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• Ciara reveals pregnancy

  08-08-2023 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  The singer revealed her blossoming baby bump in a video shot by her husband.
  
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• Saint Harison Reflects on His Solitude in ‘More Weed, Less Friends’ Video

  08-08-2023 23:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer was inspired after listening to "old Disney songs" and reflecting on Banksy's "Dismaland"
  
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• Travis Scott announces first tour since Astroworld tragedy

  08-08-2023 23:03 via nme.com
  
  Travis Scott has announced a run of North American shows for later this year.READ MORE: Travis Scott – ‘Utopia’ review: lofty concept, shaky execution The ‘Utopia Tour Presents Circus Maximus’ tour kicks off in Chicago on September 25 and includes shows in Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, and DC before finishing in Miami on November 27.
  Notably, this is Scott’s first tour since the Astroworld tragedy, in which 10 people died and hundreds more wer
  
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• ‘Cha Cha Slide’ Creator DJ Casper Dies at 58

  08-08-2023 22:48 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  ‘Cha Cha Slide’ creator DJ Casper, a Chicago favorite, dies at 58 after battling cancer. DJ Casper, creator of the dance hit “Cha Cha Slide,” which has played at celebrations and gymnasiums worldwide since the turn of the millennium, has died aged 58 after a battle with cancer, his wife told Chicago’s local ABC7. “Casper […]
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• ‘There Was a Lot of Chaos’: Riley Keough Opens Up About Elvis Estate Drama

  08-08-2023 22:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  The sudden death of Lisa Marie Presley briefly pitted Keough against her grandmother, Priscilla, over control of Elvis' estate and Graceland
  
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• Taylor Swift, SZA and Doja Cat lead MTV VMAs 2023 nominations

  08-08-2023 22:32 via nme.com
  
  The full list of nominations for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards has been announced, with Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and SZA leading the list.
  Swift is leading the way with eight nominations, SZA earned six and Doja Cat, Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Sam Smith have all earned five each. The entire group of artists are also in the running for this year’s Video of the Year category.
  This year’s edition of the VMAs also features a slew of first-time nomi
  
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• Spotify Expands AI DJ to More Than 50 Countries Now

  08-08-2023 22:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  After debuting its AI DJ in February for the United States and Canada, Spotify is now rolling out the feature to more than 50 countries. The United Kingdom and Ireland got their hands on Spotify’s AI DJ in May—with the expansion continuing now across the globe. Spotify says since the feature launched, it has become […]
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• Spotify Expands AI DJ to More Than 50 Countries After Encouraging Initial Data

  08-08-2023 22:08 via digitalmusicnews.com
  After debuting its AI DJ in February for the United States and Canada, Spotify is now rolling out the feature to more than 50 countries. The United Kingdom and Ireland got their hands on Spotify’s AI DJ in May—with the expansion continuing now across the globe. Spotify says since the feature launched, it has become […]
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• Taylor Swift leads MTV 'VMAs' with 8 nominations

  08-08-2023 22:04 via music-news.com
  
  MTV today revealed the highly-anticipated nominations for the 2023 “VMAs,” celebrating artists whose cultural impact and work
  
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• Ne-Yo takes back apology over comments about parenting and gender identity

  08-08-2023 21:57 via nme.com
  
  Ne-Yo has gone back on his earlier apology for comments he has made about parenting and gender identity.READ MORE: Ne-Yo: Soundtrack Of My Life – from Stevie Wonder to WizKid The singer-songwriter stirred controversy over the weekend during an interview for VladTV. in which he questioned parents who support their children identifying as a different gender than that which they were assigned at birth.
  “I just personally come from an era where a man was a man and a woman was a woma
  
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• Celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th Birthday With These Concerts, Exhibits, and Events

  08-08-2023 21:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  From stadiums to block parties to museums, there are a slew of events honoring hip-hop’s 50th birthday
  
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• Riley Keough breaks silence on dispute with Priscilla Presley over Lisa Marie Presley's will

  08-08-2023 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Riley Keough was appointed the sole trustee over Lisa Marie Presley''s estate.
  
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• Round Hill Music Acquires Big Loud Shirt Catalog, Invests in Music IP of Founder Craig Wiseman: ‘One of Country Music’s Most Accomplished and Decorated Songwriters’

  08-08-2023 21:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Round Hill Music (LON: RHM) has announced the acquisition of “the remaining share” of Big Loud Shirt’s catalog as well as a 50 percent interest in “the writer’s income streams” of Craig Wiseman, who launched the indie publisher back in 2003. Round Hill – that is, the publicly traded catalog fund – reached out to […]
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• Apple Music Launches ‘Discovery Station’ to Aid Music Discovery

  08-08-2023 21:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Apple Music has launched a new ‘Discovery Station’ aimed at helping its listeners discover new music. Here’s how it works. The station appears under the ‘Listen Now‘ section in the Top Picks of the app. It’s a customized radio station that will play songs of a similar style to music in your personal library. The […]
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• Steve Lacy Stands Behind Smashing Fan’s Camera Last Year, But Understands ‘They’re Just Young’

  08-08-2023 20:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  "A lot of these kids — it’s their first concert, so they don’t even know what concert etiquette is," the musician told Variety
  
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• Offset on Jamie Lee Curtis staring in ‘Jealousy’ video: “She’s a real one”

  08-08-2023 20:23 via nme.com
  
  Offset has praised Oscar-winning actress, Jamie Lee Curtis, calling her a “real one” for staring in the music video for ‘Jealousy’.READ MORE: Migos: “We show up with the goods and prove you wrong”The rapper shared how the actress agreed to star in the music video in an interview with Good Morning America. “Jamie Lee Curtis is a real one,” he said. “So, how that happened is I DM’d Jamie Lee Curtis on Instagram and said, ‘Yo, I got
  
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• Jay-Z’s Made in America Festival Canceled for 2023

  08-08-2023 20:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  The annual Philly event was called off due to "circumstances outside of production control," but organizers hope to return next year
  
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• MusicFIRST Coalition Decries iHeartMedia’s Earnings Hypocrisy As Recording Artists Remain Unpaid on Broadcast Radio

  08-08-2023 19:55 via digitalmusicnews.com
  After iHeartMedia posted total revenue of $920M for Q2 2023, the musicFIRST Coalition put the broadcast company on blast for refusing to pay artists. iHeartMedia’s total revenue for Q2 2023 dropped 3.6% from a year ago. Multiplatform revenue for the radio giant was down 5.9%, which it attributes due to decreases in broadcast advertising “due […]
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• Travis Scott’s ‘Utopia’ debuts with second biggest streaming numbers of 2023

  08-08-2023 19:39 via nme.com
  
  Travis Scott‘s new album ‘Utopia’ has become the second-most streamed album of 2023, less than two weeks after it was released.READ MORE: Travis Scott – ‘Utopia’ review: lofty concept, shaky executionThe rapper’s first album since 2018 has been streamed globally over 650million times, while Apple Music confirmed it had the biggest first day streams of an album in 2023, and Spotify named it the most streamed record in 2023 on its first day with 128 millio
  
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• Jason Isbell Is Reissuing His Breakthrough ‘Southeastern’ With New Album Cover, Demos

  08-08-2023 19:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Deluxe Edition package, due out this fall, includes scans of the singer-songwriter's handwritten lyrics, a live album, and the remastered original LP
  
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• Amyl and the Sniffers’ Amy Taylor will guest judge on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under’

  08-08-2023 19:11 via nme.com
  
  Amyl and the Sniffers‘ frontwoman Amy Taylor is set to be a guest judge on the next season of the Australian version of RuPaul’s Drag Race. READ MORE: Amyl and The Sniffers at Glastonbury: Aussie punks unite the masses The singer shared a photo of her sitting on the judging panel on her upcoming appearance in the show on her Instagram. “Sooo fikin excited to be a guest judge on Ru Paul’s Drag Race Down under’s the new seasonairing now but my episode i
  
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• Everyone’s Already Lost Interest in Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’

  08-08-2023 18:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  After a week at Number One, the controversial song plummeted 20 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
  
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• How Cash Cobain Plans On Taking Over The Rap World

  08-08-2023 18:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  'I want y’all to hear my tag everywhere y’all go,' the in-demand New York-based producer says
  
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• Warner Music Group Reports Double-Digit Q2 2023 Publishing Revenue Spike, Teases AI Releases from ‘Big Names’

  08-08-2023 18:31 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Following a “challenging” Q1 2023 – including an acknowledged recorded music underperformance – Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) has reported $1.56 billion in second-quarter revenue. The Big Three record label posted its Q2 2023 financials (for the third quarter of the business’s fiscal year) this morning, with the noted revenue figure representing an approximately nine […]
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• Mourners Gather in Ireland to Say Goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor

  08-08-2023 18:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Fans pay respects to the late singer in Bray, the location of her last family home
  
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• Taylor Swift, SZA, Doja Cat Lead 2023 MTV VMA Nominations

  08-08-2023 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 2023 VMAs are scheduled to take place on Sept. 12, airing live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
  
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• Matchbox Twenty’s Tour Diary: See Backstage, Onstage Photos of Long Delayed Tour

  08-08-2023 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band’s Slow Dream Tour was delayed and then delayed again but became one of the success stories of the summer (and also got some Barbie buzz)
  
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• A first generation iPod just sold for $29,000

  08-08-2023 17:53 via nme.com
  
  A first-generation Apple iPod has been sold for $29,000 USD (£22,798) last week on August 4 via Rally Alternative Asset Investment platform.
  The iPod was originally bought by the parents of a teenager in 2001 as a Christmas gift for their son. It was purchased at an Apple store in Plano, Texas for the price of $399 USD (£313) at the time. It remained untouched in its original packaging until its recent rediscovery.
  “He wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with it, so he
  
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• The Armed drop zany new track ‘Liar 2’ and accompanying video

  08-08-2023 17:44 via nme.com
  
  The Armed have released a zany, synth-laden new single, ‘Liar 2’.
  The track is the latest to be taken from the band’s forthcoming album ‘Perfect Saviors’, due for release on August 25 via Sargent House. The US collective have previously released the singles ‘Everything’s Glitter’ and ‘Sport Of Form’, the latter of which features Julien Baker.
  “We tend to be drawn to juxtaposition and trying to make disparate things fit in new ways
  
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• Bob Geldof and Bono among mourners at Sinéad O’Connor’s funeral

  08-08-2023 17:33 via nme.com
  
  A funeral procession has been held for Sinead O’Connor in the Irish town of Bray, with Bob Geldof and Bono among those paying tribute.READ MORE: Sinéad O’Connor, 1966-2023: an artist of integrity, intensity and honestyDetails of her funeral were shared yesterday (August 7), with fans invited to say a “last goodbye” to the singer and activist as a procession followed a route along the seafront in Bray, County Wicklow.
  Starting earlier this morning (August 8), the co
  
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• Paramore Hands Mic Over to Stephen Curry for ‘Misery Business’ in San Fransisco

  08-08-2023 17:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  “From the moment that Steph gets the mic, this is no longer a Paramore show! This is a Steph Curry show," Hayley Williams told the audience
  
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• Paramore Hands Mic Over to Stephen Curry for ‘Misery Business’ in San Francisco

  08-08-2023 17:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  “From the moment that Steph gets the mic, this is no longer a Paramore show! This is a Steph Curry show," Hayley Williams told the audience
  
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• Watch Taylor Swift perform ‘Exile’ at ‘Eras Tour’ for the first time

  08-08-2023 17:04 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift played ‘Exile’ as the ‘surprise song’ on her ‘Eras’ tour in California last night (August 7) – check it out below.READ MORE: Taylor Swift live in New Jersey: a glittering celebrationThe song is taken from Swift’s 2020 album ‘Folklore’, and while it had previously been played live, it hadn’t yet been played on the ‘Eras’ tour. She previously performed the song with Bon Iver, Justin Vernon and The National&l
  
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• ‘Chrome Dreams’: A Track-by-Track Guide to Neil Young’s Newly Unearthed Seventies Album

  08-08-2023 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Classic songs like "Powderfinger" and "Like a Hurricane" first appeared on this lost album, which Young tucked away in a vault for the past 46 years
  
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• Sinéad O'Connor's fans bid singer farewell during funeral procession

  08-08-2023 16:41 via music-news.com
  
  Sinéad O'Connor was laid to rest in a private burial service on Tuesday.
  
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• BBC Radio 1 presenter Arielle Free returns on air following suspension

  08-08-2023 16:40 via nme.com
  
  BBC Radio 1 presenter Arielle Free has returned to the radio station following her temporary suspension last week .
  Free made a brief appearance on Charlie Hedges’ Dance Anthems Ibiza show on Sunday (July 30) but was cut off for expressing her dislike of a song that was playing.
  After being introduced on Hedges’s show, Free commented on the song Hedges was playing, sharing that she hated it. She began to further criticise the song, leading Hedges to turn down her mic. &ldqu
  
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• Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes says his stance towards fans of early work has “softened”

  08-08-2023 16:21 via nme.com
  
  Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has addressed how he feels about fans of the band who wish they would return to the sound of their earlier work.READ MORE: Bring Me The Horizon on stepping up for the scene: “Things are better when you’re not the only one”Despite starting out as a deathcore band in the mid-2000s, the Sheffield rockers transitioned to a more mainstream-friendly, electronics-laden sound on their landmark albums ‘Sempiternal’ and ‘That&rsqu
  
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• Hip-Hop and Rolling Stone: 50 Iconic Covers

  08-08-2023 16:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Run-D.M.C. in '86 to Megan Thee Stallion, Kendrick Lamar, Future, Young Thug, Cardi B, and today's other biggest stars
  
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• Ne-Yo Walks Back Apology, Doubles Down on Controversial Gender Identity Comments

  08-08-2023 16:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer has revoked his initial apology while also issuing something of a non-apology: "I will never be okay with allowing a child to make a decision that detrimental to their life"
  
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• Elephant 6 Crew React to Hearing Neutral Milk Hotel’s ‘Aeroplane’ for First Time in Doc Clip

  08-08-2023 16:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Long-in-the-works The Elephant 6 Recording Co. documentary, about psychedelic indie rock collective in Athens, Georgia, hits theaters on August 25
  
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• Iggy Azalea Says She Supports Prison Reform While Explaining Tory Lanez Sentencing Letter

  08-08-2023 15:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  The musician said she believes in "reasonable punishments that are rehabilitative" over incarceration
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo announces new single ‘Bad Idea Right?’, coming this week

  08-08-2023 15:52 via nme.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo has announced her next single, ‘Bad Idea Right?’ – check out the artwork below.
  The song will appear on the pop singer’s second studio album ‘Guts’, which is due for release on September 8 via Geffen (pre-order/pre-save here).READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter”Following on from the record’s lead single, ‘Vampire’, ‘Bad Ide
  
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• Tribute to Sinead O’Connor appears on Irish clifftop ahead of her funeral

  08-08-2023 14:42 via nme.com
  
  A tribute to late singer Sinead O’Connor appeared on a clifftop in Ireland, shortly before the singer’s funeral cortege took place.READ MORE: Sinéad O’Connor, 1966-2023: an artist of integrity, intensity and honestyNews that the singer and activist had died broke last month (July 26), after she was found unresponsive in her London home. She was pronounced dead at the scene, aged 56.
  The update came one year after the death of her son Shane, who died by suicide. Currently
  
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• Queens Of The Stone Age add new date to 2023 UK and Ireland tour

  08-08-2023 14:13 via nme.com
  
  Queens Of The Stone Age have added a new UK show to their upcoming tour of the UK and Ireland.READ MORE: Queens of The Stone Age: “This album sounds as brutal as it feels to be alive right now”The update follows the announcement that their ‘The End Is Nero’ tour will arrive in the UK and Europe later this year – kicking off with a now-sold-out show at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on November 4.
  After making stops across Luxembourg, Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Dusseldor
  
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• Bruce Springsteen shares highlights reel from 2023 European and UK tour

  08-08-2023 13:54 via nme.com
  
  Bruce Springsteen has shared an official video highlights reel capturing his 2023 European and UK/Ireland tour – watch it below.
  The legendary singer-songwriter’s most recent set of dates with the E Street Band ran between April 28 and July 5. He took to the stage in cities such as Barcelona, Rome, Amsterdam and Oslo.READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen live in London: the heartland hero remains firmly at his majestic peakIn the United Kingdom, The Boss made a double appearance at BST Hyde P
  
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• Watch NBA star Steph Curry join Paramore for a performance of ‘Misery Business’

  08-08-2023 13:10 via nme.com
  
  NBA star Steph Curry made a surprise appearance on stage with Paramore at a recent show. Check out footage of him singing the chorus of ‘Misery Business’ below.READ MORE: Paramore live in New York City: still at the top of their gameThe athlete – who plays for the Golden State Warriors – delighted fans in San Francisco last night (August 7) when he made an appearance on stage with Hayley Williams and co.
  The moment took place during the rendition of their 2007 hit, &lsquo
  
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• Normani has 'new music on the horizon' after signing to new management

  08-08-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  The former Fifth Harmony star is planning a "new era" in her solo career.
  
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• Ed Sheeran on AI: 'Have you not seen the movies where they kill us all?'

  08-08-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran finds AI "weird" and cannot understand why people would want robots to leave humans jobless.
  
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• BLACKPINK turns 7! Pink Venom hitmakers thank fans for making their dreams come true

  08-08-2023 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  BLACKPINK are marking their seventh anniversary in style.
  
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• Ne-Yo takes back apology over gender identity comments

  08-08-2023 12:46 via music-news.com
  
  Ne-Yo is not sorry for his opinion on the topic.
  
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