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• Jack Whitehall to return as BRIT Awards host in 2026

  09-12-2025 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Jack Whitehall will return to host the BRIT Awards for the sixth time in 2026.
  
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• Watch Ed Sheeran cover The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale Of New York’ in Dublin with Beoga, Biird and Nizlopi

  12-12-2025 22:33 via nme.com
  Ed Sheeran covered The Pogues‘ ‘Fairytale Of New York’ while performing at Dublin’s 3Arena earlier this week.READ MORE: Every song on the One Shot With Ed Sheeran soundtrackSheeran closed the final show of his ‘Loop’ tour on Tuesday (December 9) with the festive cover, telling the crowd: “You will sing every single word as loud as you can Dublin. Thanks for having me and have a great Christmas.” He was also joined on stage by the artists Beoga, Bii
  
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• Swifties’ Live Nation/Ticketmaster Eras Tour Suit Proceeds Despite Partial Dismissal — Here’s Where the Case Stands Heading Into 2026

  12-12-2025 21:33 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Taylor Swift performing live. Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi
  Last month, a federal judge partially dismissed Swifties’ Eras Tour-focused antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary. Here’s a closer look at the development and the high-stakes legal battle’s direction heading into 2026.We previously broke down the partial dismissal (and different components of the case) in detail. But with so many moving parts in play – referring to several ongoing Live
  
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• Taylor Swift Changed Some ‘Reputation’ Lyrics. What Could It Mean?

  12-12-2025 21:31 via rollingstone.com
  Fans are convinced the small changes are an Easter egg for something bigger, like vault tracks
  
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• 21 Savage Told Drake Not to Get Involved in Kendrick Battle: ‘There’s No Way You Can Win’

  12-12-2025 21:27 via rollingstone.com
  The rapper said he also believed Drake's reputation was still intact during an appearance on the Perspektives With Bank podcast
  
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• Classical Streaming Platform Symphony.live Acquired by Korea’s Acoustics Space

  12-12-2025 21:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Acoustics Space x Symphony.live
  Classical and orchestral music streaming platform Symphony.live has been acquired by South Korean company Acoustics Space.
  Symphony.live, a streaming platform dedicated to high-quality symphonic music, has announced its acquisition by South Korean acoustic engineering and audiovisual company Acoustics Space.
  The strategic acquisition strengthens Symphony.live’s position in the music and media ecosystem, combining the platform’s global con
  
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• Brian May’s wife Anita Dobson sheds light on Queen’s touring future after guitarist’s stroke

  12-12-2025 21:18 via nme.com
  Anita Dobson has given an indication as to whether Queen have a future on the road following her husband Brian May‘s health issues.READ MORE: ‘Queen days’: Brian May reflects on his rock ‘n’ roll journeyLast September, May revealed he had suffered a  minor stroke, saying it came on “all of a sudden, out of the blue” and left him without any control over one of his arms. He said the incident was “a little scary” but praised the &ldqu
  
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• Alabama Shakes Reunion to Shake U.S. Again With Spring Tour

  12-12-2025 21:02 via rollingstone.com
  Group teases upcoming run with impressive "Gimme All Your Love" live clip from this past summer
  
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• Kesha’s Mother Pebe Sebert Shares the Lost Album She Always Wanted You to Hear

  12-12-2025 20:57 via rollingstone.com
  After overcoming addiction, Sebert became a songwriter and music mom — but after 40 years, she's revisiting her own artistry
  
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• 21 Savage, This Is Lorelei, Becky G, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

  12-12-2025 20:44 via rollingstone.com
  Looking for the week’s best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist
  
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• New documentary shows moment Taylor Swift broke down in tears over Southport stabbing attack

  12-12-2025 20:21 via nme.com
  Footage from Taylor Swift‘s new ‘Eras’ tour documentary shows the moment she broke down in tears after meeting survivors and families of the victims of the Southport stabbing attack.READ MORE: Taylor Swift: The End Of An Era review: tears over terrorist plotThe knife attack took place at a dance workshop themed around her music in July 2024, in which three children were killed and ten people injured. The killer, Axel Rudakubana, was sentenced to a minimum of 52 years in jail ea
  
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• Frank Ray, Cop Turned Country Singer, Blasts ICE After Brother-In-Law Detained

  12-12-2025 19:25 via rollingstone.com
  "There's a difference between heroes ... and systems that forget people are human," he wrote on social media
  
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• Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Then Issues a Cease-and-Desist to Google Over ‘Massive-Scale’ Infringement

  12-12-2025 19:15 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Brian McGowan
  Disney issues a cease-and-desist to Google over allegations of widespread copyright infringement as the House of Mouse gets into bed with OpenAI.
  Disney has slapped Google with a cease-and-desist letter with allegations of copyright infringement on a “massive scale” using AI to “commercially exploit and distribute” the company’s intellectual property. The move comes as Disney reaches a landmark agreement with OpenAI to the tune of $1 bill
  
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• Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Then Issues a Cease-and-Desist to Google

  12-12-2025 19:15 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Brian McGowan
  Disney issues a cease-and-desist to Google over allegations of widespread copyright infringement as the House of Mouse gets into bed with OpenAI.
  Disney has slapped Google with a cease-and-desist letter with allegations of copyright infringement on a “massive scale” using AI to “commercially exploit and distribute” the company’s intellectual property. The move comes as Disney reaches a landmark agreement with OpenAI to the tune of $1 bill
  
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• WHAM!’s Last Christmas returns to the top of the Official Singles Chart

  12-12-2025 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  As the race for 2025’s Official Christmas Number 1 kicks off today, to be revealed Friday December 19, WHAM! displace Taylor Swift atop the Official Singles Chart with Last Christmas.
  
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• Kylie Minogue lands 11th UK Number 1 album with Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped)

  12-12-2025 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Kylie Minogue is gifted an early XMAS present, sleighing her way to secure this week’s Official Number 1 with Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped).
  
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• Live At Leeds to take year off in 2026 to ensure “best possible version of the festival for the future”

  12-12-2025 18:07 via nme.com
  Live At Leeds is set to take a year off in 2026, to ensure “the best possible version of the festival for the future”.Read More: Why have so many UK festivals been cancelled or postponed?The event’s ‘In The Park’ and ‘In The City’ editions have taken place in spring/summer and autumn, respectively, in recent years.
  Live At Leeds: In The Park 2025 was held in Temple Newsam Park, with performances from Bloc Party, Manic Street Preachers, The Snuts, Ya
  
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• The 2026 Grammy for Album of the Year Is Lady Gaga’s to Lose

  12-12-2025 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  Gaga should finally take home the gold, but Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny could spoil her dance party
  
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• Cameron Winter’s solo New York show filmed by Paul Thomas Anderson

  12-12-2025 16:55 via nme.com
  Fans spotted director Paul Thomas Anderson filming Cameron Winter‘s solo show in New York City last night (Thursday December 11).READ MORE: Cameron Winter live in London: Geese star soars with the voice of a future greatThe Geese frontman took to the stage at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium as part of his current run of stripped-back piano gigs.
  In footage captured from the audience, Anderson can be seen shooting Winter with Panavision 35mm gear during a rendition of ‘Ni
  
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• Taylor Momsen and Her Younger Self Perform ‘Where Are You, Christmas?’ on ‘Kimmel’

  12-12-2025 16:39 via rollingstone.com
  The Pretty Reckless delivered their rock & roll version of a track Momsen sang as Cindy Lou Who in Ron Howard's 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  
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• Kelly Osbourne hits back at critics of her dramatic weight loss after death of father: “It’s absolutely devastating that women can’t support other women”

  12-12-2025 16:38 via nme.com
  Kelly Osbourne has hit back at hurtful comments about her weight loss, and said that she finds it “absolutely devastating that women can’t support other women”.READ MORE: Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025: culture-smashing revolutionary that redefined rock and reality TVThe dramatic weight loss comes after her father, heavy metal pioneer and Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, passed away back in July.
  The Prince of Darkness died in his family home in Buckinghamshire following a heart
  
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• Kehlani’s Biggest Hit Came a Decade Into Her Career. It’s Right on Time

  12-12-2025 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  The R&B singer reflects on Grammy hopes, the stars in her corner, and what she's sacrificed to get here
  
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• Courteeners surprise release ‘Live In Manchester’ album

  12-12-2025 15:41 via nme.com
  Courteeners have surprise-released a new concert album, ‘Live In Manchester’. Listen in full below.READ MORE: Courteeners tell us about ‘Pink Cactus Café’: “If a Mancunian joined Haim, what would it sound like?”The 20-track record captures Liam Fray and co’s sold-out hometown arena gig at the Co-op Live in Manchester on November 15, 2024. They shared the opening track, ‘Sweet Surrender’, as a single this October.
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• Gorillaz Hit the Road to ‘Damascus’ on New Song With Yasiin Bey and Omar Souleyman

  12-12-2025 15:31 via rollingstone.com
  Track will appear on The Mountain, the ninth album from Damon Albarn's animated group
  
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• New Oasis x Adidas merch line drops in London pop-up store before arriving in Dublin

  12-12-2025 15:01 via nme.com
  Oasis‘ new merchandise line with Adidas is now available at the band’s London pop-up shop, ahead of it arriving in Dublin in the coming days. Find all the details below.READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff opening night review: a supersonic reunion for a new generationBoth temporary ‘End Of Tour’ stores are currently open until next Sunday (December 21), giving fans one last chance to pick up some official Live ’25 merch. It comes after the Britpop group’s hu
  
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• Elton John reveals his favourite tracks of 2025 feat. EsDeeKid, Lola Young, Olivia Dean, Chappell Roan

  12-12-2025 14:44 via music-news.com
  
  Elton John’s Rocket Hour returns this Saturday for its penultimate show of 2025, as Elton celebrates the voices that shaped his year in music
  
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• Together For Palestine release Christmas Number One bid ‘Lullaby’

  12-12-2025 14:42 via nme.com
  Together For Palestine have officially shared their new charity single ‘Lullaby’, and are hoping it will reach the Number One spot on the Christmas charts. Listen below.READ MORE: Here’s what went down at ‘Together For Palestine’, with Damon Albarn, Brian Eno, Richard Gere, Florence Pugh and moreNews of the single first arrived in November, and the song comes from the same team that helped pull off the huge ‘Together For Palestine’ charity show back in S
  
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• The 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2025

  12-12-2025 14:00 via rollingstone.com
  From stellar debuts and posthumous collections to albums by established artists unafraid to rewrite their definition of country music
  
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• Taylor Swift Opens Up About Vienna Terror Plot: ‘We Dodged a Massacre’

  12-12-2025 14:00 via rollingstone.com
  The singer discusses the thwarted terrorist attack and Vienna concert cancellation in her The End of an Era documentary series
  
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• Paul Simon announces ‘A Quiet Celebration’ 2026 UK and European tour

  12-12-2025 13:55 via nme.com
  Paul Simon has announced details of ‘A Quiet Celebration’ UK and European tour, set to kick off in 2026.READ MORE: Art Garfunkel tells us about reconciling with Paul Simon: “I burst into tears – and then there were hugs”The new dates were announced today (Friday December 12), and come as an extension to the tour that the soloist and Simon & Garfunkel icon launched in the US earlier this summer – his comeback after seven years of being retired.
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