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• Hilary Duff Announces Intimate ‘Small Rooms, Big Nerves’ U.S. Tour

  10-11-2025 16:10 via rollingstone.com
  “I’m over the moon to be stepping on stage again," says Duff. "I’ve got some new songs that I can’t wait to share with you and of course some old favorites we can scream together"
  
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• Taylor Swift’s Last Album Sparked Bizarre Accusations of Nazism. It Was a Coordinated Attack

  09-12-2025 22:03 via rollingstone.com
  Data analysis of social media posts painting the singer as a Trump supporter or white supremacist revealed a network of inauthentic accounts
  
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• Watch Porridge Radio play last ever show in Glasgow

  09-12-2025 21:57 via nme.com
  Porridge Radio played their final show in Glasgow on Sunday (December 7) – check out some of the footage from the gig and the other shows on their final tour here. Read More: The Big Read – Porridge Radio: “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world”The Brighton band first announced their split in January, sharing the goodbye single ‘Don’t Want To Dance’. Their final EP, ‘The Machine Starts To Sing’, arrived
  
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• KISS, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait Among Trump’s Kennedy Center Honorees; Airing Slated for December 23 on CBS, Paramount

  09-12-2025 21:26 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  Trump’s Kennedy Center honorees include KISS, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, and actors Michael Crawford and Sylvester Stallone.
  On Sunday night at the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors, President Trump took center stage to host the institution’s awards show as he continues to overhaul programming and plan renovations.
  This year’s honorees include country singer-songwriter George Strait, R&B/soul legend Gloria Gaynor, rock band KISS, and actors Michael Craw
  
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• Tributes paid after The Mavericks’ singer Raul Malo dies, aged 60: “A performer and craftsman of the highest order”

  09-12-2025 20:57 via nme.com
  Tributes have been paid following the death of The Mavericks’ frontman Raul Malo aged 60.
  The singer’s wife, Betty, confirmed on her husband’s social media that he died on Monday night (December 8).
  She wrote: “He was called to do another gig – this time in the sky – and he’s flying high like an eagle. No one embodied life and love, joy and passion, family, friends, music and adventure the way our beloved Raul did.
  “Now he will look down on us with
  
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• Christina Aguilera Will Pair ‘Very Personal’ Documentary With Equally Intimate New Album

  09-12-2025 20:54 via rollingstone.com
  The singer's career-spanning documentary film was first detailed in 2022. Now, she shares that opening up for the camera has also influenced her work in the studio
  
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• KATSEYE, a Sixty-Year-Old Hit, and the New Global Music Map

  09-12-2025 20:41 via rollingstone.com
  Connie Francis was 87 years old when she posted her first TikTok earlier this year, marveling at an impossible second act: a song she’d recorded in 1962 – the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis – was suddenly climbing the charts for the first time and soundtracking millions of videos for an audience born decades […]
  
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• Spotify Rolls Out Music Videos in the U.S. and Canada

  09-12-2025 20:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  Spotify has started the beta launch of music videos to premium users across the U.S. and Canada after launching in dozens of other markets worldwide.
  Music streaming giant Spotify is finally rolling out music videos in a beta launch to premium subscribers across the U.S. and Canada after launching them in dozens of other markets worldwide. The initial video catalog is relatively limited, but Spotify promises that availability will grow quickly in the coming months.
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• USCO Leadership Battle Rages On: Government Says Shira Perlmutter ‘Was Lawfully Removed As Register of Copyrights—Either by Mr. Blanche or by the President’

  09-12-2025 20:17 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. Photo Credit: UpstateNYer
  Seven months later, the Copyright Office leadership battle is raging on – with the litigation now playing out across a district court, an appellate court, and the Supreme Court alike.We’ve covered the multifaceted dispute since USCO head Shira Perlmutter was fired in May. And for a courtroom confrontation revolving around one seemingly straightforward question &
  
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• Smokey Robinson Says Jane Doe Accuser ‘Brazenly’ Raided His Storage Unit Last Month

  09-12-2025 20:13 via rollingstone.com
  The alleged theft last month was caught on surveillance video, a lawyer for the Motown singer and his wife claims in new court filings
  
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• Watch the first trailer for ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert’: “There’s been a lot said, but never from my side of the story”

  09-12-2025 20:03 via nme.com
  The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert film has just dropped – check it out here.READ MORE: ‘Elvis’ review: Baz Luhrmann’s bold biopic of the King of Rock ‘n’ RollThe film, which is set for release next year, features long-lost footage of the legendary singer’s Las Vegas residency alongside 16mm footage from the 1972 film Elvis on Tour and 8mm film from the Graceland archive.
  The trailer begins with Richard Strauss
  
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• Watch Sigrid’s new DHL FAST-TRACK documentary

  09-12-2025 19:00 via nme.com
  In partnership with DHL
  Sigrid and DHL FAST-TRACK have unveiled a new mini-documentary that follows the Norwegian pop star as she plays two very special, stripped-down gigs.
  Earlier this year, Sigrid returned to Bergen, the city where she lived as a teenager and first began seriously writing music, to join fans on a misty walk through Fløyen Park before she performed an acoustic gig at the gorgeous Skomakerstuan Café. Two weeks later, Sigrid visited the Japanese city of Osaka for t
  
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• TikTok’s Top Global Song of the Year Is a 63-Year-Old Hit Single From Connie Francis

  09-12-2025 18:42 via rollingstone.com
  The video app reports that “Pretty Little Baby” was used over 28.4 million times across its user base, placing it on top over Jess Glynne’s “Hold My Hand” and Black Eyed Peas’ “Rock That Body”
  
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• Metallica fans given lifetime ban for scaling stadium speaker tower

  09-12-2025 17:59 via nme.com
  Two Metallica fans have been given a lifetime ban from the Optus Stadium in Perth after scaling a speaker tower during a live show.READ MORE: Metallica live in Amsterdam: still the greatest heavy metal band aroundThe incident took place at the venue in Western Australia on November 1, as the metal icons took to the stage as part of their mammoth ‘M72 World Tour’.
  According to reports from PerthNow, a 20-year-old fan named Beau William Loch Rollings and a 23-year-old called Rory Hugh
  
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• Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello and Fender team up to release iconic ‘Arm The Homeless’ guitar

  09-12-2025 17:14 via nme.com
  Tom Morello has teamed up with Fender to release his iconic ‘Arm The Homeless’ guitar.READ MORE: Tom Morello on collaborating with his son: “I have a guitar player there who may be giving me a run for my money”Built in close collaboration with Morello himself, the axe “revives the instrument that powered decades of anthems from Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave and Prophets of Rage”, according to press release.
  Every detail, from the hand-painted blue
  
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• The Mavericks Singer Raul Malo’s Final Letter to Fans: ‘You All Carried Me More Than You Know’

  09-12-2025 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  Malo, who died Monday at 60 of cancer, addressed his audience in a note read during a recent tribute show
  
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• Elvis Costello announces 2026 UK tour of “early songs”, featuring The Imposters with Charlie Sexton

  09-12-2025 16:20 via nme.com
  Elvis Costello has announced that he will be hitting the road with The Imposters and Charlie Sexton next year, and celebrating his earlier discography.
  The new run of shows will be dubbed the ‘Radio Soul!: The Early Songs of Elvis Costello Tour’ and will see the iconic singer, songwriter and guitarist head over to the UK next summer for a handful of shows.
  As the title suggests, the dates will see him concentrate on playing material from his earlier discography including the 1977 deb
  
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• Man Who Grabbed Ariana Grande on Red Carpet Removed From Lady Gaga Concert

  09-12-2025 16:10 via rollingstone.com
  After being deported from Singapore, the infamous stage crasher attempted to attend the Mayhem Ball Tour in Brisbane in a disguise, but was spotted by fans and escorted out
  
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• Inside Elliott Landy’s Iconic Photos of the Band

  09-12-2025 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  One night in 1968 in New York City, when Elliott Landy was photographing a performance by Janis Joplin with her band, Big Brother and the Holding Company, he felt a tap on his back. It was their manager Albert Grossman, who also repped Bob Dylan. “He brought me into a large utility closet where we […]
  
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• The Grammys’ Best Rock Album Race Pits Alt-Rock Icons Against New Generation

  09-12-2025 15:30 via rollingstone.com
  On one side, the Recording Academy put up Linkin Park and Deftones; on the other, they nominated Yungblud, Haim, and Turnstile
  
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• Raul Malo: His Best Vocal Performances

  09-12-2025 15:17 via rollingstone.com
  From the Mavericks' "What a Crying Shame" and "Come Unto Me" to solo cuts like "Every Little Thing About You"
  
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• Liam Gallagher says Oasis won’t be touring again until 2027 at the earliest

  09-12-2025 15:14 via nme.com
  Liam Gallagher has confirmed that Oasis won’t be touring again until 2027 at the earliest.READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff opening night review: a supersonic reunion for a new generationThe frontman was asked by a number of fans on social media when the band will next be hitting the road and he ruled out any dates in 2026.
  When one fan asked him to announce dates for next year, Gallagher replied: “We’re not doing anything in 2026 sorry.” Another also asked about Kneb
  
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• Raul Malo, Golden-Voiced ‘Maestro’ of the Mavericks, Dead at 60

  09-12-2025 15:01 via rollingstone.com
  The frontman and co-founder of the country-rock band was known for his dynamic, operatic singing style and gregarious stage presence
  
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• Joe Budden: ‘I Still Buy My Music’

  09-12-2025 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  After a marquee year for The Joe Budden Podcast, the entrepreneur and host opens up about lessons from the music industry and his quest for independence on The Rolling Stone Interview
  
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• Kneecap, Massive Attack, Garbage highlight fears for Palestine Action prisoners on hunger strike in UK

  09-12-2025 14:54 via nme.com
  Kneecap, Massive Attack and Garbage have highlighted their fears for a group of Palestine Acton prisoners on hunger strike in the UK.
  Eight prisoners are among 24 protesters accused in relation to action at Elbit Systems ​in Filton near Bristol last year, as well as the so-called Brize Norton Five.
  According to The Guardian, the Filton 24 are scheduled to be tried on charges of aggravated burglary, criminal damage and violent disorder in April next year. The Crown Prosecution Service said
  
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• Jess Glynne and Radiohead come out on top as TikTok reveals its song, artist and ‘music trend’ of 2026

  09-12-2025 14:12 via nme.com
  TikTok has revealed the songs, artists, and music trends that have dominated 2025, with tracks by Jess Glynne, Radiohead, Doechii and more leading the way.READ MORE: NME: The 50 best songs of 2025The social media platform has always had a strong tie to the music world, helping launch the careers of numerous emerging artists, allowing users to easily discover and share new material, and sparking dance trends that give a new lease of life to some tracks.
  Now, with the end of the year approaching,
  
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• Watch Primal Scream celebrate 25 years of the classic ‘XTRMNTR’ at London’s Roundhouse

  09-12-2025 13:08 via nme.com
  Primal Scream celebrated 25 years of their classic ‘XTRMNTR’ album at London’s Roundhouse last night (Monday December 8).Read More: Gary “Mani” Mounfield, 1962-2025: baggy bass hero whose melodies made the Madchester movementThe band played their 2000 record in full, performing the likes of ‘Kill All Hippies’, ‘Swastika Eyes’ and ‘Shoot Speed/Kill Light’ before breaking out some of their biggest songs including ‘Loaded&
  
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• The O2 in London to donate to Music Venue Trust each time a new artist headlines

  09-12-2025 12:51 via nme.com
  The O2 has announced that it will be making a donation to the Music Venue Trust (MVT) every time a new artist headlines the arena.READ MORE: UK grassroots venues suffering from “the complete collapse of touring” – here’s how you can helpThe new initiative is introduced as part of a wider, three-year commitment, and is designed to ensure that grassroots music spaces can remain open and continue to nurture artists in the early stages of their careers.
  It also comes as this
  
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• Jess Glynne's Hold My Hand crowned UK's TikTok Song of the Year

  09-12-2025 12:30 via music-news.com
  
  Jess Glynne's revived hit Hold My Hand has been crowned the UK's TikTok song of the year.
  
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• Greta Van Fleet rocker Jake Kiskza calls for more experimentation in contemporary rock

  09-12-2025 12:30 via music-news.com
  
  Jake Kiszka believes more experimentation is needed in modern rock music.
  
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