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• The Big Special explain why they’re playing The Great Escape amidst the boycott – and donating fee to Palestinian charity

  15-05-2024 20:42 via nme.com
  
  The Big Special have shared a statement explaining why they have decided to play The Great Escape amidst the boycott.READ MORE: Big Special make vulnerable, soulful punk that needs to be heardThe gothic Black Country duo – comprised of Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney – took to their official Instagram account to explain why they will go ahead with performing at this year’s edition of the Brighton-based music festival.
  The 2024 event – which showcases new and rising artists
  
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• Sir Elton John on why he hates being photographed

  15-05-2024 21:06 via music-news.com
  
  Sir Elton John says he loves collecting photographs but hates photos of himself
  
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• Avril Lavigne addresses 'dumb' conspiracy theory

  15-05-2024 21:06 via music-news.com
  
  Avril Lavigne has insisted that she hasn't been replaced by a body double.
  
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• Lucian Grainge, UMG Dropped From Rodney Jones vs. Diddy Sexual Assault Lawsuit

  15-05-2024 20:27 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Rodney Jones’ lawyer is dismissing allegations made against UMG CEO Lucian Grainge, UMG Recordings, and Motown Records. The legal filing was filed by Jones’ attorney, Tyrone Blackburn. The filing asks the court to dismiss all claims and strike all allegations made against Lucian Charles Grainge, Motown Records, and UMG Recordings, Inc. A second amended complaint […]
  
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• Mama B unveils ‘Imaginology’ a new wave of children’s music with heart and sophistication

  15-05-2024 20:25 via music-news.com
  
  Mama B, also known as Jacq Becker, has long been recognized for her catchy pop melodies and impactful lyrics in the mainstream
  
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• Willie Nelson Wants to Get Your Kitchen High With New Cannabis Cookbook

  15-05-2024 20:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Red Headed Stranger and his wife will release Willie and Annie Nelson's Cannabis Cookbook: Mouthwatering Recipes and the High-Flying Stories Behind Them in November
  
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• Publishers Send Cease-and-Desist to Spotify over Unlicensed Content

  15-05-2024 19:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  The letter comes as tensions rise between Spotify and the NMPA over reduced royalty payouts tied to the streaming service's music and audiobooks bundle
  
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• TNA wrestler Joe Hendry on his theme song charting: “I’ve achieved both of my dreams in one”

  15-05-2024 19:22 via nme.com
  
  TNA wrestler Joe Hendry has spoken to NME about his wrestling theme song ‘I Believe In Joe Hendry’ entering the UK Singles download and sales charts.
  Last month, the Scottish athlete started a social campaign to get his upbeat theme song to the top spot on the UK Official Singles chart with the hope of “giving Taylor Swift a break from being Number One.”
  His grassroots campaign saw his song go viral online with wrestling fans creating memes, leading to ‘I Believe In
  
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• Chicago House Music’s 40th Anniversary to Be Celebrated in Windy City

  15-05-2024 19:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Derrick Carter and DJ Heather will play music at the event this month
  
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• Sony Music Publishing Acquires ‘Complete’ Catalog of Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker

  15-05-2024 18:46 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Another day, another song-rights deal: Sony Music Publishing (SMP) has acquired the “complete” catalog of Kevin Parker, who’s released four studio albums as Tame Impala. SMP today announced the purchase agreement with Sydney-born Parker, who’s worked with the publisher since 2009. While the investing party opted against disclosing the transaction’s precise financials, it did emphasize […]
  
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• Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker Sells Entire Catalog, Including Future Works, to Sony Music Publishing

  15-05-2024 18:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  "The idea of passing on ownership of my songs is one that I don't think about very lightly, at all," singer says of deal
  
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• Michael Bublé and Snoop Dogg to be mentors on ‘The Voice US’

  15-05-2024 18:34 via nme.com
  
  Michael Bublé and Snoop Dogg have been announced as the latest artists to become mentors on The Voice US.
  The popular singing competition is set to return this autumn for its 26th season. Earlier this week, it was announced that Dogg and Bublé will join the returning coaches – country superstar Reba McEntire and pop-punk pioneer Gwen Stefani – during a presentation by US TV channel NBC at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.
  “Folks, we’ve got a rookie tak
  
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• Why ‘Mr. Brightside’ Has Remained on the Charts for a Decade and Counting

  15-05-2024 18:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  On the latest episode of our 500 Greatest Songs podcast, mixing engineer Mark Needham talks about leaving a Fleetwood Mac session to work on a young Las Vegas band's future megahit
  
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• Universal Music Group settle lawsuit with King Crimson over Kanye West song ‘Power’

  15-05-2024 18:19 via nme.com
  
  Universal Music Group (UMG) have settled a lawsuit with King Crimson over a sample used in Kanye West’s ‘Power’.
  ‘Power’ – which featured on the critically acclaimed fifth studio album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted’ – samples King Crimson’s song ’21st Century Schizoid Man’ from their 1969 debut album ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’. UMG owns and operates the record label Def Jam Recording, a division which &ndash
  
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• Omar Apollo Announces Sophomore Album, ‘God Said No’

  15-05-2024 18:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  "The album doesn’t feel like it’s a bunch of songs put together. It’s a sequence that is made to be listened to front to back," Apollo told Rolling Stone about the LP featuring Pedro Pascal, Mustafa
  
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• Beth Gibbons Will Break Your Heart With ‘Lost Changes’

  15-05-2024 18:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Song is final single to arrive ahead of Portishead frontwoman's solo debut, Lives Outgrown
  
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• Cher issues warning over Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination

  15-05-2024 18:06 via music-news.com
  
  Cher has promised she has "words to say" over controversial Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination.
  
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• Top Dawg CEO says Drake and Kendrick Lamar “battle is over”, but “a win for the culture”

  15-05-2024 18:05 via nme.com
  
  The Top Dawg Entertainment founder and CEO has taken to social media to say the Drake and Kendrick Lamar rap “battle is over”.READ MORE: Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud: the full timelineLast week (May 10), Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith took to X/Twitter to promote the upcoming TDE 20th anniversary compilation album, while also speaking out about the long and recent feud between Drake and Lamar.
  “This battle is over. A win for the culture, while keeping it all on
  
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• Check out Static Dress’ explosive new single ‘Crying’ 

  15-05-2024 18:01 via nme.com
  
  Static Dress are back with the dynamic new single, ‘Crying’. Check it out below.READ MORE: Why it’s never been a better time to be a UK metalhead: “There’s a sense of togetherness”Released today (May 15), the new track marks the first new music from the Leeds rock band in two years, following their ‘Rouge Carpet Disaster (Redux)’ album.
  With the track, the post-hardcore quartet push the boundaries of their sound further than we’ve seen before
  
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• ‘Wicked’ trailer sees Ariana Grande sing ‘Popular’ and ‘Defying Gravity’

  15-05-2024 18:00 via nme.com
  
  The official trailer for Wicked the movie has been released.
  Coming to cinemas later this year, the film stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Jeff Goldblum, and is an adaptation of the musical of the same name. It tells the untold story of the witches of Oz.
  Wicked follows Elphaba (Erivo) as she begins at Shiz University, where she forms an unlikely friendship with Glinda (Grande). While navigating their differences, learning about Elphaba’s powers and discovering the truth about th
  
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• Dolly Parton says she has Welsh ancestry: “It feels like family”

  15-05-2024 17:51 via nme.com
  
  It has been revealed that country music icon Dolly Parton has Welsh ancestry.READ MORE: Dolly Parton – ‘Rockstar’ review: Queen of Country throws up the Devil hornsThe ‘9 to 5’ singer’s niece, Jada Star, told The Sun that Parton had traced her ancestry to the Welsh valleys and will be visiting the country for a TV special set to air next year. Star told the outlet: “Dolly is exactly as you would imagine her as an aunt.”
  Parton was born in Tenn
  
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• Milo Yiannopoulos Parts Ways With Kanye West Over Yeezy Porn Plan

  15-05-2024 17:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  The alt-right provocateur, who was the rapper's chief of staff, resigned on Wednesday saying he "cannot be complicit in the production of dissemination of pornographic films"
  
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• 2024 ACM Awards: The Complete Winners List

  15-05-2024 17:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Megan Moroney, Nate Smith, Tigirlily Gold are among the early winners at the Academy of Country Music Awards
  
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• ‘A Badass With a Gentle Side’: The Complex Life of Dickey Betts

  15-05-2024 17:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  The intimidating yet soulful guitarist made gorgeous Southern rock during his time with the Allman Brothers Band — but drama was always nearby
  
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• Los Campesinos! return with new album ‘All Hell’ and bittersweet single ‘Feast Of Tongues’ 

  15-05-2024 17:13 via nme.com
  
  Los Campesinos! are back with news of a new album ‘All Hell’ – their first since 2017. Check out the heart-on-sleeve single ‘Feast Of Tongues’ below.READ MORE: Los Campesinos! live in London: celebrations as ‘Hello Sadness’ turns 10Announced today (May 15), the news of a new album marks the first from the Welsh indie-pop group in seven years, and comes as the follow-up to their 2017 album ‘Sick Scenes’ and 2021 EP ‘Whole Damn Body&
  
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• Keith Urban Covers Ariana Grande’s ‘We Can’t Be Friends’: ‘It’s Like Audible Heroin’

  15-05-2024 17:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  The musician performed the Eternal Sunshine single during an acoustic set in a small club
  
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• Randy Travis Is Headlining Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. What Does That Mean?

  15-05-2024 17:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  Vocalist James Dupré, who helped create the A.I.-assisted "Where That Came From," will perform for Travis, who lost his voice after a 2013 stroke
  
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• Zayn Malik insists he “didn’t jump on the bandwagon” with new country album

  15-05-2024 16:54 via nme.com
  
  Zayn Malik has insisted that he “didn’t jump on the bandwagon” with his new country album ‘Room Under The Stairs’.READ MORE: Zayn Malik – ‘Nobody Is Listening’ review: ex-boybander crafts quietly purposeful popThe former One Direction member recently spoke to Nylon about his fourth studio album. He shared that while creating his LP, he was not following in the footsteps of his fellow colleagues such as Beyonce, Post Malone and other pop acts w
  
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• ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’: First-Ever Authorized Doc About Band Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics

  15-05-2024 16:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  ""The energy of the story, and the power of the music, is phenomenal," Jimmy Page says of long-awaited "hybrid docu-concert film"
  
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• Wyatt Ellis and His Mandolin Are Causing a Big Stir in Bluegrass

  15-05-2024 16:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Wyatt has the goods," says Marty Stuart, who joins the 15-year-old on the new song "Blue Smoke"
  
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