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• Live Nation’s Insomniac Faces Labor-Code Suit from Former Security Guard — Alleged Missing Overtime Pay, Failure To Provide Breaks, and More

  11-09-2023 23:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Live Nation’s Insomniac is officially facing a firmly worded lawsuit in which a former employee alleges all manner of California labor-code violations. One King Johnson just recently submitted the multifaceted complaint on behalf of himself and “all other aggrieved employees.” The 18-page action (which is seeking civil damages for the alleged violations under the Private […]
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• Coach Party share wistful new single ‘Be That Girl’

  11-09-2023 23:03 via nme.com
  
  Coach Party have released a new single, ‘Be That Girl’.READ MORE: Coach Party – ‘Killjoy’ review: inventive, angry and pretty irresistible The track is the final single to be taken from the band’s new album ‘Killjoy’, which was released on Friday. The Isle Of Wight indie rockers had previously released the singles ‘Parasite’, ‘What’s The Point In Life’, ‘Born Leader’, ‘All I Wanna Do Is Hate&rsqu
  
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• RM Shares Heartfelt Letter With BTS ARMY Celebrating His 29th Birthday

  11-09-2023 22:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  “I’m living by sharing the optimism that was interpreted by the love I received. I’m also putting it in my next songs that will come out someday," he shared
  
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• Tirzah shares new album ‘trip9love…???’ and announces UK, EU and US tour dates

  11-09-2023 22:49 via nme.com
  
  Tirzah has released her third studio album, ‘trip9love…???’, and has announced a handful of tour dates beginning this week.
  The LP is available to stream now ahead of its physical release on November 17 via Domino. The UK artist created the album alongside producer and long-time musical collaborator Mica Levi over the course of a year. Both Levi and Tirzah wrote and recorded ‘trip9love…???’ at each of their homes as well as parts of South East London and Ken
  
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• How DJ Natasha Diggs Gives Fabulosity

  11-09-2023 22:35 via rollingstone.com
  
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• Crowdfunder launched to help disabled DJ Wheels fulfil “lifelong dream” of playing in Ibiza

  11-09-2023 22:13 via nme.com
  
  A fundraiser has been launched to help DJ Wheels, a DJ with severe cerebral palsy, attend his booking in Ibiza next month.
  The Sussex-based DJ, whose real name is Adam Burden, has regularly played across UK parties and festivals, has a deal with Vandit Records and hosted shows across a variety of his local stations.
  DJ Wheels had always dreamed of playing in Ibiza and the opportunity rose for him to play at this year’s Ocean Awareness Weekender in October. However, he requires extra f
  
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• Benefits to support Empire State Bastard on 2023 winter UK and Europe tour

  11-09-2023 22:04 via nme.com
  
  Empire State Bastard have announced that Benefits will serve as opening support during their 2023 winter UK and EU tour.READ MORE: Meet Benefits: an instant punk battlecry against flag-shaggers (and Chris Martin)Kicking off on November 2, both bands will play the first show of the tour at the Alhambra venue in Paris, before making stops in Cologne, Amsterdam, Berlin and Hamberg that same week.
  From there, they will start the UK leg of the tour with a show in Cardiff on November 9. Other cities t
  
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• Tommy Hilfiger on His Magazine Collection, Working With SZA, and Bringing Hip-Hop to London

  11-09-2023 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hilfiger and Grammy-winner SZA hosted a brunch during New York Fashion Week to celebrate the brand’s campaign focusing on family
  
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• Ed Sheeran crashes wedding to perform new song

  11-09-2023 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran is set to release his new album, Autumn Variations, on 29 September.
  
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• UK venues closing due to RAAC concrete fears

  11-09-2023 21:27 via nme.com
  
  At least 10 concert venues and theatres in the UK have been forced to shut over the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their infrastructures.
  RAAC is a lightweight building material that was used from the 1950s up to the mid 1990s in the UK and was recently assessed to be at risk of collapse.
  Following the UK Government’s decision to revise the guidance on the dangerous material, over 150 schools have had to partly or fully close, while the material has also affec
  
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• The 25 Best Shakira Videos

  11-09-2023 21:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  She's been burning your TV since the 1990s. Here are her finest moments so far.
  
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• Maluma Catches a Crutch (and Dances With It) After Fan Throws It Onstage

  11-09-2023 21:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Colombian superstar is currently on the road for his Don Juan World Tour
  
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• Demi Lovato Lands with Brandon Creed After Departure from Former Manager Scooter Braun

  11-09-2023 21:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Following her split with former manager Scooter Braun, it seems Demi Lovato has landed with Brandon Creed for management. Variety is reporting that a rep for the singer has confirmed she has signed with Good World Management. The news of the signing was first suggested as a rumor by Hits among broader rumors about Scooter […]
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• Radiohead’s Thom Yorke on embracing having a voice like Neil Young

  11-09-2023 21:01 via nme.com
  
  Radiohead‘s frontman Thom Yorke has revealed how he learned to embrace having a voice similar to Neil Young‘s.READ MORE: The Smile live at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre reviewIn an excerpt from Jason Thomas Gordon’s upcoming book The Singers Talk (via Rolling Stone), the singer discussed how he honed into his signature sound with the help of Young and Jeff Buckley.
  Yorke shared that he always felt like his register was “uncomfortably high or awkward”. At
  
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• Zach Bryan Remains Tops Album Chart For Second Consecutive Week

  11-09-2023 20:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Doja Cat's "Paint The Town Red" dethroned Bryan on the singles chart and broke rap's year-long drought without topping the Hot 100
  
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• UK Musicians’ Census: Artists Average $25,881 in Annual Music Earnings, Supplement Income with Freelance Gigs and ‘Regular’ Jobs

  11-09-2023 20:29 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Insights from the first-ever UK Musicians’ Census reveal the demographic makeup of UK musicians and prevalent pay gaps, barriers to career progression, and financial challenges. In a project from Help Musicians and the Musicians’ Union, alongside research agency Walnut, a survey of nearly 6,000 musicians maps how UK artists are doing with a career in […]
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• Spotify Reportedly Set To Bring 20 Hours of Free Monthly Audiobook Access to Premium Accounts

  11-09-2023 20:25 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Three months back, reports indicated that Spotify was preparing to allow paid subscribers to listen to several audiobooks per month at no additional charge. Now, the platform’s reportedly poised to debut the offering – with up to 20 hours of monthly audiobook access for each eligible user. This and other noteworthy details about the service’s […]
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• Legendary Glasgow venue The Arches to re-open after eight years

  11-09-2023 20:05 via nme.com
  
  Glasgow venue The Arches has announced it is re-opening eight years after it lost its license.
  The legendary Scottish nightclub shut its doors in 2015 after Glasgow’s licensing board imposed a midnight closing time, following police complaints about drug abuse and disorder.
  Organisers said nine club nights would run from October 21 and include sets from high-profile DJs. The line-up will be announced on Tuesday, and it has been hinted that some of them are Scottish and had played the venue
  
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• Dagny shares new single ‘Ray-Bans’ and announces a mini-album trilogy

  11-09-2023 20:03 via nme.com
  
  Dagny has shared her newest single, ‘Ray-Bans’, and has announced her plans to release a trilogy of mini-albums.
  Her mini-album trilogy will kick off with the first instalment titled ‘Elle’. The LP is set for release later this year and features eight tracks including her previously released singles ‘Heartbreak In The Making’ and ‘Same Again (For Love)’ along with ‘Ray-Bans’.
  Speaking of the new song in a press release, Dagny said: &ldq
  
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• Brixton Academy refuse racial profiling and talk ticketing and improving safety at hearing

  11-09-2023 19:58 via nme.com
  
  The hearing that will determine the future of London’s O2 Academy Brixton continued today (Monday September 11), with the council being told about the venue’s refusal of racial profiling and their plans to improve ticketing and safety.READ MORE: Artists and industry speak out to save Brixton Academy: “It’d be a tragedy to lose such an iconic venue”Kicking off this morning with a defence of the iconic gig space’s “economic and cultural importance&rdq
  
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• Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Grandmaster Flash to Close 2023 MTV VMAs With Hip-Hop Tribute

  11-09-2023 19:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  LL Cool J, Doug E. Fresh, and DMC will also join the performance honoring 50 years of hip-hop
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS outselling rest of the Top 10 combined

  11-09-2023 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo’s path to a second UK Number 1 album looks assured, as she’s outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined with her second album, GUTS.
  
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• Queen Latifah Leads Giants-Cowboys Game With Riveting National Anthem Performance

  11-09-2023 18:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper and actress delivered "The Star-Spangled Banner" at MetLife Stadium on Sunday evening
  
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• Singing Billboards and Sydney Sweeney: Inside the Rolling Stones’ ‘Angry’ Video

  11-09-2023 18:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Director François Rousselet explains how he had to fake signs along the Sunset Strip and search the band's archives for the perfect lip-sync footage of Mick Jagger
  
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• DJ Sophie Little hits out at BBC regional radio cuts during final show

  11-09-2023 18:02 via nme.com
  
  Broadcaster Sophie Little has criticised the extensive BBC regional radio cuts during her final show, describing them as “unbelievably unfair”.READ MORE: Inside the fight to save the local BBC Introducing shows: “It’s so much bigger than just radio play”The radio host shared her thoughts on the widespread cuts to various BBC Radio stations while hosting her final show on BBC Radio Norfolk, and criticised those involved in the decision as creating a “detrimenta
  
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• Plain White T’s share new track ‘Red Flags’ and announce new self-titled album

  11-09-2023 17:41 via nme.com
  
  Plain White T‘s have shared their latest single ‘Red Flags’ and have announced their self-titled ninth studio album.
  ‘Red Flags’ marks the fourth single released from the upcoming LP. It follows ‘Would You Even’, ‘Spaghetti Tattoo‘ and ‘Happy’. Speaking of the track in a press release, the band’s frontman Tom Higgenson said: “I was dating someone and it was going so well but in some instances, I was like, ‘Wait d
  
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• Grupo Frontera, Marc Anthony, Sofia Reyes to Perform at 2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards

  11-09-2023 17:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  The October 5 ceremony will also feature performances from Farruko, Banda Carnaval, Eddy Lover, Nicki Nicole, Pepe Aguilar, La Factoría, and more
  
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• AC/DC reignite talk of world tour: ‘Dates are being looked at for next year!’

  11-09-2023 17:14 via music-news.com
  
  After years of talk the group could get back on the road together, AC/DC have reignited rumours of a world tour by being lined up to headline a major US music festival.
  
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• Brian May brands AI use in music ‘massively scary‘ – as he fears the tech can ‘cause evil’

  11-09-2023 17:09 via music-news.com
  
  Joining a list of musicians including John Lydon, Ed Sheeran and Nick Cave who have slammed the tech, Brian May has said he finds the use of AI in music “massively scary” as he believes it possesses the power to cause “evil”.
  
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• Paul Simon hasn’t “accepted” his hearing loss, but is looking for a solution

  11-09-2023 17:02 via nme.com
  
  Paul Simon has revealed that while he hasn’t “accepted” his hearing loss, he is in the process of finding a new solution which will help him return to touring.
  The Simon and Garfunkel star opened up about his hearing loss in his left ear at a Q&A at the Toronto Film Festival yesterday (September 10) – something which has affected him in recent years and left him struggling to perform live.
  Here, he said that while he hasn’t yet come to terms with the impairment,
  
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• Margo Cilker’s First Album Was a Sleeper Hit. Now What?

  11-09-2023 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Oregon-based songwriter takes a big leap forward on her latest album, 'Valley of Heart’s Delight'
  
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• Watch Robert Peston and Ed Balls perform with new band Centrist Dad

  11-09-2023 16:43 via nme.com
  
  ITV’s political editor Robert Peston and former Labour chancellor Ed Balls have performed with their new band, Centrist Dad, in Camden this past weekend.
  The band played at a street party in Camden’s York Rise on Sunday, September 10. Peston was on mic duty while Balls served as the drummer along with John Wilson (the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Front Row) and Chris Taylor on bass and guitar.
  Robert Peston on vocals & Ed Balls on drums? Why, it's 'Centrist Dad'. And any
  
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• Shania Twain keen to collaborate with Adele

  11-09-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Shania Twain met Adele at the Grammy Awards earlier this year.
  
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• Demi Lovato surprises fans on The Masked Singer

  11-09-2023 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Demi Lovato performed under a giant mouse disguise.
  
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• Oliver Anthony, Papa Roach, Shinedown Cover Lynyrd Skynyrd at Makeshift Acoustic Gig

  11-09-2023 16:19 via rollingstone.com
  
  The three artists teamed up for an impromptu concert after the final two days of Blue Ridge Rock Festival were called off because of severe weather
  
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• Femi Koleoso of Ezra Collective: 'I don't think it's the first jazz record that has been worthy of the prize'

  11-09-2023 16:08 via music-news.com
  
  Femi Koleoso spoke to Matt Wilkinson following Ezra Collective’s win at the 2023 Mercury Prize. Femi discussed being congratulated
  
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• Artist’s poster on ‘gig etiquette’ goes viral, stirs debate

  11-09-2023 16:05 via nme.com
  
  An artist who shared a poster of ‘gig etiquette’ they would like fans to abide by has gone viral and stirred a debate online.
  Last week, singer-songwriter Lucy May Walker shared a photo of a series of rules she wanted fans to stick to on her upcoming tour of the UK.
  “After my many interviews with various news outlets about gig etiquette, I’ve decided to print these off for my upcoming solo tour,” she wrote on X/Twitter.
  “I’ve not seen this done before (&
  
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• The 1975 add fourth show at London’s The O2 to sell-out 2024 tour

  11-09-2023 15:30 via nme.com
  
  The 1975 have added a fourth London date to their 2024 UK and European ‘Still At Their Very Best’ tour – get details below.READ MORE: The 1975: “I’d rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero”Earlier this week, extra dates were added to the tour, including gigs at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Manchester’s AO Arena and a third show at London’s The O2.
  Now, the band will play a fourth show in London on February 20, which is confirmed
  
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• V Delivers Smooth Debut Live Performance of ‘Love Me Again’ in an Art Gallery

  11-09-2023 14:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song appears on the BTS member's recently released solo album Layover
  
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• Amy Winehouse’s band announce special show to honour her 40th birthday

  11-09-2023 14:49 via nme.com
  
  Amy Winehouse’s band have announced details of a special London show, set to celebrate the singer for what would have been her 40th birthday.READ MORE: The timeless influence of Amy Winehouse: “Her legacy is beyond comprehension”The upcoming gig will be held at the KOKO venue in Camden this December and is set to celebrate the life and music of the late singer, as well as the legacy she left behind.
  The band set to headline the event are the same musicians who were working with
  
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• Billy Bragg & Shalamar close a Music Walk of Fame week in Camden

  11-09-2023 14:17 via music-news.com
  
  London’s prestigious Music Walk Of Fame finishes a triumphant week of stone unveilings along Camden High Street - a sun filled
  
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• Laughing gas to be made illegal in UK by end of 2023

  11-09-2023 13:55 via nme.com
  
  Nitrous oxide – more widely known as laughing gas – will be categorised as a class C drug in the UK, and made illegal by the end of the year.
  The news was confirmed by the UK government and states that those found producing or selling the substance could face up to 14 years in prison by the end of 2023.
  Currently, nitrous oxide is banned in the country when held for recreational use, however, possession of it is not.
  It is commonly used in nightclubs, festivals and other late-night s
  
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• Hearing into the future of Brixton Academy begins: “A venue of economic and cultural importance”

  11-09-2023 13:50 via nme.com
  
  The hearing that will determine the future of London’s iconic O2 Academy Brixton began today (Monday September 11), with the council being assured of the venue’s safety as well as well as being one of “economic and cultural importance”.READ MORE: Artists and industry speak out to save Brixton Academy: “It’d be a tragedy to lose such an iconic venue”Taking place at Lambeth Council, the two-day hearing will determine whether or not the Academy Music G
  
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• David Byrne on Talking Heads’ current relationship: “Divorces are never easy”

  11-09-2023 13:38 via nme.com
  
  David Byrne has discussed his relationship with his Talking Heads bandmate as they prepare to reunite for an upcoming Q&A.
  The band are reissuing their legendary concert film Stop Making Sense to celebrate 40 years since it was first released, and the moment also will see members Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz come together for their first public reunion in over two decades.
  Byrne recently explained that he regrets the way Talking Heads split up, and confessed that he
  
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• Bass player to Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen and Miles Davis dies

  11-09-2023 13:24 via music-news.com
  
  Jazz bassist Richard Davis, who received acclaim for his work on Van Morrison's 1968 album 'Astral Weeks', has died at the age of 93.
  
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• UK’s official ‘Song Of The Summer’ revealed

  11-09-2023 13:10 via nme.com
  
  The UK’s official ‘Song Of The Summer’ for 2023 has been revealed, with Dave and Central Cee‘s ‘Sprinter’ taking the top spot.READ MORE: Central Cee at Reading Festival: future headliner potential… with some tweaksThe single arrived earlier this year and now has been confirmed by the Official Charts Company as the most streamed song of the summer season.
  The Central Cee and Dave collaboration has also become both the longest-running UK Rap track to hit
  
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• The Leadmill respond after offering £40 to volunteers to attend Sheffield rally to save venue

  11-09-2023 12:56 via nme.com
  
  Sheffield venue The Leadmill have responded after it emerged they were offering £40 to volunteers to attend a rally to save the venue.READ MORE: If Sheffield’s Leadmill – the venue that helped break Arctic Monkeys – goes, we all lose somethingNext week (September 18), a rally titled ‘Battle For The Soul Of Sheffield’ will take place in the city as the venue continues its battle to survive.
  Last year, the venue’s future came under threat after the ow
  
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• Amy Winehouse's original band to perform tribute to late star to mark her 40th birthday

  11-09-2023 12:39 via music-news.com
  
  Amy Winehouse's original band have announced a special concert at KOKO in Camden, London, to celebrate the late singer's 40th birthday.
  
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• Nearly half of working UK musicians earn less than £14k, new census finds

  11-09-2023 12:08 via nme.com
  
  Nearly half of working UK musicians earn less than £14k a year, according to a new census.READ MORE: Brexit: UK government warned musicians and crew “could find themselves unemployed en masse”The new Musicians’ Census surveyed nearly 6,000 active musicians in the country, and was created by the Musicians’ Union and Help Musicians.
  Its findings revealed that despite 70 per cent of participants having a degree-level qualification or higher, over half of all respo
  
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• Queen’s Brian May says use of AI in music is “massively scary”

  11-09-2023 12:07 via nme.com
  
  Queen guitarist Brian May has expressed his views on the use of artificial intelligence to make music, saying that he finds the prospect “massively scary”.READ MORE: In the age of AI Oasis, there’s no point being ordinaryThe guitarist was speaking as part of an interview with Guitar Player when he revealed his concerns about the extent to which the use of AI could change the music industry for the worse.
  “My major concern with it now is in the artistic area,” he beg
  
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