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• The Who’s Pete Townshend praises Taylor Swift’s songwriting: “I love what she does”

  22-09-2024 13:01 via nme.com
  
  The Who‘s Pete Townshend has revealed that he admires Taylor Swift.READ MORE: Pete Townshend tells us about his new Quadrophenia ballet and the future of The WhoThe guitarist and co-founder of The Who was discussing the art of songwriting with the What It Takes podcast earlier this summer.
  “I’m a song dreamer in a sense,” he told the podcast. “So I love the great songwriters of my father’s era, Gershwin and so on. And also the great songwriters of today,
  
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• Janet Jackson's tribute to Tito Jackson one month after death

  16-10-2024 00:00 via music-news.com
  
  Janet Jackson has broken her silence following the death of her brother, Tito.
  
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• Music Lessons Marketplace Moombix Announces $2.5 Million Seed Round Close, Plots Aggressive U.K. Expansion

  15-10-2024 23:27 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Reykjavik, Iceland, where music education startup Moombix is headquartered. Photo Credit: Einar H. Reynis
  Music lessons marketplace Moombix has announced the close of its £1.9 million (currently $2.48 million) seed round and unveiled plans to expand into the United Kingdom.
  Reykjavik-headquartered Moombix, which bills itself specifically as “an all-in-one solution for online music education,” disclosed the funding and the imminent expansion today.
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• Tamino Previews New Album ‘Every Dawn’s a Mountain’ With First Single ‘Babylon’

  15-10-2024 22:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  The album, which features a collaboration with Mitski, arrives on March 21 ahead of the Belgian-Egyptian musician's North American tour
  
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• Liverpool gigs announced to celebrate 60th anniversary of Moog synthesiser

  15-10-2024 22:35 via nme.com
  
  Liverpool’s Capstone Theatre is set to host a series of concerts to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Moog synthesiser next month – buy tickets here.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Kraftwerk’s Karl Bartos‘The Moog at 60: A Celebration’ will run from November 21 to November 24 and will include a sound installation and a show from Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. The events will conclude with a tribute to Kraftwerk in celeb
  
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• Watch Fred again.. chat with “one of my absolute heroes” Nardwuar about Four Tet, Brian Eno and more

  15-10-2024 22:29 via nme.com
  
  Fred again.. is the latest guest of Nardwuar The Human Serviette, whom he calls “one of my absolute heroes” as they chat about Four Tet, Brian Eno and more. Watch the video below.READ MORE: Fred Again.. – ‘Ten Days’ review: poignant magic from life’s little momentsThe clip, shared on YouTube yesterday (October 14), sees the producer with the veteran music journalist and on-screen personality in his native Vancouver, Canada.
  The 56-year-old is best known for hi
  
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• PATRÓN Tequila Brings The Green Room Series To Life, With Exclusive MisterWives Performance

  15-10-2024 22:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  PATRÓN Tequila teamed up with Rolling Stone on Saturday, October 5th in Austin, TX to kick off the city’s largest annual music festival with the debut of The Green Room event – a one of a kind experience that gives fans the chance to get up close and personal with their favorite artists before they […]
  
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• Former Ozzy Osbourne Guitarist Jake E. Lee Shot Multiple Times, Expecting Full Recovery

  15-10-2024 22:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  The guitarist, who is now a member of Red Dragon Cartel, was walking his dog in Las Vegas at the time of the random shooting
  
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• Rufus Wainwright on Donald Trump’s Use of ‘Hallelujah’: ‘Disturbing’

  15-10-2024 22:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer-songwriter says he's still processing Trump's unauthorized use of his famous Leonard Cohen cover at a rally
  
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• Jelly Roll wants to “have a conversation” with the people he robbed in the past: “I hope they would forgive me”

  15-10-2024 22:08 via nme.com
  
  Jelly Roll has opened up about his aggravated robbery charge from 24 years ago, and said he’d like to speak to the people he robbed.
  The singer and rapper, who released his new album ‘Beautifully Broken’ on October 11, spent time in jail when he was younger for charges including possession with intent to distribute and aggravated robbery. He was charged as an adult for the latter and faced a potential 20-year sentence, though he ended up serving over a year with a further
  
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• Parkway Drive announce “next level” 20th anniversary UK and European arena tour

  15-10-2024 21:43 via nme.com
  
  Parkway Drive have announced a 20th anniversary arena tour across Europe and the UK, which they promise will be “next level”.READ MORE: On The Cover – Parkway Drive: “It felt like a sledgehammer had been taken to all of our worlds”The Australian metalcore band announced the tour earlier today (October 15) on social media, unveiling a list of dates across the continent confirmed for 2025 for a show that boasts their “most ambitious stage production to date
  
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• Lizzo Only Took a Break From the Public, Not Working: ‘It Ain’t a Gap Year, It’s a Grind Year’

  15-10-2024 21:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer announced plans for a gap year in August but has since clarified that she has still been chipping away at new music and her shapewear brand
  
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• Father John Misty Knows How It Ends on New Song ‘She Cleans Up’

  15-10-2024 21:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will appear on Josh Tillman's next album, Mahashmashana
  
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• Sick New World announces 2025 line-up with Linkin Park, Metallica, Evanescence, QOTSA and more

  15-10-2024 21:08 via nme.com
  
  Sick New World has announced its line-up for next year, with Linkin Park and Metallica headlining – buy tickets here.READ MORE: Metallica live in Amsterdam: still the greatest heavy metal band aroundThe festival, which focuses on rock, nu-metal and industrial, shared the line-up for its third edition on April 12 at Las Vegas Festival Grounds on social media today. Over 50 names have been announced, with Evanescence, Queens Of The Stone Age, Gojira and AFI among some of the biggest nam
  
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• Lizzo speaks out on being 'cancelled for everything'

  15-10-2024 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Lizzo has reflected on being "cancelled for everything".
  
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• Martin Shkreli to testify as to how many copies of Wu-Tang Clan’s rare ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ could be in circulation

  15-10-2024 20:49 via nme.com
  
  Martin Shkreli is set to testify about the amount of copies of Wu-Tang Clan‘s rare ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ album that could be in circulation.READ MORE: Five things we learned from our ‘In Conversation’ video chat with RZAThe former hedge fund manager and ‘pharma-bro’, who bought the sole copy of the record back in 2015 for $2million (£1.4m), was sued by PleasrDAO for illegally livestreaming the album last June. He bought the album
  
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• For BigXthaPlug, Rap is Business, And Business is Good

  15-10-2024 20:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rising Texas rapper talks about his new album, making music to feed his kids, and what it feels like to finally make it
  
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• London Was a Bust, But a Second Sphere Is On the Way for Abu Dhabi

  15-10-2024 20:34 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Sphere at the Venetian Resort by Y2kcrazyjoker4 / CC by 4.0
  Sphere Entertainment announces a second Sphere project in Abu Dhabi, after the planned London Sphere project falls through.
  Sphere Entertainment and Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) announce a second Sphere project, this time in the United Arab Emirates. The news comes on the heels of the announcement in January that the London Sphere project is a bust.
  “The vision for Sphere has always inclu
  
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• ‘I’m Not a Liar’: Deryck Whibley Slams Greig Nori’s Response to Sexual Abuse Allegations

  15-10-2024 20:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  "If you think I'm a liar, there's only one way to settle this," Whibley said. "Under oath, in front of a judge"
  
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• Lady Gaga Reportedly Paid $12M to Star in Box Office Bomb ‘Folie à Deux’

  15-10-2024 20:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Warner Bros.
  Lady Gaga reportedly made $12 million to portray Harleen Quinzel in the box office flop, ‘Joker: Folie À Deux.’ Reactions to the musical format have been less than stellar, with many critics saying Gaga was underutilized in her role as Harley Quinn.
  The decision to make the sequel to 2019’s Joker a musical is a strange one that seemingly has not landed with viewing audiences. Variety reports that the Joker sequel has earned $51.5 million domest
  
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• Lady Gaga Reportedly Paid $12 Million to Star in Box Office Bomb ‘Folie à Deux’

  15-10-2024 20:16 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Warner Bros.
  Lady Gaga reportedly made $12 million to portray Harleen Quinzel in the box office flop, ‘Joker: Folie À Deux.’ Reactions to the musical format have been less than stellar, with many critics saying Gaga was underutilized in her role as Harley Quinn.
  The decision to make the sequel to 2019’s Joker a musical is a strange one that seemingly has not landed with viewing audiences. Variety reports that the Joker sequel has earned $51.5 million domest
  
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• NewJeans’ Hanni tearfully testifies on workplace harassment at Hybe: “I was honestly convinced that the company hated us”

  15-10-2024 19:58 via nme.com
  
  NewJeans’ Hanni has tearfully testified on workplace harassment at South Korea’s National Assembly.READ MORE: HYBE-ADOR feud: a comprehensive timeline of eventsHanni, real name Phạm Ngọc Hân, alleged that the entertainment agency Hybe deliberately undermined the group, while she also accused senior management of deliberately ignoring her.
  She said, “I came to the realisation that this wasn’t just a feeling. I was honestly convinced that the company
  
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• Estate of John Lennon Taps PPL to Manage Neighboring Rights Collections

  15-10-2024 19:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: John Lennon by Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times / UCLA / CC by 4.0
  John Lennon’s estate appoints PPL to manage neighboring rights collections for Lennon’s solo music and the estate’s interests in Yoko Ono and The Beatles.
  UK-based collective management organization PPL has been appointed to collect neighboring rights for John Lennon, as well as his estate’s interest in Yoko Ono and The Beatles. The deal will see PPL collect broadcast and public performance ro
  
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• Vinyl Sales Plummet 33% Year Over Year — What’s Going On?

  15-10-2024 19:43 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Luminate Data (from Billboard)
  After more than a decade of rising sales for the vinyl format, sales have fallen off a cliff this year with an estimated plummet of more than 30% year-over-year. What’s going on?
  Luminate data reveals a 33.3% drop in vinyl sales for the year 2024 compared to 2023. That’s a drop from 34.9 million units in 2023 to just 23.3 million sold in 2024. Luminate data for other formats reveal this isn’t a vinyl-only problem, either. CD sales ha
  
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• Vinyl Sales Have Plummeted 33% Year Over Year — What’s Going On?

  15-10-2024 19:43 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Luminate Data (from Billboard)
  After more than a decade of rising sales for the vinyl format, sales have fallen off a cliff this year with an estimated plummet of more than 30% year-over-year. What’s going on?
  Luminate data reveals a 33.3% drop in vinyl sales for the year 2024 compared to 2023. That’s a drop from 34.9 million units in 2023 to just 23.3 million sold in 2024. Luminate data for other formats reveal this isn’t a vinyl-only problem, either. CD sales ha
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, Joe Satriani almost joined Van Halen, Alex reveals in first interview since brother’s death

  15-10-2024 19:29 via nme.com
  
  Van Halen could have had new additions to their line-up over the years in Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Cornell, and Joe Satriani, Alex Van Halen reveals.Read More: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework displayThe former drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band is set to release Brothers, a memoir of his life with brother Eddie – who passed away in October 2020 due to complications from throat cancer – from childhood to 1984, when the
  
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• Universal Music Group Scoops Up Remaining [PIAS] Stake, Says the Involved Labels ‘Will Remain Completely Autonomous’

  15-10-2024 19:27 via digitalmusicnews.com
  [PIAS] co-founders Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot, who’ve sold their remaining shares in the company to Universal Music Group. Photo Credit: UMG
  Independent no more: Just shy of two years after selling a minority stake to Universal Music Group (UMG), [PIAS] has parted with its remaining shares in a new deal with the leading label.
  UMG reached out with a formal announcement message but has thus far opted against providing additional details (including price-tag specifics) about the tran
  
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• Rufus Wainwright speaks out against Donald Trump playing ‘Hallelujah’ at rally: “The height of blasphemy”

  15-10-2024 19:21 via nme.com
  
  Rufus Wainwright has spoken out against Donald Trump using his cover of Leonard Cohen‘s ‘Hallelujah’ at a campaign rally, labelling it “the height of blasphemy”.READ MORE: ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song’ review: dissecting pop’s most-beloved balladTrump’s Town Hall on Monday (October 14) took a turn for the unexpected, as he was seen dancing along to music for 30 minutes. The event was reportedly interrupted by medical emergenc
  
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• Gracie Abrams to Drop ‘Secret of Us’ Deluxe With Four New Songs, Live Recordings

  15-10-2024 19:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  New version will include "That's So True," which she's been performing on tour
  
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• Rufus Wainwright Says Trump Playing ‘Hallelujah’ Cover ‘Height of Blasphemy’

  15-10-2024 18:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  The former president played Wainwright's famous cover of the Leonard Cohen classic at a bizarre campaign event in Pennsylvania last night
  
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