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• Billy Porter 'doesn't feel good' about Harry Styles being Vogue's first male cover star

  11-08-2023 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles became the first male to grace the cover of Vogue in 2020.
  
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• French Montana Inks Global Deal with Gamma After Reportedly Turning Down $20M Offer

  11-08-2023 23:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Moroccan-American rapper French Montana has signed a global deal with Gamma. Here’s the latest. Gamma Co-Founder & CEO Larry Jackson says he’s worked with the rapper for over ten years and is happy to cement the partnership. “His new documentary is a 10, and his new music is equally awesome. French Montana, in my opinion, […]
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• French Montana Inks Global Deal with Gamma After Reportedly Turning Down $20 Million Offer

  11-08-2023 23:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Moroccan-American rapper French Montana has signed a global deal with Gamma. Here’s the latest. Gamma Co-Founder & CEO Larry Jackson says he’s worked with the rapper for over ten years and is happy to cement the partnership. “His new documentary is a 10, and his new music is equally awesome. French Montana, in my opinion, […]
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• Hans Zimmer, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Steven Kofsky Purchase Maida Vale Studios

  11-08-2023 23:09 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Film and music industry heavyweights Hans Zimmer, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Steven Kofsky have banded together to purchase Maida Vale Studios, with refurbishment plans to upgrade facilities for the next generation. Maida Vale Studios has been sold to Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, the co-chairmen of Working Title, in a consortium with Hans Zimmer […]
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• Post Malone, Chris Brown, More Received Millions From Shuttered Venue Covid Fund: Report

  11-08-2023 22:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Artists were technically eligible for Shuttered Venue Operator Grants, and there's no indication high-profile recipients used these funds unlawfully
  
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• Demi Lovato Revamps ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Soundtrack Cut ‘Let Me Down Easy’

  11-08-2023 22:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  Earlier this year, Marcus Mumford and Maren Morris reimagined "Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)" from the fictional band's not-so-fictional album Aurora
  
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• Right-Wing Influencers Just Found Their Favorite New Country Song

  11-08-2023 22:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  In “Rich Men North of Richmond,” a singing farmer in Virginia blasts high taxes and obese people on welfare, and even appears to allude to Jeffrey Epstein
  
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• Warner Records and Steve Carless Officially Launch Defiant Records JV Label, Set Sights on Developing Acts ‘Who Are Always Challenging the Status Quo’

  11-08-2023 22:33 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Warner Records and its A&R president, Steve Carless, have formally unveiled Defiant Records and the newly minted JV label’s first project. Warner Records reached out to Digital Music News today with word of Defiant Records’ launch, which has arrived about two years following Carless’ start as A&R president. Prior to joining Warner Records, the SC […]
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• Depeche Mode reveal support acts for North American tour

  11-08-2023 22:27 via nme.com
  
  Depeche Mode have announced the acts joining them as support on the North American leg of their ‘Memento Mori’ tour.READ MORE: Depeche Mode: “Do the best you can – you don’t know if you’re going to be doing it againAnnounced today (August 11), the band – which is comprised of Martin Gore and Dave Gahan – shared the three acts that will be joining them for their string of tour dates across North America starting next month.
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• Apple Music Classical Partners with Salzburg Festival

  11-08-2023 22:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Apple Music Classical partners with the Salzburg Festival to provide quality recordings from future editions of the festival and archive performances. Apple Music Classical, the standalone app specifically designed for classical music, has announced a partnership with the Salzburg Festival. The deal will include exclusive audio recordings from the festival, Spatial Audio remastering of recordings […]
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• Maroon 5 Taps Mickey Guyton for Remix of ‘Middle Ground’

  11-08-2023 21:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I am so, so grateful to Maroon 5 for letting me be a part of this beautiful song," Guyton said
  
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• Babymetal announce collaboration with Tom Morello ‘METALI!!’

  11-08-2023 21:45 via nme.com
  
  Babymetal have announced a new collaboration with Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello titled ‘METALI!!’.
  The track marks the first new song by the newly reborn group which now consists of Su-Metal, Moametal and Momometal. According to a press release, the track is very up-tempo and was created with the idea of a summer festival taking place in a metal village where everyone forms a circle to celebrate the festival.
  Speaking of the track, Morello shared: “I am a
  
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• Katharine McPhee and David Foster suffer 'horrible tragedy' in their family

  11-08-2023 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Katharine McPhee and David Foster have been touring Asia for the past week.
  
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• Karol G kicks off 2023 Mañana Será Bonito stadium tour in Las Vegas

  11-08-2023 21:26 via music-news.com
  
  Last night, global superstar Karol G kicked off her highly anticipated MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO Tour at the renowned Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas
  
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• Calvin Harris and Sam Smith debut video for glittering new anthem ‘Desire’

  11-08-2023 21:26 via nme.com
  
  Calvin Harris and Sam Smith have released a video for their new collaboration ‘Desire’.READ MORE: Sam Smith live in London: a sweaty and spectacular night outThe track was released last month and peaked at Number Six on the Billboard US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. The song features a thumping beat with the anthemic chorus, “You are my desire, oh / And just the thought of you is keepin’ me awake / You take me higher, oh / Take me away”, fit for the dance f
  
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• Dior Names Tomorrow X Together As Brand Ambassadors After Dropping Travis Scott

  11-08-2023 20:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  After dropping Travis Scott from its roster of brand ambassadors, Dior is adding K-pop quintet Tomorrow X Together. Dior artistic director Kim Jones created a line-up of concert outfits for each member to wear during their Lollapalooza appearance celebrating the first K-pop group to headline the legendary Chicago music festival. “Tomorrow X Together are the […]
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• Liam Gallagher reveals new colourway for Adidas collaboration

  11-08-2023 19:45 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher and Adidas have released a brand new colourway of their previous shoe collaboration, the LG2 SPZL.
  The shoe marks Gallagher’s third release with the brand. According to a press release, the creation of the new shoe came from former Oasis frontman and the Adidas Spezial founder Gary Aspden, after they reunited to create a second colourway of the LG2 SPZL.
  The new LG2 SPZL features the same hybrid silhouette the duo created, loosely based on several different historical Adidas
  
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• Kelsea Ballerini Has a Few Final Musical Bombs to Drop About Her Divorce

  11-08-2023 19:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  The country star added two new songs to Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, while asking fans not to "dig back into the experience that it was written about nearly a year ago"
  
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• Wu-Tang Clan Bring Da Ruckus to Queens: See the Photos

  11-08-2023 19:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  On Thursday, August 10 — a day ahead of rap’s 50th birthday — New York rap legends Wu-Tang Clan took the stage at the Knockdown Center in Queens, performing exclusively for SiriusXM and Pandora as part of its “For the Love” Hip-Hop 50th anniversary celebration. After Brooklyn’s own Lola Brooke delivered a fiery opening set, […]
  
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• See Post Malone Wake Up the Neighborhood in ‘Something Real’ Live Performance

  11-08-2023 19:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Performance of 'Austin' track took place atop a Los Angeles home
  
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• The 1975 Faces $2.5 Million Legal Action from Malaysian Festival Organizer Over Alleged Breach of Contract

  11-08-2023 19:23 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Future Sound Asia, the company behind Malaysia’s Good Vibes Festival, is reportedly preparing to take legal action against The 1975 unless the group coughs up over £2 million (currently $2.54 million) in allegedly owed damages during the coming days. Additional details about Future Sound Asia’s compensation claims just recently came to light, after the 22-year-old […]
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• Olivia Rodrigo, Karol G, Noname and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

  11-08-2023 19:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Looking for the week's best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist
  
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• Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry involved in legal battle with veteran over California home

  11-08-2023 19:13 via nme.com
  
  Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry are reportedly involved in a legal battle with an elderly veteran over the California home they made an offer on back in 2020.
  The dispute stems from the engaged couple’s attempt to buy a mansion in Montecito, California for $15million (£11.8million) from army veteran Carl Westcott, 83, three years ago.
  According to the Daily Mail, Westcott had moved into the home two months before the couple bought the estate. Westcott had allegedly signed a real estate
  
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• Cian Ducrot clinches first Number 1 album after close race

  11-08-2023 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Cian Ducrot is victorious as he lands his first Official Number 1 album, following a tense race to the top.
  
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• Dave & Central Cee’s Sprinter becomes first-ever UK rap track to spend 10 weeks at Number 1 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart

  11-08-2023 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Dave and Central Cee’s reign at the top continues, with Sprinter becoming the first-ever UK Rap track to make it to 10 weeks at Number 1.
  
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• Carrie Underwood Is Irreplaceable on Reflective Ballad ‘Give Her That’

  11-08-2023 18:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song will appear alongside previously released tracks "Take Me Out" and "Out of That Truck" on Denim & Rhinestones (Deluxe Edition) out Sept. 22
  
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• See Keanu Reeves’ Excellent Bass Solo in Dogstar’s Video for New Song, ‘Breach’

  11-08-2023 18:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Album 'Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees' due out this fall
  
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• Win a pair of VIP tickets to Luno presents All Points East with L’Oreal Paris

  11-08-2023 18:00 via nme.com
  
  NME and L’Oreal Paris are giving away a pair of VIP tickets to this year’s Luno presents at All Points East.
  As part of their Stand Up Against Street Harassment programme – which utilises the 5D’s training – L’Oreal Paris are an official sponsor of this year’s edition, where The Strokes, Haim, Jungle and more will all perform in London’s Victoria Park (Aug 18-28).
  To enter, take the 10 minute online training and share your completed training certif
  
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• Travis Scott’s ‘UTOPIA’ is the biggest hip-hop release of 2023 so far

  11-08-2023 17:53 via nme.com
  
  Travis Scott has broken records with his fourth studio album ‘UTOPIA’, which is now deemed the biggest hip-hop release of the year so far.READ MORE: Travis Scott – ‘Utopia’ review: lofty concept, shaky executionOn July 28, the Houston-born rapper dropped his highly-anticipated album, featuring Beyoncé, Teezo Touchdown, Drake and more on the star-studded 19-track album. It was the follow-up to the ‘Antidote’ rapper’s Grammy Award-nominated th
  
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• Offset confirms new album will arrive in October: “I’m definitely going to be showing way more personality”

  11-08-2023 17:22 via nme.com
  
  Offset has unveiled his plans to drop his second solo album in October, hoping to show “way more personality” than before.READ MORE: Migos on the cover: “We show up with the goods and prove you wrong”
  The Migos rapper has been teasing the follow-up to his 2019 debut album ‘Father Of 4’ for some time.
  Last November, he was supposed to drop the album; however, out of respect for his late friend and bandmate Takeoff’s death, he pushed it back and fans have
  
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• Noname Is Back And Ready To Make Trouble on ‘Sundial’

  11-08-2023 17:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper's excellent third album mixes jazzy grooves and revolutionary politics
  
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• Noname Is Back And Ready To Make Trouble on ‘Sundail’

  11-08-2023 17:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper's excellent third album mixes jazzy grooves and revolutionary politics
  
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• YouTube celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with FIFTY DEEP campaign

  11-08-2023 17:01 via nme.com
  
  YouTube has announced that they will celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this year by launching the FIFTY DEEP campaign.READ MORE: 25 Albums That Changed Hip-Hop ForeverThis month marks 50 years since DJ Kool Herc performed at a party in the Bronx and showed off his DJing invention of scratching records to extend the instrumental breaks in the song. This revelation was the cornerstone for hip-hop as people could dance longer (evolving into breakdancing) and aspiring MCs could rap during so
  
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• Yellowcard Is Suddenly Huge Again — And They Don’t Know Why

  11-08-2023 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Frontman Ryan Key reveals the secret history of "Ocean Avenue" — and grapples with his pop-punk band's weird current surge of popularity: "Maybe we're in an alternate timeline?"
  
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• Yellowcard are Suddenly Huge Again — And They Don’t Know Why

  11-08-2023 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Frontman Ryan Key reveals the secret history of 'Ocean Avenue' — and grapples with his pop-punk band's weird current surge of popularity: "Maybe we're in an alternate timeline?"
  
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• J. Cole says 50 Cent’s ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin” is the “best album of all time”

  11-08-2023 16:53 via nme.com
  
  J. Cole has revealed that 50 Cent‘s ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin” is the “best album of all time” while on stage with the rap legend this week.READ MORE: J. Cole – ‘The Off-Season’ review: technical brilliance that’s not built for the mainstreamOn August 9, the North Carolina rapper joined the New Yorker during his set at New York’s Barclays Center to perform his most popular track, ‘No Role Modelz’. The show kicked off the US leg
  
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• John Lydon says its “wrong” to credit Patti Smith with punk’s beginnings

  11-08-2023 16:49 via nme.com
  
  John Lydon has said that he believes it’s “wrong” to credit Patti Smith and, more broadly, New York with punk’s origins – saying the UK did it first.
  Smith was an essential part of the punk movement within the US with her 1975 debut album ‘Horses’. The former Sex Pistol and Public Image Ltd frontman, however, claims that the UK is the actual birthplace of the genre with acts such as David Bowie, T-Rex, Sweet, The Clash, The Dammed and the Sex Pistol
  
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• Dolly Parton, Blake Shelton, Jelly Roll Will Tip Their Hats to the Judds on New Tribute Album

  11-08-2023 16:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Gwen Stefani, LeAnn Rimes, and Trisha Yearwood are among those paying homage to Wynonna and the late Naomi on an all-star record due this fall
  
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• Mick Fleetwood's restaurant burns down in Hawaii wildfires

  11-08-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Mick Fleetwood has lost his restaurant and bar in Lahaina.
  
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• Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor Says New Cancer Drug Has Given Him Five More Years

  11-08-2023 16:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Musician offered an update on his health as he prepares to release a new solo album, Man’s a Wolf to Man
  
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• Four Tet doesn’t agree with idea he’s “finally getting the success he deserves” with Skrillex and Fred Again..

  11-08-2023 16:18 via nme.com
  
  Kieran Hebden – better known as Four Tet – has reflected on his recent success with Fred Again.. and Skrillex, and revealed that he doesn’t agree with the idea that he is “finally getting the success he deserves”.READ MORE: Skrillex live in New York City: a once-in-a-lifetime rave at the GardenThe English electronic artist made the comments in a rare interview earlier this week, in which he reflected on his early days in the industry and the mammoth concerts he has
  
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• Watch Phoebe Bridgers make surprise appearance with Christian Lee Hutson at Øya spin-off show

  11-08-2023 16:14 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers made a surprise appearance on stage with Christian Lee Hutson last night (August 10) as he performed at an Øya spin-off show.
  The gig took place at Oslo’s Vulkan Arena concert hall, with the singer-songwriter headlining the venue as part of his ongoing tour.READ MORE: Boygenius – ‘The Record’ review: the instant classic we were hoping forBridgers joined the artist during the show to perform together – watch footage of the moment below.She has
  
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• Museum Curators Track Down Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Rookie Card’ on ‘Hip Hop Treasures’

  11-08-2023 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The quest to stock the Universal Hip Hop Museum leads to the iconic "Bad Boy" jersey Biggie wore in the "Juicy" video
  
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• Turnstile and BADBADNOTGOOD join forces on ‘New Heart Designs’ EP

  11-08-2023 15:53 via nme.com
  
  Turnstile and BADBADNOTGOOD have collaborated on a new EP, ‘New Heart Designs’ – listen below.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Turnstile: “When the stars align for things to happen, we follow them”Released today (August 11), the collection comprises alternative, jazz-orientated re-workings of three songs from Turnstile’s third studio album, ‘Glow On’, which came out in 2021.
  Toronto alt-jazz ensemble BADBADNOTGOOD assisted the hardcore punk outf
  
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• Kool Herc and the History (and Mystery) of Hip-Hop’s First Day

  11-08-2023 15:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Even as the world celebrates rap turning 50, the debate over the genre's birth date spins on
  
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• Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor says nuclear cancer drug has given him five more years

  11-08-2023 14:56 via nme.com
  
  Former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has said a drug he is taking to treat his prostate cancer has extended his life by five years.
  Taylor, 62, opened up about living with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer during an interview back in January. He had been diagnosed with the disease around four years prior. Last November, the musician was forced to miss the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony due to ongoing treatment.READ MORE: Duran Duran: “We’d love to do G
  
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• Skindred say they “feel like David and Goliath” in chart battle for first-ever Number One album

  11-08-2023 14:14 via nme.com
  
  Twenty-five years after they formed, metal band Skindred are on course to achieve their first-ever UK Number One album.
  However, it is a close competition, and the band have revealed that they “feel like David and Goliath” in the race for the chart-topping spot.
  The bid for the peak position comes after the release of their eighth and latest studio album, ‘Smile’, which arrived last Friday (August 4) via Earache Records.
  On Wednesday (August 9), it was revealed that the L
  
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• 50 Innovators Shaping Rap’s Next 50 Years

  11-08-2023 14:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Ice Spice to Kenny Beats, Druski to DD Osama, these are the rappers, producers, fashion designers, and creators helping point the way to hip-hop's future
  
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• 50 Innovators Helping Shape Rap’s Next 50 Years

  11-08-2023 14:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Ice Spice to Kenny Beats, Druski, and more, these are the people making an impact on the future of hip-hop
  
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• 50 Artists and Creatives Helping Shape Rap’s Next 50 Years

  11-08-2023 14:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Ice Spice to Kenny Beats, Druski, and more, these are the people making an impact on the future of hip-hop
  
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