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• J.I.D. Makes Late Night Debut With 'Skrawberries' Performance On 'Fallon': Watch

  29-11-2018 17:10
  
  J.I.D. made his late night television debut Wednesday night (Nov. 28) on The Tonight Show in support of his recently released Dicaprio 2 album....
  
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• Billy Corgan says he has “mad respect” for Las Vegas Sphere artists and says Smashing Pumpkins “could put on a show that nobody else would”

  15-07-2026 15:35 via nme.com
  
  Billy Corgan has said he has “mad respect for artists” who have played at the Las Vegas Sphere and says The Smashing Pumpkins “could put on a show that nobody else would”.Read More: U2 live in Las Vegas: a dazzling opening night at the $2 billion SphereIt comes after he recently revealed that was keen to bring the band’s ‘A Night of Mellon Collie And Infinite Sadness’ live show to the venue.
  The concerts, which were first announced in March 2025 and
  
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• Gracie Abrams Turns An Intimate Album Release Show Into a Glorious Homecoming

  15-07-2026 15:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer-songwriter’s show at New York's Bowery Ballroom celebrated her new album Daughter From Hell — and how far she has come
  
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• Beck Previews New Album ‘Ride Lonesome’ With Plaintive ‘In the Night’

  15-07-2026 15:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  The LP is a follow-up to the musician's Grammy-winning effort Hyperspace
  
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• Beck announces new album ‘Ride Lonesome’ with haunting new single ‘In The Night’

  15-07-2026 15:00 via nme.com
  
  Beck has announced a new album ‘Ride Lonesome’, and dropped the haunting new single ‘In The Night’ – check it out below.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Beck: “Was the ’90s a golden time for rock music? It was more like tarnished brass”The record will be his first since 2019’s ‘Hyperspace‘, and comes on the heels of ‘Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime‘ which was released in January and featured raritie
  
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• Jacob Alon announces double ‘Live From The Roundhouse’ album and shares stunning cover of Nirvana’s ‘All Apologies’

  15-07-2026 14:53 via nme.com
  
  Jacob Alon has announced a new live album capturing their sold-out show at The Roundhouse. Check out the stirring cover of Nirvana’s ‘All Apologies’ that they performed below.READ MORE: Jacob Alon on winning BRITs 2026 Critic’s Choice Award: “Music is important and it can make a difference”The Scottish singer-songwriter held the show at the iconic Camden venue back in April, shortly after taking home the Critics Choice Award at the 2026 BRITs in Manchester.
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• BTS build anticipation for new "Normal" music video with viral campaign

  15-07-2026 14:49 via music-news.com
  
  Global pop icons BTS are set to unveil the highly anticipated music video and Korean-language version of "NORMAL," a standout track from their fifth studio album
  
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• Scott Mills was the highest-paid BBC star before his sacking

  15-07-2026 14:17 via nme.com
  
  Scott Mills was the highest-paid BBC star before he was sacked in March this year.
  According to the corporation’s annual report (via BBC News), Mills was paid around £745,000 before his exit for his tenure hosting the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show as well as other BBC work, including several editions of Scott & Rylan’s Pop: Top 10 podcast.
  Mills was sacked from the BBC over what the corporation described as concerns relating to his “personal conduct”
  
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• Festival Republic’s Melvin Benn on lessons learned from the Kanye West controversy and the future of Wireless

  15-07-2026 13:20 via nme.com
  
  Reading & Leeds boss Melvin Benn has spoken about the lessons learned from the Kanye West controversy surrounding his axed Wireless shows.READ MORE: Reading & Leeds boss talks biggest-ever arena overhaul and “strength of UK and Irish music” on line-up: “We’re buzzing with ideas for the future”The rapper was to due headline the festival, which was also cancelled, for three nights last weekend.
  But they were all pulled after West was blocked from travelling to
  
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• Too Lost Accelerates Global Growth Strategy with GYRO.Group Acquisition

  15-07-2026 13:00 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
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  Too Lost has announced a partnership with GYRO.Group, a Brisbane-based company widely regarded as Australia’s largest independent music distribution and artist services provider. The move marks Too Lost’s first acquisition following its recent strategic investment led by GoldState Music and TA Associates. It also signals Too Lost’s deliberate push into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region with immediate scale and infrastructure.
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• Bowling For Soup frontman says son is 'fine' after being dropped during first crowd surf

  15-07-2026 13:00 via music-news.com
  
  Jaret Reddick says his 13-year-old son is “fine” after being accidentally dropped while attempting his first crowd surf at a Cardiff Castle show.
  
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• Adam Lambert says touring with Queen 'really put coins in the bank' and gave him once-in-a-lifetime moments

  15-07-2026 13:00 via music-news.com
  
  Adam Lambert says performing with Queen has been both financially life-changing and filled with “pinch-me” moments from Buckingham Palace to Rock In Rio.
  
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• PinkPantheress to make acting debut in Daniels’ ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ follow-up

  15-07-2026 12:21 via nme.com
  
  PinkPantheress will be making her feature acting debut in a new film by Daniels.READ MORE: PinkPantheress on the surprise success of ‘Illegal’: “I didn’t really think it was going to be ‘the one’”The pop star, real name Victoria Walker, has joined a notable cast in the as-yet-untitled project, which will be the directing duo’s first film since winning multiple Oscars (including Best Picture) for 2022’s Everything Everywhere All At Once. The p
  
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• Creator and host of MTV’s iconic ‘120 Minutes’ Dave Kendall has died

  15-07-2026 12:06 via nme.com
  
  Dave Kendall, who created and hosted MTV’s 120 Minutes, has died.
  The British-born presenter and journalist helped found the hit MTV show, which debuted in March 1986 and was dedicated to shining a light on artists from genres that didn’t often get corporate recognition on the radio.
  The series ran through to 2003, creating a platform for punk, ska, synth-pop, post-punk and goth artists, and was hosted by Kendall from its inception in 1986 up until 1992.
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• Lenny Kravitz trains in leather trousers so he can 'do a workout anytime'

  15-07-2026 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Lenny Kravitz maintains his muscles by following a "mostly vegan" diet and fitness regimen.
  
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• Lily Allen downsizes several venues on North American ‘West End Girl’ tour and cancels Montreal concert

  15-07-2026 11:28 via nme.com
  
  Lily Allen has downsized several venues on her North American ‘West End Girl’ tour and cancelled her upcoming concert in Montreal.READ MORE: Lily Allen live in London: a powerful retelling of one of pop’s most gut-wrenching albumsThe singer, songwriter and actor kicked off her shows celebrating the 2025 album earlier this year with a run of theatre shows, and more recently wrapped a UK and Ireland arena trek which included the biggest headline shows of her career.
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• Watch Phoebe Bridgers perform ‘Lost Boys’ live on ‘The Tonight Show’

  15-07-2026 11:24 via nme.com
  
  Phoebe Bridgers showcased her new single ‘Lost Boys’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (July 14) – check it out below.READ MORE: Phoebe Bridgers: “I definitely feel a lot less apologetic than I did before” The singer-songwriter shared the track last month after announcing her upcoming new album ‘Lost Weekend’.
  It features her Boygenius bandmates Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker also feature
  
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• System of a Down spark fresh Oasis feud as London crowd chants brutal diss

  15-07-2026 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Outspoken Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher will no doubt have something to say.
  
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• Billy Joel says he quit pop songwriting to avoid 'going insane' after hitting his creative limit

  15-07-2026 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Billy Joel has revealed he walked away from making pop albums because he feared chasing past perfection would “drive [him] crazy.”
  
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• FBI offer $15,000 reward for information about newborn baby found dead in toilet at Electric Forest festival

  15-07-2026 10:43 via nme.com
  
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  The FBI have offered a $15,000 (£11,195) reward for anyone who can provide information about the people involved in the death of a newborn baby, which was found in a toilet at Electric Forest festival.
  The infant’s body was found in a portable camp ground toilets at the Electric Forest festival campgrounds in Rothbury, Michigan last month.
  An employee of the restroom vending company made the upsetting discovery while conducting routine ma
  
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• Watch System Of A Down lead Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in chant of “pull Oasis out of your ass”

  15-07-2026 10:34 via nme.com
  
  System Of A Down hit out at Oasis during their recent Tottenham Hotspur Stadium concert, leading the crowd in a chant of “pull Oasis out of your ass”.READ MORE: System Of A Down live in London review: A QOTSA-featuring, Oasis-baiting, circle pit partySpeaking on stage during their show with Queens Of The Stone Age at the venue on Monday night (July 13), guitarist Daron Malakian introduced the track ‘Needles’ by telling the crowd: “We have a song about a tapeworm. Ju
  
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• Phil Collins talks meeting Oasis at upcoming Rock Hall Of Fame induction after Noel Gallagher called him “the Antichrist”

  15-07-2026 09:10 via nme.com
  
  Phil Collins has opened up about potentially meeting Oasis at the upcoming Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2026 ceremony.READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff opening night review: a supersonic reunion for a new generationBoth acts are among this year’s inductees along with Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan.
  In the past, Noel Gallagher was outspoken about Collins during his younger days as shown in the 2016 documentary
  
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• Phil Collins addresses Noel Gallagher's 'antichrist' jibe

  15-07-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Phil Collins is ready to meet Oasis at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction after the Oasis rocker previously branded him the "antichrist of music".
  
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• Iron Maiden sells publishing and master music rights in a bid to 'turbo charge' future plans

  15-07-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Fear of the Dark hitmakers Iron Maiden have sold a 50 per cent stake in the band's publishing and master music rights, as well as name, image, and likeness rights, to Pophouse Entertainment, an investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus.
  
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• Lily Allen downgrades US shows to smaller venues

  15-07-2026 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  Lily Allen has moved most of her US shows to smaller venues.
  
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• Billy Joel stopped writing songs to avoid 'diluting' his legacy

  15-07-2026 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  Billy Joel released his twelfth studio album, River of Dreams, back in August 1993.
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber fears Broadway is in 'dire danger' of collapse

  15-07-2026 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  Andrew Lloyd Webber has responded to the news that Tony Award-winning show, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, will close on 8 August.
  
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• Phoebe Bridgers Plays Surprise Performance of ‘Lost Boys’ on ‘Fallon’

  15-07-2026 06:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer-songwriter's third album Lost Weekend arrives next month
  
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• Travis Scott faces lawsuit over alleged drunken assault on yacht

  15-07-2026 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  Travis Scott is facing a lawsuit over allegedly attacking a Miami yacht crew in 2024.
  
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• L7 to tour without cancer-struck bassist Jennifer Finch

  15-07-2026 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  L7 bassist Jennifer Finch won't be on the farewell tour as she has brain cancer.
  
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