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• Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks share poems on physical version of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

  19-04-2024 09:16 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks have both shared poems on the physical version of her new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.READ MORE: ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ review: a rare misstepFans who purchased the star’s 11th studio album, which arrived today (April 19) and you can listen to below, are being greeted by a written poem by the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman as they open the LP gatefolds or CD booklets.
  As with her other records, Swift has also included her o
  
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• Grimes promises to “cap the disarray” as she returns for Coachella weekend two

  19-04-2024 10:36 via nme.com
  
  Following her rough outing at Coachella last weekend, Grimes has issued a promise that she’ll be well-prepared for this weekend’s show.READ MORE: Coachella 2024: surprises, technical difficulties and a distinct lack of vibesGrimes made the promise via social media, writing today (April 19): “Whose [sic] ready for Coachella weekend 2? I will cap the disarray at a maximum ten seconds per song – idk if there’s ever been a more rehearsed or fine tuned grimes set. A
  
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• Taylor Swift surprises fans by revealing The Tortured Poets Department is a double album

  19-04-2024 10:26 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift has released a total of 31 tracks.
  
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• BIBI drops new song ‘Eve’ in collaboration with ‘Stellar Blade’

  19-04-2024 10:23 via nme.com
  
  South Korean singer BIBI has released a new song called ‘Eve’, in collaboration with the upcoming PlayStation 5 title Stellar Blade.READ MORE:Coachella 2024 liveblog day three: Doja Cat, Justin Bieber and all the news from Sunday
  The music video for ‘Eve’ features BIBI in a world that’s inspired by the upcoming video game, and also includes references and easter eggs to the new title. Notably, the song’s title also shares its name with the game’s protago
  
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• Super Junior’s Ryeowook addresses hate comments: “Aren’t celebrities people too?”

  19-04-2024 10:11 via nme.com
  
  Super Junior‘s Ryeowook has personally addressed a slew of hate comments that have been left on his social media accounts.READ MORE:LE SSERAFIM live at Coachella 2024: K-pop girl group get raw and loose
  Yesterday (April 18), Ryeowook responded to a comment on his YouTube channel that called for the singer to “leave the group and open a cafe with your girlfriend”. The commenter also said that the singer should “go on a diet” while also calling him “pathetic&rdq
  
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• Kings of Leon share video for raucous new single ‘Nothing To Do’

  19-04-2024 09:53 via nme.com
  
  Kings Of Leon have shared their new single ‘Nothing To Do’ – check out the video to the song below.
  The third single is the latest taster of the Nashville band’s ninth album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’, which is due for release on May 10 (pre-order here). It follows previous singles ‘Split Screen’ and ‘Mustang’.
  The band have shared a hand-held video for the track which was directed by the band and Casey McGrath, with frontman Caleb Follow
  
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• Hear NewJeans’ Hanni cover Daniel Caesar and H.E.R’s ‘Best Part’

  19-04-2024 09:44 via nme.com
  
  NewJeans‘ Hanni has covered ‘Best Part’ by Daniel Caesar and H.E.R, as part of the girl group’s ongoing YouTube series ‘By Jeans’.READ MORE:Seori on the weight of creating personal art: “Comforting words are not as helpful as your honest emotions”
  NewJeans’ Hanni released her cover of ‘Best Part’, originally released by Daniel Caesar and H.E.R in 2017, on April 18. Speaking about why she chose the song, the singer said: “I r
  
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• Dua Lipa: 'I’m trying to be a radical optimist'

  19-04-2024 09:36 via music-news.com
  
  In an interview, which debuted last night on The Zach Sang Show on The Amazon Music channel on Twitch, Dua Lipa discusses
  
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• Taylor Swift surprises fans with secret double album reveal

  19-04-2024 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift has surprised her fans by revealing her new record 'The Tortured Poets Department' is actually a "secret double album" with a second instalment of 15 extra songs being released at the same time.
  
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• Allman Brothers guitarist Dickey Betts dead at 80

  19-04-2024 09:04 via music-news.com
  
  Allman Brothers co-founder Dickey Betts has died at the age of 80 following a period of ill health.
  
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• The Smiths tribute band re-opening Brixton Academy: “We’re grateful and humble”

  19-04-2024 09:00 via nme.com
  
  The Smiths tribute band set to play at the re-opening gig of the O2 Academy in Brixton tonight (Friday April 19) have spoken to NME about what to expect from the show and what it means it be gracing the stage at the iconic London venue after tragedy closed its doors.READ MORE: Artists and industry speak out to save Brixton Academy: “It’d be a tragedy to lose such an iconic venue”The legendary South London venue has been shut since December 2022 after a fatal crowd crush th
  
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• Breaking: EQT-Led Consortium Acquires Majority Stake in Believe, Launches Public Offer

  19-04-2024 08:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  An investment consortium led by EQT, in partnership with Believe’s historical investor TCV, has acquired a controlling stake of nearly 72% in digital music distributor Believe. The move comes after Believe’s Board of Directors issued a favorable opinion on the deal. As part of the transaction, the consortium will launch a simplified public purchase offer […]
  
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• Kings of Leon Share One-Take Music Video for Single ‘Nothing To Do’

  19-04-2024 08:43 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song comes off the rock band's forthcoming album, Can We Please Have Fun
  
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• ASTRO’s JinJin drops ‘Fly’, featuring vocals from late bandmate Moonbin

  19-04-2024 08:30 via nme.com
  
  ASTRO’s JinJin has unveiled a new song titled ‘Fly’, featuring vocals from late bandmate Moonbin.READ MORE: 10 incredible K-dramas to check out in May 2024ASTRO’s JinJin released ‘Fly’ on April 19, which is the anniversary of Moonbin’s death. The song features rap verses by JinJin, pared by a chorus that features vocals from Moonbin. The track dropped alongside a music video that follows JinJin as he walks along a shore, holding a bouquet of daffodils as
  
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• Taylor Swift surprise reveals ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is a double album, shares ‘The Anthology’ in full

  19-04-2024 08:29 via nme.com
  
  Two hours after dropping her 11th studio album, Taylor Swift has surprise-revealed that the record is a double album titled, ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ review: a rare misstepThe album was announced by Taylor Swift on social media, who noted that ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ is a “secret DOUBLE album. I’d written so much tortured poetry in the past 2 years an
  
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• Taylor Swift Unveils Double Album ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’

  19-04-2024 08:15 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer shared 15 additional songs because she had "written so much tortured poetry"
  
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• SEVENTEEN reveal tracklist and new songs for ’17 Is Right Here’

  19-04-2024 08:13 via nme.com
  
  SEVENTEEN have announced their first-ever compilation album, titled ’17 Is Right Here’, due out later this month.READ MORE:The 10 best EVERGLOW songs
  The K-pop boyband had first announced ’17 Is Right Here’ at the end of their ‘Follow Again’ encore concerts in Incheon on March 30 and 31 to fans in attendance. Teaser for the upcoming album was shared by their label Pledis Entertainment shortly after.
  The teaser was designed and animated by artist Max Dalton, an
  
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• Fans think Taylor Swift wrote ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ about Matty Healy

  19-04-2024 08:00 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift‘s 11th album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, has arrived and fans have taken to social media to theorise what some songs mean, and who the albums was written about.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ review: a rare misstepShortly after the album’s release earlier today (April 19), Swifties took to X (formerly Twitter) to theorise that despite her lengthy relationship with English actor Joe Alwyn, Taylor’s new al
  
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• Sia Taps Paris Hilton for Self-Reflexive Single ‘Fame Won’t Love You’

  19-04-2024 07:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  The song will appear on Sia's forthcoming album, Reasonable Woman
  
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• ARTMS announce 2024 ‘Moonshot’ world tour

  19-04-2024 07:36 via nme.com
  
  K-pop girl group ARTMS have announced the dates for their upcoming 2024 ‘Moonshot’ world tour, featuring concerts in the US, Asia and more.READ MORE: 10 incredible K-dramas to check out in May 2024, starring Wi Ha-joon, Song Kang-ho and moreToday (April 19), ARTMS revealed the first batch of dates for their newly announced 2024 ‘Moonshot’ world tour, which will kick off in July with three concerts across South Korea and Japan.
  Thereafter, the girl group will embark on the
  
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• Jason Derulo harrassment case dismissed, to be refiled

  19-04-2024 07:01 via music-news.com
  
  Jason Derulo harrassment case dismissed on technicality.
  
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• NMPA Bristles Against Spotify’s Bundles Due to Lower Publishing Payouts—Spotify Responds

  19-04-2024 06:22 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) is bristling against Spotify’s new audiobooks bundling feature which means it pays a lower mechanical royalty rate to songwriters. A 2022 settlement between NMPA and DSPs included a carve-out for bundled content, which Spotify now has with its audiobook offerings. Spotify added select audiobooks available for Premium users and […]
  
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• James Arthur Enlists Kelly Clarkson for a Soulful Duet of ‘From the Jump’

  19-04-2024 06:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  "The melody is beautiful, and the writing is so great that I was very excited to sing on it with him!” Clarkson said
  
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• Hardy Enters Bartending Era on ‘Gin and Juice’ Cover Requested by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre

  19-04-2024 06:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  “I’m still in disbelief," the country musician shared about being tapped for the soundtrack to launch the OG artists' new drink
  
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• Taylor Swift’s New Album Opens With a Stevie Nicks Poem

  19-04-2024 06:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  But you can only find it on physical versions of The Tortured Poets Department
  
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• Taylor Swift Just Released ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

  19-04-2024 06:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The new album explores her most recent relationships and includes collaborations with Post Malone and Florence and the Machine
  
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• Come For the Torture, Stay For the Poetry: This Might Be Taylor Swift’s Most Personal Album Yet

  19-04-2024 06:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Tortured Poets Department combines the intimacy of Folklore and Evermore with the synth-pop gloss of Midnights to create music that's wildly ambitious and gloriously chaotic
  
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• Check out the tracklist for Billie Eilish’s new album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’

  19-04-2024 05:50 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has revealed the tracklist for her highly anticipated third studio album, ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ – check it out below.READ MORE: Overheated: Billie Eilish and mother “proud” to platform change makers at London climate eventYesterday (April 18) – a month ahead of the album’s release – Eilish took to social media, where she revealed the titles of all 10 tracks on the album. However, the tracklist does not include other information
  
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• Taylor Swift Breaks Spotify Album Pre-Save Record with ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

  19-04-2024 05:41 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Just one day ahead of the release of her highly anticipated 11th studio album, Taylor Swift broke Spotify’s record for the most pre-saved album countdown page in the streaming platform’s history. The countdown page for Taylor Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, launched on March 28, and has been updated all week with new […]
  
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• Tennessee Bill Creating Live Music Fund Heads to the Governor’s Desk

  19-04-2024 05:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  A Tennessee bill that would create a live music fund for venues and artists heads to the governor’s desk for a signature after passing the Tennessee General Assembly. The Tennessee General Assembly has passed a bill to create a live music fund for musical artists and venues, and now it heads to Governor Bill Lee’s […]
  
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