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• Peso Pluma Cancels Florida Concerts Due to Hurricanes, Says He’ll Donate to Relief Funds

  11-10-2024 23:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  "[We pray] for everyone affected to have a speedy recovery," read a statement from Peso's team
  
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• Can Emerging Markets Unlock the Next Era of Streaming Growth by 2030? DMN Pro’s Newest Weekly Report Tackles the (Multi) Billion-Dollar Question

  11-10-2024 23:22 via digitalmusicnews.com
  The largest city (Shanghai) in China, where recorded music revenue jumped 25.9% YoY in 2023, per the IFPI. In its latest weekly report, DMN Pro took an in-depth look at how these and other strong showings from developing markets factor into tall industry growth forecasts, including from Goldman Sach’s “Music in the Air,” for the remainder of the 2020s. Photo Credit: Hanny Naibaho
  Goldman Sachs’ “Music in the Air” report has forecasted over $163 billion in indu
  
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• Mabel talks new single ‘Stupid Dumb’ and new album: “This is not a rebrand – I’m being myself”

  11-10-2024 23:00 via nme.com
  
  Mabel has spoken to NME about her new single ‘Stupid Dumb’, working with Ty Dolla $ign and her upcoming third studio album.READ MORE: Mabel on the cover: “I didn’t really feel like I deserved a lot of my success”Earlier this year, the chart-topping sensation returned to music after a two-year hiatus. Her next LP will serve as a follow-up for her 2022 UK Top Three album ‘About Last Night…’ and will see her “return to her R&B roots,”
  
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• Warp announce listening party for Aphex Twin’s ‘Selected Ambient Works Volume II’ at Tate Modern

  11-10-2024 22:45 via nme.com
  
  The new expanded edition of Aphex Twin’s ‘Selected Ambient Works Volume II’ will be played at a listening party at the Tate Modern later this month.READ MORE: Aphex Twin at Printworks, London: still one of the greatest electronic shows on earthThe event has been announced by Warp Records and will take place from 6pm on October 25 at the gallery’s Blavatnik Building. It will be a free event with no tickets required and will be part of the Tate Modern Lates series.
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• Check out Flying Lotus’ surprise new house single ‘Ingo Swann’

  11-10-2024 22:44 via nme.com
  
  Flying Lotus has surprised released his new single ‘Ingo Swann’, marking one of the artist’s first songs of 2024.READ MORE: Flying Lotus – ‘Flamagra’ review‘Ingo Swann’ sees the LA producer, DJ and co-founder of pioneering record label Brainfeeder – born Steven D. Bingley-Ellison – take a more groovy route, with the track being built around synth melodies, vibrant hi-hats and a rhythmic edge. The title of the song comes from the famed p
  
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• All-American Rejects Won’t Play When We Were Young, Blame Fest Management

  11-10-2024 22:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  "They are no longer able to accommodate us in the previously agreed upon line-up, which has made it impossible for us to continue," the band said
  
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• Jesse & Joy Hope New Ballad ‘Inspires’ Closeted Fans to Be ‘Honest With Themselves’

  11-10-2024 22:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sibling duo release queer love song "Cuando Estamos Solas" in time for National Coming Out Day
  
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• Judeline Is the Rising Spanish Artist Who Will Enchant You With Her Haunting Voice

  11-10-2024 22:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  After catching the attention of Bad Bunny and Rosalia, the newcomer shows her full range with her stunning debut album Bodhiria
  
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• Finneas Performs a Tender Rendition of Radiohead’s ‘Fake Plastic Trees’

  11-10-2024 21:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  The singer also closed out Billie Eilish's New Jersey show earlier this week with a duet to "Happier Than Ever"
  
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• Lisa Marie Presley discusses regret after getting abortion in new memoir

  11-10-2024 21:39 via nme.com
  
  Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir has shared details about her regret of getting an abortion while she was dating Danny Keough.READ MORE: Sofia Coppola on baring Elvis’ ugly side in ‘Priscilla’: “I never wanted him to be a villain”Presley’s posthumous memoir, From Here To The Great Unknown, was published on October 8 and recalls her time in Graceland as a child, her battle with opioid addiction, the loss of her son Benjamin and more.
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• JoJo Siwa clarifies “Thank You to Beyoncé” joke from Industry Dance Awards

  11-10-2024 21:37 via nme.com
  
  JoJo Siwa has cleared up a joke she made at the Industry Dance Awards this week in which she caused controversy by “thanking” Beyoncé.
  At the event on Tuesday (October 8), the ‘Karma’ singer said to the crowd, “I also have to say thank you to Beyoncé, just so that we can keep the dancing community safe. Beyoncé, you’ve got great music, we all love to dance to it. We all love you…Someone had to, and I will be the someone.”
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• Chrissie Hynde: 'The animal you’re eating wanted his life just as much as you want yours'

  11-10-2024 21:10 via music-news.com
  
  Chrissie Hynde has gotta have some of your attention, Pompey! As she prepares to kick off The Pretenders’ 2024 UK tour in Portsmouth today
  
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• Rihanna praises Anna Wintour after Met Gala theme celebrating Black dandyism is announced

  11-10-2024 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Rihanna's partner ASAP Rocky will serve as a co-chair at the 2025 Met Gala.
  
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• North West: 'I don't like being papped'

  11-10-2024 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  North West opened up to her mum Kim Kardashian in a cover chat for Interview magazine.
  
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• Pete Townshend Remembers the ‘Great Adventure’ of Who Offshoot Band Thunderclap Newman

  11-10-2024 20:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  A new book by Mark Ian Wilkerson explores the untold history of British rock band Thunderclap Newman,best remembered for their hit "Something in the Air"
  
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• Nightclub that inspired Gorillaz’ ‘Andromeda’ to be turned into flats

  11-10-2024 20:52 via nme.com
  
  It has been announced that Andromeda, the nightclub that inspired Gorillaz‘s track of the same name, will be turned into flats.
  The club – located in St Helen’s Lane, Colchester – will be converted into five brand new apartments. Andromeda was first opened in the 1960s, providing a dance space for roughly 195 people, and closed in 2021 after a short stint operating under the name “Ice”.
  ‘Andromeda’, the virtual band’s song, was released back
  
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• 50 Cent Sues Jeweler for $5 Million for Misappropriating His Likeness on Knock-Off Chains

  11-10-2024 20:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: 50 Cent on MILLION DOLLAZ WORTH OF GAME / CC by 3.0
  50 Cent sues celebrity jeweler TraxNYC for $5 million for misappropriating his likeness to sell knock-off chains.
  50 Cent has sued popular celebrity jeweler TraxNYC for $5 million, alleging he misappropriated the rapper’s likeness to sell knock-off chains. The media mogul and musician is suing the jeweler for trademark infringement and violating his right of publicity after the jeweler made a series of TikToks appearing to s
  
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• R. Kelly’s Daughter Buku Abi Says Singer Sexually Abused Her as a Child

  11-10-2024 20:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I was too scared to tell anybody," said Abi in a new documentary
  
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• The MLC Crosses $2.5 Billion in Cumulative Royalty Payouts, Though Unmatched ‘Black Box’ Royalties Remain a Serious Concern

  11-10-2024 20:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: The Mechanical Licensing Collective
  The MLC Crosses $2.5 billion in cumulative royalty payouts, though unmatched ‘black box’ royalties remain a serious concern.
  The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) held its fourth annual membership meeting on Tuesday, October 8, during which they announced the re-selection of Oak Felder as Songwriter Director for a second three-year term on the Class A Board of Directors. They also re-elected Publisher Representative Rell Lafargue,
  
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• KISS’ Gene Simmons says “I stand by every word I said” after accusations of misogyny on ‘Dancing With The Stars’

  11-10-2024 20:24 via nme.com
  
  Gene Simmons has said he stands by his comments on Dancing With The Stars after receiving accusations of misogyny.
  The veteran KISS singer and bassist sparked a backlash during an episode of the US dancing show this week (October 8), on which he was a guest judge alongside Bruno Tonioli, Derek Hough and Carrie Ann Inaba.
  Some viewers criticised some of the comments he made, describing him as “disgusting”, “uncomfortable” and “disrespectful”, claiming he focuse
  
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• The Weeknd Breaks His Own Record with 120.5 Million Monthly Listeners On Spotify

  11-10-2024 19:59 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: The Weeknd by Wagner Meier and Pedro Viela for Getty Images
  The Weeknd breaks his own record as the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify with 120.5 million.
  The Weeknd has officially broken his own record as the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, with over 120.5 million. The superstar became the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners in February 2023, and has held the top spot ever since, aside from a recent one-month period. Taylor Swift r
  
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• Massive Attack cancel US tour at last minute due to “unforeseen circumstances”

  11-10-2024 19:42 via nme.com
  
  Massive Attack have cancelled their US tour at the last minute due to what they describe as “unforeseen circumstances”.READ MORE: Act 1.5: Inside Massive Attack’s Bristol blueprint for the future of sustainable live musicThe trip-hop legends were set to play four dates, their first US gigs in five years, with the first scheduled for Atlanta’s Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre on October 17. Dates in Washington. DC, Boston and Queens were to follow before the end of the month.
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• Internet Archive Experiences Catastrophic Hack, 31 Million Accounts Impacted — Wayback Machine Down

  11-10-2024 19:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Eva Carroll (Internet Archive HQ)
  The Internet Archive experienced a catastrophic hack this week, exposing 31 million accounts and taking the archive completely offline. The Wayback Machine is down, as are the preserved recordings from old 78 rpm records that landed the foundation in a legal dispute with seven record companies.
  The hack was first noticed by netizens on Wednesday evening, as visitors were greeted with a pop up stating, “Have you ever felt like the Internet Arc
  
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• ‘It Takes a Woman’: Stevie Wonder Endorses Kamala Harris in New Ad

  11-10-2024 19:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I'm very happy because I know and believe that she will be the next president of these United States," Wonder said in the video clip
  
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• Coldplay secure biggest week for a UK act in three years with 10th Number 1 album 'Moon Music'

  11-10-2024 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Coldplay secure the biggest opening week for a UK act of 2024 so far with Moon Music.
  
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• Sabrina Carpenter crowned woman with most weeks at Number 1 in a year ever

  11-10-2024 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Sabrina Carpenter makes history as the woman with the most weeks at Number 1 in a single year ever on the Official Singles Chart.
  
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• TikTok Reportedly Lays Off ‘Hundreds’ of Malaysia-Based Content Moderators Following ‘AI Hub’ Announcement

  11-10-2024 18:47 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where TikTok layoffs are reportedly affecting hundreds of content-moderation employees. Photo Credit: Esmonde Yong
  TikTok is reportedly laying off hundreds of employees, among them a large number of content moderators, with additional personnel cutbacks forthcoming.
  The ByteDance-owned app’s latest staff reduction entered the media spotlight in reports this morning, though TikTok may have set the layoffs in motion months ago. Running with Reuters’ indication t
  
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• Is Kanye Pursuing a Redemption Arc in Asia?

  11-10-2024 18:18 via rollingstone.com
  
  A trio of sold-out concerts in Asia shows that the controversial musician's box office potential transcends American ire
  
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• Charli XCX, Jelly Roll, Halsey, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week

  11-10-2024 18:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Looking for the week's best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist
  
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• Watch Stephen Marley, Gilberto Gill Perform ‘No Woman, No Cry’ With Artists From Around the World

  11-10-2024 18:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  International group re-records Bob Marley's 1974 classic with Playing For Change to honor the song's 50th anniversary
  
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• Marilyn Manson sexual abuse case has new leads and evidence, says District Attorney

  11-10-2024 17:54 via nme.com
  
  The sexual abuse case against Marilyn Manson has “new leads and additional evidence” to pursue, according to prosecutors.
  The Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón revealed on Wednesday (October 9) that their investigations into the musician, real name Brian Warner, were now under review by the office’s Sex Crimes Division (via Rolling Stone).
  He said that “new evidence” had emerged within the last few weeks, adding: “It is our office&rsquo
  
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• Fan’s LEGO recreation of Daft Punk’s ‘Alive’ 2007 show could become real product

  11-10-2024 17:51 via nme.com
  
  A fan’s LEGO recreation of the Daft Punk ‘Alive’ show in 2007 could become a real product, thanks to a campaign set up by its creators.READ MORE: Pharrell Williams tells us about his biopic in LEGO, ‘Piece By Piece’: “This is an amazing experience of history for me”Last week (October 4), a poll appeared on LEGO Ideas – a community website by the toy giant that serves as a crowd-polling database of fan ideas for new LEGO products – showing a L
  
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• Cardinals share brooding new single ‘Get It’ and announce New York shows

  11-10-2024 17:50 via nme.com
  
  Cardinals have released their new single ‘Get It’ and announced details of a UK tour to take place later this year.READ MORE: Cardinals: the Cork indie band set on writing future classicsThe Cork five-piece released their self-titled debut EP in June via So Young Records, and now have followed that up with ‘Get It’, a brooding, melodic tune that showcases frontman Euan Manning’s raspy, melancholic vocals.
  Watch the video for the track below:Manning has said about &l
  
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• GloRilla is Torn Between Going Big and Going Hard on ‘Glorious’

  11-10-2024 17:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper's debut album attempts Dirty South nostalgia for our short-attention-span times
  
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• Kanye West allegedly hired “fixer” to investigate Kardashians and private eyes to follow Bianca Censori, lawsuit claims

  11-10-2024 17:39 via nme.com
  
  Kanye West has been sued by a former employee who has claimed that the rapper hired him to spy on the Kardashians, follow his wife Bianca Censori and more.READ MORE: Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign – ‘Vultures 1’ review: mired in misogynyAccording to a complaint filed in Los Angeles on Thursday (October 10) which was obtained by Page Six, an anonymous Michigan-based man identified as John Doe claimed that the ‘Flashing Lights’ rapper – who now goes by Ye &ndash
  
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• Speaking to ‘Hawk Tuah’ Girl, JoJo Siwa compares her posing with a bulge to Harry Styles wearing a dress

  11-10-2024 17:35 via nme.com
  
  Jojo Siwa has opened up about her recent controversial cover photo, comparing her posing with a bulge to Harry Styles wearing a dress.
  The ‘Karma’ singer recently joined Hailey Welch – the viral “Hawk Tuah” girl who gained fame following her participation in an entertaining street-interview video which led to multiple memes, edits and a desperate search to try and identify the girl in the clip – as a guest on her Talk Tuah podcast.
  During the interview, Siwa d
  
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• Charli XCX Brought Her ‘Brat’ Remix Album to an Outdoor Art Museum. It Fit Right In

  11-10-2024 17:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Before releasing her new version of Brat, the musician previewed the songs at Storm King Art Center in New York’s Hudson Valley
  
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• Tyla Keeps Her Momentum Going With Deluxe Edition of Self-Titled Debut Album

  11-10-2024 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Tyla+ features three new tracks, including "Shake Ah," "Push 2 Start," and "Back to You"
  
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• The Cure to play their only full live show of the year at Troxy in London live streamed free on YouTube

  11-10-2024 17:12 via music-news.com
  
  THE CURE will play their only full live show of the year at Troxy in London on 1st November, the night the band releases their long-awaited new album, 'SONGS OF A LOST WORLD'.
  
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• Eurovision winner Nemo tells us about entering their “urgent” and “chaotic” London era

  11-10-2024 17:08 via nme.com
  
  Eurovision winner Nemo has released their first new song since triumphing in Malmö in May. Check out ‘Eurostar’ below, along with our interview with the Swiss singer-songwriter.
  ‘Eurostar’ is a bombastic, off-kilter pop stomper that harnesses Nemo’s new, even more exuberant energy since they moved to London in August. “I took the Eurostar from Paris and you know what fuckin’ for,” Nemo sings on the chorus. “I wanna dance, I wanna party,
  
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• Weezer are returning to ‘Fortnite’ to celebrate 30 years of ‘The Blue Album’

  11-10-2024 17:07 via nme.com
  
  Weezer are returning to Fortnite to celebrate 30 years of their iconic debut ‘The Blue Album’.READ MORE: Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo: “If Taylor Swift ever wants to make a rock album, I’d love to help out!”Weezer were one of the first bands to embrace Fortnite with their 2019 Weezer World experience and now the band are set to return in open-world crime simulator game Sweat(er) City.
  Created using Fortnite’s dedicated engine editor, Sweat(er) City is a 24-play
  
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• Killing Us Softly With Their Drama: 30 Years of Fugees Controversies

  11-10-2024 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  A timeline of the successes, breakups, reunions, legal cases, and other headlines generated by the group
  
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• Charli XCX Keeps the Brat Revolution Rolling With ‘Brat And It’s Completely Different But Also Still Brat’

  11-10-2024 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  With stars like Lorde, Billie Eilish, and Ariana Grande on board, her new remix LP is a kick-ass party record in its own right
  
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• Du Blonde teams up with Skunk Anansie icon Skin for raging new single ‘Next Big Thing’

  11-10-2024 16:38 via nme.com
  
  Du Blonde has released a new single, ‘Next Big Thing’, which features a collaboration with Skunk Anansie singer Skin. Watch its music video below.READ MORE: Du Blonde – ‘Homecoming’ review: joyful glam-punk with an all-star castThe track, issued on Tuesday (October 8), is the latest glimpse into the singer-songwriter’s upcoming fourth album ‘Sniff More Gritty’, set for release on November 15 via Daemon TV, after a series of single releases fol
  
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• How the Marley Brothers Keep Their Father’s Legacy Alive

  11-10-2024 16:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Ky-Mani, and Damian Marley just toured together for the first time in years — and they feel that Bob Marley's music still resonates as loudly as ever
  
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• Big Special and John Grant share thunderous new single ‘Stay Down, Lazarus’ ahead of UK tour together

  11-10-2024 16:22 via nme.com
  
  Big Special have released a new single with John Grant, ‘Stay Down, Lazarus’, ahead of the two artists’ UK and European tour together – listen to it below.READ MORE: Big Special make vulnerable, soulful punk that needs to be heardThe Black Country punk duo, comprised of Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney, will be joining Grant on his tour of the UK later this month, before heading out around Europe with him in November. See the full list of dates below and get your tickets he
  
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• Stevie Wonder Wows Madison Square Garden With Hours of Hits, Gentle Politics

  11-10-2024 16:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  "When you leave here, do your part in fixing our nation's broken heart," artist said at his concert Thursday night
  
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• Vybz Kartel Joins Major Lazer for Unearthed Single

  11-10-2024 16:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Nobody Move," the lead single for Guns Don't Kill People, Lazers Do reissue, comes months after Kartel's 10-year-old murder conviction was overturned
  
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• Weezer Returns to Fortnite in Sweat(er) City In-Game Event

  11-10-2024 16:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Photo Credit: Epic Games
  Weezer is returning to Fortnite in a new UGC activation from Look North World, led by Bungie Founder Alexander Seropian. The open-world crime simulator Sweat(er) City will bring the thrills of Weezer’s Voyage to the Blue Planet North America tour while celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Blue Album.
  The new co-op heist game will run for one month, from October 11 to November 11. The Weezer event in Sweat(er) City brings the band’s music to life in a serie
  
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• Range Music Signs Disney Channel Alum Meg Donnelly

  11-10-2024 16:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Photo Credit: Meg Donnelly by Cibelle Levi
  Range Media Partners’ Range Music, distributed through Capitol Music Group and Virgin Music’s label services, signs Disney Channel alum Meg Donnelly.
  Range Music, the label arm of Range Media Partners, which is distributed through Capitol Music Group and Virgin Music & Artist Label Services, announces the signing of Disney Channel alum Meg Donnelly. Donnelly is best known for her role in “High School Musical: The Musical: The Serie
  
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