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• Taylor Swift eyes eighth number one single with new Toy Story theme

  07-06-2026 19:55 via music-news.com
  
  Pop superstar Taylor Swift is on track to claim her eighth number one single in the United Kingdom, as early mid-week sales data points
  
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• Watch Lorde put personal spin on Charli XCX collab ‘Girl, So Confusing’ at Governor’s Ball 2026

  08-06-2026 12:55 via nme.com
  Lorde has played her first set at Governor’s Ball in nine years, and put her own personal spin on the Charli XCX collab ‘Girl, So Confusing’.READ MORE: Lorde – ‘Virgin’ review: the inquisitive artist strips herself bareThe New Zealand pop star made her return to the New York music event on Friday (June 5), closing out the first night of the festival.
  Acknowledging her return to that stage after nearly a decade, she said it was “the most nervous I’v
  
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• Tupac to star in new video game alongside Snoop Dogg

  08-06-2026 12:48 via nme.com
  Snoop Dogg has confirmed that Tupac Shakur’s likeness will be used in Stranger Than Heaven, a new game from the creators of the Like A Dragon series.READ MORE: ‘Crazy Taxi’, ‘Spyro’ and all the big announcements from the summer Xbox Games ShowcaseStranger Than Heaven is an action-adventure game that spans fifty years. “A saga of men with nowhere to go and their desperate struggle to find a home. Use extreme violence to survive, and musical talent to thrive as
  
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• Dave Matthews speaks out about his Pro-Palestine stance and Israel protests being “twisted” into anti-Semitism

  08-06-2026 12:06 via nme.com
  
  Dave Matthews has spoken out against the way his pro-Palestinian views have been “twisted”.READ MORE: Brian Eno on change and Palestine: “Don’t be hopeless. You are in the middle of the biggest social movement in human history”Back in 2024, Matthews was part of a sizeable organised protest against the appearance by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United States Congress, and said in an interview at the time that the visit was “obscene&rdqu
  
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• Morgan Wallen goes viral for throwing security guards’ phone, before he responds to “nonsense” backlash over gig cancellation over “severe weather”

  08-06-2026 11:45 via nme.com
  
  Morgan Wallen has gone viral for grabbing and throwing a security guard’s phone at one of his shows, and also batted off backlash after cancelling a gig due to the threat of “severe weather” that never materialised.
  The country star turned heads during one part of his live show in Pittsburgh on Friday night (June 5), when he threw a security guard’s phone towards the audience.
  In footage of the moment, which has now gone viral, the singer is seen performing live at the Ac
  
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• Ellie Goulding shares rousing new single ‘Black Prada Dress’, exploring “a certain kind of freedom in the ease of not knowing”

  08-06-2026 11:03 via nme.com
  
  Ellie Goulding has shared her rousing new single ‘Black Prada Dress’, which she said looked to explore the kind of freedom felt “in the ease of not knowing”.READ MORE: Ellie Goulding talks tackling heartbreak with empowering single ‘Destiny’: “I don’t have any urge to be mysterious at the moment” The singer is set to release her sixth studio album ‘I Know Too Much’ on September 4, with the ten-track record following on f
  
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• Cara Delevingne nearly cancelled first night of tour due to 'gross' dental drama

  08-06-2026 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Cara Delevingne's first night of her tour nearly didn't happen due to issues with her teeth.
  
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• Disney World has now officially replaced Aerosmith with The Muppets covering Blur

  08-06-2026 10:48 via nme.com
  
  Disney World in Orlando has officially replaced the Aerosmith rollercoaster with a new ride centred around The Muppets – and it features a cover of an iconic Blur song.READ MORE: Graham Coxon on the return of Blur: “We can’t leave it too long because we’re knocking on!”In 2024, Disney World announced that it would be rebranding the Aerosmith Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, which was there for over two decades and featured cameos from the band as well as their h
  
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• PawPaw Rod hopes to “bring a sense of peace” with his exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover

  08-06-2026 10:30 via nme.com
  
  NME’s latest star of The Cover, PawPaw Rod, has created an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.READ MORE: Indie-funk star PawPaw Rod is creating his own picture-perfect momentThe American indie-funk singer is on this week’s (June 8) edition of The Cover, a manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read Pa
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion teams up with P!nk for ‘Lady Marmalade’ parody at 2026 Tony Awards

  08-06-2026 10:29 via nme.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion joined 2026 Tony Awards host P!nk and a host of Broadway stars for a leading lady-themed parody of ‘Lady Marmalade’.READ MORE: Megan Thee Stallion – ‘Megan: Act II’ review: the Houston Hottie ends 2024 with a bangThe ‘Savage’ rapper took the New York stage next to P!nk, and reworked Lil’ Kim’s rap from the 2001 supergroup single – which she dropped over two decades ago alongside Mya and Christina Aguilera for Mo
  
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• Watch Megan Thee Stallion, P!NK, Neil Patrick Harris Perform ‘Lady Marmalade’ at Tonys

  08-06-2026 09:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  The reworked Moulin Rouge musical number also featured Lea Michele, Dylan Mulvaney, June Squibb, and Shoshana Bean
  
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• Watch Bob Dylan play ‘Basement Tapes’ track ‘You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere’ for first time in 14 years at Washington concert

  08-06-2026 09:04 via nme.com
  
  Bob Dylan wheeled out a ‘Basement Tapes’ rarity at a recent Washington show, playing ‘You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere’ for the first time in 14 years.Read More: ‘A Complete Unknown’ review: don’t think twice about seeing this brilliant Bob Dylan biopicOver the weekend, the Nobel-winning songwriter extended his long-running ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ tour into late 2026, adding further North American dates to the run, which took Dylan to
  
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• Pink teams up with Megan Thee Stallion for Lady Marmalade parody

  08-06-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Pink and Megan Thee Stallion joined forces for a parody of Lady Marmalade at the Tony Awards.
  
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• Alex James bet his farm on new tour being a success

  08-06-2026 09:00 via music-news.com
  
  Alex James debuted the four-hour long set at the Big Feastival, held at his farm in Oxfordshire in 2025, and is now gearing up for a UK tour of his “reimagined” versions of songs on the Ministry of Sound Classical tour - with his kicking off on 13th June in Southampton.
  
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• Morgan Wallen flings security guard's phone across stage

  08-06-2026 07:00 via music-news.com
  
  Morgan Wallen has been caught on camera flinging a security guard's phone across the stage.
  
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• Morgan Wallen Responds to ‘Nonsense’ After Pittsburgh Show Cancellation

  08-06-2026 06:43 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Morgan Wallen by the CwE / CC by 3.0
  Morgan Wallen’s second show in Pittsburgh over the weekend was cancelled due to the threat of bad weather, leaving fans disgruntled when the storm didn’t roll in.
  Morgan Wallen made the decision after consulting with multiple parties to cancel his Saturday show in Pittsburgh at Acrisure Stadium due to inclement weather. Wallen played his first show on Friday night at the venue, featuring local legend, Olympic gold medalist and former
  
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• US Trade Representative Weighs Enforcement Action Against Vietnam for IP Infringement Issues, Including ‘High Levels of Music Piracy’

  08-06-2026 06:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Ambassador Jamieson Greer, Office of the United States Trade Representative (Public Domain)
  The US Trade Representative opens an investigation into Vietnam a month after designating it as a “Priority Foreign Country” over its failure to deter online piracy.
  The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has formally opened an investigation just a month after designating Vietnam as a “Priority Foreign Country” over inadequate measures taken to deter online piracy. The
  
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• Curve Royalty Systems to Be Acquired by Jamen Capital and Merlin

  08-06-2026 06:33 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Matt Spetzler (Jamen Capital), Richard Leach (Curve Royalty Systems), Charlie Lexton (Merlin)
  Virgin Music Group agrees to sell Curve Royalty Systems to Jamen Capital and Merlin in a deal designed to preserve the company’s independence.
  Virgin Music Group has agreed to the sale of Curve Royalty Systems to Jamen Capital and Merlin, laying the groundwork for Curve Royalty Systems to operate as an independent company again. The sale was a condition for the European Commission&rs
  
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• Qween Jean becomes first openly trans woman to win Tony Award

  08-06-2026 05:00 via music-news.com
  
  Qween Jean has become the first openly trans woman to win a Tony Award.
  
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• Ringo Starr lends face to World Ocean Day

  08-06-2026 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Ringo Starr has launched a clothing collection for World Ocean Day.
  
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• Kennedy Center staff start removing all references to Donald Trump

  07-06-2026 23:30 via nme.com
  
  Staff at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. have started to remove all references to Donald Trump.
  In December last year, the Trump-appointed board of the arts venue voted to rename the institution to the ‘Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts’, or the ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’ in short.
  In May, however, a US district judge ruled that the board had no authority to make that change because the centre&rsquo
  
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• Jessie J is now cancer-free, returns to stage for ‘Singer’ in China: “I exhaled for the first time in a year”

  07-06-2026 21:50 via nme.com
  
  Jessie J has announced she is cancer-free, saying she “exhaled for the first time in a year” after receiving the news.
  The singer revealed in June last year that she had been diagnosed with early breast cancer and she successfully underwent surgery shortly afterwards. Three months later, however, she cancelled a tour as she was scheduled for a further surgical procedure.
  Last month, she posted a video on Instagram that showed her going for her annua
  
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• Hear Bob Dylan Play ‘Basement Tapes’ Gem ‘You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere’ for First Time in 14 Years

  07-06-2026 21:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The performance comes two days after Dylan broke out the Basement Tapes super obscurity "Baby, Won't You Be My Baby" for the first time since recording it 59 yers ago
  
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• Underscores hits out at “misogynistic” Houston venue Meow Wolf

  07-06-2026 20:29 via nme.com
  
  Underscores has hit out at Houston venue Meow Wolf hours before a gig there, describing them as “misogynistic”.READ MORE: Underscores: the hyperpop satirist refusing to regressThe hyperpop musician and former NME Cover star, real name April Harper Grey, is currently on the road in the US in support of her third studio album ‘U’, which was released in March.
  On Saturday night, the tour arrived in Houston for a show at Meow Wolf,
  
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• Morgan Wallen’s Pittsburgh Show Canceled Over ‘Adverse Weather’ That Didn’t Arrive

  07-06-2026 19:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  "The truth of the matter is, I have a large stage and in those conditions, it could become fatal to a lot of folks around it," singer says while addressing "a lot of nonsense" around cancelation
  
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• Pixies announce ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe le Monde’ reissues with unreleased tracks

  07-06-2026 19:26 via nme.com
  
  Pixies have announced reissues for their albums ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe Le Monde’, with unreleased new tracks.READ MORE: Pixies tell us about tackling zombies on their new album – and reunion advice for OasisThe Boston indie legends are celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, and have already announced a reissue for their ‘Complete B-Sides: 1988-97′ compilation album, which will be out on June 26 and can be pre-or
  
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• Watch Bruce Springsteen joined by Bon Jovi, Public Enemy and others at star-studded New Jersey show

  07-06-2026 18:45 via nme.com
  
  Bruce Springsteen was joined by Bon Jovi, Public Enemy and others at a star-studded New Jersey event – see footage below.READ MORE: ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ review: a bruising boss of a biopicThe two-day concert series was thrown for the opening of the new Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey this week (June 4 and 5). The institution officially opens on June 13.
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• Watch Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten join Kneecap on stage and rock out to The Cure at Primavera Sound 2026

  07-06-2026 18:03 via nme.com
  
  Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten joined Kneecap for a performance of ‘Better Way To Live’ at Primavera Sound – watch below.READ MORE: Chilli Jesson and Carlos O’Connell tell us about ‘Dead Dads Club’, fatherhood and losing a parent, and Fontaines D.C.’s 2026 plansThe Belfast rap trio played on the Occident Stage at the Barcelona festival at 1am on Saturday night (June 6) and brought out thei
  
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• Gorillaz introduced at Primavera Sound by Palestinian activist Aarab Barghouti

  07-06-2026 17:32 via nme.com
  
  Gorillaz were introduced at Primavera Sound by Palestinian activist Aarab Barghouti, the son of imprisoned politician Marwan Barghouti.READ MORE: Gorillaz – ‘The Mountain’ review: a world-building ode to death and starting overDamon Albarn and co. played on the Barcelona festival’s Estrella Damm stage on Saturday night (June 6) and invited Barghouti to give a speech to open their set.
  The activist’s father has served as an elected
  
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• Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Kennedy Center Christmas Jazz Musician Dismissed

  07-06-2026 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Judge withdraws $1 million breach of contract lawsuit against Chuck Redd, citing Washington, D.C.'s anti-SLAPP protections
  
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