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• Olivia Rodrigo’s vampire challenging Dave & Central Cee for Number 1

  02-07-2023 19:55 via music-news.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo is back and entering the race for Number 1, with new single vampire currently expected to be this week’s highest
  
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• Listen to Ninho’s new collaboration with Central Cee, ‘Eurostar’

  02-07-2023 19:39 via nme.com
  
  French rapper Ninho has shared a new collaboration with Central Cee. Listen to ‘Eurostar’ below.READ MORE: Central Cee – ‘23’ review: drill star finds himself on the brink of greatnessThe song is taken from Ninho’s latest album, ‘NI’, which arrived on Friday (June 30).
  ‘NI’ is the follow up album to the award-winning ‘JEFE’, the most streamed album of 2022 in France. Other collaborations on the album include ones with Ayra S
  
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• The Prodigy announced as special guests for Boomtown Festival 2023

  02-07-2023 19:09 via nme.com
  
  The Prodigy have been announced as special guests at this year’s Boomtown Festival.READ MORE: Keith Flint, 1969-2019: the twisted face of rave, the beating heart of The ProdigyThe festival, which is based in Winchester, confirmed the news this week (June 29) and said it was the result of a “decade long pursuit” to try and secure the band for the festival.
  Taking place from August 9-13, The Prodigy will be there for Boomtown’s 15th birthday and will close the “G
  
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• Here are the stage times and support acts for Blur at Wembley Stadium

  02-07-2023 18:13 via nme.com
  
  Blur have announced the door times, curfew and stage times for their upcoming shows at London’s Wembley Stadium next weekend (Saturday July 8 and Sunday July 9). Check them out below.READ MORE: Primavera Sound Barcelona 2023 review: a comeback worth shouting aboutThe Britpop heroes will be returning to the capital to play two consecutive nights at London’s Wembley Arena next week. Earlier this summer, the band performed a series of warm-up gigs at intimate venues across the UK b
  
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• Tom Grennan reveals how his Dad is loving his new found Instagram fame

  02-07-2023 17:37 via music-news.com
  
  Tom Grennan was in the Hits Radio Breakfast Show last week as his third album, ‘What Ifs &Maybes’ hit the top of the charts giving him his second number 1 UK album.
  
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• Lyle Lovett, Country Music’s Most Mysterious Man, Can’t Stop Rambling

  02-07-2023 17:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  It's hard to get to know the fiercely private songwriter, but his on-the-road photographs and a new tour shed light on what keeps him going
  
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• Watch My Morning Jacket Cover ‘The Ballad of John and Yoko’ at Peach Fest 2023

  02-07-2023 17:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Jacket played the 1969 Beatles song as a nod to Sean Lennon, who performed with Les Claypool earlier in the day
  
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• Rick Froberg, Frontman for Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, Dead at 55

  02-07-2023 16:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Post-hardcore icon died "suddenly" from natural causes, longtime collaborator John Reis announces
  
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• Missy Elliott reveals the key to longevity in music

  02-07-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Missy Elliott is working on new music.
  
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• ‘The Idol’: Lily Rose-Depp’s Jocelyn Is No Pop Diva

  02-07-2023 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The show tries to sell Jocelyn as a mega-star making a comeback, but Sam Levinson’s take on Main Pop Girl is giving C-List star at best
  
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• Darius Campbell Danesh’s girlfriend on the singer’s true cause of death

  02-07-2023 15:53 via nme.com
  
  Darius Campbell Danesh’s girlfriend has confirmed his true cause of death, 10 months after the Scottish Pop Idol star passed away.
  The singer died at the age of 41 back in August 2022, after he was found unresponsive in a hotel in Minnesota. Reports at the time said that he had died from “inhalation of chloroethane”.
  Danesh’s post-mortem documents also listed “suffocation” as having led to his death, which was ruled an accident.
  Now, Lauren Cheek has confirmed
  
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• Tilda Swinton to perform with Max Richter at Bluedot Festival

  02-07-2023 15:39 via nme.com
  
  Tilda Swinton has been confirmed to join Max Richter during the composer’s performance at next month’s Bluedot Festival.
  The performance will follow Swinton joining Richter on stage at last weekend’s Glastonbury in a surprise cameo on the Park Stage.
  During that show, Richter and his band performed 2004 “protest record” ‘The Blue Notebooks’ – joined by Tilda Swinton accompanying with a number of readings, including works by Czeslaw Milosz.
  At Blued
  
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• Lambrini Girls hit back at Graham Linehan over anti-trans comments

  02-07-2023 15:03 via nme.com
  
  Lambrini Girls have criticised Graham Linehan for accusing them of “supporting sterilising children” by speaking out for trans rights.READ MORE: Lambrini Girls: fiery Brighton punks demanding safe spaces for allThe Brighton punk duo have been vocal in their support for trans inclusivity and their recent EP ‘You’re Welcome’ features a song, ‘Terf Wars’, condemning transphobia.
  Linehan, meanwhile, has become known in recent years for perpetrating anti-tran
  
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• See Taylor Swift Bring Out Aaron Dessner and Gracie Abrams at Cincinnati Show

  02-07-2023 15:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer debuts "Ivy" with the National member while accompanying Abrams on her "I Miss You, I’m Sorry"
  
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• Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ re-enters UK charts four years after release

  02-07-2023 14:48 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift‘s ‘Cruel Summer’ has re-entered the Top 40 of the UK singles charts four years after its release.READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras’ tour kick off – top five moments from the star’s transcendent performanceThe song was released on Swift’s 2019 LP ‘Lover‘, but never formally released as a single somewhat due to the outbreak of the COVID pandemic.
  After a rise in streams after the start of Swift’s ‘Er
  
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• Corey Taylor suggests Stone Sour won’t be reuniting any time soon

  02-07-2023 14:21 via nme.com
  
  Corey Taylor has hinted that Stone Sour‘s future remains uncertain.READ MORE: Corey Taylor has finished recording ‘CMF2’: “It’s more of a punch in the face”The band has been on hiatus since 2020, with Taylor saying the project has “kinda run its course for now.”
  In a new interview, Taylor referred to certain people’s “hindrances” getting in the way of Stone Sour making new music.
  “It’s not that I don’t miss some
  
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• New raga-inspired Vampire Weekend album “close to being done”

  02-07-2023 12:57 via nme.com
  
  Vampire Weekend‘s new album is inspired by raga and “close to being done” according to drummer Chris Tomson.READ MORE: ‘Modern Vampires Of The City’ at 10: How the peak Tumblr-era album proved fangirls are expertsThe band last released an album with 2019’s ‘Father of the Bride’ and recently announced a new vinyl-only live album series.
  In a newsletter revealing the news, Thomson shared what frontman Ezra Koenig has been up to since the ba
  
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• Dolly Parton says she’s uninterested in having an ABBA-style AI hologram

  02-07-2023 12:02 via nme.com
  
  Dolly Parton has said she wouldn’t entertain the idea of having her own AI hologram because she doesn’t want to “leave my soul on Earth”.
  Parton was asked during a press conference whether she’d ever consider creating a show using a hologram of herself, in the style of ABBA’s current Voyage show.
  “I think I’ve left a great body of work behind,” she said. “I have to decide how much of that high-tech stuff I want to be involved
  
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• Pete Wentz on why Fall Out Boy’s updated ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ doesn’t mention COVID

  02-07-2023 11:52 via nme.com
  
  Fall Out Boy‘s Pete Wentz has discussed the band’s updated version of Billy Joel‘s ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’ and why it doesn’t reference COVID.READ MORE: Fall Out Boy: “A ‘whatever’ album from Fall Out Boy 20 years in is not worth making”This week, the band shared a new and updated version of the iconic hit, featuring lyrics from between its original release in 1989 and the present day.
  In the original track, the lyrics inc
  
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• Pulp pay tribute to late bassist Steve Mackey at Finsbury Park gig

  02-07-2023 11:22 via nme.com
  
  Pulp paid tribute to late bassist Steve Mackey at their Finsbury Park gig last night (July 1).READ MORE: Pulp’s best albums: every record ranked and ratedFrontman Jarvis Cocker paused to speak about Mackey before the band played ‘Something Changed’.
  “We’re trying to do something that is a tribute to Steve Mackey’s memory,” Cocker began.  “I tend to talk about him before this song, because this song’s called ‘Something Changed&rsquo
  
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• Watch Neil Young play rarities as first tour in four years begins

  02-07-2023 10:54 via nme.com
  
  Neil Young kicked off his first tour in four years on Friday (June 30) – watch him play a host of rarities at the Los Angeles gig below.
  As announced last month, Young will play a series of solo acoustic dates on the west coast this summer in his first run of headline gigs since pre-pandemic.
  Upon the announcement, he also revealed that he would be filling the setlists with mostly songs he has never performed live.
  True to form, his first show of four at Los Angeles’ John Anson Ford
  
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• Take That thrill with smash hit set at BST Hyde Park

  02-07-2023 10:45 via music-news.com
  
  Take That set the Great Oak Stage stage alight at American Express presents BST Hyde Park tonight with a spectacular
  
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• Kasabian and Miles Kane rock the Eden Biomes

  02-07-2023 10:36 via music-news.com
  
  Kasabian were the latest superstar act in the 2023 Eden Sessions line-up.
  
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• Peter Criss and Ace Frehley declined offer to return for last ever Kiss shows, says Gene Simmons

  02-07-2023 10:10 via nme.com
  
  Gene Simmons has revealed he asked former Kiss members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley to perform at the band’s last ever shows, but both refused.
  Kiss are in the middle of their farewell ‘End Of The Road’ tour, which they are in the UK for this week. Their last-ever shows are set to take place at Madison Square Garden in their hometown of New York on December 1 and 2.
  Fans hoped Criss and Frehley would make an appearance at Kiss’s last shows, but the chances of that happenin
  
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• Watch Taylor Swift give ‘Ivy’ live debut with Aaron Dessner in Cincinnati

  02-07-2023 09:55 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift played her second ‘Eras’ tour gig in Cincinnati last night (July 1), duetting with Aaron Dessner and Gracie Abrams.READ MORE: Taylor Swift live in New Jersey: a glittering celebration of every era As the stadium tour of the US rolls on into summer, Swift played two shows in the Ohio city this weekend at the Paycor Stadium.
  At the second on Saturday night, the ‘surprise’ segment of the show featured two collaborations. First, Dessner, who was born an
  
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• Slipknot's Corey Taylor predicts he has 'another five years left of physically touring like this'

  02-07-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Corey Taylor admitted he could be forced to retire from touring with Slipknot in around five years' time if he's not physically able to perform and travel.
  
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• Liam Payne and Zayn in rare exchange on social media - a year after THAT interview

  02-07-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Liam Payne has heaped praise on his former One Direction bandmate's new music - just over a year after he said there are many reasons he "dislikes" him.
  
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• 'It seemed like such an iconic piece of music': Bruce Springsteen knew Born In The USA would be a hit

  02-07-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  The Boss knew he had something special in the classic rock staple that addresses the economic hardships of Vietnam veterans upon their return home.
  
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• Grian Chatten: 'I was trying to gag myself with my own self-indulgent, dark emotions'

  02-07-2023 08:34 via music-news.com
  
  Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten joins Matt Wilkinson on Apple Music 1 to discuss details around his upcoming debut solo
  
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• Gwen Stefani spent her 'whole life' looking for true love

  02-07-2023 08:31 via music-news.com
  
  Gwen Stefani gushed about finding love with Blake Shelton.
  
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• Rick Froberg of Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes has died

  02-07-2023 06:50 via nme.com
  
  American singer and guitarist Rick Froberg, a founding member of influential post-hardcore bands Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, has died at the age of 55.
  Froberg’s passing was confirmed by his longtime bandmate John Reis on Instagram earlier today (July 2). “Rick passed away suddenly last night from natural causes,” Reis wrote.
  “His art made life better. The only thing he loved more than art and rock n roll was his friends. He will forever be remembered for his creativi
  
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• Dolly Parton: 'I used to think of what I would do if I hadn’t made it and I think I would have been a beautician'

  02-07-2023 00:36 via music-news.com
  
  Absolute Radio Breakfast presenter Dave Berry caught up with the Queen of Country, Dolly Parton, on his show. The pair discussed
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo: 'I think I listened to a lot of heavier stuff growing up and that's what I've always been drawn to'

  02-07-2023 00:10 via music-news.com
  
  Grammy-winning artist Olivia Rodrigo joins Zane Lowe on New Music Daily on Apple Music 1 to discuss new single “vampire”
  
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