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• Creamfields announces The Prodigy as first 2027 headliner

  11-09-2026 10:09 via nme.com
  
  Creamfields has announced The Prodigy as the first headliner for 2027. Find all the details and buy tickets below.READ MORE: The Prodigy promise new “fuckin’ evil rave” music and to “deliver the punch” for huge 2026 showsThe electronic dance music festival will return to Daresbury, Cheshire, for its 30th anniversary edition between Thursday August 26 and Sunday August 29.
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• Departin’ From D. Parton Is a Go: Nashville Airport to Be Renamed After Dolly Following Unanimous Vote

  11-09-2026 21:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Nashville International Airport, soon to be renamed after Dolly Parton, by Matthew Jungling
  Dolly Parton will be memorialized in her hometown, as Nashville Airport has unanimously voted to change its name to include the music and philanthropy icon.
  Since Dolly Parton’s passing late last month at age 80, a petition to change the name of Nashville’s airport quickly made the rounds, gaining thousands of signatures in days. The petition was actually originally made in Janua
  
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• 30% of Live Nation’s Largest Shows Are Non-English Language, CFO Says

  11-09-2026 21:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Joe Berchtold, Live Nation CFO
  Live Nation CFO Joe Berchtold reveals that 30% of Live Nation’s biggest tours are in languages other than English.
  Joe Berchtold, Live Nation’s CFO, broke down some eye-popping global statistics for investors this week. Among those, over 60% of the top 75 markets outside the U.S. lack a large, modern, music-ready venue to accommodate the world’s biggest stars. Meanwhile, 30% of the company’s top 50 shows are in languages other
  
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• X-Ray Spex, the Raincoats, the Slits Members Form Supergroup for London Punk Festival

  11-09-2026 20:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  The event will celebrate 50 years of She-Punk with artwork, photography, fashion, and archival material from pioneers
  
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• Independent Artist Group Signs deadmau5 for Worldwide Representation in All Areas

  11-09-2026 20:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: deadmau5 by Matt Barnes
  Independent Artist Group has signed electronic music icon deadmau5 for worldwide representation in all areas.
  Independent Artist Group (IAG) has signed global electronic music icon deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) for worldwide representation in all areas. The agency is focused on expanding his business across music, film, television, digital content, gaming, and technology, as well as creating new opportunities around the artist’s growing portfolio of intell
  
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• Vote to Rename Nashville International Airport After Dolly Parton Passes Unanimously

  11-09-2026 20:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority is still deciding on a final new title for the Nashville International Airport that will incorporate the country icon's name and legacy
  
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• Billy Idol Is the House Band for ESPN’s 2026 US Open Coverage

  11-09-2026 20:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Billy Idol by Jon McLeod for ESPN Images
  Billy Idol and longtime guitarist Steve Stevens will be featured in ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the 2026 US Open Tennis Championships.
  It’s a big year for Billy Idol. The rock icon, along with his longtime collaborator and guitarist Steve Stevens, will be featured in ESPN’s exclusive coverage of the 2026 U.S. Open Tennis Championships. As the tournament heads into its championship weekend, fans can see the pair perform cla
  
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• Brent Hinds’ Estate Sues Mastodon Over Late Guitarist’s Share of Band

  11-09-2026 19:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lawsuit claims band offered $80,000 to buy out Hinds' stake, and that new album Marrow Deep's cover features illustration of Hinds without permission
  
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• The War on Drugs, Slayyyter, This is Lorelei, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

  11-09-2026 18:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Looking for the week’s best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist
  
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• Sienna Spiro secures historic UK Number 1 single with Great Expectation

  11-09-2026 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Sienna Spiro has achieved a major milestone by securing her very first Number 1 with "Great Expectation," becoming the youngest British
  
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• Spotify’s Video Expansion Continues With Genius Partnership Deal Covering ‘Open Mic’ and ‘Verified’

  11-09-2026 18:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Genius
  Looks like Spotify is serious about catching up in video: After exclusively adding Noah Kahan’s “Orbiter” music video, the platform is set to host new episodes of Genius’ Open Mic and Verified shows.
  The DSP and the self-described “leading destination for song lyrics and music knowledge” formally announced the corresponding partnership agreement this morning.
  Technically, however, the companies have been collaborating for a while; Verified
  
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• Spotify’s Video Expansion Continues With Genius Partnership Deal Covering New Episodes of ‘Open Mic’ and ‘Verified’

  11-09-2026 18:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Genius
  Looks like Spotify is serious about catching up in video: After exclusively adding Noah Kahan’s “Orbiter” music video, the platform is set to host new episodes of Genius’ Open Mic and Verified shows.
  The DSP and the self-described “leading destination for song lyrics and music knowledge” formally announced the corresponding partnership agreement this morning.
  Technically, however, the companies have been collaborating for a while; Verified
  
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• The Proclaimers say trans lobby are “truth-phobic” and defend Graham Linehan

  11-09-2026 18:16 via nme.com
  
  The Proclaimers have hit out at trans-rights activists as “truth-phobic” and defended the controversial Father Ted creator Graham Linehan for his comments on the subject
  The ‘I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)’ Scottish duo, formed of twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid, shared the comment in a new interview with The Times, promoting their new album ‘You May Offend’.
  The brothers shared their disagreement about the Gender Recognition Reform bill passed in Scotlan
  
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• ITV addresses Tom Jones's departure from The Voice UK while confirming new line-up

  11-09-2026 18:00 via music-news.com
  
  Cheryl and Aitch have been officially confirmed for the coaching line-up.
  
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• Dexys Midnight Runners’ Kevin Rowland “disgusted” at Reform UK’s for use of ‘Come on Eileen’: “All of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics”

  11-09-2026 17:53 via nme.com
  
  Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners has hit out at Reform UK for using their song ‘Come On Eileen’ at a recent conference – saying that they are “disgusted” by the move and “passionately against Nigel Farage’s politics”.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Dexys’ Kevin RowlandThe right-wing political party played the song when leader Farage walked onto the stage at the NEC in Birmingham last week (Friday Sep
  
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• Quavo Previews New Album ‘Qrömelife’ With T.I.-Assisted Single ‘Backwards’

  11-09-2026 16:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  The record, out Oct. 2, is executive produced by Pharrell Williams, who helmed the recent single "Haavin"
  
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• Hear My Morning Jacket, Preservation Hall Jazz Band Cover Neil Young’s ‘Like a Hurricane’

  11-09-2026 16:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song appears on Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 - Out of the Blue, out this fall with Vol. 3
  
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• Artists who can’t to tour invited to apply for latest in £300k funding: “An even bigger step to making live music more inclusive”

  11-09-2026 16:12 via nme.com
  
  UK artists who are struggling to afford to tour have one last chance to apply for the latest round of cash from the Featured Artists Coalition’s UKAT fund – aiming to take “even bigger step to making live music more inclusive”.READ MORE: The ticket levy that could save grassroots venues and artists: what happens next?Back in March, the FAC launched their first phase of offering up grants from a “seriously game-changing” £125,000 fund to help beat “
  
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• Listen to Kendrick Lamar team up with Jhené Aiko on new song ‘So Good’

  11-09-2026 16:11 via nme.com
  
  Jhené Aiko has teamed up with Kendrick Lamar on a collaborative new song – listen to ‘So Good’ below.READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar – ‘GNX’ review: turning hatred into a teachable momentThe reflective track appears on R&B singer Aiko’s fourth studio album, ‘Westside Whimsy’, which was released today (Friday September 11).
  “I can’t let a messy bitch get in my way/ I’m way too grown plus I’m top rank,” Aiko s
  
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• Geese’s Cameron Winter on their ‘SNL’ performance backlash: “It depressed the shit out of me”

  11-09-2026 15:59 via nme.com
  
  Geese frontman Cameron Winter has responded to the backlash surrounding the band’s Saturday Night Live performance, saying the reaction “depressed the shit out of [him]”.
  The Brooklyn group made their SNL debut back in January in support of their acclaimed third album, ‘Getting Killed’ (NME‘s Number One record of 2025). They delivered live rendtions of ‘Au Pays du Cocaine’ and ‘Trinidad’ from the LP.READ MORE: Geese live at Re
  
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• Def Leppard Is Getting an Authorized Documentary Next Year

  11-09-2026 15:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band's journey from Sheffield, England schoolmates to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be focus of 'Long Live Def Leppard'
  
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• N.O.R.E. Calls Carmen Bryan’s Sexual Assault Claims ‘Entirely False’

  11-09-2026 15:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bryan claimed the rapper assaulted her at a nightclub in 1999. He calls the claims "invented interactions"
  
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• Watch Kings of Leon Bring Out Zach Bryan at Nashville Club Show

  11-09-2026 15:52 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band's pop-up gig debuted new song "My Whole World," leaned heavy into hits like "Use Somebody," and featured the Bryan collab "Bowery"
  
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• Legs McNeil Witnesses the Demise of the Sex Pistols in New Memoir

  11-09-2026 15:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  Just days after punk pioneers played "one of the most boring rock & roll shows ever," McNeil writes in his book 'Resident Punk,' Johnny Rotten called it quits
  
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• Watch Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams join Jay-Z at Paris 30th anniversary show

  11-09-2026 14:04 via nme.com
  
  Jay-Z has brought his anniversary shows to Paris, and surprised fans by bringing out Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams. Check out footage and the setlist below.READ MORE: Made In America 2019: 10 top performances from Jay-Z’s Philly festival to revisit onlineAt his ongoing run of shows, the rapper is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his huge album ‘The Blueprint’, as well as the 30th anniversary of his debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’.
  Jay-Z’s shows kic
  
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• Slipknot’s Jim Root says new single Arsenal isn’t the album lead as band continue work on next record

  11-09-2026 14:00 via music-news.com
  
  Jim Root has confirmed that Slipknot’s new track Arsenal is not the lead single from their upcoming album, revealing the band are still working on the record.
  
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• Mick Jagger, Yoko Ono, Lou Reed and More Talk About 9/11 Devastation

  11-09-2026 14:00 via rollingstone.com
  In the weeks after the attacks, artists reflected on how their lives have already changed
  
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• Kings of Leon reminisce and show gratitude on new album O My Beloved

  11-09-2026 14:00 via music-news.com
  
  Kings of Leon have a new album coming on November 6, with the lead single My Whole World out now.
  
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• Slipknot’s ‘Arsenal’ was “a tune we could quickly get out there while we work on the rest of the record” and will not feature on new album, says Jim Root

  11-09-2026 13:06 via nme.com
  
  Jim Root has said that Slipknot’s new single ‘Arsenal’ will not feature on their upcoming album, and was instead “a tune we could quickly get out there while we work on the rest of the record”.READ MORE: Slipknot on the cover: “Nobody created us except us – we have always drawn our own map”The metal icons returned with the surprise single earlier this week – with the track marking their first new music in three years, and first release since
  
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• Lil Wayne is coming to ‘Fortnite’

  11-09-2026 12:15 via nme.com
  
  Epic Games has confirmed that rap superstar Lil Wayne is heading to Fortnite this weekend.READ MORE: Lil Tecca talks headlining ‘Fortnite Festival’ and making ‘GTA’-inspired rapLil Wayne is the latest artist to join the hit online game as part of their Icon series, which already features Addison Rae, EsDeeKid, Sabrina Carpenter, Travis Scott and more.
  As well as a pair of Lil Wayne skins, the collaboration includes a number of Weezy-inspired accessories while three of his
  
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