner co-wrote and co-produced Sheeran’s ‘-’ (‘Subtract’), which is due out May 5.
  “For the first time I’m not trying to craft an album peo
  
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• Watch Michelle Obama join Bruce Springsteen to perform ‘Glory Days’ at Barcelona gig

  29-04-2023 10:43 via nme.com
  
  Michelle Obama joined Bruce Springsteen to perform his song ‘Glory Days’ at a gig in Barcelona last night (April 28).READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Letter To You’ review: a powerful synthesis of past and presentThe former first lady sang and played a tambourine to the ‘Born In The U.S.A’ classic alongside Springsteen’s wife and E Street Band member Patti Scialfa, and actress Kate Capshaw.
  As reported by Consequence, the previous night Springs
  
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• The Weeknd teams up with Mike Dean for four new songs

  29-04-2023 09:57 via nme.com
  
  The Weeknd has once again paired up with producer Mike Dean for four new tracks that appear on the latter’s new album ‘4:23’ – check them out below.READ MORE: The Weeknd – ‘Dawn FM’ review: soulful star meets a new day with hope and hindsight‘4:23’ was released yesterday (April 28) and is Dean’s fourth studio album, following on from 2020’s ‘4:22’.
  The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) served as executive producer on the
  
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• Bebe Rexha's Dolly Parton collaboration

  29-04-2023 09:19 via music-news.com
  
  Bebe Rexha was thrilled to finally collaborate with Dolly Parton after the superstar singer previously declined her request to work together on a song.
  
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• James Bourne buys special shoes to protect knees for Busted's iconic guitar jumps

  29-04-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Busted's members are keeping their health in check ahead of their upcoming tour.
  
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• Alliance Ships All-Time High 800,000 Vinyl Albums to Record Store Day

  29-04-2023 07:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Record Store Day is on course to break sales records: “This is the largest single sales day ever for most Record Store Day participating independent stores.” Alliance Entertainment, distributor of the world’s largest in-stock selection of physical media, from music, movies, and video games, to electronics, arcades, and collectibles, has confirmed 2023’s Record Store Day […]
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• Once-Hot Clubhouse is Now ‘Resetting’ with a 50% Employee Reduction

  29-04-2023 06:53 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Once the hottest new social platform to emerge, Clubhouse is now ‘resetting’ with a 50% employee reduction, less than a year after its last round of job cuts. The once-booming social audio platform Clubhouse has laid off more than half of its remaining staff, a decision the startup’s co-founders made in response to changing customer […]
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• Bamboozle Festival With Limp Bizkit, Rick Ross Shuts Down

  29-04-2023 03:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  The cancellation follows reports of cyberbullying, false advertising, and refused refund requests from founder John D’Esposito 
  
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• SiriusXM Reports Q1 2023 Revenue Dip as Self-Pay Subscribers and ARPU Fall

  29-04-2023 03:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) suffered advertising and subscriber revenue declines during Q1 2023 but achieved $233 million in net income for the quarter, according to a new earnings report. The satellite-radio company and Pandora owner just recently posted its financials for this year’s initial three months, when total revenue is said to have topped $2.14 billion […]
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• The Legend Is Back: Tego Calderón Drops Long-Awaited Track ‘La Receta’

  29-04-2023 01:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Puerto Rican heavyweight gets people dancing again while reminding the world of his lyrical prowess
  
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• Michelle Obama and Bruce Springsteen Sing ‘Glory Days’ in Barcelona

  29-04-2023 01:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  The former first lady was joined by Steven Spielberg's wife Kate Capshaw
  
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• Sony Music Entertainment Annual Revenue Cracks $8.5 Billion As Recorded Music Delivers 32% Income Hike

  29-04-2023 00:31 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Sony Group Corp. generated ¥1.36 trillion ($10.02 billion at the present exchange rate) from its music division during the 2022 fiscal year, when recorded music income swelled by over 32%, according to a new earnings report. The FY 2022 financials of Sony Music Entertainment (SME) – covering the major label’s showing across the 12 months […]
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• Jack Harlow Takes A Stab at Authenticity and A Step Towards Maturity on ‘Jackman’

  29-04-2023 00:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  The pop-rap star's latest is a24-minute burst of mixtape-style energy
  
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