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• Taylor Swift Dethroned on Spotify Global by ‘Stranger Things’ Star

  06-01-2026 06:22 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  Stranger Things star Joe Keery’s solo music project Djo turns Spotify’s Global Chart upside down and dethrones Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia.”
  Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things may have boosted the classic catalogs of the likes of Prince, Metallica, and Kate Bush, but now its final bow is buoying the music career of actor Joe Keery. Keery, who played Steve Harrington on Stranger Things, has a hit single, “End of Begin
  
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• TikTok Lands Marquee FIFA Partnership — Including World Cup Livestreams, Exclusive Content, and More

  09-01-2026 23:11 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  TikTok is taking its livestream game to the next level under a partnership with FIFA, which has confirmed the app as its “first-ever preferred platform” ahead of the 2026 World Cup.Building on a 2023 Women’s World Cup tie-up, the new pact was just recently announced by TikTok and FIFA. Expected to run until this year’s end, the fresher of the agreements rather unsurprisingly centers on the World Cup, scheduled to occur between June 11th and July 19th.
  
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• Protest Songs About the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Are Already Online

  09-01-2026 23:05 via rollingstone.com
  Artists from Jesse Welles to Nashville songwriter Zach Schmidt are singing about the senseless killing of Renee Good
  
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• Ministry of Sound Announces Huge Renovation Ahead of 35th Anniversary Year

  09-01-2026 22:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  London’s Ministry of Sound announces a massive renovation ahead of its 35th anniversary—the most significant transformation since the venue opened in 1991.
  Ministry of Sound is set to undergo the biggest transformation in the venue’s history with a complete reimagining of sound, space, and light in its main room, The Box. The space will get a new KV2 sound system, multi-dimensional light installation, and a fully redesigned dancefloor and DJ boot
  
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• The Latin Artists We’re Rooting for in 2026

  09-01-2026 22:54 via rollingstone.com
  From glowing indie-pop stars to raucous punk rockers, here's who will make it big this year
  
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• Boston Indie Rockers Six Going On Seven Release New ‘Human Tears’ LP After 20+ Years

  09-01-2026 22:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Spartan Records (Human Tears)
  Boston’s beloved indie rock trio Six Going On Seven have resurfaced after a 20-year absence, releasing Human Tears through Spartan Records. The album arrives as both a continuation and evolution of the band’s sound—as a renewal of their late 90s legacy.
  Formed in 1994, Six Going On Seven quickly established themselves within Boston’s fertile emo and post-hardcore scene. Over the course of three releases—Self-Made Mess (199
  
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• Neil Young Scorches Donald Trump In New Editorial: ‘It’s ICE Cold Here in America’

  09-01-2026 22:37 via rollingstone.com
  “Donald Trump is destroying America bit by bit with his staff of wannabes, people with no experience or talent, [and] closet alcoholic wife beaters,” Young writes
  
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• ICE are no longer running ads on Spotify

  09-01-2026 22:24 via nme.com
  Spotify have confirmed that a controversial ICE recruitment advertisement campaign on their platform has ended.
  The streamer was widely criticised for running recruitment ads for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in late 2025 as part of President Donald Trump administration’s $30 billion investment in hiring at least 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year.
  ICE is partially responsible for carrying out Trump’s policy for the mass detention and deportation of undocum
  
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• Kurt Cobain’s ‘Teen Spirit’ Guitar, Ringo Starr’s ‘Ed Sullivan’ Drums Head to Auction

  09-01-2026 22:20 via rollingstone.com
  The Jim Irsay Collection, which includes historically significant instruments from David Gilmour, Jerry Garcia, and John Lennon, will feature at Christie's this spring
  
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• Trump to Host Melania Documentary at Kennedy Center; Amazon MGM Reportedly Bid $40M to Rep First Lady Film

  09-01-2026 22:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
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  The president and first lady will attend the premiere of Melania’s documentary at the Kennedy Center on January 29, weeks after the Trump-appointed board added his name to the building.
  President Donald Trump and Melania Trump are set to appear at the premiere of the first lady’s documentary at the Kennedy Center, just weeks after the Trump-appointed board added his name to the building. Melania premieres at the recently renamed venue on Janu
  
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• Trump to Host Melania Documentary at Kennedy Center; Amazon MGM Reportedly Bid $40 Million to Rep First Lady Film

  09-01-2026 22:05 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: The White House / CC by 3.0
  The president and first lady will attend the premiere of Melania’s documentary at the Kennedy Center on January 29, weeks after the Trump-appointed board added his name to the building.
  President Donald Trump and Melania Trump are set to appear at the premiere of the first lady’s documentary at the Kennedy Center, just weeks after the Trump-appointed board added his name to the building. Melania premieres at the recently renamed venue on Janu
  
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• Boosie Badazz Sentenced to Time Served, 3 Years Supervised Release in Gun Case

  09-01-2026 21:58 via rollingstone.com
  "The outcome allows Mr. Hatch to move ahead with his life," his defense lawyer says
  
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• Zach Bryan Swings Bigger Than Ever on ‘With Heaven on Top’

  09-01-2026 21:50 via rollingstone.com
  The superstar's latest is a 25-track behemoth in which he wrestles with everything from ICE to his messy recent past — while making the musical splurge sound considered and accomplished
  
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• Bad Bunny faces $16million lawsuit for using voice notes on two songs

  09-01-2026 21:47 via nme.com
  Bad Bunny is being sued for $16million (£11.9million) by a woman who claims he sampled her voice without permission.Read More: Bad Bunny – ‘Debí Tirar Más Fotos’ review: ode to homeland is a new high for the Puerto Rican starThe filing was made against the Puerto Rican rapper and singer by Tainaly Serrano Rivera. Filed in Puerto Rico, the suit alleges that she can be heard on two of his hit songs: ‘Solo de Mi’ from his 2018 debut album &lsqu
  
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• Bowling For Soup and Able Machines team up to cover Elastica classic ‘Connection’

  09-01-2026 21:11 via nme.com
  Bowling For Soup and electropop duo able machines have collaborated on a cover of the Elastica classic ‘Connection’ – check it out below.
  The collaboration came about as a result of the friendship between Bowling For Soup and able machines’ Linus Of Hollywood, who they have frequently worked with. Their take on the Britpop hit is notably more electronic-leaning than the guitar-driven original.
  “I have always loved this song! We used to play it in the van non stop!&r
  
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• Megan Moroney’s ‘Cloud 9’ Features Kacey Musgraves, Ed Sheeran Cameos

  09-01-2026 20:29 via rollingstone.com
  The country singer unveiled the 15-song track list for her highly anticipated third album
  
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• Djo – aka Joe Keery – lands Number One single in the UK with ‘End Of Beginnings’ after ‘Stranger Things’ finale

  09-01-2026 20:03 via nme.com
  Djo‘s viral hit ‘End Of Beginnings’ has topped the UK charts two years after it first appeared in the chart thanks to the finale of Stranger Things. READ MORE: Djo – aka Joe Keery – on ‘The Crux’: “I’m not trying to live in the past”Joe Keery’s best known song was released in 2022 but gained popularity after featuring in a viral TikTok trend. Users posted travel videos set to the song, using the lyrics ‘And when I&rsquo
  
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• Zach Bryan, Bruno Mars, Robyn, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

  09-01-2026 19:55 via rollingstone.com
  Looking for the week’s best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist
  
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• Ticketmaster Battles Yet Another Class Action Case — This Time in Quebec — Over ‘Unreasonable’ and ‘Abusive’ Ticketing Fees

  09-01-2026 19:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Photo Credit: Sadia Afreen
  Live Nation’s Ticketmaster is battling yet another class action complaint – this time in Quebec, where customers are suing over alleged “excessive, unreasonable, abusive or disproportionate fees.”
  Technically, that suit – one of multiple actions Ticketmaster is facing over its alleged anticompetitive practices – dates back to July 2024. But the Quebec Superior Court only recently approved the straightforward
  
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• Djo's End of Beginning finally claims UK’s Official Number 1 single

  09-01-2026 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Showing itself to be quite the slow burner (or Djo burner?), Djo’s End of Beginning is finally crowned the UK's Official Number 1 single – two years after making its chart debut.
  
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• Olivia Dean sets the tempo as The Art of Loving continues its run at the top

  09-01-2026 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  As 2026 finds its rhythm, Olivia Dean is setting the tempo, with The Art of Loving crowned the UK’s Number 1 album for the second consecutive week, and fourth overall.
  
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• Joe Keery calls out Donald Trump and ICE: “Zero human decency”

  09-01-2026 17:29 via nme.com
  Joe Keery has called out President Donald Trump for defending ICE after an officer fatally shot a US citizen.
  On Wednesday (January 8), a 37-year-old poet and mother of three was shot dead behind the wheel of her car by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
  The incident happened on a residential street in Minneapolis and, soon after, the president was quick to defend the actions of the ICE agent, writing on Truth Social that he had reviewed footage from the moment and concluded that the
  
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• David Bowie’s Final Live Performances: From the Heart Attack Show to Radio City

  09-01-2026 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  After his 2004 onstage heart attack, the enigmatic rock icon made a series of small-scale public appearances before vanishing forever from the concert stage
  
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• That Horny, Era-Appropriate Soundtrack Was Pivotal to ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Says Creator

  09-01-2026 17:08 via rollingstone.com
  The show’s soundtrack — a mix of early- to mid-aughts nostalgia — has found a foothold in the zeitgeist
  
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• How Justin Townes Earle Wrote His Biggest Hit and Became a Nashville Legend

  09-01-2026 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  In an excerpt from his authorized biography What Do You Do When You're Lonesome, Jonathan Bernstein examines the creation and legacy of "Harlem River Blues"
  
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• Messy Breakups and That ICE Song: 5 Takeaways From Zach Bryan’s New Album

  09-01-2026 16:53 via rollingstone.com
  On With Heaven on Top, the country songwriter doesn't hide who he is — and finally lets fans hear the polarizing "Bad News" in full
  
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• Watch Robyn’s sensual performance of ‘Sexistential’ on ‘Colbert’

  09-01-2026 16:12 via nme.com
  Robyn performed her new single ‘Sexistential’ on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week. Check out the video below.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Robyn: “I danced a lot on my own”The Swedish pop star delivered a sensual rendition of the title track from her upcoming ninth album during an appearance on CBS talk show on Wednesday night (January 7).
  For the energetic and charged TV performance, Robyn began in a pose on the stage floor before writhing around i
  
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• Morrissey Announces New LP ‘Make-Up Is A Lie,’ Drops Leadoff Single

  09-01-2026 16:09 via rollingstone.com
  Despite saying in 2024 that "nobody will release my music anymore because I'm a chief exponent of free speech," Morrissey has indeed partnered with a label on his new album
  
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• Lily Allen Debuts ‘West End Girl’ Songs Live at Chanel Launch Party

  09-01-2026 15:57 via rollingstone.com
  The singer performed "Pussy Palace,""Tennis," and "Just Enough" for the first time at the star-studded event
  
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• All the Tours We Can’t Wait to See in 2026

  09-01-2026 15:33 via rollingstone.com
  From rock reunions to solo debuts and pop returns, this year is going to be jam-packed with incredible live shows
  
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