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• Carlee Russell Was Not Kidnapped, Attorney Says

  24-07-2023 23:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  "My client apologizes for her actions to this community," Russell's lawyer says
  
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• Harry Styles calls tour the 'greatest experience' of his life

  24-07-2023 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles marked the end of his two-year-long tour with an emotional post on Instagram.
  
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• Twitter Ditches The Bird, Rebrands Around ‘X’

  24-07-2023 23:26 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter into ‘X’ a mysterious addition that may seem spontaneous but has been a fascination for years for Twitter’s new owner. Musk began tweeting about a possible rebrand late on July 24, saying X would be the new name. “Soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and gradually, all […]
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• The Walkmen to wash fans’ cars outside final tour date of 2023

  24-07-2023 22:44 via nme.com
  
  The Walkmen have announced that they will be celebrating the end of their tour by washing cars outside the venue of their final tour date.READ MORE: The Walkmen live in New York City: A triumphant return from the Big Apple indie heroesThe NYC indie heroes have added a handful of new tour dates with their final show taking place in Brooklyn, New York at Kings Theatre on October 17. Taking to their official Twitter page, the band shared that they will be washing 100 cars outside of the venue.
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• Watch Offset bring out Cardi B at Rolling Loud Miami

  24-07-2023 22:42 via nme.com
  
  Offset brought out his wife and frequent collaborator Cardi B to perform some of their hits for the Rolling Loud Miami crowd this weekend. Check out footage below.READ MORE: Rolling Loud Thailand 2023 review: first Asian edition of hip-hop’s biggest festival turns up the heatThe couple have been together since February 2017 and secretly got married in September of the same year. They recently celebrated their daughter Kulture‘s fifth birthday last week before performing this Sunday (
  
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• Britney Spears Comeback: ‘Toxic’ Suddenly Hits 1 Billion Streams on Spotify

  24-07-2023 22:42 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’ reaches 1 billion streams on Spotify just days after the release of her new will.i.am collaboration, ‘Mind Your Business’ — and the star’s social media goes dark. Who’s the latest pop star to join the Spotify Billions Club? It’s Britney, b*tch. Britney Spears’ fan-favorite 2003 banger, “Toxic,” became the first of her […]
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• Doja Cat calls out “creepy” fans for calling themselves ‘Kittenz’

  24-07-2023 22:32 via nme.com
  
  Doja Cat has hit back at her fans online – annoyed by their choice to call themselves “kittenz.”READ MORE: Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’ review: controversial pop-rapper enters her imperial phaseThe LA rapper and multi-hyphenate is known for being outspoken, blunt and sarcastic on social media. Her latest slew of now-deleted tweets called out a number of fans, especially Doja Cat fan accounts, who refer to themselves as “kittenz.”
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• This YSL Affiliate Has Been Arrested. Here’s Why That Could Be a Big Deal

  24-07-2023 22:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Jimmy Winfrey pled guilty to shooting Lil Wayne's tour bus in 2015; that conviction was later overturned.
  
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• Ed Sheeran Surprises Nashville Pub With Backstreet Boys, One Direction Karaoke

  24-07-2023 22:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer also performed his beloved song "Thinking Out Loud" for a couple that got married earlier in the night
  
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• The 1975 Cancels Shows in Jakarta, Taipei After Malaysian Cancellation

  24-07-2023 22:04 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The 1975 have canceled upcoming showed in Indonesia in Taiwain following the cancellation of their show in Malaysia. Matty Healy kissed bass player Ross McDonald after a long rant against the Malaysian government’s stance on homosexuality. “I don’t see the fucking point of inviting The 1975 to a country and then telling us who we […]
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• The Jason Aldean ‘Try That in a Small Town’ Saga Might Have Another Dog Whistle

  24-07-2023 22:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  A TikTok promo video for the controversial song features an old newspaper clipping tied to a real small town story of racism and retribution
  
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• Salsa Legend Celia Cruz Becomes First Afro-Latina on U.S. Quarter: See the Design

  24-07-2023 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Coin will feature Cruz's signature catchphrase "Azucar!"
  
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• Listen to two new Blur songs, ‘The Rabbi’ and ‘The Swan’

  24-07-2023 21:54 via nme.com
  
  Blur have shared two new songs that are featured in the deluxe version of their latest LP ‘The Ballad Of Darren’. Listen to them below.READ MORE: Blur – ‘The Ballad of Darren’ review: their brilliance continuesThe two new tracks, ‘The Rabbi’ and ‘The Swan’, both have that signature Blur sound with the latter being a mellow ballad and ‘The Rabbi’ being a bright, upbeat song. Both tracks follow the LP’s lead single ‘The
  
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• Cher launches gelato brand named Cherlato

  24-07-2023 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Cher has announced her new Los Angeles-based business.
  
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• Fans think Victoria Beckham is teasing return to music with Spice Girls karaoke session

  24-07-2023 21:24 via nme.com
  
  Victoria Beckham has sent Spice Girls fans into a frenzy by sharing a video clip of her singing one of the group’s hits at karaoke.READ MORE: Spice Girls’ ‘Wannabe’ at 25: what we’ve learned from the iconic girl group sinceBeckham – also known as Posh spice – took to her official TikTok page to share a video clip of her doing karaoke during a party celebrating soccer superstar Lionel Messi’s Major League Soccer debut with Inter Miami.
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• S Club to release first single in 20 years in tribute to bandmate Paul Cattermole

  24-07-2023 21:22 via nme.com
  
  S Club have announced they will be releasing a new single this week in tribute to their former bandmate, the late Paul Cattermole.
  The band, who have adjusted their name from S Club 7 to S Club, shared that their upcoming track, ‘These Are The Days’, is set for release on Wednesday, July 26.
  The song is performed by the five current band members, Tina Barrett, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O’Meara and Rachel Stevens, and pays tribute to their “former friend” and &ld
  
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• Spotify Officially Raises Prices in the U.S. and Over 50 Other Markets — Here’s the Complete List of Updated Costs

  24-07-2023 21:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  After months of speculation – as well as price increases from Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, Tidal, and YouTube Music – Spotify has officially bumped the cost of individual subscriptions to $10.99 per month in the U.S. The Stockholm-headquartered streaming giant announced and implemented the long-anticipated price jump today. Specifically in the United States, the […]
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• 'It has been an absolute pleasure': George Ezra closes out 18 months of touring with Latitude performance

  24-07-2023 20:04 via music-news.com
  
  George Ezra closed out his 18-month tour as the final headliner of Barclaycard presents Latitude Festival on Sunday (23.07.23).
  
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• Fans sing Happy Birthday to Mimi Webb during Latitude secret set

  24-07-2023 20:04 via music-news.com
  
  Mimi Webb, Lightning Seeds ad Sophie Ellis-Bextor were among the artists who treated fans to intimate secret sets at Barclaycard Presents Latitude Festival over the weekend.
  
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• Taylor Swift Lets Out a Long Laugh While Performing ‘Reputation’ Song About Kanye West

  24-07-2023 19:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  Swift surprise-performed "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" during her first show in Seattle this weekend
  
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• Hear Sturgill Simpson’s Song From ‘The Righteous Gemstones’

  24-07-2023 19:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Musician covered Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band's “All the Gold in California" during Sunday’s episode
  
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• Blur on course to seventh Number 1 album as 'The Ballad of Darren' outsells Top 10 combined

  24-07-2023 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Blur are storming ahead in this week’s Official Albums Chart Update, with ninth studio record The Ballad of Darren currently outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined.
  
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• GEMA Acquires Majority Interest in Song-Play Monitor SoundAware, Sets Sights on ‘Becoming a Powerful Digital Collecting Society’

  24-07-2023 18:03 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A little less than four months after reporting a record 2022 distribution, GEMA has acquired a majority interest in the Netherlands’ SoundAware Group – including song-usage monitor SoundAware. The Berlin-headquartered collecting society emailed Digital Music News today about the buyout, the financial details of which haven’t been publicly announced. But SoundAware Group, besides encompassing the […]
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• Watch Harry Styles deliver emotional speech on the final night of his world tour

  24-07-2023 18:01 via nme.com
  
  Harry Styles delivered a heartfelt speech on the final night of his extensive ‘Love On Tour’ shows. Check out footage of the moment below.READ MORE: Harry Styles – ‘Harry’s House’ review: grounded star finds home is where the heart isThe moment occurred at the pop stars show at the RCF Arena Campovolo, in Italy on Saturday (July 22) – the final stop on his mammoth world tour, which kicked off in September 2021.
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• UK comeback! Steve Aoki set to play first British show in four years

  24-07-2023 17:34 via music-news.com
  
  After last playing the UK in 2019, Steve Aoki is set to play his first show in Britain in four years with a Ministry of Sound “day party”.
  
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• A$AP Rocky Teases New ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ Album Era With New Songs at Rolling Loud Miami

  24-07-2023 17:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper performed three unreleased tracks, including one tentatively titled "Wetty (Taylor Swift)"
  
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• A$AP Rocky Teases ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ Era With New Songs at Rolling Loud Miami

  24-07-2023 17:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper performed three unreleased tracks, including one tentatively titled "Wetty (Taylor Swift)"
  
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• Alex James says going back to Blur was more “relaxing” than parenting

  24-07-2023 17:31 via nme.com
  
  Bassist Alex James has claimed that he found returning to Blur a lot more “relaxing” than parenting.READ MORE: Blur: every album ranked in order of greatnessIn recent weeks, the 54-year-old musician has played countless shows across the UK and Europe – including two mammoth dates at Wembley Stadium – and released his ninth studio album with Blur, ‘The Ballad Of Darren’.
  However, according to a recent interview, the process of being back in the band is more man
  
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• Watch Axl Rose and whole stadium sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Slash

  24-07-2023 17:18 via nme.com
  
  Axl Rose led a whole stadium in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to his Guns N’ Roses bandmate Slash in honour of him turning 58.READ MORE: Slash talks Glastonbury, Guns N’ Roses and gory new horror movie ‘The Breach’During their show at the Olympic Stadium of Athens, Greece on July 22, Rose sang the traditional song to Slash while the crowd, made up of 50,000 fans, joined in.
  Slash expressed his gratitude on Twitter after the show with a tweet that read: “
  
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• R.E.M. share top 40 of favourite songs by the band to mark “resurgence” in ‘The Bear’

  24-07-2023 17:00 via nme.com
  
  R.E.M have put together a playlist of their top 40 songs in their discography to celebrate their “resurgence” in FX series The Bear. Check it out exclusively on NME below.READ MORE: R.E.M. tell us about 25 years of ‘Monster’: “We needed swagger – to be loud and raw”The reflection on their 15-album legacy comes following the release of the second season of the award-winning drama The Bear, which features a number of the band’s tracks – includi
  
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• The Secret To Getting Discovered by Fans

  24-07-2023 16:49 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  For me, and I believe for most indie artists, getting discovered by a label is not really the end goal. Mainly because I don’t want to give up control of my songs. Yeah, if a label wants to talk, I’ll talk and be open to their offer. But my goal is to share my music […]
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• This Barbie Just Turned 31: Selena Gomez Celebrates Birthday With Double Parties

  24-07-2023 16:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  One of the star-studded bashes featured appearances from Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, Saweetie, Diplo, and more
  
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• Spotify increases subscription prices in UK and US for the first time

  24-07-2023 16:44 via nme.com
  
  Spotify has increased its subscription prices for the first time, affecting users in the UK and the US.
  The change in price marks the first time that the cost of subscription has increased in the 10 years since the streaming service launched.
  For the UK, the Premium plan now costs £10.99 per month, up from the previous price of £9.99 monthly. Various plans for multiple users have also gone up by £1 per month, with a Duo subscription now priced at £14.99 and a Family plan
  
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• Paramore postpone concerts due to illness

  24-07-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Paramore have rescheduled four concerts on their North American tour.
  
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• Charlotte Gainsbourg bids farewell to mother Jane Birkin during funeral service

  24-07-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Celebrities such as Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Charlotte Rampling and Vanessa Paradis attended the service.
  
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• Why the Industry Needs High-Performance Agencies; Here’s What Leading Labels Are Doing to Stay Ahead.

  24-07-2023 16:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Labels have been caught in a financial loop for the last decade. Dedicating higher budgets for platform marketing and facing intense competition on daily release counts, labels both leading and emerging, are at a crossroads on how to make their artists shine. There are no magic solutions, unfortunately. The soundest strategy is to partner with […]
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• Revisit The Rolling Stones Infamous 1972 North American Tour on New Podcast

  24-07-2023 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Over 60 hours of unheard interviews from the time form the backbone of this iHeartPodcast, which explores the madness of the Stones single greatest tour
  
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• Miranda Lambert Likes Shooting Tequila With Fans, Not Fans Shooting Selfies

  24-07-2023 15:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  One week after selfie-gate, the country singer celebrated a fan's t-shirt that read "Shoot tequila, not selfies" — and took a shot to show she meant it
  
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• Harry Styles Says ‘Goodbye For Now’ as ‘Love on Tour’ Officially Ends: ‘You’ve Changed My Life’

  24-07-2023 15:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer performed 169 shows on the acclaimed tour over the course of nearly two full years
  
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• How Brutalismus 3000 Are Turning Techno on its Head

  24-07-2023 15:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Victoria Vassiliki Daldas and Theo Zeitner met on Tinder. Now, they're the biggest new dance duo in Europe, thanks to a loud, brash and irreverent sound and song titles “Satan Was a Baby Boomer"
  
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• Brutalismus 3000 Are Turning Techno on its Head

  24-07-2023 15:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Victoria Vassiliki Daldas and Theo Zeitner met on Tinder. Now, they’re the biggest new dance duo in Europe. This is their story, told from their new condo in Berlin
  
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• Post Malone Tries to Smile (Or Drink) Though His Pain On ‘Austin’

  24-07-2023 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  He once again combines unmitigated anguish with unambiguous pop plays
  
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• How Anita Pallenberg Transformed the Rolling Stones From ‘Schoolboys’ to Stars

  24-07-2023 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  In an excerpt from Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones, Elizabeth Winder dives into Pallenberg's massive influence on the band
  
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• ‘We will keep singing it!’ Sir Tom Jones lives up to promise to keep belting out revenge murder ballad ‘Delilah’

  24-07-2023 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  After the Welsh Rugby Union's decision to stop playing ‘Delilah’ at Wales matches, Sir Tom Jones has lived up to his promise to keep belting it out for fans at his gigs.
  
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• Sophie Ellis-Bextor teams up with 007 theme writing team for Christmas ballad about ‘importance of belonging’

  24-07-2023 14:04 via music-news.com
  
  Sophie Ellis-Bextor has teamed up with the James Bond theme song team of composer David Arnold and lyricist Don Black to create a Christmas song about the “importance of belonging”.
  
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• Liam Gallagher’s satanic alias! Singer called himself ‘Lou Cypher’ while on tour with Oasis

  24-07-2023 12:54 via music-news.com
  
  To throw groupies and obsessed fans off the scent when checking into hotels, Liam Gallagher called himself Lou Cypher during Oasis tours.
  
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• Ian Brown, Leftfield and more to headline FAC51 Haçienda homecoming show in Manchester

  24-07-2023 12:52 via nme.com
  
  FAC51 The Haçienda has announced a huge homecoming show in Manchester, set to take place later this year.
  An all-day club event, this year’s edition will be the fourth to be held at the city’s Depot Mayfield venue, and set across five rooms.
  Taking place on Saturday December 2, headliners for the 2023 homecoming edition include The Stone Roses’ frontman Ian Brown and techno heavyweights Leftfield, who recently turned heads with their slot at this year’s Glastonbury
  
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• S Club reveal title of first single in 20 years as part of tribute to late bandmate Paul Cattermole

  24-07-2023 12:49 via music-news.com
  
  As they prepare to go on tour as a five-piece, S Club has revealed their first single in 20 years is titled ‘These are the Days’, which will come with a “moving film story” in tribute to their late bandmate Paul Cattermole.
  
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• Selena Gomez celebrates 31st birthday with star-studded bash

  24-07-2023 12:41 via music-news.com
  
  Paris Hilton and Christina Aguilera attended Selena Gomez's birthday celebrations.
  
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• Jason Aldean defends controversial Try That in a Small Town song during Ohio concert

  24-07-2023 12:41 via music-news.com
  
  Jason Aldean performed the track during the concert.
  
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