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• Sinéad O’Connor’s funeral to take place on Tuesday

  06-08-2023 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Fans of the late singer have been invited to line the route in County Wicklow and say a "last goodbye".
  
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• Listen to Jorja Smith’s indie-leaning new song ‘Go Go Go’

  06-08-2023 23:17 via nme.com
  
  Jorja Smith has shared a brand new single which sees her branching into an indie sound – listen to ‘Go Go Go’ below.READ MORE: Jorja Smith – ‘Be Right Back’ review: make yourself at home in this sonic ‘waiting room’The track is the latest preview of the singer’s second album ‘Falling Or Flying’. Set for release September 29, ‘Falling Or Flying’ is the follow-up to Smith’s debut album ‘Lost And Found&rs
  
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• XOYO to open new club in Birmingham

  06-08-2023 22:31 via nme.com
  
  The team behind London venue and nightclub XOYO are set to open a new club in Birmingham.
  Described as a “sister venue” to the Shoreditch spot, XOYO Birmingham will open in the autumn.
  A statement from the team behind the venue said that it will be a “game-changer” and was created “for and by the people of Birmingham”.
  “We’re all about celebrating Birmingham’s vibrant spirit, and our mission is simple: All we wanna do is dance!” they ad
  
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• Holly Humberstone shares what it was like working with D4vid at Lollapalooza 20203

  06-08-2023 22:25 via nme.com
  
  Holly Humberstone has shared what it was like working with D4vid on their collab track ‘Superbloodmoon’ at Lollapalooza 2023.READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together live at Lollapalooza 2023: returning boyband make headlining festivals look easySpeaking with NME backstage at this year’s edition of the Chicago music festival, Humberstone shared: “Working with D4vid was so cool. I’ve been a fan of him forever, since he started releasing music. He was in the UK on tour and I as
  
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• Billie Eilish brings out Armani White to perform the song ‘Billie Eilish’ at Osheaga

  06-08-2023 21:51 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish brought out Philadelphia rapper Armani White at Osheaga festival this weekend to perform his song ‘Billie Eilish’.
  The rapper named his 2022 Neptunes-sampling viral hit after the pop star, and both were playing the Canadian festival on Saturday (August 5).
  During the show, Eilish teased the appearance by telling the crowd: “You know that song, ‘Big T-shirt, Billie Eilish’.”
  The song then began playing over the speakers and then White came out to
  
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• Madonna promises rescheduled tour dates in ‘next few days’

  06-08-2023 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  The singer revealed her rescheduled tour dates for North America will be a “well deserved celebration".
  
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• TXT on feeling like they didn’t “deserve” to perform at Lollapalooza: “I thought I was lacking”

  06-08-2023 20:54 via nme.com
  
  Tomorrow X Together reflected on their debut appearance at Lollapalooza ahead of returning to the festival as headliners yesterday (August 5).
  The five-piece boyband were the first Korean act to ever perform at the Chicago festival, appearing on the Solana x Perry stage. This year, they became the first Korean group to headline the festival.READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together live at Lollapalooza 2023: returning boyband make headlining festivals look easyIn the band’s recent Disney+ docume
  
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• See Billie Eilish Perform ‘Billie Eilish’ With Armani White at Osheaga Fest

  06-08-2023 20:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I have never heard that many people scream in my fucking life hahaha Billie Eilish has an army!!," rapper tweets after performing viral hit with the singer its named after in Montreal
  
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• Mdou Moctar launches GoFundMe to remain in US amid Niger coup

  06-08-2023 20:07 via nme.com
  
  Mdou Moctar has launched a GoFundMe page so he and his band can remain in the United States amid a coup in their homeland of Niger.
  The Tuareg guitarist – real name Mahamadou Souleymane – and his bandmates Ahmoudou Madassane and Souleymane Ibrahim are currently in America on tour.
  As the GoFundMe from band manager Dan Oestreich explains, the band are unable to return home to Niger as military officers overthrew the country’s leaders last month in a coup d’état.
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• Dua Lipa challenging Dave & Central Cee for this week’s Number 1 single

  06-08-2023 19:55 via music-news.com
  
  This Barbie’s in a chart battle! Dua Lipa’s is right now challenging long-time champions Dave & Central Cee for Number 1 on
  
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• Drop Nineteens return after 30 years with new single and US tour dates

  06-08-2023 19:30 via nme.com
  
  Shoegaze pioneers Drop Nineteens have returned after 30 years with details of a new album and US tour dates.
  The band’s last album, ‘Delaware’, came out in 1992, but they will return on November 4 this year with new LP ‘Hard Light’ via Wharf Cat Records.
  A first single from the album, titled ‘Scapa Flow’, is out now, and ‘Hard Light’ is available to pre-order now here.
  Discussing their comeback, singer and songwriter Greg Ackell said: “
  
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• Sheer Mag sign to Third Man Records and share new single ‘All Lined Up’

  06-08-2023 19:09 via nme.com
  
  Sheer Mag have signed to Third Man Records and released a brand new single – listen to ‘All Lined Up’ below.READ MORE: The Big Read – Sheer Mag: “So much rock music is bad and meaningless”The band’s most recent album came in 2019 with ‘A Distant Call’, while 2021 saw them share the single ‘Crushed Velvet’ for Hulu’s original film The Ultimate Playlist of Noise.
  Speaking of the new single, the band said: “The
  
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• Tomorrow x Together Bring Cheer, Pusha T Delivers Dope Set on Lollapalooza 2023 Day 3

  06-08-2023 18:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Linda Lindas, J.I.D, Alex G and more artists save a rainy day with great sets
  
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• The Linda Lindas share the advice Paramore’s Hayley Williams gave them at Lollapalooza 2023

  06-08-2023 17:34 via nme.com
  
  The Linda Lindas have shared the best advice that Paramore‘s frontwoman Hayley Williams gave them as they were starting up as a band at Lollapalooza 2023.READ MORE: NewJeans live at Lollapalooza 2023: K-pop’s most-talked-about girl group justify the hypeThe rock band – comprised of guitarists Bela Salazar and Lucia de la Garza, bassist Eloise Wong, and drummer Mila de la Garza – just wrapped up touring with Paramore as one of their support acts. They have previously
  
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• Lostprophets Singer and Convicted Pedophile Ian Watkins Stabbed in Prison

  06-08-2023 17:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  Alt-metal singer, serving a 29-year sentence for charges including the rape of a child and conspiracy to rape a baby, was taken hostage by three inmates Saturday
  
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• 17-Year-Old Tricks Millions Into Thinking He Sold His House to See Travis Scott’s Utopia

  06-08-2023 16:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Charles Curle convinced the internet that a Tik Tok of him selling his house to see the now-canceled Egypt concert was real
  
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• Billie Eilish and Finneas felt 'really inspired' to write song after watching Barbie

  06-08-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Billie Eilish and Finneas wrote What Was I Made For? for the Barbie soundtrack.
  
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• Maggie Rogers meets fan who posted viral video that launched her career

  06-08-2023 16:01 via nme.com
  
  Maggie Rogers has finally met the fan who posted the viral video with Pharrell Williams that launched her music career.READ MORE: Maggie Rogers: “Choice is the greatest sense of freedom”In 2016, a clip went viral of Pharrell marvelling at Rogers’ song ‘Alaska’ during a songwriting masterclass at New York University.
  “I have zero, zero, zero notes for that,” he said in the video, being visibly moved by the song. “I’ve never heard anyone like y
  
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• Grimes shares statement supporting Lizzo amid sexual harassment lawsuit

  06-08-2023 15:20 via nme.com
  
  Grimes has shared a statement supporting Lizzo after the singer was accused of sexual harassment by former backup dancers.
  This week, it was revealed that the singer is being sued by three of her former dancers, who cite accusations of sexual harassment and a hostile work environment.
  Lizzo then responded and said she was “hurt” by the “sensationalised” accusations, and has hired Marty Singer, the lawyer who has worked on recent cases against Jonah Hill, Johnny
  
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• Watch Knocked Loose’s Bryan Garris join Thirty Seconds To Mars for ‘The Kill’ at Lollapalooza

  06-08-2023 14:20 via nme.com
  
  Thirty Seconds To Mars brought out Knocked Loose frontman Bryan Garris at Lollapalooza on Friday (August 4) – check out footage below.READ MORE: History of Lollapalooza: From touring carnival to a global festival Garris lent his screams to the Jared Leto-fronted band’s 2006 hit ‘The Kill’ at the Chicagoan festival, which concludes today (August 6).
  “I sang the kill with 30 seconds to mars today,” Garris tweeted after the set – check out fan-filmed f
  
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• Adidas sells first batch of leftover Kanye West Yeezys for £340m

  06-08-2023 12:48 via nme.com
  
  Adidas have sold the first batch of Kanye West‘s leftover Yeezy stock and raised $437million (£340m).
  The sportswear brand cut ties with Ye following a series of remarks from the rapper last year that were viewed as anti-Semitic, having worked together for years on the Yeezy brand.
  It was then revealed that Adidas would sell leftover Yeezys and donate a portion of the profits to charity.
  Now, they have announced the huge sale of the first batch of products, with money from the s
  
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• Taylor Swift offered ‘Heartstopper’ her music, the show’s music supervisor reveals

  06-08-2023 12:01 via nme.com
  
  The music supervisor for Netflix’s Heartstopper has revealed Taylor Swift offered her music for use in the show.READ MORE: Here’s every song in the ‘Heartstopper’ season 2 soundtrack Swift’s song ‘seven’, taken from her 2020 album ‘folklore’, is used in a pivotal scene featuring lesbian couple Tara (Corinna Brown) and Darcy (Kizzy Edgell) in the last episode’s second season.
  Now, the show’s music supervisor, Matt Bi
  
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• Suspect charged over murder of man dancing to Beyoncé’ at gas station

  06-08-2023 10:52 via nme.com
  
  A 17-year-old has been charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon over the killing of dancer O’Shae Sibley last weekend.
  The incident happened on Saturday night (July 29) when Sibley was allegedly attacked when a group of friends stopped at a Mobil gas station in the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Coney Island to fill up their tank, reports The Independent. As they waited, Sibley started vogueing to Beyoncé’s recent album ‘Renaissance’.
  
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• The Kinks’ former keyboardist John Gosling dies aged 75

  06-08-2023 10:38 via nme.com
  
  The Kinks‘ former keyboardist John Gosling has died at the age of 75, the band have revealed.
  In a statement posted online, the band’s Ray and Dave Davies revealed the news and paid tribute to their bandmate, who played with The Kinks between 1970-1978.
  “We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of John Gosling,” they wrote. “We are sending our condolences to John’s wife and family.”
  “Condolences to his wife Theresa and family. Rest in peac
  
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• Taylor Swift says she wants to make “as many albums as humanly possible”

  06-08-2023 09:53 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift says that she wants to make “as many albums as humanly possible” across her career.READ MORE: Taylor Swift live in New Jersey: a glittering celebration The singer has released ten studio albums across the 17 years of her career, with six LPs – including three re-recorded albums from her back catalogue – coming out in the last three years. This week, she also teased the arrival of ‘Reputation’ (Taylor’s Version)’.
  As the first
  
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• Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins reportedly stabbed in prison

  06-08-2023 09:42 via nme.com
  
  Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins has reportedly been stabbed in prison.
  The disgraced former singer is currently serving a 29-year sentence, with a further six years on license, in HMP Wakefield on various child sex offences, including the attempted rape of a baby.
  The Mirror reports that Watkins was attacked and taken hostage by three other inmates on Saturday morning. After he was found and freed by officers, he was taken to hospital.
  A Prison Service spokesperson told the outlet: “Poli
  
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• Stormzy and Calvin Harris set to team up on new song

  06-08-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Stormzy and Calvin Harris are to collaborate on a new song after hitting it off in Ibiza.
  
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• Kanye West's Donda 2 set for sale

  06-08-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  A replica of Kanye West's childhood home used at his 2022 'Donda 2' listening party is up for auction.
  
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• 'I feel like this is my Tina Turner era': Delta Goodrem teases comeback album

  06-08-2023 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Delta Goodrem is entering her new chapter and revealed the artists she's been inspired by.
  
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• John Lydon says he has a stalker who claims to be his daughter

  06-08-2023 08:29 via nme.com
  
  John Lydon has alleged he is being stalked by a woman who claims to be his daughter.
  The former Sex Pistol and Public Image Ltd frontman added that the woman’s behaviour has left him distressed to the point where he’s filed a police report.
  The topic came up in an interview with Uncut where he was asked about the meaning of the song ‘Walls’ on PiL’s upcoming album, ‘End Of World’, which is out on Friday (August 11).
  “We all need barriers,
  
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